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Everton (h) Premier Reserve League (North)
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Date:
Monday 3rd March 2008, 7pm Venue: St.James' Park Conditions: buoyant |
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Newcastle Reserves |
Everton Reserves |
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3 - 0 |
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| Half time: | 0 - 0 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
og(Irving) (67)
Carroll (85)
Carroll (88) |
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Teams |
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Forster Edgar Lough Doninger Tozer Kadar Godsmark Troisi Carroll Baheng LuaLua |
Turner Densmore Irving Dennehy Gardner Gosling Rodwell Harpur Morrison Agard Downes |
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| Substitutes: | ||
| Zamblera for Baheng (60) |
Baxter for Downes (67) Harpur for Codling (81) |
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| Subs not used: | ||
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Soderberg Donaldson Francis Marwood |
Jones Sinnott O'Kane |
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| Bookings: | ||
| None | tbc x 2 | |
| Dismissals: | ||
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None |
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Referee:
tbc |
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| Attendance:
848, including KK and Terry Mac, joined on this occasion by former
Newcastle playing colleague David McCreery.
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Goals |
Half time: Newcastle 0 Everton 0
67mins Irving OG 1-0
85mins Carroll shot 2-0
88mins Carroll header 3-0
Full time: Newcastle 3 Everton 0
We Said |
Coach Adam Sadler commented:
"It was a good performance, especially in the second half. It was nice to see Kazenga come to life in the second period and Carroll was terrific throughout.
"Andy was a real threat to Everton and proved to be a handful for them. He took his goals well too.
"The back four were quite compact and solid, with Fraser Forster not having a great deal to do.
"When he did get called into action, he produced an important save when the score was 0-0.
"The message to the players was to keep the midfield area nice and tight. If they were ever going to break us down they were going to have to go down the sides.
“David Edgar played at right-back and did very well, while Darren Lough on the other side was equally as good.”
Waffle |
An own goal and two efforts from Andy
Carroll saw off the Toffees at SJP on Monday evening, as we ended a
three-match winless run in some style.
Adam Sadler's side came closest to breaking the first half deadlock on 23
minutes when Mark Doninger's volleyed effort was touched over the crossbar by
Iain Turner in the Everton goal.
And at the other end Fraser Forster continued his good form of late with
confident stops from visiting forward duo Keiron Agard and Aiden Downes.
The second half began with Jonny Godsmark breaking through on Turner but seeing
his shot blocked - Doninger suffering the same fate within two minutes.
United introduced recent signing Fabio Zamblera on the hour in place of the
unimpressive Baheng, but it was fellow new recruit Ben Tozer who was to play a
crucial part in our opener on 67 minutes.
James Troisi's centre from the right was headed goalwards by the former Swindon
defender and although Hunt got a hand to the ball, he was only able to parry it
into the net via his team mate John Irving.
The collective celebrations that followed from the home players said much about
the Toon team spirit at this level, and there was more to come from the
resurgent reserves.
Enter Andy Carroll, been restored to the side after missing the last two reserve
outings due to first team callups.
His eagerness saw him outpace Turner in the Everton box on 76 minutes and lob
the 'keeper from a narrow angle - only for Irving to atone for his earlier
misfortune by clearing the effort off the line.
There was no stopping Carroll five minutes from the end though, as he latched on
to Godsmark's right wing cross to fire powerfully into the roof of the
Gallowgate net.
And after his strike partner Zamblera came close to a debut goal with low shot
that was blocked, Carroll wrapped things up nicely 90 seconds from the end as he
headed home Doninger's corner - a linesman's flag confirming the effort had
crossed the line.
The reserves now face a series of trips to the North West, with away games at
Morecambe (v Blackburn), Leyland (v Bolton) and Northwich (v Man United) to come
over the next three weeks.
And then our league season comes to a close when the Red Devils visit SJP on Mon
March 31st.