POOLE Town will welcome Cherries’ development squad to BlackGold Stadium for a pre-season friendly.

Alan Connell, who finished his career with the Dolphins, will bring his young charges to Tatnam Farm on Tuesday, July 11.

The match between Poole and the young Cherries have become a frequent fixture of pre-seasons in recent years, with Dolphins also borrowing a few players on loan from their Premier League neighbours.

Dolphins’ pre-season schedule currently includes a trip to Wessex Premier League Shaftesbury on Saturday, July 22, as well as the visit of National South Weymouth to the BlackGold on Tuesday, July 18.

Poole will also visit Wessex Division One outfit New Milton Town on Saturday, July 29.

Dolphins’ Southern League Premier South campaign will commence the following weekend, on Saturday, August 5.

There is currently no confirmed date for when the league will announce the order of fixtures for the 2023-24 campaign.