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  1. Newcastle United are relegated

    Newcastle United are relegated

    Newcastle United were relegated from the Premier League after a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Newcastle United
    • 90+4' FULL-TIME!!! NEWCASTLE ARE RELEGATED!!!!
    • 90+3' Edgar is sent-off, a second yellow card as he brings down Young.
    • 90+2' Enrique's cross is headed over by Ameobi. Just two minutes left.
    • 90+1' Four minutes added time and Ameobi hooks Martins' cross over the top from eight yards under pressuer from Milner.
    • 90' Steve Sidwell on for Carew.
    • 89' Taylor has gone up front for Newcastle.
    • 88' Shooting chance for Carew but he slips and the ball hits his standing leg. Embarrasing for the big Norwegian.
    • 87' Newcastle have a shot but Ameobi's effort from 20 yards is high, wide and not very handsome.
    • 86' Duff's chip into the penalty area is headed away.
    • 85' A whipped cross from Enrique sees Friedel scrambling across his goal.....but it is just wide of the far post.
    • 84' Nigel Reo-Coker is on for Petrov.
    • 83' It is a hot afternoon and Newcastle's midfield just cannot get up to support the front men.
    • 82' Heskey reaches a cross from the left first but the ball trickles through to Harper.
    • 81' Edgar pulls down Young and is booked.
    • 80' TEN MINUTES LEFT FOR NEWCASTLE.
    • 79' A surging run from Young ends in a slightly wayward shot.
    • 78' That should have been it. Taylor slips and Carew is unmarked seven yards out but the big Norwegian makes a complete hash of his volley with the goal gaping.
    • 77' Newcastle United manager Alan Shearer shows his frustration on the touchline. Match Image
    • 76' Owen has been on for ten minutes and has not had a single kick.
    • 75' Viduka leaves English football. He is replaced by Shola Ameobi.
    • 74' Emile Heskey replaces Gardner.
    • 73' Martins is unable to reach a hopeful long ball down the left channel.
    • 72' The ground is very quiet, the travelling fans silenced by anxiety.
    • 71' Hull are still losing. A single goal could keep Newcastle up with just 35 points.
    • 70' A terrible mistake from Butt, he is sloppy in possession 25 yards out and Barry capitalises. The Villa captain checks inside but curls his right-footed effort narrowly past the post. NEWCASTLE ARE HANGING ON, JUST!
    • 69' A dangerous ball across the face of the six-yard box by Young but Agbonlahor just cannot reach it.
    • 68' Still Friedel has not been tested in the second-half.
    • 67' Viduka, who went down five years ago with Leeds United, is playing down the middle with Martins and Owen supporting on either side.
    • 66' Nolan is the man to give way for Owen.
    • 65' Barry climbs highest at the corner but Enrique scrambles away.
    • 64' Agbonlahor charges past a pedestrian Coloccini and wins a corner.
    • 63' Owen is about to come on!
    • 62' Great defending from Gardner as he stoops to head away Guthrie's delivery.
    • 62' The ball flicks off Barry's head and they have a corner.
    • 61' Agbonlahor squares to Shorey in the penalty area and the ball bounces off a hand but Foy waves away the penalty appeals.
    • 60' Newcastle have not created a single opening in the second-half, not even a quarter chance.
    • 59' Owen is warming up.
    • 58' Boro are now 2-1 down at Upton Park. Will Newcastle be joining them in the Championship?
    • 57' Lovenkrands is off so Duff will be pushed forward.
    • 56' Newcastle are about to bring on Jose Enrique.
    • 55' Martins gives the ball away and a surging run from Milner ends with him dragging his shot wide from 20 yards.
    • 54' Sunderland have equalised but it is a moot point as Villa continue to dominate.
    • 53' Danny Guthrie sloppy in possession and Young finds Agbonlahor in space down the right channel but his attempted cross is wasteful.
    • 52' Young is a whisker away from making it 2-0 as he curls an effort narrowly over the top corner.
    • 51' Newcastle United manager Alan Shearer shouts instructions from the touchline. Match Image
    • 50' A curling corner from Barry and Harper needs to backtrack to help it on its way otherwise it may have nestled in the corner.
    • 49' Villa picking Newcastle apart and Edgar concedes a corner under no pressure.
    • 48' Sunderland have just gone behind to Chelsea but as it stands Newcastle and Hull both need to score twice to relegate the Mackems.
    • 47' Gardner's driven cross from the right nestles in the side netting.
    • 46' The second-half is underway with no changes to either side.
    • 45+3' Half-time and Newcastle's Premier League future is hanging by a thread.
    • 45+2' SO CLOSE TO AN EQUALISER!! Martins nods narrowly wide.
    • 45+1' Good crossing opportunities for Newcastle but on two occasions Peter Lovenkrands sees his ball from the left headed away.
    • 45' Petrov looks for the diagonal Hollywood ball for Milner but far too much purchase on it.
    • 44' Two minutes of added time.
    • 43' Newcastle United manager Alan Shearer shouts instructions from the touchline Match Image
    • 42' Petrov heads away a long throw by Nolan.
    • 41' Almost two for Villa as John Carew's cross is flicked just inches wide by Gabriel Agbonlahor.
    • 40' Young bursts into the penalty area but his run is ended by Taylor.
    • 39' Newcastle now must score if they are to stay in the Premier League.
    • 38' GOAL VILLA!!! The corner falls to Barry whose 25-yard drive was going well wide but takes a wicked deflection off Duff and nestles in the corner past a stranded Harper.
    • 37' Young's cross is headed away by Butt with Harper ready to punch clear. Corner.
    • 36' Nice flick from Barry into Shorey's path but his dink into the area is straight to Harper.
    • 35' Middlesbrough need to beat West Ham United away and hope Hull and Newcastle lose. Even then they would need a big swing to overhaul Hull on goal difference. The Teessiders are losing at Upton Park.
    • 34' Milner's free-kick is saved at the near post by Harper. Pretty straightforward for the keeper.
    • 33' Taylor hauls down Agbonlahor and is booked.
    • 32' Awkward bounce for Stiliyan Petrov from the corner but no hands and the Bulgarian clears.
    • 31' Nolan plays a 1-2 and surges into the box and wins a corner.
    • 30' Coloccini comes out and catches Agbonlahor offside.
    • 29' Villa have had the majority of possession so far.
    • 28' Nicky Shorey finds Young but his cross is wasteful.
    • 27' Another key block from Coloccini to prevent MilnerÂ’s shot reaching the goal.
    • 25' The Toon Army are celebrating as if they were safe already.
    • 24' Darron Gibson has given Manchester United the lead at Hull with a rasper. As it stands Newcastle are safe.
    • 23' Young has recovered from his knock but after a series of stepovers, puts too much on his cross.
    • 22' Remember even a draw or win will not be enough if Hull match Newcastle's result in their home game against a Manchester United team without all of their big names ahead of the Champions League final.
    • 21' Good work from Harper who comes off his line and does just enough to prevent Gareth Barry reaching a cross from the left. He takes a clout for his troubles.
    • 20' Harper claims the resulting corner.
    • 19' Milner's shot is blocked but falls to Craig Gardner whose rasping 25-yard drive is tipped over by Steve Harper.
    • 18' Young is doubled up in some pain after a collision with David Edgar.
    • 17' Defeat today at Villa Park would see Newcastle drop into the Championship for the first time in 16 years.
    • 16' A 20-yard shot from Kevin Nolan is very wayward.
    • 15' No goals at the bottom of the table in the opening 15 minutes.
    • 14' Milner, who started the season as a Newcastle player, has a shot blocked by Coloccini.
    • 13' Into the feet of Mark Viduka and a great flick through to Martins who volleys over from 16 yards. Another decent chance for the Magpies.
    • 12' Hefty challenge by Nicky Butt on Ashley Young and he is lucky to escape a yellow card.
    • 11' Martins has a follow-up shot which is blocked.
    • 10' NEWCASTLE SO CLOSE!! Obafemi Martins pulls a deep cross back into the mixer and Steven Taylor's shot on the turn is cleared off the line by Carlos Cuellar.
    • 9' Damien Duff cuts inside and his shot is pushed around the post by Brad Friedel who sees the effort very, very late.
    • 8' This time Coloccini gets the better of Agbonlahor in a one-to-one tussle.
    • 7' The Toon have won only seven of their 37 league games, just two of them away.
    • 6' Since swapping television punditry for the Newcastle manager's job Alan Shearer has won just one of seven matches.
    • 5' The free-kick is pulled back to Milner but his delivery is wasteful.
    • 4' Coloccini brings down James Milner on the right flank. A nervy start from the Argentine.
    • 3' Agbonlahor climbs above Coloccini to meet a cross from the left but his header is just over the top.
    • 2' A long punt downfield immediately puts Fabricio Coloccini into trouble but Gabriel Agbonlahor is harshly penalised for a push.
    • 1' Chris Foy gets the game underway!
    • - Here come the teams.
    • - Former Newcastle chairman Sir John Hall doubts whether the Magpies are good enough to survive in the Barclays Premier League ahead of today's crunch final game. Magpies 'not good enough' - Hall
    • - Alan Shearer said he will celebrate the biggest success of his career if his Newcastle United side escape relegation from the Premier League. All the permutations
    • - The Magpies travel to Aston Villa needing a result to stand any chance of survival but Michael Owen is only on the bench.
    • - Newcastle: Harper, Coloccini, Steven Taylor, Edgar, Duff, Guthrie, Nolan, Butt, Lovenkrands, Viduka, Martins. Subs: Krul, Jose Enrique, Owen, Smith, Gutierrez, Ameobi, Ryan Taylor.
    • - Aston Villa: Friedel, Gardner, Davies, Cuellar, Shorey, Milner, Petrov, Barry, Ashley Young, Carew, Agbonlahor. Subs: Guzan, Sidwell, Delfouneso, Knight, Heskey, Reo-Coker, Albrighton.

  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Newcastle United
    52% Possession 47%
    14 Shots 10
    2 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 0
    5 Corners 3
    10 Fouls 8
    3 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 1
    16 Tackles 19
    277 Accurate passes 224
    83 Bad passes 42

  • 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
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0
      26 Craig Gardner 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 16 0 2
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 0 2
      24 Carlos Cuéllar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 4 3
      21 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 23 1
      8 James Milner 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 15 1 1
      7 Ashley Young 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 20 13 4
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 7 2
      6 Gareth Barry 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 39 9 1
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 15 5 0
      10 John Carew 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 30 12 0
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Emile Heskey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      45 Marc Albrighton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Nathan Delfouneso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Brad Guzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Steve Sidwell 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 8 2 0
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12 1 1
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 21 0 3
      27 Steven Taylor 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 17 0 3
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 6 1
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 4 1
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 31 6 5
      11 Damien Duff 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 9 2
      24 Peter Løvenkrands 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 1
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      36 Mark Viduka 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18 0 0
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Ryan Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Tim Krul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Michael Owen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 7 2

  • Summary

    • 90+3' Edgar is sent-off, a second yellow card as he brings down Young.
    • 78' That should have been it. Taylor slips and Carew is unmarked seven yards out but the big Norwegian makes a complete hash of his volley with the goal gaping.
    • 70' A terrible mistake from Butt, he is sloppy in possession 25 yards out and Barry capitalises. The Villa captain checks inside but curls his right-footed effort narrowly past the post. NEWCASTLE ARE HANGING ON, JUST!
    • 52' Young is a whisker away from making it 2-0 as he curls an effort narrowly over the top corner.
    • 45+2' SO CLOSE TO AN EQUALISER!! Martins nods narrowly wide.
    • 41' Almost two for Villa as John Carew's cross is flicked just inches wide by Gabriel Agbonlahor.
    • 38' GOAL VILLA!!! The corner falls to Barry whose 25-yard drive was going well wide but takes a wicked deflection off Duff and nestles in the corner past a stranded Harper.
    • 34' Milner's free-kick is saved at the near post by Harper. Pretty straightforward for the keeper.
    • 21' Good work from Harper who comes off his line and does just enough to prevent Gareth Barry reaching a cross from the left. He takes a clout for his troubles.
    • 19' Milner's shot is blocked but falls to Craig Gardner whose rasping 25-yard drive is tipped over by Steve Harper.
    • 13' Into the feet of Mark Viduka and a great flick through to Martins who volleys over from 16 yards. Another decent chance for the Magpies.
    • 10' NEWCASTLE SO CLOSE!! Obafemi Martins pulls a deep cross back into the mixer and Steven Taylor's shot on the turn is cleared off the line by Carlos Cuellar.
    • 9' Damien Duff cuts inside and his shot is pushed around the post by Brad Friedel who sees the effort very, very late.
    • 3' Agbonlahor climbs above Coloccini to meet a cross from the left but his header is just over the top.
    • - The Magpies travel to Aston Villa needing a result to stand any chance of survival but Michael Owen is only on the bench.

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  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Aston Villa

      Manager: Martin O'Neill

      Captain: Gareth Barry

      Starting line-up

      • B. Friedel
      • C. Gardner Substitution Out (74′)
      • C. Cuellar
      • C. Davies
      • N. Shorey
      • G. Barry Goal
      • J. Milner
      • S. Petrov Substitution Out (84′)
      • G. Agbonlahor
      • A. Young
      • J. Carew Substitution Out (90′)

      Subs

      • E. Heskey Substitution In74′
      • Z. Knight
      • S. Sidwell Substitution In90′
      • N. Reo-Coker Substitution In84′
      • B. Guzan
      • N. Delfouneso
      • M. Albrighton

      Injured

      • L. Young
      • W. Bouma

    • Newcastle United

      Manager: Alan Shearer

      Captain: Nicky Butt

      Starting line-up

      • S. Harper
      • F. Coloccini
      • S. Taylor Yellow Card
      • D. Edgar Red Card
      • D. Duff
      • N. Butt
      • K. Nolan Substitution Out (66′)
      • D. Guthrie
      • P. Lovenkrands Substitution Out (57′)
      • M. Viduka Substitution Out (75′)
      • O. Martins

      Subs

      • M. Owen Substitution In66′
      • A. Smith
      • S. Ameobi Substitution In75′
      • R. Taylor
      • J. Gutierrez
      • J. Enrique Substitution In57′
      • T. Krul

      Injured

      • H. Beye
      • .. Xisco
      • A. Carroll
      • I. Gonzalez

      Suspended

      • J. Barton
      • S. Bassong

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  1. toon fan here....
    ...sad to see the club sink.

    thats­ all i could say.

    From Jason A, on Fri 5 Jun 3:44AM

  2. ,./;'#/';.,~@: ?

    From Mandy piles, on Sat 30 May 7:23PM

  3. new season and still a w**k team i'm on about man­ united.

    From Mandy piles, on Sat 30 May 7:18PM

  4. UP THE VILLA!A 2 point improvement on last seasons­ tally and could have been so much more with greater­ squad depth.However the real messiah ONeill with all­ his years of managerial experience will carry on our­ growth and development in the right direction,backed by­ a quiet and steady owner and directors.Our club is a­ model of how certain other clubs should perhaps run­ themselves perhaps?Oh,that brings Barcodes United of­ the championship to mind doesnt­ it...hhahahahhahahaahaha,bye bye you whining geordies.

    From roger h, on Mon 25 May 6:37PM

  5. Dont think Newcastle will come back to the Premiership­ in a few years. They are too troubled to stay up.­ Shearer doesnt have the magic. Players will start to­ scurry off now. Obafemi, Viduka and Owen will be good­ target for Man City. They dont even have the motivation­ to contest in a hard fighting league like the­ Championship.
    I hope they learn their lesson in 2years!

    From Tee, on Mon 25 May 12:42PM

  6. Best of luck in the future Newcastle United, your time­ of reckoning will come again as soon as 'the­ posion' title is lost from the job and someone who­ is prepared to put time & investment into the club­ your rewards will come

    From hamilton.antony, on Mon 25 May 12:37PM

  7. * awaits * (sorry...)

    From Mary, on Mon 25 May 10:39AM

  8. chin up camron take on the chin like a man the ship has­ sunk, now see all the rats leave and the pied piper go­ back to the bbc. ALAN SHEARER GOS IN HISTORY BOOKS WHAT­ A GUY.

    From PHIL, on Mon 25 May 10:36AM

  9. Owen will have woken up this morning wondering if his­ ongoing (& self inflicted) nightmare will ever end.­ It all started when he refused to sign the extension to­ his contract offered by Houllier, saying that he wanted­ to be sure he would be playing in the Champions League­ the next season. Houllier left, Benitez arrived, and­ his very first task was to show Owen the door - much to­ Michael's surprise. His bluff had been called -­ Benitez didn't want anyone at the club who­ didn't want to play for Liverpool.

    Owen was­ promptly sold (cut-price) to Real Madrid, and as he was­ sitting on the bench week after week, he had to watch­ Liverpool not only PLAY in the Champions League, but­ WIN it as well. When Madrid realised their error and­ tried to offload Owen, he said that he wanted to come­ back to Liverpool, but Benitez refused to pay more than­ he sold him for; Souness foolishly paid WAY over the­ odds to make sure that Newcastle "snatched"­ him, and his career has gone downhill ever since.

    I do­ feel some sympathy for Owen, but I'm sure he will­ now surely understand the old saying "No player is­ bigger than the club". His greed and arrogance­ started his own fall from grace, and I'm sure he­ now bitterly regrets not signing the contract that­ Houllier offered him. Once Liverpool got rid of him,­ his career went into freefall. And now the Championship­ (NOT the Champions League) awits him. Sad....

    From Mary, on Mon 25 May 10:25AM

  10. The solution to Newcastle's problems is obvious...­ sack the owner !

    From dave.littlehales, on Mon 25 May 9:34AM

  11. they completely deserve it : (

    From Levan, on Mon 25 May 9:06AM

  12. I'm not a newcastle supporter but one thing i do­ know, Newcastle WILL l bounce back;- WHY because they­ are "NEWCASTLE UNITED" Interesting times­ ahead one thinks, They have the best supporters in the­ land BAR NON who deserve better, a sad day for­ football.

    From Mickyfinn, on Mon 25 May 7:00AM

  13. Where is the problem of Newcastle? I think at some time­ before Big sam's era the coach collected a bunch of­ rubbish players. I believe a Stoke and Hull city are­ far better than Newcastle. It's gonna be hard to­ bounce back to the premier league. Mike Ashley you­ really deserve this but you don't know it.

    From santos, on Mon 25 May 2:16AM

  14. amanda.goldsbrough:
    Nice truthful words, from a true­ supporter of Newcastle United.

    From Bobby Robson A Legend, on Mon 25 May 12:00AM

  15. what has happend to my beloved club of NEWCASTLE UNITED­ we did not deserve to go down we are a mighty club we­ need to start fresh get rid of the freeloaders buy some­ players who want to win and keep alan as a manager. we­ wil be back to the premiership and when we do everybody­ will know NEWCASTLE are footballing gods we will be­ back.
    NEWCASTLE TILL I DIE but cheer up toon army we­ will be back to the premiership

    From jenny.morth, on Sun 24 May 11:15PM

  16. LETS ALL LAUGH AT NEWCASTLE, SILLY FAT OLD MEN, AWAY­ AND PLAY WITH THE GIRLS, RANGERS ARE CHAMPIONS !!!

    From Willie, on Sun 24 May 11:03PM

  17. it is time for newcastle to get rid some of the bad­ players/losers who just want high wages but proven­ nothing.

    From khairul najmy, on Sun 24 May 10:57PM

  18. about time you newcastle went down

    From chelseaboyz20002000, on Sun 24 May 10:16PM

  19. At least United did do a favor for Newcastle. As Arnie­ says I'LL BE BACK. So will Shearer

    From murphy_eoghan, on Sun 24 May 9:02PM

  20. poor shearer if he wanted to stay up he should have­ played lol they would have had more chance

    From jrbengland, on Sun 24 May 8:49PM
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