Two more friendlies added.

Newcastle have confirmed another two pre-season fixtures today which takes the tally to five warm-up games before the start of the season.

We already know that the club are touring the USA as part of their pre-season preparations and have already organised games against Columbus Crew, Orlando City and Kansas City, but if that is a bit too far for you to travel there are now two confirmed friendly matches scheduled to take place here in the UK.

Friday, July 15th will Newcastle head South down the A1 where they will take on Darlington at The Northern Echo Arena. We've played their before, recently, and we came out 7-2 winners as the club warmed up for their season in the Championship.

Then, on Sunday, July 31st, Elland Road will be the destination as Newcastle take on Leeds United. Again we played them last in the build up to the Championship campaign and the score ended at 0-0. It's a switch of venue this time around though as St James' Park hosted that game.

So there you go, a couple of local (ish) friendlies to get your teeth into. As a rule I don't do friendlies, but if work lines up correctly I may well make the trip to the Leeds game providing I can get a ticket. Darlo on a Friday night I'm not so sure about though.

That leaves our confirmed friendly dates looking like this:

Friday 15th July - Darlington (a).
Wednesday 20th July – Kansas City (a).
Saturday 23rd July – Orlando City (a).
Tuesday 26th July – Columbus Crew (a).
Sunday 31st July - Leeds (a).

There are rumours that another friendly may take place against Gateshead although that hasn't been confirmed by NUFC as yet. The date being touted around is Tuesday, 2nd August.

So that's five matches confirmed, and I expect we'll see one more added to complete the pre-season program. Hopefully the lads can use these games to get fit and firing on all cylinders for the new season.

Without injury aswell!