Celtic (a) ST holder sale now: 1 point only
Espanyol (h) Public sale now
Atletico Madrid (h) SOLD OUT
Aston Villa (a) details awaited

2025/26:
Fur coat, no signings 

Ahead of it going sale at 9am on Tuesday, the launch video for Newcastle United's new third kit premiered on Monday night and can be seen online here

2025/26:
Korea tickets on sale

Tickets for Newcastle's pre-season matches in South Korea are now on sale to season ticket holders and members.

Eddie Howe's side will take part in the Coupang Play Series against a local XI and fellow Premier League side Spurs.

That's followed by a kickabout against Spurs on Sunday August 3rd (8pm local time) at the 65,000 capacity Seoul World Cup Stadium (above). Adult tickets cost £77.

The two venues are around 25 miles from each other.

General sale is from 10am on Monday July 7th - sales to all supporters will close at 5pm on Tuesday July 8th.

United's pre-season schedule consists of these six public matches, preceded by a behind closed doors friendly:

Sat 19.07.2025 Celtic (Scotland) (a)
Sun 27.07.2025 Arsenal (n) in Singapore
Wed 30.07.2025 Team K League (South Korea) (a)
Sun 03.08.2025 Spurs (n) in South Korea
Fri 08.08.2025 Espanyol (h) (Spain) (h)
Sat 09.08.2025 Atletico Madrid (Spain) (h)

2025/26:
CL payments loom

A reminder for those season ticket holders enrolled in the Cup Scheme for the Champions League that the first payment will be taken from bank accounts on Tuesday.

Four separate payments are scheduled as follows:
  
Tue 01.07.2025
Fri 01.08.2025
Mon 01.09.2025
Wed 01.10.2025

Update:
No said Joao, I 
don't think so....

The usually-reliable football writer David Ornstein wrote on Sunday that Brighton and Chelsea were in advanced talks over the £50m+ transfer of Albion forward Joao Pedro.

Interest from the West London club in the 23 year-old Brazilian international emerged this week and it's claimed that the player's preferred destination is Stamford Bridge.

Earlier: The Times reported on Thursday that Newcastle's current bids to sign James Trafford, Anthony Elanga and Joao Pedro had all come up short.

Offers of £25m for the Burnley goalkeeper, £45m for the Nottingham Forest winger and £50m for the Brighton forward were all rebuffed by their current clubs - amid uncertainty over whether increased bids will follow.

The Times predicted that improved offers for Trafford and Pedro are pending but is less certain whether Newcastle's focus will now switch from Elanga to other claimed targets.

The identity of the other Premier League club chasing Pedro meanwhile was revealed in the media as Chelsea.

Interest from Gallowgate in those three players is nothing new; Trafford and Elanga unsuccessfully targeted a year ago and Pedro tracked whilst at Watford back in 2022. 

Internationals:
Another trophy for Tino

England U21s  3  Germany U21s  2 (aet)

England U21s successfully defended their European U21 Championship title, beating Germany 3-2 after extra-time on Saturday evening.

An epic contest in Bratislava saw Newcastle full back Tino Livramento play 120 minutes at right back before picking up a medal to emulate fellow Mag Anthony Gordon, part of England's cup-winning 2023 squad.

Tino and his colleagues including SJP old boy Elliot Anderson had gone two up within the opening 25 minutes through Harvey Elliott and Omari Hutchinson - only for the Germans to draw level just past the hour mark and hit the crossbar in the closing seconds of normal time.   

Marseille's Jonathan Rowe then came off the bench to score almost immediately in the extra 30 minutes - a lead that The young Lions managed to preserve despite their opponents rattling the woodwork at the death.

Livramento will now take a well-earned break after a season when he lifted silverware for both club and country, before a delayed return to pre-season training with United.

(Thanks to NUFC.com reader Graeme Brydon for photo)

2025/26:
Celtic (a) more tickets 

Following a low take-up from home fans, Newcastle have now received an undisclosed additional number* of tickets for next month's pre-season visit to Celtic.

These are now on sale to season ticket holders, with the loyalty point threshold now at 1 point. Should any remain on Tuesday at 2pm, the loyalty point requirement will drop to zero.

NB: It looks as if anyone with a greater number of points who didn't buy a ticket previously when they could have done isn't able to now purchase one.

* Celtic's own publicity has mentioned that 7,900 Toon fans would be attending - the original allocation was meant to be 7,200; whether that means that an extra 700 places have now gone on sale is tbc.

Compo:
Hat giveaway

The latest addition to the range of Toon-themed bucket hats by Football Bobbles is this Lee model, inspired by United's distinctive 1997/98 change kit and with a nod to next season's third shirt.

These are available to purchase here now and there's a special offer for NUFC.com readers of a half-price Kelly bucket hat with orders of the Lee bucket only.

To take advantage of that, add a Lee bucket hat to the online shopping basket and use promo code NUFC.com - that will prompt a Kelly hat to add at checkout. 

We have a Lee bucket hat up for grabs in a free-to-enter competition and to stand a chance of winning it, require you to answer the following question:

A Wembley goalscorer for his previous club, this England U21 international midfielder made a scoring debut for Newcastle in the 1997/98 season but failed to establish himself and moved to Sheffield United on loan. Name him.

Email that to [email protected] with subject Hats

Closing date is 11am on Wednesday July 2nd. No age limit, open to anyone on the planet. Delivery only to UK addresses. One entry each please per person.

RGR:
Highway 50 revisited 

Mark Allison aka Run Geordie Run remains in the state of Kansas as he treks across the USA - ticking off another 31 miles towards his goal on Monday.

Mark is fundraising for St. Benedicts Hospice and donations to that very worthy cause now exceed £22,500. If you can help to boost that total, please do so online here  

Find the RGR blog here

2025/26:
Familiar foes for U21s 

Newcastle U21s will again play in the EFL Trophy this season - taking their place in the 64 club competition for a ninth successive season.

Thursday's Group Stage draw placed the Magpies second string in Northern Section Group F, alongside Harrogate Town, Huddersfield Town and Mansfield Town.

Newcastle will play each of those sides away from home, having travelled to Harrogate in 2021 and Mansfield in both 2021 and 2024. They've not previously faced Huddersfield in this competition. 

Sky Sports will televise all the ties, with round dates tbc.

Games are played over 90 minutes, with a penalty shootout staged if the scores are tied then and the winners of that receiving a bonus point.

The Magpies were successful last season in a shootout against Bradford City, but haven't claimed maximum points in this competition since back in 2018.

NUFC confirm that the U21s will enter the Premier League International Cup for the first time since 2019/20 - pitting them against European sides. Games are all in the UK.

And the Magpies second string will also take part in the National League Cup once again, having participated in last season's maiden staging of the competition.

Draw dates for those two competitions are still tbc.   

Internationals:
No glory for Toon teen   

Reigning U19 champions Spain failed to defend their U19 European Championship title on Thursday, beaten 0-1 by the Netherlands in the final staged in Bucharest.

Recent Newcastle acquisition Antonio Cordero retained his place in Spain's starting line-up and came close to breaking the deadlock when firing against a post from distance six minutes into the second half.

What proved to be the only goal of the tie came shortly after, with the last touch coming off the Spanish goalkeeper. Cordero was then replaced after 77 minutes.

2025/26:
Espanyol (h) now on sale  

Tickets for Newcastle's pre-season friendly fixture at St. James' Park against Espanyol are now on public sale, priced at £25 and £20 for adults. 

The Magpies face the Spaniards in a 7.30pm kick-off on Friday August 8th - the night before the sold-out visit of fellow La Liga side Atletico Madrid to Gallowgate. 

This will be the fourth successive season that Eddie Howe's side have concluded their pre-season preparations with back to back home kickabouts, splitting the squad across both games and giving pitch time to U21 squad players.
Stadium the 61st venue to have staged a PL fixture involving the Magpies.

Old boys:
Comings & goings