Pre-Season Away Friendlies - Who would you like to visit?

Mine are unrealistic so feel free to leave them out but let’s go:

Guernsey - great weekend a few years ago
Fort William - Loki Doki Cup
Truro - again great weekend away years ago
Llantwit Major - return of that random friendly a couple of years ago

Jersey Bulls
Cowes Sports
Swanage

Blackfield & Langley, See if it was money well spent

What about teams like Woking, Hungerford and Dorking Wanderers

Personally a return trip to Salisbury is a good challenge and a great day out.
Plus Haringey Borough or Worthing or NL teams Bromley or Boreham Wood.

Would love to go to Bognor .

Can we add Dulwich Hamlets

Why???

Fleet's ground is so neglected, I'd be surprised if it survived the winter. I know it's nearby, but we might as well play Overton, or Eversley. Show some ambition!

I mentioned earlier in this thread , where we are in the football pyramid there’s very little chance of us playing away at a higher placed  club especially on a Saturday

If you don't ask you don't get. Non-League teams of all levels should be going all out to attract the return of fans.

I should imagine Micky, with his years of experience, is talking about a path well trod and knows exactly what will happen if you try to get a pre-season (Home, anyway) Friendly with a big-name Club.

If you get one to agree a fixture, everyone gets excited then, as the day approaches you realise the Club in question has another fixture the same day, that’s where their actual first-team squad are playing (and their fans are going) and you end up playing an “XI” of U23s players, a few of which might have trained with the first team or benched at minor Cup games a few times - whoopy do.

It happened a lot when BTFC were Step 2 so you can imagine what the outcome would be at Step 4.

It can actually be counter productive as the more casual and potential new fans turn up expecting to see a visiting first team and leave disappointed.

If you want an actual first-team squad as opposition, Step 1 and the likes of Woking and Aldershot would be the most realistic ceiling to reach towards.

Pre-season: Clubs as high as Step 1 early doors at home, tough games, but decent gates with a few visiting fans, and preferably after that lower-league Clubs at attractive destinations away, so Btfc fans get a good day out and you end pre-season handing out a few confidence-boosting batterings to the opposition. It’s a tried and tested (though sadly in past years often at other Clubs who actually know what they’re doing) formula - you know it makes sense.

What's unrealistic about Jersey?

Aldershot and Woking from the ones listed.

Like the Salisbury suggestion. Also Wimborne, Dorchester, or for one a tad closer how about Bracknell? Who are moving into Sandhurst in June.... do find it odd moving that far out of town but a new ground