SATURDAY: Newcastle United are beaten 2-0 by Blackburn Rovers at St James' Park - and there is a post-match demonstration by some fans against chairman Freddy Shepherd and manager Glenn Roeder.
SUNDAY: Roeder is summoned to St James' Park just before noon and the outcome is the parting of ways between the manager and the club.
By mid-afternoon, news filters through that Roeder is no longer manager of Newcastle United.
MONDAY: The Chronicle's Sam's The Man front page headline is beamed out on Sky Television by 10am and goes around the world.
TUESDAY: The Chronicle reports that Shepherd is ready to go to war with Bolton Wanderers over Allardyce about the tricky matter of compensation.
WEDNESDAY: The Chronicle reveals that both Sven-Goran Eriksson and Gerard Houllier are interested in replacing Roeder.
And that United would probably miss out on Steve Sidwell after Chelsea and Everton moved in on the Reading midfielder.
We also reported former United skipper Bobby Moncur's backing for Allardyce.
THURSDAY: The Chronicle said that United would unveil Allardyce in the middle of next week after a deal is rubber-stamped at a board meeting on Monday.
FRIDAY: The Chronicle reported that a United delegation had made a hush-hush trip to Monte Carlo to talk to top European agent Mike Morris, who did a lot of deals with Allardyce in his time as manager of Bolton Wanderers.
Chief operating officer Russell Cushing is spotted at the Central Station at the crack of dawn boarding a train for London and things start to hot up.
SATURDAY: Pictures are revealed of Shepherd and Allardyce meeting at a top London hotel and there is now no doubt that Big Sam will be named as Newcastle United manager next week.
