2017-06-16 Finalised pre-season

After many weeks of planning and the announcement earlier in the week of the arranged, weekend friendly matches, The Magpies can now confirm their full pre-season schedule for 2017/18 including the addition of a home friendly against Sutton United U21s to conclude the period. United had a memorable season last time out, with a notable highlight being their FA Cup run and one of the upshots from their recent success is the re-launch of an Under 21 side that will play in the Suburban League and boasts a great deal of talent who will provide the Magpies with a very stern test just before the competitive season commences on Saturday 5 August.

Whilst match action is rightfully a key component of the season's preparations, conditioning both physically and tactically are equally important, as such a considered blend of work in these areas has been put together by the newly formed Management Team.

The schedule commences on Thursday 22 June with a meeting at the Club of the management and players to go through the objectives for the season ahead and how as a unit we will set about achieving them

The following week sees the physical business of preparation for the forthcoming season begin and we are delighted to confirm that BoxFit Academy will be working with us to provide variety into the building of a fitness base that will be vital ahead of what all hope will be a long season. BoxFit will be with us every Tuesday, starting at 18:45 on 27 June at The Club, with the remaining hour of those sessions devoted to tactical work.

Thursdays will all be at The Club on grass, with a 19:15 start time and these sessions will be less demanding physically but equally challenging on a technical and tactical level ahead of taking the week's work into the weekend's friendly match.

The full schedule is as follows: