With 38 Premier League games played since the end of the Mike Ashley era at Newcastle United, the waves of positivity created by Amanda Staveley’s PIF-backed takeover still ripple across St James’ Park.
But after that first full “season” in charge, how do cold, hard statistics judge the impact of the Magpies’ new boardroom – and dug-out – regime? Where do those 38 Premier League games under new ownership rank alongside other warmly remembered top-flight seasons on Tyneside?
If you add Eddie Howe’s seemingly impressive 52-point haul in his 33 league games in charge to the two points picked up under Graeme Jones following Steve Bruce's exit, Newcastle have picked up 54 points in the first post-Ashley “season”.
