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2000-01 West Bromwich Albion (a) Testimonial |
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9 mins Solano and Glass combined down the left for the latter to find Daniel Cordone. The Argentinean had time to turn and make his way into the box, eluding defender Butler and placing a 15 yard shot across the keeper into the far corner. 0-1 31 mins A rare Christian Bassedas header after a cross from the right by Gavilan. Incorrectly announced as Speed by the PA man, but amended after the interjection of one half of NUFC.com, positioned in the home seats. 0-2 Half time: Baggies 0 Magpies 2 48 mins Almost a repeat of the first goal, as Daniel Cordone squirmed through the Baggies defence again and shot home. 0-3 Full time: Baggies 0 Magpies 3
Uncle Bobby was underwhelmed by the response from the Midland public: "I was disappointed in the crowd for the lad - I think they were expecting about 10,000. If we played our part, then we played our part. I respected the occasion and brought our better team. "I couldn't tell you the last time I was at this ground but they were great days. "And tonight Daniel Cordone
has scored two marvellous goals. Good dribbles, good feints and good
dummies. He took on people in the box and buried them while Christian
scored a header." "We took him off at the right
moment - he didn't continue for any length of time. We just hope we caught
it in time as he did go over on it."
The beneficiary of the game explained how we ended up as his opposition: "To sort out a game, we wrote off to
a few clubs including Newcastle, there was already the connection with Bobby
Robson being an ex-player, because the main aim was to get a big club here. "Newcastles ease on the ball and
the incisive nature of their play made it abundantly clear that Premiership
sides will offer a very different challenge to what weve become used to in
this division." "The fans have made this the proudest night of my life"
When Steve Caldwell joined his
brother Gary on the field in the 60th minute, they became the first
brothers to appear in what can loosely be called a Newcastle first team
fixture since Richie and Mattie Appleby (Bari A, Dec 1992,
Anglo-Italian Cup.)
A slightly stronger than expected team
took the field for United, disposing of top flight hopefuls Albion with little difficulty. In an otherwise tranquil atmosphere, the
odd chant from the away fans kept things vaguely interesting, and Kevin
Kilbane's arrival on the pitch before the game prompted the expected
negative response. Before the main event, a supporters club
XIII (yes, 13) took on an Albion old boys side, mainly composed of the
1993 promotion team, with a couple of ex-Magpies on show, namely Andy Hunt
and Wayne Fereday. Biffa |
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