The bank holiday is on the 25th May when Newcastle are indeed at home on the Sunday 24th (this is also the last weekend of the Premier League season, so all matches are played on this day), but the last weekend in May is the 30th/31st. I'm assuming this is when the Magic weekend will take place. I'm looking forward to going to St James park too.

I've paid £160 for Friday to Monday for an 8 person caravan at the Park resort site in Whitley bay.

£20 each for three nights.

Easy to get to the ground from there. Could be some good deals on the go with several different caravan sites in the area.

Should be a good laugh on a site like that as well in the bars with a good mixture of fans.


I'd originally booked for us to stay at the Holiday inn at the metro centre but this has worked out half the price for two extra nights.

Can you get the metro straight to St James from Whitley?

Believe so. There's a station at Whitley Bay and size wise the metro isn't that big. I'd say just over 30 mins by the Metro. I live 40 miles South of Newcastle at Stockton. It's about 35 mins on the train from Darlington, but we've decided to get a hotel for the weekend.

Am I the only one planning on just getting a club coach or the train there for the day?

I can't commit to going for the full weekend yet so..