Michael Essien marked his return from injury with a goal as Premier League champions Chelsea defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park.
It looked like Essien suffered an injury towards the end of the first half but he emerged after the restart and scored the only goal of the game late on, curling a shot beyond Julian Speroni from the edge of the area.
Arsenal opened their pre-season campaign with a comfortable 4-0 win at Barnet.
Andrey Arshavin put the Gunners ahead after just two minutes, with youngster Jay Simpson netting a first-half double and Samir Nasri - one of 11 second-half substitutes - wrapping things up with 15 minutes left.
Manchester City hit the ground running in their US tour as they saw off Portland Timbers 3-0.
Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor and Jo got the goals for the Blues, as they eased to a comfortable success.
City have been in America for the past week, stepping up their preparations for the new Premier League season.
They were far too strong for MLS new-boys the Timbers, with Roberto Mancini likely to have been impressed by the showing from his side.
Roy Hodgson will have to wait for his first match in charge of Liverpool after the game against Al-Hilal in Austria was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
West Ham started their pre-season tour of Germany with a 2-0 victory against Borussia Monchengladbach.
Carlton Cole and Benni McCarthy scored for the Hammers.
Young French striker Magaye Gueye scored the winner as Everton defeated A-League club Brisbane Roar 2-1 to complete a clean sweep of wins from their three-match tour of Australia.
Gueye tapped home the winner seven minutes from the end after Jack Rodwell's second-half opener had been cancelled out by Kosta Barbarouses.
Kevin Davies and Tamir Cohen scored as Bolton beat Charleston Battery 2-0.
Davies converted a cross from new signing Martin Petrov to put Bolton ahead after half-an-hour, and substitute Cohen doubled the lead after six minutes of the second half.
Bolton welcomed back two players after long injury lay-offs, with Sean Davis playing for the first time in 11 months and Joey O'Brien returning after being sidelined since late 2008.
Tottenham began their pre-season preparations with a goalless draw against San Jose Earthquakes.
Harry Redknapp's men, who are readying themselves for a shot at the Champions League this season, failed to make a breakthrough despite creating the better opportunities.
Spurs were missing the majority of their World Cup stars, with those who graced the South African showpiece this summer given an extended break.
Robbie Keane, back from a loan spell at Celtic, was given a chance to shine up front and he came closest to breaking the deadlock.
Managerless Fulham came away from Bournemouth with a frustrating 1-1 draw in their second friendly since Roy Hodgson's departure.
Anton Robinson blasted the Cherries ahead with a well-timed volley before Bobby Zamora marked his first pre-season appearance with a first-half equaliser.
A late goal from second-half substitute Bolo Zenden denied Darlington a draw as Sunderland secured a 1-0 victory at the Northern Echo Arena.
Premier League new boys Newcastle sealed a comfortable 3-0 win over Carlisle thanks to second-half goals from Leon Best, Nile Ranger and new signing Haris Vuckic.
Wolves eased to a 3-0 victory over Bohemians in their opening pre-season game.
Jody Craddock, Steven Fletcher and Geoffrey Mujangi Bia scored for Mick McCarthy's side.
Two Blackburn sides were in action on Saturday afternoon.
Headed goals from Jason Roberts and Steven N'Zonzi gave Rovers a 2-0 victory over Fleetwood.
And there was more joy for the Ewood Park outfit as efforts from Pascal Chimbonda, Maceo Rigters and David Dunn secured a 3-0 win at Southport.
In Scotland, St Johnstone began their pre-season campaign with a 3-1 friendly win over Forfar at Station Park.
After falling behind within 10 minutes, Saints fought back to win as Sam Parkin, Liam Craig and Kevin Rutkiewicz bagged goals.
An Aberdeen squad featuring six trialists suffered a 3-1 defeat at Highland League side Fraserburgh.
One of the trialists, former Carlisle winger Jeff Smith, netted Aberdeen's goal early in the second half with a 22-yard strike that flew in off the crossbar.
That cancelled out Steven Main's opener, which came after a mix-up between summer signing Rory McArdle and goalkeeper Jamie Langfield, and James Duguid put Fraserburgh ahead before Clark Robertson's own goal.
Eric Odhiambo struck a hat-trick as Inverness won 3-1 at Forres Mechanics and Hamilton also impressed as they on 2-0 at Stirling, with a trialist striker and Jordan Kirkpatrick scoring.
Championship side Leicester beat NK Aluminij 5-2 in an action-packed finale to their tour of Slovenia.
DJ Campbell, Steve Howard (2), Matty Fryatt and trialist Leon Crncic scored for the Foxes.
Daniel Cousin helped his chances of securing a future with Hull by scoring a late winner in the 1-0 win at York.
It was early goal, however, that secured victory for Swansea as David Cotterill's effort helped the Welsh side pick up a narrow 1-0 success at Yeovil.
And Derby were another Championship side to win on Saturday as Dean Leacock's first-half header defeated neighbours Burton 1-0.
On-trial striker Guillem Bauza got his name on the scoresheet as League One Charlton thumped Kettering 4-0.
The former Swansea man opened the scoring just after the half-hour mark with a neat finish before Akpo Sodje, Miguel Llera and Tamer Tuna sealed the win for the Addicks.
Peterborough continued their preparations for the new season with a 3-1 win over Rushden at Nene Park.
The visitors took the lead early on through a Curtis Osano own goal and extended their advantage through Mark Little before Aaron O'Connor pulled one back with a clever lob.
Charlie Lee secured victory for Gary Johnson's men with 13 minutes remaining.
Jo Kuffour bagged a brace as Bristol Rovers recorded a 3-1 victory over Morton.
Jeff Hughes opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the fourth minute after Alan Jenkins had been penalised for handball.
Peter Weatherson grabbed a consolation for Morton from the spot late on.
Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes was injured during his side's 1-1 draw at Bury.
Graham Carey, on loan from Celtic, opened the scoring for Huddersfield in the 11th minute before the Shakers equalised through striker Andy Bishop in the 29th minute.
It wasn't a good day for Oldham as goals from Jack Compton and Brian McLean ensured they were on the wrong end of a 2-0 friendly defeat to Falkirk.
Goals from summer signings Agustin Battipiedi and Radostin Kishishev were not enough to prevent Brighton from slipping to a 3-2 friendly defeat at Eastbourne.
Sheffield Wednesday also failed to shine as they suffered their first defeat of pre-season with Grimsby winning 2-1 at Blundell Park.
Mariners new boy Alan Connell opened the scoring after 19 minutes before Luke Boden equalised just before the interval.
Peter Bore settled the game with an impressive finish after 79 minutes.
Alfie Potter and Sam Deering scored for Oxford as the U's continued their preparations for life in League Two with a 2-0 win at Dumbarton.
Scott Rendell and Kevin Betsy (2) found the back of the net as Wycombe eased past Hayes 3-1 to continue their unbeaten pre-season campaign.
Emile Sinclair starred for Macclesfield as they recorded an emphatic 7-1 victory over non-league Leek Town at Harrison Park.
Sinclair scored a first-half hat-trick with Tyrone Barnet, Adam Roberts, Shaun Brisley and trialist Andy Nicholls scoring the other goals for the Silkmen.
New Cheltenham recruit Steve Elliott scored on his debut as Mark Yates' men recorded a comfortable 5-0 pre-season victory over neighbours Gloucester.
Wesley Thomas, Josh Low, Jake Lee and Junior Smikle also scored for the Robins.
Jack Lester was on target for Chesterfield as they played out a 1-1 draw with Alfreton.
It was also 1-1 as Port Vale drew at Newcastle Town.
Kyle Diskin's opener put the hosts in front midway through the first half before an own goal pulled Vale level three minutes from time.
