Saints Announce Pre Season Schedule
Southampton have announced the first part of their pre season schedule with a game against National League side Eastleigh followed by a week long trip to Spain and a couple of friendlies.
Saints will start their pre season friendlies with a trip to Eastleigh on Friday 19th July with a 7pm kick off.
Eastleigh will be expecting a good crowd for this one and Saints will get 1,700 tickets for the game which will be sold via the club website, details to be announced.
Two days later the Southampton squad will head to Spain for a training camp, returning home a week later on 28th July.
Whilst over in Spain they will play 2 behind closed doors friendlies, Saints will face Ligue 2 side Bordeaux on Wednesday 24th July (10am BST), and Sport Republic's Ligue 1 outfit Montpellier on Saturday 27th July (10am BST).
This is the first of the pre season games, more will be announced shortly.
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