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Barclays Premiership - Match 19 |
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Season 2006-2007 |
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NEWCASTLE UNITED |
3 v 1 |
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
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Kieron Dyer 2
Obafemi Martins 7
Scott Parker 34 |
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Danny Murphy 15 |
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Date: |
Saturday 23rd December 2006 |
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Venue: |
St James' Park |
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Kick Off: |
3:00pm |
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Australian
Live TV:
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None |
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Attendance: |
52,079 |
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Referee: |
A Wiley (Staffordshire) |
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Newcastle:
Given (Srnicek 87),
Ramage, Huntington, Solano, Taylor, Dyer (Rossi 77), Butt, Parker,
Milner, Emre (Sibierski 66), Martins
Subs Not Used:
Edgar, Luque |
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Booked:
Milner |
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Spurs:
Robinson, Lee,
King, Dawson, Chimbonda, Huddlestone, Murphy, Zokora (Mido 66), Ghaly,
Malbranque, Berbatov
Subs Not Used:
Cerny, Davenport, Assou-Ekotto, O'Hara |
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Booked:
Huddlestone |
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Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder
said:
"It was
important we got off to a good start, to get in their faces, and we got
a couple of goals up very quickly. We had to survive for a period, the
boys showed their fighting qualities, and we got the third to kill the
game off."
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Match Report: |
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Pieman's Leazes View |
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I was just saying the The_Goat before the match that I
hope Defoe has a moo of a game coz he could quite easily use his pace to
tear our defence apart. Luckily he must have had a moo of a pre match
warm up coz, despite being announced as a member of Spurs starting line
up, he was a no show. The first bit of xmas cheer. The next bit o
cheer was to follow less that 5 mins later. Spurs pushed forward
looking for that early goal, unfortunately for them they left a huge gap
behind with only 2 defenders. Their attack broke down and the ball was
played forward quickly to Martins, who unselfishly knocked the ball on
to Dyre. Dyre ran forward, all the time being forced, by a defender,
further and further out wide. He realised he wasn't going to run at
goal, so stopped just inside the box, took a moment to pick his spot and
slotted the ball in at the far post. A belting start.
Spurs hadn't learnt from their earlier mistake. Again they pushed
forward, again the attack broke down. This time the ball went right to
Milner, who legged it down the wing and, at the by line, did a short
pass to Parker, who was just inside the box. The lack of Spurs
defenders round gave Parker time to wait till Martins got in the right
place to head in the Toons second goal in 10 mins. Needless to say the
fans went mental with delight!!!!!
It finally sunk to the Spurs players heads that if they push forward in
numbers they would get hurt. This time they slowly applied pressure.
The defence held for less than 10 minutes when a Danny Murphy shot
smacked Taylor in the fizzog and found the back of the net.
This led to a very nervous 20 mins while Tottenham pushed and made it
difficult for The Toon to make any headway, with Berbatov and Dawson
both missing chances.
With less than 10 mins left of the half Erme got kicked up a height just
outside the 18 yard box. Robinson parried the shot which led to a goal
mouth scramble. Parker stuck a boot in and the ball was over the line.
The whistle blew for half time shortly after and the half ended 3 – 1.
The second half was destined never to be as exciting as the first and
that exactly how it turned out. Neither team really going for it, not
the The Toon had too. The final, and loudest, xmas cheer came with Pav
coming on as a substitute for Given. He, like Given, didn't have a
great deal to do in the final 6 mins. The game ended at 3 – 1.
Have a great Xmas and a successful 07.
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By Roque Pieman |
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AUSSIE MAGS |
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