A West Ham United XI will contest a pre-season friendly match at Blue Square Bet South club Sutton United in the build-up to the 2011/12 campaign.

The Hammers will send a squad to Ganders Green Lane on Tuesday 2 August, with kick-off at 7.45pm.

Sutton will be full of confidence after securing the Ryman League Premier Division title last season. The Us also famously pulled off one of the biggest giantkillings in FA Cup history in January 1989, when they knocked then-Division One Coventry City out in the third round.

Sutton manager Paul Doswell is naturally looking forward to the visit of the Hammers to south west London.

''I know Wally Downes, who is a coach at West Ham, very well," he said. "I asked if there was any chance of them bringing a team down in pre-season and I'm delighted that they've agreed.

"West Ham will be coming down and they may use the game to field some new signings, so it should be a good evening for the club.''

Ticket news will appear on Sutton United's official website here shortly.

The first-team squad will prepare for their npower Championship promotion push by partaking in a busy pre-season schedule at home and abroad.

Sam Allardyce will take his players to Switzerland for the four-team Uhren Cup competition, where they will face Swiss Super League champions FC Basel and third-placed BSC Young Boys before returning to England for fixtures at League One new boys Wycombe Wanderers and League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge.

An extra 500 tickets has been made available for the trip to Wycombe on Saturday 23 July, taking the club's total allocation to 1,000. Further tickets may be released to Hammers supporters should there be sufficient demand.

Tickets for the visit to Adams Park are priced at £12 for Adults, £6 for Seniors/Students and £4 for Juniors. To purchase, call in person at the West Stand Ticket Office, telephone 0871 222 2700 (calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras) or send a cheque or postal order to The Ticket Office, PO Box 6731, London, E13 9RA.

Pre-season friendly schedule

Monday 11 July, 6pm - BSC Young Boys v West Ham United (Uhren Cup, Bruhl Stadium, Grenchen, Switzerland)
Wednesday 13 July, 7.30pm - FC Basel v West Ham United (Uhren Cup, Bruhl Stadium, Grenchen, Switzerland)
Saturday 23 July, 3pm - Wycombe Wanderers v West Ham United (Adams Park)
Tuesday 26 July, 7.45pm - Dagenham & Redbridge v West Ham United (Victoria Road)
Tuesday 2 August, 7.45pm - Sutton United v West Ham United XI (Borough Sports Ground, Ganders Green Lane)

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