Black Cats through at a canter

Tue, 22 Sep 22:46:56 2009

Jordan Henderson and Fraizer Campbell opened their Sunderland accounts as the Black Cats beat Birmingham 2-0 in the third round of the Carling Cup.

The 19-year-old midfielder and the £6million striker had the game sewn up within 23 first-half minutes as a much-changed City side offered little resistance in front of a crowd of just 20,576 at the Stadium of Light.

They might have won even more comfortably had Maik Taylor not denied Kenwyne Jones with his legs, or had defender John Mensah's 57th-minute strike not been chalked off for a foul.

Sunderland were ahead within four minutes, Henderson sweeping home his first senior goal for the club from Jones' square ball to set the tone for a blitz which the visitors found irresistible.

It was 2-0 with 23 minutes gone when Campbell, who had already seen a close-range header deflected over by defender Giovanny Espinoza, made amends, beating Taylor to Andy Reid's inviting cross to glance the ball home.

To their credit, the visitors rallied briefly immediately after the restart, but it did not last, and they might have fallen further behind in a flurry of activity in the 53rd minute. First former Middlesbrough defender Stuart Parnaby had to get in a good block to keep out Reid's driven effort, and then Taylor had to pluck Lorik Cana's curling shot out of his top corner.

 

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  1. SUNDERLAND 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY RESERVES 0,,I AGREE WITH­ THE BLUES MANAGER TO FIELD THE SECOND SIDE,THE LEAGUE­ COMES FIRST

    From DAVE, on Sat 26 Sep 1:03AM

  2. Im showing myself up??? who to? you and your keybord­ bandits

    From Sean A, on Fri 25 Sep 6:09PM

  3. sean a... you cant even spell geordies,you just show­ yourself up every time you post something, why dont you­ jog on and go and play out?

    From newcastleian1, on Fri 25 Sep 4:34PM

  4. shut up lilly allen, still got that picture, well­ it's not like you can get any others better can you­ , sad ugly fish wife.
    20,000! attendance for a cup­ game!!!!!!! ohhhh nooooo!!!! oooooohhhhh nooooooo!!!­ the season is over already people! the geodies­ don't like our attendance! HA HA HA, who cares we­ won! and you lost! we stoped up and you went down! all­ is in our favour you sad bunch of gary glitters.

    From Sean A, on Fri 25 Sep 1:57PM

  5. go on Yvonne ,I love it when you talk dirty . . . .­ giggity giggity

    From jack torrance, on Thu 24 Sep 12:32PM

  6. Don't laugh too much Jack, next season you will be­ with us, another couple of bad results and you will be­ wishing Brucie had of taken the Toon job. But then­ again, Mackem fans are easily pleased (what there is of­ them) So you's will be happy with whatever Quinn­ gives you. So come on Black & White Bruce, get the­ Mackems back home to the championship where they belong­ and you will be a true hero to the Geordies.

    From Yvonne M, on Wed 23 Sep 9:38PM

  7. newcastleian Peterborough and Blackpool ­ be afraid,be very afraid.You have a threadbare squad­ with more injuries and sales to come,can u imagine the­ sheer horror of another season in the championship?

    From jack torrance, on Wed 23 Sep 7:36PM

  8. jt...like stoke and burnley,oooops forget, we dont give­ a s hit cos we got a great football team, your words­ fella.

    From newcastleian1, on Wed 23 Sep 7:08PM

  9. yvonne those teams you mention are the bread and butter­ of premiership survival and if your NUFC had done­ better against those teams last season they'd still­ be in the premiership.If a team is not one of the big 4­ they don't expect to get anything against them,a­ point is like a win,so what if we got beat off­ Chelsea,we probabley will 19 times out of 20,but­ we'll get worried when it's teams in the bottom­ 10 that are stuffing us,you know like Peterborough and­ Blackpool in your league ha ha

    From jack torrance, on Wed 23 Sep 7:01PM

  10. Yvonne,
    who have you beat, Bolton, Blackburn­ &­ Hull, beaten by Burnley, Stoke and humiliated off­­ Chelsea, you must be dreading November & December­­ when you play some of the regular premiership teams.

    I­ think you will find that all the teams in your list bar­ Burnley, are "regular premiership teams"­ Fact. And the Chelsea humiliation you keep bleating on­ about, which ever team you claim to support(although we­ no already)Fact!!! would suffer the same fate, if not­ worse-assuming your not a Man utd or Liverpool fan­ today.

    "The pride of county Durham"since­ 1879

    SAFC

    From PWilson, on Wed 23 Sep 6:12PM

  11. Come on Jack, who have you beat, Bolton, Blackburn­ & Hull, beaten by Burnley, Stoke and humiliated off­ Chelsea, you must be dreading November & December­ when you play some of the regular premiership teams.

    From Yvonne M, on Wed 23 Sep 1:52PM

  12. Comment-7
    what on earth are you drivelling on about­ now!
    Jack, a worthy win and a canny crowd, so i­ don't know what you are whinging about either!

    From cameron w, on Wed 23 Sep 1:47PM

  13. hey yvonne when I sat down I thought we must be playing­ Acrington Stanley instead,they brought about 12­ supporters . . .first time I've been at a match and­ never heard the away crowd at all for the whole game.­ The Mags are obsessed about our crowd sizes this is a­ good sign for us as it means our team are not getting­ critisised as they are doing so well. So come on all u­ mags keep telling us how small our crowds are and that­ we have no airport because u know what? we don't­ give a s hit cos we got a great football team ha ha

    From jack torrance, on Wed 23 Sep 1:33PM

  14. Happy days indeed, Jack (post 3). One point though,­ t' airport (as they say in Yorkshire) - it's­ not there's, its ours as in our respective Councils­ (Durham County, Sunderland, South Tyneside, Gateshead,­ North Tyneside as well as Newcastle) have a stake in­ it. Also, the Tyne Bridge, High Level Bridge,­ Millenium Bridge and the River Tyne are no there's,­ they share them with Gateshead! As for the Sage,­ Baltic, Hilton Hotel and the Angel of the North,­ they're all in Gateshead!! FACTS which the usual­ culprits always fail to remember. (And as a Low Fell­ resident, when not at Uni, I'm very proud of this.)­ Roll on Christmas is all I can say so I can watch the­ Lads live, York City just don't cut the mustard for­ me.

    From safcalsftm, on Wed 23 Sep 1:31PM

  15. Brum were never in the game, in fact i do not think­ they were at the game, just like the supporters. ­ 20,576, what a disgrace, Too busy spouting off about­ their win they heard from the radio.

    From Yvonne M, on Wed 23 Sep 1:24PM

  16. p.s Campbell was awesome last night as REM would put it­ " you know who you are,you're gonna be a star­ . . ."

    From jack torrance, on Wed 23 Sep 8:55AM

  17. jack ur spot on the only thing that matters is we are a­ premiership club they are not and that is a FACT

    From heslop448, on Wed 23 Sep 8:51AM

  18. Brum were never in the game from the first minute to­ the last,our defence was fantastic all night.Should of­ been 3-4 by half time,still not sure what the ref saw­ to see our 3rd cancelled.No doubt we'll here the­ usual diatribe from the Mags ie you had a small­ crowd,Brum put out a weakened side,we are concentrating­ on the league hence our humiliation at the hands of the­ Posh,we have an airport blah blah blah,when really all­ that's pertinant is that we are through to the 4th­ round and they are not,happy days!!!!

    From jack torrance, on Wed 23 Sep 8:41AM

  19. Well done lads - on to the 4th round!

    From Butch Coolidge, on Wed 23 Sep 1:32AM

  20. good work like result but Birmingham were a little­ disappointing to say the least.
    Defnce looked good­ with Da Silva and Mensah in and J henderson took his­ goal well as Did Campbell, hopefully this will give him­ some confidence For Wolves on Sunday.

    From MALCOLM D, on Tue 22 Sep 11:10PM
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