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Saturday August 11, 2007 Finished Reebok Stadium

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Bolton Wanderers

  • Anelka 50’

Newcastle United

  • N'Zogbia 11’
  • Martins 21’, 27’
  1. Allardyce delight on Bolton return

    Allardyce delight on Bolton return

    Sam Allardyce got the better of Bolton as his Newcastle United side eased to a 3-1 win at the Reebok Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • Newcastle United
    • 90+3' All over! Newcastle coast to victory, and Sam Allardyce issues Bolton with a warning that life without him could be tough.
    • 90+1' A couple of minutes' injury time, but this game is over to all intents and purposes. Geremi booked.
    • 86' James Milner makes way for Peter Ramage, and gets a big hand from the travelling fans on his way off. A great day to be a topless Geordie - lovely weather and a 3-1 win.
    • 80' It's a Newcastle free-kick 35 metres from goal following a foul on Ameobi. Geremi strikes an ambitious effort by Jaaskelainen gets across to it.
    • 75' Bolton look to have run out of steam. Anelka has faded in the last 15 minutes, while Newcastle's safety-first approach is denying the home side space to do anything.
    • 69' Two-goal Obafemi Martins gets a tremendous ovation from the travelling fans as he trots off the pitch. Nolberto Solano replaces him.
    • 67' Helguson slides through the back of his man and goes into the book. He can have no complaints. Well, it seems he can. But that was a bad foul.
    • 64' Newcastle have got a grip on proceedings again. Bolton play better on the break - as they did for Anelka's goal - so Allardyce has clearly decided to get men behind the ball and blunt the home side.
    • 59' Sammy Lee brings debutant Heidar Helguson on as the home side continue to chase the game.
    • 54' Bolton are tearing forward, with Diouf looking lively after his half-time introduction and Anelka suddenly looking interested.
    • 50' GOAL! Bolton are back in the match! Gaving McCann releases Nicolas Anelka on the break, the Frenchman outpaces Stephen Carr and fires into the bottom left corner! Pure class from Anelka, and it's game on again.
    • 47' Great hit Gary Speed! He runs on to an Anelka lay-off at the edge of the box and fires a powerful left-foot shot. Steve Harper springs to his left to tip the ball over!
    • 46' Back under way at the Reebok - El Hadji Diouf has come on for Ricardo Vaz Te.
    • 46' Half-time in Bolton and Sam Allardyce has returned in the best possible fashion. His Newcastle side have raced into a three-goal lead and are sitting pretty.
    • 45' Gavin McCann fires a volley about a yard wide from the right corner of the box. Ambitious, but you have to give him points for trying. Well, maybe you don't have to give him points for trying...
    • 42' A strange atmosphere has descended at the Reebok. Without playing that badly, Bolton find themselves three goals down and, with Newcastle pressing very effectively, they appear at a loss as to how they will get back into this.
    • 37' Nicolas Anelka gets up slowly after a hefty challenge, before going off for treatment. He appears to have hurt his arm but he should be fine to continue.
    • 31' Confusion over who exactly will get credit for that first goal. It initially looked as though Rozehnal got a touch, but it appears the ball floated straight in from the boot of Charles N'Zogbia. Could be one for the dubious goals committee.
    • 27' GOAL!!! Martins again! He tries a left-foot liedriver from 30 yards, and it takes a deflection off Faye to wrongfoot Jaaskelainen and trickle into the net! A large slice of luck contributed to that goal, but they all count. Sammy Lee's debut as Bolton manager turning into a nightmare.
    • 25' Cleared off the line! Steven Taylor clears as far as Gary Speed at the edge of the box and the Welshman's effort deflects off Alan Smith before Taylor hoiks it off the line. Harper is a relieved man - he was beaten there.
    • 21' GOAL!! Two for Newcastle and the Allardyce era is off to a flier!! Milner whips a cross in from the left that the Nigerian controls on his chest before firing an overhead kick into the roof of the net! He celebrates with a well-earned backflip - great stuff!
    • 17' Anelka rises to head goalwards, but his looping header is easy for Harper to hold. Both sides playing predominantly on the counter at the moment.
    • 11' GOAL!! Newcastle in front and it is a goal straight out of the Sam Allardyce playbook! An inswinging free-kick is fired in from the right by Charles N'Zogbia, Jaaskelainen is caught in two minds and David Rozehnal glances the ball in!
    • 3' Viduka tries to release Martins down the right flank but Abdoulaye Faye gets to it first and passes back to Jaaskelainen.
    • 1' Game on! The 2007/08 season is go!
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Bolton v Newcastle as Sam Allardyce returns to the club he left last season!

  • Team Stats

    Bolton Wanderers Stats Newcastle United
    62% Possession 37%
    13 Shots 10
    7 Shots on target 5
    0 Saves 0
    4 Corners 3
    15 Fouls 15
    0 Offsides 4
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 19
    217 Accurate passes 126
    43 Bad passes 29

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      15 Gérald Cid 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 1 1
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 11 2
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 4 0
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 28 4 4
      6 Gary Speed 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 19 4 2
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 19 2 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 17 0 4
      39 Nicolas Anelka 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 15 2 0
      14 Kevin Davies 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 7 3 3
      20 Ricardo Vaz Te 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 2 2
      21 El Hadji Diouf 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 3 1
      18 Mikel Alonso Mikel Alonso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 1
      9 Heidar Helguson 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 0
      37 James Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 0 0
      2 Stephen Carr 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 1 3
      4 David Rozehnal 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10 1 1
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 3
      16 James Milner 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 9 6 2
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 1 1
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 10 5 5
      36 Mark Viduka 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 10 2 0
      9 Obafemi Martins 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 14 4 1
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 7 2
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 1
      15 Nolberto Solano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Fraser Forster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Peter Ramage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 50' GOAL! Bolton are back in the match! Gaving McCann releases Nicolas Anelka on the break, the Frenchman outpaces Stephen Carr and fires into the bottom left corner! Pure class from Anelka, and it's game on again.
    • 47' Great hit Gary Speed! He runs on to an Anelka lay-off at the edge of the box and fires a powerful left-foot shot. Steve Harper springs to his left to tip the ball over!
    • 45' Gavin McCann fires a volley about a yard wide from the right corner of the box. Ambitious, but you have to give him points for trying. Well, maybe you don't have to give him points for trying...
    • 27' GOAL!!! Martins again! He tries a left-foot liedriver from 30 yards, and it takes a deflection off Faye to wrongfoot Jaaskelainen and trickle into the net! A large slice of luck contributed to that goal, but they all count. Sammy Lee's debut as Bolton manager turning into a nightmare.
    • 25' Cleared off the line! Steven Taylor clears as far as Gary Speed at the edge of the box and the Welshman's effort deflects off Alan Smith before Taylor hoiks it off the line. Harper is a relieved man - he was beaten there.
    • 21' GOAL!! Two for Newcastle and the Allardyce era is off to a flier!! Milner whips a cross in from the left that the Nigerian controls on his chest before firing an overhead kick into the roof of the net! He celebrates with a well-earned backflip - great stuff!
    • 11' GOAL!! Newcastle in front and it is a goal straight out of the Sam Allardyce playbook! An inswinging free-kick is fired in from the right by Charles N'Zogbia, Jaaskelainen is caught in two minds and David Rozehnal glances the ball in!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Sammy Lee

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    On the Field

    • Jaaskelainen
    • Hunt
    • Diagne-Faye
    • Cid
    • Samuel
    • Nolan
    • McCann
    • Speed Substitution Out (74′)
    • Vaz Te Substitution Out (46′)
    • Davies Substitution Out (59′)
    • Anelka Goal

    Subs

    • Diouf Substitution In (46′)
    • 9. Helguson Substitution In (59′) Yellow Card
    • Alonso Substitution In (74′)
    • Al Habsi

    Injured

    • Gardner
    • Giannakopoulos

    Suspended

    None

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    On the Field

    • Harper
    • N'Zogbia Goal
    • Taylor
    • Rozehnal
    • Carr
    • Milner Substitution Out (86′)
    • Butt
    • Geremi Yellow Card
    • Smith
    • Viduka Substitution Out (72′)
    • Martins Goals×2 Substitution Out (69′)

    Subs

    • 15. Solano Substitution In (69′)
    • Ameobi Substitution In (72′)
    • Ramage Substitution In (86′)
    • Caçapa

    Injured

    • Owen
    • Emre
    • Babayaro
    • Given
    • Duff
    • Barton

    Suspended

    None