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…
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.
A great move to secure victory in Helsinki 🤩
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— Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) July 19, 2026
Sam Smith with the winning moment 🤌
🔴⚪️#WxmAFC pic.twitter.com/YzTvnzIpz6
— Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) July 18, 2026
DUNDEE 0-4 EVERTON
As per dundeefc.co.uk:
Dundee FC 4-2-3-1 (first half)
Kieran O’Hara
Charley Oosenbrugh, Owen Bevan, Aaron Donnelly, Idris Odutayo
Ryan Finnigan, Ethan Hamilton
Joe Bevan, Charlie Reilly, Zan Besir
Joe Westley
Dundee FC 4-2-3-1 (second half)
Harrison Sharp
Brad Halliday, Ryan Astley, Aaron Donnelly, Charley Oosenbrugh
Callum Jones, Zan Besir (Ethan Crombie 61)
Ash Hay, Fin Robertson, Alan Forrest
Joe Westley (Simon Murray 61)
Unused sub: Ryan Bland.
Booked: none.
Everton 4-2-3-1 (first 61 minutes)
Mark Travers (Tom King at half time)
Merlin Rohl, Jake O’Brien (James Tarkowski at half time), Michael Keane, Adam Anzou
Tim Iroegbonum, Harrison Armstrong
Tyler Dibling, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Dwight McNeil at half time), Tyrique George
Beto (Carlos Alcaraz at half time)
Everton 4-2-3-1 (61 minutes onwards)
Tom King
George Finney, James Tarkowski, Will Tamen, Eli Campbell
Harvey Foster, Malik Olayiwola
Dwight McNeil, Carlos Alcaraz, Braiden Graham
Thierno Barry
Unused subs: Joel Catesby.
Goals: Beto (38), Barry (69), Foster (82), McNeil (89).
Booked: none.
Attendance: 4,392.
YORK 1-5 SUNDERLAND
As per yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk:
York City first-half: Sykes-Kenworthy, Fallowfield, Medley, Johnson, Grey, Hunt, Brookes, Akinyemi, Olley, Felix, Banks.
York City from 60th minute: Sykes-Kenworthy, Kitching, Pearce, Maguire, King
Sunderland first-half: Ellborg, Browne, Rigg, O’Nien, Reinildo, Mukiele, Le Fee, Hume, Ta Bi, Ogunsuyi, Tutierov.
Sunderland second-half: Moore, Seelt, Hjelde, Dinsdale, Whittaker, Alese, Geragusian, Jones, Proctor, Metcalf, Kindon, Lightfoot.
Attendance: 7,891 (3,238 away)
NOTTS 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 AFC
LINFIELD 0-2 DONCASTER
Doncaster lineup, as per their website:
Clarke (GK), Sterry, Bailey, McGrath, Broadbent, May, Ayinde, Byrne, Clifton, Senior, McCann (Subs: Oram, Pavan, Flint. Unused: Straughan-Brown).
BURTON 0-3 LEICESTER
As per burtonalbionfc.co.uk:
Burton First Half XI: Addai; Sibbick, Delap, Tilt, Armer; Lofthouse, Evans, Chauke, Webster; Dennis, Scutt
Burton Second Half XI: Trialist C (GK); Gilbert (Oyemade, 77), Vancooten, Trialist B, Trialist A; Henry, Willow (Meakin, 77), Krubally, Kalinauskas; Matthews-Lewis, Piper (Hetheridge, 77)
Subs: Dudek
Bookings: Armer (3),
Leicester XI: Stolarczyk (Vieites, 46); Aluko (Joseph, 46), Okoli (Faes, 68), Nelson (Wilson-Brown, 68), Thomas (Ali, 68); Skipp (Neale, 68), Braybrooke (Evans, 68), Page (Choudhury, 46, 88) (Donnelly, 88); Alves (Carr, 68), Mavididi (Hutchinson, 68), Otchere (Opoku, 46)
EASTLEIGH 1-3 SOUTHAMPTON
WEST BROM 4-1 BROMLEY
BRIGHTON 4-1 WYCOMBE
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GILLINGHAM 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 Town
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