The Championship campaign gets under way in August.
Wolves and Albion will go head-to-head as Championship rivals from August as the 2026/27 campaign gets under way.
For Wolves an eight-season stay in the Premier League came to an end as Rob Edwards’ side were relegated and ended the season as basement boys.
Albion just about survived relegation from the second tier under James Morrison, who was rewarded for keeping the club in the Championship with a permanent two-year contract as head coach.
It means league Black Country derby action for the first time since the 2020/21 Covid Premier League campaign and the first with supporters at Molineux and The Hawthorns since 2011/12.
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Supporters of Wolves, Albion and Walsall will be eagerly anticipating fixture release day - set for Thursday, June 25 at midday, where plans can begin to be made for the season ahead.
The 2026/27 campaign will kickstart on the weekend of August 8 with the first round of the EFL Cup, before Championship, League One and League Two action begins the following weekend.
Television picks
The league have once again made an early move in a bid to help supporters plan their movements as best possible for the months ahead.
Fans will have up to five months’ notice for the television picks for their clubs.
It has been confirmed that the opening weekend of league action for all three EFL divisions will be broadcast live on Sky Sports and Sky Sports + on August 14 to 16.
All fixtures to be broadcast before the end of September will be confirmed by July 2.
Beyond that, all televised fixtures up to and including January 8 to January 11 will be confirmed by July 31.
By November 6, television selections will be confirmed for all fixtures up to and including the midweek of March 2 and March 3.
Wolves and Albion are sure to be regulars on Championship broadcast action next season while Walsall and other lower league clubs will once again benefit from Sky’s + service showing more League One and League Two fixtures.placeholder image
Wolves and Albion are sure to be regulars on Championship broadcast action next season while Walsall and other lower league clubs will once again benefit from Sky’s + service showing more League One and League Two fixtures. | AFP via Getty Images
Selections for matches for the weekend of March 5 to March 8 will be confirmed by February 5.
Beyond that there will be weekly scheduling announcements for fixtures four weeks ahead.
Matches shown live on the penultimate weekend of the campaign will be selected three weeks in advance, and TV picks for the final weekend of the regular season will be made a week in advance.
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