Friendly Finder — A pre-season fixture planner for travelling supporters
Tell Friendly Finder which club you follow and where you'll be in July, and it builds a calendar of every friendly worth attending within reach, with ticketing links, kickoff times, and a map of host-city pubs.
British football fans travelling or holidaying in Europe during pre-season
- Club + location input generates a ranked list of nearby friendlies in the next two weeks
- Map view of host cities with kickoff times and ticket-on-sale status
- City guide tab with fan-friendly pubs and transport to the stadium
- Group mode so a WhatsApp of mates can vote on which friendly to attend
Clubs now tour three or four countries each summer; the Ajax vs Burnley fixture page shows fans have to manually cross-reference dozens of tour schedules.
Sky Sports, Premier League official site, FourFourTwo, Global Game Guide, 'wheresthematch.com' and Sky Sports all already publish comprehensive pre-season guides, confirming real fan interest; however the target sub-niche (British fans holidaying in Europe in July) is a sliver of a globally-USA/Asia-skewed tour calendar.Premier League pre-season friendlies 2026/27: Fixtures, results, UK kick-off times, summer tour schedule and training camps ↗2026 Football Pre-Season Friendlies Ultimate Guide: Full Schedule, Summer Tours, Tickets, TV & Live Stream ↗
Multiple direct or near-direct competitors already aggregate pre-season fixtures (Global Game Guide, Premier League site, Sky Sports, FourFourTwo, wheresthematch.com) and footyapps.com lists 25 tickets/travel apps — the specific 'based on my July location + host-city pubs map' twist is not uniquely served, reducing the initially-claimed whitespace.Best Football Ticket Apps 2026 — footyapps ↗Live 2026/27 Pre-Season Friendlies on TV - UK schedules ↗
Adjacent paid products exist (Football Ticket Alerts push-notification app, tour ticket/travel packages on footyapps), but free coverage from Sky Sports and the Premier League is comprehensive, making willingness-to-pay for a niche slice uncertain at subscription level.Football Tickets - Push Alerts - App Store ↗Best Tickets & Travel Apps (2026) — footyapps ↗
Global Game Guide explicitly says modern pre-season tours 'have evolved into standalone major sporting events' with the 2026 tour footprint 'stacked' across USA, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Australia and Europe — a clearly growing, multi-year, multi-club commercial trend rather than a fad.2026 Football Pre-Season Friendlies Ultimate Guide ↗
Fixture data is freely published by clubs, Sky Sports and the Premier League so aggregation is straightforward; adding ticketing link scraping, geofencing a July location, and a host-city pubs map adds moderate scope (third-party APIs + Google Places) but no hard technical barrier.Premier League clubs' 2026 pre-season fixtures and results ↗