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Premier League pre-season friendlies, fixtures, results 2024: Summer tours, training in USA, Asia, Australia and more

English top-flight clubs are preparing to round off their pre-season campaigns before the start of the season; the Premier League 2024/25 season starts on weekend of August 17/18

Sunday 11 August 2024 19:42, UK

Premier League clubs are gearing up for the 2024/25 season by arranging pre-season friendlies across the globe.

Keep track below of all the friendly fixtures and results and see the latest pre-season news and goals .

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Premier League pre-season friendlies - results and fixtures

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July 20: Arsenal 2-0 Leyton Orient July 25: Arsenal 1-1 Bournemouth July 28 : Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd August 1: Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool August 7: Arsenal 4-1 Bayer Leverkusen August 11: Arsenal 2-0 Lyon

Aston Villa

July 17: Aston Villa 3-0 Walsall July 20: Spartak Trnava 0-3 Aston Villa July 28: Columbus Crew 4-1 Aston Villa August 1: Aston Villa 0-2 RB Leipzig August 3: Aston Villa 0-1 Club America August 7: Aston Villa 3-2 Athletic Bilbao August 10: Aston Villa 0-2 Borussia Dortmund

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Bournemouth

July 20: Wrexham 1-1 Bournemouth July 25 : Arsenal 1-1 Bournemouth August 4: Bournemouth 1-0 Rayo Vallecano August 10: Bournemouth 3-2 Girona

July 20: AFC Wimbledon 2-5 Brentford July 25: Benfica 1-1 Brentford July 30: Estrela da Amadora 3-1 Brentford August 3 : Brentford 1-1 Watford August 9 : Brentford 4-4 Wolfsburg

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July 24: Kashima Antlers 1-5 Brighton July 28: Tokyo Verdy 2-4 Brighton August 3: QPR 0-1 Brighton August 10: Brighton 4-0 Villarreal

July 25: Chelsea 2-2 Wrexham July 27: Chelsea 1-4 Celtic August 1: Chelsea 3-0 Club America August 3: Chelsea 2-4 Man City August 7: Chelsea 1-2 Real Madrid August 11: Chelsea 1-1 Inter Milan

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Crystal Palace

July 19: Crystal Palace 1-1 Charlton July 27: Crawley 3-6 Crystal Palace August 1: Crystal Palace 3-1 Wolves August 4: Crystal Palace 3-1 West Ham August 11 : Crystal Palace 1-1 FC Nantes

July 19: Sligo Rovers 3-3 Everton July 27: Salford City 2-1 Everton July 30: Coventry 3-0 Everton August 3: Preston 0-3 Everton August 10: Everton 1-1 Roma

August 2: Benfica 0-1 Fulham August 10: Hoffenheim 0-2 Fulham

July 20: Ipswich 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk July 27: Ipswich 1-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf August 3: Hoffenheim 0-1 Ipswich August 10: Ipswich 1-0 Nice

July 23: Shrewsbury 1-2 Leicester July 26: Leicester 0-1 Palermo August 3: FC Augsburg 1-0 Leicester August 10: Lens 3-0 Leicester

July 27: Liverpool 1-0 Real Betis August 1: Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal August 4: Liverpool 3-0 Man Utd August 11: Liverpool 4-1 Sevilla August 11 : Liverpool 0-0 Las Palmas

July 24: Man City 3-4 Celtic July 27: Man City 2-3 AC Milan July 31: Man City 2-2 Barcelona August 3: Man City 4-2 Chelsea August 10 - Community Shield: Man City 1-1 Man Utd (Man City win 7-6 on pens)

July 15: Rosenborg 1-0 Man Utd July 20: Rangers 0-2 Man Utd July 28: Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd August 1: Man Utd 3-2 Real Betis August 4 : Man Utd 0-3 Liverpool August 10 - Community Shield: Man City 1-1 Man Utd (Man City win 7-6 on pens)

May 22: Newcastle 1-1 Tottenham (Newcastle won 5-4 on penalties) - MCG, Melbourne May 24: A-League All Stars 8-0 Newcastle - MCG, Melbourne July 27 : Hull 0-2 Newcastle July 31: Newcastle 4-1 Urawa Red Diamonds August 3: Newcastle 0-2 Yokohama F. Marinos August 9: Newcastle 4-0 Girona August 10: Newcastle 1-0 Stade Brestois

Nottingham Forest

July 13 : Chesterfield 0-3 Nottingham Forest July 19 : Nottingham Forest 1-1 Sunderland July 23 : Nottingham Forest 2-1 Millwall July 27 : Nottingham Forest 0-1 Elche August 2: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Villarreal August 8: Olympiacos 3-4 Nottingham Forest

Southampton

July 19 : Eastleigh 1-7 Southampton July 24 : Bordeaux 2-3 Southampton July 27 : Montpellier 1-3 Southampton July 31: Oxford United 0-2 Southampton August 3: Millwall 0-1 Southampton August 7: Southampton 1-1 Lazio August 10: Southampton 0-0 Getafe

May 22: Newcastle 1-1 Tottenham (Newcastle won 5-4 on penalties) - MCG, Melbourne July 17: Hearts 1-5 Tottenham - Tynecastle July 20: QPR 0-2 Tottenham July 27: Tottenham 3-2 Vissel Kobe July 31 : Team K League 3-4 Tottenham August 3: Bayern Munich 2-1 Tottenham August 10: Tottenham 2-3 Bayern Munich

July 15: Ferencvaros 2-2 West Ham July 20: Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 West Ham July 28: Wolves 3-1 West Ham August 4: Crystal Palace 3-1 West Ham August 10 : West Ham 2-2 Celta Vigo (West Ham win 6-5 on pens)

July 28: Wolves 3-1 West Ham August 1: Wolves 1-3 Crystal Palace August 4: Wolves 3-0 RB Leipzig August 10: Wolves 0-1 Rayo Vallecano

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Birmingham City pre-season: West Brom fixture completes schedule

B irmingham City have now confirmed six pre-season matches in preparation for the League One season after West Bromwich Albion were announced as their final opponents.

Blues will play Paderborn at the end of their week-long training camp in Austria on July 13 at the Pendlingstadion, Thiersee. Paderborn finished seventh in the Bundesliga II under manager Lukas Kwasniok last season.

When Blues return to England they will face Solihull Moors on Wednesday, July 17 in the Arthur Cup in memory of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. Chris Davies' side will travel to Shrewsbury Town - who they will also face in League One next season - on Saturday, July 20.

Blues will host Rangers in a marquee friendly at St Andrew's on Wednesday, July 24 to mark the one-year anniversary since Trevor Francis passed away. The first Trevor Francis memorial match will take place against one of the late striker's former clubs.

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The fifth match confirmed by Blues is a trip to Walsall on Saturday, July 27. Blues haven't faced Walsall in a number of years but they will visit the Poundland Bescot Stadium two weeks before the season begins.

Blues' final friendly will see them host West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, August 3. Albion remained in the Championship after losing in the play-off semi-finals to eventual winners Southampton.

Confirmed pre-season plans

• Pre-season tour, Austria, Monday 8 July – Sunday 14 July
• SC Paderborn 07 v Blues, Saturday 13 July, kick-off 4pm (local time), Pendlingstadion

Solihull Moors v Blues, Wednesday 17 July, kick-off 7pm, the Armco Arena

Shrewsbury Town v Blues, Saturday 20 July, kick-off 3pm, The Croud Meadow

Blues v Rangers, Wednesday 24 July, kick-off 7.45pm, St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park

Walsall v Blues, Saturday 27 July, kick-off 1pm, Bescot Poundland Stadium

Blues v West Bromwich Albion, Saturday 3 August, kick-off 3pm, St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park

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PRE-SEASON UPDATE: Shots to host Birmingham City!

We’re excited to announce that we will now be hosting Birmingham City at the EBB Stadium on Saturday, July 27th, with a 2pm kick-off.

This means that we have come to an agreement with AFC Totton for the originally scheduled friendly to be cancelled and we’d like to thank AFC Totton for their understanding and co-operation.

Tickets for the Birmingham clash can be bought HERE and will follow the pricing structure of our other home pre-season friendlies.

Please note that the Birmingham City game will NOT be included within the Pre-Season Bundle and you MUST buy a ticket for this game.

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Baggies to play Birmingham City in pre-season friendly

Albion are set to face Birmingham City in a pre-season friendly on Saturday, August 3. 

Blues’ St. Andrew’s @ Knighthood Park Stadium will host the clash, with a kick-off time of 3pm agreed. 

Ticket details for the encounter with the Sky Bet League One side will be released at the earliest possible opportunity. 

It's the second pre-season game announced so far this summer, with the Baggies having also lined up a match against Cambridge on Friday, August 2 .

Additional fixtures in the build-up to the 2024/25 campaign will be announced in due course.

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Wednesday July 17 2024

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New shows for the 2024/2025 season announced

29 Aug 2024

Birmingham Hippodrome has today (Thu 29 Aug), announced a line-up of new productions coming to the theatre this Autumn and beyond, including a stellar line up of West End and Broadway smash-hit musicals, dance productions and brand-new works.

In March 2025, international smash hit SIX ( Tue 11 Mar– Sat 15 Mar 2025 ) will make a royal return following multiple previous sellout successes. Later that month multi-award-winning West End actress and singer Carrie Hope Fletcher stars in Calamity Jane (Tue 18 Mar – Sat 22 Mar 2025 ). Based on the classic Doris Day movie this plumb fancy new production features classic songs such as The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away) and Just Blew in from the Windy City.

Multi-award-winning, internationally renowned lyricist, Sir Tim Rice will bring his extraordinary live musical theatre event Sir Tim Rice – My Life in Musicals (Sun 13 Apr 2025 ) to Birmingham Hippodrome for just one evening in April. The show will see him reflect on his illustrious career at the heart of musical theatre, sharing anecdotes behind the songs, along with stories of his life and live performances from some of the UK’s leading West End singers and musicians.

Based on the iconic film, Cruel Intentions ( Tue 3 Jun – Sat 7 Jun 2025 ), will make its way to Birmingham Hippodrome in June 2025 and is packed with 90s pop classics including the songs of Britney Spears, Boyz II Men, Christina Aguilera, TLC, and *NSYNC.  Multi award-winning musical Mary Poppins (Wed 16 Jul – Sat 23 Aug 2025) will fly back into Birmingham in summer 2025, more magical than ever before featuring dazzling choreography, incredible effects and unforgettable songs.  In August multi-award winning Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (Wed 27 Aug – Sat 30 Aug 2025) will return to the Hippodrome for the first time in 14 years, featuring two hours of Buddy Holly hits including classics That’ll Be The Day and Peggy Sue .

Dance fans can look forward to a host of new performances for 2025. In March, South Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ahn’s Dragons ( Tue 25 Mar & Wed 26 Mar 2025 ) brings together modern and traditional dance styles from across Asia, in a joyful riot of dance, music and non-stop movement. BRB2 (Tue 6 May) , Birmingham Royal Ballet ’s second company, will make its Birmingham Hippodrome debut in May with a brand-new gala production from Carlos Acosta featuring some of the world’s very best young dancers. Later that month, Cuban Eclectico ( Tue 13 May & Wed 14 May 2025 ) from Carlos Acosta’s Acosta Danza * will showcase works from choreographers from around the world who have created pieces inspired by Cuban culture, with their own ‘twist’. Rising Star of Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Big Brother, Nikita Kuzmin brings his brand-new show, Midnight Dancer ( Sat 17 May 2025 ) to the Hippodrome on his first ever solo UK and Ireland Tour.  In June Rambert’s thrilling stage adaptation Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby ( Wed 11 Jun – Sat 14 Jun 2025 ) will makes a return to the Hippodrome stage featuring an iconic soundtrack from a live on-stage band.

Newly announced works in the Patrick Studio include Santi and Naz ( Fri 25 Oct & Sat 26 Oct 2024 ) exploring female friendship, coming of age, and coming out set against the backdrop of pre-partition India. Desperate Times (Sat 2 Nov 2024 ) tells the story of Lucky, a bored and lonely supply teacher, who has developed a compulsion for petty thieving. , Brand-new work in progress pop-rock comedy musical REWRITES: CHOSEN (Fri 22 Nov & Sat 23 Nov 2024) , follows Sue, an IT support technician in her 60’s who goes on a mission to save humanity.

A Beginning #16161D ( Thu 28 Nov 2024 ), will take audiences on an immersive journey from darkness to light through live vocal music, choreography and light. Tom Cassini’s Iterations (Fri 29 Nov & Sat 30 Nov 2024 ) looks at his fifteen-year obsession with the skill and precision of sleight of hand, with a contemporary exposé of the magician practicing . In February, 10 Nights ( Thu 6 Feb – Sat 8 Feb 2025 ) will tell the story of Yasser, who decides to take part in itikaf, sleeping and fasting in the mosque for the last ten nights of Ramadan

Jon Gilchrist, Artistic Director and CEO at Birmingham Hippodrome said : “We’re so pleased to be announcing a fantastic line up of shows coming to our stages from this Autumn and beyond. With award-winning musicals, dynamic dance performances as well as showcasing brand new works there’s really something for everyone at the Hippodrome.”

There will be a range of Audio Described, Captioned, BSL interpreted and relaxed performances throughout the season, to find out more head to the Hippodrome’s accessible performances web page .

Tickets for all new season shows will go on sale to Friends of Birmingham Hippodrome on Thursday 29 August at 11am and on general sale on Monday 2 September at 11am .

Tickets for Mary Poppins will go on sale to Friends of Birmingham Hippodrome on Tuesday 17 September at 11am, to Groups on Wednesday 18 September at 11am and on general sale on Friday 20 September at 11am .

Tickets for all shows can be booked here or by calling 0844 338 5000**

*Please note Carlos Acosta will not be performing

 **0844 calls will cost you 4.5p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge.

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PSC arranged Birmingham City’s 8-day tour of Norway from 12 – 20 July 2005 which included games against 2nd Division Egersund and top Premier League sides Viking Stavanger and SK Brann.

Birmingham spent the first five days of their trip based at the Clarion Hotel, Stavanger, with the full use of Viking Stavanger’s top-class training facilities. They played friendly games against Egersund and Viking before flying to Bergen for three days to play SK Brann in the final game of their tour on 19th July.

Tour Inclusive of:

• Return air-fares from England to Norway and internal flights
• First class hotel accommodation and all meals (hotel info on following page)
• Excellent training facilities in Stavanger and Bergen within 5 mins drive of hotel
• All transfers in Norway
• Single rooms / suites for management and single / twin bedrooms for players
• Full laundry service

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As Birmingham City prepare to head to Marbella for pre-season training for the first time under Gary Rowett, we take a look back at last season when Lee Clark and his team spent a week at Foto Island in Cork.

As pre-season training camps go, Colin Tattum our Blues reporter at the time said this was a tour that had been serene for Birmingham City .

Take a look at the pictures and above, below you can read how we reported the tour at the time...

And the contrast to the time when they were last in the Fota Island resort, could not be greater.

In July 2011 , Chris Hughton brought a disparate band of players over to Ireland for a whistle-stop tour.

Hughton, having taken over the reins following Alex McLeish’s exit to Aston Villa, didn’t have any assistants with him.

Paul Trollope only arrived on the penultimate evening.

Some new players were trying to find their feet and integrate, others were disaffected after Premier League relegation and also knew they were on the selling block.

Barry Ferguson flew home early to complete a move to Blackpool; the likes of Ben Foster and Scott Dann knew they were heading out, following Craig Gardner, the first big money sale.

In the first training session, Marlon King limped off with a knee injury that put back his Blues debut until the end of September.

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And Carson Yeung, of course, had a fortnight earlier been arrested on money laundering charges.

In short, Blues were in an uncertain mess. The atmosphere was taut and strained. There was so much that needed to be resolved, so much uncertainty surrounding the ownership, finances and the demands of the Championship and Europe were on the horizon. From chaos Hughton eventually managed to fashion some stability and order.

For Lee Clark , last year it was a case of putting things into place as well as the lack of finance had continued to bite.

After the heart-stopping last day of the season against Bolton, there was an overhaul of the squad staff, with nine players coming in after the exit or release of 11, plus eight loanees returning to their parent clubs.

And what had been vital for the manager and the good of the club was the speed of the turnaround. All the new boys settled in and there was a discernible air of solidarity and also a determined focus about the task ahead in the league.

Clark had worked them hard in training. Very hard.

But he also struck the right balance between graft, the technical side of things, and R&R, like golf, laser clay shooting and a players night out.

The return to Fota Island was been a harmonious one.

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