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Match Report 2000-01 - Bradford City (a)
Premier Reserve League - North
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Date:
Tuesday 24th April 2001, 7pm
Venue: Valley Parade Conditions: damp |
| Bradford City | 1 - 5 | Newcastle United | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Half time: | 0 - 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Score Sheet: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gary Locke (63)
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Lomana LuaLua (15)
 Diego Gavilan (36) Diego Gavilan (39) Colin McMenamin (83) Stuart Green (90)  Teams |
Aidan Davison |
Ian Nolan Karl Brown Billy McKinlay Robert Morgan Lewis Emanuel Scott Kerr Gary Locke Dean Saunders Gareth Grant Andrew Lee 1 |
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
John Karelse | Ryan McGuffie Stephen Glass David Beharall Marcelino Mark Boyd Diego Gavilan Jamie McClen Lomana LuaLua Pablo Bonvin Stuart Green Substitutes: |
tbc
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Jamie Coppinger for LuaLua (67) | Colin McMenamin for Bonvin (67) David Cowan for McClen (80) Subs
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Ben Jones |
Jon Worsnop Craig Fishlock Guiseppe Lo Piccolo Keith Brodie
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Des Hamilton was named
as sub but didn't appear on the bench at all.
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Bookings: |
None
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None
| Sendings
Off: |
None |
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None |
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| Referee:
P.Broadhurst
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Attendance:
approx 400
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Goals |
15 mins A McClen and Green one-two left LuaLua with the easy task of side-footing into an empty net, and thereafter the result was never in doubt. 1-0
36
mins Gavilan made it 2-0 after 36
minutes when LuaLua, in acres of space, crossed for the Paraguyan to
notch his third of the season. 2-0
39
mins Stephen Glass put the
ball in from the left and Bantams defender Karl Brown made a hash
of things, leaving Gavilan again with a simple finish. 3-0
Half time: Bradford 0 Newcastle 3
63 mins
Former Hearts player Gary Locke
pulled
one back for Bradford when a mix-up between Marcelino and Karelse
gifted a goal on 63 minutes
3-1
83 mins A
Green shot
was only parried to Colin McMenamin who swept the ball
home. 4-1
90 mins Midfielder Stuart Green got the fifth in the final minute with
a pile driver from just inside the area, after a few earlier warm
ups had been saved or whistled past the goal. Unfortunately, as he
turned away, arms aloft, Messrs Wadsworth and Robson were just
leaving the ground and missed the strike.
5-1
Full time: Bradford
1 Newcastle 5
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Match Highlights |
To follow....
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We Said |
A naturally content Tommy Craig said:
"I am delighted, that was our best performance of the season, especially in the first 45 minutes where we played some excellent football.
"The pitch was wet and slippy but we used that to our advantage to produce some terrific passing football. It was a night of star performances but Jamie McClen was particularly outstanding and set us going with some excellent one and two touch passing.
"All in all it was a lovely way to round off the league campaign."
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Report |
The Reserves ended the season in some
style with their fourth victory on the road, and highest tally of
the campaign.
Other chances had fallen to Boyd, Bonvin and LuaLua at regular
intervals, and our tally could easily have ended in double
figures.
It was sweet revenge for the
Stiffs who had lost 2-1 at home to Bradford earlier in the season
and also for the 6-3 stuffing at Valley Parade last year.
Pick of the United performances was Stuart Green, who was an
influential figure in the centre of the park, linking up well with
Jamie McClen, who operated down the left flank. With the Bantams
allowing Newcastle almost unlimited time and space, the two
midfielders gave a good account of themselves in front of the
watching Robson and Wadsworth, and Green finally got tangible
reward for his efforts with an excellent late strike.
Biffa