Hartlepool will get the new League One season under way with a trip to MK Dons on August 6.

HARTLEPOOL will get the new League One season under way with a trip to MK Dons on August 6.

Home ties against Walsall and Huddersfield follow, before a trip to Broadhall Way to face newly-promoted Stevenage.

September 13 sees Pools face Preston, who were relegated from the Championship last season, before entertaining Bury, who came up from League Two.

Mick Wadsworth's side face a trip to Oldham on Boxing Day, before travelling to former boss Danny Wilson's Sheffield United on New Year's Eve.

Scunthorpe travel to Victoria Park on January 2, before Carlisle make the trip on January 28.

Newly promoted Chesterfield travel to the North-East on April 14, before Wadsworth's side finish the season with a trip to Charlton for the second season running.

** For a full list of Newcastle United, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool fixtures for the new season see Saturday's The Northern Echo for a full page poster of all the dates for your diary.