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Monday May 11, 2009 Finished St. James' Park

3 - 1

Newcastle United

  • Taylor 9’
  • Martins 71’
  • Lovenkrands 86’

Middlesbrough

  • Beye 3’ (o.g.)

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  1. Shearer conjures vital win

    Shearer conjures vital win

    Alan Shearer made two inspired substitutions as Newcastle United beat Middlesbrough 3-1 at St James' Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Middlesbrough
    • 90' THAT's IT!!! Newcastle move out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 victory!!! Boro are now three points adrift of safety with just two matches of the season remaining. Thanks for joining me!!!
    • 89' Boro are surely done for.
    • 87' Viduka leaves to a rapturous ovation. On comes Andrew Carroll.
    • 86' GOOOOAAALLL!!!! Nolan reacts to the loose ball and centres for LOVENKRANDS TO SMASH HOME!!! 3-1!!!
    • 85' Downing makes a fine tackle to deny Martins on the break.
    • 84' Nolan is the next man in the book after the former Bolton man loses his cool.
    • 81' Duff with a cynical trip and he rightly gets himself a yellow.
    • 79' Boro are throwing absolutely everything at this now. Newcastle are sitting back, which may not be the best approach. Time will tell.
    • 77' EMNES WITH A GREAT CHANCE...but he can't quite make contact six yards out with just Harper to beat. He should have thrown himself at that one.
    • 76' Boro make another change. Adam Johnson replaces Andrew Taylor.
    • 73' St James' Park is absolutely rocking...unsurprisingly. Ant and Dec are in attendance in case you were wondering.
    • 72' King finds Aliadiere with a cross, but the substitute's header fizzes wide.
    • 71' GOOOOAAAALLL!!!! Would you believe it!!! Martins finds a yard inside the box and slides a shot past Jones with his very first touch!!!
    • 70' Obafemi Martins replaces Owen.
    • 68' Aliadiere comes on for Shawky for Boro.
    • 66' Lovenkrands with an early chance to shoot...his effort is deflected behind for a corner.
    • 65' Shearer rolls the dice. Peter Lovenkrands replaces Gutierrez.
    • 64' Tuncay tries to clip a ball out wide, but Hoyte doesn't read it and the ball goes behind.
    • 63' Downing cuts inside and whips over a cross, but Harper comes to claim and does just that.
    • 61' Nolan tries a shot on the turn from 25 yards, but his rangefinder is off target.
    • 60' Huth appears to be struggling with a strain in his hamstring.
    • 58' Butt is having a stormer for Newcastle by the way.
    • 56' Chaos in the Newcastle box...the ball comes out to O'NEILL, WHO FORCES A GREAT SAVE FROM HARPER WITH A RASPING DRIVE!!!
    • 54' Lovely one-two between Guthrie and Viduka, and Guthrie's shot is deflected behind for corner. Bates heads clear.
    • 53' Shawky blazes an effort over the bar at the other end. This match really could go either way. Both sides are just crying out for some composure in front of goal.
    • 52' Shawky goes in the book for a wild lunge. Newcastle have another shooting opportunity.
    • 50' Owen goes through for Newcastle, but the referee sees a tug from Viduka and awards Boro a free-kick. Very silly from Viduka, who denies Owen a great chance.
    • 49' Butt's effort is deflected over the bar for a corner.
    • 48' Jonas Gutierrez bursts forward and wins a free-kick in a very dangerous central position.
    • 47' Butt with a delightful long ball to Beye. His cross is met with a backheel from Viduka, but he doesn't get enough pace on it and it drifts wide.
    • 46' The second half is underway!!
    • 45+2 There's the half-time whistle and we go into the break at 1-1 - a scoreline that will do little for either side. Back in 15!
    • 45+1 Downing shoots from distance from a free-kick, but the wall does its job.
    • 45' Duff with some neat defensive work to skip past King and clear.
    • 43' Emnes with another chance after a frantic scramble in the Newcastle box, but he can't find a finish.
    • 41' Emnes tees up Tuncay, but his drive sails high and wide.
    • 39' Emnes takes on Butt in the box, but the veteran midfielder uses his experience to nick the ball off his feet.
    • 38' Match image: Tuncay celebrates Boro's opener
    • 37' Huth bodychecks Owen and earns himself a yellow card.
    • 36' Boro make the change. Marlon King is introduced by Gareth Southgate.
    • 35' Beye's cross is blocked as Newcastle pile on the pressure.
    • 34' Play re-starts. Boro are yet to make the change, which is surprising.
    • 32' Alves drops to the floor in some pain. There was nobody near him. The trainer immediately signals he'll need to come off.
    • 31' Butt trips Alves and deservedly goes in the book.
    • 30' Emnes draws a sharp save from Harper with a swerving long-range effort...the rebound comes straight back to him, but he steers an effort wide with Harper committed.
    • 29' Match image: Steven Taylor heads clear for Newcastle
    • 28' Bassong sends over a cross from the left, but Taylor can't quite reach it at the far post. Good spell for Newcastle.
    • 27' Viduka makes room for a cross and picks out Owen, whose header is saved brilliantly by Jones!!
    • 25' Nice skills from Butt see the former Manchester United man into the Boro box, but his cross is blocked.
    • 24' Viduka drives forward promisingly, but his final ball is a chipped pass towards Owen that gives his strike partner no chance.
    • 22' Boro respond to that last comment with a spell of composed possession in the United half.
    • 21' Newcastle have been dominant since Taylor's goal levelled the match. Boro just can't keep hold of the ball.
    • 20' Guthrie's corner is cleared. He gets another chance, but this time his left-foot ball is collected by Jones.
    • 19' Duff chips a teasing ball in and Tuncay concedes the corner.
    • 18' Match image: Alan Shearer awaits kick off at St James' Park
    • 17' Butt with time and space to deliver a ball into the box, but he sends his pass behind for a goal kick.
    • 15' Kevin Nolan is putting in a typically dynamic performance for Newcastle, scrapping for everything in the middle of the park.
    • 14' Well done to those of you who spotted the deliberate mistake earlier by the way!! It is of course STEVE HARPER in goal for Newcastle and not the departed Shay Given of Manchester City.
    • 13' Downing with a searching ball forward for Boro, but Newcastle clear comfortably.
    • 12' The pace is frantic out there. Both sides are going at this one full throttle.
    • 11' A ball through to Owen is well dealt with by Bates.
    • 9' GOOOAAAALLLL!!! Taylor times his run to perfection and glances a near-post header past Jones from a corner to bring Newcastle level!!! St James' Park erupts.
    • 7' The Newcastle fans are still in good voice. To be fair their team have done well so far.
    • 6' VIDUKA HITS THE POST!!! The Australian volleys on the angle from 12 yards and Brad Jones doesn't even see it. Seconds later Steven Taylor has a great chance, but he blazes over.
    • 5' What a terrible start for Newcastle. Tuncay's ability made it happen, but you'd have to say United were very unlucky there.
    • 3' GOOOOOAAAAALLL!!!! Tuncay with a brilliant turn to create an opening. Steve Harper makes a good save at his feet, but the ball hits Habib Beye and rolls home to give Boro a priceless early lead!!!
    • 3' The tackles are flying in as you'd expect.
    • 2' Viduka to Owen, who tees up Danny Guthrie...but his shot is sliced wide.
    • 1' Away we go!! Newcastle kick off and the crowd are making one hell of a racket. Brilliant stuff.
    • - If you need reminding just how important this game is to the two sides, take a look at the Premier League table
    • - Middlesbrough have opted for Alvonso Alves up top alongside Marvin Emnes. Marlon King and Jeremie Aliadiere are on the bench. David Wheater is out and Matthew Bates starts at the back.
    • - The big news for Newcastle is that Michael Owen starts alongside Mark Viduka. Coloccini and Lovenkrands are both dropped to the bench.
    • - TEAM NEWS: Middlesbrough: Jones, Hoyte, Bates, Huth, Taylor, Downing, O'Neil, Shawky, Sanli, Emnes, Alves / Subs: Turnbull, Aliadiere, King, Arca, Adam Johnson, McMahon, Grounds
    • - TEAM NEWS: Newcastle: Harper, Beye, Steven Taylor, Bassong, Duff, Guthrie, Butt, Nolan, Gutierrez, Owen, Viduka / Subs: Krul, Coloccini, Martins, Ryan Taylor, Lovenkrands, LuaLua, Carroll
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Newcastle v Middlesbrough at St James' Park.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Middlesbrough
    51% Possession 48%
    19 Shots 11
    6 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 3
    11 Corners 1
    15 Fouls 8
    1 Offsides 6
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    15 Tackles 27
    228 Accurate passes 210
    43 Bad passes 31

  • 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
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 0 0
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 23 5 2
      27 Steven Taylor 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 15 0 1
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 31 5 6
      22 Nicky Butt 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 41 5 3
      11 Damien Duff 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 11 2
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 29 2 0
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 8 1
      10 Michael Owen 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 1 0
      36 Mark Viduka 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 15 2 0
      16 Ryan Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Obafemi Martins 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0
      40 Tim Krul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Andy Carroll 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
      24 Peter Løvenkrands 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      38 Kazenga Lua Lua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      3 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 0
      2 Justin Hoyte 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 3
      14 Robert Huth 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 16 5 5
      26 Matthew Bates 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 10 1 0
      15 Mohamed Shawky 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 1 4
      4 Gary O'Neil 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 32 6 9
      19 Stewart Downing 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 28 1 1
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23 6 3
      12 Afonso Alves 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
      11 Marvin Emnes 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 14 2 1
      16 Marlon King 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 14 0 0
      29 Anthony McMahon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Julio Arca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Jonathon Grounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' THAT's IT!!! Newcastle move out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 victory!!! Boro are now three points adrift of safety with just two matches of the season remaining. Thanks for joining me!!!
    • 86' GOOOOAAALLL!!!! Nolan reacts to the loose ball and centres for LOVENKRANDS TO SMASH HOME!!! 3-1!!!
    • 71' GOOOOAAAALLL!!!! Would you believe it!!! Martins finds a yard inside the box and slides a shot past Jones with his very first touch!!!
    • 56' Chaos in the Newcastle box...the ball comes out to O'NEILL, WHO FORCES A GREAT SAVE FROM HARPER WITH A RASPING DRIVE!!!
    • 43' Emnes with another chance after a frantic scramble in the Newcastle box, but he can't find a finish.
    • 30' Emnes draws a sharp save from Harper with a swerving long-range effort...the rebound comes straight back to him, but he steers an effort wide with Harper committed.
    • 27' Viduka makes room for a cross and picks out Owen, whose header is saved brilliantly by Jones!!
    • 9' GOOOAAAALLLL!!! Taylor times his run to perfection and glances a near-post header past Jones from a corner to bring Newcastle level!!! St James' Park erupts.
    • 6' VIDUKA HITS THE POST!!! The Australian volleys on the angle from 12 yards and Brad Jones doesn't even see it. Seconds later Steven Taylor has a great chance, but he blazes over.
    • 3' GOOOOOAAAAALLL!!!! Tuncay with a brilliant turn to create an opening. Steve Harper makes a good save at his feet, but the ball hits Habib Beye and rolls home to give Boro a priceless early lead!!!
    • - If you need reminding just how important this game is to the two sides, take a look at the Premier League table
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Newcastle v Middlesbrough at St James' Park.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Alan Shearer

    Captain: Nicky Butt

    Starting line-up

    • S. Harper
    • H. Beye Own Goal
    • S. Bassong
    • S. Taylor Goal
    • D. Duff Yellow Card
    • D. Guthrie
    • N. Butt Yellow Card
    • K. Nolan Yellow Card
    • J. Gutierrez Substitution Out (64′)
    • M. Owen Substitution Out (70′)
    • M. Viduka Substitution Out (87′)

    Subs

    • F. Coloccini
    • P. Lovenkrands Substitution In64′ Goal
    • O. Martins Substitution In70′ Goal
    • R. Taylor
    • T. Krul
    • A. Carroll Substitution In87′
    • K. Lua Lua

    Injured

    • .. Jose Enrique

    Suspended

    • J. Barton

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Stewart Downing

    Starting line-up

    • B. Jones
    • A. Taylor Substitution Out (76′)
    • R. Huth Yellow Card
    • M. Bates
    • J. Hoyte
    • G. O'Neil
    • M. Shawky Yellow Card Substitution Out (68′)
    • S. Tuncay
    • S. Downing
    • A. Alves Substitution Out (34′)
    • M. Emnes

    Subs

    • J. Arca
    • M. King Substitution In34′
    • J. Aliadière Substitution In68′
    • R. Turnbull
    • A. McMahon
    • A. Johnson Substitution In76′
    • J. Grounds

    Injured

    • C. Riggott
    • E. Pogatetz

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Well done Toon ,if you stay up youll still be able to­ see Harry Redknapps drunks performing at their regular­ haunts. Get rid of Barton and you will have a good team­ again

    From RONALD, on Tue 12 May 10:03AM
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    GET OUT NEW C

    From derby_haruna, on Tue 12 May 8:35AM
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    noooo i want newcastle 2 get relegated wiv­ middlesbrough and hull

    From Daniel, on Tue 12 May 8:24AM

  4. cool

    From lisa.duncalfe, on Tue 12 May 7:54AM

  5. All Hail King Shearer!!!!!!!!

    From lai y, on Tue 12 May 7:17AM

  6. yeeessss we are out of the relagation....

    From gaz2012002, on Tue 12 May 7:07AM

  7. HOPE NEWCASTLE STAY UP, AT LEAST SPURS ARE GARANTEED 6­ EASY POINTS NEXT SEASON

    From Fred, on Tue 12 May 6:47AM

  8. thanks god for the good result hopefully we stay up for­ nest ur good luck 4 next game!

    From abduln, on Tue 12 May 5:12AM

  9. Good on you Newcastle. Hope you stay up. From a chelsea­ fan

    From Simon, on Tue 12 May 3:36AM

  10. thats the spirit!.. never give up on the game b4 its­ over..
    toon rulezz!!

    From Fishy Fish, on Tue 12 May 2:54AM

  11. I REMEMBER WE HAD A BUDGY CALLED JOEY,HE WAS A NUT CASE­ SO WE JUST GOT
    RID OF IT, DO THE SAME WITH­ YOUR JOEY AS HE SHOULD HAVE NO PART
    IN P/L­ FOOTBALL IN ANY WAY

    From gregor c, on Tue 12 May 2:22AM

  12. NOW PLEASE GET RID OF JOI BARTON, ALL HE IS IS A THUG,­ HE SHOULD NOT
    BE PLAYING FOOTBALL, AS HE WILL BE­ INSIDE AGAIN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT
    JUST WHY KEGAN GAVE­ HIM A CHANCE IS A MISTERY TO MANY GOOD NEWCASTLE
    ­ SUPPORTERS. WELL DONE FOR TONIGHTS RESULT,JUST KEEP­ IT GOING FOR THE
    REMAINING GAMES,AS MR A­ SHEARER /MR BUTT WILL GET THIS TEAM UP TO
    WHERE­ THET SHOULD BE NEXT SEASON, DONT LET THEM DOWN.
    ­ GC ­ GLASGOW

    From gregor c, on Tue 12 May 2:12AM

  13. well done TOON,,,HOPE YOU WOULD WIN
    AND HOPE THAT YOU­ WILL STAY UP.

    From big10, on Tue 12 May 1:41AM

  14. The PL would not be the same without Newcastle - Keep­ up the good work and best of luck for next Saturday.
    As­ a Spurs fan it would be great for NC to beat Fulham as­ our chances for Europe would be advanced. However,­ although that is important to Tottenham it's also­ VERY important that NC don't go down. Hang in there­ NC and we'll see you next year in the PL. where we­ will continue to enjoy scoring goals against you. You­ belong in the PL

    From The Realist, on Tue 12 May 1:25AM

  15. thanks to the fans of other pl clubs around the­ country newcastle to go down .never we have friends­ everyway good luck to all pl clubs see you next­ year...hopefully with shearer as manager

    From NeilH, on Tue 12 May 1:08AM

  16. Im long serving Manchester fan but got to say this. ..­ PL is not the same without Newcastle.. hoped to see you­ win today gz to the toons ;D

    From emil.schwartz, on Tue 12 May 12:06AM

  17. Well done The Toon!! Great result and much better­ performance all round. Hopefully more to come and­ remain in the Premiership.

    From malcolm, on Mon 11 May 11:34PM

  18. premiership without Newcastle makes no sence.... from­ albanian liverpool supporter
    and this has nothing to do­ with the fact we have luck with them hehe

    From fhotaj, on Mon 11 May 11:20PM

  19. Great game , pitty there has to be a loser . Glad it­ wasn't Newcastle , just hope its not to little to­ late ?

    From www.gmsport.co.uk, on Mon 11 May 11:06PM

  20. thankz to the celitc suporter er below howay the toon­ we r stayiing up say we r stayin up we r stayin up­

    f**k the boro de de de de

    From jack.richardson2, on Mon 11 May 10:54PM
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