Premier League, EFL and Non League: Pre-season Friendlies Review – 26th July 2026

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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Liverpool 4-2 Sunderland

Lineups as per liverpoolfc.com and safc.com:

Liverpool: Mamardashvili (Woodman, 67), Gomez (Ndukwe, 8), Jones (Nyoni, 46), Elliott (Szoboszlai, 46), Tsimikas (Kerkez, 46), Frimpong (Ramsay, 67), McConnell (Scanlon, 56), Morrison (Abe, 67), Ngumoha (Koumas, 46), N’Diaye (Chambers, 67), Wright (Chiesa, 46).

LFC Unused subs: Davies, Sonni-Lambie.

Sunderland (first half): Ellborg, Mukiele, Ballard, O’Nien (C), Reinildo, Browne, Le Fée, Rigg, Hume, Mundle, Isidor.

Sunderland: (second half): Ellborg (Moore, ’68), Jen.Jones, Seelt, Hjelde, Lightfoot, Jay.Jones, Whittaker, Proctor, Geragusian, Tutierov, Ogunsuyi.

Wrexham 3-2 Leeds

Lineups as per wrexhamafc.co.uk:

Wrexham AFC: Okonkwo (Burton 61), Vyner (Cleworth 46), Hyam (Scarr 61), Brunt (Doyle 61), A.James (Longman 46), M.James (Rathbone 61), O’Brien (Ashfield 61), Thomason (Cacace 46), Cadamarteri (Barnett 61), Broadhead (Keillor-Dunn 61), K.Moore (Smith 61)
Subs: A.Moore, D.Ward

Leeds United: Cairns (Perri 46), Justin, Rodon, Cresswell (Tanaka 46), James (Chadwick 76), Ampadu (Crew 90+1), Longstaff (Wilson 46), Lienou (Stach 46), Gnonto (Pickles 76), Mills (Bogle 46), Piroe (Nmecha 46)
Subs: Mahady, Ombang, Lane

Auckland FC (Nzl) 0-2 Tottenham (Eng)

Lineups – tottenhamhotspur.com:

Auckland FC: First half: Woud, Sakai (c), Howieson, Cosgrove, Bayliss, Normann, Wynne, Vicelich, Rogerson, D’Hotman, Fitzharris.

Auckland FC: Second half: Woud (Knowles 71), Wynne, Vicelich, Calver, de Vries, Brimmer, Gallegos, Brook, Prins (Naidoo 86), Bidois, Ferguson (Cartwright 71).

Spurs: Austin, Tye Hall (Russell-Denny 87), Hardy (Byrne 79), Takai (Tingey 87), Kyerematen (Davies 62), Donley (Fernandes 62), Gray (c; Gallagher 62), Williams-Barnett (Tel 62), Moore (Yang 62), Solomon (Tyrese Hall 79), Scarlett (Richarlison 62).

Goals: Spurs – Scarlett 12, Richarlison 70.

Shrewsbury 1-4 West Brom

Lineups as per wba.co.uk and shrewsburytown.com:

Shrewsbury: Proctor (Brook 46), Lee ( Stubbs 46), Boyle, Ruffels, Pendleton (Jude-Boyd 46), Sang (Turner-Cook 62), Gray, Berkoe, Fletcher (England 71), Lloyd (Davison 62), Gbode (Thompson-McKenzie 81).

Shrewsbury subs not used: Hall, Falding.

West Brom: O’Leary, Williams, Mepham, Campbell, Styles (Maughan 89), Diakite, Mowatt, Whitwell (McNeil 89), Price (Colesby 89), Morgan, Heggebø.

WBA subs: Cisse, Gilchrist, Dupont

Rosenborg (Nor) 0-5 Man Utd (Eng)

United XI, as per manutd.com: Vitek (Mee 72); Yoro (Armer 61), Maguire (Kamason 46), Heaven (Devaney 61), Shaw (Amass 46); Santos (T.Fletcher 61), Mount (Gore 61), Lacey (Collyer 61), Zirkzee (Obi 61), Dorgu (Williams 61); Mbeumo (J.Fletcher 61).

Subs not used: Heaton, Thwaites, Gabriel.

Goals: Lacey 31, Zirkzee 56, Devaney 63, Amass 72, Williams 84.

Booked: Devaney.

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Bournemouth (Eng) 4-1 St. Pauli (Ger)

AFC Bournemouth first half XI, as per afcb.co.uk: Petrovic, Truffert, William, Hill, Smith, R Christie, Scott, Tavernier, Rees-Dottin (Gannon-Doak, 20), Unal (Jebbison, 34), Evanilson.

AFC Bournemouth second half XI: Dennis, Soler, Diakite, Cook, Araujo (Aarons, 65), Toth, Stevens (Z Christie, 85) Adli, Gannon-Doak, Jebbison (Rodriguez, 64), Kluivert (Dacosta Gonzalez 70).

Gateshead 1-1 Newcastle

As per newcastleunited.com:

Newcastle United lineup: Nick Pope (Ewen Jaouen 69), Lewis Hall (Vakhtang Salia 82), Fabian Schär (Miodrag Pivaš 60), Harvey Barnes (Seung-soo Park 77), Sean Steur, Jacob Murphy (Trevan Sanusi 77), Joe Willock (Dylan Charlton 82), Alex Murphy, Jacob Ramsey (Anthony Munda 82), Leo Shahar (Mason Miley 69), Sean Neave (Matheos Ferreira 69).

Subs not used: Mark Gillespie, Aidan Harris, Luke Craggs, Rory Finneran.

Wolves (Eng) 1-2 Real Sociedad (Esp)

Wolves lineup, as per wolves.co.uk: Bentley, Trippier, Mosquera (Djiga 76), Toti, H Bueno (Tchatchoua 76), Andre, Doyle (Chirewa 73), Munetsi (Traore 76), Edozie (Armstrong 60), R Gomes (Lima 73), Mane.

QPR (Eng) 3-2 Fiorentina (Ita)

QPR lineup, as per qpr.co.uk: Charles (Ward 46), Mbengue (Santos 62), Dunne (Morrison 62), Edwards (Clarke-Salter 62), Kemper (Larkeche 62), Madsen (Varane 36), Vale (Morgan 62), Chair (Alemayehu 62), Smyth (Bennie 62), Burrell (Poku 62), Kone (Lloyd 7).

Fulham 0-2 Norwich

As per canaries.co.uk:

Fulham: Leno (Lecomte 46), Amissah (White 46), Bassey (Cuenca 46), Tete (Sessegnon 46), Nwoko ((Araujo 25) Andersen 46)), King (Cairney 46), Lukic (Harris 46), Reed (Zepa 46), Iwobi (Smith Rowe 46), Kevin (Ali Wahid 46), Muniz (Kusi-Asare 46)

Subs not used: Berto, White, Dibley-Dias

Norwich City: Kovačević, Stacey (Gibbs 65), McConville (Alves 65), Córdoba (Darling 46), Chrisene (Özcan 65), McLean (c) (Field 46), Mattsson (Wright 65), Jurásek (Forson 46), Slimane (Maghoma 46), Schwartau (Baumann 65), Kvistgaarden (Jones 65)

Subs not used: Grimshaw, Ansen, Medić, Glossop, Towler

Goals: Slimane, Darling

Rotherham 0-2 Sheffield United

Teams, as per themillers.co.uk:

Rotherham – Starting line-up- Cann, Rafferty, Ashley, Tavares, Martha, Adegboyega, Jellis, Nemane, Trialist A, Trialist B, Trialist C.

Subs- Trialist GK, Hall, Agbaire, Kaleta, J Clarke, Cover, Lee, Gardner, L Clarke, Trialist D, Trialist E, Trialist F

Sheffield United – Starting line-up- Cooper, McCallum, Tanganga, Rothwell, Hamer, Cannon, O’Hare, Chong, Baptiste, Seriki, Riedewald.

Subs- Davies, Doherty, Arblaster, Donovan, Matondo, Zatterstrom, McGuinness, One, Betts, Sasnauskas, Blacker, McGlinchey, Giggs, Peck, Bamford

Bolton 0-0 Everton

Teams, as per bwfc.co.uk:

Bolton: Bonham; Stephenson (Christie 78), Forino (Inwood 70), Davies (Temple 60), Famewo (Conway 70): Dong (Ritchie 60), Simons (Irwin 78), Sheehan (Watson 78), Gale (Warren 70); Rodrigues (McAtee 70); Dalby (Forss 70).

Booked: Forino

Everton: Travers (King HT); O’Brien, Tarkowski (Finney 82), Branthwaite (Keane HT); Röhl (Foster 73), Armstrong (Mykolenko HT), Iroegbunam (Graham 73), Aznou (George, HT); McNeil (Olayiwola 82), Alcaraz (Dewsbury-Hall HT); Barry (Beto 52).

Crewe 1-2 Birmingham

Teams, as per crewealex.net and bcfc.co.uk:

Birmingham: James Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Alex Cochrane, Christoph Klarer (captain), Dael Fry (Blake Campbell, 61), Tomoki Iwata, Jhon Solis, Carlos Vicente, Demarai Gray, Kanya Fujimoto, August Priske.

Birmingham (after 77 minutes): Brad Mayo, Junior Wilson, Blake Campbell, Isifu Jawara, Reiss Batchelor, Louie Rea, Connor Reilly, Curran Chahal, Noah Horau, Tobi Ogorji, Sali Bamba.

Northampton 0-2 Birmingham

Teams, as per ntfc.co.uk:

Northampton: Zach Jeacock (sub Ross Fitzsimons 72), James Maxwell, Dean Campbell (sub Jack Perkins 78), Jon Guthrie (sub Max Dyche 78), Elliott Moore, Sam Hoskins (sub Grant Ward, trialist 65), Matty Warhurst (sub Elliott List 65), Tyrese Fornah, Logan Briggs, Harvey Saunders, Janoi Donacien (sub Joe Wormleighton 72)

Subs: James Dadge, Neo Dobson, Bobby Ashton.

Birmingham: James Beadle, Christophe Klarer, Demarai Gray, John Solis, Alex Cochrane, Carlos Vicente, Tomoki Iwata, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Kanya Fujimoto, August Priske, Dale Fry

Subs: Louie Rea, Connor Reilly, Junior Wilson, Noah Horau, Curran Chalal, Reiss Batchelor, Tobi Ugorji, Blake Campbell, Salif Bamba, Brad Mayo, Isifu Jawara

Game 1 – Stoke 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Game 2 – Stoke 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Teams, as per stokecityfc.co.uk and swfc.co.uk:

Stoke City (Game One): Johansson, Wilmot, Lawal, Graham, Bocat, Ingelsson, Galbraith, Manhoef, Thomas, Gallagher, Cisse.

Stoke City (Game Two): Griffiths, Anderson, Talovierov, Gibson, Curley, Seko, Rigo, Fawunmi (Kelly 30′) Martin, Bozenik, Smit.

SWFC game one: Lumley, Palmer, Otegbayo, Swinkels, M Lowe, Fusire, Slattery, Thornton, Bannan, J Lowe, Barry

SWFC game two: Dawson (Phillips 36), Gray, Emery, McGhee, Weaver (Hatfield 60), Johnson, Mitchell (Sopala 36), Oliver, Moses, Grainger, McNeill

Porto (Por) 2-1 Aston Villa (Eng)

Wycombe 3-1 Portsmouth

Teams, as per portsmouthfc.co.uk:

Wycombe: Hazard; Harvie (c), Taylor, Hagelskjaer (Keita 70), Allen; Morley, Henderson (McKoy 82); Onyedinma (Quitirna 62), Mullins, Thomas (Olabiyi 46); Woodrow (Tezgel 62)

Goals: Henderson 2, Woodrow 46, Olabiyi 73

Subs not used: Pettitt, Gidaree, Quarcoo, Johnson, Gurpinar

Portsmouth: Schmid; Devlin (Knight 61), Dia (Poole 61), Shaughnessy (Matthews 78), Williams (Trialist 46); Shein (Swift 46), Bailey (Le Roux 78); Kenny (Bowat 78), Segečić (Adams 78), Blair (Swanson 61); Bishop (c) (Waddingham 78)

Goals: Waddingham 90

Subs not used: Bielica, Killip

OTHER RESULTS:

Friday 24th July
Preston (Eng) 0-1 Cambridge Utd (Eng)
Swansea (Wal) 2-0 Udinese (Ita)
Freiburg (Ger) 3-1 Derby (Eng)
Huddersfield (Eng) 3-1 Oldham (Eng)
Gmunden (Aut) 0-4 Bradford City (Eng)
York City (Eng) 2-2 Al-Ettifaq (Sau)
Braunschweig (Ger) 0-1 Southampton (Eng)
Ebbsfleet (Eng) 1-1 Cardiff Metropolitan (Wal)
Colchester (Eng) 2-2 West Ham U21 (Eng)
Felixstowe & Walton (Eng) 1-1 Needham Market (Eng)
Guiseley (Eng) 3-2 Blackburn U21 (Eng)
AFC Rushden & Diamonds (Eng) 1-2 Banbury (Eng)
Enfield Town (Eng) 1-1 Worthing (Eng)
Hyde (Eng) 0-1 Chester (Eng)
Southport (Eng) 2-0 FC United (Eng)
Melksham (Eng) 2-1 Yate Town (Eng)

Saturday 25th July
Luton (Eng) 2-0 Al Kholood (Sau)
Harrogate (Eng) 2-2 Doncaster (Eng)
Torquay (Eng) 5-0 Cardiff U21 (Wal)
Ashton Town (Eng) 3-2 Annan (Sco)
Brightlingsea (Eng) 1-5 Aveley (Eng)
Hanwell Town (Eng) 0-2 Aldershot (Eng)
Middlesbrough (Eng) 1-3 Huddersfield (Eng)
Quorn (Eng) 2-2 Harborough (Eng)
Scarborough (Eng) 0-2 Barnsley (Eng)
Swindon (Eng) 1-3 Bristol City (Eng)
Wycombe (Eng) 3-2 Yeovil (Eng)
Caerau Ely (Wal) 4-4 Barnstaple (Eng)
Cleethorpes (Eng) 2-2 Grimsby Borough (Eng)
Hereford (Eng) 0-3 Solihull Moors (Eng)
Llandudno (Wal) 5-0 Kidsgrove (Eng)
Watford (Eng) 3-0 Rostock (Ger)
AFC Fylde (Eng) 0-3 Wigan (Eng)
Telford (Eng) 1-0 Walsall (Eng)
AFC Wimbledon (Eng) 2-0 Charlton (Eng)
Altrincham (Eng) 2-5 Macclesfield (Eng)
Barnet (Eng) 1-2 Oxford Utd (Eng)
Barrow (Eng) 2-0 Blackpool (Eng)
Barry (Wal) 0-1 Gloucester (Eng)
Bath (Eng) 2-2 Newport (Wal)
Boston Utd (Eng) 1-0 Peterborough (Eng)
Braintree (Eng) 4-0 Colchester U21 (Eng)
Bromley (Eng) 3-0 Crystal Palace (Eng)
Bromsgrove (Eng) 8-0 Trefelin (Wal)
Canvey Island (Eng) 3-4 Brentwood (Eng)
Carlton Town (Eng) 1-4 Matlock (Eng)
Chertsey (Eng) 1-1 Hampton & Richmond (Eng)
Chorley (Eng) 0-3 Accrington (Eng)
Cliftonville (Nir) 1-2 Alvechurch (Eng)
Colwyn Bay (Wal) 1-0 Bootle (Eng)
Concord (Eng) 4-0 Hastings (Eng)
Curzon Ashton (Eng) 1-1 Clitheroe (Eng)
Dag & Red (Eng) 4-0 Stanway (Eng)
Dover (Eng) 1-0 Burgess Hill (Eng)
Eastleigh (Eng) 0-1 Crawley (Eng)
Faversham (Eng) 0-2 Dartford (Eng)
Forest Green (Eng) 1-5 Cardiff (Wal)
Frome (Eng) 3-0 Salisbury (Eng)
Halesowen (Eng) 2-2 Tamworth (Eng)
Hanworth (Eng) 5-2 Welwyn (Eng)
Harlow (Eng) 3-0 Margaretsbury (Eng)
Hartlepool (Eng) 0-3 Grimsby (Eng)
Havant & W (Eng) 1-4 Bognor Regis (Eng)
Hornchurch (Eng) 3-1 Tottenham U21 (Eng)
Kingstonian (Eng) 4-3 Barton (Eng)
Leatherhead (Eng) 1-1 Ashford Town (Eng)
Lewes (Eng) 1-2 Dorking (Eng)
Maidstone (Eng) 4-0 Ashford United (Eng)
Marine (Eng) 3-0 Preston (Eng)
Mossley (Eng) 1-0 Emley (Eng)
Oxford City (Eng) 1-2 Walton & Hersham (Eng)
Rochdale (Eng) 2-2 Farnham (Eng)
Runcorn Linnets (Eng) 2-4 Ashton Utd (Eng)
Salford (Eng) 3-2 Dundee Utd (Sco)
Shifnal Town (Eng) 1-2 Rushall (Eng)
Sholing (Eng) 1-0 Folkestone (Eng)
Southend (Eng) 1-1 (4-5p) Leyton Orient (Eng)
Spennymoor (Eng) 1-3 Halifax (Eng)
Stalybridge (Eng) 1-1 Leek (Eng)
Stevenage (Eng) 1-0 Millwall (Eng)
Stratford (Eng) 0-5 Kidderminster (Eng)
Sutton (Eng) 2-0 Horsham (Eng)
Tonbridge (Eng) 3-1 Dulwich Hamlet (Eng)
Truro (Eng) 0-1 Plymouth (Eng)
Warrington (Eng) 2-3 Southport (Eng)
Wealdstone (Eng) 2-0 MK Dons (Eng)
Weston-super-Mare (Eng) 0-2 Exeter (Eng)
Wimborne (Eng) 1-1 Maidenhead (Eng)
Woking (Eng) 0-2 Reading (Eng)
Worksop (Eng) 4-0 Garforth (Eng)
Gainsborough (Eng) 0-0 Doncaster (Eng)
Konyaspor (Tur) 0-3 Hull (Eng)
Strasbourg (Fra) 0-2 Blackburn (Eng)
Port Vale (Eng) 1-0 Murcia (Esp)

MORE RESULTS:
AFC Varndenians 2-4 Godalming Town
Alcester Town 1-2 Sporting Club Inkberrow
Bashley 3-1 Dorchester Town
Beckenham Town 1-2 AFC Croydon Athletic
Bedfont 4-2 AFC Welwyn
Bradford Town 2-1 Odd Down
Buckhurst Hill 5-1 Welling United
Bury Town 1-2 Cambridge City
Chalfont St Peter 1-2 Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Chertsey Town 1-1 Hampton & Richmond Borough
Cheshunt 1-2 Waltham Abbey
Clapton Community 0-1 Enfield
Clevedon Town 2-0 Newquay
Coleshill Town 2-2 Racing Club Warwick
Colliers Wood 4-1 PFC Victoria
Congleton Town 1-2 Belper Town
Epsom & Ewell 4-0 Chessington & Hook United
Fleet Town 5-0 Holyport
Flixton 3-2 Runcorn Town
Grays Athletic 1-0 Tilbury
Guernsey 2-2 (7-8p) Leamington
Hanwell Town 0-2 Aldershot Town
Hanworth Villa 5-2 Welwyn Garden City
Harlow Town 3-0 St Margaretsbury
Havant & Waterlooville 1-4 Bognor Regis Town
Herne Bay 3-0 Redbridge
Heybridge Swifts 0-4 Barking
Horley Town 0-4 Tunbridge Wells
Hornchurch 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur U21s
Kettering Town 1-3 Hemel Hempstead
Kennington 0-1 Hythe Town
Kingstonian 4-3 Barton Rovers
Larkfield & New Hythe 6-0 Hilltop
Leverstock Green 2-2 Harrow Borough
Minster 2-2 Hawkinge Town
Moneyfields 0-1 Broadbridge Heath
North Greenford United 1-2 Sutton Common Rovers
Ramsgate 2-0 Sittingbourne
Roffey 1-0 Faversham Strike Force
Rugby Borough 3-3 Hashtag United
Snodland Town 3-0 Croydon
Sholing 1-0 Folkestone Invicta
Shortwood United 2-6 Purton Kingsdown
Takeley 2-2 Ware
Thame United 2-3 Uxbridge
Tuffley Rovers 5-2 Bromyard Town
West Essex 1-1 Romford
Woodford Town 2-2 Fisher

Sunday 26th July
Ajax (Ned) v Burnley (Eng)
Rangers (Sco) v West Ham (Eng)