Sunderland will play Hartlepool United in their final pre-season friendly at the beginning of August. The Black Cats have confirmed that they will make the short trip to Victoria Park on Tuesday, August 1, with kick-off at 7.30pm.
Sunderland have been given an allocation of 1,775 tickets for the match, with details of their availability due to be confirmed in the coming weeks. The game will act as a dress rehearsal for Tony Mowbray's side ahead of the start of the Championship season, which gets under way on the weekend of August 5-6.
John Askey's Pools were relegated from League Two last season and will compete in the National League next season, making this Sunderland's third friendly against non-league opposition this summer. The Black Cats had already confirmed that they will face Julio Arca's South Shields, who were promoted to the National League North last season, and National League Gateshead, with both of those fixtures taking place on July 8.
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Sunderland will also play three games during a ten-day trip to the USA in July. It is possible that another fixture will be added to the schedule, with nothing confirmed so far between Sunderland's return to the UK on July 22 and the trip to Hartlepool ten days later.
Sunderland's pre-season schedule
Saturday, July 8: South Shields (a) 12.30pm
Saturday, July 8: Gateshead (a) 4pm
Saturday, July 15: San Antonio FC (a) 8pm (ET)
Wednesday, July 19: New Mexico United (a) 7pm (MT)
Friday, July 21: North Carolina FC (a) 7pm (CT)
Tuesday, August 1: Hartlepool United (a) 7.30pm
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