England's World Cup qualifier against Scotland at Wembley will be held on a Friday night.
The match will take place on Friday November 11, 2016, with a 7.45pm kick-off. The return match will take place at Hampden Park on Saturday June 10 2017, with a kick-off time of 5pm.
Hodgson also believes extra interest in the group will be stimulated by the Scotland matches, the first competitive meetings between the sides since a Euro 2000 play-off in 1999 where England won 2-1 on aggregate over two legs.
He added: 'The Scotland fixture stands out as it's the oldest rivalry among football nations and if the friendlies are anything to judge by they will be very exciting games, and very tense and intense. The atmosphere will be unbelievable.
'If anyone wants to see what a really fanatic football atmosphere is like I would invite them to Wembley when we play Scotland or to the match up there and they will see what passionate football support is all about.'
England were top seeds in the draw and avoided both Italy and France among the second seeds - in fact they landed perhaps the easiest second seeds in the form of Slovakia, though Hodgson said they should not be underestimated.
This could be a world record for the most drunken skirt wearing men in one place at the same time.
Spitting and swearing and urinating in the street,and that's just Nicola Sturgeon.
Oh and bagpipes are banned