So many aspects of our daily life have been amplified into something dramatic by social media and those who consider clicks to be currency. I don’t remember fixture release day in the past: the games just emanated from some dingy room in Lancaster Gate.

Often your first contact with the games that would shape your next year was the pull-out middle pages of the Evening Leader. The latest team photo (often adorned with a little square passport photo of a player who signed after the squad had had its get-together with Les Evans) would be ringed by adverts and have the list of games down the side.

Fixtures are subject to change. Home fixtures are in bold. Tony Humes’ away kit is sponsored by Sidoli’s Ice Cream Parlour.

Now it’s different, and the release of next season’s destinations is given the razzle-dazzle it deserves.

Certain obvious fixtures have been anticipated eagerly. Now we know that we’ll return to the third tier by entertaining Wycombe Wande

Despite Birmingham’s desires, we can safely presume that all of those games will be played in Britain.

There will, inevitably, be some tough slogs in midweek. It feels appropriate to choose April Fools Day for a Tuesday trip to Cambridge and back. I mean, they can’t be serious, can they?

Looking at it in a more positive light, if we are in a decent position by the start of October, we’ll know we have a foundation to build on, as many of the most difficult away games, on paper, will be behind us.

The derbies with Shrewsbury will be done by January, with an early clash at The Racecourse to look forward to, whereas the ongoing soap opera which is our rivalry with Stockport hits your screens in November, but you’ll have to wait until March for the second part of this limited series.