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Saturday November 15, 2008 Finished St. James' Park

2 - 2

Newcastle United

  • Owen 80’
  • Martins 89’

Wigan Athletic

  • Taylor 3’
  • Bramble 90’

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  1. Wigan hold Newcastle

    Wigan hold Newcastle

    Titus Bramble scored a last-minute equaliser as Wigan Athletic drew 2-2 at Newcastle United in the Premier League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Wigan Athletic
    • 90+4 And that is the final whistle! A great opening goal, a poor game and a wonderful last 15 minutes sees the two sides share the spoils and move away from the drop zone, although it is so tight down there that anything could happen. Thanks for joining us for that cracking finish!
    • 90+3 WIGAN SUB: Kilbane on for Camara.
    • 90+1 Four minutes of injury-time being played.
    • 90' Corner to Wigan on the left, everyone's up for this... swung over by De Ridder AND BRAMBLE FLIES IN WITH A POWER HEADER THAT HITS DUFF AND GOES IN! Wigan level! Incredible finish!
    • 88' Great play by N'Zogbia on the left, he is in loads of space and he slips it in for MARTINS UNMARKED WHO RATTLES A FEROCIOUS SHOT PAST KIRKLAND TO WIN IT FOR TOON! Steve Bruce is furious, as he knows his side should have won this match.
    • 82' WIGAN SUB: De Ridder on for Taylor.
    • 80' Ameobi on the ball, he cuts in from the right and drills a low shot in which Kirkland should take but it bobbles awfully and he can only parry it AND OWEN IS THERE TO FINISH INTO AN EMPTY NET FOR 1-1! Terrible goal but Newcastle don't care! All Kirkland's good work undone by his misjudgement of the bobble.
    • 78' Corner to Toon and it's swung far post and Martins with a header but saved by Kirkland!
    • 76' Kapo sprints past Coloccini and he must be in and he slips it to Valencia who fires the shot off the post and away!
    • 73' Martins on the left, sprints into space and crosses it over OWEN WITH ANOTHER CHANCE BUT AN AMAZING SAVE BY KIRKLAND! What a stop!
    • 70' Martins on the left, he beats his man and hits the byline and drills it in for OWEN WHO MUST SCORE BUT HE PUTS IT WIDE! What a miss! He was on the edge of the six-yard box but somehow missed the target!
    • 68' NEWCASTLE SUB: Owen on for Jose Enrique. Can he make the difference? N'Zogbia also comes on for Jonas.
    • 67' Taylor with a free-kick, he swings it in for BRAMBLE but just over!!
    • 61' Duff gets into the box on the left and he has a crack but Bramble blocks for a corner! Duff takes it and MARTINS but his header is over!
    • 59' Wigan come forward down the right, Valencia has it and hammers in a low drive that Given parries for a corner!
    • 57' Rocky ride for Wigan with that free-kick and then a corner causing problems, but they get it clear. The more one looks at that red card the worse it becomes - from the ref's viewpoint. A bad, bad decision - Boyce made a good tackle to win the ball and put it out for a corner. Entirely unnecessary sending off.
    • 55' Boyce is off! Second yellow for a foul on Ameobi in the corner and to be honest that was very, very harsh. Boyce doesn't help himself by refusing to leave the pitch but that was tough on the Latics.
    • 54' Free-kick to Toon just to the left which Duff swings over but Bassong's header is wild and high.
    • 51' Poor challenge on Kapo by Beye, free-kick to Wigan just inside from the left corner flag but a bad delivery is blocked for a corner, which Given catches and hoofs downfield but is impeded by Bramble, who is booked.
    • 50' Valencia almost scored a cracker after cutting inside and curling one towards the top right, but Given read it well and held on.
    • 48' Wigan win another corner after Given's punch doesn't clear the area. This one is headed clear though.
    • 47' The second period commences in a similar vein to the first, with Wigan immediately on the offensive and winning a corner on the left.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+6 A mediocre first half finally draws to a close, Wigan leading 1-0 and I would not like to be a fly-on-the-wall in the Toon dressing room right now.
    • 45+5 Great play by Kapo on the left as he wriggles into the box and fires a low drive just wide of the far post!
    • 45+3 Newcastle and Wigan are effectively scrapping this out in midfield as legendary hard-man Damien Duff manages to floor Valencia.
    • 45+1 In five minutes of injury-time now... Kirkland makes a really good save from a long-range Martins effort, it drops to Butt but he fires over!
    • 44' Michael Owen looks bored sitting around on the touchline. Newcastle need some kind of inspiration and he would normally be the man to provide it.
    • 42' High ball in from Newcastle but well-dealth with by Wigan , who countet through Valencia but his touch lets him down.
    • 40' A lot of players in the wars today, Coloccini also has a nosebleed but not nearly as gory as Kapo's.
    • 39' Injury to a Wigan player, lots of blood as Kapo seems to have his nose or at least has a very rough nosebleed.
    • 36' Guthrie lucky to escape with no action after going into Valencia from behind. Wigan have played most of the football here and Toon are trying to get physical.
    • 34' Corner to Wigan on the right but Taylor sends it too long.
    • 31' Palacios has to go off for more treatment, looks like a cut on his face. No action on Jonas.
    • 29' Jonas storms forward and holds off a Palacios challenge by before shooting wide, but did he catch him with an elbow first? He's down in some pain and it certainly looks like he caught him.
    • 25' Jose Enrique gets down the left but his cross is easy for Kirkland. Newcastle look well behind Wigan at the moment.
    • 23' Palacios now has a crack but straight at Given.
    • 22' Newcastle feel they could have had a penalty as Taylor appears to handle in the area, but the ref waves it away and Scharner clears.
    • 21' Terribe long-range effort from Palacios, miles wide from the edge of the box almost hitting the corner flag.
    • 17' NEWCASTLE SUB: Barton is unable to continue and he is replaced by Danny Guthrie.
    • 16' Booking for Boyce after a poor challenge on Jonas. Barton is down injured after he was caught late by Cattermole.
    • 8' Taylor comes in from the left with a superb ball cutting in on his right again but Given is equal to it. Wigan all over Toon.
    • 3' Wigan come forward, Taylor is on the edge of the area as it bobbles in front of him and sideways on he curls it with the outside of his right boot to loop a fantastic effort over Given and into the top right! What a goal! Incredible effort!
    • 1' The players are out and ready to kick off... Wigan kicking from left to right in blue and white, Newcastle in traditional colours.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.co.uk's LIVE text commentary on Newcastle's home game against Wigan.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Wigan Athletic
    65% Possession 34%
    19 Shots 13
    7 Shots on target 7
    3 Saves 3
    4 Corners 10
    15 Fouls 8
    0 Offsides 7
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 1
    23 Tackles 29
    281 Accurate passes 146
    57 Bad passes 44

  • 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 1 0 0 12 1 0
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 30 7 2
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 27 15 4
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 37 1 2
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 22 2 1
      22 Nicky Butt 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 31 4 6
      7 Joey Barton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 24 7 2
      11 Damien Duff 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 26 5 1
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 17 1 2
      9 Obafemi Martins 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 11 2 0
      10 Michael Owen 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
      39 Andy Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 27 5 3
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 5 0
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
      7 Paul Scharner 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 12 1 0
      19 Titus Bramble 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 12 3
      2 Ryan Taylor 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 11 6 1
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 3
      5 Wilson Palacios 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 22 3 7
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 24 3 5
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 1 4
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 2 0 2 3 2 1 22 3 4
      27 Henri Camara 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 14 9 0
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      38 Jonathon Routledge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Michael Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Tomasz Kupisz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Kevin Kilbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Tomasz Cywka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Corner to Wigan on the left, everyone's up for this... swung over by De Ridder AND BRAMBLE FLIES IN WITH A POWER HEADER THAT HITS DUFF AND GOES IN! Wigan level! Incredible finish!
    • 88' Great play by N'Zogbia on the left, he is in loads of space and he slips it in for MARTINS UNMARKED WHO RATTLES A FEROCIOUS SHOT PAST KIRKLAND TO WIN IT FOR TOON! Steve Bruce is furious, as he knows his side should have won this match.
    • 80' Ameobi on the ball, he cuts in from the right and drills a low shot in which Kirkland should take but it bobbles awfully and he can only parry it AND OWEN IS THERE TO FINISH INTO AN EMPTY NET FOR 1-1! Terrible goal but Newcastle don't care! All Kirkland's good work undone by his misjudgement of the bobble.
    • 78' Corner to Toon and it's swung far post and Martins with a header but saved by Kirkland!
    • 76' Kapo sprints past Coloccini and he must be in and he slips it to Valencia who fires the shot off the post and away!
    • 73' Martins on the left, sprints into space and crosses it over OWEN WITH ANOTHER CHANCE BUT AN AMAZING SAVE BY KIRKLAND! What a stop!
    • 70' Martins on the left, he beats his man and hits the byline and drills it in for OWEN WHO MUST SCORE BUT HE PUTS IT WIDE! What a miss! He was on the edge of the six-yard box but somehow missed the target!
    • 67' Taylor with a free-kick, he swings it in for BRAMBLE but just over!!
    • 61' Duff gets into the box on the left and he has a crack but Bramble blocks for a corner! Duff takes it and MARTINS but his header is over!
    • 59' Wigan come forward down the right, Valencia has it and hammers in a low drive that Given parries for a corner!
    • 55' Boyce is off! Second yellow for a foul on Ameobi in the corner and to be honest that was very, very harsh. Boyce doesn't help himself by refusing to leave the pitch but that was tough on the Latics.
    • 45+5 Great play by Kapo on the left as he wriggles into the box and fires a low drive just wide of the far post!
    • 45+1 In five minutes of injury-time now... Kirkland makes a really good save from a long-range Martins effort, it drops to Butt but he fires over!
    • 3' Wigan come forward, Taylor is on the edge of the area as it bobbles in front of him and sideways on he curls it with the outside of his right boot to loop a fantastic effort over Given and into the top right! What a goal! Incredible effort!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Joe Kinnear

    Captain: Nicky Butt

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • H. Beye Yellow Card
    • S. Bassong
    • F. Coloccini
    • J. Enrique Substitution Out (67′)
    • J. Gutierrez Substitution Out (68′)
    • N. Butt
    • J. Barton Substitution Out (17′)
    • D. Duff
    • S. Ameobi
    • O. Martins Goal

    Subs

    • M. Owen Substitution In67′ Goal
    • S. Harper
    • N. Geremi
    • C. Caçapa
    • C. N'Zogbia Substitution In68′
    • D. Guthrie Substitution In17′
    • A. Carroll

    Injured

    • A. Smith
    • M. Viduka
    • S. Taylor
    • I. Gonzalez

    Suspended

    None

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • R. Taylor Goal Substitution Out (82′)
    • T. Bramble Goal Yellow Card
    • E. Boyce Red Card
    • M. Figueroa
    • P. Scharner
    • L. Cattermole
    • W. Palacios Yellow Card
    • A. Valencia
    • O. Kapo
    • H. Camara Substitution Out (90′)

    Subs

    • K. Kilbane Substitution In90′
    • M. Brown
    • M. Pollitt
    • D. De Ridder Substitution In82′
    • T. Cywka
    • T. Kuspisz
    • J. Routledge

    Injured

    • A. Zaki

    Suspended

    None

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