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Mackems (h) Premier Reserve League
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Date: Thursday 13th May 2004, 7pm Venue:
St.James' Park |
Newcastle United Reserves |
3 - 1 | mackem reserves |
| Half time: | 1 - 1 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
Ferrell (16)
Ferrell (70) Guy
(82) |
Toft (22)
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| Teams | ||
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Bartlett |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
McLean Christensen Smith Taylor Ramsden Dodds Kingsberry Flynn Teggart Wanless Toft |
| Substitutes: | ||
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Smith for Bartlett (46) Offiong for Chopra (56) Pattison for Taylor (67) |
Graham
for Wanless (68) Martin for Christensen (76) Kingsberry for Clarkson (86) |
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| Subs not used: | ||
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Calvin Zola was named on the teamsheet but was nowhere to be seen. It later
transpired he had gone to Everton for a trial. |
tbc | |
| Bookings: | ||
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Taylor (62, foul) Ferrell (80, foul) |
None | |
| Dismissals: | ||
| None | None | |
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| Referee: tbc |
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| Attendance: 5,585 | ||
Goals |
16 mins Ferrell shot 1-0
22 mins Toft header 1-1
Half time: Newcastle 1 mackems
1
70 mins Ferrell shot 2-1
82 mins Guy header 3-1
Full time: Newcastle 3 mackems 1
We said |
Tommy Craig said:
"Sunderland, as you would
expect, made it difficult for us in the early part of the game but I felt our
football was the overriding factor, which really pleased me. "It was nice to see Andy
Ferrell, who is leaving, put in a sound display and score two goals. "Andy and Bradley Orr are
leaving at the end of the season but their performances typified our competitive
spirit. They took it upon themselves to go out on a high." Departing goalscorer Andy Ferrell commented: "It was my last game for the
club. I asked Kenny Wharton and Tommy Craig to play this game, out of all the
games this was the one I wanted to play. You'd have to pick Sunderland at St
James' Park and I loved it. "All my mates were there and I
was trying for a hat-trick, maybe I was trying too hard. Clubs were here
watching us and I felt we did ourselves justice. "I felt very, very emotional.
I felt like crying, especially as it was at St James'. "A few clubs have shown an
interest and hopefully I'll sort something out, otherwise I'll be working at
Kwiksave!"
Waffle |
5,585 fans were present at St.James' Park on
Thursday evening for the final home game of the season and all but 136
metro-fare dodgers from the dark place went home well happy as United completed
a reserve double over the mackems.
Released midfielder Andy Ferrell
followed up his belting goal against St.Johnstone on Tuesday with an equally
fine effort at the Leazes end to give us a deserved lead on 16 minutes.
And at that stage the more experienced Magpies looked like running up a cricket
score against a sunlun' side composed of academy youngsters.
However, the visitors hit back against the run of play to level on 22 minutes
when some plank up front headed home a cross from the right that we neglected to
track.
Other chances came and went before the interval for Newcastle to restore their
lead, but a mixture of average finishing and good defending by the red and
whites ensured parity at the interval.
In the second half we struggled to get into the attacking groove again, until
that man Ferrell found himself in the box on 70 minutes and netted with a
first-time volley that hit home via a vital deflection.
That seemed to shatter the visitors, who spent most of the final 20 minutes
chasing around in their own half as we attacked in waves.
Only one more goal came though to emphasize our superiority, when Guy nodded
home at the back post with 8 minutes remaining from an Offiong cross.
For the provider it partly atoned for a poor miss seconds earlier, when he
received the ball unmarked in the area but sent his shot wide of the goal.
An enjoyable night then for a youthful toon crowd who sang, clapped and cheered
the lads on while still finding time to berate their Wearside counterparts in
the old "firebomb" corner away end.
Biffa
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