Alan Pardew has kept both Newcastle and Crystal Palace in the Premier League - does he deserve to be Manager of the Year?

Palace were relegation candidates when Pardew took over and Newcastle have plummeted to the bottom of the form table since he left

New Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew (Getty Images)

Alan Pardew has had a brilliant 2014-15, not just for one club but two.

Both Newcastle and Crystal Palace would be likely relegation candidates without the manager, but the bookies have two other candidates currently in front of him in the running for the LMA Manager of the Year.

It may be a bit of an over-simplified way to work out such things, but if you were to combine the form of Newcastle and Crystal Palace from this season with Pardew in charge and when he was not, the difference is staggering.

In 20 matches with Newcastle this season, Pardew won seven and drew six to earn 27 points for the club - they were sitting 10th on New Year's Day when he left.

Neil Warnock won just three of 20 matches in the Premier League this season (Getty Images)

During that opening half of the season, Palace were terrible under Neil Warnock, with just three wins from their first 20 matches, accumulating just 17 points to sit 18th in the table; in the relegation zone.

Pardew left Newcastle on 29 December, taking charge of Crystal Palace for the first time in the Premier League on 10 January, and since moving back to London, the fortunes of the two clubs have both done a huge u-turn.

In the 15 games Newcastle have played, John Carver's team have picked up just nine points and Crystal Palace a whopping 25 in Pardew's 14 matches. In that time only four teams - Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United - have been better that Pardew's men.

Newcastle have gained just nine points from 15 matches with John Carver in charge (GETTY IMAGES)

Newcastle are rock bottom in the form table since his departure. No other team have conceded more than the 29 the Toon have shipped in that time and the side have also lost each of their last seven matches.

Stretched over the course of the season so far that would leave a hypothetical 'joint' team managed by Pardew on 52 points, good for eighth in the Premier League above Swansea City.

The 'joint' team without Pardew has managed just 26 points from 34 games this season - the same number as bottom of the table Burnley, and just a single goal (-25) better off in goal difference.

Pardew is the third-favourite to win the gong behind Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, whose team has cruised to the Premier League title, and Ronald Koeman who has taken early relegation candidates Southampton to a European spot.

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Newcastle with Alan Pardew in charge this season:

Points - 20

Wins - 7

Draws - 6

Losses - 7

For - 25

Against - 31

Points - 27

Newcastle without Pardew in charge:

P - 15

W - 2

D - 3

L - 10

F - 14

A - 29

PTS - 9

Crystal Palace without Pardew in charge:

P - 20

W - 3

D - 8

L - 9

F - 20

A - 30

PTS - 17

Crystal Palace with Pardew in charge:

P- 14

W - 8

D - 1

L - 5

F - 22

A - 17

PTS - 25

Combined team with Pardew:

P - 34

W - 15

D - 7

L - 12

F - 47

A - 48

PTS - 52

Combined team without Pardew:

P - 35

W - 5

D - 11

L - 19

F - 34

A - 59

PTS - 26