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29 June 2009
Tough trip suits Levein
Dundee United boss Craig Levein has backed his squad to handle an arduous schedule of games and training when he takes them to Ireland next month (writes Tom Duthie).
United fly out to Dublin on July 20 and will see action against Drogheda that evening, UCD the next night and Kildare 48 hours later before flying home to Scotland the following morning.

Just to make things tougher, it is mid-season in Ireland so all the opposition should be at peak fitness, but that is exactly as Craig would like it.

“It will be a tough trip for the boys, but they are young and fit, and I am sure they will handle it,” he said.

“These are the kind of games we are looking for, and going over there did us a lot of good last summer.”

The United players will report back for pre-season training on Friday.