EVESHAM United's pre-season preparations will be taken up a notch over the next week, with three games in the space of four days.

The Robins will play Pershore Town on Friday night, before welcoming Stourbridge to The Spiers & Hartwell Jubilee Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Evesham then take on county neighbours Redditch United on Tuesday, 7.45pm kick-off.

The Robins opened up their summer with two back-to-back defeats at the hands of Cheltenham Town and Bewdley Town.

But they pushed National League North outfit Banbury United all the way in a late 3-1 defeat, before holding Bath City, of the National League South, to a 1-1 draw last weekend.

The Southern League South Division One campaign begins on Saturday August 13, when Evesham start on the road at Frome Town.

As for Pershore, they were well beaten in their last friendly, going down 5-0 to Halesowen Town.

They also play a couple of games in quick succession in the next week.

After their clash with Evesham on Friday, they make the trip to Rugby Town on Tuesday evening.