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Paul Dummett knows that Newcastle United need to be braced for their first home game of the season against Huddersfield Town.

The Yorkshire side kick off United’s home programme this weekend after starting their own Championship campaign with victory over Brentford last weekend.

The Wales international is anticipating a tough test against the Terriers in a game that will take place in front of a sell-out crowd at St James’ Park.

For Huddersfield fans, the trip to Tyneside would have been one of the first games they looked for on the fixture list back in June.

And Dummett knows how tough home games will be this season, he told the Chronicle: “Teams are going to come to us knowing it’s one of their biggest games of the season so we have to be ready for that.

“We have good players here and I am sure we will sign more good players as well.

“We are going to be one of the bigger teams in the league, but that doesn’t mean we can be complacent.

“It’s not going to be easy in any game.

“It’s like the Premier League in that no game is easy, but there is also the physical side of it.

“There will be a physical presence in Championship and that will be hard.

“We have a lot of players who will be ready for that.

“We just want a successful season and look to win the league or get promoted back to the Premier League as everybody is in.”

United’s season started in deeply disappointing circumstances at Fulham as they went down 1-0 at Craven Cottage in their opening game.

It was a result that left Rafa Benitez frustrated ahead of the long Championship campaign but Dummett feels there has still been a feel-good factor around the club this season.

The former St Mirren and Gateshead loanee said: “I was away with Wales but a lot of players told me Rafa was staying as the news came through.

“It just shows how much of a big club this is and the ambition they have shown to take it forward.

“It was the challenge the manager wanted and he wanted the club to show commitment and will to sign players.

“They have done that so far and changed the training ground in the way the manager wanted it.”

Dummett endured a testing summer after being called up by Wales for the initial Euro 2016 squad before missing the cut for the finals.

However, he has been told by Chris Coleman that he will still be considered for the World Cup qualifiers that start next month despite Newcastle’s relegation to the second flight this summer.

The United Academy product said: “He told me it was because I’d missed a few games through injury.

“Unfortunately, I was injured a couple of times when Wales were playing so that was disappointing.

“It was one of the reasons why I wasn’t involved.

“I now have a taste for it.

“I just need to stay fit and do well here with Newcastle and hopefully, I get the chance to go forward.”