Hampshire and Surrey visits on agenda as Horsham FC put friendlies in place

Dom Di Paola and his coaching team will have nine matches in which to run the rule over their squad, as we revealed last week..

The Hornets will make their first-ever visit to the Hampshire village of Hartley Wintney, where they will take on the local side in a pre-season friendly on Saturday, August 29.

This fixture, which will see the sides face each other in a repeat of last year’s inaugural match at the Camping World Community Stadium, replaces Thatcham Town’s scheduled visit to Horsham on that date.

A shorter trip - to Loxwood - is the latest addition to the schedule on Tuesday, August 25.

Supporters are advised that all our pre-season matches are set to be played behind closed doors unless governmental restrictions are revised.

The revised schedule is as follows:

Saturday 15 August Dorking Wanderers (a) 3pm

Tuesday 18 August Three Bridges (a) 7.45pm

Saturday 22 August Metropolitan Police (a) 3pm

Tuesday 25 August Loxwood (a) 7.30pm

Saturday 29 August Hartley Wintney (a) 3pm

Tuesday 1 September South Park (a) 7.45pm

Saturday 5 September Harrow Borough (h) 3pm

Tuesday 8 September Ramsgate (h) 7.45pm

Saturday 12 September Haywards Heath Town (h) 3pm

The Isthmian League programme is scheduled to begin on Saturday, September 19 and there will be early-season FA Cup action for the Hornets to look forward to.