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Newcastle Benfield (a) Friendly
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Date: Tuesday
15th July 2008, 7pm Venue: Sam Smith's Park Conditions: Sunny and dry Admission: £4 Programme: £1 |
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Newcastle Benfield |
Newcastle United |
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6 - 2 |
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| Half time: | 5 - 2 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
 (7) Emmerson (16) Hamilton (21) Emmerson (29) Dodsworth (41) Lumsden (71) Hamilton
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Donaldson (2)
Godsmark (18) |
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Andrew Grainger Jeff Forsyth Kevin Leighton Andrew Dugdale Phil Lumsden Patrick Collins Mark Rasmussen Paul Anthony Lee Hamilton Scott Emmerson Brian Dodsworth |
Forster J.Taylor Tozer Morris Lough Danquah Marwood Doninger Ferguson Donaldson Godsmark |
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Dodsworth for Adam Scope
(44) Mark Poolan for Kevin Leighton (46) James Riordan for Jeff Forsyth (46) Paul Buzzeo for Emmerson (54) Stephen Buzzeo for Rasmussen (61) |
Soderberg for Forster
(46) McLaughlin for Doninger (76) Neary for Ferguson (77) McCrudden for Danquah (86) |
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| Subs not used: | ||
| None | tbc | |
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| Dismissals: | ||
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Referee: Scott Duncan |
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| Attendance: 347 | ||
Goals |
2 mins Midfielder Mark Doninger
released Ryan Donaldson to clip the ball home from 12 yards 1-0
7 mins Newcastle 'keeper Fraser Forster could only partailly block a
Leighton shot after Rasmussen played him in, with Emmerson on hand to volley
home from close range 1-1
16 mins Hamilton lobbed Forster 1-2
18 mins Jonny Godsmark burst into the box to convert with a low drive 2-2
21 mins It was Emmerson's turn to chip the ball over Forster from a
greater distance 2-3
29 mins
41 mins Lumsden scored an identical goal in this fixture for the second season running, his shot deflected in off a helpless defender to leave Forster stranded 2-5
Half time: Benfield 5 Magpies 2
71 mins Former Bedlington striker Hamilton grabbed his second of the night with a low angled shot after Newcastle's defence went AWOL again. 3-2
Full time: Benfield 6 Magpies 2
We Said |
Adam Sadler commented:
"We were disappointed with the result and to concede six goals was extremely
disappointing, but it shows that if you don't defend properly you will be punished.
“It was one of those nights when Benfield only had one shot that didn’t go
in. If you don’t defend the space behind the back four correctly when you are
playing against bigger lads who are maybe stronger, you are vulnerable.
"The second-half performance was slightly better and we did improve but the damage was already done by that stage.
"We got something out of the game in terms of fitness and the physical test but we'll be looking for a big improvement come Monday against
Gateshead."
Waffle |
Despite taking an early lead, a
first-choice Newcastle Reserve side were humbled by their Northern League
opponents at the Sam Smiths Ground on Tuesday evening.
England youth international striker Ryan Donaldson opened the scoring on two
minutes, but Benfield were quickly level after United 'keeper Fraser Forster's
fumble let in Scott Emmerson.
The home side then took the lead through Lee Hamilton, although Jonny Godsmark
shot home to restore parity almost from the restart.
Emmerson again gave Benfield the lead with another punted effort that caught
Forster off his line, before former Brian Dodsworth converted a fourth before
the half hour.
Former West Ham trainee Phil Lumsden then completed the first half misery with a
deflected effort to leave Adam Sadler's side 5-2 down at the interval.
Swedish stopper Ole Soderberg went between the posts for the second half and
picked the ball out of the net on 71 minutes Hamilton rounded off the rout.
Any hopes that the non-league side would run out of steam failed to materialise,
with Benfield having a late effort rightfully ruled out for offside and seldom
being put under any pressure in defence.
Kevin Keegan, Terry McDermott, Chris Hughton, Arthur Cox, recruitment co-ordinator
Jeff Vetere and new youth Supremo Richard Money were all present - along with
Reserve team boss Adam Sadler and Robbie Elliott.
The latter was later confirmed as having returned to the club for a third time -
taking up a role as strength and conditioning coach, after two previous playing
stints.
They had very little positive to take from this early runout, with no less than
five of United's starting XI currently on professional contracts at the club,
but nobody in a black & white shirt looking superior to their part-time
opponents.