Friendlies Announced

Last updated : 13 April 2005 By Martin Holmes
The first friendly will be at Whaddon Road against Premiership side West Bromwich Albion on Saturday 9th July at 3pm. Baggies manager Brian Robson will be sending a first team for the fixture, likely to inlude well-known names such as Jason Koumas, Zoltan Gera, and Robert Earnshaw.
The Robins will then play Bishops Cleeve (away) on July 13th at 7:30pm. They will then face Steve Cotterill's Burnley at Whaddon Road on July 16 at 3pm.
On Monday 18th July the team will travel to Cheltenham's twin-town of Gottingen in Germany for a training camp sponsored by Cheltenham's main sponsor Bence, where they will stay for six days and play matches against two local teams. Manager John Ward's former club Bristol City will then visit Whaddon Road on 27th July (7:45pm), and Ward is also hoping to arrange one more friendly for Saturday July 30th.