The ’keeper – a mainstay in the Magpies’ line-up in recent months – recently played his 150th game for the club, having joined from Sparta Prague, initially on loan, back in 2018.

Among the other contents of the 84-page issue – recognised as one of the league’s best last season – is a bumper historical section, increased in size for 2023/24. Club Historian Paul Joannou provides four pages, as does regular UNITED columnist Stan Gate, who brings all sorts of black and white memorabilia back to light. There’s the latest chapter of The European Years – a new regular feature looking back at each and every one of the Magpies’ continental campaigns to date – as well as the newest instalments of The Poster Boys and When Worlds Collide, the latter shining a light on a couple of both clubs’ lesser-remembered players.

Elsewhere, there’s a long read on Newcastle United Women’s Paige Bailey-Gayle – ahead of a potentially seismic weekend for Becky Langley’s side – as well as a five-page academy section, including interviews with Trevan Sanusi and Jamie Sterry, who’s now playing for Doncaster in League Two.

Sky Sports’ Pete Graves provides his latest column, while the Newcastle United Hellenic Supporters – from Greece – take centre stage in Mags Around The World.

Furthermore, there’s ten dedicated pages on our visitors to SJP, three more for Junior Magpies, boss Eddie Howe and skipper Jamaal Lascelles’ thoughts ahead of the game and much, much more.

UNITED will be on sale around the ground, priced at £3.50.