Championship fixtures and schedule 2023/24 announced as Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton kick-off

Right we start with some breaking news as the fixtures for the new EFL season have been announced for the 2023-24 season and the first match of the new campaign sees relegated Southampton take on newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday on August the 4th live for you on Sky Sports. Right here's the first round of matches for you in the championship with Blackburn who just missed out on the playoffs last season. They start against West Brom at home. Bristol City are at home to Preston. Middlesbrough start against Millwall while Norwich host Hull. Newly promoted Plymouth host Neil Warnock's Huddersfield while QPR face Watford. Stoke face Rotherham and Swansea are at home to Birmingham. Then it's a triple header on Sunday for you as Leeds take on Cardiff. Leicester face Midlands rivals Cometary and Sunderland host newly promoted Ipswich. Right this is the opening round of games in League One and newly promoted Leighton Orient begin their season at London rivals Charlton. We'll be speaking live to Orient captain Darren Pratley a little bit later on in the show. Well here are the first League One games in the full season for then and last season's beaten playoff finalist Barnsley start against Port Vale. Blackpool host Burton Bolton play Lincoln and there's the Oxbridge derby between Cambridge and Oxford. Derby host Wigan. Newly promoted sides Northampton and Stevenage go head-to-head. Portsmouth host Bristol Rovers and Reading start life in League One at home to Peterborough. Shrewsbury take on Cheltenham and Wickham play Exeter. And this is what the first day of League Two looks like. Wrexham's promotion from the National League captured the imagination of football fans last season and they start against MK Don's. We'll be live to Wrexham shortly plus we'll also speak live to MK Don's head coach Graham Alexander later on in the show. Here is the first day in full. Acton who were relegated last season play Newport. Colchester host Swindon. Crawley play Bradford while Crewe take on Mansfield. Doncaster play Harrogate. Duncan Ferguson's Forest Green take on Salford City and Grimsby play AFC Wimbledon. Elsewhere Morecambe face Walsall while Beeton play a finalist Stockport. Start against Gillingham. Notts County begin live back in the football league against Sutton and Trammere host Barrow. And here are first EFL games for you of the season live on Sky Sports. Newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday's game against Southampton is on Friday night. That's at eight o'clock. Three matches on the Sunday are Leicester against Coventry. Leeds take on Cardiff and Sunderland host newly promoted Ipswich. All games will be live on Sky Sports Football.