All the Championship derby fixture dates for the 2015/2016 season

It's the day that football fans everywhere have been counting down to: the unveiling of the fixture list for the coming season.

Yes, the games aren't even starting for another seven weeks, but we can all start getting excited about the action returning after a long, hard summer without a major football tournament.

And, of course, the matches that fans look forward to most are the derbies; those games against local rivals which are sure to be described as 'full-blooded', 'committed' and 'probably going to end up in a fight'. The Championship even saw a derby in one of its play-off semi-finals last season, as Norwich beat Ipswich in the 'Old Farm' games to reach Wembley and eventually win a place in the Premier League - which sadly leaves poor old Ipswich (along with Hull, Middlesborough and MK Dons) without any real derbies to look forward to. Never mind, maybe the season after?

We've picked out all the big derby games for you to get in the diary; in particular, 5 March should be an unmissable weekend, with four crunch derbies taking place at the business end of the season.

Related: Here's all the derby dates for the Premier League next season

August

Sat 8th Aug

Charlton v QPR

22nd Aug

Leeds v Sheffield Wednesday

29th Aug

Blackburn v Bolton

Brentford v Reading (just about)

September

19th September

Huddersfield v Bolton (just about)

26th September

Fulham v QPR

October

3rd October

Charlton v Fulham

17th October

Burnley v Bolton

24th October

Blackburn v Burnley

Cardiff v Bristol City

Charlton v Brentford

31st October

Birmingham v Wolves

Brentford v QPR

Preston v Bolton

November

7th November

Huddersfield v Leeds

Nottingham Forest v Derby

21st November

Leeds v Rotherham

Preston v Blackburn

Sheffield Wednesday v Huddersfield (just about)

December

5th December

Burnley v Preston

Reading v QPR (just about)

12th December

Fulham v Brentford

15th December

Huddersfield v Rotherham

28th December

Bolton v Blackburn

Reading v Brentford (just about)

January

16th January

Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds

February

13th February

QPR v Fulham

20th February

Fulham v Charlton

27th February

Bolton v Burnley

March

5th March

Brentford v Charlton

Bristol City v Cardiff

Burnley v Blackburn

Sheffield Wednesday v Rotherham

12th March

Bolton v Preston

QPR v Brentford

Wolves v Birmingham

19th March

Derby v Nottingham Forest

Leeds v Huddersfield

April

2nd April

Blackburn v Preston

Huddersfield v Sheffield Wednesday (just about)

Rotherham v Leeds

9th April

QPR v Charlton

19th April

Rotherham v Huddersfield

23rd April

Preston v Burnley

QPR v Reading (just about)

30th April

Brentford v Fulham

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