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mackems (h) U23 Premier League Division Two
| Date: Monday August 20th 2018, 7pm Venue: St. James' Park Conditions: Triumphant |
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Newcastle U23s |
mackem U23s |
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| 5 - 0 |
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| Half time: | 2 - 0 | ||
| Score Sheet: | |||
(18) Bailey
(22) Roberts
(58) Charman
(70) Charman
(84) Sorensen |
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Teams |
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Woodman |
Johnstone |
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| Substitutes: | |||
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(52) Wilson for Allan |
Diamond for Connolly (46) Kimpioka for Shields (61) Storey for Hume (71) |
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| Subs not used: | |||
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Walters |
Patterson Bale |
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| Bookings: | |||
| Roberts |
Robson Embleton |
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| Dismissals: | |||
| None | None | ||
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Referee: Glen Hart |
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Attendance: 3,381 including about 200 away followers in the North West Corner. |
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Goals |
18 mins
Bailey deflection. 1-0
22mins Roberts
shot. 2-0
Half time: Magpies 2 mackems 0
58mins Charman
shot. 3-0
70mins Charman
shot. 4-0
84mins Sorensen
shot. 5-0
Full time: Magpies 5 mackems 0
We said |
Ben Dawson (who
was accompanied on the bench by Steve Harper, following his appointment as Lead
Academy goalkeeping coach):
"We had probably a five-minute blip at the end of the first
half, which I wasn't best pleased with, but for 85 minutes of the game I thought
we were terrific.
"Everything that we'd asked of them pre-match - focus, intensity, enthusiasm - and then the quality on top of that, I thought was evident for really large spells of the game.
"It was a perfect night for it in terms of the atmosphere, the pitch, everything about the night - and then the performance just made it extra special.
"We said last year when we played them in the Premier League International Cup it was about the game and not the occasion. It's important that you have passion and you compete, but at the same time you have to have game intelligence and I thought we got a good balance of that tonight.
"I thought it was the best I've seen Luke Charman for a long time. I thought Sean (Longstaff) worked his socks off. We asked him and Luke to play a little bit closer than they did on Monday and I thought they combined well.
"The wide lads - Callum (Roberts), Tommy (Allan), Adam (Wilson) made a difference when he came on - were backed up solidly by the two lads in the middle, the two centre-backs and the full-backs joining in when they were needed.
"We have got good competition for places, a good honest group, and they all seem to have a desire and a hunger to improve and be better."
Waffle |
Following a 1-1 draw at West Bromwich
Albion last week, Newcastle's second string began their home league campaign by
walloping the mackems at St.
James' Park on Monday night.
In front of over 3,000 fans, the hosts dominated from the first whistle and
came close to opening the scoring three times in the opening ten minutes - Sean
Longstaff attempting to lob the visiting 'keeper and Callum Roberts twice
firing just wide from close in.
An opening goal arrived in the 18th minute when a Roberts
free-kick was headed onto the crossbar by Stefan O'Connor, the ball bouncing down
and deflecting off Owen Bailey into the Leazes net.
And it was Roberts who got a quick second with a great finish
after Jamie Sterry found him in the box with a right wing cross. Roberts
took a touch and then cracked home low inside the far post.
He then had the chance to make it 3-0 four minutes after the break when
through one-on-one with the 'keeper, only to go for power and blast wide.
A rare mackem foray into our box after 54 minutes ended with Luke Molyneux
volleying harmlessly wide, in the direction of the small travelling section
housed in part of the North West Corner.
The home side were out of sight within five minutes, Sterry's trickery finding
Longstaff on the right flank and his superb cross tucked in by striker Luke
Charman.
Charman got a second on 70 minutes, picking the ball up when overlapping down the left and
advancing to tuck the ball past exposed 'keeper, Max Johnstone.
Elias Sorensen then completed the scoring with six minutes of normal
time left, lashing home an inviting left wing cross from fellow substitute Adam
Wilson to seal Newcastle's largest U23 league victory since 2014 (which was a
5-0 success against Aston Villa at Gallowgate).
By then Matty Longstaff had also arrived from the bench, appearing alongside
elder brother, Sean in a competitive match at this level for the first time.
Welcome though this victory was, the poorness of the visiting side helped to us
to fill our boots - and with up to five of our starting lineup set to leave on loan
this month, normal service may soon be restored.
Biffa
Tyne-wear Derbies - PL Reserve League:
2018/19 won 5-0 Bailey, Roberts,
Charman 2, Sorensen
2012/13 drew 2-2 Inman, Campbell
2011/12 drew 3-3 Obertan, Gosling, Donaldson
2008/09 lost 1-2 Godsmark
2007/08 lost 1-3 og (KP)
2005/06 won 3-2 Finnigan, Carroll, Smylie (KP)
2004/05 drew 1-1 Guy (KP)
2003/04 won 3-1 Ferrell 2, Guy
2002/03 lost 0-1 (GS)
2001/02 lost 2-4 English, McMenamin (KP)
2000/01 lost 0-1 (KP)
1999/00 won 3-1 McMahon, Robinson, Gall (KP)
(All played at SJP except GS=Gateshead Stadium, KP=Kingston
Park)