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Date: Friday 28th July, 2000, 7.30pm.    Venue: Borough Park, Workington.  Conditions:  Fine.   Crowd:  TBC - over 1,200.

Teams: 

WRFC: (normal home kit - all red) Hoggeth, Gray, Moore, Hodgson, Johnson, Carr, Borg, Henney, Irving, Wilson, Goulding.
Subs:  Milne, Moffatt, Frampton, Henderson, Peers, Wilson, Redhead.

Due to the large number of subs used (some of them unlisted), it's unclear who precisely was who, but the changes in numbers were: 18 on for 2 46mins, 15 on for 11 58 mins, 16 on for 10 62 mins, 12 on for 7 62 mins, 20 on for 9 73 mins, 14 on for 8 73 mins.  

NUFC: (normal home kit) Karelse, Serrant (Caldwell G 26 mins), Charvet, Marcelino (Caldwell S 26mins), Beharall, Hamilton, Boyd (McMahon 46 mins), Brady, Green, Coppinger, Ketsbaia.
Subs n/u: Grindlay.

Carl Serrant/Garry Brady in "action"

3 mins. An awful error from Karelse saw him pass straight to one-time Newcastle transfer target Graham Goulding, who had the simple task of  knocking the ball home to set off celebrations from the home fans. 0-1.
17 mins. United registered their first genuine goalscoring attempt of the contest, courtesy of a Coppinger run and shot that Hoggeth easily fisted over.
18 mins. Further pressure on the Newcastle goal, and a narrow escape as  Barry Irving beat Karelse, only to smack the ball against the crossbar. However, a linesman's flag intervened and play was brought back.
20 mins. An outbreak of football from the visitors, with Green whipping over a low cross from the right, and Coppinger connecting well but sending his effort straight into the 'keepers midriff. 
23 mins. Striker Darren Wilson swept past the daydreaming Marcelino , who paused to look in the vague direction of a linesman, more in hope than expectation. As Wilson homed in goal, Karelse spread himself and managed to panic the home player into blasting the ball high into the crowd.
24 mins. A minute later, and a virtual replica of the previous Workington attack ended with Barry Irving doubling their advantage via the toe end of Marcelino, much to the disgust of Karelse and the United management 0-2.
26 mins. Tommy Craig wisely decided to dispense with the services of the awful Marcelino and uninterested Serrant, in favour of the a central defensive pairing composed of the Caldwell brothers. Beharall consequently moved to left back. Game on.
34 mins. With almost every Newcastle attack being funneled down the right wing, Green found himself with the ball in an advanced central position before being bundled over. From the resultant free kick, a Ketsbaia shot from 25 yards was cleared off the line by a defender. 

Halftime Score: Workington 2 NUFC 0

Newcastle coach Tommy Craig was called away from his halftime team talk to make an on-pitch presentation of medals to the Workington U18 team.

46 mins. Local lad Stuart Green was allowed to run unopposed towards the Workington goal, and his sweetly struck effort from 20 yards flew into the top left hand corner of the goal with the keeper helpless. 1-2.
55 mins. A low David McMahon shot from just outside the box levelled things up. 2-2.
88 mins. Brady saw his shot parried and the rebound fell to James Coppinger midway inside the Workington penalty area. A neat drag-back saw Coppinger extricate himself from two challenging defenders. He stumbled but managed to stab a shot goalwards from 8 yards, which crossed the line with the help of a defenders boot for what looked like an OG. 3-2.
87 mins. Almost another for Coppinger, as he connected with a good cross supplied from the right wing by Garry Brady. However the 'keeper managed to tip it on to the post and away to safety.

Final Score: Workington 2 NUFC 3

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