Magpies back on top

Sun, 25 Oct 14:41:23 2009

Ten-man Newcastle returned to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Doncaster at St James Park.

Chris Hughton, who is expected to be confirmed as Newcastle's permanent manager next week, saw his side avoid a third straight defeat despite falling behind to Dean Shiel's 18th-minute strike.

Andrew Carroll levelled for the Magpies after 67 minutes before Martin Woods missed a penalty for Doncaster 11 minutes later.

Zurab Khizanishvili's dismissal five minutes from time appeared to have ended Newcastle's hopes of victory but Kevin Nolan popped up with the winner in stoppage time.

Cardiff are a point behind the leaders thanks to an entertaining 4-3 victory at Sheffield United.

Jay Bothroyd put the visitors ahead in the 41st minute, but United hit straight back through Darius Henderson.

Cardiff went ahead through Peter Whittingham's penalty, but Henderson pegged them back again two minutes into stoppage time.

Whittingham then completed his hat-trick with goals in the 61st and 86th minutes, making James Harper's last-minute strike nothing more than a consolation for the Blades.

West Brom slipped from top to third as they could only manage a goalless draw at Coventry.

 

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  1. HUGHTON..RANGER AND CARROL FROM THE START.

    From cannybiz123, on Mon 26 Oct 6:45PM
  2. no thanks to that little argy p.r.ic.k. what a bloody­ waste of space.and that no hoper loanee.harewood ..come­ on houghton start picking ranger from the start you­ di.ck

    From cannybiz123, on Mon 26 Oct 6:39PM
  3. Magpies back on top, For now!

    From Sean A, on Mon 26 Oct 6:10PM
  4. We cannot ask for too much from this current squad...­ honestly, because they're not actually from the Ä­ Team, a mixture from the left-over and the Reserve­ Squad. But we must give them due credits for the­ current league position which we are in. What worries­ me, is can we maintain the current league position­ until after X'mas and beyond promotion back to the­ PL.

    From Führer, on Mon 26 Oct 5:38AM
  5. We are @#$% with a tiny squad depleted by injurys &­ suspensions yet we stand top of the league, what may I­ ask does this say about the Championship ?
    I reckon any­ one of a dozen teams, maybe more could win promotion­ this season for what ? the dubious honour of fighting­ relagation the following season, I'm afraid that­ this is reality now fellow TOON fans....dejected Toon­ suporter

    From GRAEME, on Sun 25 Oct 5:14PM
  6. obersterfuhrer, Am glad we got the 3 points, no matter­ what the display our boys put out there, I'm just­ pointing out that if we want to get promoted then we­ need our boys to actually go out there and give us­ there all. Other wise what are they paid so much money­ for. We can't rely on luck every week and sadly­ yesterday was luck. On paper our squad is a decent one,­ they have skill and talent. But i don't see it­ translated on the pitch. Yesterday proves this.
    At the­ end of the day i'm being realistic. Of course i­ want to see them win every match and score loads of­ goals, but it wont and isn't happening. I can only­ hope they start to find there feet. We still have a lot­ of games in front of us, so let's keep our heads up­ and think positively.
    Tell ya what, ask a sunderland­ fan how they coped in the championship, they've had­ plenty of experience­ hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    From Richard C, on Sun 25 Oct 9:54AM
  7. Richard C, in whatever football league you play, 3­ points is what is counts in every games, duke.... Even­ if it was a $ hit piece of display.

    From Führer, on Sun 25 Oct 4:05AM
  8. Steve and Richard are demonstrating more passion than­ the ( wildly entertaining ) TOON TEAM did today.­ That's right. We Were sh i t. How bad would it have­ felt though if MICEY DONCASTER had left the city with 3­ points? It could've been the case though. NO­ PROBLEM. NOLAN popped up and saved our sorry ar se ( S­ ) with a last gasp DOG'S DINNER.

    ASHLEY. SHOW SOME­ CLASS. P I $$ OFF

    From SHAUN, on Sun 25 Oct 1:52AM
  9. Richard comment 13,
    yeah i hear you and agree too. you­ hit the nail right on the head when you say atough­ league with teams fighting to get promoted.­ unfortunately i guess i see not enough passion and­ fight and teamwork from us. if we get 3 injuries im­ sure ill get a call to play. lol

    From steve, on Sun 25 Oct 12:15AM
  10. steve, comment 11. Tell ya what mate, spot on.­ Certainly not our finest performance. Not by a long­ shot. And a lucky win. Positively though at least we­ got 3 points and west brom and middlesbrough only 1­ between them. So for now that looks good for us at the­ top of the table.
    Negatively, if we think were a­ promotion pushing side then we seriously need to get­ ourselves together. Cos if we are struggling now then­ what do you think it will be like IF we get promoted.­ We will be where Portsmouth are now, 10 games in and­ only 4 points.
    The only thing i would disagree with is­ that the championship is harder than we give it credit.­ These boys have passion and determination. And­ unfortunately for us, we are the team they all want to­ beat.

    From Richard C, on Sat 24 Oct 7:46PM
  11. RE com 1...I posted this comment after the Cardiff­ game. Why's it back on now? We were cr@p today but­ we still beat Doncaster and the cr@p referee. Ashley.­ Show some respect you piece of $ H I T and P I $$­ OFF

    I don't want to tempt fate, but if this is as­ hard­­ a game as we're going to see this season­ then we­­ might just be okay. Cardiff didn't really­ cause us­­ that many problems so things are looking­ good. Shame­­ about Alan Smith's dismissal though.­ TOON TOON­­ TOON. EVERYBODY SAY WHY AYE WHY AYE

    From SHAUN, on Sat 24 Oct 6:51PM
  12. CANT SOME PEOPLE SEE THE RESULT FOR WHAT IS REALLY IS?­ WE WERE PLAYING "DONCASTER" JEESAZ DONCASTER?­ WE SCRAPED IT IN INJURY TIME? IF WE ARE A PROMOTION­ PUSHING SIDE THEN SURELY WE NEED TO BE SWEEPING THESE­ TEAMS ASIDE?
    I SAID IT BEFORE AND ILL SAY IT AGAIN, WE­ REALLY ARE JUST A MESS STILL. WE HAVE ABOUT 12 PLAYERS­ IN THE SQUAD. A FAT BSTARD AT THE HELM. A MANAGER WHO­ HAS PROVEN IN THEPAST WHAT HE CAN DO. NOWT!!!.
    OH BOY.

    From steve, on Sat 24 Oct 6:23PM
  13. We are doing so well that the Telegraph reported that­ Ashley has put the price up after the deal with Moat­ was agreed. Now Moat is trying to deal with the new­ Ashley demands.

    From M, on Tue 15 Sep 9:51AM
  14. cANNIE LADS WELL DONE, .wILL SOON BE BACK IN THE THE­ PREMIERSHIP. fROM HARVEY AGED 11 (jOEY bARTON fAN!)

    From IAN G, on Mon 14 Sep 10:22PM
  15. davisonmax, I think we are by the looks of it and­ besides, you know a hell of a lot more about this­ division than we ever will so I suppose we will have to­ bow down to your authority on life outside the­ Premiere.

    From john.connolly01, on Mon 14 Sep 9:49PM
  16. micky mouse league, get over yourselves

    From davisonmax, on Mon 14 Sep 9:43PM
  17. were taking this league apart week by week the toons­ defo coming back up.did anybody see all the empty seats­ at scum derland v hull looks like even there sound as a­ pound tickets cant help fill the ground.toon toon black­ n white army

    From ant.smith1984, on Mon 14 Sep 1:27PM
  18. Great game. Even better result. Shame that Smith got­ red carded, can`t afford to have players missing with­ such a small squad.
    Blackpool Wednesday night should be­ another 3 pointer.

    From Bobby Robson A Legend, on Mon 14 Sep 9:50AM
  19. fan fecking tastic
    very hard to pick a motm - every­ single 1 even the subs played with passion & desire­ - for the whole game each & every 1 played as a­ team/unit defence midfield forwards all contributed -­ the sending off was harsh, some of the decisions woeful­ & yes there should've been a penalty against us­ so we even had luck. we are top of the league &­ rightly deerve it

    From CARL, on Sun 13 Sep 11:56PM
  20. 100% agree Shaun what a hard fought game, bit pis sed­ off with smithys red but never mind we can always rely­ on Fabricio Coloccini STRIKER OF THE MONTH PMSL, where­ did that come from!! Anyway, well done Lads keep it­ up!!

    BW 4EVA

    From Guanche, on Sun 13 Sep 8:24PM
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