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Leeds United	4 - 1	Newcastle United
Half time:	3 - 1
Score Sheet:
Jason Wilcox (10) og (Jamie McClen) (31) Harpal Singh (40) Simon Johnson (90)		Jamie Coppinger (8)
	Teams
Danny Milosevic Alan Maybury Gareth Evans Kevin Dixon Danny Hay Shane Candsell-Sherriff Jacob Burns Harpal Singh Tony Hackworth Stephen McPhail Jason Wilcox	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	John Karelse Ryan McGuffie Stephen Glass Gary Caldwell David Beharall Jamie McClen Diego Gavilan Mark Boyd Jamie Coppinger Pablo Bonvin Pedro Dimas
Substitutes:
Frazer Richardson for McPhail (62) Simon Johnson for Singh (71)		Stephen Grindlay for Karelse (46) Colin McMenamin for Coppinger (46) Stuart Green for Bonvin (75)
Subs not used:
Shaun Allaway Jamie McMaster Tony Lennon		None
Bookings:
Dixon (58)		Glass (64) G.Caldwell (74)
Sendings Off:
None		Gavilan (26)
Referee: B.Sygmuta
Attendance: 1,386

10 mins After Dixon's initial effort had been blocked by a Newcastle defender, Jason Wilcox's hit a low effort from the edge of the penalty area that flew just inside Karelse's right hand post. 1-1

31 mins A classic air shot from Karelse saw McClen's backpass trickle into the goal with Singh following but not touching the ball before it crossed the line. 1-2

40 mins Harpal Singh started the move, which also involved Hackworth and Wilcox, whose low driven cross from the left was met by by Singh sliding through the mud to force it in. 1-3

Half time: Leeds 3 Newcastle 1

90 mins  After holding out for the whole of the second half, ten man United finally succumbed when Simon Johnson exploited a gap in the United defence and take the ball past an oncoming Grindlay to walk it into the net 1-4

Full time: Leeds 4 Newcastle 1

5 mins A lengthy stoppage as Karelse received treatment at pitchside for a foot  problem. He had injured himself moments earlier when rushing out of his area to hoof the ball clear as Burns attacked.

8 mins Newcastle took the lead (see above)

10 mins Leeds levelled (see above)

17 mins Good work from Karelse as an outswinging corner from Wilcox was headed goalwards by Hackworth. The 'keeper palmed away the effort for a third successive corner, which was wasted by Leeds.

21 mins A timely headed clearance from McGuffie from another dangerous Wilcox centre denied Leeds again at the expense of a corner. When the ball was pumped in again, McPhail got his shot on target but Karelse was able to tip it round a post. 

24 mins Probably the move of the season from this team as  McClen, McGuffie and Gavilan swashbuckled down the field and towards the Leeds goal with a succession of brilliantly-executed first time passes. Finally, Coppinger joined the move and dragged his shot agonisingly wide of the post to ruin a passage of perfect play.

26 mins Gavilan and Hackworth clashed on the halfway line and after the Leeds player had impeded the Newcastle man. Gavilan reacted angrily with an attempted elbow on his opponent, which failed to connect. The referee waved play on but the lineman flagged furiously and the game was halted. After a short consultation the referee waved over Gavilan and showed him the red card (he hadn't been booked previously). However, he chose not even to speak to Hackworth, which prompted furious protests from the adjacent Newcastle bench, led by Tommy Craig.

31 mins Leeds get another (see above) 

40 mins and another... (see above) 

Half time: Leeds 3 Newcastle 1

53 mins Dixon of Leeds hit the crossbar with a long-range effort in front of the David Longhurst stand.

55 mins The game threatened to descend into a kicking party, with Glass, McMenamin and Gary Caldwell all involved in separate clashes with Leeds players in the space of ten seconds or so. The final incident saw Caldwell appeal to the linesman as Hackworths brutal challenges on him went unpunished.

58 mins Despite their numerical disadvantage, Newcastle had failed to concede further during the initial second-half burst and now enjoyed a good amount of possession. McGuffie broke forward and was supported by Bonvin, who had his legs swiped from under him just outside the box. Boyd's resultant effort from the freekick however was well wide.

61 mins Further excursions upfield from the visitors, as McClen found space down the left wing and sent over a dent cross to Bonvin, who directed his header well wide.

63 mins An indication of the farcical nature of the evening was provided by Bonvin, as he attempted to dribble into the Leeds area, only to be stopped in his tracks by an area of pitch resembling a quicksand on the right edge of the field. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the diminutive Clint Marcelle disappeared into this area the previous week when playing for Darlo, and was never seen again.

78 mins Stand-in keeper Stephen Gindlay drew the applause of the crowd when he raced off his line to boot the ball clear, after substitute Johnson had eluded Beharall and slipped a dangerous pass through to the marauding Maybury.

79 mins From Gary Caldwell's free kick in the centre of the field, the ball was switched left to McClen who advanced on goal only to sweep his shot harmlessly past the far post of the Leeds goal.

81 mins A great stop from Grindlay as he turned a shot from Johnson round the post. The chance actually arose from a Newcastle corner that Gary Caldwell had two attempted shots from, before the ball broke kindly for the home side to break. 

89 mins A good save was again required from Grindlay to prevent Wilcox from claiming a second goal, again from distance.

90 mins and another (see above) 

Full time: Leeds 4 Newcastle 1

A night when little went right for the Toon right from the off, with an injury to Karelse merely the first of number of unforeseen problems to befall Craig's men. Although the big Dutchman was clearly in pain and sub keeper Grindlay went through an extended warm-up, Newcastle chose to wait until the interval before making the required change. By then of course Gavilan had already left the field for the final time after a bit of daftness that the referee initially ignored. 

By the time of the fourth Leeds goal, the pitch had three or four areas that were almost unplayable, which didn't help matters. Despite this, the Magpies at least battled throughout and gave Leeds more of a game than many other visitors to Bootham Crescent this season.

Such was the catalogue of disasters throughout the evening that little can be taken from this game, although toon fans present witnessed the rare event of Dimas tackling an opponent not once but twice. Norris McWhirter has been informed.

Biffa

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