Newcastle skipper Fabricio Coloccini insists boss Alan Pardew has the full support of his players as he prepares for his enforced ban from the touchline. Pardew will miss Saturday's trip to Fulham and six further matches as punishment for head-butting Hull City's David Meyler.
"Of course we are behind him," says Coloccini. "He's the manager and he is like our team-mate. The players and the club support him.
"He knows what he did. It's finished. All of us can do something wrong. After these seven games, he is going to have the chance to show to everyone it was a mistake, and no more than that."
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