It’s Premier League fixture day! The names have been drawn, and we now get to see what lies ahead as Thomas Frank prepares for Tottenham Hotspur’s 2025/26 season:
It’s a gentle start to the season for Spurs’ new manager, getting to test his side’s mettle against newly-promoted Burnley at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium; but things very quickly escalate from there, as the Lilywhites head north to take on Manchester City. That does look though to be Spurs’ biggest challenge for the first three months, as Frank will look to build into an extremely busy festive period.
It’s the middle third of the season, in fact, that looks the toughest for Spurs. Six league fixtures through December is certainly a tough test of any squad’s depth, and remember - no cup fixtures are included in this list! The fixtures against the remaining “Sky Six” teams, as well as Newcastle United (who, in terms of quality at least, may as well have replaced Manchester United in that grouping), are largely concentrated through that period from November to March as well - a period in the season where in recent years Spurs have struggled with player availability.
One would hope that Thomas Frank’s methods will have less of an impact on player attrition than his predecessor’s, but it would certainly be hope, rather than confidence, that Spurs will avoid an injury crisis. Brentford also suffered a number of injuries through their squad under the Dane’s more pragmatic tactics, with Spurs’ squad this season not looking particularly deep and European football to contend with.
Of course, all this discussion is moot - we can’t predict the future, and this fixture list is realistically largely a guide, with fixtures likely to shift due to cup runs, television schedules, and other circumstances. At the end of the day, it’s 38 matches, home and away, against the other 19 teams.
Here’s hoping it’ll go better for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club this coming season.