Newcastle United have this morning announced that our final pre-season friendly against Valencia has been delayed, and will now kick off at a later time of 5PM.

It appears there has been a problem with the plane bringing the Spanish stars to the North East, and so the club feel they had no alternative but to push back the start time.

A statement on the official site, nufc.co.uk, read:

NEWCASTLE United’s pre-season friendly against Valencia at St.James’ Park on Saturday August 9 will now kick off at the later time of 5pm.

This is due to the delayed arrival of our opponents from Spain following a technical issue concerning their aircraft.

Supporters using corporate areas will still be able to enter the stadium from 1pm.

We apologise to supporters for any inconvenience caused by circumstances beyond the Club’s control.

It seems likely that refunds will be given to those that have bought tickets and are now unable to attend.

It’s unbelievable to think that this has simply been one season. Back in September, Newcastle United and Sam Allardyce embarked on another rollercoaster adventure and in May of the next year, we end the season on a high with the return of the Messiah, Kevin Keegan; so that’s why people say life is always interesting at St James Park!

But what are your memories? What were your favourite games? Your best goal? Your player of the season? We want to know the following from YOU:

Game of the Season:

Home Performance of the Season:

Away Performance of the Season:

Goal of the Season:

Player of the Season:

Signing of the Season:

Highest Point of the Season:

Lowest Point of the Season:

(and just for laughs) Toon Manager of the Season:

So get on commenting as we look back on another exciting 8 months in the life of Newcastle United.

Newcastle travel to Anfield, with KK managing the Toon for the first time against Liverpool since that infamous 3-4 scoreline more than 10 years ago. There’s no chance of that happening again, but the Magpies will be looking to try and get something…

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Another defeat for Kevin Keegan added to Newcastle’s woes as Blackburn snatched a last-gasp winner to steal all the points at St James Park. We got the panel’s reaction to such a confidence-bashing defeat…

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It’s that time again, yet another Premier League match for Newcastle United. What will happen at St James Park this week? Who knows. One thing’s for sure, Blackburn Rovers will come hoping that they can spoil the party. Can KK win his first game as Toon boss? We asked the panel…

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In the battle of the Uniteds, it was Manchester that came away with the glory, destroying Newcastle by a 5-1 scoreline. It was quite comfortable, again, for the Red Devils with goals from Rooney (2), Ronaldo (2) and Saha securing a double over the Magpies in the space of a month. We got the reaction to another glum evening for Toon fans from our panel…

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It’s battle of the Uniteds at St James Park on Saturday evening as Newcastle entertain Manchester in the evening kick-off (5:15pm), live on Setanta Sports One. KK doesn’t have a bad record against the Red Devils, having played them four times at St James Park as Magpies manager, losing once, drawing twice and also THAT 5-0 victory in 1996. But how will he fare this weekend? We asked our panel….

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Newcastle United took the lead at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, then fell four goals behind in scenes which have been typical of this season. Michael Owen grabbed his second goal in as many games to give United the lead after six minutes, but it all went downhill from there and in a disasterous second half, the Magpies fell apart. We got reaction from the Panel on yet more disappointment….

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The first game of this new Premiership weekend sees Newcastle United travel to Villa Park, to face Aston Villa, live at 12:45 on Sky Sports One. The Magpies are without a win under Kevin Keegan thus far and will be looking to end that drought on Saturday afternoon. With Faye and Beye back from the ACON, how will the Toon fare? We asked the panel…

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Newcastle finally scored their first goal under Kevin Keegan on Sunday afternoon, only to lose the lead some time later and be lucky to escape with a point. Dissallowed goals were the topic of the day, with one at the very beginning and at the end as well. We got the panel’s reaction to a controversial day on Tyneside…

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Newcastle entertain Middlesbrough in the second Tyne-Tees derby of the season on Sunday afternoon, when the Smoggies travel to St James Park at lunchtime, live on Sky Sports One. Having yet to score or win under KK yet, can the Magpies come out as victors? We asked the panel…

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Repeat game, repeat performance, repeat result. Newcastle fell foul to Arsenal for the second time in three days on Tuesday evening when they lost at the Emirates stadium by 3-0 again! A wonderous goal from Flamini and some class from Adebayor ensured victory for the Gunners on a cold January evening. We took in the panel’s view…

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Newcastle crashed out of the FA Cup on Saturday afternoon 3-0 to London highflyers Arsenal, and travel straight back to the Emirates on Tuesday evening, looking for their first Premier League win under Kevin Keegan, and their first in seven games since their 1-0 victory over Fulham late last year. We got the views of our panel on the two Gunners ties…

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Newcastle travel to Arsenal on Saturday afternoon in the fourth round of the FA Cup. The Magpies are looking to win at the Emirates for the first time since it was built while Arsenal are looking to bounce back from mid-week defeat at Spurs. We got the views of a slightly depleted Panel on the tie…

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KK’s return to Tyneside ended in an uninspiring 0-0 draw, at home to Bolton Wanderers. With only 10 senior players available, Newcastle had no real options other than the team they put out and Bolton matched that by camping in their own half and frustrating the Toon and Geordie crowd. We got the Panel’s reaction on a frustrating Saturday evening…

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