Sunday’s pre-match activities are an opportunity for us and our supporters to pay our respects for lives lost, and to those who have served in battle. If your team is not on the list available, then please read HOW TO DONATE TO POPPY APPEALfor other ways to support the appeal. The badge features a poppy with leaf on the left and the standard Newcastle United crest on the left.

Meanwhile Newcastle Falcons will be honouring armed forces personnel at Sunday’s Anglo-Welsh Cup visit of Northampton Saints. Newcastle United is offering a ceramic poppy attached to a club badge so football fans can support the Royal British Legion. A four-course meal will be served in military mess format, with military traditions such as the passing of the port and toasts to the Queen. Read More Related ArticlesA spokesman for the Newcastle United shop said 100% of donations for the badge would go to the Legion. The Poppy Appeal will be collecting inside the stadium, with the post-match festivities include a rugby game between the 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and 4th Regiment Royal Artillery on the main field at 5.15pm. Then at 5.15pm we have the opportunity to watch some current Army personnel playing the sport we all love. The badges are only available in the store but they are not the only way Newcastle is supporting the Legion. Next year the football ground is set play to host an officers’ mess-style dinner to raise funds for the armed forces charity.

We had a few boxes delivered but I don’t know how long they will last because they have been popular. The Poppy Appeal will be inside the stadium collecting for what we all know is a fantastic cause, and it is only appropriate we continue to take such an active part in supporting our armed forces.” The Royal British Legion still needs to come to an agreement with your club to use its trademarked football club logo and agree the terms of the use. They also need to be sure that if they spend the money to bulk produce your teams football poppy badge that they will actually sell. The home of Newcastle United will host the military dinner on March 2 next year in aid of the Royal British Legion that provides lifelong support for the armed forces community.