Brian Talbot's Rushden are one of the favourites

Cambridge are at home to Darlington while the Bury travel down to Oxford and Wrexham are away to Scunthorpe.

Hartlepool suffered the agony of losing on penalties to Cheltenham in the play-off final last season.

They will hope to have got over the disappointment and Carlisle provide them with their opening day fixture.

Rochdale and Rushden & Diamonds also lost out in the play-offs and they start their campaigns with respective matches against Leyton Orient and Swansea.

Hull finished one place above Southend last term and the two sides meet on an opening day when Kidderminster entertain Lincoln.

Macclesfield face York with Scunthorpe and Shrewsbury, who couldn't quite make the play-offs last term, welcoming Wrexham and Exeter respectively.

Bristol Rovers finished second bottom of the league last time out and will have to avoid a similar situation this season with the possibility of two teams being relegated to the Conference.

They face another outfit which struggled last season in Torquay.

10 August opening day fixtures

Boston Utd v Bournemouth
Cambridge Utd v Darlington
Carlisle v Hartlepool
Hull v Southend
Kidderminster v Lincoln City
Macclesfield v York
Oxford Utd v Bury
Rochdale v Leyton Orient
Scunthorpe v Wrexham
Shrewsbury v Exeter
Swansea v Rushden & Diamonds
Torquay v Bristol Rovers

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