Brighton Cancels Pre-Season Friendly After G7 Summit Helicopters Damage Training Pitches
Brighton & Hove Albion have been forced to cancel a pre-season friendly against French Ligue 2 side Annecy after the training pitches they planned to use in Evian-les-Bains were damaged by helicopters used during the G7 summit in June. The summit, attended by world leaders including US President Donald Trump, former UK PM Sir Keir Starmer, and French President Emmanuel Macron, used the pitches as landing grounds. Brighton staff arrived on Wednesday to prepare for the camp but found the pitches unusable. The club has abandoned the camp and arranged an alternative training base in Austria. The friendly against Strasbourg next Saturday is still expected to go ahead. Brighton will play an in-house match behind closed doors on Saturday before flying to Austria on Sunday. The club has qualified for the Conference League play-offs and begins its Premier League season against Aston Villa.
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