Billy Coulston has revealed that he has left Newcastle United after nearly a decade working as an analyst at a 'special football club'.
Coulston stepped up as a first-team analyst after the Magpies were promoted to the Premier League in 2017 and worked under Rafa Benitez, Steve Bruce and Eddie Howe. While Coulston operated behind the scenes, and away from the cameras, supporters may recognise the Northumbria University graduate from the team photographs taken in the dressing room after recent wins.
The role of first-team analyst was one of many titles Coulston held during his time at the club. After a spell as an academy performance analyst intern, Coulston became Newcastle's lead academy analyst in 2012 before taking up a position as the under-23s' development squad analyst. Coulston made the step up to the senior team as an opposition scout in 2016 and, then, finally, a first-team analyst in 2017.
