England international Nobbs and Republic of Ireland defender Mannion became two of the highest profile recruits in the second tier when they joined after leaving Aston Villa and Manchester United respectively, with former Southampton duo Purfield and Pike also bolstering Becky Langley's squad.

They trained with the rest of the squad at Newcastle United's training centre in Benton last week, and Harriet Massey was there to capture these images for this newcastleunited.com gallery.