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Middlesbrough (h) Premier Reserve League North
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Date: Monday
4th December 2006, 7pm Venue: Kingston
Park |
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Newcastle United |
1 - 3 | Middlesbrough |
| Half time: | 1 - 1 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
Finnigan (24 pen)
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Craddock
(44) Craddock (83) og(Shanks) (90+3) |
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| Teams | ||
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Forster Cavener Shanks Gate Huntington Edgar Troisi Pattison Finnigan Carroll LuaLua |
Turnbull Burgess Grounds Hines Wheater J Johnson Owens Robson Graham Craddock A Johnson |
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| Substitutes: | ||
| Critchlow for LuaLua (62) | None | |
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| Sub not used: | ||
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Doninger Godsmark Francis Morris |
Langthorne Knight Thompson Porritt |
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| Bookings: | ||
| None | None | |
| Dismissals: | ||
| None | None | |
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| Referee: TBC | ||
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Attendance: 545, who were allowed to stand on the covered terrace at the city end
of the ground this evening.
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Goals |
24 mins Finnigan penalty conversion
1-0
44 mins Craddock header 1-1
Half time: Newcastle 1 smogs 1
83 mins Craddock shot 1-2
93 mins Shanks own goal 1-3
Full time: Newcastle 1 smogs 3
We said |
Lee Clark commented:
"The lads have set their own standards and goals with such a long unbeaten home run, but they did not reach them.
We were out-fought, out-thought and out-played against Boro in every department and I think they could have had five or six goals in the end.
"There were a few harsh words said to the lads afterwards.
"At the end of the day we are here trying to get them on the road to a career in professional football at this club.
"If they don't make it here then we want to at least help them get a career elsewhere in the Football League.
"At the moment there are injuries in the first team and there are chances for the younger players.
"But they won't have a chance with performances like that."
"We were lucky to get away with 3-1 as we didn't start well. We went 1-0 up, but they were dictating the pace of the game.
"We had some good spells, but overall Boro got what they deserved."
They said |
Colin Cooper commented:
"I said before the game, at half-time and at the end, we wanted a continuation of what's happened in the last couple of
weeks..
"We're on a decent roll and have played some excellent football and you don't want complacency to creep in.
"But I thought we played some good stuff again, in the first half we were just short with the final pass but there was some lovely build up play, movement and passing.
"We were unfortunate to go a goal down, although I think it was a penalty."
"For Adam to have that kind of vision and be able to produce that kind of pass and for Tommy to be able to execute the header the way he did was excellent and no more than they deserved,"
"I told Seb and David they had to be strong, because the Newcastle forwards were big strong lads, and they were
strong
"Danny Graham's informed me the ball was definitely going over the line and he's not having it as an
OG!"
"It was a nice, tough, competitive local derby but we were much the better side and deserved to win."
Waffle |
Playing their final home league game of
2006, our second string were beaten at Kingston Park for the first time
since April 2005 on Monday evening.
After ten wins and eight draws, the table -topping Teessiders finally
brought our run to an end despite falling behind midway through the first
half.
Coached by Colin Cooper, the long-serving defender watched as Seb Hines
brought Matty Pattison crashing down in the area.
Up stepped Carl Finnigan to send his right- footed spot kick low to keeper
Ross Turnbull's left and claim his fourth goal in six games.
And unfortunately for Lee Clark's young side that was as good as it got,
on a night when nobody particularly impressed and we never looked
comfortable.
The visitors had failed to test Fraser Forster in the United goal before
he was beaten a minute before the break, after a quickly-taken free kick
caught us napping.
A deep cross from the impressive Adam Johnson was met by Tom Craddock, who
glanced his header home.
And within seconds Boro almost grabbed the lead as Johnson found himself
free on the left side of our area. His shot ricocheted off Forster and
eventually fell to Danny Graham, but the visiting captain skied his shot
to give us a real let off.
The second half began with Boro again on the attack and Johnson again
threatened, shooting just wide on 49 minutes.
Little was seen of our attack at the other end, with the combined talents
of LuaLua, Troisi and Pattison unable to create anything resembling a
chance for front duo Carroll and Finnigan.
And as the second half wore on, it looked as if taking a point and
preserving that unbeaten would be the best we could hope for.
Graham got his shot on target just after the hour but was denied by
Forster and within a few minutes had struck the crossbar with another
effort.
A rare Newcastle attack saw Pattison try his luck on 72 minutes, before
Carroll was booked a minute later for what referee Halliday indicated was
persistent fouling.
Carroll then played his part in what proved to be the crucial passage of
play seven minutes from the end, as his 50/50 challenge just inside the
Boro half saw a free kick given against him.
As a number of home players protested against the decision, Boro quickly
took their free kick and charged upfield, Johnson whipping in a low centre
from the left for Craddock to clip home his and Boro's second from close
range.
United belatedly tried to rally and salvage a point, but a succession of
unimpressive corners and free kicks came to nought when the visitors broke
away in added time.
Danny Graham's pull back from the left ended up in the back of the United
net with defender Chris Shanks later confirming that he had unwittingly
supplied the final touch.
There was no doubt about the score though, or that the team returning back
down the A19 with three points deserved their victory.
PS: Our first thought for a
headline was something along the lines of "United Fanny, Craddock
strikes" but we thought that was slightly harsh given some of the
sterling efforts that had kept that long unbeaten run intact.