MORECAMBE will kick off the new Conference season at home to long-time rivals Woking next month.

The 2003/4 fixture list published last week has pitted the Shrimps against the Southerners at Christie Park on August 9.

And then come three real teseters for the squad that Jim Harvey is putting together - successive away games against promotion hopefuls Halifax and Hereford followed by the key home tie with Dagenham and Redbridge (Saturday, August 23, 3pm).

* SID Pitman has been appointed to a new off-field post as assistant to Shrimps club secretary Neil Marsdin.

Sid's role will be to run the Shrimps' reserve side in the Lancashire League and offer administrative support to Dickie Danson with his youth teams in the North West Alliance League and Lancashire FA Floodlit League.