• New Championship season begins with Friday game on 4 August• Middlesbrough head to Wolves while Hull are away at Aston VillaSunderland’s attempt to bounce straight back to the Premier League will begin a day earlier than their Championship rivals.The relegated club, currently up for sale, without a manager and in possession of a thinning squad, will kick-off the new season on Friday 4 August at home to Gary Rowett’s Derby County. Related: Sunderland continue to pay the price for more than 10 years of mismanagement | Louise Taylor Continue readingreadfullarticle
