GLENN Pennyfather’s Chelmsford City squad will start the 2010/11 Blue Square Bet South season with a tricky away fixture at Basingstoke Town on Saturday, August 14, while Thurrock provide the double-header opposition for the Clarets on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

City will meet local rivals Braintree Town away in August and at home just after Christmas, while the season will climax on Saturday, April 30, at Hampton & Richmond Borough as the club look to make it third time lucky and progress to the Blue Square Bet Premier after two years of misfortune in the play-offs against Hampton and Bath City.

Chelmsford’s opener hands them the opportunity for revenge against a Basingstoke side that did the double over them last season, while two highly-charged encounters are also expected against historical rivals Dartford, at home in late August and away in the New Year.

The first two home games are likely to be difficult as play-off finalists Woking visit on the first Monday night, followed by challengers Eastleigh on the Saturday.

Pennyfather will additionally look to the latter stages of the campaign with some interest, the last four games generating meetings with Zamaretto Southern League champions Farnborough at Melbourne as well as a visit to former Premier side Ebbsfleet United from Kent.

The full list of fixtures is as follows: Sat 14th Aug, Basingstoke Town (Away) Mon 16th Aug, Woking (Home) Sat 21st Aug, Eastleigh (Home) Tues 24th Aug, Welling United (Away) Sat 28th Aug, Braintree Town (Away) Mon 30th Aug, Dartford (Home) Sat 4th Sept, Dorchester Town (Home) Sat 11th Sept, Weston-super-Mare (Away) Sat 18th Sept, Lewes (Away) Sat 2nd Oct, Maidenhead United (Home) Sat 16th Oct, Dover Athletic (Away) Sat 23rd Oct, St Alban’s City (Home) Sat 30th Oct, Farnborough (Away) Sat 6th Nov, Basingstoke Town (Home) Mon 8th Nov, Boreham Wood (Home) Sat 13th Nov, Woking (Away) Sat 27th Nov, Bromley (Away) Sat 4th Dec, Hampton & Richmond Borough (Home) Sat 18th Dec, Dorchester Town (Away) Sun 26th Dec, Thurrock (Away) Tues 28th Dec, Braintree Town (Home) Sat 1st Jan, Thurrock (Home) Mon 3rd Jan, Dartford (Away) Sat 8th Jan, Weston-super-Mare (Home) Sat 15th Jan, Boreham Wood (Away) Sat 22nd Jan, Bishops Stortford (Home) Sat 29th Jan, Staines Town (Away) Sat 5th Feb, Havant & Waterlooville (Home) Sat 12th Feb, St Alban’s City (Away) Sat 19th Feb, Dover Athletic (Home) Sat 26th Feb, Ebbsfleet United (Home) Sat 5th Mar, Eastleigh (Away) Sat 12th Mar, Lewes (Home) Sat 19th Mar, Maidenhead United (Away) Tues 22nd Mar, Bishops Stortford (Away) Sat 26th Mar, Welling United (Home) Sat 2nd Apr, Havant & Waterlooville (Away) Sat 9th Apr, Staines Town (Home) Sat 16th Apr, Farnborough (Home) Sat 23rd Apr, Ebbsfleet United (Away) Mon 25th Apr, Bromley (Home) Sat 30th Apr, Hampton & Richmond Borough (Away)