In addition to the home friendly against Huddersfield Town, the Lions have arranged a second high-profile pre-season game at Nethermoor, against Bradford City on Wednesday 1st August, kick-off 7.45 pm.

The game will be against City’s first team, which is being revamped by Phil Parkinson in his first full season in charge at Valley Parade. Having let seven players from the squad he inherited from Peter Jackson leave or find other clubs, he will be looking to his new squad to improve on City’s dismal form, which saw them spend much of last season just above the League Two relegation spots before securing sixteenth place for the second successive season.