Pre season friendlies

[Postman Pat]

Pride is the weekend before the season kicks off so that will have an impact on a home game.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Pride is the weekend before the season kicks off so that will have an impact on a home game.

It'll have no impact, it's a week before the Prem kicks off.

 

[Hiney]

Our pre-season in 1979/80 was:

3/8/79-5/8/79 - Tennent Caledonian Cup at Ibrox, with us, Rangers, West ham United & Kilmarnock
6/8/79 - East german Olympic XI

 

[Bob!]

Pride is the weekend before the season kicks off so that will have an impact on a home game.

It'll have no impact, it's a week before the Prem kicks off.

It would have an impact on a home friendly

 

[Sussex Nomad]

It would have an impact on a home friendly

Hmmm not necessarily if we do it on the weekend day Pride isn't happening? Or is Pride on for like days? (I have no idea).

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Plymouth Argyle away would tempt me to watch a friendly, I used to go to a few when I lived in SE but gave up as they are a total waste of time, except the last one against a top Spanish or Italian club.

 

[WGull]

I would be very surprised if we didn't tour overseas. The premier league brings larger international recognition, and I would be amazed if we aren't looking into far field markets. Sell the BHA brand etc. It will most likely be something within europe such as spain (previously done before), but I wouldn't be stunned if we played somewhere in Asia

 

[BensGrandad]

Instead of playing lower league or non league teams why not go to Scotland for a week and play some of their Premiership teams who are much the same standard.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

I would be very surprised if we didn't tour overseas. The premier league brings larger international recognition, and I would be amazed if we aren't looking into far field markets. Sell the BHA brand etc. It will most likely be something within europe such as spain (previously done before), but I wouldn't be stunned if we played somewhere in Asia

Think you'll find, if you read some of Paul Barber's interviews, they are awash on t'internet, Brighton are not looking global, not even national, they are looking at the county for their markets currently.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Instead of playing lower league or non league teams why not go to Scotland for a week and play some of their Premiership teams who are much the same standard.

Because we'll leave the winter til November? And... do you really think the Scottish first division matches up to the English one?

 

[Postman Pat]

Hmmm not necessarily if we do it on the weekend day Pride isn't happening? Or is Pride on for like days? (I have no idea).

It's all weekend Friday - Sunday.

 

[Postman Pat]

Because we'll leave the winter til November? And... do you really think the Scottish first division matches up to the English one?

Or is he suggesting it's the same standard as non-league? That I agree with!

 

[BensGrandad]

I was, tongue in cheek, suggesting the Scottish Premier would be about the equivalent of playing Crawley Gillingham Portsmouth or Swindon.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Tour of US / Canada

 

[Boroseagull]

A nice mini tour of Spain please - Seville, and then Malaga as a home game for me.

 

[The Kid Frankie]

Little tour of Germany would do nicely.

 

[rrruss]

It seems they really enjoyed their mini-break to Valencia so I'd love them to return to the region for a pre-season tour.

 

[Hampster Gull]

Tour of new zealand would be good

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...01617-pre-season-guide-how-did-your-team-fare

 

[Ernest]

A tour DOWN Under would be NICE so I can make sure my old MATE WOODY is settled and not thinking of coming home