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	Friendly Matches
		Olton scored a rare victory, but the match was very close.
		This was the 21st consecutive match between the two teams, although other matches had been played previously.
		Despite the result, this was a great curtain raiser on the season and a chance to dust away the cobwebs before the first League matches.
	www.oltoncc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Friendlies.htm (304 words)

	England in Friendly Competition - History
		Friendly matches are those which are not part of a tournament or cup competition.
		Thus, for example, we have classed as minor tournament/cup matches rather than friendly matches all those which England played for the Rous Cup because, although it involved only a single match against Scotland the first two times it was contested, England competed for that cup regularly from 1985 to 1989.
		Friendly matches, however, are far from meaningless; they continue to carry great value for the national side.
	www.englandfootballonline.com /CmpFr/CmpFr.html (1541 words)

	Sport Contact
		The match will be followed by a get-together of coaches, managers, players and supporters to exchange tokens and share experiences in a festive atmosphere.
		Matches will be played in the area (max., 1 hour away) i.e., in the towns of Girona, Figueras, Sant Feliu, Lloret, Blanes etc. The Costa Brava, is known for its many amenities.
		Depending on the times of matches it may sometime be necessary to have to order a picnic lunch from the hotel the day before.
	www.sportcontact.net /eng/friendly_matches_spain_costa_brava_4.htm (1148 words)

	Iran's Friendly Way To World Cup Success (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Friendlies are necessary for World Cup success, as a study of the build-up to the 2002 shows.
		In the five friendly matches when Guus Hiddinkâ€™s team faced European opposition, strong teams were faced such as England, France, Turkey and Finland.
		Playing in qualifying matches for the 2007 Asian Cup, as was stated by Branko, is a poor excuse to avoid the right level of matches against the right level of opponents.
	www.iransportspress.com /?c=126&a=2340 (1106 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| African \| Do friendly matches really matter?
		Critics argue that as they are not competitive matches, friendlies do not really prove anything and often make their lack of interest clear by staying away from the ground.
		Friendly matches are not meaningless because it gives coaches the chance to assess the strength of their teams and see where they are lacking.
		Friendly matches, to a certain extent, only boost your standing in the Fifa rankings and increase a team's level of confidence.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/football/africa/4766414.stm (789 words)

	National Team News
		The series of friendly matches being held in the FSM from 11-15 August, and sponsored by the Federated States of Micronesia Football Association (FSMFA), are significant for the development of football in Micronesia, as well as for sports in general.
		Unlike the previous match, when the Italians mostly had their way when challenging for loose balls, or when trying to retain possession, the FSM players were just as successful in tackling and holding off defenders.
		The series of friendly matches between Genova Lex and the FSM national Team was held in the FSM from 11-15 August, and was sponsored by the Federated States of Micronesia Football Association (FSMFA).
	mywebpages.comcast.net /fsmfa/national_team_news.htm (2279 words)

	Friendly match - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A friendly match is generally a match where there is no competitive value of any kind, and most times quality of play is valued over the result.
		In Football, friendly matches (friendlies) are usually pre-season games where there are no trophies or titles to be awarded and some rules changed (such as unlimited substitutions and no cards).
		Today, the term "friendly match" is used in connection with international matches (particularly when the teams are from different confederations), although occasionally preparation match is used instead.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Friendly_match (272 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - FIFA backs France, Australia in club vs. country dispute - Thursday November 01, 2001 02:16 PM
		European clubs, led by Arsenal, had sought to prevent or restrict the release of their players for the game, arguing that it was unfair to subject them to roundtrip 46-hour flights during the height of the domestic league seasons.
		The clubs had hoped that a FIFA rule which limited the number of times they had to release players for friendly matches would back their case.
		Since France has not yet played eight friendly matches this year, the clubs must free their players for the trip to Australia.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2001/11/01/fifa_friendly_ap (1274 words)

	International Friendly Tickets at StubHub! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		International Friendly matches showcase some of the world's finest futbol — or soccer to Americans — players, and some of the world's finest teams like Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.
		International Club Friendly tickets are available for several interesting matches, and these soccer tickets offer fans of teams from around the world the chance to see matchups that are simply not possible within their respective leagues and cups.
		Managers of teams from nearly every country tend to schedule these matches for different reasons, including the opportunity to train, to treat their fans to the chance to see famous teams from around the world, and to offer sports tickets during a time of year when soccer season is not in full swing.
	www.stubhub.com /international-friendly-tickets (579 words)

	MAS Oman coming for friendly matches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Oman, who are preparing for the Doha Asian Games in December, will have two matches against the national B side on Sept 12 and 16 at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
		Three matches have been lined up for them against the national seniors – on Sept 19, 21 and 23.
		Wallace said the training squad for the Asiad and a revived national B side would be named after the Malaysia Hockey League ends on Aug 27.
	www.fieldhockey.com /cgi-bin/news.pl?record=2 (194 words)

	» Qualifying/Friendly Matches and News - FIFA World Cup 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sweden will play two friendly matches before the World Cup and one of the team to play with will be Finaland, an oficial from the Sweden’s Football Federation announced.
		This is the same stadium they will play their second group match against Italy, on the 17th of June.
		A friendly match to look for: Sweden against Ireland, on the 1st of March, in Dublin.
	www.2006fifaworldcup.info /category/qualifying-friendly-matches-and-news (735 words)

	McCarthy: Friendly Season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		For the opposition, the primary goal is to escape the matches with a modicum of fitness and a dearth of injuries.
		While the matches mean little, it only raises the stature of MLS to have teams square off and achieve against foreign competition.
		Teams have escaped unharmed and bolstered from this round of friendly battle with foreign foes, nullifying concerns and buttressing the league's foundations as one that can be competitive on the world stage given the correct circumstances.
	www.ussoccerplayers.com /latest_soccer_news/523227.html (935 words)

	Giovanni Armillotta: About the officiality of international soccer friendly matches between National Representatives
		All we know that in the history of World Soccer Federations there are many international friendly matches which – though not recognized by FIFA or UEFA – they are instead recognized by National Federations.
		Regarding Albanian Olympic matches I think that is not technically correct to count the five matches of Albanian Olympic Team in Albanian National Representative (Kombëtarja) ones, because – according to my studies in matters – Albanian Olympic Representative has a proper history.
		The match of 1967 vs. Bulgaria “Under 23” (Team “A” was finalist in 1966 Word Cup final phase, and runners-up in 1968 Tokyo Olimpic Games) was organized by Albanian Football Association in praise of A.O.R., which did’nt play vs. U.S.S.R. (for political reasons) in Group A of first round of 1966 Olympic eliminatory.
	foreignaffairs.tripod.com /armillotta/officiality.html (814 words)

	FA to ban Ince from friendly matches
		The Liverpool midfielder, who missed the match against Bulgaria, is also suspended from Wednesday's Euro 2000 qualifying tie against Luxembourg plus the Wembley game against Poland next year.
		But the Football Association, alarmed at an unprecedented spate of indiscipline and misconduct charges in the opening weeks of the season, are in the mood to flex their muscles and hand Ince a significantly more comprehensive ban.
		UEFA subsequently suspended Ince for two more matches for what he said to the referee as the red card was shown.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/10/12/sfninc12.html (532 words)

	Soccernet.com Euro 2000 News: Spain told to enjoy Sweden friendly
		"These friendly matches are very different from the European Championship matches themselves," Camacho reminded all those who are expecting more of the same blistering form that saw Spain qualify for the tournament as one of the top seeds.
		Both are likely to figure at some stage over the two friendly games but Camacho is unlikely to play them from the start against Sweden.
		Sweden's target for the match might be merely to avoid any further injuries.
	www.soccernet.com /euro2000/news/20000602spavswepre.html (501 words)

	No Friendly Matches May Hurt Lone Star
		It has been reported that the national soccer team, Lone Star, is the only team in the current qualifying series of the 2004 African Nations Cup that is not engaged, nor is considering playing friendly matches towards their away encounter against Ethiopia on the weekend of March 28 2003.
		However, the fact that Ethiopia won their first match 1-0 at home may not be sufficient ground to conjecture that they may be able to win their
		Hence, with Weah and his group's absence from the Lone Star, more training and trial matches are needed for the team to adequately prepare for, not only the Ethiopian encounter, but subsequent encounters.
	www.liberiansoccer.com /no_friendly_matches_may_hurt_lon.htm (416 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Premiership eight must travel for France friendly
		After a lengthy battle to get the match called off, or limit the number of players from each club chosen for the game, the clubs had hoped that a FIFA rule which limited the number of times they had to release players for friendly matches would come to their rescue.
		As France have not yet played eight friendly matches this year the Confederations Cup counts as a competitive tournament FIFA have given the go-ahead for the players to go to Australia.
		Soccer Australia chiefs fumed at suggestions the French would not be bringing a full-strength team, claiming the match was vital to the build-up for their World Cup qualifying play-off against the fifth-placed team from the South American qualiying section.
	www.soccernet.com /england/news/2001/1101/20011101fifapremeight.html (404 words)

	SoccerPunter.com - International Friendly (Friendlies) Soccer Predictions
		The international friendly matches are usually play before a new soccer league season or major tournament, such as World Cup.
		It serves as a warm-up match for the team and players as they prepare for the upcoming important matches.
		It consists of club friendly, Under 21 (U21) friendly and international friendlies matches.
	www.soccerpunter.com /friendliessoccer.php (751 words)

	Mixed results in friendly soccer matches
		TALLINN and RIGA - The Estonian national soccer team plumbed new depths of awfulness when it drew 1-1 with Albania in a friendly match held April 29 in Tallinn.
		Estonia trailed 1-0 for most of what can only be described as a mind-numbingly poor game when Kristjan Viikmae scored an equalizer in the 81st minute to salvage a draw.
		Latvia meanwhile continued in its preparations for its Euro 2004 campaign with a friendly match against Iceland in Riga.
	www.baltictimes.com /news/articles/10018 (308 words)

	SI to play friendly matches with Qld side (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Senior coach George Cowie says that they need to play these matches to measure the strength of the team and also identify areas that they are weak in before they participate in the SP Games.
		Solomon Islands desperately need international matches particularly for the senior team and this is an opportunity for every one has been waiting for.
		Fa'arodo has not played an international match for Solomon Islands at home and many fans are looking forward to see him play.
	www.siff.com.sb /si_to_play_friendly_matches_with.htm (198 words)

	Gabriel Batistuta - Bati Friendly Matches
		Batistuta is a goleador also in the swimming pool.
		Yesterday, he played a charity water polo match together with Balbo, Mareggini, Firicano and Antognoni.
		The special trainers of the match were the female water polo national players: Malato, Allucci, Vailant and Conti.
	www.gabrielbatistuta.net /friendly/news090899e.html (604 words)

	The story of Branko Ivankovic in Iran, Part 2 - ( Branko Ivankovic Team Melli Iran Article IranGoals Iran Goals Farhad )
		Out of the 7 times Iran lost 4 of it were friendly matches which are used for "test" matches.
		If I didn't include these unimportant "test" matches the statistics would have been far greater than this.
		As you can see in the four years Branko Ivankovic has been the coach of Iran he has lost the same amount of important matches (not friendly matches) as Homayoun Shahrokhi did in seven months.
	www.irangoals.com /site/fullstory/20060107442268593613.php (363 words)

	Doha-bound players to be picked after friendly matches
		The five matches, between Oct 10 and 16, will offer the selectors their only chance to look at the players before naming the final squad of 16 players for Doha.
		National coach Wallace Tan said the matches with the AIS team are important as it will allow him to test the players in all aspects before making their selection.
		The first match will be played on Oct 10 followed by matches on Oct 12, 13, 15 and 16.
	www.thestar.com.my /services/printerfriendly.asp?file=/2006/10/7/sports/15659499.asp&sec=sports (641 words)

	IFF
		Friendly International matches are either Internationals played between national teams of the member Associations of IFF or Club matches played between club teams representing the highest league from at least two different nations.
		The organiser shall use the IFF Form Information form for International Matches and Nomination of Referees.
		The information form shall be sent to IFF no later than 2 months prior to the matches.
	www.floorball.org /default.asp?sivu=10&kieli=826 (92 words)

	:: National Team ::
		2 friendly matches with the Hungherian National team
		2 friendly matches with the National team of Belgium
		2 friendly matches with the National team of Cyprus
	www.futsalhellas.gr /English/Greece/index.asp?ID=18 (118 words)

	Hampshire look forward to two friendly matches at The Rose Bowl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		There is no ground admission charge for the friendly matches so members of the public and Hampshire members are welcome to come to The Rose Bowl and enjoy cricket for free.
		The friendly matches are crucial preparation for the team in the build up to the season.
		Their first county championship match will be against Lancashire at Old Trafford starting on Tuesday 18th April.
	www.hampshirecricket.com /news/050406_hampshirematches.htm (325 words)

	Bob' s Message Board: friendly matches
		Boys (born 1990) Russian soccer team is looking for some friendly matches between March 25 and March 30 in Spain or France: Gerona, Barcelona, Perpignan.
		Our location will be in Rosas, Spain.We are open to dates and areas but would prefer the Gerona area or Perpignan in France.
		--Previous Message-- : Boys (born 1990) Russian soccer team : is looking for some friendly matches : between March 25 and March 30 in : Spain or France: Gerona, Barcelona, : Perpignan.
	members.boardhost.com /bysw/msg/580.html (137 words)

	Irankicks Football Talk - 3 possible friendly matches announced by IFF (26th Jan)
		The official website of IFF has announced three friendly matches programmed for TM.
		We are going to have a camp there and they are not qualified, so they may play with us in their own country...
		so all the friendly problems are solved and iran can enter the german 2006 world cup prepared and with 23 match fit players.
	www.irankicks.com /ikboard/printthread.php?t=37300 (648 words)

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	Sport Contact International
		A morning sightseeing tour of Gerona, taking in the cathedral, the Arabian baths and the city's Jewish Quarter is recommended.
		In the afternoon/evening, friendly football match with the local football club.
		A tailor-made program can be made for your Club and we will take care of all the arrangements.
	www.sportcontact.net /eng/friendly_matches.htm (395 words)

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