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Barclays Premiership - Match 36 |
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Season 2007-2008 |
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WEST HAM UNITED |
2 v 2 |
NEWCASTLE UNITED |
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Mark
Noble 10
Dean Ashton 23 |
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Obafemi
Martins 42
Geremi 45 |
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Date: |
Saturday 26th April 2008 |
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Venue: |
Upton Park |
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Kick Off: |
3:00pm (BST) |
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Australian
Live TV:
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Foxsports 2 |
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Attendance: |
34,980 |
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Referee: |
Uriah
Rennie (S Yorkshire) |
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West Ham:
Green, Pantsil, Tomkins, Neill, McCartney, Faubert (Solano 90), Parker,
Noble, Ljungberg (Boa Morte 21), Zamora (Cole 68), Ashton
Subs Not Used: Walker, Mullins |
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Booked:
Faubert,
Pantsil |
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Newcastle:
Harper, Beye, Edgar (Diatta 90), Taylor, Jose Enrique, Geremi, Butt,
Barton, Owen, Viduka (Smith 82), Martins
Subs Not Used: Forster, Duff, Carroll |
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Booked:
Beye,
Butt, Martins |
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Post
Match Comments:
West Ham
manager Alan Curbishley said:
"I asked for a response from the fans and they got behind the players
right from the first minute.
The fans have a vital role to play and the players responded to them. We
played ever so well for 40 minutes and just got caught. In the second
half I was pleased that we dug in, and we could have won it with the
chances we had."
Watch Curbishley's full post match reaction
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan:
"David Edgar had a tough game and I was pleased with him, because he
really had to fight.
He's had to have stitches and is a proper centre-back now he's got a
scar. As the game wore on he looked more and more comfortable and by the
end he looked at home as a Premier League defender.
It was an open game of football and I think a draw was the right result
in the end."
Watch Keegan's full post match reaction |
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Match Report: |
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Newcastle came from
two goals down to claim a point at Upton Park.
For the first 40 minutes, West Ham completely dominated the Geordies,
who looked a shadow of the team that were unbeaten in six matches prior
to their visit to east London.
Full-back George McCartney caused the visitors major problems on the
left flank and had already served up two dangerous early crosses before
setting up Mark Noble's third goal of the season with a fine cross that
he volleyed home.
The home side went further ahead on 23 minutes.
Bobby Zamora headed
keeper Robert Green's long kick on to Dean Ashton, who held off David
Edgar before finding the bottom corner of the net.
But late in the
first half, two goals in three minutes brought Newcastle back into the
match.
Obafemi Martins
scored with the Magpies' first real attack when he finished calmly after
latching on to Joey Barton's excellent ball over the top.
Three minutes later
West Ham's defensive frailties were then exposed again when they failed
to clear Habib Beye's right-wing cross and Martins pounced on the loose
ball to strike a shot that hit Geremi and went in.
Kevin Keegan's men
had to defend for much of the second half but West Ham were unable to
regain the lead.
Luis Boa Morte, who replaced injured Freddie Ljunberg, sent a shot wide
of the target with the stretching Zamora just unable to add the touch
that would have guided the ball into the net.
West Ham had an
appeal for a penalty turned down, when the ball struck Steven Taylor arm
from close range and keeper Steve Harper did well to tip over Ashton's
15-yard drive.
But for all West
Ham's pressure, it was Newcastle who came closest to scoring a late
winner.
The major threat
again was Martins who caused panic in the Hammers penalty area, this
time shrugging off Lucas Neill and testing Green with a low shot the
England international brilliantly pushed away at his left-hand post.
A good point for Newcastle after being 2-0 down, which extends their
unbeaten record to seven games and means they now equalled their lowest
Premiership total. |
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AUSSIE MAGS
By
Row 'S' Army |
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