Newcastle staff alongside Alan Pardew left a sports lawyer stunned. Former coach Andy Woodman has opened up on when he was handed the remarkable deal by Toon chief Mike Ashley.Woodman was a key member of Pardew's coaching staff at St James' Park along with Steve Stone and John Carver.The quartet were all awarded bumper contracts by Ashley in 2012 on the back of Newcastle's fifth-place finish in the Premier League.And former goalkeeping coach Woodman has lifted the lid on how the terms of the contract left a sports lawyer stunned.He told the Under the Cosh podcast, which is hosted by Jon Parkin and Chris Brown: "We expected these contracts to be one-year severance (if dismissed)."The sports lawyer rang me and said: 'Have you signed this.
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