Louise Taylor

Sunderland

Not the Roy Keane-loving, Newcastle United-hating, Sunderland-supporting, Guardian Football teller of tall tales. GO QATAR! (KERCHING!!)

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Championship anxiety and emotion heighten in the race for promotion

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Louise Taylor

Ao Tanaka sat in the away dressing room and started crying. The Japan midfielder had just helped Leeds win a vital match at Middlesbrough this month but they were not tears of joy. “I asked Ao: ‘Why?’” said his manager, Daniel Farke. “He said: ‘I don’t know boss, I’m just so empty.’”Given it is April and, with four games remaining, a gruelling, painfully tight, Championship promotion race is drawing towards a denouement, no one seemed too surprised.
Marc Guéhi own goal adds to Newcastle flurry over bewildered Palace

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Louise Taylor

When Eddie Howe fell ill last week and it became clear Newcastle’s manager could be absent for some time, the team’s captain Bruno Guimarães convened an emergency meeting of senior players. Everyone resolved, in Guimarães’s words to “keep our standards as high as ever” and subsequent actions have shown they meant it. This utter demolition of Crystal Palace lifted Newcastle to third, leaving them only four points behind second-placed Arsenal.
Alexander Isak caps cruise past Crystal Palace and fires Newcastle into third

1 week ago | msn.com | Louise Taylor

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Jason Tindall ready to lead Newcastle for rest of season in place of Eddie Howe

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Louise Taylor

Jason Tindall is ready to take charge of Newcastle for the remainder of the season as Eddie Howe recovers from pneumonia. With Newcastle‚Äôs manager still in hospital on Tyneside, his assistant will lead the team against Crystal Palace at St James‚Äô Park on Wednesday night and at Aston Villa on Saturday but, if necessary, Tindall is prepared to deputise for longer.
Jason Tindall ready to lead Newcastle for rest of season in place of Eddie Howe

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Louise Taylor

Jason Tindall is ready to take charge of Newcastle for the remainder of the season as Eddie Howe recovers from pneumonia. With Newcastle’s manager still in hospital on Tyneside, his assistant will lead the team against Crystal Palace at St James’ Park on Wednesday night and at Aston Villa on Saturday but, if necessary, Tindall is prepared to deputise for longer.
Eddie Howe to miss further Newcastle games after pneumonia diagnosis

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Louise Taylor

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe remains in hospital on Tyneside but is said to be on the road to recovery after being diagnosed with pneumonia. The 47-year-old was admitted late on Friday night and, as he underwent a series of tests over the weekend, anxious club officials offered no updates regarding his condition.
Eddie Howe to miss further Newcastle games after pneumonia diagnosis

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Louise Taylor

Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe will miss the club’s next two games after being diagnosed with pneumonia. Howe watched Newcastle’s 4-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday from his hospital bed, having been admitted on Friday evening after feeling unwell for several days. Newcastle have now said the 47-year-old will also miss Wednesday’s home match against Crystal Palace and Saturday’s trip to Aston Villa, with assistant Jason Tindall and Graeme Jones due to prepare the team in his absence.
Howe remains in hospital but Tindall sure Newcastle win has ‘lifted his spirits’

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Louise Taylor

Eddie Howe remains in hospital with an unspecified illness but was well enough to watch on television as his Newcastle side beat Manchester United 4-1 at St James’ Park yesterdayon Sunday. Jason Tindall, his assistant who took charge in the home technical area, said he was able to offer no update on Howe’s condition but added that he had received a congratulatory post‑match text from the manager.
Barnes’ double inspires Newcastle to emphatic win over Manchester United

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Louise Taylor

No one knew if Eddie Howe was well enough to watch his Newcastle players from the hospital bed he has occupied since Friday night but they ultimately put on the sort of show he would have relished.
Eddie Howe in hospital but conscious and talking with family, Newcastle say

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Louise Taylor

Eddie Howe, the Newcastle head coach, was admitted to hospital on Friday and will miss Sunday’s game with Manchester United as a result. The Carabao Cup winners said the 47-year-old had been feeling unwell “for a number of days” and would not be at St James’ Park on Sunday. A statement added that Howe was “conscious, talking with family and continuing to receive expert medical care”. Jason Tindall, Howe’s assistant, will take the side on Sunday along with the coach Graeme Jones.