BIRMINGHAM and Newcastle have moved quickly to agree dates for the Premier Trophy Final.

The two sides will meet at Newcastle's Brough Park on Sunday, July 25 - a date previously scheduled for a League meeting between the clubs - with the return at Perry Barr three nights later on Wednesday, July 28.

And the clubs' respective promoters Graham Drury of Birmingham and George English of Newcastle, will have to speak again shortly as they have been also been drawn together in the semi-finals of the Knockout Cup!

Birmingham have already sold out of places on a 70-seat coach for the trip to the North-East, and Drury said: "The structure of the Premier Trophy groups was right this year, and both George and myself were keen to get the Final run as soon as we could, rather than leave it to the end of the season like it has been in the past.

"We are two of the form teams in the Premier League going head-to-head, and I'm sure we're in for a cracking Final over two legs."

PREMIER TROPHY FINAL

1st leg: Newcastle v Birmingham - Sunday July 25, 6.30pm

2nd leg: Birmingham v Newcastle - Wednesday July 28, 7.30pm