We can announce a new pre-season friendly to our 2025-26 schedule as we will host a Derby County XI on Friday 1st August - 7.00PM KO at The New Lawn.

Rovers faced the Rams in the League One campaign in 2022-23 but Rovers supporters will also remember our FA Cup match with County back in 2009.

Jonathan Smith, Alex Lawless, and Paul Stonehouse netted but the visitors ran out 4-3 winners in a pulsating FA Cup Third Round match.

Ticketing for this fixture will be confirmed in due course.

Our remaining pre-season schedule is as follows:

Monday, 14th July - Tuesday 22nd July: Germany pre-season trip

Saturday, 26th July: Walsall (H)

Friday, 1st August: Derby County XI (H)