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Northumbria Police have moved to reassure Newcastle United fans attending Saturday’s match.
United playing a second friendly in two days, having won 4-0 against Girona on Friday night.
Northumbria Police giving NUFC fans and indeed the public in general, details of their plans for policing the city centre today.
As you can see from the information below, Northumbria Police limiting any demonstrations to the Bigg Market and Newgate Street area, well away from St James’ Park.
Sadly, many Newcastle United fans who had intended to go to today’s friendly, even those who had already bought tickets, worrying whether they should still go, in case they got caught up in any trouble.
Hopefully the info put out by Northumbria Police reassuring any Newcastle United fans who were having second thoughts about going to this NUFC v Brest friendly, which is preceded by Newcastle United women v AC Milan at 1pm, one ticket price gets you both matches.
Northumbria Police making clear they will have significant numbers of officers out, in order to deal with anybody looking to cause trouble in our city centre.
The Monument Metro station will be closed today until Nexus and Northumbria Police decide it is the right time to reopen it (details HERE) later in the day.
Northumbria Police via their Twitter/X @northumbriapol account – Saturday 10 August 2024:
‘To help us keep our communities safe today, a legal order has been put in place allowing officers to control the movement of those taking part in today’s protests. Demonstrators will be limited to Bigg Market and Newgate Street.
We also have a separate legal order in place giving officers increased stop and search powers, allowing them to search people and vehicles for weapons. We will require anyone within the area shown below to remove face coverings used to hide their identity.
These measures have been put in place to protect those visiting and living in Newcastle, and with every deployable officer on our streets, we’re doing everything we can to ensure today passes without serious incident.’
A message from Chief Superintendent Steve Wykes ahead of the weekend 👇 pic.twitter.com/txm8A79HQD
— Northumbria Police (@northumbriapol) August 9, 2024
Newcastle United schedule to end of October 2024:
Saturday 20 July 2024 – Newcastle 3 SpVgg Unterhaching 1
Saturday 27 July 2024 – Hull 0 Newcastle 2
Wednesday 31 July 2024 – Urawa Red Diamonds 1 Newcastle 4
Saturday 3 August 2024 – Yokohama F Marinos 2 Newcastle 0
Friday 9 August 2024 – Newcastle 4 Girona 0
Saturday 10 August 2024 – Newcastle United v Stade Brestois 4pm kick-off (SJP Sela weekend)
Wednesday 14 August 2024 – The Carabao Cup second round draw will be made around 10pm.
Saturday 17 August 2024 – Newcastle v Southampton (3pm)
Sunday 25 August 2024 – Bournemouth v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports
Week commencing Monday 26 August 2024 – Carabao Cup round two matches will be played
Friday 30 August 2024 – Summer transfer window closes at 11pm.
Sunday 1 September 2024 – Newcastle v Tottenham (1.30pm) Sky Sports
(The first international break of the season)
Sunday 15 September 2024 – Wolves v Newcastle (4.30pm) Sky Sports
Weeks commencing Monday 16 September AND Monday 23 September – Carabao Cup round three (This round split over two midweeks)
Saturday 21 September 2024 – Fulham v Newcastle (3pm)
Weeks commencing Monday 16 September AND Monday 23 September – Carabao Cup round three (This round split over two midweeks)
Saturday 28 September 2024 – Newcastle v Man City (12.30 pm) TNT Sports
Saturday 5 October – Everton v Newcastle (5.30pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 19 October – Newcastle v Brighton (3pm)
Sunday 27 October – Chelsea v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports

 
