Glamorous Pre-Season? (17 Viewers)

[edgy]

Do all PL clubs now get involved in these summer tournaments in Europe, Far East or US ?

Maybe curtailled a bit with it being a WC Summer. But wouldn't say no to the Audi Cup or whatever!

 

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[AOM]

Gibraltar it is then

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Ooooooo

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Are we now the glamour tie?

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Ibiza will do fine please Doug.

 

[edgy]

Are we now the glamour tie?

No, we are the whipping boys that the big clubs invite to the slaughter.

 

[alexccfc99]

Every year on Football Manager I invite Real Madrid to a friendly at The CBS and they turn me down, on next years game they might actually say yes

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Real Betis seem to be friends

 

[alexccfc99]

Would love a proper away non-English friendly we can go too

 

[Lamps]

Can we have a pretend game against Bromley before Leicester play them for real?

 

[viridisman]

Do all PL clubs now get involved in these summer tournaments in Europe, Far East or US ?

Maybe curtailled a bit with it being a WC Summer. But wouldn't say no to the Audi Cup or whatever!

I mean, we already won the soccer 7s series this season in Singapore

 

[Hobo]

Faroe Islands Invitation Cup.

 

[Bertola]

Get to Japan. Get Tatsu the high profile he deserves and get him in the national squad!

 

[Covkid1968#]

Greece island hopping tournament where we all travel with the players on Greek ferries to a list of tiny greek islands finishing with a final in Santorini.....

 

[PVA]

No more dodgy stream of a friendly against a second string Spanish side

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Think you have to have been in the league a couple years before you get invited to that kind of stuff.

 

[alexccfc99]

Bring back the Ibiza Cup

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Nuneaton
Sphinx
Walsall
Wolves
Leicester

Would make for a fantastic pre season tour

 

[Moff]

Get to Japan. Get Tatsu the high profile he deserves and get him in the national squad!

Could be a very good marketing ploy

 

[Moff]

Nuneaton
Sphinx
Walsall
Wolves
Leicester

Would make for a fantastic pre season tour

Surely we want more challenging opposition than Leicester

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Surely we want more challenging opposition than Leicester

Thats why we have Sphinx in there!

 

[wantageskyblue]

Greece island hopping tournament where we all travel with the players on Greek ferries to a list of tiny greek islands finishing with a final in Santorini.....

Reminds me of the end of my 1st year at university - great days.

 

[oneofourown]

Knowing Doug he will already have his finger on the pulse and we can see big clubs at the arena with supporting musical interlude.

 

[edgy]

Knowing Doug he will already have his finger on the pulse and we can see big clubs at the arena with supporting musical interlude.

Yeah, good idea. If we wont get invited to the big ones, lets have our own at the CBS. Invite big european sides with big potential followings and stage our own tourny.

The King Cup

CCFC
Rangers
FC Schalke 04
Lech Poznań

Be a huge money spinner.

 

[skybluejelly]

I actually miss the Nuneaton pre season friendly..except the year when it absolutely pissed down ,I don’t think I have ever been so wet ..

 

[marrrkjay_ccfc]

I liked the mix of European teams we played last summer. Hopefully we can play similar sized clubs.

Full 2025/26 Preseason Schedule​

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
July 12, 2025	Portimonense	Estádio Municipal (Portugal)	Won 2–0
July 16, 2025	AS Monaco	St George's Park	Lost 0–5
July 23, 2025	Bristol Rovers	Memorial Stadium	Won 2–0
July 26, 2025	Brighton & Hove Albion	AMEX Performance Centre	Lost 0–2
July 30, 2025	Real Betis	CBS Arena	Drew 1–1
August 2, 2025	FC St. Pauli	CBS Arena	Drew 2–2

 

[wingy]

Yeah, good idea. If we wont get invited to the big ones, lets have our own at the CBS. Invite big european sides with big potential followings and stage our own tourny.

The King Cup

CCFC
Rangers
FC Schalke 04
Lech Poznań

Be a huge money spinner.

Compete with the World cup?

 

[mrfr]

Japan tour will do me. Fukuoka, Osaka, Tokyo. Lovely stuff.

 

[Potbellypig]

You would like to imagine that some big-ish European teams might fancy a kick about with us and our new found status.

 

[Winny the Bish]

Anyone remember what season it was we did preseason training in a park?

 

[edgy]

Compete with the World cup?

No! These thing tend to happen mid to late July, and in any case the teams involved would be able to field a side that isn't full of WC players.

 

[wingy]

No! These thing tend to happen mid to late July, and in any case the teams involved would be able to field a side that isn't full of WC players.

Yes sorry I should have been more explicit, in the event WC cancellation, which could could happen, although I think Infantino is onside at the moment.

 

[Manchester_sky_blue]

Are testimonials still a thing? Cos Allen and Bidwell deserve one.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Doug will definitely be slapping his bollocks down on Florentino Perez's desk demanding Real at the CBS.

 

[Marty]

Costal Spain would be ideal for a couple of games. Need to player better teams though, the last lot were an absolute shambles, pre season friendly and they were flying in trying to injure us, Robins should have pulled the team off after 5 mins.