Pre-Season

[Simon Ward]

Nice work/holiday if you can get it!

I will be on the Isle of Wight!

[shaunyh]

Told ya' ;)

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

31st July/1st August Feyenoord on the Sat evening, Benfica on the Sunday evening. The town is right on the border with Spain on the banks of the Guadiana river. So its real border country, so a bit like playing at Berwick Rangers but sunnier.
I can find stuff about the town, but no references at all to any football in the town or this mysterious 11,000 capacity ground. Searches San Antonio stadium or San Antonio football send me to bloody texas !

[olaftab]

Fantastic, Algarve, I will be there. Last season I missed the Peace cup cos I thought I will spend my money on a long Europa run.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Fantastic, Algarve, I will be there. Last season I missed the Peace cup cos I thought I will spend my money on a long Europa run.

You manage to hold onto money from a year ago ?

[OldUser]

Lovely area, going there next week (via Perpignan and a night with Dazzler) but trust me, it'll be scorching hot that time of the year and absolutely humming with mozzies.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

The stadium is the Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António
Pics/link here>>
 http://www.zerozerofootball.com/img/estadios/945/3945_ori_complexo_desportivo_de_vrsa.jpg

Its an annual pre-season tournament >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadiana_Trophy

[villajk]

Walsall away, Tuesday 27 July 2010.

[richard moore]

Lovely area, going there next week (via Perpignan and a night with Dazzler) but trust me, it'll be scorching hot that time of the year and absolutely humming with mozzies.

Give BE my regards in that case Ian - we met up with him last summer when we were down near Perpignan...

[Chris Smith]

Walsall have confirmed they will host Villa in pre-season as the Saddlers finalise their summer plans.

They welcome their Premier League opponents on Tuesday July 27 (7:45pm) meaning the trip to Crewe, penned in for the same date, has been cancelled.

It will be Villa’s final game before they play Benfica and Feyenoord in the Guadiana Cup in Portugal, which starts on July 30.

From the Walsall Site.

[PaulTheVillan]

Ace.

I'll be there.

[SoccerHQ]

Was just about to ask about any possible Walsall fixture given we didn't play there last pre season.

[usav]

Was just about to ask about any possible Walsall fixture given we didn't play there last pre season.

Every bloody pre-season for about the last 15 years isn't it?

It's pretty much our 39th game.

[yourballsareparsley]

Heard today that we are playing Bohemians away in Dublin on 24th July

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The stadium is the Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António
Pics/link here>>
 http://www.zerozerofootball.com/img/estadios/945/3945_ori_complexo_desportivo_de_vrsa.jpg

Its an annual pre-season tournament >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadiana_Trophy

I wonder if Villa will be given any tickets for the games. It will be near impossible trying to get tickets over here for the Benfica game, which is guaranteed to sell out. On the plus side, as it will be televised, it should be possible to get a stream for the game.