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Bristol City (a)
Seat selection closes Fri 10.07, 2pm
Valencia (a)
Seat selection closes Fri 10.07, 2pm
Leverkusen/Strasbourg (h)
ST holder sale now
CC & FA schemes (h)
close
Mon 13.07, 5pm
2026/27:
Home friendly
opponents confirmed
Newcastle will conclude their pre-season programme with
home friendlies over successive days as follows:
Sat 15.08.2026 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (3pm)
Sun 16.08.2026 Strasbourg (4pm)
Games are billed as the
VisitMalta Weekender 2026,
with a kickabout between NUFC Women and Inter Milan at 1pm on Sunday
before the Strasbourg men's game.
Tickets are on sale to season ticket holders now, with public
sale from Noon on Thu 09.07.2026.
Prices:
Full Weekender Ticket (Early Bird offer ends 22.07.2026)
Premium: £50 adults, £25 concessions
Others: £40 adults, £20 concessions
Day 1 Bayer Leverkusen:
Premium: £30 adults, £15 concessions
Others: £25 adults, £12.50 concessions
Adult+concession combo: £60 (2 adults, 2 concessions)
Day 2 Inter Women / Strasbourg:
Premium: £30 adults, £15 concessions
Others: £25 adults, £12.50 concessions
Adult+concession combo: £60 (2 adults, 2 concessions)
While a visit from the Bundesliga side the Magpies faced in last
season's Champions League was already known, the participation of
the French side has just been confirmed.
Strasbourg are in the process of appointing a new head coach after
Gary O'Neill left last month for Ipswich Town.
This is the fifth successive season United have rounded off
their preparations with a home double header:
2022/23 Atalanta (Italy) won 1-0
2022/23 Athletic Bilbao (Spain) won 2-1
2023/24 Fiorentina (Italy) won 2-0
2023/24 Villarreal (Spain) won 4-0
2024/25 Girona (Spain) won 4-0
2024/25 Brest (France) won 1-0
2025/26 Espanyol (Spain) drew 2-2
2025/26 Atletico Madrid (Spain) lost 0-2
2026/27:
Bristol City/Valencia (a)
NUFC confirm that the away ticket transfer system
will not be in operation for either Bristol City or Valencia.
Loyalty points will be awarded for both these games, but not for the
Gateshead or Everton friendly fixtures.
Bristol City (a)
(no ballot, all ST applicants successful)
Seat selection open now (0 points)
Seat selection closes Fri 10.07.2026, 2pm
Our 3,407 allocation is in the Atyeo Stand behind the goal, as was
the case for our most recent visit in August 2016.
Prices (ST Holders):
Adult (22-64) £10
Senior (65+) £8
Young Adult (19-21) £8
Junior (12-18s) £5
Junior (U12s) £1
Valencia (a)
Seat selection open now (24 points+)*
Seat selection closes Fri 10.07.2026, 2pm
* seat selection option not available, just ticket purchase
Our 1,381 allocation is in block 733 of the uncovered top tier, in a
corner position roughly equivalent to last season's Barcelona
Champions League away game - but higher up, with more flights of
stairs and a far steeper rake.
Prices:
All categories £15
2026/27:
TV times
The Premier League have now published the revised fixture schedule for live TV
covering August and September, with
Newcastle's opening four games all altered:
Sun 23.08.2026 Liverpool (h) 4.30pm Sky
Sat 29.08.2026 Spurs (a) 5.30pm Sky
Sat 05.09.2026 Bournemouth (h) 12.30pm TNT
Mon 14.09.2026 Leeds United (a) 8pm Sky*
Sat 19.09.2026 Hull City (h) 3pm no live UK TV
* if NUFC or LUFC are in the Carabao Cup Third Round and drawn
against a club in the Champions League (Arsenal, Aston Villa,
Liverpool, Manchester City or Manchester United), this game will be
on Sat 12.09.2026 @ 12.30pm.
Assuming both sides survive the Second Round, a final decision on
the PL game will rest on the Third Round draw, which takes place on
or around Tue 25.08.2026.
The possible move is because Carabao Cup Third round ties are once
again split over two weeks, the first clashing with Matchday 1 in
the Champions League Group stage.
PS: Although trains are scheduled to run as usual between Newcastle
and London on the day of the Spurs away game, Kings Cross station
will be closed the following day.
Update:
Ajax midfielder arrives
A deal taking 18 year-old Sean Steur from
Eredivisie side Ajax to Newcastle has been agreed, with the central
midfielder flying in to be met by club staff on Tuesday.
His medical was then booked for
Wednesday, with Sky cameras capturing him at the KNOX training
ground.
A fee of around £23m is reported for Steur, who is
under contract until 2028 and represented by the same agency as
current Magpies Harvey Barnes, Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento plus
manager Eddie Howe.
Capped by Netherlands up to U19 level, Steur made his competitive
senior team debut for Ajax in February 2025, adding 25 appearances
last season including three in the Champions League. He registered
his first goal away to Feyenoord last March, a right-footed effort
here
A product of the Ajax academy, he completed 45 minutes of the opening friendly
against Panathinaikos on Saturday, leaving the Ajax training camp
after agreement on a deal taking him to Gallowgate was arrived at.
Giveaway:
Wrecking crew
A century on from the
General strike, a headline-grabbing incident in Northumberland
during May 1926 is dramatically recalled
at Newcastle's Theatre Royal this Sunday (12th).
"The Cramlington Train Wreckers" tells the true story of a
group of miners whose attempt to stop a coal train instead saw them
inadvertently derail a prestige passenger express - paying a heavy
price for their act of sabotage.
The last remaining seats are on sale
here
We have two tickets to give away for
Sunday's production and to be in with a chance of
winning, email your
answer to this question to
[email protected]
subject line Train:
Which passenger service did the Train Wreckers derail? Closing
date Noon on Thursday July 9th. NB: due to the short turnaound,
please don't enter unless you will be in a position to use the prize
this coming Sunday.
The prize is tickets x2 to the 7.30pm performance of Cramlington
Train Wreckers on Sunday 12 July 2026 at Newcastle Theatre Royal.
Please see
here for further performance information.
The prize is for the above performance only and is not transferable
and no cash alternative will be offered.
Tickets will be emailed to the winner prior to the day of the
performance.
PS: Ahead of Sunday's show in Newcastle, there are also performances
in Derry on Thursday and Belfast on Friday.
Update:
Academy scholars announced
Now let's meet the eight who are going to generate.... United's
latest intake of school leavers are as follows:
Roman Dowell and George Mair (goalkeepers), Lesecond Yeutembip
(defender), Chukwudi Afumuzor, Jayden Kouossu and Alfie Seldon
(midfielders), Theo Benjamin and Leon Mukumbira (forwards).
All eight debuted competitively last season for United U18s, four of
them previously at other academies (Afumuzor with Portsmouth,
Koussou with West Bromwich Albion, Yeutembip with Charlton Athletic
and Mukumbira at Peterborough).
New arrivals at Newcastle's academy are awaited, amid claims that
deals are in place for defender Kyle Healy-Matthews (formerly with
West Ham) and midfielder Kyran Thompson (formerly with Arsenal).
The future of Eli Hall is uncertain following his exit from Ipswich
Town, with both United and Spurs linked.
Incoming:
Baz is a Mag - official
Newcastle announced the signing of left winger Bazoumana Toure
from Bundesliga side Hoffenheim on Sunday. A fee of around £43m is
reported, although officially undisclosed.
The 20 year-old Ivory Coast international flew to Tyneside with his
representatives on Thursday, with social media images
then circulating on Friday of him inside SJP.
Toure's participation at the World Cup Finals ended with Ivory
Coast's defeat by Norway on Tuesday, having made three appearances
(one start and two from the bench).
He moved from
Swedes Hammarby to Hoffenheim in January 2025 transfer
window, netting five times last season.
Toure becomes the third Ivorian
to represent United after Cheick Tiote and the rather
less-celebrated loan flop, Seydou Doumbia.
The Magpies previously did business with Hoffenheim in 2019,
purchasing Joelinton for a claimed £40m fee.
Toure is reportedly represented by Unique Sports Group, whose
other clients include Anthony Gordon, Jacob Ramsey, Malick Thiaw and
Lewis Miley.
PS: The Magpies continue to be linked with
right-sided midfielder Johan Manzambi of Freiburg.
The 20
year-old is currently at the World Cup Finals with Switzerland, but
sat out Tuesday's last 16 tie against Colombia due to a knee injury.
Update:
Deadline set for L7 Singing section moves
NUFC confirm that they continue to
accept requests from current season ticket holders to relocate into
a dedicated singing section at the North West Corner of Level 7.
These must be made by
Fri 17.07.2026. Details
here
Update:
Another loan for Antonio
Spanish newspaper Marca report
that Newcastle have concluded a further loan agreement for
Antonio Cordero, who will return to Cadiz for the coming season.
Signed by the Magpies last summer, the 19 year-old winger had an
unprofitable loan spell with Belgians KVC Westerlo before agreeing
to join Cadiz at the turn of the year.
Following a slow start, Cordero got more pitch time after two
changes of coach, ending up as a Cadiz crowd favourite after they
avoided relegation from the Spanish second tier.
WC:
Last Mag standing
World Cup
updates:
Dan Burn (England) Mexico won 3-2
Sat 11.07.2026 Norway, Miami, 10pm itv
Burn
is the 36th different player to feature at the World Cup
Finals while a Magpie and the eleventh
representing England after messrs Milburn, Broadis, Beardsley,
Shearer, Batty, Lee, Dyer, Owen, Trippier and Wilson.
He's the sixth current Magpie
to appear at this tournament, one more than the previous high of five
in 2014 and 2022.
SJP old boys still in play include Mikel Merino (Spain) plus
England's Elliot Anderson, Anthony Gordon and Ivan Toney.
Find
Coral's WC betting markets
online here
Outgoing:
Sandro away
Latest: Tonali's transfer was
announced on Monday, the player taking to social media with a
message for Newcastle fans that appears to be AI-generated.
The reference to his "son born during my time here" in that
statement was at least accurate, that birth taking place in a
private hospital in London last January, not Tyneside.
Earlier: Newcastle's second
high-profile player departure of the summer was sealed on Wednesday, after a deal taking Sandro Tonali to Tottenham Hotspur
was finalised.
Tonali was spotted flying from Milan to London on Thursday
to complete the formalities of his medical.
A fee of £92.5m was agreed plus £7.5m in add-ons, with the 26
year-old Italian international midfielder collecting a weekly wage
of £275K - more than double his current earnings and enough to
offset the stigma of joining a side who have finished seventeenth in
each of the last two seasons...
The first player to swap the Magpies for Cockerels since Moussa
Sissoko almost a decade ago, Tonali is set to make his PL home debut
for Spurs against United in late August.
Although there was some noise about rumoured interest from
Manchester City, that failed to translate into an actual bid,
leaving Spurs as the only serious suitors for Tonali.
On that basis the Magpies look to have done good business for a
player who, like Anthony Gordon, clearly saw his future away from
Tyneside and whose variable displays contributed to our own mediocre
domestic campaign. Avoiding another damaging Alexander Isak-style
saga is also refreshing.
Inbound recruitment though is where the real interest lies - which
will help to answer the imponderable question of whether there's
enough of a "project" to prevent Bruno Guimaraes from joining what
would become an exodus.
Rightly described as talismanic by one writer in recent days, the
monetary value of the 28 year-old currently producing on a global
stage at the World Cup for Brazil may be at his maximum, but his
exit really would trigger alarm bells.
2026/27:
Home Cup scheme info
Season ticket holders are now able to log on their NUFC account and
sign up for both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup home ticket scheme
guaranteeing places for this season.
The deadline for both schemes is 5pm on Mon 13.07.2026
and as previous seasons have shown, there's no scope to sign up
after that point.
Separate sign-ups are required for each scheme and success can be
checked by the appearance of one (or both) on your cup scheme menu.
No confirmation email(s) are generated.
2026/27 home cup pricing:
Carabao Cup: £22/£28 adults*
FA Cup: £35/£40 adults*
(2025/26 prices were Carabao £20/£25 and FA £30/£35)
* Last season's decision to charge more for home Champions League
ties after the group stage has been extended to domestic home cup
ties this season.
Any home Carabao Cup or FA Cup Quarter-final or Semi-Final ties will
be subject to as-yet undisclosed prices.
United enter the Carabao Cup in the regionalised Second Round on or around Wed 26.08.2026.
They should learn their opponents on or around Mon 10.08.2026.
The usual FA Cup Third Round ties will take place on or around Sat 09.01.2027, with the draw for that staged on or around Sun 06.12.2026.
U21s:
Moors v Mags
National League North side Spennymoor Town confirm that they
will host Newcastle U21s in pre-season, the Magpies visiting Brewery
Field on Thursday July 30th at 7pm.
Admission for that game is £10 adults, £5 over 60s/U18s, with
advance sales from STFC
here or pay at the gate.
The game comes ahead of United U21s staging a training camp at
the Pinatar Arena in Spain, after which Robbie Stockdale's side
visit St. Mirren for a behind closed doors fixture on
Wednesday August 12th at 12.30pm.
Update:
Staying, going etc.
Squad updates:
Senior players signed (2):
Ewen Jaouen, Bazoumana Toure
Contracts extended (2):
Mark Gillespie,
Fabian Schar (both to 2027)
Senior players out of contract (5):
Emil Krafth, Kieran Trippier, John
Ruddy, Matt Targett,
Max Thompson.
Senior player loan expired (1):
Aaron Ramsdale (returned to Southampton)
Senior players sold (2):
Anthony Gordon (Barcelona),
Sandro Tonali (Spurs)
Senior player loaned (1):
Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville)
Development squad players out of contract (15):
Will Anderson, Joe Brayson, Thomas Bryant,
Jude Cogdon, Adam Harrison, Alfie Harrison,
Kayden Lucas, Charlie McArthur,Alex O'Donovan, Darren
Palmer, James Taylor, Matty Taylor, Ciaran Thompson, Ezra Tika-Lemba,
Mo Waddani.
Development squad player sold (1):
Travis Hernes (Groningen)
Unlikely lads:
Comings and goings
SJP old boys on the move recently include:
Tom Allen was Darlington, now Hebburn Town
Elliot Anderson was Nottingham Forest, now Man City
Demba Ba now Le Havre (Sporting Director)
Dan Barlaser was Boro, now MK Dons
Rafa Benitez left Panathinaikos (Manager)
Habib Beye left Marseille (Head Coach)
Joe Brayson now
George Washington University
Adam Campbell left Hartlepool United
John Carver left Lechia Gdansk (Manager)
Ian Cathro left Estoril, now St.Etienne (Head Coach)
Michael Chopra now Trethomas Bluebirds
Lee Clark was Rotherham, now Hartlepool (Manager)
Steve Clarke left Scotland (Coach)
Luuk de Jong left Porto
Amadou Diallo was Oliveirense, now KF Skenderbeu
Martin Dubravka was Burnley, now Spurs
Damien Duff now Brentford (Coach)
Kieron Dyer now Southend United (Manager)
Rob Elliot was Gateshead, now Carlisle (Manager)
Ludwig Francillette was Morecambe, now Oxford City
Ryan Fraser left Western Sydney Wanderers
Macauley Gillesphey was Charlton, now Bradford City
Alex Gilliead left Shrewsbury Town
Isaac Hayden left QPR
Chris Hogg now Northampton Town (Manager)
Joselu left Al-Gharafa
Jamaal Lascelles left Leicester City
Robert Lee now Hornchurch (Director of Football)
Jamal Lewis left Preston North End
Kevin Mbabu left Midtjylland
Charlie McArthur now York City
Steve McClaren now Rotherham (Head of Football)
James Milner left Brighton & Hove Albion
Michael O'Neill left Blackburn Rovers (Manager)
Scott Parker left Burnley (Manager)
Brian Pinas left Feyenoord (Coach)
Matt Ritchie was Reading, now Bournemouth (Tech Dir)
Callum Roberts was Scunthorpe, now Notts County
Allan Saint-Maximin was RC Lens,
now Charlotte FC
Mo Sangare left Morecambe
Josh Scott was Bishop Auckland, now West Auckland
Danny Simpson now Arabian Falcons (player/coach)
Islam Slimani left Cluj
Elias Sorensen was Valerenga, now PEC Zwolle
Dylan Stephenson was Dagenham, now Darlington
Louis Storey was Gateshead, now Carlisle United (Coach)
James Tavernier left Rangers
Steven Taylor now Desert Falcons (Manager)
Kieran Trippier now Wolves
Jake Turner left Gillingham
Jay Turner-Cooke was Halifax, now Shrewsbury Town
Dan Ward was South Shields, now Chester
Isaac Westendorf was Oxford City, now Torquay United
Georginio Wijnaldum left Al-Ettifaq
Mike Williamson now South Shields (Manager)
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