Magpies to stick with temporary duo

Newcastle will not appoint another manager as Joe Kinnear recovers from heart surgery.

Managing director Derek Llambias has dismissed suggestions that the Magpies will look to draft in a replacement – Wigan’s Steve Bruce has been touted as a long-term replacement, while a series of candidates have been suggested as possible stop-gap custodians – and will instead leave the club’s fate in the hands of coaches Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood.