Celtic friendly now confirmed – Newcastle United official announcement | OneFootball

Celtic will host Newcastle United in a pre-season friendly.

An official Newcastle United announcement (see below) confirming the news.

As far back as December 2024 this Celtic v Newcastle match was first reported by The Mail and for this exact date, which is Saturday 19 July 2025.

Newcastle United state that NUFC fans will have a 7,200 ticket allocation.

Newcastle United official announcement – 6 May 2025:

‘We’ll travel to Glasgow to face Scottish Premiership champions Celtic FC as part of pre-season this summer.

Our match at Celtic Park will see the current English and Scottish League Cup holders competing for the first ever adidas Trophy, with both clubs proudly partnering the global sportswear brand.

Kicking off at 3.00pm on Saturday 19 July, we’ll be backed by 7,200 away fans. Tickets will initially be available to season ticket holders with 35+ away points from 2.00pm today via book.newcastleunited.com.

“Travelling to Glasgow, to face Celtic, is a great opportunity to test ourselves as we gear up for Premier League and European football next season,” said Eddie Howe.

“We’ll face a top team at an historic ground, with a big away crowd there to support us.”

Our last pre-season match at Celtic Park was under Sir Bobby Robson in 2004. Back on Tyneside, Celtic were our guests for Alan Shearer’s testimonial match on Tyneside in 2006, and we met for a pre-season fixture the following summer at St. James’ Park.

We last visited Glasgow in summer 2023, beating Rangers 2-1 in front of a capacity crowd at Ibrox before travelling to the United States for the Premier League Summer Series.