00:01So, I'm here just at Leithers' Park about walking to St James' Park for the first time since May.
00:06Of course, Eddie Howeside returned back home for a pre-season match against Espanyol tonight.
00:11It's around about all the noise of everything that's going on in the transfer market.
00:15It's just nice to have football back again, really, at St James' Park, you know.
00:20All the transfer this talk this summer, Alexander Rezac, the lack of signings, really.
00:26It's all been a lot of noise and not much action to really sort of quiet them.
00:30Obviously, they had their trips to South Korea and Singapore in those games.
00:34They weren't the best, but results-wise, I think Eddie Howell, of course, got a lot out of them.
00:38But for the fans watching and for us journalists, you'd like to see them win.
00:40Obviously, they haven't won yet in pre-season, bar their behind-closed-doors game against Carlisle.
00:44But tonight's a real opportunity for them to put that right.
00:48Against the Espanyol side, you know, they just avoided relegation from La Liga.
00:51So, yeah, it's a big test tomorrow against our Fettico Madrid.
00:56But tonight, it's a big one for Eddie Howell side, just to put a marker down.
01:00And, you know, as I said, they're at St James' Park.
01:02It's not a full house today, but it's going to be a decent crowd.
01:05Hopefully, they can put on a show.
01:07Players like Anthony Lange will get his first game at St James' Park, potentially, in the black and white shirts.
01:11Or with Aaron Ramsdale as well.
01:13So, you know, it's nice to have football back again.
01:16And I think you'll all be the same watching at home and if you're attending these games.
01:20You know, it's just nice to have something to talk about other than transfers.
01:23Of course, Eddie Howell will be asked about transfers and all that after the match.
01:26And I'm sure we'll have some updates on that.
01:28But right now, all that matters is the football.
01:30And just getting back into the normality of football once again.
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