2016/17 Pre Season Friendlies

[Dazza]

So what friendlies have everybody else got?

So far we have away matches at Boreham Wood, Lincoln City and Swindon as well as a home game with Bournemouth.

 

[City169]

Yeovil- Away
Friendly to be announced while at training camp in La Manga
Cheltenham (no surprise there, Johnson vs Johnson)- Away
Pompey- Home

 

[El Guapo]

Training camp in Marbella

Away at Solihull Moors, Forest Green, Shrewsbury, Port Vale, Walsall & Hibernian. Home against Roda JC Kerkrade.

 

[SMH]

Yeovil- Away
Friendly to be announced while at training camp in La Manga
Cheltenham (no surprise there, Johnson vs Johnson)- Away
Pompey- Home

We did La Manga last year, played Hibs out there. Good facilities apparently. We're going to Portugal this summer, not playing any games though that we know of. Our schedule is below, rumour is that we're trying to sort a friendly with Rangers as well. I don't really care for pre season games but Rangers at Ibrox would be exciting.

 

[City169]

We did La Manga last year, played Hibs out there. Good facilities apparently. We're going to Portugal this summer, not playing any games though that we know of. Our schedule is below, rumour is that we're trying to sort a friendly with Rangers as well. I don't really care for pre season games but Rangers at Ibrox would be exciting.

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Getting Rangers and Liverpool wouldn't be a bad couple of pre season games.

The Pompey game is the opening of the new stand, supposedly we had European and Premier League teams interested, but went with Portsmouth so disappointment would be less if something meant we weren't ready for it.

 

[AFCB_Mark]

As well as Reading away we also welcome Cardiff for what seems to be an annual game now, 3 or 4 seasons in a row for some reason, it's not exactly the most local friendly for them.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

AFC Telford (A) - 12pm Saturday July 16
Worcester City (At Walshes Meadow, Stourport) - 3pm Saturday July 16
Bristol Rovers (A) - 7.45pm Wednesday July 20
FC Nantes (At Stade Leo Lagrange, Saint Nazaire) - Saturday July 23
Cambridge United (A) - 7.30pm Tuesday July 26
Middlesbrough (H) - 3pm Saturday July 30

Why/how we're playing two friendlies on the same day is beyond me, but hey ho.

 

[markwwfc1992]

We have a great pre season friendly schedule, touring some great towns and cities in the local proximity.

Crewe away
Port Vale away
Northampton away
Cork away
Swansea home

 

[Munkiki]

June 27 - First-team players return for pre-season
July 5-9 - First-team training at St George's Park
July 9 - Walsall v Norwich City (St George's Park, 1pm) - behind-closed-doors friendly
July 12 - Lowestoft Town v Norwich City (Crown Meadow, 7.30pm)
July 12 - Dulwich Hamlet v Norwich City XI (Champion Hill Stadium, 7.45pm)
July 15 - Dereham Town v Norwich City XI (Football Development Centre, 7.30pm) - Norfolk Invitation Cup
July 16 - Peterborough United v Norwich City (ABAX Stadium, 3pm) - 120-minute friendly
July 17-23 - First-team training camp in Burgenland, Austria
July 20 - TBC v Norwich City (Venue, time TBC)
July 23 - TBC v Norwich City (Venue, time TBC)
July 26 - Norwich City v Coventry City (Carrow Road, 7.30pm)
July 30 - Dartford v Norwich City XI (Princes Park, 1pm)
July 30 - Norwich City v TBC (Carrow Road, 3pm)
August 6 - Sky Bet Championship season begins

Exciting stuff. Think playing TBC three times in 10 days is a little excessive.

 

[Super_horns]

Why are you playing Coventry at home?

 

[Costello]

We're playing Fulham.. at Aldershot.

And then a load of lower/non-league aways.

One home game yet to be announced, which I assume will be a European side as with Villarreal & Sevilla in recent years.

 

[Bartonyellow]

We have Stoke at home.

Bring out the bunting.

 

[Haillay7]

One confirmed so far;

Sat 16.07.2016 Bohemian (Ireland) (a) Dalymount Park, Dublin, 2pm.

 

[Munkiki]

Why are you playing Coventry at home?

not sure, probably agreed when we signed Maddison.

 

[The Southbank]

So what friendlies have everybody else got?

So far we have away matches at Boreham Wood, Lincoln City and Swindon as well as a home game with Bournemouth.

Not one for friendlies, but I'll make the trip to Lincoln, one of the few grounds I haven't been to.

Imagine if we had played Swindon in the league on a Tuesday night....

 

[Millerbri]

Announced today we have Sunderland at home on Sat 23rd July.
Still waiting for the usual tour games.

 

[Madejski]

9th July - Boreham Wood (A)
16th July - Lincoln City (A)
19th July - Swindon Town (A)
23rd July - AFC Wimbledon (A)
29th July - AFC Bournemouth (H)

That's our full list. Not a bad selection. Would have been nice to have a bigger game than Bournemouth at home, but these games are just for getting up fitness, and getting our new foreign players (and manager?) used to the English game.

 

[Dazza]

Not one for friendlies, but I'll make the trip to Lincoln, one of the few grounds I haven't been to.

Imagine if we had played Swindon in the league on a Tuesday night....

Yeah i will probably head up to Lincoln now i'v managed to convince one of my mates to go. Wasn't going to go up there on my own. Not been there before either. Will probably go to all but Boreham Wood.

With the way the club is at the moment it might not be long before we play Swindon in a league fixture again.

 

[Millerbri]

Pre-season friendly added - Grimsby Town away Wed 20th July at 7.30pm.

Pity it's not a Saturday for a day at the seaside, but it's only an hour or so and it's years since I've been so I think I will make time.

 

[Liam_SWFC]

Supposedly got Benfica at Hillsborough for our home friendly.

 

[City169]

Just added Hengrove Athletic away as our community game

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Benfica at Hillsborough apparently.

 

[roversfan2001]

Training camp in Austria 4th-10th July
9th July - SV Reid (A) 6pm Austrian time
16th July - Bury (@ Morecambe) 1pm (60 min)
16th July - Morecambe (A) 2.30pm (60 min)
19th July - Rochdale (A) 7.45pm
23rd July - Blackpool (A) 3pm
26th July - Mansfield (A) 7.30pm
31st July - Notts County (A) 3pm

A disappointing lack of a home fixture this year, looking forward to the mini-tournament at Morecambe and the Blackpool game anyway, should be a brilliant opportunity for some Venky's and Oyston out protests at Blackpool.

 

[Brad-Owl]

Benfica at Hillsborough apparently.

20th July.
Also trips to Worksop, Mansfield and Oldham apparently though not sure on dates.

 

[Haillay7]

Second game announced;

Doncaster (A) - 20th July 7:45PM

 

[Craig]

First friendly confirmed. Hull at Oakwell on 26th July - 19:30 KO.

 

[Millerbri]

Latest list of RUFC pre-season games for 2016-17.

9th July Parkgate away
10th to 17th July Polish tour 2 games LechPoznan and one other TBC
20th July Grimsby away
23rd July Sunderland home
26th July Scunthorpe away

Usually go on the summer tour and wouldn't have minded going to Poland but seems a waste of money if there's only two games,

 

[City169]

The other clubs training at La Manga when we are will be Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, AFC Wimbledon and Bury.

Just waiting for the friendly against Wimbledon or Bury to be announced...

 

[Kilburn Ram]

We've got a week out in the Algarve for some warm weather pre season training. The first team squad and the U21s all going together.

While out there playing a local team and Benfica at the stadium in Faro where the Euros were held a few years ago.

Should be a good trip.

 

[Liam_SWFC]

We're supposedly playing Mansfield Town and Chesterfield away early July I believe, think they'll be before the Benfica game.