Meanings of pre-season friendlies in English

When Jones and Martínez were at Swansea they often played pre-season friendlies in Östersund.

A 12-point deduction apiece, canned pre-season friendlies, ownership woes and mass exoduses of players.

Meantime, a spate of pre-season friendlies for the provinces kicks off the season next week.

Bringing in players a week before Villa kick off their pre-season friendlies makes perfect sense.

Indeed, he did not feature in any of Zenit's three pre-season friendlies in the Gulf.

He is unconcerned about Chelsea's failure to win in any of their five pre-season friendlies.

He played some pre-season friendlies with Monaco and some 15 minutes of Colombia's defeat by Brazil last Friday.

He, along with several other managers, was sufficiently intrigued to test white balls in pre-season friendlies that summer.

Strictly speaking, he's also lost a couple more votes, but in parliamentary terms these are counted as pre-season friendlies.

The first of the FAI pre-season friendlies takes place this Sunday when Bohemians take on Hearts at Dalymount Park.

The Champions League came along, the Nations League, the League of Ireland, Scottish football, pre-season friendlies and a Community Shield.

Uncertainty may still surround the future of the Celtic League, but the four Irish provinces are busy finalising pre-season friendlies.

Even on the sunniest of days, during the most meaningless of pre-season friendlies, Elland Road can seem like an imposing place to visit.

The 23-year-old had started each of Liverpool's five pre-season friendlies and only conceded one goal -Gary Cahill's header at the Rose Bowl.

The 21-year-old has scored a couple of goals in pre-season friendlies and looked lively linking up with his team mates, albeit against mediocre opposition.

It was not so long ago that Southampton aided Bournemouth, sending them players on loan and partaking in pre-season friendlies to ease their financial overheads.