Sentence examples for in a competitive fixture from inspiring English sources

KICK-OFF: Thursday, 6.00pm PAST MEETINGS… The clubs have never met in a competitive fixture.

KICK-OFF: Wednesday, 5.00pm   PAST MEETINGS… These teams have never met in a competitive fixture.

City have never faced a Russian side before, in a competitive fixture.

Yet it's important to note that the Casuals' constitution, decreed the club should never take part in a competitive fixture.

Macclesfield have withdrawn their offer to allow a member of public to play for the club in a competitive fixture in return for payment.

This could partly be put down to Sebastián Coates and Younès Kaboul playing as a centre-back pairing for the first time in a competitive fixture.

The 20-time English champions had never travelled to the League One strugglers, who were promoted to the Football League in 2003, for a competitive fixture before Sunday's tie.

The match is the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Champions League and is the first time Celtic, managed by former Northern Ireland midfielder Neil Lennon, have played a competitive fixture in Northern Ireland.

San Marino, who lost 5-0 to England at Wembley in October, played their first official game in 1990 and have never won a competitive fixture.

Northern Ireland currently lie in 109th place in the FIFA rankings but will relish a competitive fixture against a Portugal side whom they have held a respectable record against in recent years.

Their Nations Cup qualifying defeat of Algeria in 2010 marked the first time in 37 years that CAR had won a competitive fixture.