City kick off against County (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

City kick off against County

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City have been handed a home start to the League Two campaign for the second year running.

They will kick off the new season on August 9 against Notts County at Valley Parade, no doubt hoping to repeat January's 3-0 success over the Magpies when Peter Thorne bagged a hat-trick.

City face last year's opening-day opponents Macclesfield in their first away game the following week, before a tricky home clash against beaten play-off finalists Rochdale.

The month ends with a long trek to face Blue Square Premier champions Aldershot - City's first visit to the Recreation Ground since 1982.

Lincoln will once again provide the opposition on Boxing Day but this time the game is at Sincil Bank.

Morecambe visit Valley Parade two days later for the holiday home game but there is no New Year's Day fixture this time because January 1 falls on a Thursday and the Football League feel that would be too close to the FA Cup third-round ties taking place the following weekend.

With more southern-based sides this time, City will face more miles on the motorway - and most of the longer journeys take place after the turn of the year, with trips to Bournemouth, Luton, Gillingham, Barnet and Exeter in the space of nine weeks.

City's final home game will be against Yorkshire rivals Rotherham, before the curtain comes down with a trip to Chesterfield on May 2.

All fixtures are subject to change.

AUGUST

Sat 9 NOTTS COUNTY H

Tue 12 Huddersfield (CC1) A

Sat 16 Macclesfield A

Sat 23 ROCHDALE H

Sat 30 Aldershot A

SEPTEMBER

Sat 6 Port Vale A

Sat 13 EXETER H

Sat 20 BOURNEMOUTH H

Sat 27 Shrewsbury A

OCTOBER

Sat 4 LUTON H

Sat 11 Accrington A

Sat 18 GILLINGHAM H

Tue 21 Darlington A

Sat 25 Grimsby A

Tue 28 BURY H

NOVEMBER

Sat 1 BARNET H

Sat 8 FA CUP 1

Sat 15 Wycombe A

Sat 22 Rotherham A

Tue 25 CHESTERFIELD H

Sat 29 FA CUP 2

DECEMBER

Sat 6 DAGENHAM H

Sat 13 Brentford A

Sat 20 CHESTER H

Fri 26 Lincoln A

Sun 28 MORECAMBE H

JANUARY

Sat 3 SHREWSBURY H

Sat 10 Bournemouth A

Sat 17 ACCRINGTON H

Sat 24 Luton A

Tue 27 Bury A

Sat 31 GRIMSBY H

FEBRUARY

Tue 3 DARLINGTON H

Sat 7 Gillingham A

Sat 14 WYCOMBE H

Sat 21 Barnet A

Sat 28 Notts County A

MARCH

Tue 3 MACCLESFIELD H

Sat 7 ALDERSHOT H

Tue 10 Rochdale A

Sat 14 Exeter A

Sat 21 PORT VALE H

Sat 28 Chester A

APRIL

Sat 4 BRENTFORD H

Sat 11 Morecambe A

Mon 13 LINCOLN H

Sat 18 Dagenham A

Sat 25 ROTHERHAM H

MAY

Sat 2 Chesterfield A

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