Celtic to welcome David Moyes’ West Ham to Glasgow for pre-season friendly

The Parkhead club have released details of their summer preparations for next season.

Ronnie Esplin
Tuesday 25 May 2021 17:23 BST
David Moyes
David Moyes (PA Wire)

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

David Moyes’ West Ham will visit Celtic Park to conclude a pre-season programme for the Hoops.

The Parkhead club have yet to appoint a new manager, with former Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe still the frontrunner, but details of their preparations for next season have been announced.

Following Celtic’s Champions League qualifying match on July 20 or 21, former Celtic defender Moyes will bring his side north of the border on July 24, with the match in Glasgow kicking off at 3pm.

Before that, between July 5-14, Celtic will move to a state-of-the-art training facility in Wales to undertake a pre-season training camp.

The Hoops will play three behind-closed-doors game against English opposition: they face an as-yet unconfirmed club on July 7, Charlton on July 10 and Bristol City on July 14.

On returning to Glasgow, Celtic will host Sky Bet Championship side Preston on July 17 with a 5.30pm kick-off.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in