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Josh McCafferty

The exact number of supporters Newcastle will take to Celtic Park this weekend

Newcastle United will bring 10,000 supporters to Glasgow this weekend for their friendly against Celtic. 

The sides meet at Parkhead, with the adidas Trophy up for grabs. 

League Cup holders in their respective nations, the last time the sides met was in 2007, as Newcastle ran out 4-1 winners at St James' Park in a friendly. Scott Brown scored the only goal for the visitors. 

Celtic will be hoping for a different result this time around. 


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Tickets are still available for the home end, although Newcastle will bring a hefty travelling support of 10,000, as confirmed by Celtic's official website today

Brendan Rodgers' men come into the game off the back of an impressive 2-0 win over Sporting CP midweek in the Algarve. 

Reo Hatate and Luke McCowan scored either side of half-time as Celtic made it three wins in four pre-season outings. 

After taking on Newcastle, they head out to Italy for the Como Cup, in which they could face the recently departed Nicolas Kuhn. 

"If we [Como] could play against Celtic, I would be really excited to face all my teammates from last season," said the German winger. 

"I can't wait to play in the tournament.

"My beginnings at Como have gone really well. I like the Italian atmosphere and the team is fantastic, everyone is helping me settle in and I'm really happy to be here.

"The training centre is fantastic, the quality is high, and so far everything has been perfect.

"I think we have a lot of very good players in the squad."

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