Crystal Palace’s Alan Pardew unable to escape spotlight on Newcastle return

The Palace manager can expect a hostile reception at St James’ Park, where he is still apportioned some blame for Newcastle’s decline, whereas he has always seemed more comfortable at his current clubAlan Pardew initially spoke fondly of his time on Tyneside as the public face of a “beast” of a football club, and even declared he was “desperate” for Newcastle United to survive another season of toil. But as soon as the cameras went off, the shutters came down.