Tell your girlfriend, boyfriend, lover, husband, wife, parents, children, siblings, friends or whoever that next Saturday night you have a previous engagement. Yes, the first really big match of the season away at Sevilla has been set for Saturday 29th November with a kick off at 10pm local time. You could plan a real footballfest and watch the Getafe - Real Madrid game which starts earlier at 8pm.  

The LFP have announced the kick off times for next weekend's games and Barça's home game with Getafe has been set for Sunday 23rd November with a kick off time of 7pm (local time). Whenever we play Getafe it brings back memories of the amazing goal scored by Leo Messi in April 2007.

Click here to watch the goal again.

Barça's game next weekend in Huelva against Recreativo has been set for Sunday evening (November 16th) with a 9pm kick off time. Last season we only managed a 2-2 draw in the corresponding fixture. I was just looking back at this blog's report of the match and it is interesting to read the comments at the time. Last season's game was in April, just seven months ago, it shows how far we have come in a short time. Click here for the report and 100 comments on that game, it makes interesting reading. It is also worth checking the link to watch Samuel Eto'o's cracking 2nd goal.

Oh, and I believe I forgot to give the kick off time for the...

I don't know about you but I have to say I'm getting a bit fed up of so many Saturday night games. The LFP have announced that next week's game with Valladolid will take place at 10pm local time on Saturday night. Barça will start the game knowing the result of Real Madrid who play Malaga at the Bernabeu at 8pm. Last season Barça beat Valladolid 4-1 with two goals from Bojan Krkic in what was probably his best game for Barça. Click here for my report on last season's match.

The LFP have announced the kick off times for Jornada 9 and as expected Barça are again playing on Saturday night due to having a Champions League game with Basle the following Tuesday. The game with Malaga at La Rosaleda will kick off at 8pm local time. Malaga are newly promoted and last played in the Primera in 2005/2006. Barça's last game in Malaga was a 0-0 draw in March 2006.

The LFP have given the kick off times for next weekend's games and our home game with Almeria has been set for Saturday 25th at 10pm local time. Last season we also played Almeria at the end of October and won the game 2-0 with goals from Thierry Henry and Leo Messi (click here for full report).

It seems we are going to play a lot of Saturday night football this season. Take advantage of this weekend's Sunday game by asking out that nice girl or boy you fancy for Saturday night!

The LFP have announced next week's kick off times a day early this week. Barça's away game at Athletic Bilbao will take place on Sunday 19th October with the kick off time set for 7pm local time. The Madrid derby between Atletico and Real Madrid will be played on the Saturday at 8pm. A good week to go three points above our biggest rival.

The LFP have announced the kick off times for the 6th Jornada of the season. Barça will play Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou on Saturday 4th October at 10pm local time. This means it will be another live televised game on Spanish TV which may again mean a lower than usual attendance. Also all these Saturday night games does no good at all to my social life

The LFP today announced the kick off times for Jornadas 4 and 5 of the season. In Jornada 4 Barça are at home to Betis and the kick off time has been set for 8pm local time on Wednesday 24th September, which coincides with the end of the La Merce fiestas in the city. If you ever plan to visit Barcelona I highly recommend that you come for these fiestas. The following Saturday Barça are away to Espanyol in the city's derby match. The kick off has been set for 10pm which means it will been shown live on Spanish TV channel La Sexta as well as on Catalunya's TV3.

The LFP have announced the kick off times for Jornada 3 and Barça's game at Sporting Gijon will be the last game of the weekend, kicking off at 9pm local time on Sunday 21st. Real Madrid's game at Racing Santander will be finish just before Barça's game begins.

Please don't confuse Sporting Lisbon with Sporting Gijon. Sporting Lisbon are playing us at Camp Nou on Tuesday 16th in the Champions League.

The full programme for Jornada 3 in La Liga is as follows:

Saturday 20th September 

20:00 Atlético de Madrid-Recreativo
22:00 Espanyol-Getafe

Sunday 21st...