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to full fitness from a year blighted by injuries
The Chronicle
|November 20, 2025
NEWCASTLE United youngster Ben Parkinson is ‘hitting the benchmarks’ as he continues to work his way back towards full fitness after an injuryravaged 12 months.
The Magpies academy product made his first-team debut as a substitute in a Premier League defeat at Bournemouth just over two years ago and was also named in 11 other senior squads during the 2023/24 season.
After making a fine start to the following campaign with 11 goals in the first half of the season, Parkinson had been lined up to make a loan move away from St James’ Park and gain consistent gametime with an EFL or National League club.
However, an ankle injury ended any thoughts of a temporary switch and the Durham-born striker then went on to suffer a broken bone in his foot and several other niggling injuries that have all but ended the momentum that initially brought him to Eddie Howe's attention.
This story is from the November 20, 2025 edition of The Chronicle.
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