Source: Bournemouth_Echo
Cherries: How the Echo live blog unfolded
How viral blog unfolded in front of a worldwide audience of 2,000...[LNB] Day one, 10am: Reports suggest Eddie Howe and Jason Tindall will meet with chairman Eddie Mitchell to discuss their futures. The Dean Court board meets to talk about speculation regarding the manager.[LNB] 12.30pm: Howe and Tindall leave training at Canford School to head to Dean Court for talks with Mitchell.[LNB] 1pm: Echo sources claim Howe and Tindall have turned down a move to Crystal Palace based on an initial offer. It is understood Mitchell is set to offer the duo new contracts in the afternoon meeting. Source claims the managerial duo spent nearly six hours in talks at Charlton on Sunday evening, holding discussions well into the night.[LNB] 2pm: Howe and Tindall meet with Mitchell at Dean Court.[LNB] 3pm: BBC Radio Solent reports a second offer from Crystal Palace.[LNB] 3.45pm: Meeting between Howe, Tindall and Mitchell finishes.[LNB] 4pm: Tindall declines to comment to the media outside Dean Court, before picking up Eddie Howe from a fire exit at the ground and making a cheeky getaway.[LNB] 4.15pm: Howe contacts the Echo's Neil Perrett to tell him he is yet to make a decision on his future, but would inform the chairman later in the evening after discussions with his family.[LNB] 4.22pm: Eddie Mitchell confirms to the Echo that Howe has not resigned and he is awaiting a decision from the manager on his Cherries future.[LNB] 9pm: Day one of the blog concludes with Howe's future still in the balance.[LNB] Day two, 9.35am: Located in a Honda Civic outside the Dean Court reception, Echo men Neil Meldrum and Ian Wadley resume blogging for a second day.[LNB] 9.37am: Meldrum asks Howe, on arrival at the ground, if he is ready for day two of the circus, to which he replies: Not really.[LNB] 10am: Cherries legend Steve Fletcher arrives at the stadium, with a meeting between Howe and his squad scheduled for 11am.[LNB] 10.09am: Echo sources in south London claim Charlton have cooled interest in Howe and Palace also said to be wavering.[LNB] 10.27am: Emergency summit involving Mitchell, Howe and Tindall is believed to come to a conclusion. Decision expected imminently.[LNB] 10.46am: Warren Cummings arrives in good humour and shares a bit of banter with the waiting media. What are you lot here for I thought the news about my new contract broke last week![LNB] 11.12am: Players told to go to the Legends café as the meeting is apparently delayed until around midday.[LNB] 12.01pm: Players return through main reception at Dean Court.[LNB] 12.25pm: Cherries squad leave meeting, remaining tight-lipped over Howe's decision.[LNB] 12.30pm: Echo exclusively breaks news on the live blog, via journalists' sources, that Howe is set to stay.[LNB] 12.40pm: Howe, Tindall, Mitchell and chief executive Neill Blake emerge to confirm the decision, which is greeted by a huge roar from the gathered supporters.[LNB] ¢ Times are approximate.[LNB]
