Dulwich Hamlet kick off their pre-season campaign against Dagenham & Redbridge next Tuesday in a month where four professional clubs will turn out at Champion Hill.
The Pink and Blues are preparing for life in the Ryman Premier League after their championship title last campaign, and they will be tested by pro footballers who are also fine tuning their preparations for their seasons.
Familiar faces are littered amongst the four professional outfits who will turn out at Champion Hill, starting with the East London side who are managed by ex-Hamlet boss Wayne Burnett.
Club Secretary Martin Eede said: "We have League two club Dagenham & Redbridge bringing their first team down next week to start our pre-season and of course they are managed by Wayne Burnett who used to manage Dulwich before going on to manage Fisher when I was also at that club. Anybody who saw those sides will know the style of football Wayne encourages so that is a contest that excites me for starters and it should be a cracking game."
Hamlet have eight contests and a tournament pencilled in for pre-season but the eye-catching games are at home, with Huddersfield visiting on July 23, 7pm KO, followed by Millwall a week later.
Eede added: "We have four league clubs coming to play us this pre-season and I can't remember that happening before, it's high quality stuff. After we take on Dagenham we have a game against Huddersfield Town and we'll expect to see Danny Carr back with his new team after helping get us promoted last season. We have a game against Millwall on July 30 and we expect to be fully tested by whoever they send over for that contest."
The final game of pre-season is set to be the highlight of the period as Premiership new boys Crystal Palace are set to bring their first team squad to Dulwich, as part of the deal that saw Michael Chambers leave Hamlet for the Eagles.
Eede said: "We round off things on August 6 when Crystal Palace bring their first team to Champion Hill as they prepare for a campaign in the Premiership. That is a high quality set of games in Dulwich over the next month."