The bank holiday is on the 25th May when Newcastle are 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.

think ill watch it on the tellybox

Fantastic city. Love Newcastle. 6 of us booked into a hotel in Jesmond with a few more booking tomorrow.

I may end up changing my mind, especially if a few mates decide to organise it, but I'm leaning that way myself. Depending on how the fixtures are sorted, it's likely we will face our MW opponents a guaranteed four times next season, plus potential cup and playoff games. I'm not sure there's enough motivation to travel to Newcastle for a league game that has been tacked on to the fixture calendar with no real purpose tbh.

Each to there own but I don't look at it like this. I see it as a weekend away with my mates in a great city with 2 full days of live sport to watch. Newcastle is always bouncing but it will be absolutely rocking that weekend. Plus there's nine months to plan and save for it so hardly going to break the bank. I'm not too fussed about who we play or how much the fixture means.

This isn't just a response to you btw, more of a general response to the negative comments I've seen about the weekend.

I love it as a concept, and I think the last few years at the Etihad have been excellent, but I hate the format of it. The weekends fantastic, but the purpose behind the weekend needs to be addressed. I'd have been saying the same thing even if it was still in Manchester. And I do think it matters who we play, in 2011 we ended up playing Saints 6 times due to magic, cup and playoffs and it completely took the shine off the derbies IMO.