Preseason
2020/21
11th July 2020
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Our Pre-season tour into mainland Europe gets underway with a trip to Denmark. OB are an established top flight club in the land of bacon and lego but they certainly seemed well short of our level as we run out three goal winners with Townsend and Austin once again showcasing their talents. The impressive victory soon had some suitors knocking on my door...
15th July 2020
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With Russian giants Zenit potentially offering me a long awaited route out of England it was hard to remain focused on our pre-season tour but another impressive three goal victory against German side Burghausen certainly ensured that I could taken plenty of pride in the squad I have assembled in Tyne-side.
18th July 2020
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We continue to hop around Germany and another three goal whitewash soon follows with last seasons key performers continuing where they left off as Rashford, Tocalli and Austin all pick up quick fire first half goals to ensure we would play out the entire remainder of the game with ease.
22nd July 2020
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Our rampage through Germany is rounded off with a four goal thrashing off BFC Dynamo. Once again its Tocalli and Rashford that get us off to the perfect start with our Icelandic midfielder Sigurdsson announcing himself to the fans with a late goal to round off the match. Despite the encouraging results there was still some bad news awaiting me after the game...
25th July 2020
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Returning back closer to home we make the short trip over the border for a match against Scottish legends, Rangers. Having now reestablished themselves at the top of Scottish football, Gers are no longer to be taken lightly and a respectable draw certainly proved that they are well on their way back to there former selves.
29th July 2020
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Our one and only game at St James's Park for the pre-season has us welcome French side Dijon as part of their brief tour of England. The Ligue One side are trying to strengthen their bids for European football but seemed a long way off the mark against a recently promoted Newcastle as Austin scores the only goal of the game.
3rd August 2020
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Rounding off a lengthy spell of games is the ever present fixture against our feeder team and neighbors Gateshead. The club remain lost in the depths of non-league football and young youth product Luke Nicholson soon took the opportunity to showcase his talents with a game winning brace.
A huge pre-season is done and dusted and it was certainly an impressive one from the Magpies.
With a Premier League season looming I didn't exactly test the boys but with the likes of United, City and Arsenal looming they're soon going to be pushed to the limit.
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