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The Independent
5 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
The Newcastle tactics that proved Eddie Howe is an elite manager
After 15 games of the Premier League season, Newcastle United were 12th in the table and looking lost. By the end, they had secured Champions League qualification and their first major domestic trophy in 70 years. Eddie Howe, once again, had pulled off a miracle. Adam Clery examines what was going wrong at the tail-end of 2024, what changes he made to the team in 2025, and why this finally proves that Howe belongs in the conversation of the world's elite managers.
Times
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Times
David Moyes: Secret door, cramped away dressing room — why I love Goodison
The sun is out, casting long shadows across Goodison Park, and David Moyes is in the dugout, shooting the breeze. Next time will be the last time: this is Moyes's final visit before bidding goodbye to the grand old place on Sunday. He uses it to do something he always wanted to, but never had: stand in the Gwladys Street End and gaze at that field of sweat and grit and dreams. This place, those memories; Moyes was a fiery young coach when Goodison first became his turf, 23 years ago, and now he's a twinkling, calmer elder of elite managers. His family are embedded here. His dad, David Sr, is coming on Sunday and planning his usual pint at the Winslow across the road.
