All the Premier League derby fixture dates for the 2015/2016 season

Grab a pen, fetch your diary and prepare to cancel many, many plans in the coming year: the Premier League fixtures for the 2015/2016 season have been announced.

But rather than list all of them for your perusal, we thought it might be easier to whittle it down to the derby games - those fiery battles for bragging rights on the biggest stage of all - including the Tyne-Wear, Merseyside, Manchester, the Midlands and every all-London affair, which, unless stated, kick off at 15:00. 

Word of warning: When Sky and BT duke it out for TV picks, you can assume most of these fixtures will move to a different day - most likely to the Sunday but you can be confident they'll be the same weekend.

Take a look at the whole of the fixtures here - and if you're after a list of derby games for The Championship, step right this way.

AUGUST

Sat 8 Aug
Arsenal v West Ham

Sat 15 Aug
Crystal Palace v Arsenal

Sat 29 Aug
Chelsea v Crystal Palace

SEPTEMBER

Sat 19 Sep
Aston Villa v West Brom
Tottenham v Crystal Palace

OCTOBER

Sat 3 Oct
Everton v Liverpool

Sat 17 Oct
Crystal Palace v West Ham

Sat 24 Oct
Man Utd v Man City
West Ham v Chelsea
Sunderland v Newcastle

NOVEMBER 

Sat 7 Nov
Arsenal v Tottenham

Sat 21 Nov
Tottenham West Ham

Sat 28 Nov
Tottenham v Chelsea

DECEMBER

JANUARY

Sat 2 Jan
Crystal Palace v Chelsea

Sat 23 Jan
Arsenal v Chelsea
Crystal Palace v Tottenham
West Brom v Aston Villa

FEBRUARY

Sat 27 Feb
Liverpool v Everton

MARCH

Tues 1 Mar
West Ham v Tottenham [7.45pm]

Sat 5 Mar
Tottenham v Arsenal

Sat 19 Mar
Chelsea v West Ham
Man City v Man Utd
Newcastle v Sunderland

APRIL

Sat 2 Apr
West Ham v Crystal Palace

Sat 9 Apr
West Ham v Arsenal

Sat 16 Apr
Arsenal v Crystal Palace

Sat 30 Apr
Chelsea v Tottenham

MAY  

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