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Barclays Premiership - Match 37 |
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Season 2006-2007 |
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NEWCASTLE UNITED |
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BLACKBURN ROVERS |
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Date: |
Saturday 5th May 2007 |
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Venue: |
St James' Park |
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Kick Off: |
3:00pm (GMT) |
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Australian
Live TV:
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None |
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Attendance: |
51,226 |
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Referee: |
Martin Atkinson |
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Newcastle:
Harper, Onyewu, Bramble (Ramage 70), Carr, Solano, Dyer (Ameobi 70),
Parker, Butt, Milner, Owen, Martins
Subs Not Used: Srnicek, N'Zogbia, Carroll
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Booked: Butt
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Blackburn:
Friedel, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Mokoena, Emerton,
Bentley, Tugay (Gallagher 89), Pedersen, McCarthy (Derbyshire 67),
Roberts (Nonda 85)
Subs Not Used: Brown, Henchoz |
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Booked:
Warnock, Roberts, Tugay |
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Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder
said:
"We had several half chances after that and I think the game was summed
up when Michael (Owen) did everything right when rounding the keeper and
hits a fantastic shot and the defender does well to get back and head it
off the line. We have had plenty of opportunities and are not sticking
them in the back of the net...I have had two or three meetings (with the
chairman) already and there are more planned”
I think you'll find you only have one more meeting to go to, Glenn. |
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Match Report: |
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Says it all sadly |
Pieman's Leazes View:
People would argue that there was nothing to play for
with this game, unfortunately for Mr Roeder he was playing for his
career. When Owen's name was read out in the starting line up a massive
cheer rang out around the ground. This was to be the last cheer to be
heard this season.
We
actually started brightly with Friedel having to pull off a good save
from Dyer after some splendid build up play from Milner and Carr. The
only problem was Blackburn scored off their first chance, with Bramble
and Onyewu trying to catch McCarthy in the offside trap. It would have
made no difference if McCarthy was 10 meters onside or not. He was in
loads of space and could have casually sauntered up to the ball and
tapped it in.
All our
attacking play came down the left hand side as Dyer had done his usual
vanishing act and Solano was left to deal with Pedersen, and was making
a bit of a pigs ear of it. Martin's first touch had left him during the
Arsenal game and doesn't look like it going to return before the end of
the season. A string of chances to pull level where lost....tho if
every chance had went in Blackburn would have still been beating us 5 –
3 at half time. The whistle blew and the Toon army vented their
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The second half was more of the same. Solano being run ragged and the
rest of the defence making a meal of everything that went near them.
Titus had developed a fetish for passing the ball to the oppositions
right hand corner flag. Some really colourful language was being
blasted in his direction from just about every corner of the ground
apart from the 23 Blackburn fans who had been bothered to travel up.
Hughes could tell from the way we were playing there was another goal in
the game, so he brought on a fresh pair of legs up front. Roeder
swapped Dyer and Titus (who where both boo'ed off the pitch) with Ramage
and Shovel but less than 3 mins later Carr and Milner let Bentley stroll
into the box who crossed the ball to Roberts who, in turn, coolly headed
the ball home. The last 20 mins where met with further frustration with
a couple of chances going begging. First Owen had a shot cleared off
the line then Martin had a shot that went wide.
The final
whistle blew ending our misery and Roeder's career at St James'. The boo
at the announcement for fans to remain seated while the team do a lap of
honour surpassed the one that meet the final whistle, and it was
followed by some 35,000 fans (people had been leaving in a steady stream
since the second Blackburn goal) shouting FUCK OFF.
Needless
to say the rest is history..... |
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By
Rogue Pieman |
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AUSSIE MAGS |
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