Town will play fellow Championship side Preston North End in a pre-season friendly at Deepdale on Wednesday 19th July (KO 7pm).

The game will come a few days after the Blues return from their Austrian training camp which will conclude with two games on the Saturday against Slovakian side Spartak Trnava and Austrian club Admira Wacker.

Town last faced the Lilywhites in the 2018/19 season when the Portman Road match ended 1-1 and Preston ran out 4-0 victors at Deepdale.

Fans will learn when the teams will meet one another competitively on Thursday when the Championship fixtures are announced at 9am.

Town begin their pre-season programme at Felixstowe & Walton on Saturday 1st July, a game which has sold out.

A list of Town's pre-season matches which have been announced can be found here.

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Naylorsrightboot added 17:18 - Jun 20 Strange to be playing a pre season friendly against a team that will be in the same league this season. Bit boring to be honest.
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keighleyblue added 17:18 - Jun 20 Awesome, not too far from me
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Linkboy13 added 17:21 - Jun 20 Surprised at this one but it's bound to happen now Preston away first game of the season. I don't pay much regard to friendlies what ever the result.
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blues1 added 17:54 - Jun 20 Unusual to play a friendly against some1 in the same division, but also could be a good guide to where we need to be at, come the season. Thi not that much to be read, from the result of course.
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ArnieM added 18:12 - Jun 20 Bit odd playing a same division rival in a pre season friendly , can't say I recall us doing this b4
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WeWereZombies added 19:12 - Jun 20 Will give Simms a chance to pick up the rest of his stuff from Merseyside when we visit North-west England after all that team bonding in Austria...
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ArnieM added 19:24 - Jun 20 Lol
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JewellintheTown added 08:43 - Jun 21 This makes sense actually. Rattle the cages of the future opposition and make noise to the rest of the division, plus get a good feel of the standard of the Championship with them finishing mid table at 12th last season, losing 4 of their last 5 games & drawing 1. These are the teams we need to nail on win against so any research is a bonus.
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emergencylime added 12:03 - Jun 21 The sole player - still with us - from that 4-0 defeat squad (incl. Subs) was NOT who i was expecting!
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emergencylime added 13:15 - Jun 21 2 players, sorry. 1 of them easier to guess than the other.
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emergencylime added 13:16 - Jun 21 Haha 3. I'm off to specsavers.
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