Pardew: Newscastle 'grinding towards the end of the season'

Alan Pardew has admitted Newcastle are grinding their way towards the end of a season which at one point threatened to deliver much, much more.

On St Stephen's Day, the Magpies defeated Stoke 5-1 at St James’ Park to sit in sixth place in the Premier League table with 33 points from their opening 18 games, their best return at such a stage since the 2001-02 season, when they went on to finish fourth.