Season Dates 2022/23

Here are the key dates next season for both the winners and losers of tomorrow's Promotion Final.

The new EFL season starts 8 weeks/56 days from today. The new National League season starts 9 weeks/63 days from today. It is worth noting that this season the players reported back on Thurday 1st July for fitness tests etc... which was 51 days before the scheduled start date of 21st August.

If Hurst wanted the same length pre-season this year the players would have to return to Cheapside next Thursday if we win tomorrow or a week on Thursday if Solihull are promoted.

Whether we win or lose tomorrow getting ready for next season will be tough.

Obviously all these day were announced as provisional. I think we can trust the FA & EFL, but as we know the National League make it up as they go along.

Key Dates - National League 2022/23

T.B.C. - National League fixtures released
Saturday 6th August - National League season begins
Saturday 15th October - FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round
Saturday 5th November - FA Cup 1st Round
Saturday 26th November - FA Cup 2nd Round
Saturday 19th December - FA Trophy 3rd Round
Saturday 7th January - FA Cup 3rd Round
Saturday 14th January - FA Trophy 4th Round
Saturday 28th January - FA Cup 4th Round
Saturday 11th February - FA Trophy 5th Round
Wednesday 1st March - FA Cup 5th Round
Saturday 11th March - FA Trophy Quarter-Finals
Saturday 18th March - FA Cup Quarter-Finals
Saturday 1st April - FA Trophy Semi-Finals
Saturday 22nd April &
Sunday 23rd April - FA Cup Semi-Finals (Wembley)
Saturday 29th April - National League season ends
Wednesday 3rd May &
Thursday 4th May - National League Play-off Eliminators
Saturday 6th May &
Sunday 7th May - National League Play-off Semi-Finals
Sunday 14th May - National League Promotion Final (T.B.C.)
Sunday 21st May - FA Trophy Final (Wembley)
Saturday 3rd June - FA Cup Final (Wembley)

Key Dates - EFL League Two 2022/23

Thursday 19th June - EFL fixtures released
Saturday 30th July - EFL season begins
Tuesday 9th August - EFL Cup 1st Round
Tuesday 30th August - EFL Trophy Group Game 1
Tuesday 23rd August - EFL Cup 2nd Round
Tuesday 20th September - EFL Trophy Group Game 2
Tuesday 18th October - EFL Trophy Group Game 3
Saturday 5th November - FA Cup 1st Round
Tuesday 8th November - EFL Cup 3rd Round
Saturday 26th November - FA Cup 2nd Round
Tuesday 29th November - EFL Trophy Round 2
Tuesday 13th December - EFL Trophy Round 3
Tuesday 20th December - EFL Cup 4th Round
Saturday 7th January - FA Cup 3rd Round
Tuesday 10th January - EFL Trophy Quarter-Finals
Tuesday 10th January -     EFL Cup Quarter-Finals
Tuesday 24th January &
Wednesday 25th January - EFL Cup Semi-Finals 1st Leg
Tuesday 21st January - EFL Trophy Semi-Finals
Saturday 28th January - FA Cup 4th Round
Tuesday 31st January &
Wednesday 1st February - EFL Cup Semi-Finals 2nd Leg
Sunday 26th February - EFL Cup Final (Wembley)
Wednesday 1st March - FA Cup 5th Round
Saturday 18th March - FA Cup Quarter-Finals
Sunday 19th March - EFL Trophy Final (Wembley)
Saturday 22nd April &
Sunday 23rd April - FA Cup Semi-Finals (Wembley)
Saturday 6th May - EFL season ends
T.B.C. - League Play-off Semi-Final 1st & 2nd Legs
Saturday 27th May - League 2 Play-off Final (Wembley)
Saturday 3rd June - FA Cup Final (Wembley)

The only argument against your return to Cheapside dates would be that our players and Solihulls , regardless of where they play their trade next season is that they have been keeping the fitness levels going for 2 -3 weeks longer than all those that ended their seasons in regular season time.
Therefore a couple of weeks delay in return wouldn't be as catastrophic.
Releasing players, bringing in new players in that timescale is slightly different though, especially as we never seem to start the season with all players in place.

Quoted from moosey_club

The only argument against your return to Cheapside dates would be that our players and Solihulls , regardless of where they play their trade next season is that they have been keeping the fitness levels going for 2 -3 weeks longer than all those that ended their seasons in regular season time.
Therefore a couple of weeks delay in return wouldn't be as catastrophic.
Releasing players, bringing in new players in that timescale is slightly different though, especially as we never seem to start the season with all players in place.

That is a good point, also it should be noted that the general viewpoint from myself and other supporters is that for once we don't need a total clear out of players, we already have in my opinion a good spine irrespective of what league we are in and therefore need to sign less players than we did start of this season for example, so in theory starting a little later than other clubs shouldn't have too much of a negative impact

Also I would rather finish the season late cos we have a chance of going up than finish it on time cos we don't have a chance of going up

Will this be the first time an EFL season has begun in July?

Quoted from Les Brechin

Will this be the first time an EFL season has begun in July?

Was there a Friday 31st July Sky TV Championship game a few years ago?

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Was there a Friday 31st July Sky TV Championship game a few years ago?

I’ve checked. No. The earliest ever start was a Friday night Sky game on Friday 2nd August 2019. The game finished Luton 3-3 Middlesbrough.

Just looking at this thread now we know what division we'll be in next season.

It says that EFL fixtures will be released on Thursday 19th June but the 19th of June is a Sunday!!

Just googled it and it should say Thursday 23rd June!

Will we be the first team in the history of English Football to play a competitive match in every calendar month if the year ?

Quoted from Les Brechin

Just looking at this thread now we know what division we'll be in next season.

It says that EFL fixtures will be released on Thursday 19th June but the 19th of June is a Sunday!!

Just googled it and it should say Thursday 23rd June!

If I could remember which club’s OS where I copy and pasted this from I’d name and shame them.

It was an EFL club so we can rule out Scunthorpe.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Will we be the first team in the history of English Football to play a competitive match in every calendar month if the year ?

No........the premier league played in June and July last year  when Harry Kane became the first player to score a premiership goal on every day on the week and every month of the year ......now there is a quiz question

Quoted from Brazilnut

No........the premier league played in June and July last year  when Harry Kane became the first player to score a premiership goal on every day on the week and every month of the year ......now there is a quiz question

I think you mean the year before last 2020 but that was because they didn’t play in April and May due to covid so I think my question remains