2018 Summer Friendlies

MCFC1993

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Starting to feel like the club season is just beginning and all eyes will be on it after this weekend. So this is just a place to keep an eye on how the other Premier League sides are getting on over pre-season.

Links to the highlights for all the games so far included under the spoiler tags.


Pre-Season Games


International Champions Cup
21st July – 02:05 – Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund – (In Chicago) - Result: 0-1.
21st July – 15:05 – Bayern Munchen vs PSG – (In Klagenfort, Austria) - Result: 3-1.
22nd July – 21:05 – Liverpool vs Borussia Dortmund – (In Charlotte) - Result: 1-3.
26th July – 00:05 – Juventus vs Bayern Munchen – (In Philadelphia)
26th July – 01:05 – Borussia Dortmund vs Benfica – (In Pittsburgh)
26th July – 01:05 – Manchester City vs Liverpool – (In East Rutherford, NJ)
26th July – 03:05 – AS Roma vs Tottenham Hotspur – (In San Diego)
26th July – 04:05 – AC Milan vs Manchester United – (In Pasadena)
26th July – 12:35 – Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal – (In Singapore)
28th July – 12:35 – Arsenal vs PSG – (In Singapore)
28th July – 18:05 – Benfica vs Juventus – (In Harrison, NJ)
28th July – 19:05 – Chelsea vs Inter Milan – (In Nice, France)
28th July – 22:05 – Manchester United vs Liverpool – (In Ann Arbor, MI)
29th July – 00:05 – Bayern Munchen vs Manchester City – (In Miami)
29th July – 04:05 – Barcelona vs Tottenham Hotspur – (In Pasadena)
30th July – 12:35 – PSG vs Atletico Madrid – (In Singapore)
1st August – 01:05 – Manchester United vs Real Madrid – (In Miami)
1st August – 01:35 – Tottenham Hotspur vs AC Milan – (In Minneapolis)
1st August – 03:05 – Barcelona vs AS Roma – (In Arlington, TX)
1st August – 20:05 – Arsenal vs Chelsea – (In Dublin, Ireland)
1st August – 21:05 – Benfica vs Olympique Lyonnais – (In Algarve, Portugal)
4th August – 19:05 – Inter Milan vs Olympique Lyonnais – (In Lecce, Italy)
4th August – 23:05 – Real Madrid vs Juventus – (In Landover, MD)
5th August – 01:05 – AC Milan vs Barcelona – (In Santa Clara, CA)
7th August – 20:05 – Chelsea vs Olympique Lyonnais – (Stamford Bridge)
8th August – 01:05 – Real Madrid vs AS Roma – (East Rutherford, NJ)
11th August – 19:05 – Atletico Madrid vs Inter Milan – (At Atletico’s ground)


Algarve Cup
20th July – 20:00 – Porto vs Lille - Result: 1-2.
21st July – 20:00 – Everton vs Lille - Result: 0-0 (Lille win 5-3 on pens).
22nd July – 20:00 – Porto vs Everton - Result: 1-0.


Other Friendlies Involving Premier League Sides:

5th July – 13:05 – Schalke 04 vs Southampton – (Kunshan, China) – Result: 3-3. -
Highlights:

7th July – 12:30 – Crawley Town vs Fulham – Result: 2-4. - 7th July – 15:00 – Chester City vs LiverpoolResult: 0-7. -
Highlights:

7th July – 17:30 – Neuchatel Xamax vs Wolverhampton Wanderers – Result: 1-1.
No highlights, more of a training game but a tweet to confirm the score: https://twitter.com/Wolves/status/1015675467637100546
8th July – 14:00 – Winterthur vs West Ham United – Result: 3-2. -
Highlights:

10th July – 17:00 – Basel vs Wolverhampton Wanderers – Result: 1-2. -
Highlights:

10th July – 19:30 – Tranmere vs Liverpool – Result 2-3 -
Highlights:

10th July – 19:45 – Bury vs Huddersfield Town – Result: 0-4. - 11th July – 12:30 – Jiangsu Suning vs Southampton – Result: 2-3. - 12th July – 17:30 – FC Helsingor vs Crystal Palace - Result: 2-2. -
You can watch the highlights on Palace's website, have to sign up but it's free: https://eagles.cpfc.co.uk/
13th July – 19:00 – Cork City vs Burnley - Result: 0-1. -
Highlights on Burnley's website, free to sign up so you can see them:
https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com...e-goals-cork-city-v-burnley#.W0kR-nOKd8I.link
13th July – 19:00 – Taff’s Well vs Cardiff City - Result: 0-3. -
No highlights available but a tweet to confirm the score: https://twitter.com/CardiffCityFC/status/1017858049539821568
14th July – 13:00 – St Gallen vs Brighton & Hove Albion - Result: 1-1. -
Highlights: Available via paid subscription to Brighton's website: https://www.brightonandhovealbion.c...rchive/?video=highlights-st-gallen-1-albion-1, they are on youtube though, can't post for obvious reasons.
14th July – 13:30 – Fulham vs Reading – (Aldershot) - Result: 0-0. - 14th July – 15:00 – Accrington Stanley vs Huddersfield Town - Result: 3-0. - 14th July – 15:00 – Boreham Wood vs Arsenal - Result: 0-8. -
14th July – 15:00 – Bury vs Liverpool - Result: 0-0. -
Highlights TBC
14th July – 15:00 – Wycombe Wanderers vs West Ham United - Result: 0-1. - 14th July – 15:00 – Young Boys vs Wolverhampton Wanderers - Result: 0-4. - 14th July - 16:00 - Irdning vs Everton - Result: 0-22. - 14th July – 19:00 – Bournemouth vs Sevilla – (Murcia, Spain) - Result: 1-1.
16th July – 17:30 – Halmstad vs Crystal Palace - Result: 1-6. -
You can watch the highlights on Palace's website, have to sign up but it's free: https://eagles.cpfc.co.uk/
16th July - 19:00 - Tavistock vs Cardiff City - Result: 0-6. -
Highlights:
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/cardiffcitytv/, no signing up required.
17th July – 17:35 – Koln vs Watford – (Austria) - Result: 1-1. - 17th July – 19:45 – Bromley vs Crystal Palace - Result: 1-0. -
No highlights.
17th July – 19:45 – St Patricks Athletic vs Newcastle United - Result: 0-2. -
18th July – 16:00 – Fenerbahce vs Fulham – (Evian-Les-Bains, France) - Result: 3-0. -
No official highlights, search 'Fenerbahce vs Fulham' on youtube and highlights will show up
18th July – 17:30 – Dynamo Dresden vs Huddersfield Town - Result: 0-0. - 18th July – 19:00 – Bodmin Town vs Cardiff City - Result: 1-11. -
Have to pay on Cardiff's website for official highlights.
18th July – 19:45 – Bury vs Everton - Result: 1-1. - 19th July – 14:00 – Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Ajax – (In Walsall) - Result: 1-1. -
19th July – 19:45 – Blackburn Rovers vs Liverpool - Result: 0-2.
20th July – 03:00 – Manchester United vs America – (Glendale, Arizona) - Result: 1-1.
20th July – 19:00 – Levante vs Bournemouth – (Murcia, Spain) - Result:3-4.
20th July – 19:00 – Torquay United vs Cardiff City - Result: 1-1.
20th July – 19:45 – Curzon Ashton vs Burnley - Result: 2-5.
20th July – 19:45 – Macclesfield Town vs Burnley - Result: 0-2.
21st July – 15:00 – AFC Wimbledon vs Brighton & Hove Albion - Result: 2-1.
21st July – 15:00 – Derby County vs Southampton - Result: 3-0.
21st July – 15:00 – Fortuna Dusseldorf vs Watford - Result: 1-3.
21st July – 15:00 – Notts County vs Leicester City - Result: 1-4.
21st July – 15:00 – Oxford United vs Crystal Palace - Result: 1-3.
21st July – 15:00 – Preston North End vs West Ham United - Result: 2-2.
21st July – 20:00 – Olympique Lyonnais vs Fulham – (Bourgoin-Jallieu, France) - Result: 4-0.
22nd July – 14:00 – Bochum vs Wolverhampton Wanderers - Result: 0-0 (Bochum won 5-4 on pens).
22nd July – 14:00 – Darmstadt 98 vs Huddersfield Town - Result: 1-1.
22nd July – 22:00 – Manchester United vs SJ Earthquakes – (Santa Clara, CA) - Result: 0-0.


23rd July – 12:30 – Perth Glory vs Chelsea
23rd July – 19:45 – Preston North End vs Burnley
24th July – 19:45 – Charlton Atheltic vs Brighton & Hove Albion
24th July – 19:45 – Hull City vs Newcastle United
24th July – 19:45 – Stevenage vs Crystal Palace
25th July – 19:45 – Aston Villa vs West Ham United – (In Walsall)
25th July – 19:45 – Huddersfield Town vs Olympique Lyonnais
25th July – 19:45 – Rotherham United vs Cardiff City
25th July – 19:45 – Stoke City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
26th July – 19:45 – Blackburn Rovers vs Everton
27th July – 19:00 – Bristol City vs Bournemouth
27th July – 19:30 – Stevenage vs Watford
28th July – 14:00 – Burton Albion vs Cardiff City
28th July – 14:00 – Southampton vs Dijon
28th July – 15:00 – Birmingham City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
28th July – 15:00 – Brentford vs Watford
28th July – 15:00 – Derby County vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
28th July – 15:00 – Ipswich Town vs West Ham United
28th July – 15:00 – Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth
28th July – 15:00 – Reading vs Crystal Palace
28th July – 19:30 – Porto vs Newcastle United
29th July – 13:30 – Burnley vs Montpellier
30th July – ??:?? – Bologna vs Huddersfield Town – (Brixen Im Thale, Austria)
30th July – ??:?? – Crystal Palace vs Boreham Wood
31st July – 19:45 – Greenock Morton vs Cardiff City
1st August – 19:30 – Sporting Braga vs Newcastle United
1st August – 19:45 – Fulham vs Sampdoria – (Aldershot)
1st August – 19:45 – Leicester City vs Valencia
1st August – 19:45 – Southampton vs Celta de Vigo
3rd August – 16:00 – RB Leipzig vs Hudderfield Town – (Schwaz, Austria)
3rd August – 19:00 – Bournemouth vs Real Betis
3rd August – 19:45 – Brighton & Hove Albion vs Sporting CP
4th August – 15:00 – Bournemouth vs Olympique Marseille
4th August – 15:00 – Everton vs Valencia
4th August – 15:00 – Fulham vs Celta de Vigo
4th August – 15:00 – Newcastle United vs Augsburg
4th August – 15:00 – Southampton vs Borussia Monchengladbach
4th August – 15:00 – Watford vs Sampdoria
4th August – 15:00 – Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Villarreal
4th August – 16:00 – Crystal Palace vs Toulouse
4th August – 17:00 – Lille vs Leicester City
4th August – 17:15 – Cardiff City vs Real Betis
4th August – 19:00 – Arsenal vs Sevilla – (Solna, Sweden)
4th August – 19:00 – Liverpool vs Napoli
5th August – 13:30 – Burnley vs Espanyol
5th August – 19:15 – Bayern Munchen vs Manchester United
7th August – 19:30 – Liverpool vs Torino
7th August – 19:45 – Crystal Palace vs Kingstonian – (King Georges Field)
 
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Quite a few teams in action today:

- Our first opponents of the season Arsenal play their first game vs Boreham Wood. Free to watch if you sign up to their website. Can't imagine many will watch with England being on.
- Liverpool play their 3rd pre-season game, there will be other ways to watch the game without going on their website.
- Wycombe vs West Ham is also available on West Ham's youtube:

- Wolves play in the Uhren Cup vs Young Boys, paid subscription on their website though.
- Bournemouth vs Sevilla is also on later, being played in Murcia, free to watch if you sign up to Bournemouth's website.

There will probably be other ways to watch the games without signing up to anything.
 
Looking at that I can't help feeling that Liverpool have approached this World Cup pre season in a better way than most of the teams that would hope to be challenging for a top six place.
Start off with a few local lower league teams then progress to a couple of home friendlies against decent teams when the majority of the squad are back. It won't 'build the brand' or create 'exposure abroad' but it seems better than flying all over the place in the US or Far East, gives them more time to work on fitness and tactics, be interesting to see whether starting their preseason before most other teams affects their fitness levels too.
Feels like this year they're finally getting serious about winning stuff although serious enough to buy a decent 'keeper!
 
Looking at that I can't help feeling that Liverpool have approached this World Cup pre season in a better way than most of the teams that would hope to be challenging for a top six place.
Start off with a few local lower league teams then progress to a couple of home friendlies against decent teams when the majority of the squad are back. It won't 'build the brand' or create 'exposure abroad' but it seems better than flying all over the place in the US or Far East, gives them more time to work on fitness and tactics, be interesting to see whether starting their preseason before most other teams affects their fitness levels too.
Feels like this year they're finally getting serious about winning stuff although serious enough to buy a decent 'keeper!

You might have missed it but Liverpool are playing Dortmund in Charlotte, us in New Jersey and United in Michigan.

I do like that they play local pre-season freindlies as well though. Would have been nice if City could have played Oldham, Rochdale, Bury or Stockport etc... this week, somewhere where the fans can go and watch Foden and Brahim etc...
 
You're right, I completely missed that! I've changed my mind then, they're doing a hell of a lot more games than everyone else, interesting approach.
It would be great if we could play a few local games too though, always loved those sunny trips to the local sides, you always knew it would be a weird team selection but great afternoons out and a chance to see the youngsters play with the established guys.
 
Everton currently playing the most pointless pre-season game going, 21-0 up and no that isn't a typo. Apparently it was only arranged last week but they might as well have played their U23's in a training match than arrange this shit show.

Finished 22-0.
 
Everton currently playing the most pointless pre-season game going, 21-0 up and no that isn't a typo. Apparently it was only arranged last week but they might as well have played their U23's in a training match than arrange this shit show.

Finished 22-0.
TBH I thought they were going to fuck up at 16-0
 
Everton currently playing the most pointless pre-season game going, 21-0 up and no that isn't a typo. Apparently it was only arranged last week but they might as well have played their U23's in a training match than arrange this shit show.

Finished 22-0.
There were a few pointless games today. Few of the Italian sides won 13, 14, 15 and 16-0.
 

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