Pre season 2026.

[Proposition Joe]

I would recommend Monchengladbach Friendly to anyone available a great stadium to visit and a very passionate fanbase. I would recommend staying in Cologne to anyone attending there isn't a great deal in Monchengladbach. The Belgisch Viertel is great for bars etc in Cologne and of course you have the area near the Cathedral. Dusseldorf is also another place to stay a bit for more upscale reputation in Germany but a lot of nice bars also and where many will fly back from. Any other recommendations needed let me know.

Yes, totally, I love going to this part of Germany. And to be honest, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Mönchengladbach, Leverkusen etc may as well be one giant city, such are the transport links. Pick anywhere in that conurbation that tickles your fancy.

I really like Düsseldorf, especially Uerige Alt Bier. Cologne is nice too, as is Kölsch beer. I'm from Lincoln originally though so Cologne's cathedral doesn't really impress me

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Aston Villa is pleased to announce the addition of a domestic friendly match against Real Sociedad to the club’s pre-season schedule.

Villa will take on the La Liga side on Saturday, July 25 at Walsall’s Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium. Kick-off will be at 3pm.

[FailsworthVillan]

So we're playing Walsall on July 21st, which leaves the following Saturday free for a weekend trip to Scotland.

Not free anymore.

[eamonn]

Pallet Track or Tough Sheet? Things are tough and traditional in the lower leagues.

[kippaxvilla2]

Aston Villa is pleased to announce the addition of a domestic friendly match against Real Sociedad to the club’s pre-season schedule.

Villa will take on the La Liga side on Saturday, July 25 at Walsall’s Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium. Kick-off will be at 3pm.

Sky seem to think we have a game against  Villareal on the same day at the same ground.

[Brazilian Villain]

Aston Villa is pleased to announce the addition of a domestic friendly match against Real Sociedad to the club’s pre-season schedule.

Villa will take on the La Liga side on Saturday, July 25 at Walsall’s Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium. Kick-off will be at 3pm.

Sky seem to think we have a game against  Villareal on the same day at the same ground.

Looks like it's Sociedad, but there was a bit of confusion due to Prince William's insistence that we play a Spanish team with 'real' in its name.

[rob_bridge]

Aston Villa is pleased to announce the addition of a domestic friendly match against Real Sociedad to the club’s pre-season schedule.

Villa will take on the La Liga side on Saturday, July 25 at Walsall’s Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium. Kick-off will be at 3pm.

Sky seem to think we have a game against  Villareal on the same day at the same ground.

Looks like it's Sociedad, but there was a bit of confusion due to Prince William's insistence that we play a Spanish team with 'real' in its name.

Anyone know when tickets go on sale for the Sociedad match.

For some unknown reason Missus doesn't agree that trip to HK in August with the lad is a good use of our limited funds, she did try to look at Dusseldorf flights but seems to think it will cost a grand for the 3 of us. I did retort it would only cost #300 for one of us (me). Again not all that keen.

[PeterWithesShin]

Aston Villa is pleased to confirm the addition of two further friendly matches in Asia to the club’s pre-season schedule, as well as a change of date to a previously announced fixture.

Unai Emery’s men will face Indonesia All Stars at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (GBK), Jakarta, on Saturday, August 1 (ko 7pm) before heading to Thailand to take on BG Pathum United on Tuesday, August 4 at True BG Stadium in Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani (ko 7.30pm).

Prior to their trip to the Far East, Villa had originally been scheduled to play Real Sociedad on Saturday, July 25. This will now move to Tuesday, July 28 with kick-off at 7.30pm at the Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium.

Before returning to the UK, Villa will take on Bayern Munich in Hong Kong on Friday, August 7 in the inaugural Audi Football Summit.

The Europa League holders will start pre-season preparations at Walsall, for what has become a traditional fixture to mark the start of pre-season, on Tuesday, July 21 with kick-off at 7.30pm.

Before the Premier League gets underway, Villa will also travel to Germany to face Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday, August 15. Kick-off at Borussia-Park will be at 3.30pm local time.

Ticket details will be announced in due course while all our pre-season fixtures will be broadcast live on VillaTV. Streaming information will also be confirmed as soon as possible.

[paul_e]

Interesting that they're moving the Sociedad game and opening up that slot on the Saturday. seems likely we're looking to add something in there but whoever we're talking with wasn't free in the week so we've rearranged to open it up. I reckon that one will be a smaller one though becxause it's still long before any of the world cup players will be back and looking at game time.