"As Bournemouth manager, he has been able to mix it and go toe to toe with some of the biggest teams in the Premier League and pick up results, not just as a fluke, he's done it on a number of occasions. That's what people seem to have forgotten." The words transition and stopgap have been used to describe Newcastle's next appointment, and the idea may have put some managers off the job entirely. History suggests whoever does take the hot seat could find themselves cast aside when the availability of more illustrious names becomes too alluring to resist. "He just always had huge drive, passion and energy and a tremendous love for the club. He loved the fun that football could bring to people and he had that infectious warmth and spirit which gave so much to anyone that met him. Smith says: "The Olympic Project, not for Black rights, it was for human rights. For people, for human rights. I do believe that's why it spanned the entire globe."