Barclays Premiership - Match 4
 

Season 2008-2009

NEWCASTLE UNITED

1 v 2

HULL CITY

  Xisco 81 Marlon King 34(pen)
Marlon King 55		  
     
  Date: Saturday 13th September 2008
  Venue: St James' Park
  Kick Off: 3:00pm (BST)
  Australian Live TV: Foxsports 2 via viewers choice
  Attendance: 50,242
  Referee: Andre Marriner (W Midlands)
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Newcastle: Given, Edgar (Bassong 68), Taylor, Coloccini, N'Zogbia, Geremi, Butt, Guthrie, Xisco, Owen, Ameobi (Gonzalez 61)

Subs Not Used: Harper, Cacapa, Danquah, Doninger, Donaldson
  Booked: Taylor
  Sent Off: Guthrie (90)
   

Hull: Myhill, McShane, Turner, Gardner, Dawson, Mendy (Folan 73), Marney (Hughes 78), Ashbee, Halmosi, King (Zayatte 83), Fagan

Subs Not Used: Duke, Windass, Geovanni, Ricketts
  Booked: Folan, Halmosi
     
 

Post Match Comments:

 Newcastle caretaker-manager Chris Hughton:
"The preparation with what we have got has been good. I can't fault the attitude and the professionalism of the players. That I can't fault.

We had a starting line-up of 11 players that was good enough in my mind to certainly win the game today, but it wasn't to be."
Listen in full to Chris Hughton

Hull boss Phil Brown:
"We came here to do a job and we have done it. It is a great result and a fantastic day for the club. It is great to have our first win away from home.

We had an attitude and mentality that we needed to score first. It was about a team performance and I thought it was outstanding."
Listen in full to Phil Brown

  
     
  BBC Sport Player Rater man of the match:
Hull City's Marlon King 9.20 (on 90 minutes)		  
     
 


Toon fans protest against the clubs owners and board before the Hull game.


Xisco scores Newcastle's consolation goal.

  
     
  Match Report:  
  A woeful Newcastle United lost 1-2 to newly promoted Hull City, the same team that were thrashed 0-5 at home to the mighty Wigan Athletic in their last Premier League encounter.

The first paragraph of the BBC Sport match report perfectly sums up the emotional day on Tyneside.

"Hull deservedly defeated Newcastle on an afternoon of passionate protest from Magpies supporters still reeling after the departure of manager Kevin Keegan."

Fingers can be pointed to poor refereeing decisions, missed scoring opportunities, poor individual performance etc, but the bottom line is Newcastle United were not good enough to get a single point out of the game.

This result and performance were hardly that unexpected after what has been the most turbulent 10 days in the clubs recent history.  Events off the field in the past have overshadowed what has happened on it, but these last 10 days has seen an unprecedented level of emotion and anger being directed towards the current owner and board,

The rift between fans and board it seems is now so deep, that it would appear to be irreparable.
 Watch snippets of the Toon fans protest march before the game

In my opinion these protests rightly overshadowed the 3 points on offer today, this level of anger and feeling had to be expressed to let Mike Ashley know he is not wanted.  We have been walked over and used once too many times, the trust has gone at board level, Mike Ashley may own the football club, but without the fans he has nothing.
In its present form Newcastle United appears to be spirally out of control, mutiny by the fans, and awful performances on the pitch.  These two combined are disastrous for a football club, so unless something dramatic happens soon, the unthinkable could happen next May.
 		  
 

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