It's one of the most enduring myths in football. Every team has to play each other twice, so why should it matter what order in which the games are played?
Were that the case, then the fixtures could literally be in the same sequence every season, save for swapping in promoted teams for those who have been relegated.
Except, of course, they're not. And for good reason will there have been genuine interest from Liverpool at discovering on Thursday morning what their Premier League schedule would be for the forthcoming campaign.
