In the draft fixtures isssued today, Bradford City have an attractive opener to the 2001/2002 Nationwide Football League Division 1 season when Barnsley visit the Bradford & Bingley Stadium on Saturday 11 August for the first of several Yorkshire derby games.

The Bantams then get the longest trip of the campaign out of the way travelling to Portsmouth the following Saturday.

There are two midweek games in London, at Crystal Palace on August Bank Holiday Monday and at Millwall on Tuesday 23 October.

The derby game against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough is another midweek fixture, on Wednesday 19 September. City entertain the Owls on Saturday 2 March.

The Bantams have a busy Christmas period. We travel to play fellow relegated clubs Manchester City at Maine Road, where Kevin Keegan is now in charge on Saturday 15 December and Coventry City at Highfield Road a week later before home games with Sheffield United on Boxing Day followed by Crystal Palace three days later. The New Year's Day game is another local fixture against Burnley at Turf Moor.

Easter will be spent playing Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday 30 March with Norwich City at the Bradford & Bingley Stadium on Monday 1 April.

Due to the World Cup, the season finishes earlier than in recent years on Sunday 21 April when we will travel to play Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.

ITV Digital will meet shortly to discuss their inital selection of games for 'live' transmission.

Full list of games is in the Fixtures Section.

Opening Day Fixtures:
Nationwide Football League Division 1
(11 August 2001)

Bradford City vs Barnsley
Gillingham vs Preston North End
Grimsby Town vs Crewe Alexandra
Manchester City vs Watford
Millwall vs Norwich City
Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United
Rotherham United vs Crystal Palace
Sheffield Wednesday vs Burnley
Stockport County vs Coventry City
Walsall vs West Bromwich Albion
Wimbledon vs Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Portsmouth

Nationwide Football League Division 2

Blackpool vs Reading
Cambridge United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Cardiff City vs Wycombe Wanderers
Chesterfield vs Colchester United
Huddersfield Town vs AFC Bournemouth
Northampton Town vs Bristol City
Port Vale vs Notts County
Queens Park Rangers vs Stoke City
Swindon Town vs Peterborough United
Tranmere Rovers vs Bury
Wigan Athletic vs Brentford
Wrexham vs Oldham Athletic

Nationwide Football League Division 3

Bristol Rovers vs Torquay United
Carlisle United vs Luton Town
Cheltenham Town vs Leyton Orient
Exeter City vs Hull City
Hartlepool United vs Mansfield Town
Kidderminster Harriers vs Scunthorpe United
Lincoln City vs Halifax Town
Macclesfield Town vs Swansea City
Oxford United vs Rochdale
Plymouth Argyle vs Shrewsbury Town
Southend United vs Darlington
York City vs Rushden & Diamonds

Barclaycard FA Premiership
(18 August 2001)

Charlton Athletic vs Everton
Chelsea vs Newcastle United
Derby County vs Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United vs Southampton
Leicester City vs Bolton Wanderers
Liverpool vs West Ham United
Manchester United vs Fulham
Middlesbrough vs Arsenal
Sunderland vs Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa