Strangest pre-season friendlies

[tiger76]

Can anyone beat this peculiar match-up.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48974613

[Bosscat]

I know it wasn't a friendly but West Auckland FC being "World cup" Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy winners in 1909 and 1911 beating Juventus 6-1 in the final

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[morpheus2]

Whale, oil, beef, hooked.

[Fenwick]

Didn't Burnley once play Dynamo Kiev in pre- season but it turned out to not be THE Dynamo Kiev ? I'll admit my memory is a bit hazy

[ClaretTony]

Didn't Burnley once play Dynamo Kiev in pre- season but it turned out to not be THE Dynamo Kiev ? I'll admit my memory is a bit hazy

We once played Gremio from Brazil but it was not the Gremio.

[Fenwick]

A junior side? Ore second team?

[newminted]

Can anyone beat this peculiar match-up.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48974613

This will always be right up there...
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/n ... epublic-9/

[HB Claret]

Once played at Folkestone in a tournament with QPR, Maidstone and Folkestone - one match had to be abandoned due to floodlight failure.

[duncandisorderly]

We once played Gremio from Brazil but it was not the Gremio.

I went. Maybe 1998 or so? Might be later, maybe post promotion in 2000? I'd never heard of the gremio before, nevermind the one that showed up. I think we won 2-0? No away fans. Night match I think. I was very young and/or drunk at the time...

[Bfc]

Not sure the game I have in mind was pre season, but weren't we beaten in Spain or Majorca, by a team, which included the hotels waiters, while Frank Casper was manager.

[burnmark]

I went. Maybe 1998 or so? Might be later, maybe post promotion in 2000? I'd never heard of the gremio before, nevermind the one that showed up. I think we won 2-0? No away fans. Night match I think. I was very young and/or drunk at the time...

It was in the pre season of the Waddle campaign. It was a Tuesday night and we played in our yellow away kit. Can’t remember the scorer but Paul Barnes missed a penalty.

[ClaretTony]

I went. Maybe 1998 or so? Might be later, maybe post promotion in 2000? I'd never heard of the gremio before, nevermind the one that showed up. I think we won 2-0? No away fans. Night match I think. I was very young and/or drunk at the time...

First appearance on the Turf for Chris Waddle as Burnley manager in 1997. We were all impressed with how well we played against a top side who turned out to be not much more than a pub team.

[Zom Zom]

First appearance on the Turf for Chris Waddle as Burnley manager in 1997. We were all impressed with how well we played against a top side who turned out to be not much more than a pub team.

Michael Williams' best performance in a Burnley shirt.

What on earth was he doing at Burnley? He didn't even resemble a professional footballer.

[ClaretTony]

Michael Williams' best performance in a Burnley shirt.

What on earth was he doing at Burnley? He didn't even resemble a professional footballer.

I still remain bamboozled by his fantastic goal at Luton that season in the 3-2 win that featured Grezza scoring twice for Luton, one while Marlon Beresford wasn't bothering in goal.

Michael Williams had played Premier League football for Sheffield Wednesday - that is the most baffling thing of all.