Date confirmed for Boro's Capital One Cup clash with Oldham

Tickets for the cup tie are priced at £10 for adults and £5 for pensioners and under 16s.

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Gallery: Oldham 1 - 0 Middlesbrough, 5th April 1995

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Boro's Capital One Cup clash with Oldham will be held three days after the Championship season kicks off.

The first round tie at Boundary Park will take place on Tuesday, August 12 (7.45pm KO), the club has confirmed this morning.

It follows Boro's season opener with Birmingham City at the Riverside on Saturday, August 9 while Oldham will kick off their League One campaign at Colchester United on the same day.

The cup clash will be the first time the sides have gone head-to-head since Boro's Division One promotion under Bryan Robson in 1994/95.

Tickets for the cup tie are priced at £10 for adults and £5 for pensioners and under 16s. A special offer also allows adults who are attending the match to buy up to five children's tickets for just £1 each.