Championship fixtures: Relegated Burnley and West Ham meet at the weekend.

Relegated Burnley and West Ham meet in the Championship season opener on Sunday, August 16.

The Clarets will host the Hammers, whose bid to appoint Wales manager Craig Bellamy as boss was relegated on the final day of last season’s 19th-placed finish.

Wolves open the league against Blackburn at Molineux on Friday, August 14.

Elsewhere, Southampton, who start the season with a four-point deficit after the Spygate scandal, travel to Watford on the opening weekend to host Cardiff-promoted Welsh rivals Wrexham on Monday 17 August.

League One champions Lincoln begin their season against beaten play-off finalists Middlesbrough on Saturday, August 15, while third-tier play-off finalists Bolton kick off their home game against Preston on the same day.

The Champions season starts a week after clubs play their first match in the first round of the Carabao Cup and a week before the start of the Premier League.