FriendlyFire
A pre-season friendly tracker for lower-league football supporters that surfaces every announced kickoff, team news, and stream link so you don't miss your club's summer run-out.
Lower-league and non-league football fans who follow their club through pre-season tours
- Calendar of all announced friendlies for lower-league clubs with venues, kickoff times, and stream links
- Match-day alerts and team-news push the moment lineups drop
- Groundhopper travel notes for away fixtures, including parking and away-pub tips
- Club-specific feed so a Glenavon fan only sees Lurgan Blues news and nothing else
Surprise cross-border friendlies like Glenavon vs Doncaster are trending on Google as fans Google unfamiliar opponents; pre-season is when fixture discovery is hardest
Google search confirms real interest: Glenavon vs Doncaster July 2026 friendly is widely covered (tips.gg, bet365 news, NIFL TV) and dedicated forums (NonLeagueMatters) and aggregator sites maintain pre-season sections, but the cited '200+ searches' is modest and demand is concentrated in a ~6-week annual window.Glenavon vs Doncaster Prediction: 16 July 2026 International Club Friendly ↗Pre-Season Friendlies | NonLeagueMatters Forums ↗
Market is already crowded with free aggregators covering pre-season friendlies for lower tiers: wheresthematch.com lists Glenavon-Doncaster and many others, footballlowdown.com maintains 'All Confirmed EFL Pre-Season Friendlies', Football Web Pages has non-league friendlies, NIFL TV and the Non-League App already serve this audience with live scores and fixture info.Live 2026/27 Pre-Season Friendlies on TV - UK schedules ↗All Confirmed EFL Pre-Season Friendlies - Football Lowdown ↗Non-League Friendlies | Football Web Pages ↗
No clear willingness to pay: wheresthematch is free with ads/trials, the Non-League App and Football Web Pages are free, NonLeagueMatters is a free forum, and lower-league fans are typically price-sensitive — the proposition of paying for a 6-week summer tool is unproven.Live 2026/27 Pre-Season Friendlies on TV - UK schedules ↗
Highly seasonal: pre-season lasts roughly 6 weeks per year, leaving ~11 months of low utility; the same data could be absorbed by the existing Non-League App, footballwebpages, or club channels with a small feature add, limiting defensibility.
Technically straightforward as a scraper/aggregator over public sources (club sites, NIFL TV, footballwebpages), but surfacing unofficial stream links raises rights/legal risk and team news for lower/non-league clubs is patchy and unstructured.Glenavon - nifltv.co.uk ↗