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Manchester United’s 2026/27 Premier League schedule is out, and the football gods have delivered an early gift: a Manchester derby at Old Trafford by mid-September.
The club’s first 10 fixtures, released on June 19, chart a course from a season opener at Hull City on August 22 through early November. It’s a stretch that includes four high-profile home matches and away trips to Everton, Fulham, Leeds United, and Chelsea.
The full opening stretch
United kick things off with an away fixture at Hull City, with a 12:30 p.m. BST start on August 22. A week later, they host Ipswich Town at Old Trafford on August 29 before traveling to Goodison Park (or wherever Everton call home by then) on September 5.
Then comes the headline fixture. Manchester City visit Old Trafford on September 12, giving United just three matches to find their rhythm before the biggest local rivalry in English football lands on their doorstep.
An away trip to Fulham follows on September 19, then Tottenham Hotspur come to Old Trafford on October 10. Leeds United away on October 17 adds another rivalry to the early-season gauntlet. Halloween brings a trip to Stamford Bridge on October 31. Aston Villa at home on November 7 rounds out the first 10 fixtures.
The Tezos connection and crypto’s creep into football
Tezos has served as the club’s official blockchain and training kit partner since February 2022, under a multi-year deal valued at more than £20 million per year.
There’s also an unofficial Manchester United fan token floating around on BNB Chain. It carries no official endorsement from the club. Official fan tokens, like those issued through Socios and Chiliz for clubs like Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, come with at least some governance utility and club backing. An unofficial token on BNB Chain is essentially a community-driven asset trading purely on sentiment.
The fixture release itself generated no observable movement in digital asset markets tied to United or fan tokens more broadly.
What this means for crypto investors watching sports
Manchester United alone commands a global fanbase estimated in the hundreds of millions. The Tezos deal, at more than £20 million annually, reflects what blockchain companies are willing to pay for that kind of exposure.
When FTX collapsed and crypto sponsorships became toxic overnight, plenty of sports deals evaporated. Tezos and United stuck it out through multiple market cycles.
Anyone holding unofficial MUFC tokens on BNB Chain should understand they’re making a pure speculation play with zero club backing. That’s a fundamentally different risk profile than holding an officially sanctioned fan token with utility baked in.
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