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The countdown for the new Premier League season will begin on Wednesday as the fixtures for the new season are released.

Fixtures for the new campaign will be released at 9am and Liverpool fans will be able to begin planning for the season.

This year the Premier League will begin on August 13, but that doesn’t guarantee the Reds will be playing that day because televised fixtures still need to be decided.

Friday night games will be introduced this term and away fans will be charged a maximum of £30 a ticket after the Premier League’s announcement in March.

Everybody wants to get off to a good start and create a platform to build on for the long campaign ahead.

However, a good start to the season doesn’t always suggest that it will turn out to be a successful one, and a bad start doesn’t always mean a disappointing campaign.

Here we look back at 13 seasons for Liverpool that have been both good and bad - with examples of fast and slow starts.

It is worth noting that before the 1981/82 season it was two points for a win instead of three.

1963/64

Final league position: 1st

Points after four games: 3

Liverpool beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at Ewood Park on the opening day, followed by consecutive 2-1 defeats to Nottingham Forest and Blackpool at Anfield. The Reds halted the losing habit by drawing their fourth game 0-0 away to Nottingham Forest.

Points after 10 games: 11

In the next six games, Liverpool picked wins up against Wolves and Chelsea on the road, and beat Wolves and Everton at Anfield - doing the double over Wolves in the process. The defeats came against West Ham and Sheffield United.

Total points: 57

1965/66

Final league position: 1st

Points after four games: 5

A 3-1 win on the first day of the season against Leicester City at Filbert Street was the perfect start to the season, but this was followed by a 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United at Anfield then a 0-0 draw at Bramall Lane. In the fourth game of the season the Reds beat Blackpool 3-2 at Bloomfield Road.

Points after 10 games: 14

In the next six games, Liverpool picked wins up against West Ham, Fulham, Everton and Aston Villa. In the reverse fixture against West Ham, the Reds drew 1-1. Bill Shankly’s sides second defeat of the season came against Tottenham in the eight game of the season.

Total points: 61

1976/77

Final league position: 1st

Points after four games: 6

Wins against Norwich, West Brom and Coventry helped Liverpool get off to a good start to the season, with their only defeat coming against Birmingham City against St Andrews.

Points after 10 games: 17

In the next six games the Reds beat Derby at the Baseball Ground, and wins against Tottenham and Everton came at Anfield. They also drew against Middlesbrough and Leeds, with their only defeat coming against Newcastle.

Total points: 57

1981/82

Final league Position: 1st

Points after four games: 3

Liverpool lost the opening game of this season away to Wolves, followed by a 1-1 draw at home to Middlesbrough. This was a slow start to the season, picking up one win in their first four by beating Arsenal 2-0 at Anfield. The other game was a 2-0 defeat away to Ipswich.

Points after 10 games: 11

The only wins in the next six games were against Coventry and Leeds, with draws against Aston Villa, West Ham, Swansea and Brighton not helping Liverpool’s start to the season. In the next 32 games the Reds only lost twice to be crowned champions.

Total points: 87

1987/88

Final league position: 1st

Points afters four games: 10

Arsenal, Coventry and Oxford felt the wrath of the Red Machine early on in this season picking up maximum points against them, with the only points dropped at the start of the season coming away to West Ham in the third game of the season, this was an almost perfect platform for the invincible season.

Points after 10 games: 28

The Reds won their next six games and were the pacesetters right from the start of this season. Wins against Charlton Athletic, Newcastle United, Derby County, Portsmouth, Queens Park Rangers and Luton Town helped ‘Kenny’s boys of ‘88’ show why they were the cream of the crop.

Total points: 90

1988/89

Final league position: 2nd

Points after four games: 8

The Reds started the campaign with wins away to Charlton Athletic and at home against Manchester United, before drawing their next two games 1-1 against Aston Villa and Tottenham.

Points after 10 games: 15

In the next six fixtures Liverpool only picked up seven points, with wins coming against Southampton and West Ham, earning a point against Coventry City. The defeats came against Newcastle United, Luton Town and Nottingham Forest.

Arsenal pipped Liverpool to the title on the final day.

Total points: 76

1993/94

Final league position: 8th

Points after four games: 9

Liverpool won their first three games of the season against Sheffield Wednesday, Queens Park Rangers and Swindon Town, scoring 10 goals in the process, before losing at Anfield against Tottenham.

Points after 10 games: 13

After such a promising start in the first four games Liverpool only won four points out a possible 18 in the next six games. The Reds picked up a win against Leeds in the fifth game of the season, before four defeats on the bounce against Coventry City, Blackburn Rovers Everton and Chelsea. They stopped the rot by picking up a point against Arsenal at home.

Total points: 60

1998/99

Final league position: 7th

Points after four games: 10

Liverpool began the season away to Southampton and picked up the three points with a 2-1 win. The Reds also picked up wins away to Newcastle and at home to Coventry City, as well as a 0-0 draw against Arsenal at Anfield. This was a promising start to the season, dropping only two points.

Points after 10 games: 16

In the next six games the Reds hit a blip only picking up one win against Nottingham Forest. Draws came against Charlton, Chelsea and Everton as well as defeats to West Ham United and Manchester United. Liverpool built some momentum before a run of bad results became a common theme of this season.

Total points: 54

2001/02

Final league position: 2nd

Points after four games: 6

The Reds won the first game of the season against West Ham United, but followed this up with back-to-back defeats against Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa. The fourth game of the season was the Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park, with the Reds coming out on top with a 3-1 win.

Points after 10 games: 22

In the next six games, Liverpool only dropped points once in a draw against Leeds United at Anfield. The five wins came against Tottenham, Newcastle United, Leicester City, Charlton Athletic and Manchester United - setting up a potential challenge for the title following the treble season from the previous campaign.

Total points: 80

2008/09

Final league position: 2nd

Points after four games: 10

Liverpool started the season at the Stadium of Light with a win, thanks to a late strike from Fernando Torres, the following weekend the Reds left it late again, this time against Middlesbrough at Anfield, beating them 2-1. Rafa Benitez’ side dropped their first points of the season, drawing to Aston Villa, but then bounced back with victory over Manchester United at Anfield.

Points after 10 games: 26

In the first of the next six games Liverpool drew at the Britannia Stadium against Stoke City, but followed up with five wins on the bounce, including victories at Everton, Manchester City and Chelsea. The win at Stamford Bridge was the highlight, ending Chelsea’s long unbeaten run at home. This start to the season showed that Liverpool were ready to challenge for the title again.

Total points: 86

2011/12

Final league position: 8th

Points after four games: 7

The Reds started the season with a 1-1 draw at home to Sunderland, before going to the Emirates and winning 2-0. The Reds then returned to Anfield beating Bolton, and then lost to Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.

Liverpool’s inconsistent start become the norm this season.

Points after 10 games: 19

Liverpool beat Wolves, Everton and West Brom in the next six games, drawing against Manchester United and Norwich, with the only defeat coming in a 4-0 thrashing at White Hart Lane.

The Reds league campaign was disappointing, but they won their first piece of silverware since 2006 by winning the Carling Cup,

Total points: 52

2013/14

Final league position: 2nd

Points after four league games: 10

The Reds won their first three games 1-0. Firstly, an opening day victory against Stoke City at Anfield thanks to a goal from Daniel Sturridge and a late penalty save from Simon Mignolet . They then travelled to Villa Park and returned with the three points thanks to a Sturridge goal again. The third consecutive win came against David Moyes’ Manchester United at Anfield before drawing 2-2 away to Swansea City.

Points after 10 league games: 20

Following an unbeaten start, Liverpool’s run come to an abrupt end after Southampton beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield. Then Luis Suarez returned and Liverpool picked up 10 points from their next four games with wins against Sunderland, Crystal Palace and West Brom - drawing away to Newcastle United. Brendan Rodgers’ side second defeat came against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

This was the most exciting league season for Liverpool fans in years, coming within touching distance of the title.

Total points: 84

2015/16

Final league position: 9th

Points after four league games: 7

Brendan Rodgers’ side made a decent start to their first league campaign without Steven Gerrard - with a 1-0 win against Stoke City.

Phillipe Coutinho scored a late winner for the Reds and put to bed the nightmare of the last day of the 2014/15 season.

Liverpool made it two wins from two in their first home game of the season. A goal from Christian Benteke was enough for the Reds to pick up their first home win of the season.

Next up for the Reds was a trip to Arsenal on a Monday night. Rodgers’ side left the Emirates with a point, but many believe they done enough to leave with all three points.

West Ham then came to Anfield the following Saturday and undone all of Liverpool’s early momentum with a 3-0 win. It was the Hammers first win at Anfield since 1963.

Points after 10 league games: 14

In the Reds next six games they picked up only seven points and also had a new manager.

A 3-1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford followed the West Ham loss and questions started to be asked about Brendan Rodgers’ future.

Liverpool returned to Anfield and drew 1-1 with newly promoted Norwich, before beating Aston Villa 3-2 at the end of September.

A 1-1 draw in the Merseyside Derby on October 4 was enough for Rodgers’ to lose his job and be replaced by Jurgen Klopp.

The German’s first two league games ended in draws against Tottenham and Southampton.

Liverpool would only pick up 60 points in the league and lose in two cup finals.

Total points: 60