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Newcastle United supporters reveal their perfect Champions League group

Newcastle United fans have chosen their dream destinations when it comes to next season's Champions League group.

The Magpies have qualified for Europe's blue riband club competition for the first time in two decades. That was after a terrific fourth-placed finish in the Premier League last term. It means Eddie Howe's side will be rubbing shoulders with the biggest teams on the continent.

With that in mind we ran a survey asking supporters to tell us which destinations they want to visit when the draw is eventually made. Newcastle will go automatically into the competition proper and will be paired with three other sides in the group.

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And the overwhelming winner when it came to which city fans would most like to plan an away day for is Barcelona with the Spanish city sealing 24 per cent of all votes

Madrid, which will again see both Atletico and Real attempt to seal glory, came second with 16 per cent whilst another two-club city, Milan, was third with 10 per cent. Other notable mentions came for Dortmund, Rome and Munich.

The draw for next season's group stage is on Thursday, August 31, with qualifiers finishing a day earlier. Newcastle will be in pot four and they cannot be paired with anyone in their pot nor a team from the same country.

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