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Bishop Auckland (a) Friendly
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Date: Wednesday
16th July 2003, 7pm Venue:
Dean Street, Shildon - temporary home of Bishops now they've left
Kingsway and are still planning their new ground at Tindale Crescent. |
Bishop Auckland |
3 - 3 | Newcastle United Reserves |
| Half time: | 1 - 3 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
Rowe (12)
Salvin (71)
Irvine (81)
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Zola (4)
Zola (16) Brittain (30) |
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| Teams | ||
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John Caffry |
Adam
Bartlett Lee Norton Kris Gate Peter Ramage Chris Carr Daryl Smylie Martin Brittain Ben Webster Guy Bates Calvin Zola Alan O'Brien |
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| Substitutes: | ||
| Shaun
Hope for Moss (46) Stephen Salvin for B Ross (46) Neil Maddison for Lydon (46) Marc Taylor for Chandler (85) |
Phil
Cave for Gate (46) Stephen Brennan for Norton (46) Bradley Orr for Webster (46) Steven Taylor for Ramage (46) Adam Collin for Bartlett (60) |
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| Subs not used: | ||
| ???
Robinson James Smith ??? Hilary |
Carl
Finnigan Marc Walton |
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| Bookings: | ||
| None | None | |
| Dismissals: | ||
| None | None | |
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| Referee: N Miller - I hope he's a good copper, because as a referee he's nothing to rave about. | ||
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| Attendance: 500 ish. | ||
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Goals |
4 mins Gate threaded a short pass to O'Brien and run down the left ended with him delivering a quality ball into the box. Zola seized on it and was quickly in control of the ball, shimmying to the right of a home defender before firing home from 8 yards out. 1-0
12 mins Bishop hit back as Phil Ross
floated over a corner which Newcastle failed to clear. The loose ball fell
nicely to defender Rowe who blasted it in from 15 yards through a crowd
of players 1-1
16 mins Same supply line, same score as O'Brien skinned Moss and crossed for
Zola to direct a well-taken header from 12 yards out into the right hand
of the goal. 2-1
33
mins A goal stemming from an attack down the right for a change, Webster
centring and Bates doing enough to allow Martin Brittain to pick his spot
and ram the ball home from 15 yards past an exposed Bishop's backline. 3-1
Half time: Bish 1 Newcastle Reserves
3
71 mins After
some hint that they were still looking for something from the game, the comeback
began with a looping header from sub Stephen Salvin, reacting first to a
Chandler flick on from an Irvin corner. This time there was a question mark over
the concentration of a static Newcastle defence. 3-2
81 mins Goal of the night as for the second time in successive games Adam
Collin was left to pick the ball out of his net following a crowd-pleasing free
kick. This time it was former Durham striker Stuart Irvine who tried his
luck from 35 yards with an absolute peach of a shot. 3-3
Full time: Bish 3 Newcastle Reserves 3
We Said |
Tommy Craig
said:
"Defensively we were poor
but the plus point was the fact Calvin and Guy Bates foraged well and caused
problems. Overall I thought we created more chances than they did, but we didn't take them and in the end maybe they could have pinched a
win.
"I've told the boys that we have to stop giving away goals, because that was a problem last season in the league games.
We conceded two and three in a lot of games, and when you do that you always have a mountain to climb.
"But saying that, the game against Bishop Auckland was a useful work out for us, and I'm pleased with the fitness the players have shown despite the fact this was only their second game of the summer.
"I made a few changes in the second half and that maybe affected the fluency of the game, but
overall I think we can take plenty of positives from the game."
Waffle |
After opening up their pre-season campaign with a 1-1
draw at Queen of the South, the reserves were in action again four days later,
this time in the form of Unibond side Bishop Auckland, managed by diehard toon
fan Brian Honour.
The game was staged at Bishop's adopted home of Dean Street, home pitch of Northern League side Shildon, and by kickoff the temperature had dropped from the equatorial conditions that greeted your correspondent after he tumbled off what must be the rattliest train in Britain.
The Premiership representatives started the better and
looked odds on to score a hatful, with Calvin Zola looking far more industrious
than his lack-lustre showing at Dumfries. He scored twice in the opening 16
minutes and managed two other headed efforts as he sought to complete a first
half hat trick.
Running the show in the opening half though was left winger Alan O'Brien,
another one who had failed to impress in the previous game. Right from the off
tonight though he seemed in the mood and always eager to test the Bishop's full
back with either pace or skill.
A steady stream of crosses were produced down this supply route and as a result
Newcastle always looked likely to score. However his second half contribution
was more limited, as he was too often isolated out wide, waiting for the pass
from a colleague that never came.
Newcastle failed to get back into their rhythm in the second half and Zola
scarcely had a chance to complete his treble, while Bates was also more subdued.
The home side to their credit kept at their task, and once they'd pulled it back
to 3-2 looked likelier to get the next goal, creating more chances than
Newcastle.
Another entertaining night for a reasonable crowd though, with enough life in
the contest for Zola to be spoken to in the closing moments by referee Miller
after tangling with Rowe (a mackem we understand.) For once though incompetent
referee Miller chose to keep his cards in his pocket - shame he couldn't have
done that last season when officiating/spoiling a couple of our reserve
matches.
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