Barnes’ double inspires Newcastle to emphatic win over Manchester United

​ Eddie Howe was missing, watching on television from a hospital bed and too ill to activate a telephone line to the home dugout, yet his absence proved irrelevant.Newcastle’s players were so determined to send their manager a meaning­ful get-well message that they ultimately put on the sort of show that not merely proved Howe’s hard work on Tyneside is yielding rich rewards but blew Manchester United away. Continue reading… Read More