Glenn Roeder’s highly successful spell as caretaker manager at St. James Park will come to and end after Newcastle’s Final league match against champions Chelsea after the Premier League turned down an appeal for special dispensation from the North East club’s board.

Roeder doesn’t hold the necessary UEFA Pro coaching licence required to manage a Premiership club and the Premier League bigwigs have decided that there is no provision in their rules to grant special dispensation without the approval of the member clubs,

“In the event of permission being sought sufficient support from clubs would have to be obtained and a formal resolution tabled at the forthcoming Premier League AGM.”

The League have already given Roeder a two game stay of execution until the end of the season beyond the 12 week temporary allowance they are able to grant under their rules and with the UEFA Pro licence taking 12 months to complete, Glenn Roeder will now have to go back to his job as Academy manager if he wants to remain with the Geordie club for next season.

After ten wins in his 16 games in charge, it’s a shame for a man written off by many after an unhappy spell at West Ham united and especially having his tenure cut short by bureaucracy rather than footballing reasons.

For the Newcastle board it’s a case of back to the drawing board once again.

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