Bishop Auckland's first league game in their Heritage Park stadium will not be South Shields on November 9th after all.
Bishops have been drawn away to Dunston in the Durham Challenge Cup, and Durham FA have agreed that the tie can be played on November 9th. The two clubs were unable to agree a date, because Bishops have their big ground opening friendly against Middlesbrough on November 2nd and were unwilling to postpone it, having agreed the date with the boro during the summer.
The postponement of the league game means that the first league game on the new ground will be against Consett on November 13th,
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