The FOUR key dates you need to know ahead of the 2017/18 football season

From player registrations to when the FA Cup starts

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13th June 2017

Clubs are busy planning their pre seasons and recruiting for their squads, but the calendar for the 2017/18 season is already coming together so here’s the dates you need to put in your diaries for the month ahead

1st July

The start of July is when the Hellenic League release and start accepting player registrations for the season ahead. Expect it to get very busy, but you can keep track of all the moves here.

Don’t miss our comprehensive pre season friendly fixture list here.

7th July

The Emirates Sponsored FA Cup.

The big day for FA competition draws. The Football Association will reveal the draws for the early rounds of the FA Cup, FA Trophy and FA Vase tournaments.

31st July

The Hellenic League season officially gets underway with clubs playing a round of league fixtures between Monday 31st July and Wednesday 2nd August in preparation for..

5th August

The road to Wembley for the 2017/18 Emirates FA Cup begins in August with the Extra Preliminary Round Saturday 5th August.

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Tom Canning

Tom is the co-editor of FootballinBracknell. He has played at the lowest possible level of football. In real life Tom works for Trinity Mirror. Manager of Binfield Ladies in the Thames Valley Women's League.

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