After the weekend home defeat to Blackburn Glenn Roeder has resigned as manager of Newcastle United after 15 months at the helm. Newcastle United lie 13^th in the league after a dreadful season marred by a number of injuries and defensive frailty. Glenn Roeder has resigned with immediate effect leaving Sam Allardyce to emerge as a strong favourite to replace him. Newcastle’s season went from bad to worse as they have now failed to score at home in over 8 hours of play.