Overview

• Councillors voted on May 28 to award Howe the Freedom of Newcastle, the city’s highest civic honour, in acknowledgment of his impact.
• Supporters turned out in their hundreds of thousands to line the city centre for a victory parade following the Carabao Cup final win at Wembley in March.
• Newcastle secured a fifth-place Premier League finish to qualify for the 2025/26 Champions League in Howe’s first full season in charge.
• Council leader Karen Kilgour hailed Howe as a calm, inspiring ambassador whose leadership restored belief and ambition to the club and its community.
• A formal presentation ceremony will be arranged, during which Howe will receive a commemorative scroll and have his name inscribed in the Civic Centre’s Banqueting Hall