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smoggies (h) Totesport.com League Northern Division
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Date: Monday
12th April 2010, 2pm Venue: Whitley Park Conditions: glorious |
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Newcastle Reserves |
smoggies |
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0 - 1 |
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| Half time: | 0 - 0 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
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Grounds (69) 
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Teams |
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Johnson |
Ripley |
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Godsmark for Baheng (56) McCrudden for Edmundsson (70) Spear for Ranger (79) |
Baxendale for Somma (40) S.Jones for Milne (46) Booker for Turner (75) |
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| Subs not used: | ||
| D.Taylor |
Smith Weldon Brobbel K.Edwards Roushias |
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| Bookings: | ||
| Donaldson | Booker | |
| Dismissals: | ||
| None | None | |
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Referee: P.Davison |
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Attendance:
374
 suffering in the sunshine Thanks to Jonathon Friel for the photo) |
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Goals |
Half time: Mags 0 smogs 0
69 mins Grounds header 0-1
Full time: Mags 0 smogs 1
We Said |
Coach Alan Thompson commented:
"I just said to them that I know it is a difficult pitch, but half
of this game is about desire and running around. If you do that you have a
much better chance of winning football matches.
“We threw a couple of lads on at the end in Aaron Spear and Michael McCrudden and they gave us everything. They haven’t got much physical presence - but a bit of heart can make a lot of difference.
“Max did great and, to be fair to him, he hasn’t played a lot of football in the last year or two because of the standard of players we’ve got at the football club. We’re delighted for him and I told him he had done well.”
Waffle |
It's now four successive defeats
for Newcastle's reserve side and no goal in three outings, after their Boro
rivals completed a double against them in a rearranged game at a sunny Whitley
Park on Monday afternoon.
After three seasons of occasional bench duty, Magpies goalkeeper Max Johnson was
handed his debut at this level by reserve coach Alan Thompson.
However after making a good stop in the first half, Johnson was unable to
prevent Jonathan Grounds from netting with a close range header from a corner on
69 minutes - the full back also having scored the winner when the sides met at
the Riverside last October.
Despite some late pressure from United though, no equaliser came and the result
was enough to return the visitors back to the top of the table.