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Rangers announce pre season friendly against English National League side
The match will see a Light Blues XI head to the north east in July
Rangers have announced a summer friendly for their second string team away to Vanarama National League side Hartlepool United.
The match will take place at The Prestige Group Stadium on Sunday, July 20 with a 3pm kick-off.
Rangers B team boss David McCallum will take the Light Blues XI to the north east of England.
However, as it stands it is a free weekend for Russell Martin 's first team and would give him a chance to get a look at fringe men.
Hartlepool United - favourites of broadcast legend Jeff Stelling - dropped out of the English Football League for the first time in 2017.
They finished 10th in the National League last season and are managed by Anthony Limbrick after legend Lennie Lawrence stepped back.
Rangers made major changes to the function of their B team this year as they seek to bridge the gap from the youth academy to the first-team.
After an internal review, club chiefs opted to priorities loan deals over B team matches.
Tickets for the Hartlepool match are priced at £12 for adults and £7 for concessions and can be purchased here.
Hartlepool United will also play a Leeds United XI in a friendly with the Elland Road side and Rangers now sharing the same 49ers Enterprises owners.
The Rangers first team have Ibrox friendlies against Club Brugge on July 6 and Middlesbrough on July 26 with a training camp at the England national team's St George's Park.
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