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Albion announce Nancy friendly
Tuesday 16th June 2009, 11:00AM BST.
Albion will play French top-flight side AS Nancy in their final warm-up fixture ahead of the new season.
The Baggies will face the club who loaned them Marc-Antoine Fortune last season at the Hawthorns on August 1 at 3pm.
It will be the only home fixture of their pre-season programme.
Nancy played in last season’s UEFA Cup and just missed out by one point on reaching the last 32, beating Feyenoord 3-0, losing 4-3 to CSKA Moscow and 1-0 to Deportivo and drawing 2-2 with Lech Poznan in the group stage.
The club, whose former players include current UEFA President Michel Platini and ex-Republic of Ireland striker Tony Cascarino, finished 15th in the French league.
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