| Full Name: | Edward John Frank Howe |
| Age: | 47 |
| Date Of Birth: | November 29, 1977 |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 |
| Place Of Birth: | Amersham |
| Nationality: | English |
Newcastle United’s manager has been Eddie Howe since November 2021 after replacing Steve Bruce at St James’ Park. Hiring the Englishman was among the Toon’s first tasks with Saudi-backed owners.
Tyneside chiefs saw appointing Howe as a priority, with the club circling the drain of the Premier League in 19th place prior to his appointment. The ex-Bournemouth manager was able to quickly turn things around on Tyneside, guiding the club up to 11th place in his first season in charge.
Howe had already established a reputation in the English game for his brand of attacking football at AFC Bournemouth. However, the Cherries were often plagued by defensive deficiencies throughout his tenure. At Newcastle, Howe has managed to adopt a much more balanced style of play, which has resulted in fantastic results both in league and cup competitions.
He ended the club’s long wait for a trophy in 2025 by securing a 2-1 win over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.
Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe’s past coaching career
Bournemouth gave Howe his big break as a coach back in December 2008 while the south coast side battled against liquidation. He already had great connections to the club having enjoyed two separate spells as a player.
Howe assumed the role of caretaker manager in 2008 after Bournemouth sacked Jimmy Quinn. The club soon gave him the position permanently in January 2009 and he oversaw their great escape to avoid falling out of the Football League. Then, in 2009/10, he would take the Cherries to promotion.
January 2011 would then see Burnley come calling for the impressive young coach with the Clarets poaching Howe. But his time at Turf Moor only lasted 18 months before Howe and assistant coach Jason Tindall re-joined Bournemouth. He would then lead the club to promotion from League One.
Eddie Howe had a dream on -17 points at AFC Bournemouth
It took Howe and Bournemouth just two seasons in the Championship before the Cherries won the second-tier title. The club’s first time in the Premier League marked a seismic point in their journey back from the brink of collapse, having required bucket collections to avoid going bust back in 1997.
Financial problems had continued to plague the club before Howe took over with Bournemouth going into administration in February 2008. The Cherries also received a 17-point deduction in League Two for the 2008/09. But through all of this, Howe still had a dream of guiding the club to the Premier League.
Bournemouth enjoyed five seasons in the Premier League, with Howe orchestrating historic wins over Chelsea and Man Utd during that period.
The now Newcastle United manager ultimately called time on his spell as manager of Bournemouth in August 2020 after suffering relegation to the Championship. The Cherries took it to the final day of the campaign before losing at Everton. But only VAR not denying a goal against Aston Villa saw the Villans pip them by one point.
Eddie Howe’s coaching career
- AFC Bournemouth (2008-2011)
- Burnley (2011-2012)
- AFC Bournemouth (2012-2020)
- Newcastle United (2021-present)
Eddie Howe’s playing career
Howe’s connection with Bournemouth began back in the 1990s when he joined the club as a youth prospect. The centre-half would make his senior breakthrough with the Cherries in December 1995, as well. While his efforts at the club saw Harry Redknapp sign Howe for Portsmouth in March 2002.
The defender’s spell at Fratton Park was not as fruitful as it had been at Dean Court and he returned on loan in 2004 after a brief spell with Swindon Town. Bournemouth then bought Howe back during the summer of 2004. He had proven his fitness after two years plagued by knee injuries at Pompey.
Unfortunately, injuries continued to take their toll on Howe and he had to retire in June 2007 at just 29. The talented centre-half later revealed to how dislocating his knee in just his second game for Portsmouth effectively ended his career.
“I dislocated my knee cap and chipped a bit of bone under my knee, and then I had a micro-fracture and basically the joint was never the same,” Howe explained. “It was painful. I had lost all power – I couldn’t squat [and] I couldn’t run. I didn’t actually know at the time what I had done.”
It was not until 2003 that doctors ultimately detected the micro-fracture. But Howe would never be the same player again. He would, however, enjoy three more seasons at Bournemouth after the club’s fans raised £21k in the ‘Eddieshare’ scheme to fund his return from Portsmouth.
Eddie Howe at Newcastle United
Newcastle would eventually bring Bournemouth’s miracle man, Howe, back in from the managerial wilderness in November 2021. He had spent the previous 15 months without a job having waited for the right opening after quitting the Cherries.
Howe became manager of Newcastle with the Toon 19th in the Premier League table and winless in 11 fixtures. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), the Reuben brothers and Amanda Staveley had earlier fired Bruce after becoming Newcastle’s owners thanks to said torrid form.
Graeme Jones assumed the role of caretaker manager in the interim but failed to guide the Toon up from 19th. Yet Howe would see Newcastle finish the 2021/22 season in 11th place – the club’s best finish since 2017/18. While the 2022/23 season saw Howe guide the Toon back to a major cup final.
The PIF, Staveley and the Reuben brothers backed Howe to build a competitive Newcastle side in the summer of 2022. He built on the January arrivals of Bruno Guimaraes for £41.5 million, Kieran Trippier for £12 million, Dan Burn for £13 million and Chris Wood for £25 million.
Targett cost Newcastle £15m before Sven Botman arrived for £35m, Nick Pope joined for £12m and Alexander Isak arrived for a club-record £63m. Together, they helped Howe guide Newcastle into the English Football League Cup (EFL Cup) final. But Manchester United won the match at Wembley 2-0.
Later that season Howe guided Newcastle to Champions League qualification by finishing fourth in the Premier League – a feat the Magpies had not achieved for 20 years.
The 2023/24 season saw Newcastle’s long-awaited return to European football, their stay in Europe however would not last long, finishing bottom of their Champions League group – albeit a very tough group which contained PSG, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund.
Despite being ravaged by injuries, Howe would ultimately guide the Magpies to a seventh-place finish, only missing out on Europa Conference League qualification thanks to Manchester United’s FA Cup triumph.
