Howe missed games against Manchester United, Crystal Palace, and Aston Villa as he recovered in hospital and at home

Tindall (reluctantly) spent six months attempting to go it alone at Bournemouth, but aside from his brief spell as part of Paul Heckingbottom’s staff at Sheffield United, he had never been without Howe for any of their previous 710 matches as a duo.

Eddie Howe has heaped praise on Newcastle United's head of medicine, Dr Paul Catterson, after the medic made a quick intervention to spot his worsening condition as he battled the early stages of pneumonia.