• Manager insists that the club is not banning anything• ‘We’ve got seven games in 30 days or so. December is nonstop’Steve Bruce expects his Newcastle United players will have “no time” for a
Christmas party and believes the days when teams regularly flew to so-called “party capitals” such as Amsterdam and
Dublin for festive celebrations are over.
Last December Newcastle’s squad cancelled plans to stage what was once a traditional night out, after taking a heavy hint from their then manager, Rafael Benítez, and it seems a precedent has been set.