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| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Thursday 29th July | |
| Europa League Qualifying | |
| 19:30 | Maribor vs Hibernian |
| 19:45 | Rabotnicki Kometal vs Liverpool |
| 19:45 | Shamrock Rovers vs Juventus |
| Saturday 31st July | |
| CIS Insurance Cup | |
| 15:00 | Albion vs Airdrie Utd |
| 15:00 | Annan Athletic vs Partick |
| 15:00 | Clyde vs Cowdenbeath |
| 15:00 | Dundee vs Montrose |
| 15:00 | Dunfermline vs Arbroath |
| 15:00 | Elgin vs Ayr |
| 15:00 | Inverness CT vs Queens Park |
| 15:00 | Peterhead vs Berwick |
| 15:00 | Queen of South vs Dumbarton |
| 15:00 | Raith vs East Fife |
| 15:00 | Ross County vs Livingston |
| 15:00 | Stenhousemuir vs Brechin |
| 15:00 | Stirling vs Forfar |
| 15:00 | Stranraer vs Morton |
| Sunday 1st August | |
| CIS Insurance Cup | |
| 15:00 | East Stirling vs Alloa |
| Tuesday 3rd August | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| 19:00 | Hapoel Tel-Aviv vs Aktobe |
| 19:30 | Anderlecht vs The New Saints FC |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Wednesday 28th July | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| Braga 3 - 0 Celtic | |
| AIK 0 - 1 Rosenborg | |
| Partizan Belgrade 3 - 0 HJK Helsinki | |
| Ajax 1 - 1 PAOK Salonika | |
| BATE 0 - 0 FC Copenhagen | |
| Aktobe 1 - 0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv | |
| FC Sheriff 1 - 1 Dinamo Zagreb | |
| Debrecen 0 - 2 Basle | |
| Young Boys 2 - 2 Fenerbahce | |
| Tuesday 27th July | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| The New Saints FC 1 - 3 Anderlecht | |
| Litex Lovech 1 - 1 MSK Zilina | |
| Dynamo Kiev 3 - 0 AA Gent | |
| Omonia Nicosia 1 - 1 SV Red Bull Salzburg | |
| Sparta Prague 1 - 0 Lech Poznan | |
| Unirea Urziceni 0 - 0 Zenit St Petersburg | |
| Sunday 25th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| Red Bull New York 2 - 1 Man City | |
| Tottenham 2 - 2 Sporting | |
| Wednesday 21st July | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| FH Hafnarfjordur 0 - 1 BATE | |
| Lech Poznan 0 - 1 Inter Baku | |
| Debrecen 3 - 2 Levadia Tallinn | |
| Premier League |
|---|
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Blackpool | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Everton | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Fulham | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Manchester City | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Manchester United | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sunderland | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 0 |

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