MK Dons will take on Bradford City at Stadium MK in the first game of the upcoming 2024/25 League Two season.

The fixture release announcement earlier today (26/06) revealed that Mike Williamson’s side will start the campaign by playing the Bantams at home on Saturday August 10th 2024.

The Dons are seeking to build on last season, when they finished fourth in the League Two table, only to suffer a heavy defeat to Crawley Town in the play-offs.

Opening day opponents Bradford finished 9th in last season’s League Two but their owner has announced he wants to see the team challenge for promotion and a return to League One for the first time since the 2018/19 season.

Bradford are managed by Graham Alexander, making the game the Scot’s first return to Stadium MK since being sacked by MK Dons in October 2023 after less than five months in charge.

The game will also be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK, with the new season seeing a new TV broadcast deal signed by the EFL and the broadcaster coming into effect. Every game of the opening weekend of the season in the Championship, League One and League Two will be broadcast by Sky in the UK. But the Dons v Bradford has been confirmed as a feature game to be shown live on the Sky Sports Football channel.

In August, the Dons’ first away game will be at Colchester United on 17th August, before the opening month will see them also face games against a home match against Carlisle and a trip to face Salford City.

At Christmas time, the Dons will take on Notts County at home on Boxing Day, with their last game before Christmas being against Newport County in Wales on 21st December. After the Boxing Day game, there will then be a match against Crewe on 29th December, before the Dons take on National League champions Chesterfield on New Year’s Day in their first game of 2025.

The Easter double header will see MK Dons play Newport at Stadium MK on Good Friday, which is 18th April 2025, before playing Crewe on Easter Monday on 21st April.

The final match of the season will see the Dons play Swindon Town away on 3rd May 2025, with the final home game being against Grimsby Town the week before.

One of the more anticipated games of the season for MK Dons will be resumption of their rivalry with AFC Wimbledon, who are also in League Two next season. The teams will first meet on 14th September 2024 in London, with a return fixture to be played in Milton Keynes on 25th January 2025.

Under terms of a new TV deal agreed between the EFL and Sky Sports to continue broadcasting games, all teams will see at least 20 games a season chosen for live broadcast, with a new Sky Sports+ channel streaming extra games.

Confirmation of what games will be selected and consequently moved for broadcast will be expected in due course.