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Well it's not exactly Lake Garda, but as I didn't get there last year I don't mind.
Never been to Ireland, and although it's not somewhere I've wanted to go to for the football, I wouldn't complain if they can get this sorted.
And it's a bit more local, so perhaps an increase in fans following?
Coventry City looking to arrange pre-season tour of Ireland
By Andy Turner | 23/06/15
Coventry City are trying to arrange a pre-season tour in Ireland.
Sky Blues boss Tony Mowbray had been aiming to take his squad to Slovenia next month but that fell through and the club have switched their attention to Dublin where they hope to fix up friendlies against local sides including Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne.
“We’ve been working on Ireland where we feel we could play some good games,” revealed the City manager, who has provisionally settled on a trip between City’s opening pre-season friendly against Nuneaton Town on July 11 and their fixture at Luton Town on Saturday, July 25
Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray
“Shelbourne has been talked about and they’re playing at the moment.
"When you play the Irish teams they are always competitive because they don’t like losing to the English teams, so they are really tough games so early in the pre-season.
“We are just trying to put that together. If it works, it works – if it doesn’t then we will get on at Ryton and make it work and be ready for the new season.”
Story Link Nick Proschwitz training with Kaiserslautern - but Coventry City boss still confident of keeping striker
The trip could hinge on whether the Irish clubs can fit friendlies in due to existing commitments with domestic and European qualifiers.
Shamrock are currently third in the Irish Premier League and have been drawn against Luxembourg outfit Progres Niederkorn in the first qualifying round of the Europa League between July 2 and 9.
Pictures from last year's camp in Italy
“We are looking at Dublin-based teams but it might fall through because of existing fixtures,” said Mowbray.
“But it would be nice to do because the fans like to come and watch the English teams in action and Coventry has still got quite a big name out there.”
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Never been to Ireland, and although it's not somewhere I've wanted to go to for the football, I wouldn't complain if they can get this sorted.
And it's a bit more local, so perhaps an increase in fans following?
Coventry City looking to arrange pre-season tour of Ireland
By Andy Turner | 23/06/15
Coventry City are trying to arrange a pre-season tour in Ireland.
Sky Blues boss Tony Mowbray had been aiming to take his squad to Slovenia next month but that fell through and the club have switched their attention to Dublin where they hope to fix up friendlies against local sides including Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne.
“We’ve been working on Ireland where we feel we could play some good games,” revealed the City manager, who has provisionally settled on a trip between City’s opening pre-season friendly against Nuneaton Town on July 11 and their fixture at Luton Town on Saturday, July 25
Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray
“Shelbourne has been talked about and they’re playing at the moment.
"When you play the Irish teams they are always competitive because they don’t like losing to the English teams, so they are really tough games so early in the pre-season.
“We are just trying to put that together. If it works, it works – if it doesn’t then we will get on at Ryton and make it work and be ready for the new season.”
Story Link Nick Proschwitz training with Kaiserslautern - but Coventry City boss still confident of keeping striker
The trip could hinge on whether the Irish clubs can fit friendlies in due to existing commitments with domestic and European qualifiers.
Shamrock are currently third in the Irish Premier League and have been drawn against Luxembourg outfit Progres Niederkorn in the first qualifying round of the Europa League between July 2 and 9.
Pictures from last year's camp in Italy
“We are looking at Dublin-based teams but it might fall through because of existing fixtures,” said Mowbray.
“But it would be nice to do because the fans like to come and watch the English teams in action and Coventry has still got quite a big name out there.”
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