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Saturday April 11, 2009 Finished Britannia Stadium

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Stoke City

  • Faye 33’

Newcastle United

  • Carroll 81’

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  1. Carroll rescues point for Toon

    Carroll rescues point for Toon

    Substitute Andy Carroll earned Alan Shearer his first point as Newcastle boss as his late header secured a 1-1 draw at Stoke. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Stoke City
    • Newcastle United
    • FT And there is the final whistle - Alan Shearer has his first point as Newcastle manager but his team left it late.
    • 90+5 Carroll heads clear and then kicks clear - he has defended well as well as getting the goal.
    • 90+5 Newcastle defending in these final moments - Stoke have a corner - great noise in the stadium.
    • 90+4 Rory Delap throw coming up...again it comes back out to Whelan but he fires well over.
    • 90+2 Neither side hanging back here - both still looking for the win.
    • 90+1 There will be FIVE extra minutes.
    • 90' Before taking a corner Stoke change Wilkinson with Stephen Kelly. Faye fouls though going for a header from the corner.
    • 88' Newcastle waste the free-kick by firing it straight at Sorensen.
    • 87' Lawerence booked for that foul on Duff.
    • 87' Newcastle pressing in the Stoke half - looking for an opening...Duff is fouled and there will be a chance to whip in a ball here.
    • 85' Pugh gets a decent shot away from a tight angle but it goes wide.
    • 84' Harper punches away a Delap long throw - and then Whelan sees a shot blocked before it reaches the goal.
    • 83' The Newcastle fans are buzzing now - they think they can win this...
    • 81' NEWCASTLE ARE LEVEL - a fine looping header from Andy Carroll after a good ball in from Duff. It all originated from a long throw too. The first goal of the Shearer era and a goal the great man would have been proud of himself.
    • 80' Stoke swap Etherington with Pugh.
    • 79' Stoke beginning to sit back a bit now - but can Newcastle take advantage.
    • 77' Carroll peels off to the back post and puts Ryan Taylor's cross just wide - that was probably Newcastle's best chance.
    • 77' Duff slips in Owen - but Faye has him in his back pocket - great defending.
    • 75' Fuller chases down Taylor but leaves the boot in and is booked.
    • 73' Stoke make a change - the bandage wearing Beattie makes way for Richard Cresswell.
    • 72' Whelan and Nolan shows studs to each other - Whelan is awarded the free and Nolan is not happy.
    • 70' Newcastle make a straight swap - Andy Carroll on for Ameobi who has been poor.
    • 70' Stoke break quickly and Etherington has a chance but Beye does enough to put him off and he fires wide.
    • 69' Taylor has loads of time to pick out a cross but can only find Duff on the other wing.
    • 67' Newcastle do nothing with a corner but at least they are now spending some time in the Stoke half.
    • 65' Ameobi gets his head on a Duff cross - it goes harmlessly over and the sad thing is that that has been one of Newcastle's best moments.
    • 63' Newcastle make their first change - Guthrie off and Gutierrez comes on.
    • 61' Stoke win another corner off a Delap bomb - again Newcastle don't convince but they do clear this time.
    • 60' Newcastle enjoying a little spell of pressure - they are getting a few balls into the box - but still no chances.
    • 58' Wilkinson - on a booking remember - slides in on Duff - he wins the ball but then pushes the Irishman - no yellow but a free in a dangerous position - Newcastle can't beat the first man but it goes out for a corner.
    • 57' Ball falls to Butt 30-yards out but his half-volley flies well over the bar.
    • 56' Shawcross and Wilkinson have a misunderstanding at the back and let the ball bounce in an awkward spot but they get away with it.
    • 55' Another shot from distance from Whelan but is fizzes well wide.
    • 54' Wilkinson goes in hard on Guthrie and is booked - bit of handbags follows and this match is hotting up now.
    • 53' A Delap long throw comes out to Whelan who works the space for the shot but he never really gets it out from under his feet and Sorensen saves with ease.
    • 52' So all Stoke in this half again - Shearer has to be tempted to change things?
    • 50' And now Fuller heads over again after Newcastle failed to deal with high balls in their box.
    • 49' Newcastle are very poor at defending another set play. A ball to the back post finds Faye whose shot is blocked by Taylor on the post.
    • 48' Taylor booked for a foul on Etherington as Stoke continue to press.
    • 46' Edgar has to clear off the line as Stoke make a bright start to the half - Whelan put Fuller away and the striker skipped his way into the area before running out of space and shooting into the body of Harper. He got the ball back though and crossed for Shawcross whose header was cleared by Edgar.
    • 46' Back underway and no changes from either side.
    • HT And there is the half-time whistle - big team talk coming up for Alan Shearer.
    • 45+1 Delap has had plenty of chances to put in throws but with little success. Harper gathers the latest.
    • 44' Terrible marking from Newcastle from a corner again and Fuller this time forces Harper into a save with a header on target. Fuller then appeals for a handball against Bassong but that would have been harsh.
    • 43' Beattie returns with a Terry Butcher like bandage on his head.
    • 42' Delap with another long throw into the box but again Newcastle manage to defend it.
    • 40' James Beattie has a bloody face after getting a handful of Bassong going up for a challenge - the Newcastle defender is booked.
    • 38' Newcastle just cannot hang onto the ball - Stoke still look the more likely side.
    • 36' Beattie fouling Harper as the ball comes in - free out.
    • 36' Two Newcastle players get in each other way and the Magpies are lucky that Stoke don't do more with the counter chance although Delap has a chance to throw here.
    • 35' Only Faye's third goal for Stoke and two of them have come against Newcastle.
    • 33' GOAL FOR STOKE - Abdoulaye FAYE AGAINST HIS FORMER CLUB - a free header from a corner - terrible marking but Newcastle can be angry as it did not see to be a corner.
    • 31' Newcastle could really do with a result here - they have tricky matches away at Tottenham and Liverpool coming up soon. Newcastle's run-in
    • 29' A missile thrown from the home fans towards Ryan Taylor - luckily it missed the Newcastle man though.
    • 28' Etherington goes into the book for a late tackle.
    • 27' Kevin Nolan gets a header on target but it had neither the power or the direction to trouble Sorensen.
    • 26' It looks for a moment like Owen will have a chance to shot - the ball never settles though and he is forced to cross - Stoke deal with the situation.
    • 24' Stoke are just starting to win the midfield battle a bit now - but still very few chances.
    • 22' Fuller makes a silly challenge on Taylor which lets Newcastle clear after a spell of defending.
    • 20' Delap tries a shot from distance but that goes miles wide and over.
    • 19' Ameobi looks like he is going to bring the ball down in the box but he handled the ball.
    • 17' The match almost feels like a derby match - great noise, very frantic, but not much quality.
    • 15' Taylor puts Edgar in a spot of bother with a poor back pass but the Canadian gets there just before Fuller.
    • 13' Harper kicks away Beattie's little flick from the corner - then Whelan puts it right back into the mixer. Harper comes but doesn't get it and is lucky to see Fuller head over.
    • 12' First chance for Rory Delap to throw in one of his bombs - Ameobi heads it away for a corner.
    • 10' With Middlesbrough having won today - Newcastle start this match in 19th position. Latest league table
    • 9' Stoke's big men come up for a free-kick but Stoke waste the free by trying something fancy down the left.
    • 8' Tackles flying in and Edgar is a little lucky not to be booked for sliding in on Etherington.
    • 7' Newcastle seem to have settled into the match after their slow start and are now enjoying their share of possession.
    • 6' Great noise inside the ground - both sets of fans in great voice.
    • 5' Newcastle earn a free-kick down the left - good ball in for Taylor and Owen gets his head on it - very tough header though and it goes wide.
    • 3' Stoke enjoying the better of the early moments - they have already won a couple of corners and with the second Shawcross got a free header that went just wide.
    • 1' Taylor gets a blow from Beattie after less than 10 seconds but he looks ok.
    • 1' And Stoke get us underway - they know a win today could be enough to secure their safety.
    • - Stoke name the same side that beat West Brom 2-0 last weekend.
    • - Shola Ameobi comes in - just one of five changes Shearer makes with Sebastien Bassong, David Edgar, Damien Duff and Danny Guthrie also coming in. Peter Lovenkrands and Jose Enrique are injured while Fabricio Coloccini and Jonas Gutierrez.
    • - Here we are at the Britannia Stadium as Alan Shearer looks to win his first points as Newcastle manager at Stoke City.

  • Team Stats

    Stoke City Stats Newcastle United
    38% Possession 61%
    21 Shots 10
    4 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 2
    9 Corners 3
    11 Fouls 14
    1 Offsides 0
    4 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 18
    125 Accurate passes 248
    44 Bad passes 47

  • 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
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
      17 Ryan Shawcross 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0
      3 Danny Higginbotham 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 7 0
      28 Andy Wilkinson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 2
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 10 3 4
      24 Rory Delap 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 5 0
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 27 14 2
      7 Liam Lawrence 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 18 0 1
      26 Matthew Etherington 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 9 5 2
      20 James Beattie 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 6 2 0
      10 Ricardo Fuller 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 10 2 0
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      33 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Seyi Olofinjana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Michael Tonge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Stephen Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Danny Pugh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 0
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 1 2
      16 Ryan Taylor 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 27 4 3
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 1
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 35 10 4
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 22 2 2
      22 Nicky Butt 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 39 6 2
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 7 0
      11 Damien Duff 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 21 5 0
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 8 3 1
      10 Michael Owen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 3 0
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 2 3
      46 Nile Ranger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Tim Krul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Andy Carroll 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 81' NEWCASTLE ARE LEVEL - a fine looping header from Andy Carroll after a good ball in from Duff. It all originated from a long throw too. The first goal of the Shearer era and a goal the great man would have been proud of himself.
    • 77' Carroll peels off to the back post and puts Ryan Taylor's cross just wide - that was probably Newcastle's best chance.
    • 46' Edgar has to clear off the line as Stoke make a bright start to the half - Whelan put Fuller away and the striker skipped his way into the area before running out of space and shooting into the body of Harper. He got the ball back though and crossed for Shawcross whose header was cleared by Edgar.
    • 44' Terrible marking from Newcastle from a corner again and Fuller this time forces Harper into a save with a header on target. Fuller then appeals for a handball against Bassong but that would have been harsh.
    • 33' GOAL FOR STOKE - Abdoulaye FAYE AGAINST HIS FORMER CLUB - a free header from a corner - terrible marking but Newcastle can be angry as it did not see to be a corner.
    • 29' A missile thrown from the home fans towards Ryan Taylor - luckily it missed the Newcastle man though.
    • 13' Harper kicks away Beattie's little flick from the corner - then Whelan puts it right back into the mixer. Harper comes but doesn't get it and is lucky to see Fuller head over.
    • 3' Stoke enjoying the better of the early moments - they have already won a couple of corners and with the second Shawcross got a free header that went just wide.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Danny Higginbotham

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen
    • A. Wilkinson Yellow Card Substitution Out (90′)
    • R. Shawcross
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • D. Higginbotham
    • L. Lawrence Yellow Card
    • G. Whelan
    • M. Etherington Yellow Card Substitution Out (80′)
    • R. Delap
    • J. Beattie Substitution Out (73′)
    • R. Fuller Yellow Card

    Subs

    • S. Simonsen
    • R. Cresswell Substitution In73′
    • I. Sonko
    • D. Pugh Substitution In80′
    • M. Tonge
    • S. Kelly Substitution In90′
    • S. Olofinjana

    Injured

    • S. Diao
    • M. Sidibe

    Suspended

    None

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Alan Shearer

    Captain: Michael Owen

    Starting line-up

    • S. Harper
    • D. Edgar
    • S. Bassong Yellow Card
    • H. Beye
    • R. Taylor Yellow Card
    • D. Guthrie Substitution Out (63′)
    • K. Nolan
    • N. Butt
    • D. Duff
    • M. Owen
    • S. Ameobi Substitution Out (70′)

    Subs

    • A. Smith
    • N. Geremi
    • F. Coloccini
    • J. Gutierrez Substitution In63′
    • T. Krul
    • A. Carroll Substitution In70′ Goal
    • N. Ranger

    Injured

    • M. Viduka
    • P. Lovenkrands
    • J. Barton
    • S. Taylor
    • J. Enrique
    • T. Kadar
    • I. Gonzalez

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Owen doesn't deserve to get relegated, not after­ his history in english international football.

    From Sam, on Sun 12 Apr 3:57PM

  2. OWEN IS THE BEST!!!

    From KIN, on Sun 12 Apr 3:48PM

  3. Newcastle going down,boro to stay up

    From ROBBI, on Sun 12 Apr 10:15AM
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    its about time newcastle got relegated.they just been­ making up the numbers in prem for years.relegation best­ thing for them,evil fans you will ever meet pure evil­ horrible people

    From robbieisfineshedyahoooo, on Sun 12 Apr 7:25AM

  5. to all any geordie who wud u prefer to be in prem­ newcastle or sum like wolves or cardiff i 4 1 as a toon­ fan hope we dnt go dwn n a think the prem will be worse­ off without us ( who wud u laugh at then if we go dwn­ lol)

    From ridleyjoe13, on Sun 12 Apr 2:23AM

  6. Faye was weighed straight after the game today and was­ found to be 13 stone overweight. Pulis fined him 2­ weeks wages until they realised he had owen in his­ pocket

    From Michael, on Sat 11 Apr 7:54PM

  7. Faye was weighed straight after the game today and was­ found to be 13 stone overweight. Pulis fined 2 weeks­ wages until they realised he had owen in his pocket

    From Michael, on Sat 11 Apr 7:53PM

  8. newcastle fans will allways be the best bring on­ shearer next season championship or not

    From susan.hawe305, on Sat 11 Apr 7:40PM

  9. why Ameobi he is rubbish why no Martins we are going­ down

    From magrob1007, on Sat 11 Apr 7:37PM
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    Shearer is great - getting a small team like Newcastle­ to get a point away at a massive club like Stoke. He is­ a genius. Keep him as manager and Newcastle will be a­ top ten team next season - in the Championship.

    From James, on Sat 11 Apr 7:36PM

  11. duck egg thinks he is fun

    From David, on Sat 11 Apr 7:34PM

  12. Ah well, looks like there will be a few of us Mackems­ coming to get bladdered in Shearers bar at the end of­ the season then, just so we can laugh at the skunks­ forming an orderly queue to jump off the Tyne Bridge­ lmao

    From PAUL, on Sat 11 Apr 7:30PM

  13. Most nailed coffin of all time? NUFC doomed, surely.

    From chris.armstrong82, on Sat 11 Apr 7:30PM
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    Up the boro,the boro's staying up xxxx

    From GARY M, on Sat 11 Apr 7:29PM

  15. micheal owen -- championship striker!!!!

    From steven & rachael, on Sat 11 Apr 7:28PM

  16. come on toon From Thailand toon army

    From akap_corp, on Sat 11 Apr 7:27PM

  17. Result 1-1

    From MichaelR, on Sat 11 Apr 7:27PM

  18. All the best

    From Bryne, on Sat 11 Apr 7:26PM

  19. david.jordan25: sounds like YOU are the­ "scum" in here.

    From crispyduck, on Sat 11 Apr 7:23PM

  20. I hope that stoke city win

    From Marc, on Sat 11 Apr 7:22PM
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