2026/27 Premier League Fixtures Release: Everton's Key Dates

The clocks tick down towards 10am and, for Everton, one of the most important documents of the season is about to drop. Not a contract. Not a medical report. A list.

The 2026/27 Premier League fixtures land in five minutes, and with them the shape of the next 10 months for David Moyes’ side and the supporters who chase them from one end of the country to the other.

A season framed by dates

For Evertonians, this isn’t just curiosity. It’s logistics, budgets, holidays, family rows, and train times. Home and away, every weekend from late August to the end of May gets pencilled in today.

Everton have been here before with special requests. Two seasons ago they asked the Premier League to ensure their final home game at Goodison Park came on the penultimate weekend, not on the last day. The league agreed, allowing Goodison a standalone farewell occasion rather than forcing it to compete with title races and relegation drama elsewhere.

Last season brought a different quirk. The Blues opened the campaign away and closed it away as well, with both festive fixtures – between Christmas and New Year – also on the road. Supporters felt every mile of it. The question now hangs in the air: does the pendulum swing back this time?

South coast sun or winter slog?

Those now-familiar trips to the south coast have become a regular part of the Everton calendar. Fans will be scanning for them within seconds of the fixtures going live.

Will Bournemouth and Brighton fall under blue skies or biting winds? Last term, Bournemouth came in December, Brighton in January. The year before, it was a January double-header on the coast. The same grounds, very different feel depending on when you’re sent there.

Then there’s London. Last season finished with a strange flourish: five consecutive trips to the capital to round off the campaign. Supporters will be checking quickly to see if that pattern repeats or if the fixture computer shows a little more mercy this time.

Memories of a full Goodison

Fixture release day also stirs memories. Everton’s last home opener in front of a full Goodison after the pandemic lingers in the mind: Southampton, 2021. A 3-1 win, and not just any 3-1.

Richarlison. Abdoulaye Doucoure. Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Three names, three roars that seemed to shake the old place back to life. For many inside the ground that day, it wasn’t just about football. It was about feeling alive again in a packed stadium after months of silence.

Today’s list of games will decide when Goodison – and now Hill Dickinson Stadium – gets its next big nights and long afternoons like that.

Behind the embargo

Inside the club and the local press rooms, the fixtures are already known. They’re locked behind a strict embargo until 10am, but the debates have started.

One Evertonian in the office has already circled what they believe is a “nightmare run”. Another is bullish, convinced the Blues have the platform for a strong start because of one key detail in the schedule. The arguments will spill out across fan forums and social media as soon as the list becomes public.

Television will have its say too. The initial TV picks are expected to be confirmed alongside the full release, with the opening round likely spread from Friday, August 21, through to Monday, August 24. Supporters have one simple plea: anything but a Monday start.

The shape of 2026/27

The Premier League season kicks off on the weekend of Saturday, August 22, with fixtures also on Sunday 23 and Monday 24, plus the possibility of a curtain-raiser on Friday 21. It all ends on Sunday, May 30, 2027, with every match kicking off at the same time – usually around 4pm – to preserve the drama on the final day. Exact times will be confirmed nearer the time.

The calendar itself has a slightly different feel. Instead of three international breaks before Christmas, there will be only two. The September break stretches unusually long, from Monday, September 21, until domestic fixtures resume on the weekend of October 10-11. The second pause comes on the weekend of November 14-15.

Across the campaign, there will be 33 weekend fixture rounds and five scheduled midweek programmes. Cup runs and rearrangements will add their own complications, but the spine of the season is already set.

From World Cup talk back to club reality

On a morning dominated globally by World Cup discussion, Everton’s gaze is firmly domestic. This is the one day when the entire Premier League fixture list drops and every club, every supporter, starts plotting.

For Everton, it feels more like a return to normality. The recent years of emotional upheaval – the last campaign at Goodison Park, the first at Hill Dickinson Stadium – brought a unique edge to fixture day. Now, with those landmarks passed, the focus is back on the routine grind of a league season, even if the anticipation is no less intense.

Who do Moyes’ men face first? Where are they sent on Boxing Day? Who stands in their way on the final afternoon? When do the derbies fall? Those are the questions that will dominate blue conversations for hours.

Eyes on the derby, and on the new boys

Once the opening fixture is digested, the next instinct is automatic: find the Merseyside derbies. Everton will not want to dwell on what happened against their neighbours last season. The 2026/27 meetings will be ringed in red and blue ink, circled on calendars, and used as emotional landmarks across the year.

There is also fresh intrigue at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Three newly-promoted clubs – Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Hull City – will make their first-ever visits to Everton’s new home.

Coventry arrive as champions and bring a familiar face in the dugout. Frank Lampard, once in charge at Goodison, now leads them. His return to face his former club at their “magnificent new home” will add another layer to an already charged occasion. The expectation is he will receive a warm reception when he walks out on that touchline again, this time in different colours.

While the fixture list takes centre stage, the club’s wider plans tick on. Off the pitch, Everton continue to push on with recruitment. RB Leipzig’s interest in Thierno Barry has been laid out, along with Everton’s pursuit of Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney. The club are also finally moving to bring in a recognised right-back, a long-standing gap in the squad.

But all of that will be framed by what appears on the page at 10am. The order of games, the runs of home and away fixtures, the winter schedule, the derbies, the final stretch.

In a few minutes, Everton’s season will have a roadmap. What they make of it is another story entirely.