Club football returns and with that in mind, we have a pre-season friendlies review involving Premier League, EFL and non league sides.
Players return in preparation for the beginning of the upcoming season. Clubs either stay in the UK or fly out for better warm weather sessions.
It also gives managers the opportunity to give new players the opportunity to gel into the team, try out different tactics or help players adapt to a new manager or head coach’s style and his techniques.
Then there’s those commercial aspects for top flight sides for tours, in locations where they want to increase the fanbase, regardless of the facing weather conditions and climates.
Highlights, some team lineups, and a full list of scores can be viewed throughout this article, and then photos of some away ends towards the bottom…
Right, time to take a look at the Premier League, EFL and non league friendlies review, with help from FlashScore, Football Web Pages and Non League Matters…
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MAN UTD 0-1 WREXHAM
Match details, as per manutd.com: Man Utd first half XI: Heaton; Yoro, Heaven, Maguire (c), Shaw; Mount, Santos; Mbeumo, J.Fletcher, Dorgu; Zirkzee. Man Utd second half XI: Vitek; Kamason, Devaney, Armer, Amass; Collyer, T. Fletcher (c); Lacey, Gore, Williams; Wheatley. Subs not used: Mee, Thwaites, Obi. Booked: Kamason 64. Wrexham first-half XI: Okonkwo; Vyner, Scarr, Doyle, A. James; O’Brien, M. James, Thomason; Cadamarteri, Broadhead, Smith. Wrexham second-half XI: Ward, Brunt, Coady, Hyam, Barnett; Dobson, Ashfield, A.James (Moore, 70), Rathbone; Keillor-Dunn, K. Moore. Subs not used: Owen, McTweed, Clayton, Edwards, Rees. Goalscorer: Smith 39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrvLccxDTNMDUNDEE 0-4 EVERTON
YORK 1-5 SUNDERLAND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrvLccxDTNM&pp=ygUKaGlnaGxpZ2h0cw%3D%3DNOTTS COUNTY 0-2 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
CREWE 1-1 STOKE
Friday 17th July Stockport 2-0 Bristol City Levante 1-2 Sheff Utd Dun. Streda 2-1 Bolton Eldense 1-2 Millwall Getafe 1-0 Reading Istra 1961 2-1 MK Dons Peterborough 0-0 Neom SC Alfreton 0-2 Derby Boreham Wood 1-1 Arsenal U21 St. Gallen 0-3 Norwich West Brom 4-1 Bromley Accrington 1-0 Bradford City Brighton 4-1 Wycombe Guiseley 2-0 Stocksbridge Leamington 2-3 Coventry U21 Longridge Town 1-4 Clitheroe Bishops Cleeve 2-0 Hereford Heybridge 0-4 Colchester AFC Newbiggin 1-1 (4-3p) Newcastle Blue Star Bungay 0-4 Great Yarmouth Town Dearne & District 6-2 Brigg Town Golcar United 1-3 Liversedge Heybridge Swifts 0-4 Colchester United Knaresborough Town 2-3 Garforth Town LIV 2-3 Barton Town Parkgate 1-2 Dinnington Town Penistone Church 2-3 Emley AFC Silsden 1-2 Campion AFCLINFIELD 0-2 DONCASTER
BURTON 0-3 LEICESTER
EASTLEIGH 1-3 SOUTHAMPTON
WEST BROM 4-1 BROMLEY
BRIGHTON 4-1 WYCOMBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUe4eUiBLqc&pp=ygUKaGlnaGxpZ2h0cw%3D%3DGILLINGHAM 0-1 CHARLTON
Saturday 18th July FC Andorra 0-0 Stevenage Chatham 1-2 Margate South Shields 1-1 Sunderland U21 Zorya 1-1 Grimsby Crystal Palace 5-1 Swindon Barnet 2-2 Luton Basford 1-1 Gainsborough Burton 0-3 Leicester Newcastle 3-0 Darlington Sheff Wed 3-2 Preston Wigan 1-3 Port Vale Yeovil 1-0 Cardiff U21 Cardiff Metropolitan 0-0 Brackley Town Dundee 0-4 Everton Morpeth 2-2 Hebburn Town Northampton 0-0 Coventry Llandudno 2-0 Bootle AFC Fylde 1-2 Huddersfield Aldershot 2-1 Farnborough Aveley 3-2 Braintree Avro 4-3 FC Halifax Bamber Bridge 0-3 Morecambe Barrow 4-3 Mansfield Bath 0-3 Plymouth Bedford 2-0 Walton & Hersham Bedworth United 4-1 Quorn Bristol Rovers 1-1 Portsmouth Celtic 1-1 Middlesbrough Cleethorpes 0-1 Harrogate Crewe 1-1 Stoke Daisy Hill 1-2 Bolton B Evesham 0-3 Cheltenham FC United 1-4 Salford Folkestone 2-0 Charlton U21 Frome 1-1 Worthing Gillingham 0-1 Charlton Gloucester 0-1 Haverfordwest Halesowen 0-2 Kidderminster Hanworth 2-1 Carshalton Harlow 0-5 Colchester Hashtag 1-2 Dag & Red Hednesford 1-2 Solihull Moors Hornchurch 1-1 Norwich U21 Horsham 3-0 Eastbourne Kingstonian 7-2 Tooting & Mitcham Lewes 2-1 Hastings Linfield 0-2 Doncaster Longridge Town 0-4 Blackburn U18 Macclesfield 2-1 Wolves U21 Maidenhead 1-3 Southampton U21 Marlow 1-3 Ashford Town Matlock 1-1 Rotherham Merthyr Town 1-2 Forest Green Notts Co 0-2 Nottm Forest Ramsgate 1-3 Maidstone Sholing 3-2 Bognor Regis Southend 1-1 West Ham Southport 0-1 Fleetwood Spalding United 2-2 Scunthorpe Spennymoor 1-2 Hartlepool Sutton 1-2 AFC Wimbledon Tamworth 3-1 Stoke U21 Tiverton 2-0 Brixham Trafford 2-0 Warrington Rylands Tranmere 2-0 Blackpool Truro 1-0 Exeter Warrington 0-2 Chester Wealdstone 1-0 Hemel Hempstead Weston-super-Mare 1-2 Torquay Weymouth 2-3 Barry Wimborne 1-3 Salisbury York City 1-5 Sunderland Man Utd 0-1 Wrexham Eastleigh 1-3 Southampton Sunday 19th July Rochdale 3-3 Al-Rayyan Shrewsbury 4-0 Isle of Man OTHER RESULTS: AFC Royal Holloway 0-4 PFC Victoria AFC Greenwich Borough 2-1 Croydon Albion Sports 0-6 Bradford (Park Avenue) Arlesey Town 0-3 Barton Rovers Ascot United 0-2 Swindon Supermarine Aylesford FC 2-4 Hythe Town Ashby Ivanhoe 3-3 Stone OA Aylestone Park 0-0 Rugby Borough Barnton 0-3 1874 Northwich Bedfont Sports 2-0 Epsom & Ewell Belper Town 0-1 Belper United Berwick Rangers 0–0 Newcastle Benfield Beverley Town 2-2 Retford United Bewdley Town 2-2 Radnor Valley Biggleswade Town 1-1 Buckhurst Hill Blyth Spartans 0-0 Horley Town Bottesford Town 7-1 Armthorpe Welfare Broadbridge Heath 1-1 Whitehawk Bromyard Town 1-2 OJM Black Country Brook House 0-3 Harefield United Canvey Island 1-2 West Ham U21 Chelmsford City 2-0 Ipswich U21 Clapton Community 6-1 New York International Corinthian-Casuals 1-2 AFC Whyteleafe Cray Valley PM 2-1 Snodland Town Cray Wanderers 1-0 Tonbridge Angels Crowle Colts 0-1 Rossington Town Darlington Town 2-1 South Leeds Dorchester Town 3-1 East Cowes Victoria Athletic Dunkirk 0-2 Hucknall Town Eastwood CFC 1-1 Coleshill Town Euxton Villa 0-2 Ashton United Fisher 2-3 Grays Athletic Fleet Town 1-2 Slough Town Frickley Athletic 2-0 Farsley Celtic Guisborough Town 4-1 North Shields Handsworth 0-2 AFC Mansfield Hanworth Villa 2-1 Carshalton Athletic Harlow Town 0-5 Colchester United Hashtag United 1-2 Dagenham & Redbridge Herne Bay 4-3 SV Poortugaal Holmer Green 2-2 Flackwell Heath Horbury Town 2-1 Emley AFC Hullbridge Sports 4-3 Redbridge Ilkley Town 3-0 Doncaster City Immingham Town 1-2 Hessle Sporting Keighley Town 2-0 Nostell Miners Welfare Kidlington 0-1 Highworth Town Larkfield & New Hythe(2) 3-1 Maidstone United XI Lewes 2-1 Hastings United Little Oakley 2-1 Romford Maghull 1-0 Holywell Town Maltby Main 2-4 Rossington Main Moneyfields 3-2 Shaftesbury Minster 0-0 Faversham Strike Force Moulton 2-0 Loughborough Students Northwood 2-3 Waltham Abbey Phoenix Sports 0-0 Deal Town Pinxton 3-1 Nuneaton Griff Pontefract Collieries 3-3 Wakefield Ramsgate 1-3 Maidstone United Redditch Borough 2-0 Cadbury Athletic Retford FC 1-4 Mickleover Richmond Town 2-4 Crook Town Rusthall 2-1 AFC Croydon Athletic SE Dons 2-0 Rochester United Sherborne Town 2-0 Portland United Sheppey United 4-3 Petts Wood & Holmesdale Sholing 3-2 Bognor Regis Town Sittingbourne 1-2 Hollands & Blair Street 1-3 Bradford Town Stockport Georgians 1-3 Ramsbottom United Tadcaster Albion 1-1 Marske United Thackley 2-0 Harrogate Railway Athletic Ware 1-1 Cheshunt Waterlooville AFC 2-3 Emsworth Whitby Town 2-1 Pickering Town Woodbridge Town 0-3 Felixstowe & Walton United Worcester Raiders 1-3 Racing Club Warwick Wroxham 1-0 King’s Lynn TownMESSAGE ON FAN BEHAVIOUR AND TROUBLE
The English football authorities are introducing a series of measures to help improve the behaviour of players, managers and coaches across the professional, National League system and grassroots game, as well as addressing the issue of football tragedy abuse. New policies, procedures, and regulations will come into force from the start of the 2024/25 season, to address unacceptable conduct on the pitch, on the side-lines and in the stands, to ensure that the actions of the minority do not spoil the game for all. This builds on the work carried out throughout last season to combat dangerous and illegal fan behaviour, supported by the ‘Love Football. Protect the Game’ football-wide campaign.Participant behaviour
As part of this reset, The FA, Premier League, EFL, Barclays Women’s Super League, Barclays Women’s Championship, National League System (Steps 1-4) and referees’ governing body PGMOL have collectively launched a new Participant Charter. The charter which was developed in partnership with the League Managers Association [LMA] and Professional Footballers’ Association [PFA] will see stronger measures for players, managers, coaches, support staff and club officials to adhere to on a matchday. Under the new approach, match officials will be empowered to take more robust action alongside a consistent application of the existing measures when participant behaviour falls below expected standards, and The FA will apply stronger supplementary disciplinary action. Captains are expected to take responsibility for their teammates encouraging them to play fairly and show respect towards the match officials and their decisions. Where match officials are confronted, surrounded or their personal space invaded by multiple players, at least one player will receive a card. The FA could also take further action against the club. New measures will include: A new technical area code of conduct to require managers, coaches and other club staff members to behave in a responsible manner. Increased financial penalties for serious and repeat offenders. Academy scholars to undertake refereeing courses to improve players’ education into officiating. For details of all the measures included within the charter, CLICK HERE. For the grassroots game, The FA has announced new regulations from the start of the 2023/24 season, including point deductions for teams whose players or coaches commit repeated offences of serious misconduct. The trial of bodycams for referees will continue into the 2023/24 season, while a new code of conduct will be introduced to set behavioural expectations and embed usage. Further details on the new point deductions in the grassroots game for the 2023/24 season can be viewed HEREFan behaviour
To challenge the totally unacceptable presence of football tragedy abuse, for season 2023/24, regulation changes and tough new measures have been introduced which will see people who are found to have committed offences face stadium bans and potential criminal prosecution. The issue is focused on offensive chanting, gesturing and displaying offensive messages based on football-related tragedies, which causes significant distress to the victims’ families, survivors and affected-club supporters. Football authorities, supporter groups and law enforcement organisations, including the police and CPS, have united to crack down on fans who participate in this vile form of abuse. In addition to bans and criminal sanctions, a range of in-stadium, in-classroom and online resources will be rolled out under the ‘Love Football Protect the Game’ banner, to educate adults and children alike about the hurt tragedy chanting causes. Ground regulations have also been updated to incorporate references to tragedy chanting. The game will also continue its efforts to combat dangerous, illegal and unwelcome behaviour off the pitch, be it in the stands or online. Last season a host of new measures were introduced by authorities which saw enhanced sanctions applied for people identified entering the pitch, using pyros, taking drugs to games, throwing objects or for discriminatory abuse.RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PILOT SCHEME
To support the rehabilitation of those identified as having engaged in negative matchday behaviour, a new pilot scheme is now in development phase which will refer young people to a restorative justice education programme that will seek to inform and educate about the impact of their behaviour on others. The scheme is being run by the Premier League, EFL, Premier League Community Fund and the EFL Trust with support from local police forces and will be trialled at ten clubs across the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two.
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