Liverpool face early season start?

Liverpool will have to play their first competitive fixture of next season on August 2 unless they finish in fifth place in the Premier League or win the FA Cup.

By Robert Summerscales, Reporter | 06 March 2012

Liverpool will have to play their first competitive fixture of next season on August 2 unless they finish in fifth place in the Premier League or win the FA Cup.

Kenny Dalglish's side have already secured qualification into the Europa League following their penalty shootout victory against Cardiff City in the Carling Cup final last month.

The Anfield club currently sit seventh in the Premier League table.

Unless they improve their league standing or lift more silverware in May, they will enter Europe's secondary club tournament in the qualifying round, which will take place over two legs on the first two Thursdays in August.

The Reds failed to qualify for European competition last season for the first time in 12 years.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Manchester City Man City	38	28	7	3	96	34	62	91
2	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	62	89
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	45	82
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	15	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	20	6	12	74	61	13	66
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	14	63
7	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	18	6	14	85	62	23	60
8	Manchester United Man Utd	38	18	6	14	57	58	-1	60
9	West Ham United West Ham	38	14	10	14	60	74	-14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	-1	49
11	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	-7	48
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	-13	48
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	-6	47
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	13	7	18	50	65	-15	46
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	-11	40
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	-9	39
17	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	-18	32
R	Luton Town Luton	38	6	8	24	52	85	-33	26
R	Burnley	38	5	9	24	41	78	-37	24
R	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	38	3	7	28	35	104	-69	16