How Nottingham Forest's fixture list could look when Championship restarts

EFL club chief executive gives detail surrounding order of Championship fixtures still to be played

With Nottingham Forest hoping to resume their promotion push next month, one Championship club official has hinted at the order fixtures may be played when the season resumes.

The Reds returned to non-contact training this week, after the campaign was suspended in March due to the coronavirus crisis.

And after the Premier League yesterday announced their Project Restart, it is hoped the second tier will soon follow.

Luton Town chief executive Gary Sweet has suggested the league intends to play out the rest of the 2019/20 term in the order that games were originally structured in the fixture list.

The last game in the Championship which took place was on Sunday, March 8, when Forest's arch-rivals Derby County beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 at Pride Park. For Sabri Lamouchi's side, their last outing was a 3-0 defeat at home to Millwall.

Charlton Athletic have hinted the action will get back underway on June 20, as they step up their preparations.

And Hatters chief executive Sweet, who wants the rest of the season to be played out, has suggested the remaining matches are due to be played in the order they were intended.

Unlike in the Premier League and other divisions of the English Football League where some clubs have games in hand on one another, all teams in the Championship have nine games left to play.

At a press conference where Nathan Jones was officially unveiled to the media for the second time as Luton manager, Sweet said: “We’ve had a good full week of training back at Brache, as the first phase return to training protocol has been successful. The lads have been excellent, have been professional, enthusiastic about the return.

“We have had no positive cases on the two tests we’ve done so far. Indeed the league generally, apart from a couple, haven’t had any positive tests, which is fantastic news.

“Not for that reason, but as was planned, the Championship is going to play the rest of the season in the order that it was structured in terms of fixtures.

“We as a club have to get going. We’ve got to hit the ground sprinting. If the season didn’t play out for some reason, for example, as of now, we would be relegated and relegation isn’t something that we want to face, I’ll be honest.

“We do not want to face relegation, I can confirm to you, not just financially but from a status perspective and just from a progress perspective, League One is not where we want to be.

“It would put us into a certain state of financial oblivion effectively with the Championship debt being taken down to League One with League One financial reward is not something we are willing to accept and it’s something we have to avoid at all costs.”

Sabri Lamouchi's Forest sit fifth in the table, 10 points adrift of second-placed West Bromwich Albion and with a gap of five points to seventh-placed Bristol City.

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Blackburn Rovers v Bristol City

Cardiff City v Leeds United

Fulham v Brentford

Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic

Hull City v Charlton Athletic

Luton Town v Preston North End

Middlesbrough v Swansea City

Millwall v Derby County

Queens Park Rangers v Barnsley

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West Bromwich Albion v Birmingham City

Matchweek 39

Barnsley v Millwall

Brentford v West Bromwich Albion

Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday

Charlton Athletic v Queens Park Rangers

Derby County v Reading

Preston North End v Cardiff City

Birmingham City v Hull City

Leeds United v Fulham

Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town

Stoke City v Middlesbrough

Swansea City v Luton Town

Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

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Barnsley v Blackburn Rovers

Birmingham City v Huddersfield Town

Cardiff City v Charlton Athletic

Hull City v Middlesbrough

Leeds United v Luton Town

Millwall v Swansea City

Nottingham Forest v Bristol City

Preston North End v Derby County

Queens Park Rangers v Fulham

Reading v Brentford

Sheffield Wednesday v West Bromwich Albion

Wigan Athletic v Stoke City

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Blackburn Rovers v Leeds United

Brentford v Wigan Athletic

Bristol City v Cardiff City

Charlton Athletic v Millwall

Derby County v Nottingham Forest

Fulham v Birmingham City

Huddersfield Town v Preston North End

Luton Town v Reading

Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers

Stoke City v Barnsley

Swansea City v Sheffield Wednesday

West Bromwich Albion v Hull City

Matchweek 42

Birmingham City v Swansea City

Brentford v Charlton Athletic

Bristol City v Hull City

Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers

Leeds United v Stoke City

Luton Town v Barnsley

Millwall v Middlesbrough

Nottingham Forest v Fulham

Reading v Huddersfield Town

Sheffield Wednesday v Preston North End

West Bromwich Albion v Derby County

Wigan Athletic v Queens Park Rangers

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Matchweek 43

Barnsley v Wigan Athletic

Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion

Charlton Athletic v Reading

Derby County v Brentford

Fulham v Cardiff City

Huddersfield Town v Luton Town

Hull City v Millwall

Middlesbrough v Bristol City

Preston North End v Nottingham Forest

Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke City v Birmingham City

Swansea City v Leeds United

Matchweek 44

Birmingham City v Charlton Athletic

Brentford v Preston North End

Bristol City v Stoke City

Cardiff City v Derby County

Leeds United v Barnsley

Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers

Millwall v Blackburn Rovers

Nottingham Forest v Swansea City

Reading v Middlesbrough

Sheffield Wednesday v Huddersfield Town

West Bromwich Albion v Fulham

Wigan Athletic v Hull City

Matchweek 45

Barnsley v Nottingham Forest

Blackburn Rovers v Reading

Charlton Athletic v Wigan Athletic

Derby County v Leeds United

Fulham v Sheffield Wednesday

Huddersfield Town v West Bromwich Albion

Hull City v Luton Town

Middlesbrough v Cardiff City

Preston North End v Birmingham City

Queens Park Rangers v Millwall

Stoke City v Brentford

Swansea City v Bristol City

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Matchweek 46

Birmingham City v Derby County

Brentford v Barnsley

Bristol City v Preston North End

Cardiff City v Hull City

Leeds United v Charlton Athletic

Luton Town v Blackburn Rovers

Millwall v Huddersfield Town

Nottingham Forest v Stoke City

Reading v Swansea City

Sheffield Wednesday v Middlesbrough

West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers

Wigan Athletic v Fulham