Alan Shearer – How Eddie Howe compares to past Newcastle United managers and his biggest achievement

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·9 November 2024

Alan Shearer – How Eddie Howe compares to past Newcastle United managers and his biggest achievement

An interesting one from Alan Shearer.

The Newcastle United legend asked Eddie Howe.

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Alan Shearer talking about the Head Coach’s biggest achievement these past three years and where Eddie Howe ranks amongst past Newcastle United managers.

Writing for The Athletic, the former number nine asked the question: ‘It’s Eddie Howe’s third anniversary at the helm of Newcastle United. What do you think his biggest achievement has been and how would you rank him against modern Newcastle managers?’

Alan Shearer replying:

‘Eddie’s biggest achievement was to keep Newcastle in the league in his first season in charge. There have been some huge highs, like getting to a League Cup final and playing in the Champions League, but those things couldn’t have happened without securing safety from relegation. Going down would have been disastrous. It looked pretty nailed on when he was appointed.

How would I rank him? He’s given us great football, great entertainment, he’s engaged with fans and he’s reminded us what Newcastle can be. I’d put him up there with the very best of our managers — Kevin Keegan and Sir Bobby Robson — and he’d be at the very top of the list if he was to deliver us a trophy.

I think we’ve got a very good chance of finally doing it this season. We’ve got a home draw in the Carabao Cup quarter-final and if we could have handpicked any of the Premier League teams left in the competition, it probably would have been Brentford. There’s no reason we can’t go back to Wembley.

I’m a huge, huge fan of what Eddie has already achieved. I don’t think you can be anything else.’

Newcastle United upcoming matches confirmed to end of January 2025:

Sunday 10 November – Forest v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports

Monday 25 November – Newcastle v West Ham (8pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 30 November – Crystal Palace v Newcastle (3pm)

Wednesday 4 December – Newcastle v Liverpool (7.30pm) Amazon

Saturday 7 December – Brentford v Newcastle (3pm)

Saturday 14 December – Newcastle v Leicester (3pm)

Wednesday 18 December – Newcastle v Brentford (7.45pm) Sky Sports+ (Carabao Cup)

Saturday 21 December – Ipswich v Newcastle (3pm)

Thursday 26 December – Newcastle v Villa (3pm) Amazon

Monday 30 December – Man U v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports