It has been a period beyond any Newcastle fan’s wildest dreams – and a world away from what the Magpies produced under his predecessor. But never mind Steve Bruce, where does Eddie Howe’s first year on Tyneside place him alongside the Premier League’s managerial elite?
We’ve crunched the stats of Howe’s miracle work so far to see how it stacks up against the maiden 12 months of the English game’s greatest modern-day managerial reigns.
From the men he is now mixing it with in the Champions League places to great managers of the recent past, such as Jose Mourinho, just how does Howe’s first year in Toon measure up?
