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Jeff Stelling: ‘Every week I was fighting a battle and it was making me ill’

Football broadcaster reflects on ending his Soccer Saturday career, his relationship with Chris Kamara and diversity in football

‘O h, it’s crazy,” Jeff Stelling says wryly as he ticks off the list of towns he is visiting on tour, like a 68-year-old football broadcaster turned rock star. “I’ve been plodding my way from Southampton to Southend,” and then on to Croydon before, “[this] week it’s Truro, Yeovil and Christchurch. It goes on and on but, while I wouldn’t say it was rough round the edges, it will get better as the weeks pass. At least, that’s the hope.”

At every venue, including the Scarborough Spa and the Winding Well Theatre in Chesterfield a few weeks from now, wags in the audience will punctuate An Evening with Jeff Stelling by yelling out a favourite catchphrase. “On the opening night in Southampton,” Stelling says, “it happened half a dozen times, en route to the theatre and within the theatre as well. Everybody shouts ‘Unbelievable Jeff!’ as if they’re the first to have said it.”

Stelling emits a sighing laugh full of warmth for his great friend Chris Kamara, who would holler “Unbelievable Jeff!” when reporting on a goal he had just seen, or a red card he had missed, during the many years they worked together on the once inimitable, but now muted, Sky Sports programme Soccer Saturday. Stelling hosted the bizarre, but beloved, show for 25 years as he barked out scores from the English and Scottish leagues while four former footballers watched games on silent monitors. Reporters, like Kamara, would turn away from matches they were covering to offer live snippets from lower league grounds.

Stelling, a master broadcaster , held everything together with a deft touch as the jokes and wordplay flowed alongside the scores and stats. But the last few years, away from the cameras, had become acrimonious. Last May , Stelling hosted his final show and slipped away to a different life.

He is now able to launch this tour and host a new podcast , which began with Kamara as the opening guest and continues this week when Stelling meets James Milner. Stelling talks in detail about the podcast, Football’s Greatest, and he is moving when reflecting on Kamara’s increasingly successful struggle to overcome his apraxia of speech disorder .

But it feels important to start with Stelling’s difficult last few years at Sky. “I had the most fantastic run on the show,” he says. “I made the greatest mates and was paid well for one of the best jobs in the world. But the show was heading in a direction which meant it wasn’t quite the same. Even though I’d been there a long time, I felt some of my views weren’t considered at all. Every week I was fighting a battle. I got tired of fighting and it was making me ill.”

It’s jolting to imagine the avuncular and serene Stelling being made to feel ill by a staple of the football landscape in Soccer Saturday. But I hear the emotion and care with which he picks his words. “Eventually, I went to Sky’s management and said: ‘This is making me unwell. I’ve got to step away from it.’”

I interviewed Stelling in 2020 when he was reeling from the sacking of his close friends Phil Thompson, Matt Le Tissier and Charlie Nicholas from Soccer Saturday. Sky was intent on increasing diversity among its broadcasters and pundits. There have been further cuts and, at the end of last season, the venerable commentator Martin Tyler and Geoff Shreeves, who did most major post-match interviews on Sky, were eased out. Stelling understands the need to encourage diversity but was his distress accentuated by the fact so many of these men were his friends?

“They were,” he agrees. “But it was more because I’d become unclear [about Sky’s direction] before Shreevesy or Martin left. Soccer Saturday used to be distinctive and we had a great team of reporters who would do off-the-wall features.

“But it reached the point where I would go home Saturday [after the show] and never go out with my wife or family because I was so worn out. Sunday, I felt ill with the stress and that extended into Monday and I’d start work on the next show on Tuesday still feeling stressed out. All the time you were flat on the floorboards just to keep the show afloat.”

Stelling pauses. “I’m almost ashamed to say it because my dad worked in a steelworks and would come back from his shift covered in grime and muck and absolutely exhausted. He would never have allowed me to say I was shattered after a TV show. But I felt it was making me ill so I had to step away.”

The preceding years, for Stelling, were “an absolute joy. We all loved working on the show – from me and the panel to the producer and backroom staff. We were a real team.”

Stelling was the linchpin and Sky wanted to retain him. “I wasn’t constantly at management’s door but one or two big decisions were made, and I can’t say what they were, and I wasn’t even consulted. That’s their right but I felt I’d been there so long that maybe I’d earned the right to be asked. It annoyed me and there were two occasions where they almost diametrically opposed my views. I was disregarded and the joy was sucked out of it.

“Now I’ve got a life where I make my own decisions or the company, TalkSport, ask: ‘Is there anything you want on the show? Any guests you want?’ What a joy to be treated like this. I don’t want to be anti-Sky, though. Sky were wonderful to me and there’re still some great people there, in management as well.”

Stelling and Ally McCoist make a winning combination on TalkSport’s breakfast show on Mondays and Tuesdays and he loves radio. He also made a return to the screen when hosting Amazon Prime’s frenetic Every Goal, Every Game. Stelling listens when I read out Barney Ronay’s description of it as “the most painful, jarring and genuinely exhausting football programme ever devised … without context … there is no narrative here, just noise.”

“I get that,” Stelling says. “I totally take that on board because there’d be a goal and a shout but no specific person had been watching that game to give it real context. From Amazon Prime’s point of view it was a toe in the water and, if they did it regularly, the issues would soon be ironed out. They approach things incredibly professionally and I really enjoyed doing a second programme for them which was a live game: Chelsea–Crystal Palace. I enjoyed being back in the thick of it.”

Stelling’s latest passion is his podcast and he and Kamara are typically engaging in the first episode . They discuss great partnerships, knockabout memories of working together and how Kamara’s apraxia of speech affected him so profoundly. Kamara tells Stelling how it became “heartbreaking” to appear on Soccer Saturday because he was too afraid to tell anyone he was battling to string words together.

When did Stelling first suspect Kamara had a then unknown ailment? “There wasn’t a specific moment but Kammy is such a vibrant character and his joie de vivre was draining away. His speech was badly affected but it was heartbreaking that social media was full of people saying: ‘Has Kammy been at the drink?’

“Dementia caused by heading a football was my first concern. When Kammy finally said it was something totally different I was almost relieved. But relief was tempered for Kammy because in this country there was no cure. He was told it’s only going to get worse. It became a living hell for him.”

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Did Stelling talk to Kamara before his diagnosis? “I didn’t as I wasn’t sure if he was aware of how much he had deteriorated. Rightly or wrongly, I didn’t want to be the one to point that out to him.”

Happily, after treatment in Mexico, Kamara has made remarkable progress and he talks fluently on the podcast. He will soon return to Mexico in the hope that the pace of his speech will also be enhanced. Stelling and Kamara made a television programme last year in Sri Lanka which centred on their conversations while driving along some of the world’s most dangerous roads.

“There was no prospect of doing that a year earlier,” Stelling says, “and so it was a joy we could talk day after day.”

Stelling was amused that, while waiting for their flight from Heathrow, “a middle-aged lady raced over. She said: ‘Kammy, Kammy can I have your photograph?’ Kammy obliged. She spotted me and said: ‘Oh! You’re the other one!’ Then, on the way back, most of the customs officers recognised us: ‘Hi Kammy, hi Jeff.’ At the end of the customs hall a female officer looked at us and asked: ‘Who are they? The male customs officer said: ‘That’s Chris Kamara … and the other one.’ I’m very happy to take that role with Kammy.”

His laughter is genuine but it will be intriguing to hear Stelling talk to Milner in the second episode of the podcast because they had not met before. He enthuses about Milner’s wit and insights into life as a Premier League footballer, aged 38, and Stelling reveals that Arsène Wenger would be his fantasy guest.

Stelling’s podcast will certainly be free of the bile and prejudice Joey Barton spewed out recently. In his depressing attacks on women in football, the suspicion grew that Barton was also trying to publicise his own podcast.

Has Stelling followed the Barton furore? “Oh, yes. You can’t avoid it, can you? I’ve worked with Joey a couple of times and I enjoyed his company then.

“But you’ve absolutely nailed it. Initially, I’m sure this was to gain some traction for the podcast. Unfortunately it’s become a monster and totally wrong to say women have no right to talk about football.”

Stelling’s disbelief is plain but he remembers how, when he was a boy, his sister Sue, who was six years older than him, took him to watch his beloved Hartlepool. “She would honestly be the only woman in the ground. There were no toilet facilities for women and it was very foreboding and unwelcoming.”

Did the men make comments about Sue? “Oh yeah! And they weren’t as mild as that. It was a totally sexist environment. To see a woman at football was a shock and they didn’t understand she was just my big sister doing me a massive favour in taking me to the game. I’m so glad that’s changed because you now see so many women and families at football matches.”

It’s fitting that Stelling asked Bianca Westwood, his former Sky colleague, to host his evenings on tour and he praises the depth of her knowledge and professionalism. “Fifty years ago, a woman wouldn’t have had an opinion on football because most had never been to a live game because it was such a forbidding, alien atmosphere. But times have changed, thank God.”

Stelling remains exemplary and, in terms of future television work away from Sky, he says: “If anyone offered me a chance to host something I would say: ‘Thanks very much. Yes, please.’ But there are young, thrusting presenters coming through and, if they don’t come to me, I’ve had a great run. Everything is a bonus these days.”

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Soccer Champions Tour Announces New U.S. Summer Series Featuring Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona, Juventus, AC Milan, Arsenal, and Manchester United

Global soccer giants set to face off in major U.S. markets from July 22 – August 2 

Series backed by new Sixth Street portfolio company built to bring epic soccer matchups to local fans around the world.

Santa Clara, CA ( May 12, 2023) – Soccer Champions Tour today announced the launch and schedule for a new series of games featuring six of the world’s most iconic soccer clubs to be played this summer in major markets across the United States. Spain’s Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Italy’s Juventus and AC Milan, and England’s Arsenal and Manchester United will compete in eight matches between Saturday, July 22, and Wednesday, August 2, 2023.  

The 2023 Soccer Champions Tour is the first time these six clubs, which hold among them 31 European trophies, have participated together in a U.S. series. The eight fixtures will take place in host market stadiums in Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, and San Francisco. 

Highlights of the 2023 Soccer Champions Tour include Spanish giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona meeting in Texas for the first time ever at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys; Manchester United and Real Madrid facing off for the first time since 2018; FC Barcelona and Arsenal competing in a rematch of the 2006 European final; and Italian rivals AC Milan and Juventus playing each other in California for the first time in their more than 120-year histories.  

Soccer Champions Tour was created by a newly formed company of global investment firm Sixth Street to support the continued global growth of top-tier sports franchises by organizing high-profile, competitive events for the millions of fans that live outside the domestic markets of the biggest clubs.  

“We are proud to be partnering with the world’s most storied clubs, which have the world’s strongest and most passionate supporters, to provide this rare opportunity for American fans to experience the game at the highest level,” said Alan Waxman, Co-Founder and CEO at Sixth Street. “While this year’s tour consists of men’s clubs, we look forward to expanding next summer to bring the world’s best women’s clubs to local audiences around the globe, and in the future to evolve this series into a format with real games of consequence.”  

In addition to men’s and women’s professional club matches, the tour also intends to organize elite youth academy competitions in the years to come. 

Soccer Champions Tour is working closely with global premium experiences company Legends to bring these marquee matchups and elevated in-game experiences to local fans of the game. 

Added Shervin Mirhashemi, CEO, Legends: “Legends is proud to bring fans of the beautiful game this unforgettable experience this summer and deliver a fan experience that will match the world-class soccer on the pitch. We can’t wait to see stadiums filled across the United States with fans cheering on some of the best clubs in the world as they compete in the Soccer Champions Tour.” 

The 2023 Soccer Champions Tour is being produced in partnership with AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company. 

“AEG is excited about the partnership with Soccer Champions Tour and Legends to bring the most successful soccer clubs in the world to fans across the U.S.,” said Tom Braun, Sr. Vice President, Soccer & Business Operations and Business Development at AEG. “Every matchup in this series is of the highest caliber and we’re thrilled that American soccer fans will have the opportunity to see these epic games featuring legendary teams live and in person.” 

Soccer Champions Tour Schedule Saturday, July 22 FC Barcelona vs. Juventus at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA 

Sunday, July 23 Real Madrid vs. AC Milan at The Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA   Wednesday, July 26 Arsenal vs. FC Barcelona at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA 

Wednesday, July 26 

Real Madrid vs. Manchester United at NRG Stadium, Houston, TX 

Thursday, July 27 

Juventus vs. AC Milan at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, CA 

Saturday, July 29 

FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX  

Tuesday, August 1 

AC Milan vs. FC Barcelona at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV  

Wednesday, August 2 

Juventus vs. Real Madrid at Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL  Exclusive pre-sale tickets will be available starting Tuesday, May 16, with the general on-sale ticket access beginning on Friday, May 19. For access to the pre-sale, all fans are invited to sign up at www.SoccerChampionsTour.com . All individual game and venue-specific information is also available at the tour website and fans can follow @TheSCTour on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter for updates.

The matches remain subject to approval by the relevant football authorities. 

AC Milan was founded in 1899 and it is one of the most iconic and successful clubs in football history. With an internationally recognized brand off the pitch, AC Milan is synonymous with style and elegance, embodied in the Rossoneri’s red and black jersey. On the pitch, AC Milan has the most international trophies of any Italian club with seven UEFA Champions League titles and five European Super Cups – also included in their trophy cabinet are 19 league titles (the latest of which was won at the end of last season). The club’s star players include Portuguese forward Rafael Leão, French left-back Theo Hernandez, Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali, French goalkeeper Mike Maignan, and Canadian-born center-back Fikayo Tomori. 

Commonly referred to as the Gunners, Arsenal is a London-based club founded in 1886 and is among the top clubs in the Premier League this season. The club has won 13 league titles and a record 14 FA Cups. Arsenal played in the first English League match to be broadcast live on radio in 1927 against Sheffield United. Ten years later, Arsenal played a split squad exhibition match which was the first football match in the world to be televised live. English wingers Bukayo Saka and Reiss Nelson, Brazilian center-back Gabriel Magalhaes, and Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus lead Arsenal’s star-studded squad. 

FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona, founded in 1899 and colloquially known as Barça, competes in La Liga and is one of the most successful European clubs in history. The club maintains a philosophy deeply rooted in its local Catalan identity and is collectively owned by more than 146,000 members. Due to its special personality, FC Barcelona is recognized as being ‘more than a club’. The team’s distinctive style of play is projected around the world by the best players and coaches in combination with the club’s famous reliance on homegrown talent. The club has won 73 major domestic titles, including 26 La Liga titles and 31 Copa Del Rey titles, as well as five Champions League titles and three FIFA Club World Cups. Barcelona is led by manager and club legend Xavi Hernández and has a roster of international talent including Spaniard midfielders Gavi and Pedri and Polish forward Robert Lewandowski.  Juventus

Founded in 1897 in Turin, Italy, Juventus is one of Italy’s oldest and most decorated soccer teams with more Italian league championships than any other team. Also known as Juve, the club competes in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian soccer leagues, and is the first European club to win all three major UEFA competitions. The club’s current roster includes Brazilian defender Danilo, French midfielder Paul Pogba and Italian forward Federico Chiesa. Manchester United  

Based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and often referred to as the Red Devils or simply, United, Manchester United is one of the most widely supported soccer teams in the world. United is a winner of a record 20 league titles and have won every major trophy in England and Europe. They hold the record for the largest crowd at a soccer match in U.S. history with 109,318 fans for a 2014 match against Real Madrid at Michigan Stadium. Manchester United’s squad includes Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese right-back Diogo Dalot, English left-back Luke Shaw, Argentine center-back Lisandro Martinez, and Brazilian defensive midfielder Casemiro. 

Real Madrid CF 

Real Madrid C.F. is a sports organization with over 121 years of history and was named “Best Club of the 20th Century” by FIFA. It is the club with the most European Cups in both football (14) and basketball (10). Real Madrid has millions of fans in all corners of the world, with more than 456 million followers on social media, and is for the fourth year in a row the most valuable football club in Europe according to The European Elite 2022 report. This past season, Real Madrid won La Liga (35) and the Spanish Super Cup (12) under the direction of Carlo Ancelotti. With stars like Karim Benzema, Luka Modrić, Thibaut Courtois, Vinicius Júnior, and Toni Kroos among others, in 2022 Real Madrid won the Champions League for the fourteenth time.   

The Venues 

Allegiant Stadium 

Located adjacent to the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and home to the Las Vegas Raiders, Allegiant Stadium is an award-winning global events destination. A state-of-the-art, multipurpose venue with a capacity of 65,000, Allegiant Stadium has hosted world-class music artists such as Garth Brooks, The Rolling Stones, Guns N’ Roses, Taylor Swift and BTS with more legendary concerts to come. The fully enclosed stadium is also home to the UNLV Rebels football team and has hosted premier sporting events such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Pac-12 Championship Game, Las Vegas Bowl, and WWE SummerSlam. The venue also hosted the NFL Pro Bowl in both 2022 and 2023 and has been selected to host Super Bowl LVIII in 2024. Allegiant Stadium is committed to giving back to the community through numerous diversity, inclusion, and community outreach initiatives.  

AT&T Stadium

AT&T Stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. The stadium features two monumental arches, the world’s largest HDTV video board cluster, an expansive retractable roof, and the largest retractable end zone doors in the world. Features of the stadium include seating for 80,000 and expandability for up to 100,000. In addition to being the home of the Dallas Cowboys since opening in 2009, the stadium has hosted Super Bowl XLV, the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2014 NCAA Men’s Final Four, the 2015 inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game, the 2015 50th Anniversary Academy of Country Music Awards show, and WrestleMania.  

Camping World Stadium 

Camping World Stadium in Downtown Orlando has hosted a variety of world-class events, from the Electric Daisy Carnival to WrestleMania to the NFL Pro Bowl, alongside its signature annual events including the Florida Blue Florida Classic, the Cheez-It Bowl, the Citrus Bowl and the Florida Cup. The Orlando match at Camping World Stadium will be hosted by the Florida Cup, the Sunshine State’s largest annual international soccer and music event. Since 2015, the Florida Cup & FC Series has featured clubs from all over the world. Last year, Arsenal defeated Chelsea in the headline match at Camping World Stadium, setting the venue’s soccer attendance record.   

Dignity Health Sports Park 

Dignity Health Sports Park is southern California’s home of world-class competition and training facilities for amateur, Olympic, collegiate and professional athletes. Managed by AEG Facilities, the $150 million, privately financed facility was developed by AEG on a 125-acre site on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in Carson, California. Dignity Health Sports Park features a 25,174-seat stadium for soccer, football and other athletic competitions and outdoor concerts; an 8,000-seat tennis stadium; a 2,000-seat facility for track & field and a 2,450-seat indoor Velodrome – the VELO Sports Center – for track cycling. Dignity Health Sports Park is home to Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy, the five-time MLS Cup Champions. Dignity Health Sports Park is also home of the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) High Performance Training Center and the national team training headquarters for the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF). Additionally, Dignity Health Sports Park is home to Galaxy Park, a newly imagined complex on the campus of the facility that features five 5v5 soccer fields, three futsal courts, eight Pickleball courts, four Padel courts, and is home to a number of other recreational activities.  

Levi’s Stadium 

Levi’s Stadium is a football stadium in Santa Clara, California which serves as the current home of the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. Levi’s Stadium is a multi-purpose facility with the flexibility to host a wide range of events, including domestic and international soccer, college football, motocross, concerts and various civic events, and is expandable for major events such as Super Bowl 50 which was hosted here in February of 2016. The $1.27 billion venue has 1.85 million square feet, seats approximately 68,500 and features 176 luxury suites and 9,000 club seats. 

NRG Stadium 

NRG Park is the premier sports, convention, tradeshow/consumer show and entertainment complex located in Harris County, specifically Houston’s South Main corridor district. Four major facilities – NRG Stadium, NRG Center, NRG Arena and NRG Astrodome – encompass 350 acres and provide 26,000 parking spaces. NRG Park is home to the NFL’s Houston Texans, the Houston Livestock Show and RodeoTM, Super Bowl® XXXVIII & LI, WrestleMania® X-Seven & 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania, NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship South Regional 2008, 2010 & 2015, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four 2011, 2016 & 2023 and hosts over 500 events annually. In partnership with Lone Star Sports and Entertainment, NRG Stadium is a top venue for international soccer matches, including the Copa de Lone Star, Copa America Centenario, the 2010 MLS All-Star Game featuring Manchester United, the 2006 FC Barcelona U.S. tour, the International Champions Cup, the 2003 and 2008 matches between the United States and Mexico, and the 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021 and 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cups. 

The Rose Bowl Stadium 

The Rose Bowl Stadium, also known as America’s Stadium, is an American outdoor athletic venue located in Pasadena, California nestled in the scenic Arroyo Seco. The Rose Bowl Stadium opened its doors in October 1922 and is recognized as a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineer Landmark. Today, the Stadium can host up to 89,077 spectators at full capacity, making it one of the largest football stadiums in the country. America’s Stadium is the 15 th largest stadium in the world, the 11 th largest stadium in the United States, and the 10 th largest NCAA stadium. 

SoFi Stadium 

SoFi Stadium, the home of the Los Angeles Chargers and the Super Bowl LVI Champion Los Angeles Rams, is located at Hollywood Park, a near 300-acre sports and entertainment destination being developed by Los Angeles Rams Owner/Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke in Inglewood, California. The 3.1 million square-foot SoFi Stadium is the largest stadium in the NFL, as well as the first indoor-outdoor stadium. It seats approximately 70,000, expandable up to 100,000, with more than 260 luxury suites and more than 13,000 premium seats. SoFi Stadium was host to Super Bowl LVI in 2022, the College Football National Championship in 2023, WrestleMania in 2023, and will host the World Cup in 2026 and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in 2028. 

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About Sixth Street 

Sixth Street is a leading global investment firm with approximately $65 billion in assets under management and committed capital. The firm’s experience in global sports includes partnerships and investments with Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, the San Antonio Spurs, and the National Women’s Soccer League expansion club coming to the Bay Area in 2024. Sixth Street is also the majority investor in Legends in partnership with the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees. Sixth Street uses its long-term flexible capital, data-enabled capabilities, and One Team culture to develop themes and offer solutions to companies across all stages of growth. Founded in 2009, Sixth Street has more than 500 team members including over 180 investment professionals operating around the world. For more information, visit www.sixthstreet.com , or follow Sixth Street on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. 

About Legends 

Founded in 2008, Legends is a premium experiences company with six divisions operating worldwide – Global Planning, Global Sales, Global Partnerships, Hospitality, Global Merchandise, and Global Technology Solutions – offering clients and partners a 360-degree data and analytics fueled service solution platform to elevate their brand and execute their vision. Currently, Legends works with marquee clients across business verticals including professional sports; collegiate; attractions; entertainment; and conventions and leisure. We are the industry leaders in designing, planning, and realizing exceptional experiences in sports and entertainment. For more information, visit www.Legends.net and follow @TheLegendsWay on Twitter and Instagram.  

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, AEG is the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company. The company operates in the following business segments: Facilities, which through its affiliation with ASM Global, owns, manages or consults with more than 300 preeminent arenas, stadiums, convention centers and performing arts venues around the world; Music through AEG Presents, which is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performances, including producing and promoting global and regional concert tours, music and special events and world-renowned festivals such as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival; Real Estate, which develops world-class venues, as well as major sports and entertainment districts like Crypto.com Arena, L.A. LIVE, Mercedes Platz in Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai and The O2 in London; Sports, as the world’s largest operator of high-profile sporting events and sports franchises including the LA Kings, LA Galaxy and Eisbären Berlin; Ticketing through AXS, a global platform delivering ticketing solutions for venues of all sizes, sports franchises and event organizers; and Global Partnerships, which oversees worldwide sales and servicing of sponsorships including naming rights, premium seating and other strategic partnerships. Through its worldwide network of venues, portfolio of powerful sports and music brands and its integrated entertainment districts, AEG entertains more than 160 million guests annually. More information about AEG can be found at www.aegworldwide.com .  

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Soccer champions tour announces new u.s. summer series featuring real madrid cf, fc barcelona, juventus football club, ac milan, arsenal, and manchester united.

Global soccer giants set to face off in major U.S. markets from July 22 – August 2

Series backed by new Sixth Street portfolio company built to bring epic soccer matchups to local fans around the world

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2023 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--Soccer Champions Tour today announced the launch and schedule for a new series of games featuring six of the world’s most iconic soccer clubs to be played this summer in major markets across the United States. Spain’s Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Italy’s Juventus Football Club and AC Milan, and England’s Arsenal and Manchester United will compete in eight matches between Saturday, July 22, and Wednesday, August 2, 2023.

The 2023 Soccer Champions Tour is the first time these six clubs, which hold among them 31 European trophies, have participated together in a U.S. series. The eight fixtures will take place in host market stadiums in Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, and San Francisco.

Highlights of the 2023 Soccer Champions Tour include Spanish giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona meeting in Texas for the first time ever at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys; Manchester United and Real Madrid facing off for the first time since 2018; FC Barcelona and Arsenal competing in a rematch of the 2006 European final; and Italian rivals AC Milan and Juventus playing each other in California for the first time in their more than 120-year histories.

Soccer Champions Tour was created by a newly formed company of global investment firm Sixth Street to support the continued global growth of top-tier sports franchises by organizing high-profile, competitive events for the millions of fans that live outside the domestic markets of the biggest clubs.

"We are proud to be partnering with the world’s most storied clubs, which have the world’s strongest and most passionate supporters, to provide this rare opportunity for American fans to experience the game at the highest level," said Alan Waxman, Co-Founder and CEO at Sixth Street. "While this year’s tour consists of men’s clubs, we look forward to expanding next summer to bring the world’s best women’s clubs to local audiences around the globe, and in the future to evolve this series into a format with real games of consequence."

In addition to men’s and women’s professional club matches, the tour also intends to organize elite youth academy competitions in the years to come.

Soccer Champions Tour is working closely with global premium experiences company Legends to bring these marquee matchups and elevated in-game experiences to local fans of the game.

Added Shervin Mirhashemi , CEO, Legends: "Legends is proud to bring fans of the beautiful game this unforgettable experience this summer and deliver a fan experience that will match the world-class soccer on the pitch. We can’t wait to see stadiums filled across the United States with fans cheering on some of the best clubs in the world as they compete in the Soccer Champions Tour."

The 2023 Soccer Champions Tour is being produced in partnership with AEG, the world's leading sports and live entertainment company.

"AEG is excited about the partnership with Soccer Champions Tour and Legends to bring the most successful soccer clubs in the world to fans across the U.S.," said Tom Braun, Sr. Vice President, Soccer & Business Operations and Business Development at AEG. "Every matchup in this series is of the highest caliber and we’re thrilled that American soccer fans will have the opportunity to see these epic games featuring legendary teams live and in person."

Soccer Champions Tour Schedule

Saturday, July 22 FC Barcelona vs. Juventus at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA

Sunday, July 23 Real Madrid vs. AC Milan at The Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA

Wednesday, July 26 Arsenal vs. FC Barcelona at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA

Wednesday, July 26 Real Madrid vs. Manchester United at NRG Stadium, Houston, TX

Thursday, July 27 Juventus vs. AC Milan at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, CA

Saturday, July 29 FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX

Tuesday, August 1 AC Milan vs. FC Barcelona at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV

Wednesday, August 2 Juventus vs. Real Madrid at Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL

Exclusive pre-sale tickets will be available starting Tuesday, May 16, with the general on-sale ticket access beginning on Friday, May 19. For access to the pre-sale, all fans are invited to sign up at www.SoccerChampionsTour.com . All individual game and venue-specific information is also available at the tour website and fans can follow @TheSCTour on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter for updates.

The matches remain subject to approval by the relevant football authorities.

AC Milan AC Milan was founded in 1899 and it is one of the most iconic and successful clubs in football history. With an internationally recognized brand off the pitch, AC Milan is synonymous with style and elegance, embodied in the Rossoneri’s red and black jersey. On the pitch, AC Milan has the most international trophies of any Italian club with seven UEFA Champions League titles and five European Super Cups – also included in their trophy cabinet are 19 league titles (the latest of which was won at the end of last season). The club’s star players include Portuguese forward Rafael Leão, French left-back Theo Hernandez, Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali, French goalkeeper Mike Maignan, and Canadian-born center-back Fikayo Tomori.

Arsenal Commonly referred to as the Gunners, Arsenal is a London-based club founded in 1886 and is among the top clubs in the Premier League this season. The club has won 13 league titles and a record 14 FA Cups. Arsenal played in the first English League match to be broadcast live on radio in 1927 against Sheffield United. Ten years later, Arsenal played a split squad exhibition match which was the first football match in the world to be televised live. English wingers Bukayo Saka and Reiss Nelson, Brazilian center-back Gabriel Magalhaes, and Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus lead Arsenal’s star-studded squad.

FC Barcelona FC Barcelona, founded in 1899 and colloquially known as Barça, competes in La Liga and is one of the most successful European clubs in history. The club maintains a philosophy deeply rooted in its local Catalan identity and is collectively owned by more than 146,000 members. Due to its special personality, FC Barcelona is recognized as being ‘more than a club’. The team’s distinctive style of play is projected around the world by the best players and coaches in combination with the club’s famous reliance on homegrown talent. The club has won 73 major domestic titles, including 26 La Liga titles and 31 Copa Del Rey titles, as well as five Champions League titles and three FIFA Club World Cups. Barcelona is led by manager and club legend Xavi Hernández and has a roster of international talent including Spaniard midfielders Gavi and Pedri, Polish forward Robert Lewandowski and German goalkeeper Ter Stegen.

Juventus Football Club Founded in 1897 in Turin, Italy, Juventus is one of Italy’s oldest and most decorated soccer teams with more Italian league championships than any other team. Also known as Juve, the club competes in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian soccer leagues, and is the first European club to win all three major UEFA competitions. The club’s current roster includes Brazilian defender Danilo, French midfielder Paul Pogba and Italian forward Federico Chiesa.

Manchester United Based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and often referred to as the Red Devils or simply, United, Manchester United is one of the most widely supported soccer teams in the world. United is a winner of a record 20 league titles and have won every major trophy in England and Europe. They hold the record for the largest crowd at a soccer match in U.S. history with 109,318 fans for a 2014 match against Real Madrid at Michigan Stadium. Manchester United’s squad includes Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese right-back Diogo Dalot, English left-back Luke Shaw, Argentine center-back Lisandro Martinez, and Brazilian defensive midfielder Casemiro.

Real Madrid CF Real Madrid C.F. is a sports organization with over 121 years of history and was named "Best Club of the 20th Century" by FIFA. It is the club with the most European Cups in both football (14) and basketball (10). Real Madrid has millions of fans in all corners of the world, with more than 456 million followers on social media, and is for the fourth year in a row the most valuable football club in Europe according to The European Elite 2022 report. This past season, Real Madrid won La Liga (35) and the Spanish Super Cup (12) under the direction of Carlo Ancelotti. With stars like Karim Benzema, Luka Modrić, Thibaut Courtois, Vinicius Júnior, and Toni Kroos among others, in 2022 Real Madrid won the Champions League for the fourteenth time.

Allegiant Stadium Located adjacent to the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and home to the Las Vegas Raiders, Allegiant Stadium is an award-winning global events destination. A state-of-the-art, multipurpose venue with a capacity of 65,000, Allegiant Stadium has hosted world-class music artists such as Garth Brooks, The Rolling Stones, Guns N’ Roses, Taylor Swift and BTS with more legendary concerts to come. The fully enclosed stadium is also home to the UNLV Rebels football team and has hosted premier sporting events such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Pac-12 Championship Game, Las Vegas Bowl, and WWE SummerSlam. The venue also hosted the NFL Pro Bowl in both 2022 and 2023 and has been selected to host Super Bowl LVIII in 2024. Allegiant Stadium is committed to giving back to the community through numerous diversity, inclusion, and community outreach initiatives.

AT&T Stadium AT&T Stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. The stadium features two monumental arches, the world’s largest HDTV video board cluster, an expansive retractable roof, and the largest retractable end zone doors in the world. Features of the stadium include seating for 80,000 and expandability for up to 100,000. In addition to being the home of the Dallas Cowboys since opening in 2009, the stadium has hosted Super Bowl XLV, the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2014 NCAA Men’s Final Four, the 2015 inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game, the 2015 50th Anniversary Academy of Country Music Awards show, and WrestleMania.

Camping World Stadium Camping World Stadium in Downtown Orlando has hosted a variety of world-class events, from the Electric Daisy Carnival to WrestleMania to the NFL Pro Bowl, alongside its signature annual events including the Florida Blue Florida Classic, the Cheez-It Bowl, the Citrus Bowl and the Florida Cup. The Orlando match at Camping World Stadium will be hosted by the Florida Cup, the Sunshine State’s largest annual international soccer and music event. Since 2015, the Florida Cup & FC Series has featured clubs from all over the world. Last year, Arsenal defeated Chelsea in the headline match at Camping World Stadium, setting the venue’s soccer attendance record.

Dignity Health Sports Park Dignity Health Sports Park is southern California’s home of world-class competition and training facilities for amateur, Olympic, collegiate and professional athletes. Managed by AEG Facilities, the $150 million, privately financed facility was developed by AEG on a 125-acre site on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in Carson, California. Dignity Health Sports Park features a 25,174-seat stadium for soccer, football and other athletic competitions and outdoor concerts; an 8,000-seat tennis stadium; a 2,000-seat facility for track & field and a 2,450-seat indoor Velodrome – the VELO Sports Center – for track cycling. Dignity Health Sports Park is home to Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy, the five-time MLS Cup Champions. Dignity Health Sports Park is also home of the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) High Performance Training Center and the national team training headquarters for the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF). Additionally, Dignity Health Sports Park is home to Galaxy Park, a newly imagined complex on the campus of the facility that features five 5v5 soccer fields, three futsal courts, eight Pickleball courts, four Padel courts, and is home to a number of other recreational activities.

Levi’s Stadium Levi’s Stadium is a football stadium in Santa Clara, California which serves as the current home of the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. Levi’s Stadium is a multi-purpose facility with the flexibility to host a wide range of events, including domestic and international soccer, college football, motocross, concerts and various civic events, and is expandable for major events such as Super Bowl 50 which was hosted here in February of 2016. The $1.27 billion venue has 1.85 million square feet, seats approximately 68,500 and features 176 luxury suites and 9,000 club seats.

NRG Stadium NRG Park is the premier sports, convention, tradeshow/consumer show and entertainment complex located in Harris County, specifically Houston’s South Main corridor district. Four major facilities – NRG Stadium, NRG Center, NRG Arena and NRG Astrodome – encompass 350 acres and provide 26,000 parking spaces. NRG Park is home to the NFL’s Houston Texans, the Houston Livestock Show and RodeoTM, Super Bowl® XXXVIII & LI, WrestleMania® X-Seven & 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania, NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship South Regional 2008, 2010 & 2015, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four 2011, 2016 & 2023 and hosts over 500 events annually. In partnership with Lone Star Sports and Entertainment, NRG Stadium is a top venue for international soccer matches, including the Copa de Lone Star, Copa America Centenario, the 2010 MLS All-Star Game featuring Manchester United, the 2006 FC Barcelona U.S. tour, the International Champions Cup, the 2003 and 2008 matches between the United States and Mexico, and the 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021 and 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

The Rose Bowl Stadium The Rose Bowl Stadium, also known as America’s Stadium, is an American outdoor athletic venue located in Pasadena, California nestled in the scenic Arroyo Seco. The Rose Bowl Stadium opened its doors on October 28, 1922 and is recognized as a National Historic Landmark. The Rose Bowl has earned its world-class reputation by hosting five NFL Super Bowl games, the 1984 Olympic Soccer matches, the 1994 Men’s World Cup, the 1999 Women’s World Cup, four BCS National College Football Championship Games and the College Football Playoff Semifinal Game. The Rose Bowl is the proud home of the World’s Largest Flea Market, AmericaFest 4 th of July Celebration, community events, music festivals, world-class concerts, International and Premier League soccer matches, the annual Rose Bowl Game® and UCLA Bruins Football.

SoFi Stadium SoFi Stadium, the home of the Los Angeles Chargers and the Super Bowl LVI Champion Los Angeles Rams, is located at Hollywood Park, a near 300-acre sports and entertainment destination being developed by Los Angeles Rams Owner/Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke in Inglewood, California. The 3.1 million square-foot SoFi Stadium is the largest stadium in the NFL, as well as the first indoor-outdoor stadium. It seats approximately 70,000, expandable up to 100,000, with more than 260 luxury suites and more than 13,000 premium seats. SoFi Stadium was host to Super Bowl LVI in 2022, the College Football National Championship in 2023, WrestleMania in 2023, and will host the World Cup in 2026 and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in 2028.

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Sixth Street is a leading global investment firm with approximately $65 billion in assets under management and committed capital. The firm’s experience in global sports includes partnerships and investments with Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, the San Antonio Spurs, and the National Women’s Soccer League expansion club coming to the Bay Area in 2024. Sixth Street is also the majority investor in Legends in partnership with the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees. Sixth Street uses its long-term flexible capital, data-enabled capabilities, and One Team culture to develop themes and offer solutions to companies across all stages of growth. Founded in 2009, Sixth Street has more than 500 team members including over 180 investment professionals operating around the world. For more information, visit www.sixthstreet.com , or follow Sixth Street on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Legends

Founded in 2008, Legends is a premium experiences company with six divisions operating worldwide – Global Planning, Global Sales, Global Partnerships, Hospitality, Global Merchandise, and Global Technology Solutions – offering clients and partners a 360-degree data and analytics fueled service solution platform to elevate their brand and execute their vision. Currently, Legends works with marquee clients across business verticals including professional sports; collegiate; attractions; entertainment; and conventions and leisure. We are the industry leaders in designing, planning, and realizing exceptional experiences in sports and entertainment. For more information, visit www.Legends.net and follow @TheLegendsWay on Twitter and Instagram.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, AEG is the world's leading sports and live entertainment company. The company operates in the following business segments: Facilities, which through its affiliation with ASM Global, owns, manages or consults with more than 300 preeminent arenas, stadiums, convention centers and performing arts venues around the world; Music through AEG Presents, which is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performances, including producing and promoting global and regional concert tours, music and special events and world-renowned festivals such as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival; Real Estate, which develops world-class venues, as well as major sports and entertainment districts like Crypto.com Arena, L.A. LIVE, Mercedes Platz in Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai and The O2 in London; Sports, as the world's largest operator of high-profile sporting events and sports franchises including the LA Kings, LA Galaxy and Eisbären Berlin; Ticketing through AXS, a global platform delivering ticketing solutions for venues of all sizes, sports franchises and event organizers; and Global Partnerships, which oversees worldwide sales and servicing of sponsorships including naming rights, premium seating and other strategic partnerships. Through its worldwide network of venues, portfolio of powerful sports and music brands and its integrated entertainment districts, AEG entertains more than 160 million guests annually. More information about AEG can be found at www.aegworldwide.com .

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Manchester United, Arsenal, Barcelona, Real Madrid to play in U.S. pre-season series

Manchester United , Arsenal , Barcelona , Real Madrid , Juventus and AC Milan will participate in a pre-season U.S. series ahead of the 2023-24 campaign.

The Soccer Champions Tour will consist of eight matches across eight locations in the U.S. and will run between Saturday July 22, and Wednesday August 2.

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Santa Clara, Pasadena, Inglewood, Houston, Carson, Arlington, Las Vegas and Orlando are the eight chosen locations.

It is the first time the six European teams — who have won a combined 31 European titles — have participated in a U.S. series together.

Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Juventus are all playing three matches as part of the series while Manchester United and Arsenal are just playing one fixture each.

Manchester United will play Real Madrid at NRG Stadium in Houston while Arsenal will face Barcelona at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

United and Arsenal are already scheduled to meet at MetLife Stadium in New York on July 22 in a friendly independent of the Soccer Champions Tour and have other pre-season plans in the U.S.

United will also face Wrexham at the Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego  on July 25 and  Borussia Dortmund at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on July 30.

Arsenal meanwhile kick off their tour with a sold-out fixture against the MLS All-Stars team at Audi Field in Washington on July 19.

Tickets for the Soccer Champions Tour go on pre-sale on May 16 and general sale on May 19.

Soccer Champions Tour Schedule

Saturday, July 22

• Barcelona vs Juventus, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara

Sunday, July 23

• Real Madrid vs AC Milan, The Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena

Wednesday, July 26

• Arsenal vs FC Barcelona, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood

  Wednesday, July 26

• Real Madrid vs Manchester United, NRG Stadium, Houston

  Thursday, July 27

• Juventus vs AC Milan, Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson

  Saturday, July 29

• Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, AT&T Stadium, Arlington

  Tuesday, August 1

• AC Milan vs, FC Barcelona at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas 

Wednesday, August 2

• Juventus vs. Real Madrid at Camping World Stadium, Orlando

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by Kyle Fansler April 18, 2024

Tickets to this summer’s friendly between Manchester United and Liverpool in Columbia, South Carolina, sold out within three hours of going on sale. That is particularly impressive given that Williams-Brice Stadium, the hosting venue for this game, has a capacity of over 77,000. More noteworthy, tickets are now available on the secondary market.

There are ways to attend the game scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 3 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Vivid Seats is one way to get your hands on Manchester United vs Liverpool tickets . Also, World Soccer Talk readers can use a discount on their first purchase to save $20.

Buy tickets to Manchester United against Liverpool in South Carolina

• Visit Vivid Seats  to look at tickets to the friendly.
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• Continue to checkout and input your information to receive tickets.
• On the right-hand side of your screen in the payment section, click the ‘Promo Code’ drop-down. Enter  SOCCER20  to receive your discount.

If this venue seems unfamiliar to soccer fans, that’s because Williams-Brice Stadium has never hosted a soccer game of this stature. Traditionally the home of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team, the Southeastern Conference school has developed a tremendous atmosphere. Charlotte, NC, which is just an hour and a half, has hosted friendlies before. Liverpool has played in Charlotte, NC, twice. Now, both red clubs are making their debuts in South Carolina.

Busy set of summer friendlies for both clubs

While tickets sold out fast for the friendly in South Carolina, both Manchester United and Liverpool have other games that fans can also attend. As part of the schedule of summer friendlies in the United States , Manchester United is playing across the country. Meanwhile, Liverpool has a slew of games on the east coast.

For Manchester United, the side starts its American tour in Inglewood, CA. Manchester United faces Premier League rival Arsenal in the Los Angeles area on July 27. The second friendly the club is playing is at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, CA, four days later. United is facing Real Betis of LaLiga at one of the newer venues in the United States. Finally, United comes east to South Carolina to close with this Liverpool friendly.

Liverpool is playing the same two opponents in its three-game schedule this summer . On July 26, Liverpool faces Real Betis in Pittsburgh at Acrisure Stadium. Five days later, Philadelphia hosts a friendly between Liverpool and Arsenal before the Manchester United game.

The three hours it took Liverpool vs Man Utd tickets to sell out is record-breaking for the stadium on the campus of the University of South Carolina. For example, Beyonce and Jay-Z had a concert there in 2018. Manchester United-Liverpool sold out faster than their concert. These two icons of English soccer are always going to draw a crowd, but this level of interest is still surprising.

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Lads play Soccer Saturday drinking game and end up on most random night out ever

Whichever team scored the first goal in the 3pm kick-off matches among all english football leagues was the location of their night out.

Jess Hardiman

A group of lads ended up on a night out in a random UK town after taking part in a Soccer Saturday drinking game, having let fate decide where they’d be going – with surprisingly hilarious results. You can see how their night went here: 

Jack Osborne ( @jackrustyspoon1246 ), 23, was watching football with pals Matthew Perry, Jordan Holliday and Jack Holland in the pub last Saturday (20 August) when they came up with a novel way to choose what to do with their night. 

They decided that the location of whichever team scored the first goal in the 3.00pm kick-off matches among all English football leagues would be their destination – only for fate to direct them to a market town more than two hours away in the car. 

Osborne, from Faversham in Kent, shared a video on TikTok documenting their adventure, captioning the post: “Big up Swinny.” 

That's right, the lads were on their way to none other than Swindon, Wiltshire, which isn’t exactly known for its raging nightlife scene. 

In a comment, Osborne explained that the game revolved around the ‘first team out of all four English football leagues to score in the 3pm KO’, excluding London teams, which dictated where you head on a night out. 

Their mate Kieran Beal, who had to join in virtually via FaceTime as he had Covid, can be heard saying in the clip: “What a shocking night out that’s going to be.” 

But the lads jumped in the car and hit Swindon’s town centre – surprised to find that they ended up having a ‘great’ time. 

Speaking to LADbible, Osborne explained: “Me and my mates decided that the first goal in 3pm kick offs in the whole English football leagues would decide where we go for a night out. 

“We pre packed the car with change of clothes each and booked the hotel en route when we knew the location. 

“Unfortunately, Swindon scored first, which is not known for a decent night out or very luxurious place. But that is all part of the fun – and the fact you can get somewhere good or bad is what has made people interested in the idea.” 

He added: “We also do a fantasy footy league and my mate lost and had to wear a leopard print vest for most the day/night, and also added in some drinking games for added fun. 

“We had a great night out and it just shows it’s more who you go out with than where.” 

Osborne said he and his friends are hoping to do the same again as part of a series, with plans to rate each of the nights out. 

Many other TikTokers enjoyed watching the drama unfold, with one commenting: “Class this.” 

Another said: “First group of lads ever to go for a night out in Swindon who don't live there.” 

A third added: “You have a great group of mates if you can make a night out in Swindon look half decent.” 

When someone asked how long you're supposed to wait after the first goal before hitting the road, Osborne replied: “Straight away!!! Well finish your pint first.” 

He also advised speaking to locals to get a good idea of where to go, having been told to head to Swindon’s Old Town for what ended up being a cracking night out.

Topics:  UK News , Football , Sport , TikTok

Jess is Entertainment Desk Lead at LADbible Group. She graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics. You can contact Jess at [email protected] .

@ Jess_Hardiman

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I nter Miami and Lionel Messi are going to attract record crowds when they face Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, April 13. The noteworthy aspect of this game is that Sporting KC is hosting this game away from Children’s Mercy Park, its usual venue. Based on the demand Lionel Messi brings in for tickets, Children’s Mercy Park would be unable to hold all those who want to see the Argentine. As a result, Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, is hosting this game.

It will be the first time since 2007 that Sporting Kansas City will play at a larger venue in a competitive game. Sporting KC has played at the stadium since then, but that was just a friendly in 2010. The Kansas City Wizards played Manchester United in front of 52,342 spectators. That holds the record for the biggest soccer crowd in the history of Missouri. That record will fall on Saturday when Sporting Kansas City expects over 70,000 people when Lionel Messi comes to town.

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There would be no issue in filling Children’s Mercy Park, something Sporting KC has only done once this season, which was in the season-opening game. However, the opportunity Messi provides means the potential for more revenue.

For those not attending Arrowhead Stadium, coverage of the game is available exclusively on MLS Season Pass . Kickoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. local time) at Arrowhead.

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While the venue is used to major games with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting consistent AFC Championship Games in the NFL, soccer presents a different challenge and atmosphere.

This game between Inter Miami and Sporting Kansas City will be a great opportunity for the stadium to prepare. After all, this is one of the venues responsible for games in the Copa America and the 2026 World Cup . For 2024, Arrowhead is hosting just one game. Yet, it has the potential to be one of the biggest games of the tournament. The United States Men’s National Team is playing South American contender Uruguay in the final group-stage game.

Then, in 2026, Arrowhead will host six games in the tournament. That includes four games in the group stage, a round-of-16 clash and a concluding quarterfinal matchup. Those games will draw major crowds. The Inter Miami game will be a fascinating look to see how Arrowhead stacks up with soccer games and audiences.

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Read on for everything you need to know if you are one of the fans heading to the match.

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Parking starts at $50 and must be purchased in advance online . Cash will not be accepted at the toll booth.

Fans are asked to arrive early and have the parking pass available to be scanned to avoid delays.

Tailgating is allowed before Saturday’s game. Fans are required to follow the same rules as they do when tailgating ahead of Kansas City Chiefs games.

• Parking spaces may not be used for tailgate equipment alone. Click here to view an example of approved tailgating.
• Maintaining an aisle that is clear of tailgate equipment in order to accommodate emergency vehicles is imperative for maintaining a safe environment. Your total tailgate (including guests) is limited to eight (8) feet behind each parking space.
• Access to the Truman Sports Complex is for ticketed event guests only and the club reserves the right to confirm that guests have tickets at any time.
• Guests may not remain in the parking lots or outside of the stadium during games or once the headliner has taken the stage.
• Offensive signs, banners or other displays, including the Confederate Flag are prohibited.
• Commercial tailgate set-ups are not permitted at the Truman Sports Complex.

The match is a mobile ticket-only event. All tickets can be viewed through the Chiefs mobile app or Ticketmaster app. Tickets for the match are not available through the Sporting KC app or the SeatGeek app, according to Sporting KC.

Fans are asked to add tickets and passes to a mobile wallet for easy access on Saturday. Sporting KC said a screenshot of your mobile ticket(s) will not allow you entry into the stadium.

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Stadium and parking lot staff will promptly intervene to support an environment where all event patrons can enjoy the event. Guests attending events are required to refrain from the following behaviors:

• Behavior that is unruly, disruptive, threatening, or illegal in nature.
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• Foul, abusive, offensive, or obscene gestures, language, or clothing, to include the use of such language or gestures: (1) concerning a person’s race, ethnicity, color, gender, religion, creed, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or national origin, or (2) to instigate, incite or encourage a confrontation or physical assault.
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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

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• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
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From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

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Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

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• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

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• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
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• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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