Newcastle United fixtures: Sky Bet Championship 2016/17

Image: Newcastle will kick off their season away to Fulham

Rafa Benitez and his Newcastle side travel to Fulham for their Sky Bet Championship opener on Friday August 5, live on Sky Sports 1 HD.

Having agreed to stay despite the drop, Benitez faces an interesting battle against another relegated side on September 24 when they travel to Aston Villa, now led by another ex-Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo.

St James' Park will host another team to drop out of the top flight Norwich City four days later.

The Championship run-in has thrown up a few firecrackers. They play the top two teams in League One last season, Wigan and Burton, at the start of April, swiftly followed by a Yorkshire double against Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds.

They finish the season at home to Barnsley on May 7.

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Newcastle United Sky Bet Championship fixtures 2016/17:

August

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5: Fulham (a)
13: Huddersfield Town (h)
17: Reading (h)
20: Bristol City (a)
27: Brighton (h)

September

10: Derby County (a)
13: Queens Park Rangers (a)
17: Wolverhampton (h)
24: Aston Villa (a)
28: Norwich City (h)

October

1: Rotherham United (a)
15: Brentford (h)
18: Barnsley (a)
22: Ipswich Town (h)
29: Preston North End (a)

November

5: Cardiff City (h)
19: Leeds United (a)
26: Blackburn Rovers (h)

December

3: Nottingham Forest (a)
10: Birmingham City (h)
13: Wigan Athletic (a)
17: Burton Albion (a)
26: Sheffield Wednesday (h)
31: Nottingham Forest (h)

January

2: Blackburn Rovers (a)
14: Brentford (a)
21: Rotherham United (h)
28: Brighton (a)

February

1: Queens Park Rangers (h)
4: Derby County (h)
11: Wolverhampton (a)
14: Norwich City (a)
18: Aston Villa (h)
25: Bristol City (h)

March

4: Huddersfield Town (a)
7: Reading (a)
11: Fulham (h)
18: Birmingham City (a)

April

1: Wigan Athletic (h)
5: Burton Albion (h)
8: Sheffield Wednesday (a)
15: Leeds United (h)
17: Ipswich Town (a)
22: Preston North End (h)
29: Cardiff City (a)

May

7: Barnsley (h)

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