When are West Bromwich Albions 2021/22 Championship fixtures released?
Sign up NOW for daily Baggies news straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice  West Bromwich Albion will soon discover who they will face in next seasons Championship campaign. The first key date of the summer for second-tier clubs is the release of the Championship fixtures, and Baggies fans will be excited to find out just who their team will face on the opening day, whether they are at home for their Boxing Day and New Year games, when derby clashes against the likes of Birmingham City are scheduled, and who will be their opponents on the final day of the season, when all manner of possibilities could still be available to the next West Brom manager. There will be an added thrill for them too with the knowledge that supporters should be allowed back inside the Hawthorns when the new season kicks off after the Covid pandemic meant all but very few games in 2020/21 were played in empty stadiums. The big date for the Baggies and their fans is Thursday, June 24, with the fixtures due for publication at 9am. (Image: Getty Images)  And it promises to be a watershed season for the club, who have already been installed as joint favourites with Fulham to win the Championship title and will have a new manager in the Hawthorns hot seat too. Several names have been linked with the head coach role, including former West Brom midfielder and Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. The 49-year-old is second favourite for the job after Lincoln Citys Michael Appleton. Moves for Chris Wilder and David Wagner have already come to nothing. (Image: (Photo by Adam Fradgley - AMA/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images))  Whoever takes over, their mission will be to ensure the club get back to the Premier League at the first time of asking, and in order to do so theyll need to keep hold of star players such as Sam Johnstone and Matheus Pereira. If the Baggies lose the Brazilian, who was their top scorer last season with 12 goals, hell be hard to replace. Other forwards Callum Robinson, Matt Phillips, Grady Diangana and Karlan Grant had a combined 10 goals between them. West Brom could potentially face newly-promoted Hull City, Peterborough United or Blackpool on the opening day of the new campaign, with Midlands rivals Birmingham City and Coventry City options as well.