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Betting: |
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Everton win |
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Newcastle win |
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$1.85 |
$3.40 |
$4.33 |
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Squad: |
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Harper, Forster, Beye, Enrique, Taylor,
Faye, Edgar, Cacapa, Diatta, Butt, N'Zogbia, Duff, Geremi, Owen, Smith,
Martins, Carroll |
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Team News: |
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- Tim Krul
(dislocated shoulder) is out for the rest of the season.
- Mark Viduka (Achilles) is out for 3 to 6 months
- Shay Given (groin) will return next season.
- Stephen Carr has played his last game for Newcastle and doesn't
travel.
- James Milner has not recovered from a foot injury and will not be
risked.
- Joey Barton is unavailable to travel to Liverpool.
- Emre has been given an early release to link up with Turkey. |
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Kevin Keegan's
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"Everton have good players who have great
spirit and in David Moyes a manager who's galvanised them. They've had a
fantastic season and you have to take your hats off to them but we have
to test ourselves against them and put in a performance. Our travelling
army can then come back to Newcastle and say we've had a really good
shot at it and not talk about an end-of-season stroll in the sun."
Watch the Keegan press conference |
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Goalkeeper Steve Harper had this to say
about the last game: |
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"It's a big game for Everton because they
only need a point for UEFA Cup football. We're going there knowing that
we are safe but also knowing that it would be fantastic to finish with a
win going into the summer.
There'll be thousands of Geordies there and we'll be giving it our all
so that hopefully we can send them home happy ahead of next season. We
showed against Chelsea how much improvement there has been under Kevin,
and if we can find a performance like the first-half in that game then
we'll have a good chance of getting a result." |
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Match Stats: |
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Goodison
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Newcastle 19 wins |
Everton 40 wins |
Draws 14 |
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League Only: |
Newcastle 4 wins |
Everton 7 wins |
Draws 3 |
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Last Season's Result |
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| Everton 3-0 Newcastle
United |
Anichebe 9,
58
Neville 62 |
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My thoughts: |
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Newcastle go into the last game of the
season with a trip to Liverpool. The Merseyside's have a lot more
to play for needing a point, or for Aston Villa to fail to win at West
Ham, to finish fifth and clinch that much coveted UEFA Cup spot.
The Newcastle players will be hoping to send the Toon Army away for the
summer with a smile on their faces. A victory would see them complete
the double over Everton for the fourth time in the Premiership, and the
first since the 9-3 aggregate success in 2001-02.
The 0-2 home defeat to Chelsea last Monday, ended Newcastle's
seven-match unbeaten sequence meaning they are still looking for their
1,000th post-war league win. However, Newcastle have won the last
fixture of the league campaign just once in six seasons, that being 1-0
at home to Chelsea on 7 May 2006.
At least a draw would see Newcastle beat last season's total of 43
points, and would mean they would receive a payment of £6.48 million for
finishing 12th.
Sadly this game isn't live on Foxsports because their are five very
important games left to decide the top and bottom of the table.
But regardless of the score it will be nice to put this season to bed,
recharge the batteries for two months before we do it all again in
August. As the last few days have confirmed, it is never dull at St
James' Park, and I'm guessing next season will be no different. |
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HOWAY THE LADS!!!
By
Row 'S' Army
PS. Thank you to everyone who has read the match previews this season,
if it wasn't for all of you this wouldn't be possible.
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Did you know?
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Everton have picked up 13
points out of the last possible 15 in home Premier League matches
against the Magpies, and have lost only four of the last 33 home league
games against Newcastle at Goodison Park. |
