FIXTURE CHANGE - Please Read

By Matthew Jones
June 25 2003

South Yorkshire Police have asked Newcastle to re-arrange one of their games. If the game went ahead on the scheduled day, both Newcastle fans and Middlesbrough fans would be in the same city, at the same time, on the same day. Police feared trouble.

Newcastle United's pre-season friendly at Sheffield Wednesday scheduled for Saturday 2 August, has been brought forward to Friday 1 August.

This has been done on police advice, as they don't want Newcastle fans in Sheffield, the same day Middlesbrough play Sheffield United.

South Yorkshire Police feared trouble, so the match at Hillsborough will now kick off at 7:45pm.

Newcastle were due to travel to Hartlepool on this Friday, but that will now be a side made up of the reserve team and yourth academy.

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