Your club will soon discover their schedule for the upcoming EFL season. As soon as Thursday, in fact.
Want to know who your side will face on opening day? The EFL fixtures will be announced at 12:00 BST - but that's not all.
The day will be rounded off by the first round of Carabao Cup being drawn at 16:30 BST.
So check back on 26 June to see who your team faces first, last and everything in between.
David Pottier
Fan writer
So City have a new head coach in Austrian Gerhard Struber. Judging by fan sentiment expressed on social media, it seems a popular appointment and certainly won't divide supporters like when Liam Manning came in for the popular Nigel Pearson in November 2023.
This is City's first European managerial appointment since 1998 when Benny Lennartsson was hired by then chairman Scott Davidson to "help" John Ward, who barely four months earlier had guided City to promotion back to the Championship.
John had actually asked for help and wanted to bring in the experienced Ray Harford but the City hierarchy went for the 'fashionable' coach option.
John actually resigned feeling his position had become untenable and the red cap wearing Swede had the worst start of any City manager in the post-war years.
City lost 5-0 to Bradford City at Valley Parade in his first game in charge and things got even worse in his second as they went down 6-1 at home to Wolves, a match remembered perhaps more for the mascot punch up between Wolfie & the Three Little Pigs!! Lennartsson won only six of his 30 league games in charge as City were relegated.
If you go back to 1980, City took the foreign option for the first time when hiring Bob Houghton to replace the long serving Alan Dicks.
Houghton, with a young Roy Hodgson as his assistant, had a decent pedigree having guided Malmo to the European Cup Final the previous year - they lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest - as City sought to make a quick return to the top flight where they had been since 1976.
The die had already been cast in terms of City's fate as the financial troubles mounted by the week and the ageing side began to disintegrate. City were relegated for a second successive season and in the January of 1982, Houghton resigned before the volcano of financial despair erupted and what followed was all that we associate with the Ashton Gate Eight.
Let's hope it is third time lucky for City with a foreign coaching appointment and we are not hearing cries of "Uber for Struber" before the turn of the year.
Personally, I'm excited by what I read about his preferred way of playing and as a person I think we might see someone who wears his heart on his sleeve, which will excite the Ashton Gate faithful who warm to managers who don't stay rooted within the technical area.
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New Bristol City manager Gerhard Struber's style of play will give a new "lease of life" to the club's forwards, chairman Jon Lansdown believes.
Fally Mayulu, Sinclair Armstrong and Harry Cornick are the three centre-forwards in the squad for next season, although Mayulu spent much of the last campaign on loan and Cornick was out injured.
Lansdown, however, reiterated that bolstering their forward line was a priority this summer.
"Gerhard often plays with two up top, it's a completely different thing. It gives a new lease of life to your Fally's and Sinclair - they will be a really good fit for this style," Lansdown told BBC Radio Bristol.
"We we still need more because you might have two playing up there rather than one. It's things we're already thinking and already on."
Nahki Wells' future at the club still remains unresolved. The 34-year-old was said to be in talks over a new contract last month.
"I haven't got anything to update at the moment other than we've not lost contact, I've still seen him in and around keeping fit," Lansdown said.
"We'll pick that up when we get going with Gerhard."
Gerhard Struber has been announced as the new head coach of Bristol City.
Here are some of your views on the appointment of the Austrian to replace Liam Manning.
Kristian - I love the way the Austrian national team plays, and apparently it's hard coded into Austrian football. So to have an Austrian head coach with a reputation for that style of play, and an academy that's set up for it, makes me quite excited.
Hedley - One thing I have to say is that any manager at City must have some help with bringing in fresh talent which we lacked in key areas especially in the play-offs as we were not in the same class as Sheffield United. Unless this happens it will be a difficult season.
Kevin - Got to give the guy a chance but hope he plays two up front.
Simon - On first impressions very positive. Talks a good game and seems passionate, only time will tell.
Paul - No, it's a poor one again from the chairman.
Alan - My only concern is that owner Steve Lansdown has shown little sign of seriously investing in this team. I only hope that Struber obtained some assurances about strengthening City (particularly up front) before committing.
Clive - We as fans don't know how good or bad the new manager will be but after 10 games will have a good idea. The first thing for us as fans will be to see if and who the board allow him to move on from the poor strike force we have and replace them with decent forwards or he will fail.
Mark - Struber wasn't first on my list let alone in the top five - Steve Lansdown said we should aim to repeat last season's performance but I'd love to see us finish in the top five and should we end up in the play-offs again we have to go and win it, that's the next logical step. Anything less then a top-six finish will be a disappointing season.
Adam Randell's final goal for Argyle came in a 1-1 draw at Derby County in November
New Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley says he is resigned to losing midfielder Adam Randell.
Speculation has linked the homegrown 24-year-old with a move to Championship side Bristol City after Argyle were relegated to League One last month.
Randell played 173 games for the Pilgrims over seven years and scored 10 goals and has a year remaining on his contract.
"You're going to have a lot of interest and especially when there's buy-out clauses and things like that, so there's a strong possibility that that happens," Cleverley said.
"He's a player that I really admire. When we played Plymouth in the cup last year and speaking to Wayne (Rooney), he spoke really highly of him and being a midfielder myself he's someone who I've paid a lot of attention to over the last 10 months.
"I'm disappointed I'm not able to work with him but I'll never stand in the way of anyone wanting to play at the top level.
"Let's hope that our players are playing at that level together at Argyle and we don't lose too many of them."
Ed Hadwin
BBC Radio Bristol
Gerhard Struber is only Bristol City's second-ever manager from mainland Europe, and their first since Swede Benny Lennartsson's shortlived spell at Ashton Gate, which lasted just eight months and ended in July 1999.
Struber's only spell managing in England came in 2019-20, when he kept Barnsley in the Championship, before then moving to the City Football Group where he's managed teams in both New York and Salzburg.
Last season, he led Cologne in Germany to second place in the second tier but was sacked shortly before the end of the campaign, with the team going on to win promotion back to the top division.
Struber is taking over a Robins squad which enjoyed the club's best season in nearly 20 years, having finished sixth in the Championship.
They have not lost any of their senior players and look likely to add at least a couple of new faces this summer.
Given that solid base to work from and an impressive win percentage across his career, it's a very interesting appointment and one that seems to have grabbed the imagination of City fans.
Gerhard Struber is the man Bristol City have appointed to replace Liam Manning as head coach at Ashton Gate, but is he the right choice?
The Austrian guided Barnsley to Championship safety in 2020 but has had mixed fortunes since leaving Oakwell.
His last job was at Cologne where he was sacked in May even though they were second in the second tier with two games remaining and went on to win the title.
Do you think this is a good appointment or is there someone else you would have preferred?
Bristol City are set to appoint former FC Cologne, Red Bull Salzburg and Barnsley boss Gerhard Struber, 48, as their new head coach. (Telegraph), external
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Blackburn Rovers' Balazs Toth and fellow goalkeeper Max O'Leary of Bristol City both made their international debuts between the posts on Tuesday.
Toth played the first 58 minutes for Hungary during their 2-1 victory over Azerbaijan before being replaced by Al-Fateh's Peter Szappanos.
O'Leary kept a clean sheet for Republic of Ireland during his first appearance for his country in a goalless draw against Luxembourg.
Meanwhile, West Bromwich Albion midfielder Isaac Price scored the winner for Northern Ireland with a curled effort from just outside the box in their 1-0 victory over Iceland.
Ben Ashton
BBC Sport England
Watford are getting relegated, Plymouth are staying up, Millwall are in the play-offs and Portsmouth are also battling for a top-six spot.
Does something sound a bit off? Well, that's what would have happened if the Championship season started on 1 January.
Here's a look at the 2025 calendar year table, showing who the form sides were in the second half of the season and who went into freefall.
Perhaps the most notable difference between the actual final top six and the 2025 version is that Millwall would be in the play-offs and Premier League-bound Sunderland would not.
Burnley and Leeds still comfortably occupy the automatic promotion spots, albeit the Clarets would be unbeaten at the top of the pile with the Whites in second.
Coventry improved significantly after Frank Lampard replaced Mark Robins and are third over the course of the year.
The Sky Blues would instead be pitted against Bristol City in the play-off semi-final as opposed to Sunderland. Who knows what difference that would have made to their promotion bid...
Portsmouth - who spent much of the season battling relegation and only secured their Championship safety with two games to spare - are seventh and just one point outside a play-off spot.
Pompey sit above Sunderland, who lost their final five games of the season and are down in eighth.
The data perhaps shows just how long Regis Le Bris' side effectively had a play-off spot sewn up before their victory at Wembley against Sheffield United to claim promotion.
Relegation battlers Oxford find themselves seven places higher than where they actually finished in the 2024-25 campaign (17th), reflecting the good work done by Gary Rowett after he took over as boss from Des Buckingham.
Plymouth would have survived comfortably had the season begun in January 2025, showing a significant uptick after Miron Muslic replaced Wayne Rooney at the helm.
Middlesbrough tailed off significantly in the second half of the season, underpinning why they missed out on the play-offs. It was a drop off that ultimately cost Michael Carrick his job as head coach.
Norwich City conceded more goals (32) than any other side in 2025, which counteracted the hard work they'd done at the other end, having been the fourth top scorers (31) since the turn of the year.
Watford had a disappointing 2025, winning just five of their 23 games and losing 13 to finish bottom of the calendar year table.
The Hornets had the joint-worst goal difference along with Cardiff (-10) and head coach Tom Cleverley was sacked following the end of the season.
Preston and Cardiff won the fewest games of any side in 2025 (4), which cost the Bluebirds their Championship status and almost led to the Lilywhites dropping into League One as they avoided relegation by one point.
Paul Heckingbottom's side would be down if only games this year were counted.
Luton and Derby scored the fewest goals in 2025 (19) and attacking output was an issue that plagued both sides throughout the entire campaign.
It had major consequences for the Hatters with back-to-back relegations, while the Rams survived by a point - and only on goal difference in the yearly table.
Data collated from Transfermarkt
Liam Manning has said it was "difficult" to leave Bristol City but that the "ambition" and "direction" at Norwich City was too good to turn down.
Manning confirmed his departure last week after 18 months at the club, having led the Robins to the Championship play-offs this season for the first time in 17 years.
During his time at Ashton Gate, Manning took leave of absence in October 2024 following the death of his baby son Theo.
"Any move you make in this game is difficult, so in terms of the 18 months I had there it was successful and obviously a challenging time personally which creates a a level of affiliation and empathy with the people there," Manning told BBC Radio Norfolk during his first press conference as Canaries boss.
"But when we had the discussions (at Norwich) of what it looks like and the direction - knowing the club and the fanbase and the ambition here, it matches with me extremely well so it was a difficult decision but I'm sure it's the right one."
Former Bristol City boss Liam Manning has issued a statement saying he is "grateful" to Robins fans for their support last season.
Manning, who left the Robins to take the head coach role at Norwich City on Tuesday, took a leave of absence in October after the death of his baby son Theo.
"As I reflect on the past 18 months, I find it very difficult not to mix the personal and professional emotions," Manning told the League Managers Association., external
"Losing Theo was the hardest thing my family and I have ever been through, but the amazing response and support from the fans – as well as the wonderful people of the city of Bristol – was incredibly heartfelt, and I could not be more grateful.
"I leave having met some terrific people with whom I've shared so many positive memories. I will be forever grateful for your love and support throughout and, for that, thank every single one of you. I wish nothing but success for everybody associated with Bristol City Football Club."
The 39-year-old joined the Robins from Oxford United in November 2023 and led them to the Championship play-offs last season.
Bristol City forward Yu Hirakawa made his international debut for Japan on Thursday during their 1-0 World Cup qualifying loss against Australia.
The 24-year-old earned his first senior call-up in May and was put straight into the starting line-up for his country, who have already qualified for the 2026 finals.
The game also marked a first Japan start for Blackburn Rovers forward Yuki Ohashi.
Ohashi led the side up top while Hirakawa was utilised in midfield, but Australia's Aziz Behich scored a 90th-minute winner to hand Japan their first qualifying defeat.
Ben Ashton
BBC Sport England
The 2024-25 Championship season might be over but there are many ways to analyse and reflect on the campaign that has gone before us.
Not every club can go up but if there are signs a team is moving in the right direction, it can still be considered good progress - or quite the opposite if things are on the slide.
Here is a look at how each of the 18 sides who were in the Championship for the past two seasons got on points wise compared to the 2023-24 campaign.
It perhaps comes as no surprise that Sunderland, who won promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs, recorded the most significant improvement after finishing 16th in 2023-24 and picked up 20 more points.
Despite a tumultuous season off the field, Blackburn were the second most improved side in the division, gaining 13 points on the previous campaign as they missed out on the play-offs by just two points.
Leeds racked up 90 points in 2023-24 but somehow still managed a 10-point improvement as they hit the 100 mark on their way to winning the title in their best-ever season in the second tier.
Millwall's seven-point improvement was enough to help them finish five places higher in eighth, but they fell short of the top six by two points.
Meanwhile, Bristol City were only six points better off but managed to climb five places and claim a play-off spot, recording their best Championship finishing position since 2007-08.
Coventry also only improved by five points but were able to jump from ninth to fifth, perhaps showing just how fine the margins can be in the Championship when it comes to securing a play-off berth.
You might want to look away now, Hull City fans.
The Tigers went backwards more than any other side compared to the previous season under Liam Rosenior, dropping from seventh place and three points outside the play-offs to only escaping relegation on goal difference on the final day.
Cardiff went from mid-table in 2023-24 to rock bottom and will drop down to League One for the first time in 22 years. It is pretty clear to see why as the Bluebirds picked up 18 fewer points compared to the previous season.
Norwich tumbled to 13th place after finishing in the play-offs a year before - an underperformance which ultimately cost Johannes Hoff Thorup his job as head coach.
Preston were 10 points off the play-off places in 2023-24 but picked up 13 fewer points under Paul Heckingbottom in what was their worst season since they were relegated from the Championship in 2010-11.
The Lilywhites' downturn was largely due to a major dip in form in the latter stages of the campaign, picking up only one win from their final 15 games (D7 L7) to avoid the drop by just one point.
West Bromwich Albion endured a disappointing season - for a club which always harbours ambitions of plying its trade in the top flight - with an 11-point drop off.
Albion's final points tally of 64 was their worst in the Championship since 1999-2000.
Plymouth may have only been five points worse off than they were in 2023-24 but having survived on the final day that season, there were to be no such heroics this time around and their two-year stint in the second tier is over.
*All data based only on teams who were in the Championship in 2023-24 and 2024-25