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Bolton (a) Premier Reserve League (North)
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Date: Monday
7th April 2003, 7.00pm Venue:
Gigg Lane
£3 in. |
Bolton Wanderers Reserves |
3 - 2 | Newcastle United Reserves |
| Half time: | 0 - 1 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
Johnson (31)
Niven (50)
Bird (82) |
Cort (31)
Cort (90) |
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| Teams | ||
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Jeremy Bon |
Tony
Caig Steven Taylor Robbie Elliott Chris Carr Steve Caldwell Bradley Orr Stephen Brennan Ross Gardner Lewis Guy Carl Cort Wayne Quinn |
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| Substitutes: | ||
| Michael
Bird for Johnson (68) Reda Kribib for Forschelet (72) |
James
Beaumont for Gardner (46) Martin Brittain for Brennan (67) Calvin Zola for Caldwell (81) |
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| Subs not used: | ||
| Chris
Howarth Jason Talbot Michael Eckersley |
Adam Collin | |
| Bookings: | ||
| None | None | |
| Dismissals: | ||
| None | None | |
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| Referee: A Marriner - no complaints. |
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| Attendance: Estimated
at 150, in main stand - pie stand was open but Bury didn't even put
ten bob in the meter for the PA. Onlookers included first teamer Andy Griffin and coach David Geddis, but Sir Bobby didn't make the journey.
Their coach was ex-Mag Spotty (Neil)
McDonald. |
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Goals |
32 mins Cort shot 1-0
Half time: Bolton 0 Newcastle Reserves 1
54 mins Johnson shot 1-1
63 mins Niven shot 1-2
82 mins Bird deceives Caig with a fine lob 1-3
90 mins Cort header 2-3
Full time: Bolton 3 Newcastle Reserves 2
We Said |
Tommy Craig commented:
"I'm disappointed that we conceded four at Aston Villa recently and another
three at Bolton. We're always likely to score goals but our defending wasn't
what it should be, as was proved by both games.
"If we defend like that we're going to cause ourselves problems. We were the best team in the first half and led 1-0 at the break. If we'd have kept a clean sheet in the second half we'd have won the game. The manner in which we conceded three goals was a concern for me."
"Lewis Guy had a very good game. His running off the ball was excellent and he managed to set up Carl Cort's first goal. And right-back was an area I wanted to have a look at Steven Taylor in and he did OK there."
Waffle |
In front of a sparse crowd at Bury's Gigg Lane ground, Carl Cort scored twice and went close with two other efforts, but still ended up on the losing side as poor defending cost United dear.
Newcastle never looked comfortable or fluent on a bumpy pitch but they took the lead just before the half hour after Bolton had made all the running and tested our keeper Caig several times.
Cort robbed Barness on the right flank before exchanging passes with Lewis Guy and unleashed a stinging low drive from just inside the area that went in under the keeper.
It was all square nine minutes into the second half when Jermaine Johnson finished in similar style to Cort, after Quinn had carelessly given the ball away.
Bolton went ahead after 63 minutes when a left-wing cross was headed down by Chris Armstrong to the unmarked Derek Niven, converting from six yards out.
The home side secured the victory in the 82nd minute when sub Michael Bird deceived Caig with a fine lob.
Cort then scored his sixth of the season at this level with
a cushioned header from a Brittain corner that went in via a post.
However it was too little too late as the referee blew seconds later.
And it was a bitterly disappointed Tommy Craig who bemoaned his side's lack of
alertness at the back and inability to cope with an average Bolton side in the
second half.
Steven Taylor performed reasonably well in an unfamiliar right back role, as did
Stephen Brennan, pushed forward to right midfield. However the performance (or
lack of it) from Wayne Quinn almost defied description - like a half-pace
Bassedas if that were possible.
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