ASPATRIA will entertain Carlisle in the first Cumbrian derby of the season for North Two East on the second week-end of the new season.

The return game at Carlisle’s Warwick Road will be a seasonal clash on December 20.

With Penrith’s relegation from North One there will be six tasty county derby games in North Two East.

Carlisle will host Penrith on November 1 and will make the short trip to Winters Park on February 21.

Aspatria will entertain Penrith on November 15 and travel for the return game on March 14.

Only Aspatria, among the three Cumbrian sides, will start the season on September 13 with an away fixture. They face a lengthy trip to Driffield.

Penrith are at home to Gateshead while Carlisle will entertain League newcomers Billingham.

The last matches of the season could be crucial and by a quirk of the fixtures they are an exact reverse of opening day – Gateshead v Penrith; Aspatria v Driffield and Billingham v Carlisle.

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