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Pre-season games

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Birky Bantam, Jun 1, 2026.

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  1. Birky Bantam

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    I saw some Halifax fans on Facebook over the weekend saying that they heard they were playing Sheffield United and us preseason. Today Halfiax confirmed the Sheffield United game so sounds likely their info was right. In the past this game was ruled out as an option due to the increased police costs due to expected trouble so if this is going ahead then police must have agreed to a lower presence.
    Halifax currently have the Sheff Utd game on Saturday 4th July and Chesterfield Tuesday 14th.
    Sounds like Preston will happen, my guess is the Tuesday 28th.
     
    #1 Birky Bantam, Jun 1, 2026
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    It will surely be at VP? ( Assumes the pitch is ready?)
     
    #2 Kevin1954, Jun 1, 2026
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    When do they fly to Austria this season? That has to be a standing booking now.... surely :D
     
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    Look at last seasons timings ?
     
    #4 Kevin1954, Jun 2, 2026
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    In the last few seasons there's only ever been one friendly at VP and they have usually been against championship clubs so I'd imagine it would be against Preston. With Halifax being local it could change though.
     
    #5 ericctid, Jun 2, 2026
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    Possible , makes security less of a problem rather than hoards of City fans roaming around Hfax like the old days .
     
    #6 Kevin1954, Jun 2, 2026
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    They normally fly out after the 2nd pre-season game and come back around 2 weeks before the season starts ahead of the Tuesday home friendly so would expect it will be something around 18th - 25th July.
     
    #7 Birky Bantam, Jun 2, 2026
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    They are used to people roaming round Halifax,the piece hall concerts attract thousands.
     
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    Us Queensbury Bantams take it over all the time....
     
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    Would if we( youth team) will play Eccleshill this year now they have moved to Keighley and changed their name. We seem to play them every year if I remember correctly
     
    #10 Storck, Jun 3, 2026
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    I heard halifax is on sat 11th July at The Shay
     
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    From who. Sounds good if true.
     
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    Someone at work has it on good authority, they know someone at the club apparently. England could potentially be playing at 10pm that day too quarterfinals v Brazil?
     
    #13 Lepton Bantam, Jun 8, 2026
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    If we get that far lol
     
    #14 ericctid, Jun 9, 2026
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    FC United - decent
    Halifax - all for that

    Rest have no interest in.
     
    #16 Sergio Pinto III, Jun 10, 2026
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    Gutted, I'm away for the Halifax game. Only 10 minutes down the road and plenty of good boozers!!
     
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    So the last friendly has been arranged but details to be announced in due course. Wonder if it's tied into a player announcement that might be coming to us on loan from said club?
     
    #18 Petrov, Jun 10, 2026
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    Yes, a bit strange that
     
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    Pretty standard pre-season set of games as to be expected, I know people complain about the games but ultimately they are for the players not the fans and there is a limited amount of teams available to face with Premier League clubs starting pre-season later then most are off to America etc and late on in pre-season Championship clubs often play against top division European sides.

    Purely speculating but Grimsby confirmed their pre-season schedule last week but had tbc for 1st August.
    As it's away it almost certainly means it's against a league 2 or lower side so either they don't want their fixtures announced yet or it's tied into another announcement.
     
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