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Saturday February 7, 2009 Finished The Hawthorns

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West Bromwich

  • Fortune 4’, 73’

Newcastle United

  • Duff 2’
  • Lovenkrands 9’
  • Taylor 41’

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  1. Newcastle down West Brom

    Newcastle down West Brom

    Newcastle netted three times in a frenetic first half to beat West Brom 3-2 at the Hawthorns in the Premier League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Bromwich
    • Newcastle United
    • 90+2' That's it, full-time! Newcastle have clung on to clinch all three points, beating West Brom 3-2 at The Hawthorns, and subsequently moving up to 13th place in the Premier League table.
    • 90' Time is running out for West Brom as they push forward through Bednar, but Newcastle are holding firm and look to be giving Joe Kinnear the perfect 'Get Well' present.
    • 88' Peter Lovenkrands is limping again, and is withdrawn by Chris Hughton with Xisco coming on in his place.
    • 85' Half a chance for the hosts as James Morrison charges on to a knock-down from Bednar, but his shot drifts wide of the top corner.
    • 83' A long punt by Carson is powerfully headed away by Coloccini, who is one of the few defenders who can be proud of his display today.
    • 81' The Baggies have been repelled effectively by Newcastle in the last few minutes, as Tony Mowbray makes his final throw of the dice: Borja Valero is replaced by Luke Moore for one final push.
    • 79' Shola Ameobi, who has worked tirelessly all afternoon, has been replaced by the less than industrious, but highly talented Mark Viduka in Chris Hughton's first change.
    • 76' Robert Koren is booked for cynically pulling down Lovenkrands in full flight, but the some side are playing with real intensity now and you would not rule out an equaliser.
    • 73' GOAL!!! Fortune has scored his second to keep this game alive! Substitute Andrade Teixeira twists and turns on the edge of the area, before supplying the striker, who applied a clinical finish...game on!!
    • 69' Ryan Taylor does well in a defensive position to clear at the back post, with Fortune lurking behind him. The resultant corner is whipped in by Koren, but it eludes everyone in the box.
    • 66' Kevin Nolan is furious that Chris Foy did not award Newcastle a penalty after he believed Ameobi was denied a scoring opportunity, and is booked for his protestations.
    • 65' Meite is caught out again, attempting to shepherd the ball out of play, but being dispossessed by Peter Lovenkrands, before the forward's cross is not converted by Ameobi after a good challenge by Barnett.
    • 62' Damien Duff is bundled over by Carl Hoefkens down the Newcastle left, and Ryan Taylor can whip in a dangerous free-kick...but he can only pick out Carson's chest.
    • 60' While Shay Given made an impressive debut for Manchester City earlier, Steve Harper has looked very solid in goal for Newcastle this afternoon - he seems to be relishing his long-awaited opportunity.
    • 58' West Brom are keeping the ball at will, but barely troubling the Newcastle back-four at the moment; Coloccini sliding well to prevent any possible chance falling to Bednar from Koren's cross.
    • 56' A glorious chance for James Morrison as he charges on to Borja Valero's through ball, but Steve Harper spreads himself to block smartly to deny the midfielder a certain goal.
    • 53' Shola Ameobi confounds his critics with a delightful run into the West Brom half, jinking neatly past Valero and Hoefkens, before finally being crowded out as he was preparing to let fly.
    • 51' Marc-Antoine Fortune did a good job in the first half on his own, so he will hope to benefit further from the company of the physical Bednar to help him out.
    • 48' West Brom have made a bright start with two corners from the right, but Steve Harper looks convincing in collecting both and alleviating the danger.
    • 46' The second half is underway at The Hawthorns, and Tony Mowbray has made a double change: Andrade Teixeira and Roman Bednar replacing Do-Heon Kim and Chris Brunt.
    • 45+2' A nasty challenge by Ryan Taylor on Paul Robinson is met with a booking from Chris Foy, which was deserved. That is also half-time, and what an enjoyable 45 minutes of entertaining football and comical defending, unless you are a Baggies fan.
    • 45' Two minutes will be added at the end of this highly entertaining first half, and Tony Mowbray must be seething as he sits with a glum expression on the touchline - no notepad needed for this team-talk!
    • 44' Steven Taylor, full of confidence after his goal, storms down the right and finds Duff, who should have really shot first time, but instead drifted wide and had his cross blocked by the sliding Barnett.
    • 42' GOAL!!! Steven Taylor has given Newcastle a two-goal cushion after ghosting in at the back post unmarked to head past the helpless Carson from Ryan Taylor's corner - Meite is the man shamed again.
    • 40' The chances are unrelenting at The Hawthorns, it is just a shame the majority of them are being squandered by Ameobi. The big man gets in behind the hapless Barnett again, but blasts his shot wide.
    • 38' Marc-Antoine Fortune pokes the ball past the onrushing Steve Harper as he is played through by Koren, but a very late flag goes up; the striker was struggling to keep the ball in play regardless.
    • 36' Very poor play from Chris Brunt after he attempts to beat five Newcastle players on his own with team-mates all around him; all it needed was a simple cross.
    • 34' Robert Koren is scampering around like a headless chicken...or Dirk Kuyt as would be a more suitable comparison. The midfielder is full of beans today, but the home side are lacking composure in the final third.
    • 31' Shola Ameobi is the only one keeping Chris Foy busy as a very open game is broken intermittently with the big striker hurling himself into Leon Barnett or Abdoulaye Meite, with variable results.
    • 29' The notoriously injury-prone forward Peter Lovenkrands has gone down under a challenge from Paul Robinson, but after clutching his head for a while, he gets back to his feet gingerly to resume play.
    • 27' The home side have Newcastle under the cosh right now, with Borja Valero latching on to Morrison's pass, but with his back to goal, he could only tee-up Chris Brunt, he blazed his shot over the bar.
    • 25' James Morrison appeals vehemently for a penalty after going down under the challenge of Fabricio Coloccini, but referee Chris Foy is uninterested.
    • 22' Shola Ameobi finds himself through on goal and lobs the onrushing Scott Carson, but he is belatedly ruled offside as his shot hits the top netting.
    • 20' Fantastic play from the impressive Fortune as he turns Jose Enrique inside-out to receive Carl Hoefkens' throw-in on the right byline, then drills a superb delivery across the goal-mouth, but no one is there to convert it.
    • 17' This game is so open it must be painful to watch for both sets of fans! Both defences look shambolic and the freedom which is being afforded to the respective forwards is ridiculous - they're having a field day!
    • 15' A decent chance for Newcastle to net a third goes begging after direct play from Ryan Taylor down the right, whose early cross found Lovenkrands in space, but the forward made poor contact with it.
    • 12' The home side win a corner through James Morrison's run down the left, but with the two big centre-backs up to challenge, Chris Brunt fails to beat the first man - inexcusable.
    • 9' GOAL!!! Yet another goal and this time it's Peter Lovenkrands who restores Newcastle's lead, slotting home after Ryan Taylor's speculative shot was horrendously cleared by both Meite and Leon Barnett!
    • 7' Well, hardly a chance to catch your breath as this game begins with fireworks at both ends! This afternoon is frankly a forward's dream, with two back-fours whose defending is highly dubious.
    • 5' GOAL!!! What a start here at The Hawthorns as West Brom hit back! The lone striker for today, Marc-Antoine Fortune has grabbed it after slack defending by the visitors when Steven Taylor slipped - expect more goals with these two rear-guards!
    • 3' GOAL!!! A lightning start for Newcastle and they lead through Damien Duff! Atrocious defending by Leon Barnett let in Duff after Kevin Nolan had slipped a ball through, but the defender completely missed his clearance!
    • 2' The sentiments are clear from Ashley, but The Magpies are actually in all blue today.
    • 1' We're underway at The Hawthorns and the cameras are all trained on Newcastle assistant Chris Hughton who finds himself leading the side today, with club owner Mike Ashley peering down from the stands in his Black and White scarf.
    • - The Baggies striker Jay Simpson is sidelined through injury, meaning Marc-Antoine Fortune leads the line on his own with James Morrison in support. Chris Hughton gives Ryan Taylor his debut in midfield with Steven Taylor returning at right-back.
    • - Welcome to this Premier League encounter between West Brom and Newcastle at The Hawthorns. The big pre-match news is that Magpies manager Joe Kinnear has been taken to hospital after feeling unwell, and so his trusty assistant Chris Hughton will take the reins.

  • Team Stats

    West Bromwich Stats Newcastle United
    52% Possession 47%
    13 Shots 14
    5 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 1
    3 Corners 4
    12 Fouls 8
    7 Offsides 5
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 13
    291 Accurate passes 242
    45 Bad passes 72

  • 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
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      19 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      5 Leon Barnett 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 20 1 0
      3 Paul Robinson 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 44 15 1
      2 Carl Hoefkens 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 33 0 2
      23 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0
      7 Robert Koren 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 38 3 2
      14 Do-Heon Kim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 0
      28 Borja Valero 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 29 4 0
      27 James Morrison 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 27 6 2
      11 Chris Brunt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 0
      32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné 2 3 3 0 2 4 0 10 1 0
      4 Marek Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Luke Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Filipe Teixeira 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 15 3 5
      31 Youssuf Mulumbu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Pedro Miguel Pele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Roman Bednar 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10 2 0
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1 1
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 18 4
      27 Steven Taylor 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 17 0 0
      16 Ryan Taylor 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 28 3 0
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 1 1
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 13 3
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 34 8 1
      11 Damien Duff 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 31 12 1
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 3 0 4 2 2 0 17 6 0
      24 Peter Løvenkrands 1 3 2 0 2 2 0 17 4 1
      19 Francisco Jiménez Tejada 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      36 Mark Viduka 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Fraser Forster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 85' Half a chance for the hosts as James Morrison charges on to a knock-down from Bednar, but his shot drifts wide of the top corner.
    • 73' GOAL!!! Fortune has scored his second to keep this game alive! Substitute Andrade Teixeira twists and turns on the edge of the area, before supplying the striker, who applied a clinical finish...game on!!
    • 65' Meite is caught out again, attempting to shepherd the ball out of play, but being dispossessed by Peter Lovenkrands, before the forward's cross is not converted by Ameobi after a good challenge by Barnett.
    • 56' A glorious chance for James Morrison as he charges on to Borja Valero's through ball, but Steve Harper spreads himself to block smartly to deny the midfielder a certain goal.
    • 42' GOAL!!! Steven Taylor has given Newcastle a two-goal cushion after ghosting in at the back post unmarked to head past the helpless Carson from Ryan Taylor's corner - Meite is the man shamed again.
    • 38' Marc-Antoine Fortune pokes the ball past the onrushing Steve Harper as he is played through by Koren, but a very late flag goes up; the striker was struggling to keep the ball in play regardless.
    • 25' James Morrison appeals vehemently for a penalty after going down under the challenge of Fabricio Coloccini, but referee Chris Foy is uninterested.
    • 20' Fantastic play from the impressive Fortune as he turns Jose Enrique inside-out to receive Carl Hoefkens' throw-in on the right byline, then drills a superb delivery across the goal-mouth, but no one is there to convert it.
    • 15' A decent chance for Newcastle to net a third goes begging after direct play from Ryan Taylor down the right, whose early cross found Lovenkrands in space, but the forward made poor contact with it.
    • 9' GOAL!!! Yet another goal and this time it's Peter Lovenkrands who restores Newcastle's lead, slotting home after Ryan Taylor's speculative shot was horrendously cleared by both Meite and Leon Barnett!
    • 5' GOAL!!! What a start here at The Hawthorns as West Brom hit back! The lone striker for today, Marc-Antoine Fortune has grabbed it after slack defending by the visitors when Steven Taylor slipped - expect more goals with these two rear-guards!
    • 3' GOAL!!! A lightning start for Newcastle and they lead through Damien Duff! Atrocious defending by Leon Barnett let in Duff after Kevin Nolan had slipped a ball through, but the defender completely missed his clearance!
    • - Welcome to this Premier League encounter between West Brom and Newcastle at The Hawthorns. The big pre-match news is that Magpies manager Joe Kinnear has been taken to hospital after feeling unwell, and so his trusty assistant Chris Hughton will take the reins.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Captain: Paul Robinson

    Starting line-up

    • S. Carson
    • C. Hoefkens
    • L. Barnett Yellow Card
    • A. Meite
    • P. Robinson
    • D. Kim Substitution Out (46′)
    • R. Koren Yellow Card
    • C. Brunt Substitution Out (46′)
    • V. Borja Substitution Out (81′)
    • J. Morrison
    • M. Fortune Goals×2

    Subs

    • D. Kiely
    • F. Teixeira Substitution In46′
    • L. Moore Substitution In81′
    • R. Bednar Substitution In46′
    • M. Cech
    • Y. Mulumbu
    • P. Pele

    Injured

    • J. Greening
    • N. Clement
    • G. Zuiverloon

    Suspended

    None

  • Newcastle United

    Captain: Nicky Butt

    Starting line-up

    • S. Harper
    • S. Taylor Goal
    • F. Coloccini
    • S. Bassong
    • J. Enrique
    • R. Taylor Yellow Card
    • K. Nolan Yellow Card
    • N. Butt
    • D. Duff Goal
    • P. Lovenkrands Goal Substitution Out (88′)
    • S. Ameobi Substitution Out (79′)

    Subs

    • A. Smith
    • M. Viduka Substitution In79′
    • N. Geremi
    • C. Caçapa
    • .. Xisco Substitution In88′
    • D. Edgar
    • F. Forster

    Injured

    • M. Owen
    • H. Beye
    • O. Martins
    • J. Barton
    • D. Guthrie
    • A. Carroll
    • T. Kadar
    • I. Gonzalez

    Suspended

    None

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  1. golry,glory newcastle united
    owen martins shearer­ forever

    From obafemimartinsoyvind, on Thu 12 Mar 12:44PM

  2. You can tell the midland's lot they can only spell­ like they are using there mobile phone's....
    Each­ team deserved to win BUT W.B. )))DIDN'T((( *****­ WE DID *****

    From DEREK JAMES, on Sun 8 Feb 1:47PM

  3. O-O 1-1 2-2 2-3

    From William, on Sun 8 Feb 11:13AM

  4. LUCKY

    From William, on Sun 8 Feb 11:11AM

  5. NUYGSUIY

    From William, on Sun 8 Feb 11:11AM

  6. 2-3

    From William, on Sun 8 Feb 11:10AM

  7. newcastle are scum anyway if anyone they are going down­ they were lucky

    From perry.baylis, on Sat 7 Feb 8:53PM

  8. good job kinear..lovernkrands n ameobi r good in­ front..should try lovernkrands n xisco next time..

    From sirmazri, on Sat 7 Feb 8:19PM

  9. going down

    From First L, on Sat 7 Feb 8:18PM

  10. boing boing bonk...ha ha going down

    From First L, on Sat 7 Feb 8:17PM

  11. It was a brilliant match and Newcastle did well to win­ and keep the 3 pionts

    From joanneredcar, on Sat 7 Feb 6:41PM

  12. nee wunda mt suports mufc - no brains!!! pathetic­ parasitic pratt

    From CARL, on Sat 7 Feb 5:15PM

  13. Ohh WBA, lost at home... very sad : (

    From Andre, on Sat 7 Feb 5:00PM

  14. mt shut it man u scum hate you all

    From david33_08, on Sat 7 Feb 4:58PM

  15. well done lads 3 points is 3 points

    From jonnywolf20012001, on Sat 7 Feb 4:57PM

  16. well done newcastle knew you could do it :) woo hoo

    From srh_gibbons, on Sat 7 Feb 4:55PM

  17. juhu, Robert Koren gets a yellow, hope he strikes a­ goal

    hello to all brits from Slovenija

    From dragan_m, on Sat 7 Feb 4:55PM

  18. Wba r hardly gonna win! THERE 20th OUT OF 20!!! get­ real

    From sophielally, on Sat 7 Feb 4:54PM

  19. This Shows The defences Are Poor

    From rolonewell, on Sat 7 Feb 4:53PM

  20. come on lads, u can get another in surely

    From karenamoore2000, on Sat 7 Feb 4:51PM
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