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Saturday October 31, 2009 Finished Stadium of Light

2 - 2

Sunderland

  • Reid 39’
  • Richardson 76’

West Ham United

  • Franco 30’
  • Cole 36’

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  1. Sunderland peg back West Ham

    Sunderland peg back West Ham

    Darren Bent went from hero to zero as he dragged Sunderland back from a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 with West Ham. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • West Ham United
    • 98' It's all over. What a game!
    • 97' Still we play on!...
    • 95' Another huge chance! It's Bent at the back post, he can't climb high enough and Bruce just collapses to the ground...
    • 94' OFF THE LINE! I didn't even see who it was! But it was Bardsley clearing off the line - possible from Noble...
    • 91' Kovac booked for a second yellow - awful decision. Kovac has no idea he is being closed down from behind, he tries to kick the ball but it has been nicked off his toes so he kicks the player. Not his fault, and definitely not a yellow...
    • 89' WHAT A CHANCE! Bent meets a free kick at the near post, it's bread and butter but he sends his header wide. He would have deserved that...
    • 88' Diamanti lines up a 25-yarder and shaves the post!
    • 86' CHANCE! Bent moves onto his right foot and slams another towards goal but it's straight at Green...
    • 83' Bardsley on for Sunderland as Nosworthy makes a huge last-ditch tackle on Cole...
    • 81' BIG MISS! Hines, on his left, slams wide of the far post - should have scored...
    • 80' Awful shot by Carlton Cole, who slashes hopelessly from 20 yards dead centre...
    • 76' GOAL! Sunderland 2-2 West Ham! Well deserved too! Bent crosses to the back post and Richardson taps home from a yard out!
    • 74' CHANCE! Richardson crosses to the back post but Malbranque's volley is wide of the far post...
    • 71' Hines replaces Franco...
    • 68' Diamanti on for Behrami...
    • 67' HIT THE BAR TWICE! First Cana heads against the bar from Turner's flick, and then Da Silva also heads the rebound onto the bar! Unbelievable!...
    • 63' Sunderland still pressing as Richardson almost finds Bent with a good cross...
    • 62' Cole booked for a slight tug of the shirt! What is the ref doing!
    • 60' The referee has to send Cana off! It's a two-footed tackle, he's on a booking, he must be off...no - somehow he only gives a free kick!...
    • 58' It appears West Ham have weathered the storm...
    • 55' BIG MISS! This time by Carlton Cole! Turning on the afterburners, he powers away from two defenders but then drags his shot wide of the far post...
    • 52' WHAT A MISS! Bent gets into an identical position down the inside-right channel, he fakes to shoot, comes inside Tomkins but then slashes the ball over. Awful miss!...
    • 50' WHAT A SAVE! Turner rises highest at the resulting corner but Green makes a superb one-handed save!...
    • 49' Great end-to-end stuff as Bent runs in behind Upson, fires across goal but Green diverts the ball wide...
    • 48' CHANCE! Franco meets an early corner with a powerful near post header by Gordon gets his body behind the ball to make the save...
    • 46' We're back underway...
    • 49' Great response by Sunderland, who force two corners right on the stroke of the interval, this game isn't over as the whistle blows for half time. Sunderland 1-2 West Ham
    • 46' Kenwyne Jones sent off and boy does he look guilty! He's stood there not pleading his innocence at all, yet replays show all he did was deliver a two handed shove to Ilunga, who fell like he had been hit by Evander Holyfield!
    • 44' All Sunderland as we approach half time but their forwards aren't getting the better of Upson and Tomkins in the air...
    • 41' Turner booked for a savage crunch on Franco. We'll see a red card in this match...
    • 40' GOAL! Sunderland 1-2 West Ham! Game on! Andy Reid clips a beauty of a free kick over the wall and into the top corner. Lovely...
    • 38' CLOSE! Cole races through yet again but Nosworthy makes the most desperate of last-ditch tackles. One inch out of place and he would have been down the tunnel...
    • 37' GOAL! Sunderland 0-2 West Ham! Collison is having a stormer! Powering through the midfield, he times his slide-rule ball to Cole to perfection and the big England striker takes a touch before rifling quickly past Gordon...
    • 35' SAVE! Collison's searching ball falls over Cole's shoulder, he brings it down with his right and volleys with his left but Gordon gets a point-blank fist to the ball to stop West Ham doubling the lead...
    • 33' Almost a breakthrough for Sunderland as Jones tries to find Bent but Tomkins and Upson combine to clear the danger...
    • 31' GOAL! Sunderland 0-1 West Ham! It's Franco would you believe! Collison provides the midfield burst behind the defence, he cuts the ball back from the byline and Franco has a tap-in...
    • 30' Great header by Matt Upson stops Bent stealing in at the back post. It's a ball Sunderland are looking for time and again from that left flank...
    • 28' Collison is having a fine game for West Ham. Unfortunately for The Hammer's, Franco is proving to be as poor as he always is...
    • 26' Foul after foul here... this one by Franco. It's threatening to ruin the game...
    • 24' Better from Sunderland, working the flanks. It's the way to beat West Ham, they have no widemen...
    • 21' CHANCE! Reid hangs one high to the back post for his two strikers but Bent's huge leap is not accompanied by any power as the ball loops into Green's arms...
    • 19' Great industry in the midfield but no quality as of yet. Cana could have had four yellows by now...
    • 17' BIG SAVE! Great stuff by West Ham as Collison teases and torments, lays it off to Franco, who lays it off to Behrami, but the midfielder's blaster is well parried by Gordon...
    • 16' Cana's going nuts for Sunderland, another foul!...
    • 13' CLOSE! Nobody closes down Paulo da Silva on the edge of West Ham's area so he lines one up, slams it goalwards but it finishes the wrong side of the post with Green motionless...
    • 12' Tough to tell but I believe Cana has just been booked for what can only be described as a Bruce Lee flying kick on Mark Noble...
    • 10' Lovely feet from Collison as West Ham play the Zola way...
    • 8' SAVE! Cana's soft header drops to Noble on the edge of the penalty area, he lines up a Robert Pires-like curler but it's too soft to beat Gordon...
    • 7' MASSIVE MISS! Darren Bent have a long hard look at yourself. Jones' shot hits Cana and falls lovely for the skipper to cross into the middle, Green is out of his goal to close down the potential shot from Cana so Bent has an open goal but sends his header wide...
    • 6' Malbranque looks lively for Sunderland but West Ham haven't come here for a stalemate...
    • 4' West Ham survive and Malbranqu fells Behrami on the breakaway...
    • 3' Early pressing is being done by the home side, Steed Malbranque earning a dangerous free kick...
    • 1' And we are underway... the Hammers kicking from right to left in their changed navy strip...
    • - Five minutes until kick-off, time for your predictions. I fancy a 1-1 draw...
    • - It has to be tempting to bring a Sunderland man down if he has a shooting chance today. They're not the best from 12 yards these Black Cats...
    • - Spurs have been battered, so Sunderland could very well finish the day in the top four if Liverpool and Villa lose...
    • - Key men today are Nosworthy and Turner. If they shackle Cole, they'll more-than-likely shackle West Ham, who insist on leaving Hines on the bench despite the fact he is clearly their best link between midfield and attack...
    • - You can't help worrying about the state of English football when Bent and Cole are serious considerations for the World Cup. Remember Euro 96? Shearer, Sheringham, Ferdinand, Fowler, Cole...
    • - Big news that Bent starts for Sunderland, it'll be good to see who has the greater impact on the game out of him and Carlton Cole...
    • - The team news is in from The Stadium of Light... NO DIAMANTI. Cue shock and despair in East London surely...
    • - Sunderland: Gordon, Da Silva, Nosworthy, Turner, Richardson, Malbranque, Henderson, Cana, Andy Reid, Jones, Bent. Subs: Fulop, Ferdinand, Bardsley, McCartney, Healy, Meyler, Murphy
    • - West Ham: Green, Spector, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Noble, Kovac, Collison, Franco, Cole. Subs: Kurucz, Gabbidon, Jimenez, Faubert, Diamanti, Hines, Stanislas
    • - Eight games since Gianfranco Zola last tasted victory, are you Hammers getting impatient with the little Italian yet?...
    • - Come on then, hedge your bets while we wait for team news... how many beach balls will find their way onto the pitch today?...
    • - West Ham have scored just five goals in their previous eight visits to Sunderland in the Premier League never scoring more than once in any of these games.
    • - Sunderland have only been able to win once in their last nine Premier League matches against the Hammers.
    • - Welcome to our live coverage of the Premier League game between Sunderland and West Ham.

  • Summary

    • 95' Another huge chance! It's Bent at the back post, he can't climb high enough and Bruce just collapses to the ground...
    • 94' OFF THE LINE! I didn't even see who it was! But it was Bardsley clearing off the line - possible from Noble...
    • 91' Kovac booked for a second yellow - awful decision. Kovac has no idea he is being closed down from behind, he tries to kick the ball but it has been nicked off his toes so he kicks the player. Not his fault, and definitely not a yellow...
    • 89' WHAT A CHANCE! Bent meets a free kick at the near post, it's bread and butter but he sends his header wide. He would have deserved that...
    • 88' Diamanti lines up a 25-yarder and shaves the post!
    • 86' CHANCE! Bent moves onto his right foot and slams another towards goal but it's straight at Green...
    • 76' GOAL! Sunderland 2-2 West Ham! Well deserved too! Bent crosses to the back post and Richardson taps home from a yard out!
    • 67' HIT THE BAR TWICE! First Cana heads against the bar from Turner's flick, and then Da Silva also heads the rebound onto the bar! Unbelievable!...
    • 55' BIG MISS! This time by Carlton Cole! Turning on the afterburners, he powers away from two defenders but then drags his shot wide of the far post...
    • 52' WHAT A MISS! Bent gets into an identical position down the inside-right channel, he fakes to shoot, comes inside Tomkins but then slashes the ball over. Awful miss!...
    • 50' WHAT A SAVE! Turner rises highest at the resulting corner but Green makes a superb one-handed save!...
    • 49' Great end-to-end stuff as Bent runs in behind Upson, fires across goal but Green diverts the ball wide...
    • 48' CHANCE! Franco meets an early corner with a powerful near post header by Gordon gets his body behind the ball to make the save...
    • 46' Kenwyne Jones sent off and boy does he look guilty! He's stood there not pleading his innocence at all, yet replays show all he did was deliver a two handed shove to Ilunga, who fell like he had been hit by Evander Holyfield!
    • 40' GOAL! Sunderland 1-2 West Ham! Game on! Andy Reid clips a beauty of a free kick over the wall and into the top corner. Lovely...
    • 37' GOAL! Sunderland 0-2 West Ham! Collison is having a stormer! Powering through the midfield, he times his slide-rule ball to Cole to perfection and the big England striker takes a touch before rifling quickly past Gordon...
    • 35' SAVE! Collison's searching ball falls over Cole's shoulder, he brings it down with his right and volleys with his left but Gordon gets a point-blank fist to the ball to stop West Ham doubling the lead...
    • 31' GOAL! Sunderland 0-1 West Ham! It's Franco would you believe! Collison provides the midfield burst behind the defence, he cuts the ball back from the byline and Franco has a tap-in...
    • 17' BIG SAVE! Great stuff by West Ham as Collison teases and torments, lays it off to Franco, who lays it off to Behrami, but the midfielder's blaster is well parried by Gordon...
    • 13' CLOSE! Nobody closes down Paulo da Silva on the edge of West Ham's area so he lines one up, slams it goalwards but it finishes the wrong side of the post with Green motionless...
    • 7' MASSIVE MISS! Darren Bent have a long hard look at yourself. Jones' shot hits Cana and falls lovely for the skipper to cross into the middle, Green is out of his goal to close down the potential shot from Cana so Bent has an open goal but sends his header wide...

Live Team Line-Up

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Lorik Cana

    Starting line-up

    • C. Gordon
    • P. da Silva
    • N. Nosworthy
    • M. Turner Yellow Card
    • K. Richardson Goal
    • J. Henderson
    • L. Cana Yellow Card
    • S. Malbranque Substitution Out (81′)
    • A. Reid Goal
    • D. Bent Yellow Card
    • K. Jones Red Card

    Subs

    • G. McCartney Substitution In81′
    • D. Healy
    • A. Ferdinand
    • P. Bardsley
    • D. Murphy
    • M. Fülöp
    • D. Meyler

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • West Ham United

    Manager: Gianfranco Zola

    Captain: Matthew Upson

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • J. Spector
    • J. Tomkins
    • M. Upson
    • H. Ilunga Yellow Card
    • M. Noble
    • R. Kovác Red Card
    • J. Collison
    • V. Behrami Substitution Out (67′)
    • G. Franco Goal Substitution Out (72′)
    • C. Cole Goal Yellow Card

    Subs

    • D. Gabbidon
    • J. Faubert
    • A. Diamanti Substitution In67′
    • L. Jiménez
    • Z. Hines Substitution In72′
    • Junior Stanislas
    • P. Kurucz

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Up the Hammers you cant keep us down we will be moving­ on up!

    From stephen.brown123, on Sun 1 Nov 8:03PM

  2. Hard Lines Sunderland - You were the Best !!!

    From SAFC Babe, on Sat 31 Oct 11:08PM

  3. wot is zola playin at leavin diamanti and hines on­ bench play em from start zola is turnin out like a­ typical bloody italian ,just like there army RETREAT­ RETREAT RETREAT .come on get some bloody pride back and­ start winnin

    From PATRICK, on Sat 31 Oct 7:07PM

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    When my­ eyes beheld an eerie sight
    For my monster from his­ slab began to rise
    And suddenly to my surprise

    He­ did the mash
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    From my laboratory in the castle east
    To the master­ bedroom where the vampires feast
    The ghouls all came­ from their humble abodes
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    They did the mash
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    It caught on in a flash
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    The party had just begun
    The guests­ included Wolf Man
    Dracula and his son

    The scene was­ rockin', all were digging the sounds
    Igor on­ chains, backed by his baying hounds
    The Coffin-Bangers­ were about to arrive
    With their vocal group, "The­ Crypt-Kicker Five"

    They played the mash
    They­ played the monster mash
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    It was a­ graveyard smash
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    Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring­
    Seems he was troubled by just one thing
    He opened the­ lid and shook his fist
    And said, "Whatever­ happened to my Transylvania twist?"

    It's now­ the mash
    It's now the monster mash
    The monster­ mash
    And it's a graveyard smash
    It's now the­ mash
    It's caught on in a flash
    It's now the­ mash
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    Now­ everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band­
    And my monster mash is the hit of the land
    For you,­ the living, this mash was meant too
    When you get to my­ door, tell them Boris sent you

    Then you can mash­
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    You'll catch on­ in a flas

    From Butch Coolidge, on Sat 31 Oct 6:21PM

  5. 2-2 decent game i was nere the corner flag.

    From Sean A, on Sat 31 Oct 6:20PM

  6. HariT there are quite a few similarities between West­ Ham arsenal and Sunderland West Ham. The result. the­ ref on the opponents side. The fact west ham get a­ player sent off that ws never a red in a million years.

    From Gareth, on Sat 31 Oct 5:11PM

  7. 2-2...yes!! now you feel what happened to arsenal last­ week..haha poor west ham

    From HariT, on Sat 31 Oct 5:01PM

  8. yet again west ham get a 2-2 draw and they play 12 men

    From Gareth, on Sat 31 Oct 5:01PM

  9. why do we still have these apprentice refs in the­ premier division ?????????????????????

    From Bonzo Dog, on Sat 31 Oct 4:57PM

  10. Who is this f*cking ref.................

    From Bonzo Dog, on Sat 31 Oct 4:52PM

  11. the referee's a wan**r

    From MARK, on Sat 31 Oct 4:51PM

  12. whats up with this ref! GET RID OF HIM USLESS PIECE OF­ @#$%!!!!

    From steven, on Sat 31 Oct 4:50PM

  13. Yeeeeeeeeees! Come-on lads! Time to win it now even in­ the 5th min of added time!

    From Bob P, on Sat 31 Oct 4:44PM

  14. nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 2-2

    From MARK, on Sat 31 Oct 4:43PM

  15. The ref is a f**King nob !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how is he­ a ref ffs !!!!!!!!!

    From s.hobday, on Sat 31 Oct 4:42PM

  16. hahahahahaha! ha'way the lads!

    From uncle_al_safc, on Sat 31 Oct 4:42PM

  17. nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 2-2

    From MARK, on Sat 31 Oct 4:41PM

  18. 2 2 come on Sunderland us Millwall fans are with you­ get a 3rd

    From andy, on Sat 31 Oct 4:38PM
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    What's Sunderland’s problem, they start the season­ off good, now it's like they can't be bothered.­ Given up on life.

    From Richie, on Sat 31 Oct 4:36PM

  20. COME ON REF GET A GRIP YOU GIVIN OUT Y/CARDS LIKE­ SMARTIES

    From caroline s, on Sat 31 Oct 4:33PM
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