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Newcastle United have sold more than 33,000 season tickets for the 2016/17 Championship season - and there is still a month to go before the first home game of the campaign.

Despite the Magpies ’ relegation from the Premier League, Rafa Benitez’s decision to commit his future to the club and United’s £30million gross spend on five incoming transfers so far this summer - with more expected to follow - appears to have captured the Geordie public’s imagination.

In fact, the club have already secured a greater number of season-ticket holders at St James’ Park for this upcoming second-tier season than they had in the Premier League in 2015/16.

A four-week window still remains for fans to buy tickets on general sale before United’s opening home game of the campaign against Huddersfield Town on Saturday, August 13.

United reduced season tickets by 10 per cent over the summer, in addition to the 54 per cent drop in junior prices which the club announced in February.

The deadline for existing season-ticket holders to renew passed last week, meaning a “limited number of seats have now become available” in the Family Area, according to the club.

Prices for the Family Area are £329 for adults and just £68 for juniors.

Newcastle also state that availability remains “good” for most other areas of St James’ Park, though only a few individual seats are now available in the South-East corner.

If you are interested in buying a season ticket for the 2016/17 season, you can visit http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Tickets/SeasonTickets , call 0844 372 1892 or head into the St. James’ Park Box Office.

The matchday box office in the Milburn Stand will be open from 9am-4pm this Saturday (July 16), 10am-4pm on Sunday (July 17) and 10am-5pm throughout next week.