Spoonz Red E
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It was Bodmin.It's not easy for the big clubs to come to places like exeter for a psf. They normally have deals with sponsors etc that they'll tour Asia or America for pre season as this forms a big part of their commercial revenue, grows the fan base etc etc. I don't blame them.
We generally seem to start the season pretty well so whatever we do pre season seems to work fine. I'm happy to keep it local with the semi pro sides like Tivvy and Weston, but it would be nice to have a local(ish) game against decent opposition like Bristol City or Cardiff. Just avoid any stupid games like the one we had 7 or 8 years ago when the opposition decided to try and cripple all our players, possibly Bodmin?
Not a good day either on the field or in the 'social' club.
Interesting you mention Cardiff though.
We had a home friendly with them a few seasons back when they sent reserve players instead of a strong team as promised.
The reserve players proceeded to inflict injuries on our players with reckless tackling.
I believe Steve Perryman had to have words with their coaching staff and threatened to abandon the match if things didn't improve.