(mental maps) gameweek one, approaching

as it all begins this saturday, august 19, with sheffield united and liverpool squaring off at 12.45pm british summer time (BST) on network sky sports, the first of the 380 league games to played until may 13 2007. deadline for gameweek 1 lineups is august 19, 11.30am BST / 4.30am Eastern / 1.30am Pacific, so plan accordingly due to time differentials. and as each team plays a total of 38 games in 38 gameweeks, things/events will start moving quickly. for example, the deadline for gameweek 2 is august 22, 7.30pm BST / 12.30pm ET / 9.30am PT. i imagine it will take some getting used to, with the EPL being comparatively > NFL fantasy football's 16 games over 17 weeks.

a list of games televised saturday and sunday on fox soccer channel:

sat. august 19
epl preview // 9.30am ET / 6.30am PT
wigan atheletic @ newcastle // 10am ET / 7am PT [live]
tottenham @ bolton // 12pm ET / 9am PT [live]
middlesborough @ reading // 2.15pm ET / 11.15am PT [delay]
all games replayed at later slots saturday on fox soccer channel.

sun. august 20
manchester city @ chelsea // 11am ET / 8 am PT [live]
game replayed at later slots sunday on fsc.

sorry to mike, for consciously neglecting your time zone.

transfer updates:

august 17
Scott Golbourne [Reading - Wycombe] Loan
Jemal Johnson [Blackburn - Wolves] Undisclosed
Darren Potter [Liverpool - Wolves] Loan

august 16
Phil Bardsley [Man Utd - Rangers] Loan
Robert Green [Norwich - West Ham] £2m
Albert Jarrett [Brighton - Watford] Free
Chris Makin [Reading - Southampton] Free
Andy Reid [Tottenham - Charlton] £3m

august 15
Andreas Isaksson [Rennes - Man City] £2m