New Newcastle United challenges amid transfer budget boost
Newcastle United are flying the flag globally as 78,419 fans watch Tottenham Hotspur game in Australia – but this has not always been the case.
In more than two decades as a Newcastle United writer, I’ve had a few tickings off from managers.
But none so far away from Tyneside as the one delivered by Alan Pardew over a bagel and a coffee.
Pardew had wanted to meet a couple of colleagues and myself in a downtown Columbus, Ohio, during an eventfu…
