Newcastle United Football Club - Match reports

Season 1997-98
PSV Eindhoven (n) Friendly

Date: Tuesday 15th July 1997, 8.15pm.

Venue: Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland.

Conditions: tbc

Admission: Ł24 stand, Ł12 terrace
(day tickets covering two matches)

Programme: Ł2.50

PSV Eindhoven		Newcastle
	2 - 3
Half time:	1 - 2

Score Sheet:
(30) Bruggink (75) Stam		Gillespie (21) Tomasson (24) Tomasson (80)

	Teams
Koch Vampeta Faber Stam Numan Petrovic Bruggink Cocu Zenden Debilde Nilis		Given Barton Howey Albert Watson Batty Lee Gillespie Ketsbaia Tomasson Shearer

Substitutes:
(46) Waterreus for Koch (69) Iwan for Vampeta (76) Demo for Petroyic		Crawford for Batty (46) Hughes for Howey (71)

Subs not used:
Van Der Weerden Jensen Pereira Stinga		Ferdinand Beardsley Gudjonsson Hamilton Srnicek

Bookings:
Numan		None
Dismissals:
None		None

Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Waterford)

Attendance: 18,000

Goals

21 mins Steve Watson's shot from distance was blocked by goalkeeper Georg Koch, but fell nicely for Jon Dahl Tomasson to return the ball across the area and Keith Gillespie to flick in 1-0

24 mins Gillespie turned provider to set up Jon Dahl Tomasson, who drove the ball home 2-0

30 mins Bolo Zenden crossed from the left for Arnold Bruggink to finish from close range 2-1

Half time: PSV 1 NUFC 2

75 mins Gilles De Bilde's shot was diverted onto the crossbar by goalkeeper Shay Given, but he was powerless to prevent Jaap Stam volleying home the rebound 2-2

80 mins A fine finish from Jon Dahl Tomasson won it for United, keeping his composure and picking his spot, giving substitute custodian Ronald Waterreus 3-2

Full time: PSV 2 NUFC 3

We Said

Kenny said:

To follow

They Said

Dick Advocaat said:

To follow

Stats

Shay Given, Jon Dahl Tomasson and Temuri Ketsbaia made their first appearances, following the completion of transfers from Blackburn Rovers, Heerenveen and AEK Athens respectively.

Pre-season pitch time (in minutes):

Albert 90=90
Barton 90=90
Batty 45=45
Crawford 45=45
Gillespie 90=90 (1 goal)
Given 90=90
Howey 71=71
Hughes 19=19
Ketsbaia 90=90
Lee 90=90
Shearer 90=90
Tomasson 90=90 (2 goals)
Watson 90=90

Waffle

United won their opening game of a four team pre-season tournament played in Dublin, with both Shay Given and Temuri Ketsbaia making their first appearances for the club.

Tino Asprilla was absent on World Cup duty and Darren Peacock staying in England as a stomach tear healed, but Kenny Dalglish name Steve Howey after a ten month absence through injury:

United took to the field at Lansdowne Road after after Derry City had beaten Celtic 3-2, a game that was a troubled introduction for new Hoops boss Wim Jansen, with Parkhead predecessor Tommy Burns cheered by Celtic fans as he took his place in the dugout for new employers Newcastle.

Newcastle would come up against Dick Advocaat's side twice more that season, the Dutch registering home and away victories in the Champions League.

Biffa

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