A Friendly Reminder

Some of the things that have caught our eye regarding pre-season matches.

I've seen a wide variety of prices for pre-season friendlies and some of them are very much on the high side for what are mainly run of the mill matches.

£10 for an adult ticket seems fair so anything below that gets an Affordable Football thumbs-up.

Games involving Football League clubs that pass that test include Crewe v Wolverhampton Wanderers at Gresty Road (Sat 26 July £8/£4), Shrewsbury v Chesterfield at Greenhous Meadow (Sat 12 July £7/£4) and Altrincham's matches against Tranmere Rovers (Tue 22 Jul), Accrington Stanley (Tue 29) and Shrewsbury (Fri 1 Aug) which are all priced at £7/£4.

Rochdale's home games against Wigan Athletic (Sat 19 July), Bolton Wanderers (Tue 22) and Middlesbrough (Sat 26) are priced at £10 each for adults and £5 for juniors but a 3 for 2 offer is available covering all the matches if purchased before the start of the Wigan game.

A reminder of our last friendly update...

Welsh Premier side Gap Connahs Quay Nomads FC have announced an eclectic mix of pre-season friendlies to be held at their Deeside Stadium with the highlight being a game against Dinamo Bucharest on Wednesday 2 July at 8pm. Bulgarian champions Ludogorets and Cardiff City's Development Squad (managed by Craig Bellamy) are also scheduled to visit with a ticket for all pre-season games available at £15 for adults and £5 for concessions.

Dover FC are again running their ‘Fiver Frenzy’ for pre-season with tickets for the games against Margate, Faversham, Colchester United (Friday 25 July 7:45pm) and Gillingham (Tuesday 29 July 7:30pm) priced at £5, under-11’s and season ticket holders going free.

Not far away, Dartford have a combined ticket for their trio of friendlies against league opposition (Millwall, Leyton Orient and Gilliingham) available for £25 adults and £12 concessions. And Dorchester Town have a three match deal for £20/£12 which covers home matches against Torquay United, Gosport Borough and AFC Bournemouth starting on July 12.