It's just shy of five years since Eddie Howe arrived at Newcastle with the team flailing at the foot of the Premier League. What followed is little short of miraculous and the man who drove it all will be remembered as one of the club's greatest managers.
But, with a punishing season just gone and another chaotic summer underway, he has decided to call it a day and all interested parties reluctantly accept it's time for a new start.
What next, then? Well, it looks like Matthias Jaissle is the man to follow the toughest of acts. But will he be able to call on Bruno Guimaraes?
Today's show features excerpts from our Eddie Howe documentary from summer 2025... to sign up to Extra Tyne (and gain access to the back catalogue of episodes) go to https://podonthetyne.supportingcast.fm/