Fantasy Premier League 2016-17 Pre-Season Round up
Hellllllooooooooo FPL’ers! We’re back. It is that time of the year again when we begin to look ahead to how our 20 Premier League teams are preparing for this the most potentially cash-laden, superstar-fuelled, world class manager-jewelled season in history.
FPL will again afford us the chance to back our favourite players (which is of course price-dependent – but that’s for another article) but we need to know that they will be playing in a position worth having them, that they are in form, and more exciting perhaps, where the next bargain of the ‘Alli, Mahrez, Payet, Vardy’ ilk are to be found.
And so to assist us along the way this article is intended as a pre-season scrap book where we intend to record all teams pre-season fixtures and will include where possible all salient information as to who is scoring, who is assisting and who is looking hot and who isn’t.
I will do my best to get all information posted as swiftly as possible but it will all eventually appear here. I would appeal to you to follow my example and in the format of previous seasons assist me by including team news with substitutions, team formation information, goal scoring and assisting records and any other information FPL-relevant.
The main new addition here is that this article is linked in with the HOT COMMENTS section that appears above the Latest Comments. Basically we have created a comment link for each team. Simply scroll to the Hot Comments for the team you require info on and it’ll take you to their section and we will have all their pre-season info in one place courtesy of our fantastic community members.
The purpose of this is so that –
1. There is a specific place to post relevant pre-season info for each team –
Please post any findings – line-ups, signings, team news, match reports, etc…
2. It’s easy to find all the info.
Need to know the pre-season line-ups for Arsenal? Easy, just click on their link in Hot Comments and you will come to their hub.
The Fixtures
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The Fixtures
(N) – Neutral Venue
Arsenal
22nd July
Lens v Arsenal
28th July
MLS All-Stars XI v Arsenal (N)
31st July
Guadalajara v Arsenal (N)
5th August
Viking v Arsenal
7th August
Arsenal v Manchester City (N)
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Bournemouth
20th July
Minnesota United v Bournemouth
23rd July
Portsmouth v Bournemouth
29th July
Reading v Bournemouth
31st July
Bournemouth v Cardiff City
3rd August
Bournemouth v Valencia
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Burnley
18th July
Accrington Stanley v Burnley
26th July
Bolton Wanderers v Burnley
28th July
Fleetwood Town v Burnley
30th July
Rangers v Burnley
1st August
Burnley v Bradford City (Testimonial)
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Chelsea
16th July
Rapid Vienna v Chelsea
20th July
Wolfsberger v Chelsea
27th July
Chelsea v Liverpool (N)
30th July
Real Madrid v Chelsea (N)
3rd August
Milan v Chelsea (N)
7th August
CSKA Moscow v Chelsea
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Crystal Palace
14th July
Philadelphia Union v Crystal Palace
17th July
FC Cincinnati v Crystal Palace
20th July
Vancouver Whitecaps v Crystal Palace
6th August
Crystal Palace v Valencia
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Everton
23rd July
Barnsley v Everton
26th July
MK Dons v Everton
30th July
Dynamo Dresden v Everton
31st July
Everton v Real Betis (N)
3rd August
Manchester United v Everton (Testimonial)
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Hull City
15th July
Grimsby Town v Hull City
16th July
North Ferriby United v Hull City
19th July
Mansfield Town v Hull City
23rd July
Scunthorpe United v Hull City
26th July
Barnsley v Hull City
30th July
Nottingham Forest v Hull City
3rd August
Caykur Rizespor v Hull City (N)
6th August
Torino v Hull City (N)
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Leicester City
19th July
Oxford City v Leicester City
23rd July
Celtic v Leicester City
30th July
Paris St Germain v Leicester City (N)
2nd August
Chesterfield v Leicester City
3rd August
Barcelona v Leicester City (N)
7th August
Leicester City v Manchester United (N, Community Shield)
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Liverpool
8th July
Tranmere Rovers v Liverpool
13th July
Fleetwood Town v Liverpool
17th July
Wigan Athletic v Liverpool
20th July
Huddersfield Town v Liverpool
27th July
Chelsea v Liverpool (N)
30th July
Liverpool v Milan (N)
1st August
Liverpool v Roma (N)
6th August
Liverpool v Barcelona (N)
7th August
Mainz v Liverpool
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Manchester City
20th July
Bayern Munich v Manchester City
25th July
Manchester City v Manchester United (N)
28th July
Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund (N)
7th August
Manchester City v Arsenal
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Manchester United
16th July
Wigan Athletic v Manchester United
22nd July
Borussia Dortmund v Manchester United (N)
26th July
Manchester City v Manchester United (N)
30th July
Galatasaray v Manchester United (N)
3rd August
Manchester United v Everton (Testimonial)
7th August
Leicester City v Manchester United (N, Community Shield)
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Middlesbrough
9th July
York City v Middlesbrough
16th July
Doncaster Rovers v Middlesbrough
30th July
Aston Villa v Middlesbrough
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Southampton
23rd July
Zwolle v Southampton
27th July
Twente v Southampton
30th July
Groningen v Southampton
7th August
Southampton v Athletic Club
Stoke City
16th July
Burton Albion v Stoke City
23rd July
Preston North End v Stoke City
30th July
Orlando City v Stoke City
6th August
Hamburg v Stoke City
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Sunderland
20th July
Hartelpool United v Sunderland
23rd July
Rotherham United v Sunderland
25th July
Stade Nyonnais v Sunderland (N)
27th July
Dijon v Sunderland (N)
30th July
Montpellier v Sunderland (N)
5th August
Borussia Dortmund v Sunderland (N)
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Swansea City
13th July
Charlotte Independence v Swansea City
16th July
Richmond Kickers v Swansea City
23rd July
Bristol Rovers v Swansea City
27th July
Swindon Town v Swansea City
30th July
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Swansea City
6th August
Swansea City v Rennes
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Tottenham Hotspur
26th July
Juventus v Tottenham Hotspur (N)
29th July
Tottneham Hotspur v Atletico Madrid (N)
5th August
Totteham Hotpsur v Inter (N)
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Watford
10th July
Woking v Watford
14th July
Stevenage v Watford
30th July
Queens Park Rangers v Watford
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West Bromwich Albion
16th July
Kidderminster Harriers v West Bromwich Albion
21st July
Vitesse v West Bromwich Albion
23rd July
West Bromwich Albion v PSV Eindhoven
30th July
Plymouth Argyle v West Bromwich Albion
1st August
Torquay v West Bromwich Albion
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West Ham United
6th July
Seattle Sounders v West Ham United
13th July
Carolina Railhawks v West Ham United
19th July
Peterborough United v West Ham United
7th August
West Ham United v Juventus
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Great adition this format! I’ll be all over fpl starting tomorrow! Tonight there’s the small matter of an euro cup final to be won by Portugal!! :))
Cheers for this GP. Just logged in now and seen all the links, this article will be invaluable for preparation this season. And cheers for sticking up the Liverpool info I was just about to paste it when I seen you’d done it, so cheers mate
Smashing idea!! Its getting closer & closer, looking for the site to be up and the fun to begin again.
Spurs can’t only be playing 3 friendlies and starting on the 26th, surely?! Given Levy’s liking for a foreign franc I’d have assumed he’d have flown the England boys straight from France to China again.
A big thank you personally from me to Kop and Init for getting yesterday’s and today’s match information up.
You have cleared my to-do-list for tonight. Thank you!
Now what to do . . . ?
Think nothing of it GP, it’s a team effort
Good win for your boys today.
Not long home from the match and I was just sitting down to collate it so delighted to see them there.
Good win and a couple of good goals if you get the chance to see them.
Glorified pre-season though.
I think Swansea play tonight against some 3rd division MLS team. No doubt they’ve been briefed that they have to rest their star players in accordance with league regulations
Fully expecting a #wedontcareaboutyourfantasyteam tweet from Swansea pretty soon 
Thank you everyone for the pre-season reports! This stuff is so helpful to get our first squads put together and see who’s playing well and getting minutes. Hopefully we can suss out a few quality bargain players to fill out our sides. Much appreciated you guys!