Romantic Pardew happy to see St James' Park revert back to original

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew was celebrating tonight after learning that he will be sending his team out at St James’ Park once again.

Pardew admitted he and his players had been hurt by owner Mike Ashley’s decision to rename the 52,000-capacity stadium as the Sport Direct Arena last year in a bid to showcase the naming rights, and he was delighted when wonga.com confirmed today that they had bought them and decided to revert to the traditional name.