The Fun Factory Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I take it as we are playing at the city ground a week before the start of season, they have given up on the 'showpiece' home friendly?! If anyone remembers last season we had Palma and the attendance was so bad they never even announced it. In fairness the year before we played Malaga and got 22,000 in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Villa will now face Sporting Braga as part of the pre-season trip to Portugal. The club will be in Portugal from July 9-18 as Tim Sherwood puts his players through their paces. There will be two open training sessions at the Estadio Da Nora in Albufeira on Saturday July 11 and Friday July 17. A training match against Fulham will be open to supporters free of charge on Saturday July 11 and the same applies for a second training match on Friday July 17. That was originally due to take place against Bristol City but will now see us face Sporting Braga. When we head back to the UK, we face three friendlies on home soil. First up, there's a game with Swindon Town at The County Ground on Tuesday July 21, kick-off 7.45pm. There's the usual match with Walsall, which has become a regular in the pre-season schedule. We face the Saddlers at the Banks's Stadium on Saturday July 25, kick-off 3pm. Then it's another Midlands derby game as we face Wolves at Molineux on Tuesday July 28, with a 7.45pm start. We will then travel to the East Midlands as we face Nottingham Forest on August 1. The meeting at The City Ground kicks off at 3pm. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~4812463,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andykeenan Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Updated Villa Pre Season Training match v Fulham Sat July 11 Portugal Training match v Sporta Braga Fri July 17 Portugal Swindon Town Tues July21 7.45pm Walsall Sat July 25 3pm Wolves Tues July 28 7.45pm Nottingham Forest Sat August 1 3pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Do the friendly away games still count on you're away booking history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andykeenan Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Do the friendly away games still count on you're away booking history? Yes they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andykeenan Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Swindon Walsall Wolves. & Forest all live on AVTV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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