Manchester United Pre-Season 2013

Manchester United Pre-Season 2013

As pre-season approaches and now our first game is a couple of games away so I just wanted to do a quick summary on who we are playing etc and all the details needed so you don't miss United playing this summer.

During Manchester United's pre-season tour they will visit SIX cities which are Bangkok, Sydney, Yokohama, Osaka, Hong Kong and Stockholm. Also during this summer Manchester United X1 teams will be playing around the United Kingdom. I'm only aware of FIVE fixtures which I will list below, if you know anymore then contact me and I will add them in.

Manchester United Tour 2013 Squad:

Goalkeepers

Anders Lindegaard, Ben Amos

Defenders

Rafael, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Alex Büttner, Fabio, Michael Keane

Midfielders

Michael Carrick, Anderson, Tom Cleverley, Ryan Giggs, Wilfried Zaha, Jesse Lingard, Adnan Januzaj

Strikers

Wayne Rooney (injured), Danny Welbeck

Robin van Persie and David De Gea will join up in Sydney and Shinji Kagawa will join up in Japan. There are some noticeable absentees from that list. Some players are currently still injured or are still recovering so it is possible that those players may join the tour at later point. Any signings made during the tour could also join up at any point.

Bangkok

13th July

Singha All Star XI

Rajamangala Stadium

Kick off 14:00           

Sydney

20th July

A-League All Stars

ANZ Stadium

Kick off 10:30           

Yokohama

23th July

Yokohama F·Marinos

Nissan Stadium

Kick off 11:20           

Osaka

26th July

Cerezo Osaka (Shinji Kagawa's former club were he spent 4 years at)

Osaka Nagai Stadium

Kick off 11:00           

Hong Kong

29th July

Kitchee FC

Hong Kong Stadium

Kick off 13:00           

Stockholm

6th August

AIK Fotboll

Friends Arena

Kick off TBC 

There are FIVE other fixtures that I'm aware of around the British Isles which will be mainly for youth and reserve players and possibly first team players returning from injuries.

Manchester United X1 v Waterford United

Regional Sports Centre

Thursday 18th July

Kick off 7.45pm

Manchester United X1 v Ross County

Victoria Park

Saturday 20th July

Kick off 3pm

Manchester United X1 v Crewe Alexandra

Alexandra Stadium

Monday 29th July

Kick off unknown

Manchester United X1 v Chorley FC

Victory Park

Tuesday 23rd July

Kick off 7.45pm

Manchester United X1 v Stevenage

The Lamex Stadium

Friday 26th July

Kick off 7.45pm

As I did last year, throughout all FIRST TEAM tour games I will be giving a full 90 mins commentary on twitter tweeting all match updates as they happen. This is mainly to help people who aren't able to view match know everything that is going on in the games.