Pre Season Friendlies

AFC wimbledon away 22nd july 

Cherry red records stadium - 3pm

It’s nice down Oxford kingfisher mate
The missus would love all the tourist attractions
While you are watching QPR playing

Would recommend the Wimbledon one. New one to tick off for those of you who around the grounds. Heard good things about the new ground.

I did the friendly the other year at Kingstonian’s ground. Horrendous place. Very hot day no fridges running, water kept in dustbins. But this new one looks fantastic

2 matches in Austria have been confirmed for 8th and 15th as part of a TEN day tour.

Seems quite excessive and is that also not very expensive? Ten days away in a hotel with training facilities for 25 players plus all the staff.

You have to wonder how they do decide upon where to hold the foreign element of their pre-season. Is it just where Sir Les went on holiday last, or using a map of Europe as a dartboard, or what? Do not forget there will had to have been checks and contact made with local clubs too.

Well that was a lesson for me....

I got all the way through the booking process for the Oxford v QPR match until the last verification was a SMS to my mobile. It never arrived and the ticket was withdrawn. I repeated the request for the SMS but same result! I suspect the SMS are moving as low-priority items between mobile phone providers within Europe (as I am in Croatia this week). As more and more bank transactions online require this type of verification I think all should be aware they may well suffer the same issue in the future if they are abroad!!