Souness looks beyond Bowyer row

Newcastle manager Graeme Souness will put a traumatic week in his club’s colourful history behind him as he attempts to take a stride towards the UEFA Cup semi-finals.

St James’ Park has been the centre of unwanted attention since Saturday’s shocking brawl between team-mates Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer, an incident which has once again attracted the sort of headlines which leave chairman Freddy Shepherd seething.