International Champions Cup

Post by **Wedgie** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:09 am

Sunday, July 24
Celtic vs. Leicester City -- Glasgow, Scotland (2.30 a.m. AEST on Optus)

Monday, July 25
Inter Milan vs. PSG -- Eugene, U.S. (7 a.m. AEST on Optus)
Manchester City vs. Manchester United -- Beijing, China (9.30 p.m. AEST on GEM & Optus)

Tuesday, July 26
Juventus vs. Tottenham -- Melbourne, Australia (7.30 p.m. AEST on GEM)

Thursday, July 28
Real Madrid vs. PSG -- Columbus, U.S. (9.35 a.m. AEST on Optus)
Bayern Munich vs. AC Milan -- Chicago, U.S. (11.30 a.m. AEST on Optus)
Chelsea vs. Liverpool -- Pasadena, U.S. (1.30 p.m. AEST on Optus)
Borussia Dortmund vs. Manchester City -- Shenzhen, China (9.30 p.m. AEST on GEM & Optus)

Friday, July 29
Tottenham vs. Atletico Madrid -- Melbourne, Australia (7.30 p.m. AEST on GEM/GO!)

Sunday, July 31
Celtic vs. Barcelona -- Dublin, Ireland (3 a.m. AEST on Optus)
Real Madrid vs. Chelsea -- Ann Arbor, U.S. (5 a.m. AEST on Optus)
Inter Milan vs. Bayern Munich -- Charlotte, U.S. (7 a.m. AEST on Optus)
Liverpool vs. AC Milan -- Santa Clara, U.S. (12 p.m. AEST on Optus)
PSG vs. Leicester -- Carson, U.S. (2 p.m. AEST on Optus)

Thursday, August 4
Barcelona vs. Leicester City -- Solna, Sweden (4 a.m. AEST on Optus)
Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid -- East Rutherford, U.S. (9.30 a.m. AEST on Optus)
AC Milan vs. Chelsea -- Minneapolis, U.S. (11.30 a.m. AEST on Optus)

Sunday, August 7
Liverpool vs. Barcelona -- London, England (2 a.m. AEST on Optus)

Sunday, August 14
Inter Milan vs. Celtic -- Limerick, Ireland (4 a.m. AEST on Optus)

Post by **Wedgie** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:14 am

Flying over to Melbourne next Tuesday for the Tuesday and Friday game. Hoping it warms up a bit, but 12 degrees forecast for Tuesday.
Lots of events and pub catch ups planned including a night with Ledley King on the Thursday, taking my boy as usual so should be a great time.

bennymacca · Post by **bennymacca** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:35 am

Reckon its pretty awesome the big clubs come out and do stuff like this. Great for their international fans. Would also be a great money spinner as they can get a lot of cash for what are essentially practice games

Post by **Wedgie** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:45 am

The Friday night will be a killer for me, I'll be at the MCG knowing Geelong and the Bulldogs are playing at Etihad which is actually closer to where I'm staying than the MCG. Oh well. Once in a lifetime event for the boy who has always followed Spurs, Juve and Atletico, he's very lucky to have them all here at the same time!

Jim05 · Post by **Jim05** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:01 pm

Wedgie wrote:The Friday night will be a killer for me, I'll be at the MCG knowing Geelong and the Bulldogs are playing at Etihad which is actually closer to where I'm staying than the MCG. Oh well. Once in a lifetime event for the boy who has always followed Spurs, Juve and Atletico, he's very lucky to have them all here at the same time!

Heading over for the Juve game, wouldn't miss it for the world even if it is a fairly depleted side.
Seen them live a few times but you never know when I will get to see them again

Jim05 · Post by **Jim05** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 12:21 am

United lost 4-1 to Dortmund tonight. A couple of cracking goals but a typical friendly style game

Post by **Wedgie** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:37 pm

Stuff all people at the Victory v Juve game tonight, thank Christ Spurs are bringing a big crowd Tuesday and Friday. COYS!

Jim05 · Post by **Jim05** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:23 pm

Wedgie wrote:Stuff all people at the Victory v Juve game tonight, thank Christ Spurs are bringing a big crowd Tuesday and Friday. COYS!

Was always going to be a smallish crowd. Juve bringing a 4th string side over and cost of tickets would stop plenty going. Outside of Italian migrants Juve don't have a huge following in Australia either

bennymacca · Post by **bennymacca** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:39 pm

Jim05 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:Stuff all people at the Victory v Juve game tonight, thank Christ Spurs are bringing a big crowd Tuesday and Friday. COYS!

Was always going to be a smallish crowd. Juve bringing a 4th string side over and cost of tickets would stop plenty going. Outside of Italian migrants Juve don't have a huge following in Australia either

Heard the ticket prices were the same for the victory game as for the Spurs game. No wonder nobody went!

RB · Post by RB » Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:56 pm

Jim05 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:Stuff all people at the Victory v Juve game tonight, thank Christ Spurs are bringing a big crowd Tuesday and Friday. COYS!

Was always going to be a smallish crowd. Juve bringing a 4th string side over and cost of tickets would stop plenty going. Outside of Italian migrants Juve don't have a huge following in Australia either

Still, I believe there are quite a few Italian migrants living in Australia...

Jim05 · Post by **Jim05** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:58 pm

RB wrote:
Jim05 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:Stuff all people at the Victory v Juve game tonight, thank Christ Spurs are bringing a big crowd Tuesday and Friday. COYS!

Was always going to be a smallish crowd. Juve bringing a 4th string side over and cost of tickets would stop plenty going. Outside of Italian migrants Juve don't have a huge following in Australia either

Still, I believe there are quite a few Italian migrants living in Australia...

You either love them or hate them though. Most Italians support their regional side and the ones I know are mainly Milan or Napoli fans. There is bugger all Juve fans in Australia

Post by **Wedgie** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:26 pm

Jim05 wrote:
RB wrote:
Jim05 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:Stuff all people at the Victory v Juve game tonight, thank Christ Spurs are bringing a big crowd Tuesday and Friday. COYS!

Was always going to be a smallish crowd. Juve bringing a 4th string side over and cost of tickets would stop plenty going. Outside of Italian migrants Juve don't have a huge following in Australia either

Still, I believe there are quite a few Italian migrants living in Australia...

You either love them or hate them though. Most Italians support their regional side and the ones I know are mainly Milan or Napoli fans. There is bugger all Juve fans in Australia

The only ones I know are Juve fans , Adelaide City and Brunswick had a lot to do with that.

Jim05 · Post by **Jim05** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:36 pm

Wedgie wrote:
Jim05 wrote:
RB wrote:
Jim05 wrote:[quote="Wedgie"]Stuff all people at the Victory v Juve game tonight, thank Christ Spurs are bringing a big crowd Tuesday and Friday. COYS!

Was always going to be a smallish crowd. Juve bringing a 4th string side over and cost of tickets would stop plenty going. Outside of Italian migrants Juve don't have a huge following in Australia either

Still, I believe there are quite a few Italian migrants living in Australia...

You either love them or hate them though. Most Italians support their regional side and the ones I know are mainly Milan or Napoli fans. There is bugger all Juve fans in Australia

The only ones I know are Juve fans , Adelaide City and Brunswick had a lot to do with that.[/quote]
Adelaide has probably the most ammount of Juve supporters as evidenced by the Del Piero fanfare when he came here.
Plenty of Milan and Napoli supporters in Adelaide and Melbourne though

Post by **Wedgie** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:23 am

United v City on Gem tonight.
Starting to pack my bags ready for my trip, very excited
Arrive Tues Arvo.
Spurs v Juve Tuesday night
Spurs Quiz night Wednesday Night
OzSpurs event with Ledley King Thursday night
Spurs v Atletico Friday night
Fly home Saturday.
A Spurs fest!

Post by **Wedgie** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:51 pm

Forecast of ten to twelve degrees for Melbourne tomorrow! Faaaaaark!
Oh well, I'll be there, I'm not a Port supporter!

Post by **Wedgie** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:34 am

Geezus it was cold! Atmosphere at the pubs beforehand was great. Just a shame only the Spurs fans made noise at the game.
Enjoying resting today, too much walking last night!

mighty hounds · Post by **mighty hounds** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:22 am

Really good crowds at this event...lol

JK · Post by JK » Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:33 pm

Wedgie wrote:too much walking last night!

God I hope your spelling is on point there

Post by **Wedgie** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:47 am

Great night at the Woodshed at the Docklands last night , sold out event with Ledley King. My son and I got a pic with him.
Off to Federation Square today at lunchtime for meeting a few players and group photo before hitting the Imperial this Arvo and then to the game. Been a great week!

Post by **Wedgie** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 10:51 am

A great week has come to a close unfortunately, was a great time again yesterday at Fed Square and last night at the game.
Suprised there was almost 10K more than the Juve game as there wasn't many Atletico fans there.
Atletico won 1-0 against Spurs but they had 8 players who played in the Champions League final and we only had Erickson and Lamela on for a half with the rest 2nd or 3rd squad. We actually had the best chances and Atletico goal keeper got man of the match.
Wanyama looks like a bargain for us and Jansen stepped up from Tuesday night.
Sad to be leaving, had a ball with Spurs, Ledley King, thousands of Spurs fans and my son, one of the best times ever.