Clubs' Pre-Season Tours/Friendlies

Drag00n79

Just wondering did anyone hear anything about where the likes of Liverpool, Celtic, ManU, Chelsea etc were having their pre-season tours/friendlies in July? I know Arsenal are in the Amsterdam Tournament (29-31 July) along with Boca, Porto and of course Ajax. Arsenal play Ajax on the Friday evening (8.15 Irish) and Porto on the Sunday evening (5.30 Irish).
If you know any other fixtures you might post them here. Thanks.

David19

Are any teams going to the states? I'll be there for the summer.

PHB

United are going to Asia this summer

eirebhoy

Celtic are going to the States if they can avoid having to play in the CL 2nd qualifying round by winning the league.
http://www.championsworld.com

2 more Celtic fixtures is Inter Milan at Celtic Park at the end of July and Roy Keane's testimonial (Man U v Celtic) on August 3rd.

Dub13

I dont think Celtic have confirmed they are playing in Roy Keane's testimonial

growler

there was some talk of Chelsea heading to Asia again , possibly as part of Samsung sponsorship deal.

eirebhoy

Dub13 wrote:

I dont think Celtic have confirmed they are playing in Roy Keane's testimonial

They will.

Guy:Incognito

David19 wrote:

Are any teams going to the states? I'll be there for the summer.

The England team will be in the states. Although as each day passes and more players drop out, its not really the england team,.

Gileadi

chelsea are playing some team that samsung own in korea i thinkbut im not sure its a substantial tour,it takes place very soon after the end of the PL and before the next round of the WC qualifiers in june so they might be going to the states ala last year

Drag00n79

Regarding the Champions World Series tournament in the States, the only fixtures I can see are these:

23-July-2005: Olympiakos—Milan (Toronto)
27-July-2005: Chelsea—Olympiakos (Montreal)
28-July-2005: Benfica—Olympiakos (New York)

Apparently the organisers are in some financial difficulty following last year's one and there may be only four teams involved.

eirebhoy

The most recent comments from ChampionsWorld (chief exec) were after the Old Firm match and he described Celtic as the top draw and would try everything to get them over. They needed to find out asap if Celtic could take part but it was all down to who wins the SPL.

okidoki987

Regarding the Champions World Series tournament in the States, the only fixtures I can see are these:
23-July-2005: Olympiakos—Milan (Toronto)
27-July-2005: Chelsea—Olympiakos (Montreal)
28-July-2005: Benfica—Olympiakos (New York)
Apparently the organisers are in some financial difficulty following last year's one and there may be only four teams involved.

There's a shock!
Americans don't watch soccer unless one of their teams are playing.
When you look at the 4 teams involved, couldn't see them selling out those fixtures apart from Milan if they play in NY.

Drag00n79

Liverpool Pre-Season Mini-Tour: Japan
27 July: Shimizu S Pulse
30 July: Kashima Antlers

Brian017

Man Utd's Asia Tour dates:

Hong Kong ..... v Hong Kong National Team Sat 23/07/05
Beijing ..... v Beijing Hyundai Tue 26/07/05
Tokyo ..... v Kashima Antlers Thu 28/07/05
Saitama ..... v Urawa Reds Sat 30/07/05

Badabing

I presume Celtic can't play in the gaffers testimonial now.

A Dub in Glasgo

I think so and no lucrative trip to North America as they will be playing in the 2nd CL qualifiers

Roddy23

Shamrok, whered ye get the information about Arsenal. Just wondering was hoping to go to one of their games in the summer, as they normally start their Tour, in either Austria or Switzerland, and ill be in France for most of the summer.
Any info would be appreciated.
Roddy

Drag00n79

The Amsterdam Tournament official site has that info I posted. I'm not sure about their other pre-season matches.

Roddy23

Thanks Shamrok.

Drag00n79

More Confirmed Liverpool Pre-Season Friendlies:

16 July: VS Bayer Leverkusen (in St. Gallen, Switzerland)

22 July: VS 1. FC Köln (in Köln/Cologne, Germany)

Gileadi

if liverpool have to do the full 3 qualifing rounds for the CL will it put any of those dates in doubt?

Drag00n79

It will definitely affect the planned mini-tour of Asia. The schedule is as follows:

July 12/13: First Qualifying Round (1st Leg)
July 20: First Qualifying Round (2nd Leg)

July 26/27: Second Qualifying Round (1st Leg)
August 3: Second Qualifying Round (2nd Leg)

August 9/10: Third Qualifying Round (1st Leg)
August 23/24: Third Qualifying Round (2nd Leg)

Brian017

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

applehunter

Hibs are touring Ireland in the Summer.

Trying to get a cut of the Catholic market that Celtic seem to dominate.

Brian017

applehunter wrote:

Hibs are touring Ireland in the Summer.

Trying to get a cut of the Catholic market that Celtic seem to dominate.

Would anyone go to see them?

eirebhoy

Brian017 wrote:

Would anyone go to see them?

Well I'm sure the supporters of the teams they're playing.

Drag00n79

Spurs will be in South Korea for the Peace Cup (July 15th — 24th). Along with PSV, Boca, Lyon, Real Sociedad, Sundowns FC, Seongnam Ilhwa and Once Caldas. There is $2m for the winners and $500,000 for runners up. TV coverage will be on Eurosport. Spurs, Sociedad and Boca are in the same group. More here.

Drag00n79

Just thought Liverpool fans would be interested in this:

Pre-Season Friendly
Bayer Leverkusen -VS- Liverpool
Saturday, 16 July, K.O. 6.30, LIVE on Five

Drag00n79

Here's another one:

Pre-Season Friendly
Olympiakos -VS- Liverpool
Saturday, 23 July, K.O. 7.30, LIVE on Five

Roddy23

Are any of the irish gunners headin over to the Amsterdam tournie.
Am giving it some serious consideration, think I'll head up from Nice to watch it. And then off to Barca, to watch Barca v Juventus, so at least this summer I'll get to see Vieira in some shape or form.

eirebhoy

I know about the LJ site but for those of us without foreign channels this site is good for terrestrial and satellite televised matches:
http://www.livefootballontv.co.uk/

Drag00n79

thecustard.tv is pretty good too. No Irish channels though.