ALAN PARDEW thinks Newcastle United's new-look team proved they have the mental strength to build on an opening day defeat to Manchester City after threatening to prevent the reigning champions from leaving St James' Park with a victory. After City had ...

BY 9am, it was clear this wasn't going to be a day like any other. In Leeds, thousands of spectators were thronging the Headrow, straining to catch a glimpse of the team trucks spilling out the bikes and their riders that would contest Yorkshire's Grand Depart.