North Queensland Fury will officially introduce themselves to Asian football with a glamour friendly in Singapore against the S-League’s Tampines Rovers next week.
The match at Jalan Besar Stadium on May 31 will mark Fury’s first ‘competitive’ fixture and was put together by Australian FIFA match agent Lou Sticca and his Singapore partners, Red Card. Sticca told tribalfootball.com: “North Queensland Fury weren’t content with a simple local preseason. Why would you when you have a Liverpool icon like Robbie Fowler on your books When they approached me about an Asian preseason tour I immediately thought of R Sasikumar and Red Card, who have worked with successfully in the past. “The tour Red Card have put together for the Fury is exciting – and I know the people at the club are very appreciative of what the Singapore promises them.” Sasikumar, of Red Card, says it won’t be a simple one-off friendly tour for the Fury, with training sessions and fans events also organised. He told tribalfootball.com: “We are very excited at the Fury