Pre-Season Schedule Summer 2024

[AjcW]

1 minute ago, CosbehFox said:

Palermo are using Man City's training setup - both owned by the City Group. 

 

They are playing Oxford the week after. (another Man City link) 

 

 

Gotcha! Maybe it's us using Chesterfiled because they're doing some work at the KP then.

[StanSP]

8 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Gotcha! Maybe it's us using Chesterfiled because they're doing some work at the KP then.

IT'S THE STADIUM EXPANSION!! 

[Fox92]

Great for me. 20 minute walk down to the ground and a new ground ticked off for me.

[SemperEadem]

Good town for a drink.

[AjcW]

Tell you what, is there anything more annoying than "Ticketing will be announced in due course"

 

It's a week and a bit away guys... couldn't you have just done both at the same time  

[adejo92]

So are ticket details being advertised to Chesterfield supporters or Leicester supporters?

[AjcW]

2 minutes ago, adejo92 said:

So are ticket details being advertised to Chesterfield supporters or Leicester supporters?

Both

[davieG]

OP amended to include Palermo - https://www.lcfc.com/news/4057595/leicester-city-announce-palermo-friendly

 

Leicester City Announce Palermo Friendly
LCFC MEN

Leicester City will face Italian side Palermo in a friendly fixture later this month as the full pre-season schedule for Steve Cooper’s side has now been confirmed.
- Foxes to take on Italian side Palermo in Chesterfield
- Match to take place on Friday 26 July (7pm kick-off)
- Full pre-season match programme now confirmed 

The meeting with the Serie B side will take place at Chesterfield’s SMH Group Stadium on Friday 26 July at 7pm and will come three days after another friendly fixture away to Shrewsbury Town on Tuesday 23 July.

After making their return to pre-season training in Leicester last week, the squad will now depart for a training camp in France before their double-header of fixtures on UK soil against Shrewsbury and Palermo.

Another training camp in Germany will follow, including a behind-closed-doors training exercise against a local side, which comes ahead of another friendly fixture in Kempten against German team Augsburg on Saturday 3 August.

The team then return to the UK to continue their preparations ahead of a final pre-season fixture away to RC Lens in France to help get them in the best condition for the Premier League opener against Tottenham Hotspur at King Power Stadium on Monday 19 August.

 

Pre-season schedule

Shrewsbury Town vs. LCFC
Pre-season friendly
Tuesday 23 July
The Croud Meadow
Kick-off: 7:45pm

 

Palermo vs. LCFC
Pre-season friendly
Friday 26 July

Chesterfield FC
Kick-off: 7pm

 

FC Augsburg vs. LCFC
Pre-season friendly
Saturday 3 August
Illerstadion
Kick-off: 2:30pm

 

RC Lens vs. LCFC
Saturday 10 August
Pre-season friendly
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Kick-off: 3pm

All fixtures subject to change. All times BST.

Ticket and broadcast details will be confirmed on LCFC.com in due course.

[Dr The Singh]

On 11/07/2024 at 18:57, Molson Canadian said:

 

We going for this dinner plate trophy this year again?  

That was the best day of my life.....

[CosbehFox]

Sorry to announce but looks like Port Vale going for the Bass Charity Vase this year. The one that got away....

[grobyfox1990]

Great move, give a lower league club some money. Always thought it’s decent when villa go and play at the Bescot in pre season to give some some gate income 

[Lionator]

1 hour ago, SemperEadem said:

Good town for a drink.

Easy to go to by train too provided the timings work out 

[norwichfox]

Maybe we'll get another great find from Chesterfield...We bought Gordon Banks from them for £7,000 in July 1959.

 

Geez, I remember it well, and that's 65 years ago, if only my short term memory performed as well.

Edited 15 July by norwichfox

[Ryy]

41 minutes ago, norwichfox said:

Maybe we'll get another great find from Chesterfield...We bought Gordon Banks from them for £7,000 in July 1959.

 

Geez, I remember it well, and that's 65 years ago, if only my short term memory performed as well.

Maybe if we was playing Chesterfield  

[goody2028]

Went Chesterfield that time when we played some random 11 whilst the first team were playing Barcelona the day after. Hopefully play a stronger team this time  

[Fox92]

2 hours ago, SemperEadem said:

Good town for a drink.

Very underrated. Not just saying it as I live here, but unbelievable. First time my mates visited they couldn't believe it.

[East Langton Fox]

2 minutes ago, goody2028 said:

Went Chesterfield that time when we played some random 11 whilst the first team were playing Barcelona the day after. Hopefully play a stronger team this time  

Me too and about 50 city fans as I recall. Very underwhelming.

[Mike Oxlong]

Are we cultivating cannabis at the KP over the summer to bump up the coffers - look out in the accounts for grass sales receipts 

[Gamble92]

1 hour ago, goody2028 said:

Went Chesterfield that time when we played some random 11 whilst the first team were playing Barcelona the day after. Hopefully play a stronger team this time  

I'll never forget being stood in the car park in Ilkeston and not a single first team player got off the coach. We were told they'd at least play a few. Even radio Leicester bothered to turn up. Then I nearly choked on my burger at half time. Wasn't a great day if im honest. 

 

And it ended 0-0

Edited 15 July by Gamble92

[goody2028]

7 minutes ago, Gamble92 said:

I'll never forget being stood in the car park in Ilkeston and not a single first team player got off the coach. We were told they'd at least play a few. Even radio Leicester bothered to turn up. Then I nearly choked on my burger at half time. Wasn't a great day if im honest. 

 

And it ended 0-0

Was shocking wasn’t it. We just went for the ground tick tbf.

[Ryy]

2 hours ago, goody2028 said:

Went Chesterfield that time when we played some random 11 whilst the first team were playing Barcelona the day after. Hopefully play a stronger team this time  

The streets won’t forget the Liandro Martis worldie 

[Freeman's Wharfer]

Leicester “have boots will travel” City.

 

Sacked off the US tour at the behest of Maresca - having clearly not consulted him on the plan before signing up - only to then lose Maresca a week later.

 

It’s led to us travelling to France and Germany to play anyone who will have us and now a random game in Chesterfield. It’s a make it up as you go along pre-season schedule.

 

Second summer in a row the man in charge of the first team has to contend with an off-pitch operation blundering their way through things.

[AjcW]

15 minutes ago, Freeman's Wharfer said:

Leicester “have boots will travel” City.

 

Sacked off the US tour at the behest of Maresca - having clearly not consulted him on the plan before signing up - only to then lose Maresca a week later.

 

It’s led to us travelling to France and Germany to play anyone who will have us and now a random game in Chesterfield. It’s a make it up as you go along pre-season schedule.

 

Second summer in a row the man in charge of the first team has to contend with an off-pitch operation blundering their way through things.

I’m all for bashing the useless twats but…

 

- We always go to Evian

- it’s quite common to play friendlies on neutral grounds now (loads of clubs did it last season)

- We actually seem to have a really decent variety of opposition to play…

[adam]

Still annoys me that we haven't got a home friendly. Loads of kids don't get the chance to go to games and we're pissing about in Chesterfield.

No thought whatsoever for the future generation of fans as usual.

[StanSP]

57 minutes ago, AjcW said:

I’m all for bashing the useless twats but…

 

- We always go to Evian

- it’s quite common to play friendlies on neutral grounds now (loads of clubs did it last season)

- We actually seem to have a really decent variety of opposition to play…

Yeah I don't see the issue. The Chesterfield thing is a bit odd but much rather 'local' than jetting off to US regardless who the boss is.