While Newcastle United's first team players return for duty on Friday, the club's training ground has been anything but quiet as the team behind the team make sure everything is in place for pre-season.
From medical practitioners, cleaners and administrators to chefs, kit staff and ground staff, the club's dedicated team has been hard work so that testing and training can get off to a flying start.
Take a look behind the scenes to see what's going on...
Newcastle United's training centre ahead of pre-season.
Player liaison officer Glenn Patterson (left) and team administrator Tony Toward have been hard at work ahead of the players' return.
A mountain of boxes has arrived containing hundreds of items of training kit.
It's a hugely busy time for long-serving kit manager Ray Thompson and his team.
Ray's team is responsible for all kit, boots and equipment.
Each box needs logging, unpacking, its contents sorting, a squad number or initials adding and then distributing to players and staff.
Ray sorts through another box full of training kit before the players return for pre-season testing.
Kit and equipment assistant Neil Stoker begins the process of printing numbers on the new home shirts.
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Newcastle United's training centre ahead of pre-season.
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Player liaison officer Glenn Patterson (left) and team administrator Tony Toward have been hard at work ahead of the players' return.
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A mountain of boxes has arrived containing hundreds of items of training kit.
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It's a hugely busy time for long-serving kit manager Ray Thompson and his team.
4 / 16Credit: (c) Newcastle United
Ray's team is responsible for all kit, boots and equipment.
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Each box needs logging, unpacking, its contents sorting, a squad number or initials adding and then distributing to players and staff.
6 / 16Credit: (c) Newcastle United
Ray sorts through another box full of training kit before the players return for pre-season testing.
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Kit and equipment assistant Neil Stoker begins the process of printing numbers on the new home shirts.
