Cesnock and Newcaslte are engaged in friendly competition to host a team during the Asian Cup next year.
The Cup kicks off on January 9 and Newcastle has already secured four games including a semi-final and third place play offs.
Newcastle is hoping defending champions Japan will chose the city as their base camp while Cessnock has had some interest from Kuwait
Cessnock Mayor, Bob Pynsent, says the Kuwait head coach was very positive about the towns facilities
