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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Stevenage 0-5 West Ham
Team lineups as per whufc.com:
Stevenage: Marschall (Woodford 76), Pattenden (Knight 61), James-Wildin (J. Taylor 61), Piergianni © (Freestone 61), Butler (Patterson 61), Kemp (Okwara 61), Thompson (Houghton 61), T. Taylor (Phillips 61), Earley (Roberts 61), Sanderson (Malcolm 61), Magennis (Reid 61)
Sub not used: Brown
West Ham: Hermansen (Areola HT), Walker-Peters (Robinson HT, Kerr 86), Golambeckis (Brooks 81), Kilman (Casey HT), Scarles (Mayers HT), Kanté (Orford HT), Ward-Prowse (Battrum HT), Lamadrid (Fearon HT), Bowen © (Cornet HT), Taty (Ajala HT), Pablo (Marshall HT, Murphy 86)
Sub not used: Herrick (GK)
Goals: Ward-Prowse 13, Taty 25, Orford 68, Ajala 77, Murphy 90
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Nottm Forest 3-0 Blackburn
Match lineups as per rovers.co.uk:
Blackburn: Toth (Pears 62), Alebiosu (Litherland 62), Atcheson (Carter 62), McLoughlin (Pratt 62), Ribeiro (Pickering 62), Tavares (Forshaw 62), Montgomery (Garrett 62), Morishita (Houghton 62), Cantwell (c) (Baradji 62), Afolayan (De Neve 62), Gudjohnsen (Henriksson 62).
Nottingham Forest first half: Sels, Williams, Morato, Dominguez, Gibbs-White, Jesus, Yates (c), Cunha, McAtee, Milenkovic, Aina.
Nottingham Forest second half: Victor, Awoniyi, Kalimuendo, Moreira, Netz, Richards, Bakwa, Bindon, Abbott, McDonnell, Nwosu.
Subs: Willows, Sinclair, Thompson.
Goals: Jesus (40), Kalimuendo (48), Awoniyi (51)
Tottenham 1-0 MK Dons
Match lineups at per mkdons.com:
Milton Keynes Dons: MacGillivray (GK), Barlaser, Bramall, Crowley, Goode, Hepburn-Murphy, Jones, Paterson, Sanders, Waller, Wintle
Subs: Stacey (GK), Boateng, Burke, Ekpiteta, Kazungu, Kelly, Lewis-Burgess, Matete, Nelson, Perniskie, Silver, Wiles
Tottenham Hotspur: Kinsky, Gallagher, Tel, Gray, Tonali, Fernandes, Solanke, Takai, Solomon, Davies, Kyerematen
Subs: Dubravka, Richarlison, Donley, Scarlett, Moore, Min-Hyeok, Hardy, Williams-Barnett, Byrne, Tye Hall
Goals: Fernandes (1)
Burton 0-1 Birmingham
Match lineups as per burtonalbionfc.co.uk
Burton XI: Addai; Vancooten (Trialist D, 32), Delap (Gilbert, 67), Armer (Trialist C, 67); Lofthouse (Henry, 67), Chauke (Trialist E, 67), Evans (Krubally, 67), Webster (Trialist F, 26), Trialist A (Matthews-Lewis, 67); Arubi (Dennis, 23) (Willow, 84), Trialist B (Scutt, 67)
Unused subs: Kean
Birmingham First Half XI: Beadle; Thompson-Jones, Fry, Klarer, Cochrane; Solis, Mazwi; Vicente, Fujimoto, Wright; Priske
Birmingham Second Half XI: Mayo; Osayi-Samuel, Burrell, Buchanan, Bamba; Gardner-Hickman (Maddox, 56), Iwata; Roberts, Gray, Bateman; Stansfield
Subs: O’Sullivan, Campbell
Walsall 0-5 Aston Villa
Match lineups as per saddlers.co.uk and avfc.co.uk:
Walsall: Ward; Hancock (70’ Harper), Skura (81’ Sjordesma), Leak (60’ Burke), Browne (70’ Ahui); Sprangler (81’ Etheridge), Moore (70’ Clarke), Adomah (54’ Simper), Dallas (60’ Sodje), Pattison (70’ Bunn), Pressley (81’ Harris).
Villa: Gauci (Wright 46’); Nedeljković (Cash 46’), Kéba Cissé (Iling Jr 64’), Carroll (Mings 46’), Maatsen (Rowe 46’); Bogarde (Borland 46’), Barkley (Gomes 46’); Bailey (Lynch 46’), Buendía (c) (Broggio 46’ (Jimoh-Aloba 81’)), Hemmings (Alysson 46’); Madjo (Burrowes 46’).
Goals: Madjo (24’, 44’), Hemmings (42’), Lynch (67’), Borland (69’).
Sheffield United 3-1 Huddersfield
Sheffield United: Cooper (Davies 61), Seriki (Giggs 73), McCallum (McGlinchey 73), Tanganga (McGuinness 73), Baptiste (Zätterström 83), Peck (Riedewald 45), Arblaster (Rothwell 61), O’Hare (Hamer 61), Donovan (Chong 61), Bamford (Campbell 61), Cannon (Matondo 61).
Unused: Grbić, Oné, Sasnauskas, Marsh.
Huddersfield starting: Jak Alnwick; Lasse Sorensen, Joe Low, Marcus Harness, Marcus McGuane, David Kasumu, Tom Iorpenda, Ilias Bronkhorst, Seán Roughan, George Sebine (Sahil Bashir 46’), Jay Sway
Huddersfield (final 30 mins): Jak Alnwick; Max Murray, Ian Togo, Marlie Neil, Nik Idemudia, Jonathan Hogg, Dan Vost, Sahil Bashir, Jamie Spencer, Zac Bowker, Michael Onyeka
Fleetwood 2-1 Huddersfield
Match lineups as per www.fleetwoodtownfc.com and htafc.co.uk:
Fleetwood starting XI: Trialist (GK), Bennett (Cirino 60′), Roberts (Oladiti 71′), Mullarkey (Slater 71′), Potter (Toole 71′), Neal (Morrison 71′), Thompson-Sommers (Costello 60′), Helm (Costelloe 71′), McCann (Cannon 60′), Evans (Davies 60′), Coughlan (Animasuan 71′)
Unused subs: Bellizia, Trialist, Slater
Huddersfield team for first 65 mins: Matty Young; Radinio Balker, Jack Whatmough, Murray Wallace (Max Murray 46’); Lynden Gooch, Ryan Ledson (C), Ethan Brierley, Bali Mumba; Antony Evans, Ashley Fletcher; Joe Taylor
Huddersfield team for final 25 mins: Matty Young; Max Murray, Marlie Neil, Ian Togo (C), Dylan Tawodzera; Dan Vost, Luke Schofield; Zac Bowker, Jamie Spencer, Michael Onyeka, Sahil Bashir
Unused sub: Nic Idemudia
Oldham 1-3 Bolton
Match lineups as per bwfc.co.uk:
Bolton: Bonham; Stephenson (Christie HT), Forino (Inwood HT), Davies (Temple HT), Conway; Sheehan (Simons HT); Warren, Watson, Rodrigues, Gale; Dalby.
Substitutes used 60 minutes: Harrington, Famewo, Ritchie, Randall, Dong, McAtee, Forss.
Oldham Athletic: Hudson; Sutton, Daniels, Delaney, Robson; Stevens, Norburn, Pett, Drummond; Appiah-Forson, Fondop.
Substitutes used: Scott-Morriss, Monthe, Nevitt, Chilvers, Woods, Hammond, Kavanagh, Wilson.
Cadiz 0-1 Leicester
Torquay 0-1 Plymouth
Match lineups as per pafc.co.uk:
Plymouth starting line-up: 21 James Storer, 5 Julio Pleguezuelo (39 Hayman 60’), 11 Ronan Curtis (10 Amaechi 60’), 22 Alex Hartridge (2 Ross 46’), 23 Bradley Ibrahim (6 Boateng 60’), 24 Caleb Roberts (7 White 60’), 25 Freddie Issaka (38 Campbell 60’), 27 Bim Pepple(18 Oseni 46’), 40 Joe Mwaro (29 Sorinola 60’), 43 James Sharpe (20 Baidoo 46’), 45 Wes Harding (capt) (44 Rendle 60’),
Goals: Pepple 28
Yellows: Matty Sorinola 74
Torquay: 13 Zak Baker, 2 Dom Bernard, 3 Tyler Hill, 4 Jordan Dyer, 6 ManasheSundrie, 10 Sonny Lo-Everton, 14 Deon Moore, 16 Jake Wannell, 18 Matt Worthington (capt), 19 Isaac Westendorf, 39 Callum Morton
Yellows: Manashe Sundrie 18, Louis Dennis 87
Banbury 3-2 Northampton XI
OTHER RESULTS:
Tuesday 21st July
Bristol City (Eng) 0-0 Newport (Wal)
QPR (Eng) 1-0 Wycombe (Eng)
Chelsea U21 (Eng) 0-0 Cardiff U21 (Wal)
Aldershot (Eng) 1-3 Oxford Utd (Eng)
Cheshunt (Eng) 2-1 Leyton Orient (Eng)
Ebbsfleet (Eng) 1-2 West Ham U21 (Eng)
Forest Green (Eng) 2-2 Bristol Rovers (Eng)
Gillingham (Eng) 1-0 Millwall (Eng)
Hebburn Town (Eng) 2-3 Hartlepool (Eng)
Longridge Town (Eng) 0-3 AFC Fylde (Eng)
Telford (Eng) 0-3 Crewe (Eng)
Alfreton (Eng) 0-1 Rotherham (Eng)
Boreham Wood (Eng) 2-1 Tottenham U21 (Eng)
Dag & Red (Eng) 5-0 Crystal Palace U21 (Eng)
Garforth (Eng) 0-1 Guiseley (Eng)
Kidsgrove (Eng) 0-1 Leek (Eng)
Lancaster (Eng) 2-2 Preston U21 (Eng)
Merthyr Town (Wal) 3-0 Briton Ferry (Wal)
Prescot (Eng) 0-1 Marine (Eng)
Radcliffe (Eng) 0-0 Barrow (Eng)
Redcar Athletic (Eng) 1-0 Guisborough (Eng)
Roffey (Eng) 2-0 Hastings (Eng)
Shrewsbury (Eng) 1-0 Everton U21 (Eng)
South Shields (Eng) 1-2 Harrogate (Eng)
Thornton (Eng) 1-1 Bamber Bridge (Eng)
Worthing (Eng) 1-0 QPR U21 (Eng)
Basingstoke (Eng) 2-6 Chesham (Eng)
Bedworth United (Eng) 0-2 Bromsgrove (Eng)
Boldmere (Eng) 2-2 Rushall (Eng)
Braintree (Eng) 1-0 Woking (Eng)
Bury (Eng) 4-0 Wigan U21 (Eng)
Buxton (Eng) 2-0 Scunthorpe (Eng)
Chertsey (Eng) 2-0 Wealdstone (Eng)
Chester (Eng) 0-1 Stoke U21 (Eng)
Chorley (Eng) 0-0 Altrincham (Eng)
Colchester (Eng) 2-3 Peterborough (Eng)
Coleshill (Eng) 2-2 Alvechurch (Eng)
Darlington (Eng) 2-4 Carlisle (Eng)
Dartford (Eng) 0-3 Billericay (Eng)
Dover (Eng) 2-1 Deal (Eng)
Farnham (Eng) 2-1 Wycombe (Eng)
Gainsborough (Eng) 2-3 FC Halifax (Eng)
Hanworth (Eng) 2-0 Kingstonian (Eng)
Hornchurch (Eng) 2-1 Leyton Orient (Eng)
Stotfold (Eng) 0-1 Enfield Town (Eng)
Stratford (Eng) 1-0 Brackley Town (Eng)
Sutton (Eng) 1-1 Walton & Hersham (Eng)
Tamworth (Eng) 1-2 Aston Villa U21 (Eng)
Taunton (Eng) 0-4 Weston-super-Mare (Eng)
Tonbridge (Eng) 2-2 Sittingbourne (Eng)
Warrington (Eng) 2-2 Macclesfield (Eng)
Athersley Recreation 2-2 Barnsley
Bradford (Park Avenue) 0-0 Keighley Town
Brimscombe & Thrupp 1-0 Hartpury
Broadbridge Heath 2-1 Burgess Hill Town
Brockenhurst 1-2 Dorchester Town
Brook House 4-2 Broadfields United
Buckhurst Hill 2-1 Waltham Abbey
Campion AFC 3-0 Bradford City
Chipstead 0-0 Larkfield & New Hythe
Chislehurst Glebe 2-2 Welling Town
Club Thorne Colliery 1-6 Cleethorpes Town
Coleshill Town 2-2 Alvechurch
Cray Wanderers 2-0 Cray Valley PM
Gresley Rovers 1-2 Belper Town
Guildford City 2-2 Epsom & Ewell
Hanworth Villa 2-0 Kingstonian
Hashtag United 1-1 Hackney Wick
Henley Athletic 0-3 Woodbridge Town
Heybridge Swifts 3-1 Stanway Rovers
Hoddesdon Town 1-2 Ware
Hornchurch 2-1 Leyton Orient
Kinsley Boys 2-4 Dearne & District
Knaresborough Town 1-0 South Leeds
Knowle 2-1 Droitwich Spa
Margate 1-3 Faversham Strike Force
Mildenhall Town 1-3 Thetford Town
New Romney 0-8 Hythe Town
North Greenford United 0-3 Harrow Borough
North Shields 1-1 Jarrow
Petts Wood & Holmesdale 3-2 SC Thamesmead
Pontefract Collieries 4-0 Albion Sports
Retford United 2-2 Hucknall Town
Sawbridgeworth Town 4-2 Romford
Stokesley SC 3-1 Hartlepool Pools Youth
Tadcaster Albion 3-6 Bridlington Town
Thornton Cleveleys 1-1 Bamber Bridge
Three Bridges 2-4 AFC Croydon Athletic
Woking Academy 3-3 Corinthian-Casuals
Yate Town 1-1 Derby County U21
Wednesday 23rd July
York City (Eng) 6-0 Al-Ettifaq U21 (Sau)
AFC Wimbledon (Eng) 0-0 Norwich (Eng)
Maidenhead (Eng) 0-1 Wolves (Eng)
Southend (Eng) 1-3 Northampton (Eng)
Eastleigh (Eng) 0-3 Valenciennes (Fra)
Peterborough Sports (Eng) 0-1 Peterborough (Eng)
Grays Athletic 0-2 Sporting Bengal United
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