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Date: Wednesday 2nd May 2001, 6.30pm Venue: Ponteland Leisure Centre.  Conditions: a pleasant sunny evening

Ponteland United	0 - 11	Newcastle United
Half time:	0 - 2
Score Sheet:
		Pablo Bonvin (36) Ryan McGuffie (45) Pablo Bonvin (47) James Coppinger (50) Pedro Dimas (52) Pedro Dimas (55) Colin McMenamin (66) Diego Gavilan (80) Colin McMenamin  (81) Colin McMenamin (85) Colin McMenamin (87)
	Teams
Max Birkinshaw Steve O'Hagan David Redhead Duncan Brown Paul O'Hagan Higgs Lee Bell Jarrod Suddick Darron Barker M Cowell Craig Coates	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Jonathon Brain Ryan McGuffie Pedro Dimas Bradley Orr Gary Caldwell Mark Boyd Diego Gavilan Jamie McClen Pablo Bonvin Jamie Coppinger Stuart Green
Substitutes:
17 for Barker (56) tbc for tbc (60)		Colin McMenamin for Boyd (53) Stephen Brennan for McClen (62)
Subs not used:
(tbc) named: Stephenson John Redhead  Paul Horsfall Shaun Bell Andrew Blight		Des Hamilton was named as sub but didn't appear on the bench at all.
Bookings:
None		None
Sendings Off:
None		None
Referee: P.Broadhurst
Attendance: Around 250, including various United reserve players (Steve Caldwell, Brian Kerr, Olivier Bernard) and some of the Academy lads. Peter Beardsley was also watching from behind one goal, while his erstwhile Newcastle team mate Terry McDermott peered over the fence rather than pay the £3 gate fee.  The tight-arsed get.

36 mins Bonvin 1-0

45 mins McGuffie 2-0

Half time: Ponteland 0 Newcastle 2

47 mins Bonvin 3-0

50 mins Bonvin 4-0

52 mins Dimas 5-0

55 mins Dimas 6-0

66 mins McMenamin 7-0

80 mins  Gavilan  8-0

81 mins McMenamin   9-0

85 mins McMenamin  10-0

87 mins McMenamin  11-0

Full time: Ponteland 0 Newcastle 11

To follow....

"We were much more powerful than Ponteland and our superior fitness told. I was pleased we managed to rattle in so many goals - I told them not to let up and I was delighted they kept on playing right to the end." 

The reserves strolled to another Senior Cup final in the sunshine, with Bobby Robson in attendance (until he went home for his tea.)

In stark contrast to our last cup tie against Northern Alliance Ponteland, when a side including Georgiadis just squeezed through with a late winner, the current second string powered ahead after an opening half hour when they failed to test the home keeper.

Bedlington now stand between us and a third successive Senior Cup success (Blue Star and Blyth being beaten in the last two years.) After taking us to a replay in the competition last season, the final promises to be an interesting one. Equally interesting is when exactly it will be staged, with Bedlington's league commitments and other constraints making it impossible at this stage to find a suitable date. 

Biffa

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