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Huddersfield Town (h) Carling Cup Round Two
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Date: Wednesday 26th August 2009, 7.45pm Venue: St.James' Park Conditions: eventful |
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Newcastle United |
Huddersfield Town |
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4 - 3 |
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| Half time: | 1 - 2 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
Guthrie
(36)
Geremi
(48)
Ameobi
(64)(pen)
Nolan
(84) |
Robinson
(37) Robinson (39)(pen) Rhodes (47)
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Teams |
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Krul |
Smithies Peltier Skarz Collins Clarke Kay Robinson Rhodes Butler Pilkington Drinkwater |
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Ameobi for Butt (46) Gutierrez for LuaLua (65) Vučkić for Amebi (90+1) |
Berrett for Peltier (57) Ainsworth for Drinkwater (80) Simpson for Rhodes (88) |
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| Subs not used: | ||
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Harper |
Glennon |
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| Bookings: | ||
| Krul |
Pilkington Skarz Butler Berrett |
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| Dismissals: | ||
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None |
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Referee:
Tony Bates (Staffordshire) returns exactly a
year to the day since his only other outing in charge of a toon game - the 3-2
win at Coventry City in the same competition. |
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| Attendance: 23,815 including around 4,000 away travellers. That's over 3,000 more than were here last season when United played Spurs in this competition. | ||
Goals |
36 mins
Shadowed by Ryan Taylor out on the Huddersfield left, Anthony Pilkington
turned the ball infield and Danny
Guthrie took possession, taking advantage of hesitant defending to advance
and convert with a left-footed effort from the edge of the area into the Leazes
goal 1-0
37 mins A
right-footed punt upfield from a Terriers player into the right hand side of the
United half was challenged for by Kadar and an opponent. Neither made contact
but the ball dropped nicely for Robinson to get ahead of Simpson and clip his
low 12 yard shot through the legs of the advancing Krul. 1-1
39 mins
Different wing - same move, as
Rhodes headed on a long through ball to take ball past Simpson and into the path
of Robinson. The Huddersfield striker took a touch to divert the ball beyond
Krul and then went to ground - it's unclear whether there was contact, but the
reaction of crowd, goalkeeper and colleagues suggested not.
The referee's decision to award a penalty but only book Krul was also indicative
of uncertainty, but Robinson confidently placed the spot kick beyond Krul's left
hand 1-2
Half time:
Newcastle
1 Huddersfield 2
47 mins Yet
more route one stuff from the Terriers, after some poor play on the United
left from LuaLua had given away possession. Rhode's touch on a ball that
dropped into the right hand side of United's box left Krul stranded off his
line, as Kadar hesitated, with the visiting player steering the ball home
from a narrowing angle, Simpson making an unsuccessful lunge to try and keep
the shot from going in. 1-3
48 mins A flowing passing move involving Enrique, LuaLua and Ameobi ended with Kevin Nolan teeing up Geremi in the box and the veteran took a touch with his right foot before sliding the ball left-footed beyond 'keeper Alex Smithies from almost on the penalty spot. 2-3
64 mins Another slick exchanges of passes between Nolan and Geremi released Guthrie to run into the Town half down the right and he threaded a well-weighted ball through for the onrushing Ameobi. Muscling past Andy Butler and into the area, Shola tumbled under slight contact from the defender and a penalty was awarded. He then placed his kick into the bottom corner of the goal after deceiving the 'keeper. 3-3
84 mins The lively Gutierrez was stopped in his tracks some 10 yards from the left edge of the Huddersfield box, with Guthrie swinging the consequent free kick towards the far post. The advancing Ameobi rose between two defenders to nod the ball across the six yard box and Kevin Nolan shot into the roof of the net from barely a yard out 4-3
Full time:
Newcastle 4
Huddersfield 3
We Said |
Interim United Manager Chris
Hughton:
"It got to a stage where we found we had to use them if we
wanted to win the game. It's the price you have to pay when you have to play
midweek games. We knew that Huddersfield would be a tough side but when
you get to 3-1 down, you try to battle away or you turn to the players who
can help turn the game. That’s what we had to do to win it.
“Fair play to Huddersfield they done very well but it
was an exciting game to be involved in. The normal emotions are you are angry and upset at the
goals you concede but what I was aware of was that we had two young centre-halves
in there.
“For most of the game they acquitted themselves very
well under pressure. It was a great experience for them, a fabulous game to play in, they
won't forget it and they'll certainly learn from it. We had to
play Danny Simpson at right back and he did really well at centre-half, Tamas
Kadar similar, he's a centre -half who can play at left-back.
"Until their goal, I thought they coped very well, but then they
conceded two poor goals in that period and I think they'll put that down to
experience and they'll be better for it.
"We knew it would be
tough and we needed experience and quality to get us through, but it does
emphasise that if we have injuries we are stretched. Hopefully, those two (Ameobi
& Gutierrez) will be OK for Monday and have an extra couple of days before
we play Leicester. There is never a dull moment at Newcastle."
They said |
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Town boss Lee Clark: "It was a magnificent cup tie - you won’t find a better one around the country after the second round. I’m delighted with my team’s performance. We put a terrific show on. "We’ve done ourselves and our fantastic fans proud. We took Newcastle to the wire and posed a threat all game, so it’s desperately disappointing to lose. It was a good, high-intensity Cup-tie with some quality play from both sides, and we made a massive contribution. "For myself and my staff, coming back here was a great experience, but it’s really about the players. We wanted them to perform like we know they can, and I think they did that. We can be very proud and very positive. We passed the ball well and created some fantastic opportunities. Unfortunately,
we’ve lost the game, and I can be a bit picky about some of the
goals, but overall, I thought every single one of them were
magnificent. I certainly wasn’t getting carried away (at 1-3). "It was a
magnificent turnout from our fans, they’ve been superb from day one,
and I think the Newcastle fans appreciated what they saw from both
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Stats |
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Newcastle extended their unbeaten start to the season to five games and won their fourth consecutive fixture (both in all competitions). They actually went unbeaten for six games in Nov/Dec 2008, but haven't won four in a row since Oct/Nov 2005 (mackems home, Grimsby league cup away, West Brom away and Birmingham home). Terriers in Toon - Post War: 2009/10 won 4-3 Guthrie, Geremi, Ameobi(pen), Nolan 1983/84 won 5-2 Waddle 2, McDermott, Keegan, Beardsley 1971/72 drew 0-0 1970/71 won 2-0 Dyson, Robson 1964/65 won 2-1 McGarry 2 1963/64 won 2-0 Thomas, Hilley 1963/64 won 5-1 Taylor 3, Hilley, McGarry (FR) 1962/63 drew 1-1 McGarry 1961/62 drew 1-1 Wilson 1955/56 drew 1-1 Davies 1954/55 won 2-0 Keeble, Mitchell (FAC) 1954/55 drew 2-2 Curry, White 1953/54 lost 0-2 1951/52 won 6-2 Milburn 3, Mitchell 2, G.Robledo 1950/51 won 6-0 Milburn 3, Mitchell, G.Robledo, Taylor 1949/50 drew 0-0 1948/49 lost 2-4 Hair, Milburn
There were competitive first team debuts for both Tamas Kadar
and Haris
Vučkić, who became the first
Hungarian and Slovenian-born players to represent Newcastle United (former
Magpies striker Imre Varadi was of Hungarian parentage but born in London).
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Waffle |
An entertaining night at SJP saw Newcastle retain their undefeated record
this season and come from behind to claim a place in the Third Round of the
Carling Cup.
Steven Taylor and Fabricio Coloccini were absent from the eighteen man party
selected by Chris Hughton, along with injured duo Andy Carroll and Joey
Barton. And a starting XI including debutants Nile Ranger and Tamas Kadar, plus
rookies Tim Krul and Kazenga LuaLua were deep in trouble after a crazy 12
minute period either side of half time in which five goals were scored.
But salvation was at hand, with Shola Ameobi coming off the bench to provide
support and an added forward threat to the isolated Ranger. Jonas Gutierrez
meanwhile was brought on to provide some threat and service down the left
flank that had been beyond a ragged LuaLua.
The introduction of that experience ultimately proved enough to dispose of
Lee Clark's hyped-up side, but a central defensive combination of Tamas
Kadar and recent loan arrival Danny Simpson soldiered on in front of Krul -
and just about managed to keep the Terriers at bay.
Evidence that our squad lacks the necessary depth and experience was laid
bare for all to see tonight - and that's before possible further sales and
the inevitable rising toll of injuries and suspensions kick in. Even before the transfer window closes though, there may well be fitness
issues for our interim management team to face, with Gutierrez and Ameobi
both limping out of the action tonight with respective hamstring & ankle
problems.
To the game then and the first 35 minutes gave little hint of what was to
follow, although United had created the majority of chances - Danny Guthrie
shooting wide, Geremi close with two headers from corners and Kevin Nolan
seeing his chipped effort ruled out for an earlier offside.
Guthrie opened the scoring but three remarkable minutes later though, Newcastle were behind. Town
counter -attacked from the restart and the in-form Robinson netted twice,
his side then coming close to a third goal
within as many minutes as United were left reeling.
United sacrificed Nicky Butt at half time for Ameobi, but he had
barely taken a touch when the Terriers extended their lead, Jordon Rhodes
leaving Krul and his defence red-faced as he shot home. Almost
immediately though Newcastle got a foothold back in the tie thanks to Geremi.
Parity was restored with 26 minutes remaining, when Ameobi pushed forward
into the area before falling under challenge from Andy Butler; getting up to
net his fifth goal of the season and first in this competition since 2004.
And the comeback was complete when Gutierrez won a free kick that was sent
over by Guthrie for Ameobi to head across goal and Kevin Nolan to finish
from close range. Some late pressure from Town saw a couple of corners forced during four
minutes of added time but no further scoring - a mighty relief to a United
side who by the end had seen Ameobi replaced by debutant teenager
Haris Vuckic and Gutierrez limp off, reducing them to ten men.
Once the result and the place in the next round are digested though, the
reality of our situation should be evident to anyone with half an idea of
running a football club. Whether that applies to our current custodians is
open to considerable question.
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