SPL pre-season friendlies

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June 22, 201214 yr

These are the pre-season friendlies listed on the SPL site to date. Not many home games in that lot and Rangers have less than three weeks to get a team together for their first game.

Aberdeen

Saturday July 14 - Arbroath (A)

Tuesday July 17 - Elgin City (A)

Saturday July 21 - Alstatte (A)

Wednesday July 25 - Werder Bremen (A)

Saturday July 28 - St Pauli (A)

Celtic

Saturday July 21 - Ajax (A)

Wednesday July 25 - Norwich City (H)

Saturday August 11 - Real Madrid (N)

Dundee United

Wednesday July 4 - Rapid Vienna (A)

Saturday July 14 - Dundee (A)

Wednesday July 18 - Everton (H)

Hearts

Saturday July 14 - Raith Rovers (A)

Wednesday July 18 - Falkirk (A)

Saturday July 21 - Dunfermline (A)

Hibernian

Wednesday July 11 - Rapid Bucharest (N)

Wednesday July 18 - Lierse (A)

Saturday July 21 - Leuven (A)

Sunday July 22 - Zeeland Select (A)

Saturday July 28 - Huddersfield (H)

Inverness CT

Saturday July 7 - Buckie Thistle (A)

Tuesday July 10 - Clachnacuddin (A)

Wednesday July 11 - Forres Mechanics (A)

Saturday July 14 - Elgin City (A)

Tuesday July 24 - Brechin City (A)

Wednesday July 25 - Wick Academy (A)

Kilmarnock

Wednesday July 18 - Wrexham (A)

Saturday July 21 - Chester City (A)

Wednesday August 8 - Sheffield Wednesday (H)

(James Fowler Testimonial match)

Motherwell

Saturday July 14 - Ayr United (A)

Tuesday July 17 - Raith Rovers (A)

Saturday July 21 - Everton (H)

(Steven Hammell Testimonial match)

Tuesday July 24 - Hamilton Accies (A)

Rangers

Thursday July 12 - Le Havre (A)

Saturday July 14 - Southampton/Arsenal

(Markus Liebherr Memorial Cup - Southampton)

Friday July 20 - Eintracht Braunschweig (A)

Sunday July 22 - SV Rodinghausen (A)

Wednesday July 25 - Armenia Bielefeld (A)

Ross County

Wednesday July 4 - Brora Rangers (A)

Saturday July 7 - Turriff United (A)

Tuesday July 10 - Raith Rovers (A)

Saturday July 14 - Clachnacuddin (A)

Tuesday July 17 - Nairn County (A)

Saturday July 21 - Elgin City (A)

St Johnstone

Wednesday July 11 - East Fife (A)

Saturday July 21 - Cowdenbeath (A)

Saturday July 28 - Bristol City (H)

St Mirren

Saturday July 21 - Morton (A)

Friday July 27 - Carlisle (A)

Sunday July 29 - Accrington Stanley (A)

June 22, 201214 yr

There's also ICT and Ross County games against Coventry of course and apparently Hearts are having a friendly at Grant Street against Clach.

Edited June 22, 201214 yr by Renegade

June 22, 201214 yr

When do St Johnstone, Dundee Utd and Hearts enter there european games??

June 22, 201214 yr

Author

http://www.scotprem.com/content/ - in the European Football calendar section

Celtic/Motherwell - 31st July/1st August (Qual R3)

Hearts - 23rd August (Play-off Round)

Dundee Utd - 2nd August (Qual R3)

St.Johnstone - 19th July (Qual R2)

June 22, 201214 yr

Should that not read The Rangers and be last?

June 28, 201214 yr

Should that not read The Rangers and be last?

Also they are technically not in the SPL.

July 6, 201214 yr

Author

Rangers now have no pre-season games :furtive:

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11781/7869945/Rangers-tour-cancelled

July 6, 201214 yr

Rangers now have no pre-season games

http://www1.skysport...-tour-cancelled

Cant have a pre-season if you dont exist.

July 6, 201214 yr

Rangers now have no pre-season games

http://www1.skysport...-tour-cancelled

July 10, 201214 yr

Anyone know why Hibs v Rapid Bucharest and Livingston v Killie were both arranged to be played at Grangemouth Stadium?

July 10, 201214 yr

I think Rapid have based themselves at Grangemouth. Motherwell were supposed to play there on Monday night but pitch was waterlogged. Greenock and Stenhousemuir also played them at Grangemouth last week

Edited July 10, 201214 yr by Alex MacLeod

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Expectations vs dreams

Last season the fantastic start to the season set up the promotion. As the new boys in the division I'd say the other teams will look at ICT thinking there are points to be gained there. It's even more vital then to get a good start to nip that attitude in the bud. Promoted teams that get a poor start don't tend to have a good season overall.
It's really hard to judge what would be expected - look at Arbroath last season in their first season compared to RC who came into the championship from the other direction. Both probably had different expectations than what transpired.
If things go well we could be in the top half, perhaps even close to the playoffs. In reality I'd expect a mid table finish, but mid table for 10 teams can get you close to both top and bottom at various points. I'd say 5-7 would be what I'd expect come May. To me I think we need to look firstly at establishing a gap above two other teams (Morton & Stenny?) and then building from there.
The first three games are pretty tough ones before we visit Stenny, so I hope we have 4 or 5 points on the board by then. Set the tone early for a decent, but not spectacular, season.

By The Hammer · 2 hours ago2 hr
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Good subject and post Luddite,
The timing is right as whilst predictions about how ICT would/ could get on the CHPS when we won promotion was in full swing, we had no idea what the player pool would really be come August.
I’ve not seen any match so far but the posts back from those that did indicate we are a bit away from being at the level required to compete (and importantly win) in the CHPS. Have we enough quality to replace or improve the player level from last season ? - Far too early to say however I still expect a couple of players to come through the door. Personally I believe we will be tested a lot more defensively, and whilst the goalie and back four will do the heavy lifting here, strikers and the midfield cannot go missing in this task.
Kells role in how we get on will be important. He has had 20 odd months under his belt now and gained enough experience to take the players he has to come up with the best tactics and game plan to get results, (ideally a few draws away and victories at home).
Ultimately I’m optimistic we can secure ourselves in the ‘middle-pack’ knowing promotion ain’t going to happen, but get results that keep the threatened two or three relegate teams 4 - 6 points below us.
A good season 26-27 season for me is fifth (think it’s possible). A poor one is eighth.
bc

By big cherly · 4 hours ago4 hr
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I've been looking at the tdams in the Championship and thinking about what I'd cinsider a good season to be and tbh any finish from 8th upwards is a result to me. Consolidating a position in the Championship and moving forwards from that has to be taken as positive given our recent history. I don't expect Alan Savage to turn into daddy Warbucks akin to Brooks Mileson given his history. I wish for a new owner with deep pockets so Alan can enjoy his success without constantly topping up our balance. "Welcome to the Longman" has a nice ring to it. Come on Deadpool!

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Why is our highlights package so bad? You can barely see the players. You look at the East Fife one and you’d think it was filmed on another day.
Their commentary gives it that extra step up also.

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