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19/20 FIXTURES 2019/20 August DECEMBER Sat 03 FC HALIFAX TOWN Kuflink Stadium Sat 07 Eastleigh Away Tue 06 Bromley Away Sat 14 FA TROPHY R1 tbc Sat 10 AFC Fylde Away Sat 21 WOKING Kuflink Stadium Tue 13 YEOVIL TOWN Kuflink Stadium Thu 26 Dagenham & Redbridge Away Sat 17 Solihull Moors Away Sat 28 DOVER ATHLETIC Kuflink Stadium Sat 24 NOTTS COUNTY Kuflink Stadium Mon 26 Boreham Wood Away JANUARY Sat 31 ALDERSHOT TOWN Kuflink Stadium Wed 01 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE Kuflink Stadium SEPTEMBER Sat 04 Barrow Away Sat 11 FA TROPHY R2 tbc Tue 03 Dover Athletic Away Sat 18 HARROGATE TOWN Kuflink Stadium Sat 07 EASTLEIGH Kuflink Stadium Sat 25 Torquay United Away Sat 14 Woking Away Sat 21 BARROW Kuflink Stadium FEBRUARY Tue 24 BARNET Kuflink Stadium Sat 28 Wrexham Away Sat 01 SUTTON UNITED Kuflink Stadium Sat 08 Maidenhead United Away OCTOBER Sat 15 CHORLEY Kuflink Stadium Sat 22 Chesterfield Away Sat 05 Harrogate Town Away Sat 29 STOCKPORT COUNTY Kuflink Stadium Tue 08 TORQUAY UNITED Kuflink Stadium Sat 12 MAIDENHEAD UNITED Kuflink Stadium MARCH Sat 19 FA CUP 4Q tbc Sat 26 Sutton United Away Sat 07 Hartlepool United Away Tue 29 Chorley Away Sat 14 FC Halifax Town Away Sat 21 BROMLEY Kuflink Stadium NOVEMBER Sat 28 Yeovil Town Away Sat 02 CHESTERFIELD Kuflink Stadium APRIL Sat 09 FA CUP R1 tbc Sat 16 HARTLEPOOL UNITED Kuflink Stadium Sat 04 AFC FYLDE Kuflink Stadium Sat 23 Stockport County Away Fri 10 BOREHAM WOOD Kuflink Stadium Tue 26 Barnet Away Mon 13 Notts County Away Sat 30 WREXHAM Kuflink Stadium Sat 18 SOLIHULL MOORS Kuflink Stadium Sat 25 Aldershot Town Away.

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