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TWO FRIENDLIES ANNOUNCED

Posted on: Wed 14 May 2014

Chelsea Football Club is pleased to announce our first two fixtures of the summer, with pre-season games against Wycombe Wanderers and AFC Wimbledon confirmed.

A Chelsea XI, comprising a mixture of first-team and Academy players, will travel to League Two Wycombe's Adams Park on Wednesday 16 July for Matt Bloomfield's testimonial.

The game will kick-off at 7.45pm to celebrate Bloomfield's career with the Chairboys, which started in December 2003. The former Ipswich Town trainee has gone on to make more than 300 appearances for Gareth Ainsworth's side.

Our second fixture, with a similar squad due to senior players being on World Cup duty, will take place three days later at 3pm on Saturday 19 July at the Cherry Red Records Stadium, formerly known as Kingsmeadow, home of AFC Wimbledon and Kingstonian.

AFC finished last season two places above Wycombe in 20th position in League Two, and are managed by former Wimbledon player Neal Ardley.

Ticket details for both matches will be announced in due course, while they will also be shown live on Chelsea TV

I wonder if they'll be doing any tours abroad this preseason?

I wonder if they'll be doing any tours abroad this preseason?

Would be nice to do a European tour. 

 

Another trip to Japan or south-east Asia would be neat but I'm not sure the squad would appreciate that before the new season.

Would be nice to do a European tour. 

 

Another trip to Japan or south-east Asia would be neat but I'm not sure the squad would appreciate that before the new season.

 

I am kind of thinking that if there were a year they don't do a tour abroad it would be this year with the world cup and all that. With many of our players going to Brazil I doubt the club will want to wear them out with even more travel before the season starts.

The world cup probably rules out any international tours, but I wouldn't be surprised if a couple 'blockbuster' friendlies are arranged in a couple of richer corners of the Earth.

Pre-season's very much about the money these days, all the big clubs will be entertaining the highest bidder.

I'm in Glasgow hopefully this summer, would like to see another rangers friendly

A pre-season tour to Africa would be nice, especially seeing as we probably have a lot of fanaticos there too. 

Edited May 14, 201412 yr by enigma

Not sure there is enough money in aftica.

 

Might try and make my way to the Wimbledon one

We haven't had a friendly at home for years.

We haven't had a friendly at home for years.

Think the last friendly at home was in August 2006 when we played Celtic. There was trouble after the game.

Think the last friendly at home was in August 2006 when we played Celtic. There was trouble after the game.

Is that the reason we haven't played a friendly at home since?

Think the last friendly at home was in August 2006 when we played Celtic. There was trouble after the game.

 and before the game, and during the game!!!

What with the world cup, i suspect we'll just play domestic friendlies. certainly can't see us going on a tour of anywhere.

Is that the reason we haven't played a friendly at home since?

Can't recall the club saying that there wouldn't be any more home friendlies because of what happend against Celtic. Anyone know differently?

No home friendlies because the match fee and merchandising in going abroad exceeds the benefit of playing at home.

and our groundsmen are keen to keep the pitch in good condition

Think the last friendly at home was in August 2006 when we played Celtic. There was trouble after the game.

I remember. A bunch of us old timers on this forum picked that match for a piss up, and we all dived under a table in the Pelican when police on horses charged through the street, going after a group of Celtic supporters. We didn't spill a drop though and went on drinking under that table :-)

I'm already looking forward to pre season.

 

Excited to see a lot of the youngsters and loanees involved in the early parts due to so many of the senior players at the world cup.

We're also playing Sutton Utd again Saturday July 12th.

 

And we're definitely playing a few games away in Europe.

I can't wait for pre-season now that I have Chelsea TV, will watch them all if I can

Better hope we don't go on tour to Asia or something then, or they'll all be on at 2AM.

We will take on RZ Pellets WAC, NK Olimpija Ljubljana, Vitesse Arnhem and Werder Bremen - in Austria, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Germany - with Jose Mourinho's squad set to embark on a continental training camp ahead of the new season.

 

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3883980/title/four-european-pre-season-dates-announced

No chance of jet lag after the World Cup then.

I'm still surprised how much the squad moves around during a pre-season.

 

Surely being on the move every 4 days isn't the best preparation. 

Better hope we don't go on tour to Asia or something then, or they'll all be on at 2AM.

Can always record them