Chris Hughton does not believe Newcastle's surprise 2-1 defeat to Scunthorpe will affect his chances of becoming the club's permanent manager.

The 50-year-old, who has been in caretaker charge since the start of the season, has been offered the position on a full-time basis and is due to meet with Mike Ashley after Saturday's game with Doncaster to thrash out a deal.

Despite Martyn Woolford's double extending his side's winless run to four games, Hughton is still confident of landing the job.

"It will have no effect at all," he said of the defeat.

"As far as I know they (the talks) are still going ahead. I'm still very confident the situation hasn't changed."

Kevin Nolan's equaliser midway through the second half had brought the Magpies level, but they were unable to fend off the challenge of their unfancied hosts.

And despite believing his men had done enough to win the game, Hughton accepted that they need to be able to handle the pressure of being the side that everyone in the Championship wants to beat.

"The game plan was to come here and do well," he said.

"On the balance of play and chances it's a game we should have won, but we have to do better.

"They were able to turn us at times, they were always a threat and had a lot of energy in the side and at the clinical moments they got the goals.

"We didn't defend moments well enough and that enabled them to get the goals that they did. On the balance of play it's a game that we should have won.

"I think this is a pressure on us. We are a side in this division that everybody expects to do well and certainly our own supporters expect us to do well and that's the pressure that we carry with us in every game. That's a pressure that we've got to live with."

Scunthorpe manager Nigel Adkins was understandably delighted to see his side record one of the most famous wins in their history.

In front of a record crowd of 8,921 at Glanford Park, the Iron made it two home wins in a row, after their 3- win over Sheffield United on Saturday.

"It's quite simple, we haven't hidden away from the fact that we have the smallest fan base and the smallest budget in the division," Adkins said.

"But it's what you do on the field of play. We've got a fantastic team spirit.

"This is a great victory. When we got promoted, this was the first game everybody was looking for; Newcastle United at home.

"We packed Glanford Park out, played against a top side and we have gone and got a victory.

"We've got an honest, hardworking bunch of players. If you ask most people that come and watch us, we try to play football. We tried to make tonight's game like a cup tie.

"We knew that we would have to defend well, we knew that Newcastle would have passages of play with the ball and you have to ride your luck a little bit at times."