If you can't wait that long, why not do what I am doing (for the promo scheme), and join a summer league? Means your season won't stop! Will also keep you ticking over for a running start at the start of next season!Tomorrow will be my last time in the middle for the 2012/13 season, got a feisty derby as well so should be some fun for me to end on, then got 5 lines left and I'm done till August time.
Not sure James as this is the end of my first 6 months, but the leagues I have registered to next season all ended their emails with "have a good summer, i'll be in touch for friendlies in Aug/Sep" etc so I assume that a lot of them are organised through the leagues.This is my first season, so I don't know what the protocol is with pre-season friendlies....do the clubs contact you or do you have to let everyone know that you're available?