10 Darkest Days In Alan Pardew's Newcastle United Career

8. Southampton 4-0 Newcastle

Date: 13th September 2014 If the 2013 away loss to Southampton wasn't bad enough, Newcastle followed it up in the same fixture this year by spectacularly exploding on the south coast. Protests were beginning to rumble in earnest, and John Carver took it upon himself to ask fans with banners to respect the team and take them down, before losing his rag and offering the away end out for a fight. For many Newcastle fans, this loss was the final straw for Pardew and his coaches, but the darkest revelation was that Mike Ashley simply did not feel the same.