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Tuesday October 28, 2008 Finished St. James' Park

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Newcastle United

  • Barton 9’ (pen.)
  • Martins 42’

West Bromwich

  • Miller 65’
  1. Barton returns as Newcastle win

    Barton returns as Newcastle win

    Joey Barton marked his return to the Newcastle starting line-up with a goal in a 2-1 Premier League win over West Brom at St James' Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • West Bromwich
    • - Newcastle are out of the relegation zone as they record their first win in over two months! Thanks for joining us tonight... see you tomorrow for another nine Premier League games!
    • 90'+5 There it is! All over on Tyneside and Newcastle finally win!
    • 90'+4 Toon make a final change, just to waste some time... Ameobi off, Carroll on.
    • 90' Morrison tries to slip in Zuiverloon... Duff's there to mop up the danger!
    • 87' Duff again wins a corner after being played in by Ameobi... Zuiverloon with the challenge.
    • 85' Newcastle break now! Duff feeds Xisco on the edge of the box, but the Spaniard's return pass is poor and Carson is able to collect.
    • 82' Greening fires a speculative effort wide of the mark... West Brom are pushing for an equaliser here.
    • 79' What a run from Duff! Classic wing play from the Irishman! He gets past two men before delivering a decent cross into the middle! Carson eventually deals with it, but that's got the crowd back into it!
    • 73' Morrison takes it! Into the wall, but the ball breaks for Miller! Saved by Given!
    • 72' Taylor recklessly gives away a free kick right on the edge of the hosts' box... danger here.
    • 71' Time for a Toon change... Geremi comes on to reinforce the midfield at Jonas's expense.
    • 69' Oooh! Decent effort by Duff, who cuts inside and lets fly! Carson is right behind it though.
    • 67' West Brom make a second change... Bednar off, Moore on... and Bednar is shown a yellow for a bit of chat on his way off the pitch...
    • 65' GOAL! WEST BROM ARE BACK IN IT! Miller latches onto a clever Koren through ball... he rounds Given and slots into the empty net! Game on!
    • 62' Robinson catches Martins by the throat with a flailing arm... and the Baggies man is booked.
    • 60' Miller with his first sight of goal! He turns well before dragging his shot wide of the mark! West Brom are creeping back into this one.
    • 58' Morrison again! A half-volley falls to him on the edge of the box! But he's leaning back and the ball flies into the stand behind Given's goal!
    • 56' Chance for Morrison! Bednar does really well to tee up Zuiverloon to deliver a cross... it comes to Morrison, who takes a touch before shooting goalwards! Blocked!
    • 54' West Brom make a change now... Miller comes on for Brunt and the Baggies are likely to revert to a 4-4-2 formation.
    • 53' It's a deep one.. Robinson gets the it again... but his he's always on the back foot and his header hits the side netting!
    • 52' Bednar links up well with Koren, who wins a corner of Coloccini! Better from West Brom!
    • 51' And now Duff hares off on a run towards goal... he wins a corner for his efforts!
    • 50' Looks at Martins' pace! He skins Olsson but again the pull back doesn't reach its intended target.
    • 48' Morrison gets himself into a dangerous position on the right hand side... but his pull back doesn't find Bednar...
    • 46' Back underway at St James'... no changes to tell you about.
    • 45'+2 There goes the whistle! And Newcastle head into the dressing rooms two goals to the good, Joey Barton scoring one of them!
    • 45' One minute to be added at the end of the first half.
    • 42' GOAL! MARTINS MAKES UP FOR IT SOON ENOUGH! Terrible marking from the West Brom defence leaves him all on his own as he plants a standing header past Carson to put Newcastle 2-0 up!
    • 40' Martins does really well to get past Zuiverloon to the by-line... but the Nigerian's cross is woeful, ending up midway between the goal line and the half way line.
    • 38' Moments later, it's Ameobi's turn to drive the ball into the stands!
    • 37' At the other end, Ameobi takes it past his man to the by-line before cutting back to Beye! Oh dear, the Senegal international blazes way over the bar!
    • 35' Real chance for Morrison! Valero plays in the Baggies midfielder... one on one with Given... but it's the Toon keeper who comes out on top, deflecting the ball up and over the bar!
    • 33' Oooh! Taylor nearly gets on the end of a Duff corner! Robinson does enough to put the Newcastle skipper off this time and West Brom clear their lines.
    • 32' Duff takes it... but it's easily dealt with by the visitors' defence.
    • 31' Jonas is hauled to the ground by Greening... the referee is willing to play advantage, but there is none and Newcastle have a free kick, 30 yards out on the right.
    • 28' Strong play from Roman Bednar now... but he's got no support at all and in the end he's bundled off the ball by a posse of black and white shirts...
    • 27' Nothing comes of it, but West Brom are soon back on the front foot... Morrison's final effort balloons over the bar though.
    • 26' But here's Bednar, played on by Enrique... he wins a corner!
    • 25' Twenty five minutes gone, and Newcastle are good for their lead... the Baggies have done little to threaten in an attacking sense so far.
    • 22' Brunt takes it... it's towards the far post where Robinson meets it... straight into Given's arms.
    • 21' West Brom win their first corner of the game...
    • 20' Brunt delivers a decent-looking cross towards Bednar... Given's there to claim.
    • 17' Gutierrez has Jonas on the back of his shirt, and not Gutierrez, as many call him over here. Apparently, he wants to be known that way, so we'll try to respect that.
    • 16' Gutierrez whips in a wicked ball into the corridor of uncertainty in between the keeper and his first line of defence! Carson is equal to it though, diving out to claim the ball!
    • 14' Duff breaks... he's got Enrique out to his left... but he ignores him and goes for goal himself... deflected out to Barton! Ooh! Just wide from the Toon goalscorer!
    • 12' It opens up for Brunt a little now... but his shot is poor, and well wide of the post.
    • 10' Newcastle deserve that, after the way they've started... not sure if Barton does, mind.
    • 9' GOAL! BARTON SENDS CARSON THE WRONG WAY! Newcastle lead 1-0!
    • 9' Guess who's going to step up to take it? That's right, Joey Barton!
    • 8' PENALTY TO NEWCASTLE! Ameobi takes it past Donk, who sticks out a leg to trip the striker up! Donk picks up a yellow, despite his protestations.
    • 4' Barton takes it... easily claimed by Carson this time. Cracking start for Newcastle though!
    • 3' And now Martins bursts through after Ameobi flicks on... his shot isn't the cleanest, but Carson forced to make a save nevertheless! Corner to Newcastle!
    • 2' Oooh! Chance for Newcastle straight away! Duff slips in Ameobi but his attempted dink over the keeper does't reach its intended target!
    • 1' Here wo go! Underway at St James'!
    • - For the Baggies, Chris Brunt replaces Ishmael Miller.
    • - So, Joey Barton makes his first start of the season while Jonas Gutierrez and Spanish full-back Jose Enrique also get the nod to start, with Geremi and Sebastien Bassong making way.
    • - And tonight's referee is Mike Dean (Wirral)
    • - And West Brom: Carson, Zuiverloon, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Koren, Morrison, Brunt, Borja Valero, Greening, Bednar. Subs: Kiely, Hoefkens, Cech, Miller, MacDonald, Moore, Cardoso
    • - The teams are in... Newcastle: Given, Beye, Taylor, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Duff, Guthrie, Barton, Gutierrez, Martins, Ameobi. Subs: Harper, Bassong, N'Zogbia, Xisco, Geremi, Edgar, Carroll
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's big game on Tyneside!

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats West Bromwich
    38% Possession 61%
    13 Shots 15
    5 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 2
    7 Corners 8
    11 Fouls 13
    6 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 26
    225 Accurate passes 408
    35 Bad passes 93

  • 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 14 0 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 24 0 0
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 7 3
      21 Habib Beye 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 5
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 2
      7 Joey Barton 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 21 3 4
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 10 3
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 24 1 2
      11 Damien Duff 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 25 9 2
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 3 0 6 2 4 0 20 3 0
      9 Obafemi Martins 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 13 2 2
      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
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Francisco Jiménez Tejada 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      19 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 0
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 27 1 1
      3 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 60 28 1
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 1 6
      26 Jonas Olsson 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 27 4 4
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 66 7 3
      28 Borja Valero 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 59 7 0
      7 Robert Koren 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 31 1 3
      27 James Morrison 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 39 9 5
      11 Chris Brunt 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 25 14 2
      9 Roman Bednar 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18 7 1
      4 Marek Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Pedro Miguel Pele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Carl Hoefkens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Luke Moore 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 6 0
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Sherjill MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Ishmael Miller 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 5 2 0

  • Summary

    • - Newcastle are out of the relegation zone as they record their first win in over two months! Thanks for joining us tonight... see you tomorrow for another nine Premier League games!
    • 90' Morrison tries to slip in Zuiverloon... Duff's there to mop up the danger!
    • 73' Morrison takes it! Into the wall, but the ball breaks for Miller! Saved by Given!
    • 69' Oooh! Decent effort by Duff, who cuts inside and lets fly! Carson is right behind it though.
    • 65' GOAL! WEST BROM ARE BACK IN IT! Miller latches onto a clever Koren through ball... he rounds Given and slots into the empty net! Game on!
    • 58' Morrison again! A half-volley falls to him on the edge of the box! But he's leaning back and the ball flies into the stand behind Given's goal!
    • 56' Chance for Morrison! Bednar does really well to tee up Zuiverloon to deliver a cross... it comes to Morrison, who takes a touch before shooting goalwards! Blocked!
    • 42' GOAL! MARTINS MAKES UP FOR IT SOON ENOUGH! Terrible marking from the West Brom defence leaves him all on his own as he plants a standing header past Carson to put Newcastle 2-0 up!
    • 37' At the other end, Ameobi takes it past his man to the by-line before cutting back to Beye! Oh dear, the Senegal international blazes way over the bar!
    • 35' Real chance for Morrison! Valero plays in the Baggies midfielder... one on one with Given... but it's the Toon keeper who comes out on top, deflecting the ball up and over the bar!
    • 14' Duff breaks... he's got Enrique out to his left... but he ignores him and goes for goal himself... deflected out to Barton! Ooh! Just wide from the Toon goalscorer!
    • 9' GOAL! BARTON SENDS CARSON THE WRONG WAY! Newcastle lead 1-0!
    • 8' PENALTY TO NEWCASTLE! Ameobi takes it past Donk, who sticks out a leg to trip the striker up! Donk picks up a yellow, despite his protestations.
    • 3' And now Martins bursts through after Ameobi flicks on... his shot isn't the cleanest, but Carson forced to make a save nevertheless! Corner to Newcastle!
    • 2' Oooh! Chance for Newcastle straight away! Duff slips in Ameobi but his attempted dink over the keeper does't reach its intended target!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Joe Kinnear

    Captain: Steven Taylor

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • H. Beye
    • F. Coloccini
    • S. Taylor
    • J. Enrique
    • J. Barton
    • D. Guthrie
    • J. Gutierrez Substitution Out (71′)
    • D. Duff
    • S. Ameobi Substitution Out (90′)
    • O. Martins Goal Substitution Out (77′)

    Subs

    • S. Harper
    • N. Geremi Substitution In71′
    • C. N'Zogbia
    • .. Xisco Substitution In77′
    • S. Bassong
    • D. Edgar

    Injured

    • M. Owen
    • N. Butt
    • A. Smith
    • M. Viduka
    • A. Carroll Substitution In90′
    • I. Gonzalez

    Suspended

    None

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Captain: Jonathan Greening

    Starting line-up

    • S. Carson
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • R. Donk Yellow Card
    • J. Olsson
    • P. Robinson Yellow Card
    • R. Koren
    • V. Borja
    • J. Morrison
    • J. Greening
    • C. Brunt Substitution Out (54′)
    • R. Bednar Yellow Card Substitution Out (67′)

    Subs

    • D. Kiely
    • L. Moore Substitution In67′ Yellow Card
    • M. Cech
    • I. Miller Substitution In54′ Goal
    • P. Pele
    • S. MacDonald

    Injured

    • N. Clement
    • F. Teixeira
    • D. Kim
    • A. Meite
    • G. Dorrans

    Suspended

    None