FOOTBALL Live

Saturday October 27, 2007 Finished Madejski Stadium

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Reading

  • Kitson 52’
  • Long 81’

Newcastle United

  • Duberry 72’ (o.g.)
  1. Long sinks Newcastle

    Long sinks Newcastle

    Sub Shane Long scored with his first touch of the game as Reading defeated Newcastle 2-1 at the Madjeski Stadium. A Michael Duberry own goal had earlier cancelled out Dave Kitson's superb effort after 52 minutes. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Reading
    • Newcastle United
    • 90 And it's all over. A thoroughly deserved victory for Reading. Newcastle lacked any creativity or confidence, whilst the home side controlled the game from the getgo. Leroy Lita's Halloween howlers don't matter a jot - Reading get the 3 points.
    • 89 Reading are taking it easy now, and the fans are delighted with the scoreline. Can Reading finish a match with only one goal conceded?
    • 87 Correction: Reading substitution in the 85th minute> Murty OFF Rosenior ON
    • 87 Sam Allardyce looks thoroughly miserable, and little wonder - a disallowed headed goal by Cacapa but he was, to be fair, blatantly offside.
    • 83 20-year-old Shane Long is getting all the Reading fans' loving. His goal has muted the Newcastle supporters.
    • 81 GOAL FOR READING! UNBELIEVABLE! It's Shane Long's first touch of the game! The supersub scores. Newcastle fail to clear a free-kick floated into the box...Long controls with his chest before firing home from a few yards out.
    • 79 It's a Reading substitution. Leroy Lita OFF and Shane Long ON.
    • 74 Reading are pushing for a winner and Newcastle have finally woken up. N'Zogbia's long-range effort is spilled by Hahnemann, but Owen can't latch on to the rebound in time. Should be a thrilling last 15.
    • 72 GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE! A free-kick by the corner flag by Emre scrapes through a sea of Reading defenders and bounces off MICHAEL DUBERRY into the back of the net. So unfortunate for the Reading defender, who's looked solid throughout. An undeserved equaliser!
    • 71 Substitution for Newcastle. Faye OFF and James Milner ON
    • 71 Neat free-kick by Reading, floated into the box by James Harper. Just inside the 6-yard box, Ibrahima Sonko's volley is aimed straight at the keeper. It's all Reading now.
    • 69 First yellow card of the afternoon, and it goes to Newcastle's Abdoulaye Faye.
    • 67 Long ball towards Michael Owen, but Hahnemann is equal to it. The the assistant ref flagged for offside.
    • 66 Geremi looks annoyed, as well he might. His effort from outside the box is low and wide and not very good. One of the Newcastle fans is praying.
    • 65 Duberry cancels out another Newcastle attack with an excellent interception.
    • 64 Kevin Doyle is keen to imitate Dave Kitson, as he tries a speculative shot from 25 yards out. This one floats past Given's goal without causing any trouble.
    • 62 Another Newcastle corner, another comfortable catch for Marcus Hahnemann. The Reading keeper is looking very confident for a man who's conceded so many goals lately.
    • 60 Reading are keeping their cool, and keeping the ball. But Michael Duberry is one dodgy challenge away from a booking. He's just had a stern ticking-off by ref Phil Dowd.
    • 59 Newcastle are having no joy with their corners. But can Alan Smith do more than Obafemi Martins did in the first half? It surely won't be that hard.
    • 57 It's a double substitution. Nicky Butt OFF and Charles N'Zogbia ON Obafemi Martins OFF and and Alan Smith ON
    • 55 Newcastle are trying to get forward but Reading's defence is on top form so far.
    • 54 Here come the Newcastle changes. Smith and N'Zogbia are warming up on the touchline.
    • 52 IT'S A CORKER! A superb goal by DAVE KITSON. Stephen Hunt's pass misses Kevin Doyle but finds Dave Kitson in the D just outside the area. His long-range shot fizzes into the top right-hand corner of Shay Given's net. Top notch.
    • 51 Big Sam is sipping from a cup of coffee on the touchline. And still chewing the gum.
    • 49 Joey Barton puts in a great pass into the penalty box, but Owen has no chance as Hahnemann comes out to smother the ball comfortably.
    • 48 It's a carbon copy of the first half start, with Reading pressing more urgently than the away side.
    • 46 Second half is underway. Big Sam continues chewing a large stick of gum.
    • 45 That's it for the first half. Reading had two great chances to take the lead, while Newcastle look a pale imitation of the side that beat Spurs 3-1 earlier in the week. Will Big Sam spit the gum out and start the shouting?
    • 45 Close but no cigar. Shorey's bending, speedy free kick goes just over the bar. Last chance of the half.
    • 45 Silky footwork by Stephen Hunt on the edge of the penalty area. It was his pass, by the way, that set up Lita's shocking miss just a minute or two ago.
    • 43 It's another shocking miss by Leroy Lita! He's inside the 6-yard box, with just Given in front of him, and he fires the ball towards row Q.
    • 42 Both teams are dealing well with corners. They're jumping, heading and clearing. Which is pretty much the whole point of a defence.
    • 40 It's nearly egg-on-face time as Cacapa's passback strays beyond Given towards the open goal. The keeper makes it back in time to clear.
    • 39 Geremi's free-kick is good, but not good enough. It zips wide of Hahnemann's far post.
    • 38 Michael Owen is hammered to the ground by Gunnarsson, who's been having a decent game. Free-kick to Newcastle from some 30 yards out.
    • 36 Newcastle have worked their way back into the game, and they're domianting possession, but the long build-up play is coming to nothing. Obafemi Martins dithers around 20 yars out and loses the ball.
    • 32 Both defences are looking tight, with Claudio Cacapa keeping cool control of the Newcastle back four. Who's going to crack first?
    • 30 Joey Barton's been as good as gold so far. Then again he's having a fairly anonymous game.
    • 28 A decent run at the Reading defence by Owen, but he's easily tackled by Michael Duberry just as he's about to enter the box. Maybe the long-balls aren't such a bad idea, after all.
    • 25 Good chance for Kevin Doyle, as he gets his head on the end of a great cross from the right flank by Graeme Murty. But he can't quite get the ball on target. Still 0-0.
    • 23 Newcastle aren't having much joy breaking down the Reading defence, and Reading look the more likely to score so far. But with their leaky defence, you never know.
    • 21 It's a great cross into the box from the left flank by Leory Lita, but nobody's in the centre to convert.
    • 19 Geremi has a chance from inside the 6-yard box, getting on the end of a - you guessed it - long ball. He scuffs his effort and out it goes for a goalkick.
    • 17 Dave Kitson's looking lively, or is that just his hair? Newcastle persist with the long-ball strategy but it's yet to pay off.
    • 15 Newcastle are breathing down the Reading backs now, after a tame start. But the best chance so far has to be Leroy Lita's - and what a howler of a miss that was.
    • 12 Great chance for Owen! Another long ball over the top, into the area, but the England striker's first touch lets him down and the ball is cleared for a corner. Owen's claiming a penalty after he clatters into Hahnemann, but he ain't gonna get it.
    • 8 It's a real chance for Reading. Brilliant footwork from Doyle on the right, and a low pass into the centre of the box where Lita strikes tamely - straight at Shay Given.
    • 7 Newcastle are playing long-ball after long-ball forward but little Michael Owen can't get on the end of them.
    • 4 A quiet start, but Reading are going for it here. They're lokoing brighter so far...
    • 3 Michael Duberry suffers a nasty knock and is down for a couple of minutes, but he's given the all-clear. Game resumes.
    • 1 Reading have the first attack of the game, but it comes to nothing as Icelandic Gunnarsson umms and errs in the penalty box and dribbles the ball out for a goalkick.
    • 1 And we're off at the Madejski Stadium. All eyes are on Newcy's number 7, Joey B.
    • 14:51 Reading have piled five defenders in front of goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann, with striker Dave Kitson leading the charge up front.
    • 14:50 It's bad boy Joey Barton's first start for Newcastle, so there's bound to be a few fireworks. Mark Viduka is still injured, so Michael Owen and Obafemi Martins start up front again for the Magpies.
    • 14:43 12th-placed Reading will be looking for a result against Big Sam's Newcastle, currently in 8th. The stats suggest this should be a goalfest: Steve Coppell's team have conceded 15 goals in their last 4 Premier League games, whilst Newcastle have scored 6 in their last 2.

  • Team Stats

    Reading Stats Newcastle United
    46% Possession 53%
    11 Shots 6
    4 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 2
    5 Corners 8
    9 Fouls 15
    1 Offsides 7
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    32 Tackles 18
    147 Accurate passes 212
    60 Bad passes 32

  • 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
    • Reading
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      29 Michael Duberry 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 4 3
      3 Nicky Shorey 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 29 22 2
      2 Graeme Murty 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 5
      5 Ibrahima Sonko 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 13 2 2
      6 Brynjar Gunnarsson 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 1 5
      15 James Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 2
      10 Stephen Hunt 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 17 10 1
      12 Dave Kitson 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 15 11 7
      9 Kevin Doyle 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 3
      8 Leroy Lita 0 4 1 2 4 1 1 11 1 2
      19 Liam Rosenior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Bobby Convey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Ivar Ingimarsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Shane Long 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 2
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 8 1
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 21 0 1
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 24 1 2
      7 Joey Barton 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 27 2 2
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 3 2
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 30 1 0
      5 Belozoglu Emre 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 7 3
      10 Michael Owen 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 11 1 2
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 0
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 1
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 David Rozehnal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 1 1
      16 James Milner 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1

  • Summary

    • 87 Sam Allardyce looks thoroughly miserable, and little wonder - a disallowed headed goal by Cacapa but he was, to be fair, blatantly offside.
    • 81 GOAL FOR READING! UNBELIEVABLE! It's Shane Long's first touch of the game! The supersub scores. Newcastle fail to clear a free-kick floated into the box...Long controls with his chest before firing home from a few yards out.
    • 74 Reading are pushing for a winner and Newcastle have finally woken up. N'Zogbia's long-range effort is spilled by Hahnemann, but Owen can't latch on to the rebound in time. Should be a thrilling last 15.
    • 72 GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE! A free-kick by the corner flag by Emre scrapes through a sea of Reading defenders and bounces off MICHAEL DUBERRY into the back of the net. So unfortunate for the Reading defender, who's looked solid throughout. An undeserved equaliser!
    • 71 Neat free-kick by Reading, floated into the box by James Harper. Just inside the 6-yard box, Ibrahima Sonko's volley is aimed straight at the keeper. It's all Reading now.
    • 64 Kevin Doyle is keen to imitate Dave Kitson, as he tries a speculative shot from 25 yards out. This one floats past Given's goal without causing any trouble.
    • 52 IT'S A CORKER! A superb goal by DAVE KITSON. Stephen Hunt's pass misses Kevin Doyle but finds Dave Kitson in the D just outside the area. His long-range shot fizzes into the top right-hand corner of Shay Given's net. Top notch.
    • 49 Joey Barton puts in a great pass into the penalty box, but Owen has no chance as Hahnemann comes out to smother the ball comfortably.
    • 45 Close but no cigar. Shorey's bending, speedy free kick goes just over the bar. Last chance of the half.
    • 43 It's another shocking miss by Leroy Lita! He's inside the 6-yard box, with just Given in front of him, and he fires the ball towards row Q.
    • 40 It's nearly egg-on-face time as Cacapa's passback strays beyond Given towards the open goal. The keeper makes it back in time to clear.
    • 25 Good chance for Kevin Doyle, as he gets his head on the end of a great cross from the right flank by Graeme Murty. But he can't quite get the ball on target. Still 0-0.
    • 12 Great chance for Owen! Another long ball over the top, into the area, but the England striker's first touch lets him down and the ball is cleared for a corner. Owen's claiming a penalty after he clatters into Hahnemann, but he ain't gonna get it.
    • 8 It's a real chance for Reading. Brilliant footwork from Doyle on the right, and a low pass into the centre of the box where Lita strikes tamely - straight at Shay Given.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Phil Dowd

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    On the Field

    • Hahnemann
    • Murty
    • Duberry
    • Sonko
    • Shorey
    • Gunnarsson
    • Harper
    • Hunt
    • Lita
    • Doyle
    • Kitson

    Subs

    • Convey
    • Ingimarsson
    • Rosenior
    • Long
    • Federici

    Injured

    • Oster
    • Cisse

    Suspended

    None

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    On the Field

    • Given
    • Beye
    • Diagne-Faye
    • Caçapa
    • Enrique
    • Geremi
    • Butt
    • Barton
    • Emre
    • Martins
    • Owen

    Subs

    • Smith
    • Harper
    • Milner
    • Rozehnal
    • N'Zogbia

    Injured

    • Viduka

    Suspended

    None