Such a strong fixture list should help create a big-game atmosphere in a big-game venue.
It is now the time of the season when the fixture list throws together some strange bedfellows.
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Rowett said the release of the fixture list has heightened the sense of anticipation around the club.
However, Ferguson remains concerned that United's fixture list could hamper their bid to win four trophies this season.
England's preparations for next month's Women's World Cup finals are the main reason for the truncated fixture list.
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Rangers face four games in eight days whichever fixture list becomes reality.
Smith alluded to Rangers' packed fixture list domestically and in Europe as a factor in their inability to win the title last season.
The changes were announced with the long-delayed publication of the 2011 fixture list, which has 1, 480 meetings, a reduction of 23 on this year.
The left-hander probably guessed he was on for a good start to the season when the fixture list turned up games against Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
But no viable alternatives to the fixture list issued on 22 April emerged that did not place the integrity of the SPL competition at risk.
But the sticking-point appears to be the Twenty20 competition after a summer where players faced a saturated fixture list which many found hard to swallow.
"I am entirely convinced that we will be able to fulfil the fixture list and that we'll be able to take this club forward, " he added.
In any case, ECB chief executive David Collier has already warned the counties in an e-mail of their duty to comply fully with the domestic fixture list.
Yet, if Levein and the rest of the Scottish entourage can return home with anything like their ideal fixture list, it will be a small and perhaps vital victory.
He added that Portsmouth would be taking its place in the semi-final and would "certainly fulfil its fixture list this season and begin the new season in August 2010".
The town council said the club can continue to operate and fulfil its fixture list for the time being but has to come forward to negotiate new agreements and settle the arrears.
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The prospect of many clubs losing players for up to five weeks due to next year's Nations Cup, renewed calls are expected for Caf to bring its calendar into line with the European club fixture list.
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