ALAN PARDEW has revealed how determined he is to turn Newcastle United around by claiming it is his love for the job that is preventing him from stepping down as manager.

Pardew has felt the wrath of disgruntled supporters after the Magpies’ dismal performance in 2014 continued with a 17th defeat in the Premier League this year at Stoke City on Monday night.

The situation has left Newcastle, who have collected a meagre 19 points from the last 78 available to them, wondering where and when a first win of the season will arrive ahead of another testing trip to Swansea City tomorrow afternoon.

Thousands of the club’s fans have already left Pardew in no doubt that they want a new manager in place and the 53-year-old has had to deal with varied suggestions and rumours centred on why he has not resigned so far.

Rather than stay out of the way, the former West Ham and Southampton boss has dealt with the criticism head on – with the exception of missing one post-match press conference after defeat at Southampton - by standing in his technical area and facing Geordies in the city centre while shopping.

Pardew said: “I’ve had one or two interactions where fans have made their point and I’ve got no problem with that, that’s part of being a football manager. I’ve also had two or three fans who are wishing me to come through it and I appreciate that.

“I’ve had a lot of support from within the game and that’s from board level right through to ex players. It’s important that my resilience is the strongest of anybody.”

He added: “It’s not something that I’m used to in the past two or three weeks. I’m going about my business as I normally do. My family and friends worry me a little bit, because it’s started going past football media a little bit at times. That’s not nice.

“But that makes me more determined and that’s just the make-up that I have. I don’t shy away from it. I’ve been out and about all week. I’ve been out in town and I will continue to do that.

“You have to understand that this is my business. I love this football club. The players are feeling a little bit of the stress and the heat that is upon them. They are a young group and I need to help them. I will do that until such point where it comes that I can’t help them anymore.”

After the defeat to Stoke, and a further barracking from the travelling fans at the Britannia Stadium, Ashley had a chat with the manager along with chief executive Lee Charnley. Rather than act, the status quo remained, leading to further claims the financial cost of having the six years he has remaining on his contract torn up is preventing him from walking.

Pardew – stating that it is probably his “hardest spell in management” - is satisfied he still appears to have the backing from the boardroom. He said: “I would not expect any different (from Ashley/Charnley), even if they were thinking different privately. They have been very solid and I appreciate that.

“It’s getting lost in the wash a little bit that I’m here out of arrogance or Mike’s being stubborn about it to annoy people. We’re not. We’re just trying to get what is right for the team and it’s obvious that the team isn’t functioning very well at the moment. But there is no lack of fight and that is something which is important.”

He added: “I think my contract situation that I have read about has not been correct once. The only thing that is correct has been the length. It was put there because we were going to go through thick and thin.

“Three years ago I was manager of the year and that was nice. It was good for me. This is not so good. But the owner has stuck by me throughout that. We must get a win at some point because you can't go on not winning and no manager is immune from that.”

Pardew is ready to hand Cheik Tiote another start at Swansea in the hope it inspires Newcastle to a victory. The Ivorian midfielder was quoted in Africa stating he wanted to leave the club amid interest from Arsenal and Russia.

But Pardew said: “At the start of the season there was interest in him and it went away. The quotes have been taken out of context. When they go away, not just Africa, France even more so, it is a bit like ‘what was that?’ We have to do a double take on the quotes.

“His last two appearances have been world class. Against Hull and Stoke he was terrific and that says it all. The point is he is very much here, has two years left on his contract, and after this year... he is one of our best players.”

Tiote was also quoted on the club’s website stating similar to his manager. He said: “I saw the quotes that appeared but they are not accurate. Yes, there was some interest in me over the summer and that can be a bit distracting, but nothing came of it.”