Ryton & Crawcrook Albion have announced five pre-season friendly matches for next month in preparation for the 2023-24 season.

Joint managers Nathan Beckham and Andrew Waugh and the rest of the coaching team and players will return to Crawcrook to commence pre-season training on Saturday.

Their opening friendly will be against Northern League top tier side Newcastle Benfield on 4 July followed by West Allotment Celtic on 8 July.

Albion then travel to a trio of Northern Alliance Premier Division outfits; AFC Newbiggin on 11 July, Stobswood Welfare on 14 July and Seaton Delaval on 19 July.

RACA will wrap up their pre-season schedule with a trip to Carlisle City of Division One on 22 July in a final test before the new Ebac Northern Football League Division Two season is scheduled to kick off on 29 July.

More details will follow in due course.

PRE-SEASON FIXTURES:

Newcastle Benfield v RACA
Sam Smith’s Park, Benfield
Tuesday 4 July KO: 19:30

West Allotment Celtic v RACA
East Palmersville Sports Pavilion, Palmersville
Saturday 8 July KO: 15:00

AFC Newbiggin v RACA
Hirst Welfare Centre, Ashington
Tuesday 11 July KO: 19:30

Stobswood Welfare v RACA
Stobswood Recreation Ground, Morpeth
Friday 14 July KO: 19:30

Seaton Delaval v RACA
Wheatridge Park, Seaton Delaval
Wednesday 19 July KO: 19:30

Carlisle City v RACA
Gillford Park, Carlisle
Saturday 22 July KO: 15:00

All kick-off times stated in BST.

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