Alan pardew has been sacked by Newcastle United after two and a half years in charge and replaced by John Carver who has been put in charge temporarily until a new manager has been appointed.
Carver, 49, has been studying for his Pro-Licence, and has chosen to undergo the course whilst also been given the temporary job of the club

The English assistant manager and Pardew are believed not to have seen eye to eye over the past season although the club was at pains to deny the rumour.

Newcastle United released a short statement at 8.30am on Tuesday morning saying: "Newcastle- United has announced that Alan Pardew has left the club. The club would like to place on record its thanks for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role."
Carver will now be in charge for until a new appointment has been made, beginning with season opener which begins in just under 3 weeks time.

Pardew drove into the club's Little Benton training complex on Tuesday morning for a meeting with the chairman Mike Ashley to make the departure official.

Salt Lake City got treated to a clinic on creative, efficient, aggressive football on Wednesday night. It came at the expense of the MLS All-Stars, though, with the Barcalys Premier League side cruising to a 5-0 victory in front of a standing capacity crowd of 24,287
Fabricio Coloccini scored his second goal of pre season for Newcastle United, who became just the fourth foreign club to beat the All-Stars in 11 matches. Mike Williamson, Hatem Ben Arfa and new arrival Siem De Jong made it 4-0 before the break .

Clement Grenier who only made his first appearance for the club in his last outing made it 5-0 13 minutes into the second half with a well placed shot from outside the area, again showing his ability to find the back of the net.


Coloccini, who only just passed a late fitness test before the match got the ball rolling in the 17th minute with another powerful header from another Remy Cabella set piece.

Newcastle United doubled their lead in the twenty second minute when Mike Williamson scored from close range after All-Stars goalkeeper had fumbled his initial header.

Hatem Ben Arfa would make it 3-0 four minutes later with an easy finish after great play from De Jong to find the frenchmen unmarked and he made no mistake by firing low and hard past the goalkeeper.

Newcastle United capitalized on an error from the opposing centrebacks as Siem De Jong raced onto a loose ball and cheekily lobbed the ball over the onrushing Steve Clark to make it 4-0.


In the 58th minute, Clement Grenier would wrap it all up with a beautifully placed shot past the goalkeeper, leaving him flapping at nothing and sending the 4,000 travelling fans in a frenzy, obviously delighted with the finish

The All-Stars, showing the effects of having just one day to practice together, struggled to connect in the attacking third for much of the night and rarely challenged the Newcastle United defence

MLS put just three shots on goal and none of them forced keeper Tim Krul into a strenuous save.

Amazing result against a quality All-Stars side featuring Robbie Keane, Clint Dempsey and Micheal Bradley.
though its still only a semi pre-season match i believe if we show that commitment and quality throughout the season we will give the big boys of English football a real run for their money, Clement Grenier is already starting to be a crowd favourite and i hope his great form continues into the season ahead