Everton announce friendlies for July

Lets play Rapid Vienna again. That will kick start our season under the new messiah.

No friendlies in Scotland then, must be Man u's turn.

Very good Howard :D

When you put those together with the US Tournament that all looks pretty good to me. So, that's in about five weeks then?

Bring it on!

I was hoping for a couple of trips to more scenic British locations if I'm honest.

My summer holiday is now a toss up between California, Vienna, or Blackburn... does anyone have a 3sided coin?

Can't we play Kings landing Rovers ? I fancy going right through the back of their star forward Joffrey and breaking his legs! Liverpool are after him

Finally I will get to see The Blues here in Vienna. I have been waiting for 8 years, hoping that we would be playing here in Champions League or Europa League.

Austria Vienna are a strange club. They periodically change their name and they play in purple! Nevertheless they won the Austrian Bundesliga (below Championship level) comfortably this season.

I support their hated rivals Rapid Vienna (because of our ECWC success against them in 1985). There is often trouble before, during and after derby matches. Jelavic can expect some stick if he plays, due to his Rapid past.

I will be going with an Austria Vienna fan, who wont even speak the "other" teams name! Not even a "greenshite" ("GruenScheisse"), that would be showing too much respect!

Those of you who are coming over should try and make a weekend of it. Vienna is a friendly city, with a fantastic public transport system and English is spoken everywhere.

Robert - - nice post - - thank you - - I spent Boxing day up to 3rd January in Vienna - - fascinated with Viennese Culture and writers - - Roth, Zweig, Victor Frankl ( I did a performance called Mans Search for Meaning),Klimt,Hofmannstall, Bruchner, Fritz Lang,Mahler, Freud,Schnitzler, Strauss and Schubert, Otto Wagner - -went to the Opera and Ballet - -but on New Years Eve sat in a bar ( WalkAbout Bar near The Main Post Office) on my own watching Everton V Chelsea - -scereamed when we scored and the barmaid was laughing at me - - then we got beat - -sad - -but a lovely day - -went on that evening to The Opera House - - had a go on the Big Wheel a la Harry Lime - - - fantastic.