Ryton & Crawcrook Albion are excited to reveal six pre-season friendly matches for next month in preparation for the 2024-25 season.

Manager Nathan Beckham and the rest of the coaching staff and squad of players will return to Crawcrook to commence pre-season training next week.

Their opening friendly will be against Northern Alliance Premier Division champions Wallington on Monday 1 July followed by newly-promoted Newcastle East End two days later.

Albion then face a trio of Northern League top tier sides. They travel to Newcastle Benfield on Saturday 6 July, Newcastle Blue Star on Friday 12 July before hosting Whickham at Kingsley Park on Friday 19 July.

RACA will wrap up their pre-season schedule with a trip to ambitious Alliance side AFC Newbiggin on 22 July in a final test before the new Ebac Northern Football League Division Two season is scheduled to kick off on Saturday 27 July.

More details will follow in due course.

* Pre-season fixtures, dates, kick-off times & venues are subject to change.