Pre-season friendlies

[AwayDayYeltz]

The Telford friendly has been cancelled!

[YeltzDoc]

Replaced with Newtown AFC at Home.

[AwayDayYeltz]

Another Welsh club!

Has Eurwyn got some involvement in the club we don't know about?

Araf!!!!

[crezza94]

I believe i have at somepoint during the close season seen a comment about the pitch not being ready until so close to the season as to why we cant attract a local representative from a pro side. (Probably coupled with a large fee i assume). The last few seasons i have seen the likes of whitby and kings lynn attracting teams from Newcastle, rangers, celtic, az alkmar, legia warsaw, Middlesbrough and norwich etc. Could we be missing a trick? Is this sort of thing viable at halesowen, 4 games across a weekend in a mini cup? Our sponsor owns the Seria A side Sassuolo? Could we accomadate a side to star in a mini tournament. Could it bring good publicity, draw people down the grove. Would pro teams more willing to entertain us in friendly matches if they’d also be pitted against silimar standard/ stature of teams? Was only just a thought on a obvervation i have seen. Anyone have any thoughts?

[HalesowenHarry]

And here's what you've all been waiting for...........

Club Name then official website and number of Pre Season games played

AFC Rushden and Diamonds http://www.afcdiamonds.com/ 7
3-0 (a) Newport Pagnell Town
3-1 (a) Melton Town
4-1 (h) RUSHDEN AND HIGHAM UNITED
0-1 (h) BRACKLEY TOWN
1-2 (h) ENFIELD TOWN
2-0 (a) Kempston Rovers
4-0 (a) Bishops Stortford

Alvechurch http://www.alvechurchfc.club/ 9
1-1 (a) Malvern Town
6-2 (a) Wolverhampton Casuals
6-0 (h) KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS
1-1 (h) BROMSGROVE SPORTING
3-1 (h) REDDITCH UNITED
0-1 (a) Highgate United
1-2 (a) HEDNESFORD TOWN
2-2 (a) Sporting Khalsa
2-1 (h) EVESHAM UNITED

Banbury United http://www.banburyunitedfc.co.uk/ 7
2-0 (a) Easington Sports
3-0 (a) Bracknell Town
1-1 (h) AYLESBURY UNITED
6-0 (a) Hungerford Town
0-0 (a) Swindon Supermarine
0-2 (a) Kidlington
2-0 (h) AYLESBURY

Barwell http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/barwell/ 9
0-2 (a) Leicester Road
2-3 (a) Highgate United
0-3 (a) Rushall Olympic
1-0 (h) AFC TELFORD UNITED
0-2 (h) BRACKLEY TOWN
6-1 (a) Quorn
2-5 (h) WALSALL WOOD
2-1 (h) NUNEATON BOROUGH
1-0 (h) STAMFORD

Bedworth United http://www.bedworthunited.com/ 5
0-3 (h) Leamington
1-0 (a) Carlton Town
6-1 (h) MARKET HARBOROUGH
2-0 (a) Rugby Town
1-1 (h) COLESHILL TOWN

Biggleswade Town http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/biggleswadetownfc/ 10
4-0 (a) London Colney
0-0 (a) Haverhill Rovers
4-0 (a) Potton United
1-2 (h) ST ALBANS CITY
2-2 (h) HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN
2-2 (a) Beaconsfield
4-0 (a) Stotfold
0-2 (h) BILLERICAY
3-2 (a) Welwyn Garden City
3-2 (h) POTTERS BAR TOWN

Coalville Town http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/coalvilletown 8
1-0 (a) Carlton Town
1-1 (a) Coleshill Town
4-1 (h) NOTTS COUNTY XI
1-2 (h) BRACKLEY TOWN
1-3 (h) FC HALIFAX TOWN
0-0 (h) NUNEATON BOROUGH
1-1 (h) MANSFIELD TOWN
2-0 (a) Belper Town

HALESOWEN TOWN http://www.ht-fc.co.uk 7
2-4 (a) Dudley Town
2-1 (a) Sutton Coldfield Town
2-2 (a) Romulus
1-1 (a) Aberystwyth
0-0 (a) Sporting Khalsa
2-1 (h) NEWTOWN AFC
3-1 (h) BROMSGROVE SPORTING

Hitchin Town https://hitchintownfc.club/ 10
2-6 (h) LUTON TOWN
0-1 (h) BOREHAM WOOD
3-0 (a) Stotfold
4-0 (a) Arlesey Town
4-1 (a) Eynesbury Rovers
1-1 (h) BALDOCK TOWN
4-0 (h) LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY EAGLES
0-2 (h) MALDON AND TIPTREE
0-2 (a) AFC Dunstable
Tue 7th Aug 2018 (a) Bishops Stortford

Kettering Town http://www.ketteringtownfc.com/ 8
3-0 (a) Wisbech Town
2-0 (a) Gresley FC
0-1 (a) Stamford AFC
3-0 (a) Coventry Sphinx
0-6 (a) Romulus
1-3 (a) Nuneaton Borough
0-3 (h) PETERBOROUGH UNITED
2-0 (h) Bedford Town

King’s Lynn Town https://www.kltown.co.uk/ 8
3-0 (h) FAKENHAM TOWN
1-2 (h) NORWICH CITY
4-1 (a) Mildenhall Town
4-1 (h) NORWICH CITY U23s
1-0 (h) RANGERS Youth
1-1 (a) Basford Utd
2-0 (a) Yaxley Utd
2-0 (h) SPALDING

Leiston http://www.leistonfc.co.uk/ 5
4-1 (a) Coggeshall Town
3-1 (a) Kirkley and Parkfield
4-2 (a) Stowmarket Town
2-1 (a) Felixstowe and Walton
6-1 (a) Maldon and Tiptree

Lowestoft Town http://www.lowestofttownfc.co.uk/ 7
4-0 (h) WAVENEY
0-1 (h) SOHAM TOWN RANGERS
1-1 (h) IPSWICH TOWN U23s
4-3 (a) Gorleston
5-0 (h) NORWICH UNITED
2-0 (a) Kirkley and Pakefield
2-4 (h) SOUTHEND UNITED U23s

Needham Market http://www.needhammarketfc.co.uk/ 4
2-1 (a) Long Melford
3-1 (a) Brightlingsea Regent
4-2 (h) COLCHESTER UNITED U23s
3-1 (h) AFC SUDBURY

Redditch United http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/redditchu ... otballclub 9
1-1 (h) PORT VALE
3-3 (h) STUDLEY
3-1 (h) ROMULUS
1-0 (h) RUGBY TOWN
1-3 (h) WORCESTER CITY
1-1 (a) Evesham United
1-3 (a) Alvechurch
1-2 (a) Didcot Town
1-3 (a) Barry Town United

Royston Town http://www.roystontownfc.co.uk/ 7
0-4 (h) CAMBRIDGE UNITED
2-2 (a) Haringey Borough
3-1 (a) Newmarket Town
1-1 (a) Hendon
3-0 (a) Chesham United
1-2 (h) WINGATE AND FINCHLEY
4-1 (a) Ware

Rushall Olympic http://www.rofc.co.uk 8
2-1 (h) WALSALL
3-0 (h) BARWELL
1-0 (h) WALSALL WOOD
3-3 (a) Boldmere St Michaels
3-0 (a) Wolverhampton Sporting Community
3-1 (a) Coleshill Town
1-0 (h) PRESCOT CABLES
Tue 7th Aug 2018 (a) Bromsgrove Sporting

St Ives Town http://stivestownfc.co.uk 7
1-2 (h) SOHAM TOWN RANGERS
1-3 (h) PETERBOROUGH SPORTS
0-0 (a) Kempston Rovers
2-0 (h) BOSTON TOWN
0-1 (a) Wisbech Town
0-1 (h) BEDFORD TOWN
0-0 (h) CAMBRIDGE CITY

St Neots Town https://www.stneotstownfc.co.uk 7
1-7 (h) CAMBRIDGE UNITED
1-5 (h) MK DONS
0-4 (h) PETERBOROUGH UNITED
0-3 (h) STEVENAGE
2-0 (a) Haverhill Rovers
2-2 (h) SOHAM TOWN RANGERS
1-1 (a) Mildenhall Town

Stourbr*dge http://www.stourbridgefc.com/ 8
1-2 (a) AFC Wulfrunians
1-1 (a) Lye Town
2-1 (a) Stourport Swifts
4-0 (a) Chasetown
2-0 (a) Bewdley Town
4-0 (a) Sutton Coldfield Town
3-1 (a) Worcester City
3-1 (a) Bromsgrove Sporting

Stratford Town http://www.stratfordtownfc.co.uk 8
2-3 (a) Highgate United
2-2 (a) Boldmere St Michaels
2-2 (a) Walsall Wood
2-1 (a) Coleshill Town
3-0 (h) WALSALL
2-3 (h) SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWN
3-2 (a) Worcester City
2-2 (h) LEICESTER CITY

Tamworth http://www.thelambs.co.uk 7
2-1 (a) ATHERSTONE TOWN
0-3 (h) SOLIHULL MOORS
2-0 (a) Belper Town
8-0 (h) BURTON ALBION XI
2-1 (h) COVENTRY CITY XI
1-1 (a) Buxton
3-2 (a) Hednesford Town

Pl W D L GF GA Pts GD
1. Stourbr*dge 8 6 1 1 20 6 19 +14
2. Kings Lynn Town 8 6 1 1 18 5 19 +13
3. Rushall Olympic 7 6 1 0 15 5 19 +10
4. Biggleswade Town 10 5 3 2 23 12 18 +11
5. Tamworth 7 5 1 1 18 8 16 +10
6. Leiston 5 5 0 0 19 6 15 +13
7. Lowestoft Town 7 4 1 2 18 9 13 +9
8. AFC Rushden & Diamonds 7 5 0 2 17 5 15 +12
9. Alvechurch 9 4 3 2 22 11 15 +11
10. Banbury United 7 4 2 1 14 3 14 +11
11. Hitchin Town 9 4 1 4 18 13 13 +5
12. Needham Market 4 4 0 0 12 5 12 +7
13. Stratford Town 8 3 3 2 18 15 12 +3
14. Coalville Town 8 3 3 2 11 9 12 +2
15. HALESOWEN TOWN 7 3 3 1 12 10 12 +2
16. Kettering Town 8 4 0 4 11 13 12 -2
17. Barwell 9 4 0 5 14 17 12 -3
18. Royston Town 7 3 2 2 14 11 11 +3
19. Bedworth United 5 3 1 1 10 5 10 +5
20. Redditch United 9 2 3 4 13 17 9 -4
21. St Ives Town 7 1 2 4 4 7 5 -3
22. St Neots Town 7 1 2 4 7 22 5 -15

[piearce9]

Thanks HH, nice info. Rushall look as though they've had a good pre-season and are starting to emerge as people's "dark horses" for the upcoming campaign. Stour have had good results too albeit *cough cough cough* they've only played sides from lower levels.

[Andyrob]

What should the line up be for Lowestoft and subs?

[HalesowenHarry]

they've only played sides from lower levels.

Quite an interesting one this. I suspect most of the sides (if you look above) have maybe played one or two 'bigger' sides and the rest have been lower level or equivalent level from another league (I'm not working that all out!).
Stour have played no home games, and therefore no 'bigger' sides so to speak, and have played about the average 8 games, similar to our 7. I'd imagine all the managers at this level let the players pretty much have free reign on the early to Mid July friendlies, and then start the cull of trialists. Look at St Neots, they played their first four games against the 4 most local league sides at home and the best result was a 3-0 defeat. Not sure it will have helped the squad side of things, but obviously may have filled the ground up four times. It's also noticeable that alot of the fixtures are against Under 23s sides, or XIs............ As ever, I don't think Pre-season makes a jot of difference. It's good for fitness and possibly some tactical playing around and nothing else! It's also the first time in my 27 years of watching that, with holidays et al, I've not seen a single pre-season game. Colin's kept me up to date though