Hull City (a) SOLD OUT
Girona (h) Public sale now
Brest (h) Public sale now
Southampton (h) Member ballot now

Premier League:
Home game 
ticket details 

Details of ticket sale dates for Newcastle's opening three PL home games of the season have now been announced by the club.

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 open: now
Ballot close: Thu 25.07.2024 @ 10am
Winners notified: by Thu 25.07.2024 @ 5pm
Online sale open: Fri 26.07.2024 @ 10am
Online sale close: Mon 29.07.2024 @ 10am
Ticket fwd/resale: Mon 29.07.2024 @ 10am
Member sale: Tue 30.07.2024 @ 10am

Spurs (h)
Ballot open: Tue 30.07.2024 @ 10am
Ballot closes: Thu 01.08.2024 @ 10am
Winners notified: by Thu 01.08.2024 @ 5pm
Online sale open: Fri 02.08.2024 @ 10am
Online sale close: Mon 05.08.2024 @ 10am
Ticket fwd/resale: Mon 05.08.2024 @ 10am
Member sale: Tue 06.08.2024 @ 10am

Manchester City (h)
Ballot open: Tue 27.08.2024 @ 10am
Ballot closes: Thu 29.08.2024 @ 10am
Winners notified: by Thu 29.08.2024 @ 5pm
Online sale open: Fri 30.08.2024 @ 10am
Online sale close: Mon 02.09.2024 @ 10am
Ticket fwd/resale: Mon 02.09.2024 @ 10am
Member sale: Tue 03.09.2024 @ 10am

2024/25:
Japan hints & tips 

Latest advice from NUFC for fans going to the friendly matches in Japan is online here

PS: One official ticket site shows the Red Diamonds game with no availability. The site online here however does have tickets left.

PPS: There's no word on whether either game will be available live in the UK, but the following overseas coverage is now listed for both:

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

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:
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: to follow

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 Saturday's behind closed doors kickabout against SpVgg Unterhaching.

Miguel Almiron, Martin Dubravka, Anthony Gordon, Bruno Guimaraes, Fabian Schar and Kieran Trippier were granted extra time off following post-season international duty.

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 in midweek.

German-born coach Tim Walter was installed at 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, both games played in Turkey. 

Ahead of facing Newcastle, Hull made the short trip to Doncaster Rovers on Tuesday - a young XI losing 0-4.

UK TV: None (Live Stream available as part of the Tigers+ subscription, £5.99 per month).

UK Radio: None listed

Overseas TV: None

Referee: tbc

VAR: n/a

Travel:

Parking advice from HCFC is online here

The Hull Pride event takes place this Saturday, with city centre road closures expected. Full details will appear here later this week. 

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.

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 made 26 appearances in his debut season as they gained promotion to the Super Liga, 

Nippon 8:
And it stoned me

Ahead of United's first games there in almost 30 years, our Japan correspondent Simon Moran talks about cars and cava here

Internationals:
Travis plays on 

Sunday saw Norway U19s round off their group stage fixtures at the European Championship finals with a 2-0 win over tournament hosts Northern Ireland.

Newcastle midfielder Travis Hernes made his third start of the week for Norway, playing 86 minutes before being substituted.

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 takes place on Wednesday at Seaview in Belfast. The opposition will be Turkey. 

Updates:
Communication

In addition to photos of the senior squad at the adidas HQ, Newcastle recorded interviews with some key figures in Germany:

CEO Darren Eales here

Sporting Director Paul Mitchell here

The club also published their first Fan Engagement Review document, which is explained here. The actual report is here

 

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