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Hammers to go down under this summer

Photo of Sean Whetstone Sean Whetstone | 23:43 03/03/20

West Ham will head off to Australia this summer for the EVA Air Queensland Champions Cup.

Australian Tourism Minister Kate Jones told local Australian press today that the EVA Air Queensland Champions Cup will feature matches between Premier League London sides Crystal Palace, West  Ham and local side Brisbane Roar.

According to the Australian website MyGC.Com.Au The games are set to be played in Brisbane and Townsville with Suncorp Stadium tipped to host the West Ham-Crystal Palace game on July 18.

They say West Ham will take on Brisbane Roar at CBUS Stadium on Wednesday, July 15 as part of a three-team tournament which will also include Crystal Palace. The  Hammers will also hold a training camp on the Gold Coast in the lead up to the clash it has been revealed.

The tournament may be dependant on the spread of the Coronavirus beyond the players make the 20,000-mile round trip down under.

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Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called Moore Than Just a Podcast A Blogger on West Ham Till I die a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball,

I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh.

Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons!

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