There is an interesting article on the BBC Website mapping out how far the Premiership clubs have travelled for pre season. We have one of the lowest miles covered approx 1900 miles whilst Spurs have done over 22,000. Be interesting to see how tired some of the long travellers are as the season starts as it definitely had an adverse effect on us last season. Worth a read.
Premier League teams will clock up an estimated 172,413 miles in total during pre-season for friendlies and tours. Tottenham travel furthest with 22,468 miles, including a trip to Australia, followed by Chelsea's 14,345 miles. Clubs will visit 14 countries, with 17 matches in the United States making it the most-visited place. Austria is second with 11. Watford are the Premier League side to do the least travelling, covering 1,632 miles over their six pre-season games. How many miles will your club travel this summer? How are your team faring? Arsenal (total distance: 12,143 miles) 22 July: RC Lens 1-1 Arsenal (Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France). Goal: Oxlade-Chamberlain 28 July: MLS All-Stars 1-2 Arsenal (Avaya Stadium, San Jose, USA). Goals: Campbell, Akpom 31 July: Chivas de Guadalajara (StubHub Center, Los Angeles, USA) 5 August: Viking FK (Viking Stadion, Stavanger, Norway) 7 August: Manchester City (Ullevi stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden) Bournemouth (total distance: 8,134 miles) 20 July: Minnesota United 0-4 Bournemouth (National Sports Centre Stadium, Blaine, Minnesota, USA). Goals: Wilson 2, Grabban, OG 23 July: Portsmouth 3-3 Bournemouth (Fratton Park). Goals: Grabban, Ibe, Gosling 29 July: Reading 1-1 Bournemouth (Madejski Stadium). Goal: Cook 30 July: Bournemouth 1-0 Cardiff City (Vitality Stadium). Goal: Ibe 3 August: Valencia (Vitality Stadium) Burnley (total distance: 1,740 miles) 15 July: Stade Nyonnais 1-3 Burnley (Stade de Colovray, Nyon, Switzerland). Goals: Gray, Barnes, Keane 19 July: Morecambe 1-1 Burnley (Globe Arena). Goal: Gray 23 July: Bradford City 1-4 Burnley (Coral Windows Stadium). Goals: Gray 2, Mee, Kightly 26 July: Bolton 1-2 Burnley (Macron Stadium). Goals: Gray, Ginnelly 30 July: Rangers 1-3 Burnley (Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland). Goals: Gray 3 5 August: Real Sociedad (Turf Moor) Chelsea (total distance: 14,345 miles) 16 July: Rapid Vienna 2-0 Chelsea (Allianz Stadion, Vienna, Austria) 20 July: WAC RZ Pellets 0-3 Chelsea (Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria). Goals: Traore, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah 27 July: Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool (Rose Bowl, Pasadena, USA). Goal: Cahill 30 July: Real Madrid 3-2 Chelsea (Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, USA). Goals: Hazard 2 3 August: AC Milan (US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, USA) 7 August: Werder Bremen (Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany) Crystal Palace (total distance: 10,939 miles) 13 July: Philadelphia Union 0-0 Crystal Palace (PPL Park, Philadelphia, USA) 16 July: FC Cincinnati 0-2 Crystal Palace (Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, USA). Goals: Mutch, Zaha 19 July: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-2 Crystal Palace (BC Place, Vancouver, Canada). Goals: Campbell 2 25 July: Colchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace (Weston Homes Community Stadium). Goal: Mutch 27 July: AFC Wimbledon 2-3 Crystal Palace (Kingsmeadow). Goals: Wickham, Bolasie, Ladapo 30 July: Fulham 3-1 Crystal Palace (Craven Cottage). Goal: Anderson 2 August: Bromley (Hayes Lane) 6 August: v Valencia (Selhurst Park) Everton (total distance: 1,906 miles) 23 July: Barnsley 0-3 Everton (Oakwell). Goals: Mirallas, Barkley, Deulofeu 26 July: MK Dons 1-3 Everton (Stadium MK). Goals: Deulofeu, Barkley, Besic 29 July: Dynamo Dresden 2-1 Everton (DDV-Stadium, Dresden, Germany). Goal: Deulofeu 30 July: Real Betis 1-1 Everton, Betis win 4-3 on penalties (DDV-Stadium, Dresden, Germany). Goal: Own goal 3 August: Manchester United - Wayne Rooney Testimonial (Old Trafford) 6 August: Espanyol (Goodison Park) Hull City (total distance: 1,862 miles) 15 July: Grimsby Town 0-0 Hull City (Blundell Park) 16 July: North Ferriby United 0-2 Hull City (Eon Visual Media Stadium). Goals: Olley, Luer 19 July: Mansfield Town 0-1 Hull City (Field Mill). Goal: Bowen 23 July: Scunthorpe United 0-2 Hull City (Glanford Park). Goals: Maloney, Hernandez 26 July: Barnsley 2-2 Hull City (Oakwell). Goals: Diomande, Bowen 30 July: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Hull City (City Ground). Goals: Diomande (2) 3 August: Caykur Rizespor (Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria) 6 August: Torino (MyPhone Austria Stadium, Salzburg, Austria) Leicester City (total distance: 12,415 miles) 19 July: Oxford United 1-2 Leicester City (Kassam Stadium, Oxford). Goals: Gray, Schlupp 23 July: Celtic 1-1 Leicester, Leicester win 6-5 on pens (Celtic Park). Goal: Mahrez 30 July: Leicester City 0-4 Paris St-Germain (StubHub Center, Carson, USA) 3 August: Barcelona (Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden) Liverpool (total distance: 12,625 miles) 8 July: Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Liverpool (Prenton Park). Goal: Ings 13 July: Fleetwood Town 0-5 Liverpool (Highbury Stadium). Goals: Grujic, Woodburn, Lucas, Firmino 2 17 July: Wigan Athletic 0-2 Liverpool (DW Stadium). Goals: Ings, Woodburn 20 July: Huddersfield Town 0-2 Liverpool (John Smith's Stadium). Goals: Grujic, Moreno 27 July: Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool (Rose Bowl, Pasadena, USA). Goal: Cahill 30 July: Liverpool 2-0 AC Milan (Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, USA). Goals: Origi, Firmino 1 August: Roma (Busch Stadium, St Louis, USA) 6 August: Barcelona (Wembley) 7 August: FSV Mainz 05 (Opel Arena, Mainz, Germany) Manchester City (total distance: 12,071 miles) 20 July: Bayern Munich 1-0 Manchester City (Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany) 25 July: Manchester United P-P Manchester City (Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China) 28 July: Manchester City 1-1 Borussia Dortmund, City win 6-5 on penalties (Shenzhen Universiade Centre, Shenzhen, China). Goal: Aguero 7 August: Arsenal (Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden) Manchester United (total distance: 11,442 miles) 16 July: Wigan 0-2 Manchester United (DW Stadium). Goals: Keane, Pereira 22 July: Manchester United 1-4 Borussia Dortmund (Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China). Goal: Mkhitaryan 25 July: Manchester United P-P Manchester City (Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China) 30 July: Manchester United 5-2 Galatasaray (Ullevi Stadium, Gothenberg, Sweden) Goals: Ibrahimovic, Rooney 2, Fellaini, Mata 3 August: Everton - Wayne Rooney Testimonial (Old Trafford) Middlesbrough (total distance: 4,750 miles) 9 July: York City 0-6 Middlesbrough (Bootham Crescent). Goals: OG, Nugent, Adomah, Rhodes 2, Reach 16 July: Doncaster 0-2 Middlesbrough (Keepmoat Stadium). Goals: Downing, Pattison 19 July: Real Betis 2-1 Middlesbrough (Marbella Football Centre, Marbella, Spain). Goal: Rhodes (Boro also play two other matches in Marbella behind closed doors) 30 July: Aston Villa 1-3 Middlesbrough (Villa Park). Goals: Negredo, Fischer, Rhodes 3 August: Udinese (Dacia Arena, Udine, Italy) 6 August: Real Sociedad (Riverside) Southampton (total distance: 8,071 miles) 15 July: DC United Under-23s 0-2 Southampton (RFK Stadium, Washington DC, US). Goals: Ward-Prowse, Rodriguez 23 July: PEC Zwolle 0-4 Southampton (USV Sportpark, Netherlands). Goals; Austin, Redmond 2, Hojbjerg 27 July: FC Twente 1-2 Southampton (Q20 Stadium, Oldenzaal, Netherlands). Goals: Gallagher, Van Dijk 30 July: FC Groningen 0-1 Southampton (Euroborg Stadium, Groningen, Netherlands). Goal: Austin 7 August: Athletic Bilbao (St Mary's) Stoke City (total distance: 9,624 miles) 16 July: Burton 3-0 Stoke (Pirelli stadium) 23 July: Preston 1-1 Stoke City (Deepdale). Goal: Diouf 27 July: Orlando City 1-2 Stoke (Titan Soccer Complex, Florida, US). Goals: Diouf, Bojan 6 August: Hamburg (Volkspark Stadion, Hamburg, Germany) Sunderland (total distance: 1,900 miles) 20 July: Hartlepool 0-3 Sunderland (Victoria Park). Goals: Defoe 2, Khazri 23 July: Rotherham 1-2 Sunderland (AESSEAL New York Stadium). Goals: Borini, N'Zogbia 25 July: Stade Nyonnais 0-2 Sunderland (Stade Camille-Fournier, Evian-les-Bains, France). Goals: Watmore 2 27 July: Dijon FCO 2-3 Sunderland (Stade Camille-Fournier, Evian-les-Bains, France). Goals: Khazri, Borini, Asoro 30 July: Montpellier 1-1 Sunderland (Stade Jacques Forestier, Aix-les-Bains, France). Goal: Borini 5 August: Borussia Dortmund (Cashpoint Arena, Altach, Austria) Swansea City (total distance: 8,192 miles) 13 July: Charlotte Independence 0-4 Swansea City (Ramblewood Stadium, North Carolina, USA). Goals: McBurnie, Routledge 2, Gorre 16 July: Richmond Kickers 2-0 Swansea (City Stadium, Virginia, USA) 23 July: Bristol Rovers 1-5 Swansea (Memorial Stadium). Goals: Ayew, Fer, Kingsley, Naughton, Routledge 27 July: Swindon 0-3 Swansea (County Ground). Goals: Ayew, Barrow, Fulton 30 July: Wolves 0-4 Swansea (Molineux). Goals: Routledge (2), Naughton, McBurnie 6 August: Rennes (Liberty Stadium) Tottenham (total distance: 22,468 miles) 9 July: Tottenham 3-0 Nottingham Forest (Hotspur Way). Goals: Son, Carroll, Pritchard 16 July: Tottenham 0-1 Fulham (Hotspur Way) 26 July: Tottenham 1-2 Juventus (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia). Goal: Lamela 29 July: Atletico Madrid 1-0 Tottenham (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia) 5 August: Inter Milan (Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway) Watford (total distance: 1,632 miles) 10 July: Woking 1-1 Watford (Laithwaite Community Stadium). Goal: Berghuis 14 July: Stevenage 0-2 Watford (Lamex Stadium). Goals: Capoue, Sinclair 19 July: Union Berlin 1-3 Watford (Stadion Sankt Andra, Sankt Andra, Austria). Goals: Capoue, Deeney, Berghuis 23 July: Watford 0-0 Anzhi Makhachkala (Sportplatz Gralla, Gralla, Austria) 30 July: QPR 2-0 Watford (Loftus Road) 6 August: Lorient (Vicarage Road) West Brom (total distance: 3,544 miles) 13 July: Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 West Brom (Schladming Athletic Area, Austria). Goal: OG 16 July: Kidderminster Harriers 1-2 West Brom (Aggborough). Goals: Berahino 2 21 July: Vitesse Arnhem 1-2 West Brom (GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands). Goals: Rondon, McManaman 30 July: Plymouth Argyle 0-0 West Brom (Home Park) 1 August: Torquay United (Plainmoor) 6 August: Mallorca (Iberostar Stadium, Palma, Spain) West Ham (total distance: 12,590 miles) 5 July: Seattle Sounders 3-0 West Ham (CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington, USA) 12 July: Carolina RailHawks 2-2 West Ham (WakeMed Soccer Park, North Carolina, USA). Goals: Reid, Carroll 19 July: FC Slovacko 2-2 West Ham (Stadion Rohrbach, Rohrbach, Austria). Goals: Fletcher, Noble 20 July: Rubin Kazan 3-0 West Ham (SportPlatz Crottendorf, Crottendorf, Austria) 23 July: Karlsruher SC 0-3 West Ham (Franz-Fekete-Stadion, Kapfenberg, Austria). Goals: Carroll, Feghouli, Fletcher 7 August: Juventus (London Stadium) Why the long haul? "Pre-season can be hugely lucrative," football finance expert Rob Wilson told BBC Sport. "A club does a tour, they sell more products, there's more branding and more sponsors start to get involved. "If they can generate £5m or £10m from a two-week tour, that's more than what some of the other clubs will get." According to Wilson, from Sheffield Hallam University, China is an attractive proposition for the future due to its position as an "untapped" but "serious player" in the football market. Manchester City and Manchester United play each other at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium on 25 July, as well as other fixtures in the country. "What we've seen in the past 10 years is big clubs going further and further afield," Wilson added. "They are looking to leverage new markets, like China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Australia is not doing too bad." The American dream Crystal Palace, Swansea and Southampton recently returned from their tour of the United States, while Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester, Liverpool and Manchester United are due to fly over. However, Premier League clubs' trips could have a negative effect in the long run, according to USA Today sports columnist Martin Rogers. "There is interest - the games are pretty well attended," said Rogers. "But as the American fan becomes sophisticated, they'll soon get tired of a second-string Chelsea side or a second-string Liverpool side. "They know the difference between an exhibition game and a Major League Soccer game."
No prob mate. I read it earlier and thought thank **** safc are mot galavanting the hlobe. Spurs 22k. Mental.
When clubs ( originally the ''big'' clubs) started travelling 1000's upon 1000's of miles round the world for pre season, I often wondered if the managers worried about how tired they.d get, because once the season started they would complain about tiredly losing on Saturday because of travelling a couple of hundred miles back from Europe in midweek
Spurs are already on a bad run, and with all that mileage it will affect them, shame we are not playing them first. I see Hull are beating all the worlds best teams at the minute hehe. PSG look really good for the champions league this season.
