Saturday January 19, 2008 Day 23 Finished St. James' Park

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • 90+3' The final whistle goes, and the Second Coming of the 'Geordie Messiah' has got off to a very underwhelming start here. Kevin Keegan has got a lot of work to do.
    • 90+2' Milner fouls Joey O'Brien deep in the Bolton half. It doesn't look like it's going to happen for the Toon today.
    • 90' What a save! A Bolton corner finds its way to Samuel's feet just yards from goal, but Given spreads himself to pull off a fantastic save! There will be three minutes of injury time.
    • 89' Here we go. Minutes remain. Newcastle's fans desperate for a sign that under Keegan, the glory days will return.
    • 87' N'Zogbia puts it in, it's cleared back to him, he puts it in again, and Bolton clear. Can Megson's men hold out?!
    • 86' Owen is clean through but Andy O'Brien sticks out a leg to put the ball behind! Corner to Newcastle.
    • 85' Another penalty appeal for the home side! Milner crosses from the left and Ameobi goes down, but even Keegan's appeal is half-hearted.
    • 84' Carr crosses from deep and Ameobi gets above Andy O'Brien but can't keep his header down!
    • 83' Campo drags a shot well wide from distance.
    • 81' Milner cuts in from the left and shoots, but it's blocked. Newcastle's attacking waves have momentarily relented.
    • 80' N'Zogbia with a free-kick from the inside-left channel, but it goes out for a goal kick. Damien Duff trots off to be replaced by Kazenga LuaLua, brother of the slightly more famous Lomano.
    • 79' Gary Megson makes his final change. Jlloyd Samuel replaces Matt Taylor.
    • 78' N'Zogbia with another corner from the Newcastle right. Ameobi flicks it on but Steven Taylor can't get a touch on it and it'll be a goal kick for Bolton.
    • 77' Matt Taylor marks his debut with... a booking, for a late foul on Steven Taylor.
    • 76' Bolton make a change - Tamir Cohen on for Gavin McCann. And McCann, a former Mackem lest we forget, delights in taking his time to leave the pitch.
    • 75' N'Zogbia's header is cleared, as is Milner's follow-up. Ameobi is penalised for controlling a high ball with his arm.
    • 74' It really is all Newcastle now. Bolton are penned in their own half. N'Zogbia crosses from the left and Gardner puts it behind for a corner.
    • 72' Lubomir Michalik is down after an aerial clash with Ameobi, and he's holding his head. The Newcastle man did jump with his arm up, but it's hard to tell if there was any intent there, even if Michalik clearly thinks there was.
    • 70' Milner attempts to bamboozle Gardner with an 'Okocha' - consult YouTube - but the Bolton man reads it and Milner fouls him. Free-kick Bolton.
    • 69' Just over 20 minutes to go. One suspects a Newcastle onslaught may well be imminent...
    • 67' Rozehnal launches another ambitious crossfield pass, but Milner can't prevent it going out for a throw on the Newcastle right. Ivan Campo comes on for Bolton skipper Nolan.
    • 66' Carr with a flick-on on the edge of the Bolton box, but it's an easy take for Jaaskelainen.
    • 65' Milner with another cross from the right, and it almost goes straight in at the back post, but Jaaskelainen has to tip it over the bar! They're building a bit of momentum here, Newcastle.
    • 64' Milner with a cross from the right and Rozehnal gets a header in but he can't direct it on target! That was a chance though.
    • 62' Great tackle Gardner! Ameobi looks to be clean through but a brilliant diving tackle from the Jamaican ensures the ball runs back to Jaaskelainen. The Newcastle fans want a penalty. No chance.
    • 60' Long clearance from Jaaskelainen, lovely control from Matt Taylor and a low cross, but Newcastle clear.
    • 59' N'Zogbia steps up... and curls the ball narrowly over the bar.
    • 58' Free-kick to Newcastle - central, 25 yards out - after Andy O'Brien fouls Ameobi...
    • 57' Duff is carded for holding back Davies.
    • 56' Milner is held back by Nolan, and Newcastle are awarded a free-kick near the right-hand edge of the box. Nolan is booked. N'Zogbia curls the free-kick to the back post, but it's headed clear.
    • 55' N'Zogbia attacking down the Newcastle right, but after twisting and turning he runs out of room and the ball goes out for a Bolton throw-in.
    • 54' N'Zogbia with a fierce strike from distance, but it hits Andy O'Brien's back and is cleared.
    • 53' Owen is in pursuit of a long ball but Andy O'Brien gets there first and guides it back to his 'keeper.
    • 51' Chances for Newcastle! Milner's snapshot from the edge of the box is blocked, Carr clips a cross right across the face of goal, the ball comes back into the box from the left and Carr skies a shot high over the bar from the edge of the area! That's more like it.
    • 49' Cacapa looks for Ameobi with a long ball, but he's offside. It's just been confirmed - unsurprisingly enough - that this is Newcastle's highest attendance of the season so far.
    • 48' Duff crosses from the left, but it's too long and Gardner coolly nods it back to Jaaskelainen.
    • 47' David Rozehnal clearly quite fancies himself as a bit of a midfield string-puller, but his passing at times has been woeful.
    • 46' The second half begins. No half-time changes to report. Matt Taylor aims a high ball towards Davies, but Given comes to the edge of his area to claim it.
    • 45+1' Davies is one-on-one with Cacapa, but the Brazilian does well to win the ball. And the half-time whistle goes, drawing to an end a pretty dismal first half. Let's hope for better in the second period...
    • 45' If Kevin Keegan does bring the 'glory days' back to St James's Park, this opening half will be quickly forgotten. As things stand, the lack of quality on show serves only to illustrate the true scale of Keegan's task.
    • 42' Enterprising stuff from Gardner! He drives infield from the left, cuts back onto his left foot and shoots, but it's blocked.
    • 41' This game is still to get going. Too many stray passes, too little subtlety in the final third at either end.
    • 40' Matt Taylor with another looping free-kick into the Newcastle box, but it's easily cleared.
    • 39' N'Zogbia picks the ball up in his own half and surges forward, but he's denied by a fine tackle from Joey O'Brien.
    • 38' Given with a long clearance from the back. Ameobi is penalised for holding. Cue disgruntled growling from the home fans.
    • 35' Newcastle clearly want to attack, but Bolton are getting so many men behind the ball that it's proving impossible. You suspect the Geordie faithful will have to learn a thing or two about patience in the coming months...
    • 34' Owen goes down in the box, but Alan Wiley waves away the penalty appeal. Claudio Cacapa is penalised for a push on Davies.
    • 33' Newcastle on the attack. Ameobi cuts in from the left and shoots but it's blocked. Corner ball! N'Zogbia plays it in, Ameobi has a swing at it, there are shouts for hand-ball but the ref shakes his head and Bolton clear!
    • 31' Ameobi rolls the ball back to Rozehnal on the edge of the Bolton box... but he miscues his shot and it flies horribly high and wide.
    • 30' Joey O'Brien clatters into N'Zogbia from behind. Free-kick to Newcastle inside their own half.
    • 28' N'Zogbia curls the ball in and Steven Taylor attacks it at the back post, but Davies manages to put it behind for a corner. The ball is played in from the Newcastle right, but a free-kick is given, presumably for over-exuberant jostling.
    • 27' Owen goes down clutching his head after challenging Steinsson for a high ball. Free-kick to Newcastle a few yards from the left-hand tip of the box.
    • 25' Rozehnal picks out Owen with a delightful through-ball, but the England man's touch takes him wide and Newcastle have to settle for a corner which Bolton clear.
    • 21' It may sound clichéd, but looking at Kevin Keegan in the St James's Park dug-out, it feels like he's never been away.
    • 20' Steinsson cuts inside and clips a left-footed ball into the area, but there's no-one there and Given collects.
    • 18' New Bolton signing Gretar Steinsson wins a corner on the right. Taylor plays it short, gets it back from Guthrie, and then hits a woeful shot from the right-hand apex of the penalty area that ends up going out for a throw-in.
    • 17' No real rhythm to the game as yet, which is perhaps to be expected. McCann gets away from Rozehnal down the Bolton left, but the Czech recovers to dispossess him.
    • 15' Nolan with a long throw into the Newcastle box from the left, Kevin Davies is penalised for a push.
    • 14' Taylor breaks forward for Newcastle, and then Ricardo Gardner intervenes. Bolton will surely be relishing their role as arch party-poopers today.
    • 13' N'Zogbia with the corner. It's too high for Shola Ameobi, and then bounces between Steven Taylor's legs at the far post. Duff has it on the left, but he's crowded out.
    • 12' Milner down the right, and he's won a corner!
    • 11' The Frenchman whips it in with that trusty left foot but it's headed clear.
    • 10' Free-kick to Newcastle, wide on the right. N'Zogbia to take it...
    • 9' The home side starting to boss things a bit. Rozehnal looks for Damien Duff wide on the left, but the pass is too high and Duff's attempt to keep the ball in play with his head is in vain.
    • 7' James Milner plays a ball over the top towards Michael Owen, but he's penalised for a hand-ball, much to King Kev's dissatisfaction.
    • 6' Newcastle looking to keep possession now as the game shows signs of settling down.
    • 5' Nolan cuts inside from the left and sends in a low shot, but it's a comfortable save for Shay Given.
    • 4' Taylor with another inswinging corner from the Bolton right, but Newcastle survive.
    • 2' So, it's a 4-4-2 for Keegan's first game in charge, but injuries, suspensions and international call-ups mean it's an unbalanced line-up, with a centre-half (Rozehnal) and a left midfielder (N'Zogbia) in the centre of midfield.
    • 1' And they're off! A big roar from the home fans as Kevin Nolan and a head bandage-sporting Gavin McCann kick off for Bolton. The visitors are on the attack straight away. Debutant Matt Taylor and loanee Danny Guthrie swing in a pair of corners from either side, but both are cleared.
    • - The teams are on the pitch, Newcastle in their famous black and white striped shirts, black shorts and black socks, Bolton in all-white. What has Keegan said to his charges in the changing room? And how quickly can we realistically expect to see the devil-may-care attacking football that characterised his previous spell in charge? Whatever you may think about Keegan's appointment, the stadium today is absolutely rocking.
    • - Bolton: Jaaskelainen; Steinsson, A. O'Brien, Michalik, Gardner; J. O'Brien, Nolan, McCann, Guthrie, Taylor; Davies
    • - Newcastle: Given; Carr, Taylor, Cacapa, Jose Enrique; Milner, Rozehnal, N'Zogbia, Duff; Owen, Ameobi
    • - Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)
    • - BOLTON TEAM NEWS: Bolton - still seeking their first away win of the season - are missing Heidar Helguson (knee) and Ricardo Vaz Te (knee) through injury, while Gavin McCann is a doubt with a knock picked up against Blackburn last weekend. Abdoulaye Faye and El-Hadji Diouf are at the Africa Cup of Nations. New signings Gretar Steinsson and Matt Taylor are set to start.
    • - NEWCASTLE TEAM NEWS: Keegan's cause is not helped by the fact he's without the suspended trio of Emre, Alan Smith and Nicky Butt, while no less than four players (Obafemi Martins, Geremi, Habib Beye and Abdoulaye Faye) are in Ghana on Africa Cup of Nations duty. Michael Owen, who said in his autobiography that Keegan's spell as England boss left him "scarred", has been named captain.
    • - Good evening and thank-you for joining us for eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Kevin Keegan's return to St James's Park, as Newcastle United take on Bolton Wanderers. Kick-off is at 17:15 GMT.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Bolton Wanderers
    57% Possession 42%
    17 Shots 8
    0 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 0
    9 Corners 6
    16 Fouls 14
    1 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 17
    313 Accurate passes 209
    69 Bad passes 30

  • 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
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 39 0 1
      4 David Rozehnal 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 42 6 1
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 43 27 5
      2 Stephen Carr 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 31 0 0
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 41 2 2
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 41 13 3
      16 James Milner 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 12 4 0
      11 Damien Duff 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19 8 3
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 4 0 5 3 1 0 22 2 0
      10 Michael Owen 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11 4 1
      37 James Troisi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Andy Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      38 Kazenga Lua Lua 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 16 0 4
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 9 1 0
      24 Joey O'Brien 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 27 3 3
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 27 6 1
      32 Matthew Taylor 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 6 0
      28 Lubomir Michalik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 14 1 1
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 21 6 4
      17 Danny Guthrie 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 39 0 1
      14 Kevin Davies 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 23 6 2
      8 Ivan Campo 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
      7 Stelios Giannakopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Tamir Cohen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' What a save! A Bolton corner finds its way to Samuel's feet just yards from goal, but Given spreads himself to pull off a fantastic save! There will be three minutes of injury time.
    • 86' Owen is clean through but Andy O'Brien sticks out a leg to put the ball behind! Corner to Newcastle.
    • 85' Another penalty appeal for the home side! Milner crosses from the left and Ameobi goes down, but even Keegan's appeal is half-hearted.
    • 84' Carr crosses from deep and Ameobi gets above Andy O'Brien but can't keep his header down!
    • 65' Milner with another cross from the right, and it almost goes straight in at the back post, but Jaaskelainen has to tip it over the bar! They're building a bit of momentum here, Newcastle.
    • 64' Milner with a cross from the right and Rozehnal gets a header in but he can't direct it on target! That was a chance though.
    • 62' Great tackle Gardner! Ameobi looks to be clean through but a brilliant diving tackle from the Jamaican ensures the ball runs back to Jaaskelainen. The Newcastle fans want a penalty. No chance.
    • 51' Chances for Newcastle! Milner's snapshot from the edge of the box is blocked, Carr clips a cross right across the face of goal, the ball comes back into the box from the left and Carr skies a shot high over the bar from the edge of the area! That's more like it.

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Line-up

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Starting line-up

      • S. Given
      • S. Carr
      • S. Taylor
      • C. Caçapa
      • José Enrique
      • D. Rozehnal
      • C. N'Zogbia
      • J. Milner
      • D. Duff Yellow Card Substitution Out (80′)
      • S. Ameobi
      • M. Owen

      Subs

      • S. Harper
      • J. Troisi
      • D. Edgar
      • A. Carroll
      • K. Lualua

    • Starting line-up

      • J. Jääskeläinen
      • G. Steinsson
      • A. O'Brien
      • L. Michalik
      • R. Gardner
      • J. O'Brien
      • G. McCann Substitution Out (76′)
      • D. Guthrie
      • K. Nolan Yellow Card Substitution Out (67′)
      • M. Taylor
      • K. Davies

      Subs

      • J. Samuel Substitution In79′
      • I. Campo Substitution In67′
      • S. Giannakopoulos
      • T. Cohen Substitution In76′
      • A. Al Habsi

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