Newcastle confirm their final pre-season friendly

Newcastle to play Basque Giants

Newcastle will play Basque giants Real Sociedad in their final Pre-season friendly of the summer on Sunday 10th August at St. James’ Park.

In confirming the news the Magpies have completed their schedule of all the pre-season games. La Real are the founding members of La Liga and their longest spell in Spain’s top division lasted from 1967- 2007.

Newcastle had previously confirmed seven other friendlies to be played in England, Germany and New Zealand. The club will play against Oldham Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town in England. On their tours they will two matches in Germany as well as down under.

The match against Sociedad is the only match the club will be playing at their home ground.

Here is the list of all the pre-season games the North-East club will be playing

DATE	OPPOSITION	KICK-OFF (LOCAL TIME)	VENUE
Tuesday, 15th July, 2014	Oldham Athletic	7.30pm	Boundary Park, Oldham
Tuesday, 22nd July, 2014	Sydney FC	7.30pm	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand
Saturday, 26th July, 2014	Wellington Phoenix	4.30pm	Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
Wednesday, 30th July, 2014	Sheffield Wednesday	7.45pm	Hillsborough, Sheffield
Saturday-Sunday, 2nd-3rd August, 2014 (two Fixtures)	Schalke 04/Malaga CF/West Ham United	TBC	VELTINS-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Tuesday, 5th August, 2014	Huddersfield Town	7.45pm	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
Sunday, 10th August, 2014	Real Sociedad	1.30pm	St. James' Park, Newcastle