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Liverpool (a) Premier Reserve League (North)
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Date:
Thursday 25th October 2007, 7pm Venue: Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Conditions: autumnal Admission: £5 - our attempts at gaining admission with Newcastle season tickets were dashed by an over-enthusiastic match controller. |
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Liverpool |
Newcastle Reserves |
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2 - 1 |
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| Half time: | 1 - 1 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
 Kewell (30) Brouwer (53)
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Godsmark (42)
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Teams |
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Martin Darby Insua Kelly Huth Spearing Plessis Lindfield El Zhar Kewell Leto |
Forster Bertram Babayaro Doninger Edgar Morris Lua Lua Pattison Ameobi Godsmark Troisi |
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Brouwer for Kewell (46) Pacheco for Lindfield (81) Putterill for Brouwer (89) |
Francis for Bertram (61) Lough for Babayaro (67) Danquah for Doninger (81) |
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| Subs not used: | ||
| tbc |
Marwood Lough |
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| Bookings: | ||
| None | None | |
| Dismissals: | ||
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None |
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Referee: I.Skarr |
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Attendance:
3,171 plus a TV audience who tuned in to see the game on the
newly-launched LFC TV channel, which was free to air this evening. The two sides of the stadium which are all-seater were open for this game, with the other side and end that have been constructed with terracing closed. £5 admission. |
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Goals |
30 mins Kewell header 0-1
42 mins Godsmark shot 1-1
Half time: Reds 1 Newcastle 1
53 mins Brouwer shot 1-2
Full time: Reds 2 Newcastle 1
We Said |
Lee Clark commented:
“We didn’t compete the way we should have and we didn’t pass the ball the way we can.
“Perhaps people may think I am setting standards too high, but they are the standards that you will need if you want to play in the first team.
“Jonny Godsmark got us a goal just before the break and there was a little improvement, but I am disappointed.
“These are young players, though, and I hope they can learn from their experience.
“For Celestine and Shola it was important they got some game time, and that was the most positive thing of the night for those two.”
Waffle |
Thursday evening saw our reserve side making
their debut at Liverpool's latest second string venue - the Halliwell -Jones
Stadium of Warrington Wolves Rugby League side.
And although our side was given a boost by the inclusion of experienced duo
Shola Ameobi and Celestine Babayaro (the latter making his reserve debut), we
were still unable to avoid returning pointless.
Liverpool's own comeback crock Harry Kewell opened the scoring on half an hour,
heading in a Sebastian Leto corner from the right to give Gary Ablett's side a
deserved lead.
However the Magpies rallied and Jonny Godsmark replied for Lee Clark's side
three minutes before half-time.
Godsmark side-stepping a challenge before
beating the 'keeper from eight yards after good work from James Troisi down our
left - that's Johnny's third goal of the season.
We had it at all to do again though after the break, when Dutch striker Jordy
Brouwer netted on 53 minutes, Fraser Forster seemingly fumbling a Lindfield
cross with Bouwer on hand to knock the ball into the empty net.
The forward might have bumped Forster from behind but there were no complaints from our ashen-faced 'keeper - who partially atoned a few minutes later when he flung himself to tip away a fierce shot from Craig Lindfield.
David Edgar came closest for Newcastle as they tried to get back on terms, hitting a 30-yard drive just wide but the busy Godsmark and not-so-busy Ameobi failed to muster an equaliser between them.