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West Ham United to embark on pre-season tour of Australia

West Ham United are pleased to announce the Club will travel to Australia in pre-season this summer ahead of the 2023/24 campaign.

The Hammers’ pre-season tour will take place in July, with two friendly matches in Perth.

West Ham will play A-League outfit Perth Glory at Optus Stadium on Saturday 15 July, before a London derby Down Under against Tottenham Hotspur, again at Optus Stadium, three days later on Tuesday July 18. Kick-off times for both games will be confirmed shortly, with the Club set to be in Perth ahead of the two games to meet with fans and explore the city.

Speaking at Thursday’s tour launch in Perth, former West Ham United striker and current Club ambassador Carlton Cole said: “We’re really excited to be heading to Australia this summer.

“As well as looking forward to playing two exciting pre-season fixtures in Perth, we also have a great opportunity to visit a wonderful country, one that I know loves its sport and is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about football.

“We’re looking forward to meeting our incredible supporters from Down Under and hope that our fans from home and around the world can join them for a festival of football this summer in Western Australia. We can’t wait to be part of this unmissable football experience in Perth.”

Tickets for our fixtures against Perth Glory and Tottenham Hotspur will go on pre-sale on Friday 24 March. Full information and ticket prices can be found here.

This pre-sale link will be live from 4am (UK time) on Friday 24 March through to Monday 27 March (2am UK time) , providing West Ham United supporters on the Club’s database with an exclusive period to purchase tickets.

Supporters should note, there is a designated West Ham United area, situated behind the goal in the East Stand, which will be marked on the map of the ticketing website at purchase, and Hammers fans are advised to purchase in this pre-sale period to guarantee their seat in this area.

A venue pre-sale window, for those who registered for pre-sale via the event website or those who are currently on the stadium’s database, will then be active from 4am (UK time) on Monday 27 March.

Tickets will then go on general sale from 4am (UK time) on Tuesday 28 March.

Accessible seating options will be visible when purchasing, with supporters having two options - Wheelchair accessible seating (over 400 spots around the stadium) and Accessible amenity/easy access seating.

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West Ham United pre-season tour 2023: Fixtures, how to watch, tickets and everything you need to know

West Ham United are on the plane to Australia for their pre-season tour under David Moyes in 2023. So here is everything you need to know about the Hammers’ schedule this summer.

The Irons announced in March 2023 that the Premier League club were heading down under for two friendlies in Perth. They delayed adding to their fixtures as West Ham went on to win the Europa Conference League . While their top-flight survival had also been in some doubt.

Moyes will hope to oversee a solid run of results during West Ham’s pre-season friendlies in 2023 to then have a more comfortable Premier League campaign in 2023/24. The Hammers only finished the 2022/23 season in 14th place and were just six points safe from relegation.

When does West Ham United’s pre-season start?

Moyes instructed the West Ham first-team squad to reconvene at Rush Green to start their pre-season training on July 6, 2023. It marked a later start date for the Irons’ players to last year when they regrouped on June 26. While their first friendly of 2023 followed on July 10.

West Ham United’s fixture list for their 2023 pre-season

As of June 28, West Ham United have announced six pre-season friendlies with two forming their 2023 tour of Australia. Moyes’ team will head down under in July to face A-League side Perth Glory. The Irons will also play a London derby with Tottenham Hotspur three days later.

Boreham Wood also helped West Ham start their pre-season plans in 2023 in a repeat of last year’s 1-1 draw. This time, the Hammers won 4-1 at Meadow Park with Danny Ings , Kamarai Swyer, Jarrod Bowen and Gideon Kodua scoring. West Ham then start their tour of Australia.

West Ham will also continue their pre-season plans upon returning to Europe with a further two away friendlies. The Irons will face another London outfit in Dagenham & Redbridge on July 22. They will then fly to France to face Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais for the very first time.

One final friendly for the summer will follow in Germany as West Ham round out their pre-season at Bayer Leverkusen. The Hammers will visit the BayArena natives managed by Xabi Alonso a week before the new Premier League season. They start the term at Bournemouth.

• July 10, KO 19:00 BST: Boreham Wood vs West Ham, Meadow Park, Borehamwood
• July 15, KO 11:00 BST: Perth Glory vs West Ham, Optus Stadium, Perth
• July 18, KO 11:00 BST: West Ham vs Tottenham, Optus Stadium, Perth
• July 22, KO 15:00 BST: Dagenham & Redbridge vs West Ham, Chigwell Construction Stadium, Dagenham
• July 29, 17:00 BST: Stade Rennais vs West Ham, Roazhon Park, Rennes
• August 5, 12:30 BST: Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham, BayArena, Leverkusen

How to watch West Ham United’s 2023 pre-season fixtures

West Ham United have confirmed that fans in the UK can watch their pre-season friendly against Perth Glory for free on WHUFC.com or the Irons’ app via a free club account. The Hammers are charging for streaming passes to watch their London derby with Tottenham.

Fans in the UK can watch West Ham United’s pre-season friendly with Tottenham Hotspur via WHUFC.com or the Irons’ app for £5. The game will be under the WHTV tab on the app.

Tickets for West Ham United’s summer schedule

Tickets for West Ham United’s pre-season games with Perth Glory and Tottenham Hotspur went on sale in March. While an exclusive pre-sale window also started the on-sale window.

While West Ham confirmed details regarding tickets for their pre-season friendly with Bayer Leverkusen on July 11. The Irons are still yet to confirm details about tickets for West Ham’s friendly Stade Rennais, though. While Dagenham & Redbridge have sold tickets since July 3.

Bayer Leverkusen have offered West Ham an allocation of 1,790 unreserved standing tickets for their friendly. While all tickets are priced at just £9. Fans can also buy tickets through the official West Ham club website or by calling the Irons’ ticket office hotline on 0333 0301966.

On-sale dates for tickets to the Hammers’ pre-season matches:

Tickets for West Ham United’s pre-season friendlies in Australia go on sale on these dates:

• March 24, 04:00 until March 27, 02:00 BST: West Ham pre-sale window
• March 27, 04:00 until March 28, 02:00 BST: Venue pre-sale window
• March 28, 04:00 BST: General sale ( buy here )

Tickets for West Ham United’s pre-season friendly with Dagenham & Redbridge:

• July 3 ( buy here )

Tickets for West Ham’s pre-season friendly at Bayer Leverkusen go on sale on these dates:

• July 12, 12:00 BST: Bondholders
• July 12, 15:00 BST: West Ham away scheme members
• July 13, 10:00 BST: West Ham 23/24 season ticket holders

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West Ham vs Perth Glory LIVE: Hammers begin life without Declan Rice on Australia tour after captain confirms exit – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

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West Ham will begin life without Declan Rice as they get their pre-season tour underway with a clash against Perth Glory this weekend. 

Rice has published an emotional open letter to Hammers fans as the club finally confirmed his exit ahead of his British record transfer to Arsenal . 

David Moyes’ side are returning to action after becoming European champions last season, experiencing a historic night in Prague.

But just over a month after their success , holidays have been enjoyed and now attention turns back to the pitch as the squad travel to Australia.

They will first face A-League outfit Perth before coming up against fellow Premier League side Tottenham next week. 

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This friendly will be played on Saturday, July 15 at the Optus Stadium. 

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Kick-off is scheduled for 6pm in Australia which is 11am UK time. 

The game will be not available to watch on TV but should be shown on the club's WHTV. More details to follow. 

talkSPORT will keep you up to date with the latest news and scores throughout pre-season. 

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Of course, Rice won’t be involved in this tour with his switch to the Emirates set to be announced imminently after the club confirmed he would be leaving. 

Pre-season is an opportunity to assess squads ahead of the new campaign and Moyes will likely give minutes to youth prospects. 

Freddie Potts and Divin Mubamba are two youngsters that could break through and impress the West Ham boss in Australia. 

Ben Johnson is a player who will miss out, having only just returned from international duty with the England who won the Euro U21 Championship on Saturday. 

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Jarrod Bowen has been discussing pre-season preparations ahead of the Hammers’ trip to Australia. 

Bowen said: “There’s no leeway! It’s all about getting fit for the new season now. 

“It was a long season, with it going into June, so I think the manager knew it was important for us to have a good rest, recuperate and switch off from football for a bit.

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“But the hard work has started again, and pre-season is never easy. You know what to expect and you do your work in the off-season, even when you’re having a rest, cause you need to keep yourself ticking over."

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As exclusively revealed by The West Ham Way previously, the club have now confirmed a pre-season tour of Australia this summer, with ExWHUEmployee providing details on a special event set to take place.

Our man-in-the-know reported on The West Ham Way Patreon on 27th January that a tour down under was looking highly likely and then confirmed shortly after that would be the case – with Perth the confirmed location.

Ex has since revealed further details on the tour whilst also confirming that The West Ham Way are set to host a special Pre-Match Event with former players in attendance.

The club seem to have persuaded the Australian authorities to let the tour go ahead despite their league status not being officially confirmed in the top flight.

The Hammers’ pre-season tour will take place in July, with two friendly matches in Perth.

West Ham will play A-League outfit Perth Glory at Optus Stadium on Saturday 15 July, before a London derby Down Under against Tottenham Hotspur, again at Optus Stadium, three days later on Tuesday July 18. Kick-off times for both games will be confirmed shortly, with the Club set to be in Perth ahead of the two games to meet with fans and explore the city.

We had already been working with the official Perth supporters group and have a venue confirmed for a Pre-Match event. We will let you have more details of this within the next couple of weeks.

Ex will be keeping fans fully up to date on the tour with further advice on the event and how tickets can be purchased on The West Ham Way Patreon.

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Lots of news this morning, but let’s start with something fun — Tottenham Hotspur announced early today that the team is heading Down Under for a preseason tour! Tottenham will play against West Ham in a preseason friendly in Perth on Tuesday, July 18.

We are delighted to announce that our Men’s First Team will visit Perth to take on London rivals West Ham United on Tuesday 18 July in the opening match of our Asia-Pacific Tour 2023. — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 23, 2023

The trip to Perth is apparently the first stop in a Spurs Asia-Pacific tour, the full details of which were not announced. Tottenham will play West Ham at the Optus Stadium in Perth, the third largest stadium in Australia with a capacity of 65,000 fans in “football configuration,” and the home of Australian Football League’s Fremantle and West Coast Eagles teams.

Spurs didn’t reveal further details of their Asia-Pacific tour, but did say that they’ll play two additional friendly matches after the trip Down Under in two different Asian cities. It’s very clearly the big international tour for the summer, so American fans hoping for a Spurs return States-side will be disappointed and hoping for next season.

This is the second time in recent memory that Spurs have visited Australia; the last time was in 2014 when Mauricio Pochettino was in charge. Spurs played matches against Atletico Madrid and Juventus and lifted the “AIA Cup” at the end of that tour.

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West Ham's Australia pre-season tour ahead of next season postponed

The Hammers were due to take part in the inaugural Queensland Champions Cup later this summer

• 06:00, 22 APR 2020

West Ham's pre-season trip to Australia later this summer ahead of the 2020/21 season has been postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Hammers were due to take part in the EVA Air Queensland Champions Cup with matches against Brisbane Roar on July 15 in Gold Coast and Crystal Palace three days later on July 18 in Brisbane.

But the Covid-19 outbreak, which has seen football suspended for the past five weeks and with that the likelihood of the season being extended well past it’s usual May cut-off, the decision has been taken to call off the tournament.

The club, as well as organisers TEG Live, are working on rescheduling the tournament for a later date.

Hammers boss David Moyes said: "It is a real shame that we will no longer be able to make it over to Queensland this summer, however, it is the right decision to postpone given the circumstances.

"The players and I were really looking forward to seeing our fans and the people of Australia, especially as there was great excitement and support for the tournament.

"This is a situation that has affected the entire world, though, and the only thing that matters at this time is that people stay safe and well. We hope the tournament can be rearranged at a later date once things are back to normal, and we look forward to visiting Australia in the future."

The trip to Australia was set to be a fairly lucrative one for the club, who are starting to tour further and further abroad in order to raise the profile of the club across the globe. Last summer, the Hammers took part in the Premier League Asia Trophy in China as it attmepted to raise its profile abroad..

Any Hammers fans who had bought tickets for either of the two games in Australia will have their tickets refunded.

Moyes is also expected to get in touch with the Australian West Ham fans groups such as Brisbane Hammers, Sydney Hammers, West Australia Hammers, Melbourne Hammers and Aussie Hammers personally.

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There’s plenty of respect between former West Ham striker Carlton Cole and Spurs defender Ledley King – but there was no love lost when KEEPUP asked them both to describe the London rivalry before the two clubs meet Down Under in July.

Whenever these two old foes face off, the message is always simple: “You must win, by any means necessary.”

Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United is no ordinary derby. The two London clubs first met in September of 1898; West Ham were then known as Thames Ironworks. Almost 125 years have passed since that first encounter – which Tottenham won by three goals to nil – and today, the rivalry rages on. 

Their respective home stadiums are no more than 10 kilometres apart – but in July of 2023, the two long-standing foes will travel almost 15,000km to Perth, Australia for one of the most unique instalments in the derby’s history.

Club legends Carlton Cole (West Ham) and Ledley King (Tottenham) made the trip Down Under as it was revealed their former sides would compete alongside Isuzu UTE A-League club Perth Glory in a two-game series at Perth’s Optus Stadium in July.

Glory will take on West Ham on Saturday, July 15 before the two London clubs face off on Tuesday, July 18.

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Born in Croydon, London, Cole’s career began at Chelsea – but he’s best remembered for his 293-game spell at West Ham, which produced 68 goals in all competitions. 

KEEPUP asked the 39-year-old the question so many fans of rival clubs love to pose: 

What do you think of Tottenham?

“I haven’t really got that many good words to say about them, I’m not going to lie to you,” Cole told KEEPUP.

“When we’re talking about rivalries between West Ham and Spurs, it’s one of the biggest games of the season for West Ham.

“The fans will not let you live a day without saying: ‘Listen, I don’t care what you do. You can lose all the games this season, but just don’t lose to Spurs’.

“That is what it is, because the fans really cannot handle the banter that comes (their) way if you do lose.

“We as players have a responsibility not to lose to Spurs. Obviously we lost to Spurs this season, so it hasn’t been great! And the players have to take that. But being a player and losing to Spurs is never good.”

Spurs have enjoyed playing West Ham in 2022-23; Antonio Conte’s side defeated the Hammers 2-0 at home in February, after drawing 1-1 in the reverse fixture in late 2022. West Ham’s last win over Tottenham came in October, 2021 in the form of a 1-0 win at London’s Olympic Stadium, and the Hammers’ home ground since 2016. 

Former Spurs captain King says the outcome of each instalment of the derby is of extra importance to the many families in London where allegiances are split down the middle.

“It’s a London derby. You must win them, by any means necessary,” King told KEEPUP. “With West Ham, the thought when we play them is the two sets of teams are pretty close to each other in terms of their stadiums, their fans, and you often get within the same family a West Ham supporter and a Tottenham supporter. 

“It’s all about bragging rights. It always is. When you lose those games, it’s a difficult week after that.

“It’s never nice to lose them games. It’s always been a good rivalry, and it will be great for the fans over here to get an opportunity to see what it really feels like.”

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European clubs have at times descended on Australia for tour friendlies in the immediate aftermath of a domestic season, but in this instance, Tottenham and West Ham will touch down in Perth as part of the preparation for their respective 2023-24 campaigns. 

Whether West Ham will be preparing for a Premier League charge or a push for promotion from the Championship is yet to be confirmed; David Moyes’ side currently sit 18th on the Premier League table, and are at risk of losing their place at the top table of English football. 

But regardless of the club’s position in the English football pyramid when arriving in Australia, Cole says the objective will remain the same.

“We’re going to come back here and enjoy it, and make sure the fans get their money’s worth and the city gets its money’s worth as well,” he said. 

“Glory are going to be coming out of the traps, making sure they leave no stones unturned. They’re going to make it hard for the boys. But it will be a great game. Managers (will be) trying stuff, playing different players, players out of position to try and get minutes… just to get fitter quicker.”

Cole added: “(The fans) better come down, support, make loads of noise, get that atmosphere going, get the juices flowing – and enjoy the (games).”

For Perth, it’s the third meeting with a Premier League opponent in recent years after hosting Chelsea and Manchester United at Optus Stadium in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

Glory and Socceroos striker Adam Taggart told KEEPUP that, as a Perth local, he understands the importance of European clubs visiting the state for the sake of growing the game and inspiring young fans.

“It’s massive,” Taggart said. “It’s big for the club. It’s big for all the Perth community. I know everyone’s looking forward to it. Especially myself; I think just being from Perth I understand the magnitude and excitement behind it, for everyone who is from Perth.

“It’s a great chance for Perth Glory to test ourselves against world-class opposition. It will also be great for the spectators and for us boys to watch their game. 

“I think as a football fan, first and foremost, I think it brings a lot of attention to the game. 

“From that point of view, it’s helping to promote the sport, grow the game and allow kids and all young people playing the sport to really get a taste of what it’s like when you make it to the top.”

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West ham: pre-season tour to be based in perth.

ExWHUemployee says West Ham will be based in Perth if they do Australia pre-season tour though may depend on avoiding Premier League relegation.

Insider ExWHUemployee has reported that West Ham United will be based in Perth when they likely travel to Australia for their pre-season tour next summer.

What’s the latest on West Ham and their Australia pre-season tour?

Right now, things aren't looking to great for the Hammers. While they continue to advance with promise in the Europa Conference League, things look somewhat bleak domestically.

Having fallen out of both the League and FA Cup, David Moyes and co are left with one primary focus: avoid being relegated from the Premier League . Worryingly, this looks like a complicated task. Indeed, after 26 games, West Ham have just 24 points and currently sit inside the bottom three.

While all that is going on, however, plans are potentially being made for next season already. For instance, there has been talk about the club going on a foreign tour in the summer.

In an update on The West Ham Way podcast , Ex revealed that this was yet to officially be confirmed but it sounds as though Perth may well be the main location if the squad do travel to the other side of the globe.

He said: "This isn't confirmed, and I've been asking repeatedly to the club, and I keep being told nothing is confirmed yet. And our league status is also important to whether things will be confirmed.

"But there's a lot of rumours that – obviously, I was the person that broke that West Ham are going to be on tour in Australia this summer – but it appears that it's going to be Perth that is the chosen location.

"As I said, it's not been confirmed by the club, but a number of people in Perth who claim to have sources believe that it is going to be happening there, which will be interesting."

Why would West Ham go to Australia?

Ex reported the idea of the club going to on a foreign tour at the end of the season in January. Interestingly enough, at the time, he noted that Moyes isn't a fan of such trips, due to concerns over fatigue from the travelling.

However, of course, the 59-year-old may no longer be in charge after this season as he has come under great scrutiny this season from his own fanbase due to the club's poor form.

Still, if he gets sacked, it may well be because West Ham have been relegated. In which case, as Ex alludes to, the Irons may not be able or willing to go on such an extravagant pre-season tour.

The Premier League side were actually set to travel to Australia ahead of the 2020/21 season but this was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Clearly then, the visit has been in the post for some time but it still remains unclear if the trip will ever happen.