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Opening Football League fixtures see Portsmouth face Coventry

• The full Championship fixture list 2010-11 • Burnley handed first day tie with Nottingham Forest • Sheffield Wednesday welcome Dagenham and Redbridge Portsmouth will begin life back in the Championship with an opening day visit to Coventry City, Burnley welcome beaten play-off semi-finalists Nottingham Forest to Turf Moor and Hull City will face Swansea City at the KC Stadium. The Football League fixtures for the 2010-11 season were announced this morning, with the fixture computer throwing up a few intriguing ties. Newly-promoted Leeds United will take on Nigel Clough’s Derby County at Elland Road, while Cardiff City, who were just 90 minutes away from the Premier League before being beaten by Blackpool in the play-off final, face Sheffield United. Millwall’s first fixture at the Championship level since 2005-06 is away at Bristol City. The pick of the opening day fixtures in League One is Dagenham and Redbridge’s visit to Sheffield Wednesday, while there is a south coast-derby at St Mary’s for Plymouth Argyle and Southampton. In League Two Stevenage Borough begin life in the Football League by welcoming Macclesfield Town to the Lamex Stadium, while last season’s Blue Square Premier play-off winners, Oxford United, go to Burton Albion. In the Scottish Premier League, Rangers face Kilmarnock at Ibrox, while Celtic visit Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The Football League fixtures kick off on Saturday 7 August, while the SPL begin a week later on 14 August. Championship League One League Two Football fixtures 2010-11 John Ashdown guardian.co.uk

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Opening Football League fixtures see Portsmouth face Coventry