Watch Live Premier League Football Matches on Sky Sports

    /24-7PressRelease/ - LONDON, UK, July 31, 2008 - 2008-2009 Premier League football season is upon us and fans need go no further than Sky Sports for the top games - live.

And it all kicks off in style - the first weekend of the new Barclays Premier League sees games from last season's top three clubs. First up is Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion on Saturday 16 August 2008. Then 'Super Sunday' will feature champions Manchester United and runners-up Chelsea in their first home games as Portsmouth travel to Stamford Bridge and Newcastle United to Old Trafford.

The Big Four clubs, Liverpool, Man U, Chelsea and Arsenal are well represented - there'll be five head-to-head games between them during the first four months of the season - live on Sky Sports and they can be seen in nine other live matches.

It's not all about the big four though, all twenty Premier League football clubs can be seen during the first four months of the new season. And as if that weren't enough for you there'll be eight big Derby games live on Sky Sports too.

Overall there'll be 92 live Premier League football matches shown with every match broadcast in high definition. Sky Sports will also show delayed coverage of another 242 games from the Barclays Premier League with Sky digital viewers able to choose highlights on Football First: Match Choice. Coverage is also offered through mobile and broadband.

Other goodies include; 70 matches from the Coca-Cola Football League plus the end-of-season Play-Offs and all three Play Off Finals; a choice of over 100 live games from the UEFA Champions League; live matches from Spain's La Liga and Northern Ireland's Carnegie League, live ties from the Carling Cup and Scottish Cup; and live international football including home World Cup Qualifiers for Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales; plus South American qualifiers including Argentina and Brazil live.

This footballing extravaganza is available with the Sky TV Sports Mix. Sign up now for an exciting few months of great, live football.

Discover what's on during the first four months of the Barclays Premier in our fixtures list.

AUGUST

Saturday 16, 12:45pm: Arsenal vs West Bromwich Albion
Sunday 17, 1.30pm: Chelsea vs Portsmouth
Sunday 17, 4pm: Manchester United vs Newcastle United
Sunday 24, 4pm: Manchester City vs West Ham United
Monday 25, 8pm: Portsmouth vs Manchester United
Sunday 31, 1.30pm: Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
Sunday 31, 4pm: Aston Villa vs Liverpool

SEPTEMBER

Saturday 13, 12.45pm: Liverpool vs Manchester United
Sunday 14, 1.30pm: Stoke City vs Everton
Sunday 21, 12noon: West Bromwich Albion vs Aston Villa
Sunday 21, 2pm: Chelsea vs Manchester United
Saturday 27, 12.45pm: Everton vs Liverpool
Sunday 28, 1.30pm: Portsmouth vs Tottenham Hotspur
Sunday 28, 4pm: Wigan Athletic vs Manchester City

OCTOBER

Sunday 5, 1.30pm: West Ham United vs Bolton Wanderers
Sunday 5, 4pm: Everton vs Newcastle United
Saturday 18, 12.45pm: Middlesbrough vs Chelsea
Sunday 19, 4pm: Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 25, 12.45pm: Sunderland vs Newcastle United
Sunday 26, 1.30pm: Chelsea vs Liverpool
Sunday 26, 4pm: West Ham United vs Arsenal
Tuesday 28, 8pm: Stoke City vs Sunderland
Wednesday 29, 8pm: Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur

NOVEMBER

Saturday 1, 12.45pm: Everton vs Fulham
Sunday 2, 4pm: Bolton Wanderers vs Manchester City
Saturday 8, 12.45pm: Arsenal vs Manchester United
Sunday 9, 1.30pm: Blackburn Rovers vs Chelsea
Sunday 9, 4pm: Fulham vs Newcastle United
Saturday 15, 12.45pm: Bolton Wanderers vs Liverpool
Sunday 16, 1.30pm: Everton vs Middlesbrough
Sunday 16, 4pm: Hull City vs Manchester City
Sunday 23, 1.30pm: Tottenham Hotspur vs Blackburn Rovers
Sunday 23, 4pm: Sunderland vs West Ham United
Sunday 30, 1.30pm: Manchester City vs Manchester United
Sunday 30, 4pm: Chelsea vs Arsenal

(Fixtures correct from 11/07/08)

For further information please contact Sky Sports:

Jonathan Sim on: 020 7705 3918 / 07801 678 371
Rob Jorgensen on: 020 7705 3332 / 07711 172 729

About Sky Sports

The latest live fixtures can be accessed throughout the season, online at www.skysports.com, via Sky Text page 220 or through Sky Sports Active.

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