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Bmouth (a) ST sale Mon 29.07 @ 2pm 215pts

2024/25:
Hull City (a) 

Newcastle play the first of five advertised pre-season friendlies this Saturday, when they travel to Humberside for a meeting with the Championship Tigers.

It's a 2pm kick-off and all 4,500 away section tickets have been sold.

Team: Injury deprives United of Callum Wilson, Lewis Miley, Matt Targett, Jamaal Lascelles and Sven Botman, while Lloyd Kelly, Joe Willock and Tino Livramento weren't fit enough play in last Saturday's behind closed doors kickabout against SpVgg Unterhaching.

Kelly and Livramento were then spotted in training but it's unclear whether they featured in Wednesday's training ground meeting with Burnley.

Miguel Almiron and Fabian Schar were then noted at Darsley Park on Friday, but Martin Dubravka, Anthony Gordon and Bruno Guimaraes are still to return.

Kieran Trippier meanwhile was observed flying out of Newcastle on Friday - destination unknown.

Sandro Tonali remains ineligible to play pending the end of his ban.

HCFC: Defender Cody Drameh is in line to make his debut after signing from Leeds United in midweek, but winger Jason Lokilo has signed for CSKA Sofia.

German-born coach Tim Walter came to Hull in late May following a season when they finished seventh and missed out on the promotion playoffs by three points.

So far this season, City have drawn 1-1 with Kasimpasa and lost 1-5 to Fenerbache in Turkey. A young Tigers XI went down 0-4 at Doncaster Rovers on Tuesday.

UK TV: None

NUFC live stream available online here

HCFC's live stream costs £5 online here

UK Radio: None listed

Overseas TV: None

Referee: tbc

VAR: n/a

A Match programme is available for £3

Travel:

Parking advice from HCFC is online here

HCFC confirm that Priory Park & Ride will run. Details of that are online here

The Hull Pride event takes place on Saturday, with city centre road closures expected.

Stats: 

This will be Newcastle's ninth visit to this venue and fourth kickabout there: 

Toon @ KCOM/MKM Stadium:
(PL games unless otherwise stated)

2018/19 drew 2-2 Joselu, Perez FR
2016/17 drew 1-1 Diame (lost 1-3 pens) LC
2014/15 won 3-0 Cabella, Ameobi, Gouffran
2013/14 won 4-1 Sissoko 2, Remy, Anita
2008/09 drew 1-1 S.Taylor
2008/09 drew 0-0 FAC
2007/08 lost 0-1 FR
2003/04 won 4-0 Chopra 2, Shola, Cort FR

Jacob Murphy, Jamaal Lascelles and Sean Longstaff remain in the first team squad from the 20 players who featured in 2018.

The most recent meeting with Hull was a behind closed doors kickabout at SJP in June 2020 before the COVID-hit 2019/20 season resumed. Newcastle won 2-0 with goals from Florian Lejeune and Allan Saint-Maximin.

2024/25:
Friendlies: NUFC
confirm live streams 

NUFC are selling a Pre-Season Match Pass covering all five public first team warm-up games plus the NUWFC home kickabout against AC Milan Women.

Passes cost £24.95 with MAGS members receiving an email with a discount code taking that to £14.95. For the avoidance of doubt, all season ticket holders are automatically enrolled as MAGs members. 

To obtain that reduction, passes must be ordered before 11.59pm BST tonight (Friday).

MAGS+ members can view the two Japanese friendlies free of charge and buy a Match pass covering the remaining three games for £8.99. Season ticket holders can pay £10 to upgrade the MAGS membership they are automatically enrolled with to MAGS+.

Individual games can also be viewed for a fee.

More details available online here

Passes can be purchased online here

2024/25:
Japan: a Mag's guide 

NUFC.com's Japan correspondent Simon Moran rounds off his series of reports from the land of the rising sun with a guide for Mags travelling there online here

NUFC fan advice for Japan is online here

Overseas coverage for both games consists of:

VG+ (Norway)
CBS Sports Golazo, Paramount+ (USA)

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2024/25:
Away tickets: no change 

Friday saw NUFC divulge the details of a recent survey concerning away ticketing.

The full document is online here but the main points are as follows:

No change to the loyalty point system, with points only applied to season ticket holder accounts once it has been confirmed that it was used to gain entry. 

Spot checks of ID to continue.

No change to the situation where away tickets can be transferred, but further consultation to take place over a possible limited change to that rule.

Update:
Tonali returns 

Ahead of Saturday's visit to Hull City, Newcastle played a training game on Wednesday against Burnley.

Details remain scarce (amid online claims of a 2-3 loss), but The Times confirm that Sandro Tonali featured for the Magpies - his first appearance since October 2023, when the midfielder began a ban for breaking betting regulations.

That suspension ends late next month but extends to include any non-competitive games registered with the FA, meaning that Tonali isn't able to feature in any of United's public pre-season friendlies.

Now managed by ex-Magpie Scott Parker, this is the third time in four years that Burnley have provided pre-season opposition in similar training games, having done so in both 2021 and 2022. 

It's anticipated that a further training game of this nature will be organised by Newcastle to give Tonali more pitch time ahead of his competitive comeback.

PS: Originally claimed to have been played at Burnley's Gawthorpe Training Centre, we've now had confirmation that it was a home fixture played at Darsley Park.

Update:
Dawson departs 

Newcastle United Development Coach Ben Dawson has left the club with immediate effect to take up a first team coaching role at Leicester City.

His departure ends a decade-long association with the Magpies that included periods in charge of the U18 and U21 sides and a brief stint as interim first team boss ahead of the 2019/20 campaign.

Also moving to the Foxes from Crystal Palace is physio James Haycock, who was previously at Gallowgate. 

Dawson's departure leaves the Magpies with vacancies at both U18 and U21 Lead Coach level, following the departure of Graeme Carrick to join brother Michael at Boro earlier this summer.

Premier League:
Home ticket details 

Details of ticket sale dates for Newcastle's opening three PL home games of the season are now available.

A reminder that ticket sales are restricted to members, but a limited sale on a first come, first served basis now follows the ballot.

Full details of that are online here

Southampton (h)
Ballot winners purchase closes: Sun 28.07.2024 @ 10am
Ticket forward/resale: Mon 29.07.2024 @ 10am
Member sale opens: Tue 30.07.2024 @ 10am

Spurs (h)
Ballot open: Tue 30.07.2024 @ 10am
Ballot closes: Thu 01.08.2024 @ 10am
Ballot winners notified: by Thu 01.08.2024 @ 5pm
Ballot winners purchase open: Fri 02.08.2024 @ 10am
Ballot winners purchase closes: Sun 04.08.2024 @ 10am
Ticket forward/resale: Mon 05.08.2024 @ 10am
Member sale opens: Tue 06.08.2024 @ 10am

Manchester City (h)
Ballot open: Tue 27.08.2024 @ 10am
Ballot closes: Thu 29.08.2024 @ 10am
Ballot winners notified: by Thu 29.08.2024 @ 5pm
Ballot winners purchase open: Fri 30.08.2024 @ 10am
Ballot winners purchase closes: Sun 01.09.2024 @ 10am
Ticket forward/resale: Mon 02.09.2024 @ 10am
Member sale opens: Tue 03.09.2024 @ 10am

96 tears:
"Love It..." offer

Following a successful run there last year, "Love It If We Beat Them" returns to the Live Theatre on Newcastle Quayside from September 10th to the 28th.

Rob Ward's play mixes football and politics against a backdrop of Newcastle's fruitless pursuit of the 1995/96 Premiership title.

NUFC.com readers can buy tickets for just £19.96 by using promo code NUFC here. 

The discount also extends to personal callers at the box office but is only valid until the start of the PL season on August 17th. 

2024/25:
Three stripes,
three goals
 
SpVgg Unterhaching  1  Newcastle  3

Match report

Brief match footage is online here

Incoming:
Miodrag is a Mag 

Saturday saw confirmation that Newcastle had signed 19 year-old Serbian youth international Miodrag Pivas, some days after he was spotted outside St.James' Park.

The defensive midfielder joins from Serbians FK Jedinstvo for an undisclosed fee, having played 26 times in his debut season as they won promotion to the Super Liga. 

Internationals:
Happy ending for Hernes 

There was a fourth international start of the week for Newcastle midfielder Travis Hernes on Thursday, as Norway concluded their participation at the U19 European Championship finals in Northern Ireland.

The Norwegians missed out on a semi-final place after finishing third in their group, but have qualified for a playoff to determine who takes the fifth and final European place at next year's U20 World Cup in Chile. 

That took place at Seaview in Belfast against Turkey, with Travis in the starting XI and completing 80 minutes - coming off with Norway winning 1-0.

Within seconds the Turks had levelled, sending the tie to extra time. With no further scoring, a penalty shootout then saw Norway triumph to seal a World Cup spot.

 

Update:
Here are the 
young men

Update: there's news of an addition to the pro contract list below in the shape of teenage goalkeeper James Taylor, who featured for Hemel Hempstead Town last season.

Newcastle confirm that 11 players have signed their first professional contracts at Gallowgate:

Aidan Harris, Dylan Charlton, Anthony Munda, Harry Powell, Rory Powell, Johnny Emerson, Sean Neave, Scott Bailey, Josh Donaldson, Adam Harrison and Darren Palmer.

Meanwhile, an intake of 14 new scholars was announced by United's Academy:  

Will Anderson, Guy Bloomer, Jude Cogdon, Jake Durrant, Matheos Ferreira, Henry Johnson, Tyler Jones, Alex O’Donovan, Matt Taylor, Mo Waddani, Kacey Wooster, Kayden Lucas, Ezra Tika-Lemba and Aaron Epia. 

Three of those were previously with other clubs:

Kayden Lucas striker, Clevedon Town
Aaron Epia defender, Everton
Ezra Tika-Lemba defender, West Ham

Update:
Transfers

First team arrivals and departures:

Inbound:
Odysseas Vlachodimos Nottingham Forest
John Ruddy unattached
Lloyd Kelly unattached
Lewis Hall Chelsea 

Outbound:
Elliot Anderson Nottingham Forest
Yankuba Minteh Brighton
Paul Dummett unattached
Matt Ritchie unattached
Loris Karius unattached
Kell Watts unattached
Jeff Hendrick unattached  

Old boys:
Unlikely lads

SJP old boys with new clubs/jobs include:

Craig Bellamy Wales Manager
Kyle Cameron St.Johnstone (loan)
Adam Campbell Hartlepool United
Lewis Cass Grimsby Town
Ian Cathro Estoril (Portugal) Head Coach
Luke Charman Hartlepool United
Stephen Clemence Barrow Head Coach
Kyle Crossley South Shields
Mathieu Debuchy Lille (France) C
Ryan Donaldson Blyth Spartans
Cameron Ferguson Inverness CT (Scotland)
Owen Gallacher Stockton Town
Dan Gosling Westfield
Jamie Holmes North Shields
Jack Hunter Hartlepool United
Joselu Al-Gharafa (Qatar)
Dan Langley Morpeth Town
Michael Ndiweni Darlington (trial)
Michael Ndiweni Gateshead (trial)
Michael Newberry Cliftonville
Scott Parker Burnley Manager
Ben Pollock Chester
Allan Saint-Maximin Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Antoine Sibierski Troyes DoF (France)
Moussa Sissoko Watford
Dylan Stephenson Dagenham & Redbridge
Jude Smith Carlisle United
Lewis Suddick North Shields
Ben Tozer Forest Green Rovers
Dan Ward South Shields
Kell Watts Cambridge United
Callum Williams Tow Law Town

Ex-Magpies looking for new clubs include:

Mehdi Abeid Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey)
Chris Basham Sheffield United
Ciaran Clark Stoke City
Shane Ferguson Rotherham United
Dwight Gayle Derby County
Paul Huntington Carlisle United
Kazenga LuaLua Charlton Athletic
Jonathan Mitchell Harrogate Town
Islam Slimani Anderlecht (Belgium)
Patrick van Aanholt Galatasaray (Turkey)
Josef Yarney Tranmere Rovers

Off-field departures include:

Habib Beye Red Star Paris (France)
Emre Ankaragucu (Turkey)
Steve Guppy Nashville SC (USA)
Ryan McGuffie St.Albans Saints (Australia)
Kevin Nolan West Ham

The first two England goals followed fouls on Shearer as he went through on goal and Al also won the spot-kick, thanks to a rather generous award from Dermot Gallagher.

Other former Magpies participating included Dave Beasant, Steve Howey, John Beresford, Robert Lee, Peter Beardsley, Paul Bracewell and Paul Gascoigne.

2011 The Reserve's Dutch tour ended with a 2-3 loss on a grass training pitch, rather than the plastic surface at Almere City's romantically-named Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion.
NUFC.com match report

2011 Columbus Crew (USA) (a)
3-0 (1-0)
Friendly
Sh.Ameobi(9), Coloccini(53), Vuckic(90+1)
11,224
Eleven years to the day after their previous visit, United's three match tour of the USA ended on a high note with a win in Columbus - and no new injuries to add to the already lengthy casualty list.

Without a goal in their previous two outings, the result was never really in doubt after Shola Ameobi latched on to a poor back pass to convert with ease early on.

The first half ended in controversy when Crew 'keeper Andy Gruenebaum (the man "between the pipes" as he was billed pre-match) was red-carded for handling outside the area as Demba Ba took the ball past him and effectively ended the game as a contest.

Fabricio Coloccini then doubled United's lead and substitute Haris Vuckic netted in injury time with a fine solo effort in front of the away section, which included Mark Allison aka Run Geordie Run, en route to completing his USA Coast to Coast run.
NUFC.com match report

2014 Wellington Phoenix (New Zealand) (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Friendly
Gouffran(41)
30,968
After a 4-0 romp against Sydney in Dunedin, the second game of our New Zealand tour was rather more competitive, as Phoenix went looking for a second Premier League scalp after beating West Ham.

Yoan Gouffran's first half header divided the sides at Wellington's Westpac Stadium.
NUFC.com match report

2015 Sheffield United (a)
2-2 (1-0)
Friendly
Wijnaldum(40), De Jong(79)
McNulty(49), Freeman(86)
12,002
Steve McClaren blamed his side's lethargic display at a soggy Bramall Lane on fatigue caused by their US tour, but their lack of imagination and inspiration was only too familiar for regular Magpie watchers.

The game was a testimonial for Blades stalwart Chris Morgan and he appeared for the closing three minutes of play.
NUFC.com match report

2016 Southend United (a)
2-0 (0-0)
Friendly
Anita(48), Gouffran(78)
6,570
United maintained their unbeaten run in a fourth pre-season kickabout, facing the League One Shrimpers at their Roots Hall ground. Grant Hanley made his bow.
NUFC.com match report

2017 Bradford City (a)
4-0 (0-0)
Friendly
Gayle(50), Murphy(51,79), Mitrovic(76)
7,601
Game three of a six game warm-up schedule saw United score four second half goals in a one-sided contest at Valley Parade.

After Dwight Gayle edged his side ahead with a third pre-season goal, new boy Jacob Murphy bagged a brace either side of one from Aleksandar Mitrovic.
NUFC.com match report

2018 Deportivo La Coruna defender Fabian Schar was confirmed as a Magpie, United taking advantage of a claimed £3.5m release clause for the Swiss international, following Deportivo's demotion from the top flight.

2020 Liverpool (h)
1-3 (1-1)
Premier League
44pts, 13th/20
Gayle(1)
Van Dijk(38), Origi(59), Mane(89)
BCD
The newly-crowned Premier League Champions overcame an early setback to secure another victory - their 32nd and 99th point.

Dwight Gayle netted after just 23 seconds but the Reds scored either side of the break and then near the end to conclude the longest-ever season.
NUFC.com match report

2022 Benfica (Portugal) (a)
2-3 (2-2)
Friendly
Almiron(22,44)
Joelinton(82 - second yellow)
Ramos(15), Grimaldo(31), Araujo(89)
49,081
An eventful evening in the Estadio da Luz ended with United beaten in the Eusebio Cup - and Eddie Howe leaving Lisbon with much to ponder after a full-blooded encounter.

Newcastle fell behind three times but twice hit back through Miguel Almiron, before a late goal for the hosts saw them avoid a looming penalty shootout and lift their own trophy for the first time in six attempts.

By then Jonjo Shelvey had limped off injured and Joelinton had been dismissed - one of three visiting players carded by referee Nuno Almeida.
NUFC.com match report

2023 Chelsea (n)
1-1 (1-1)
Friendly
Almiron(45+4)
Jackson(12)
70,789
It was two draws from two games in the Premier League "Summer Series" for United, after Miguel Almiron's scoring return against Chelsea. 

A sold-out crowd of almost 71,000 were in Atlanta United's astonishing Mercedes Benz Stadium - including many fans of the home club to welcome back the player sold in 2019.
NUFC.com match report