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Manchester Magic face Birmingham Knights in a friendly

The Birmingham Knights will host Manchester Magic on the 25th August in a pre-season game ahead of the new BBL and EBL seasons.

Birmingham are joining the BBL for the 2013-14 season and have already been making news signings.

The Manchester Magic will be joining the EBL's top flight following consecutive promotions from Division 3.

The discussion of the match happened between the Birmingham coach Paul Douglas and Manchester coach Paul Middleton on Twitter - you can see the full conversation below:







The match will tip off at either 6:30 or 6:45.
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