I won't walk out on City: Pearce

Managerless Newcastle can forget any chance of prising old boy Stuart Pearce back to Tyneside to replace departed boss Graeme Souness.

Although Sam Allardyce and Martin O’Neill have been the names most touted with the St James’ Park vacancy, Magpies chairman Freddy Shepherd is a known admirer of Pearce, who spent two years as a player at the club in the late 1990s.