West Bromwich Albion vs Newcastle United
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Who won: Newcastle 3-0
Newcastle United beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0 on Sunday, October 30, 2005 at The Hawthorns. Goals for Newcastle: Michael Owen (46', 78') and Alan Shearer (80').
Play by play
- 91'
FULL-TIME: Tough on West Brom, but Newcastle's revival goes on. Owen and Emre were superb, as was Parker.
- 90'
The game is drifting to its inevitable conclusion; both sides have been content to see out the game following Newcastle's second and third goals.
- 89'
UGLY! Ramage breaks down the right wing, cuts the ball back to Shearer, but the Newcastle legend shanks his shot horribly.
- 88'
West Brom, meanwhile, are about to suffer their fourth home defeat of the season; they are conceding far too many goals, and Robson desperately needs to address the problem if his side are to stay up.
- 87'
This will be Newcastle's third win inside seven days as they climb the table following their dreadful start to the season.
- 86'
Dyer's introduction has sparked Newcastle, and it will be a real boost for Souness to have the pacy midfielder back from injury.
- 85'
Newcastle still look a bit sloppy at the back; there is no real danger of West Brom scoring - they aren't playing with any real conviction at the moment - but Souness will still be angry with his back four.
- 84'
Newcastle enjoy a spell of keep-ball, knocking the ball around in front of the West Brom defence with some confidence.
- 83'
The Newcastle fans are in great voice now; "Are you Sunderland in disguise?" they ask.
- 82'
Shearer wins a free-kick decision when he and Moore tumble to the grass on the half-way line. The Newcastle skipper wants to take the free-kick quickly - he wants a fourth.
- 81'
The scoreline is tough on West Brom, who have threatened on numerous occasions; they could, and probably should, have equalised when the game was at 1-0. They didn't, and Newcastle have punished them.
- 80'
I think we can say with some certainty that that's game over. It's only Shearer's second league goal of the season, and his first at the Hawthorns.
- 79'
GOAL! Shearer slides in to turn home Ramage's cross from the right wing.
- 78'
SUB: Boumsong off, Bramble on for Newcastle. Boumsong appeared to have an injury; he was limping as he left the field.
- 78'
That goal should clinch the game, although West Brom have had much of the better of the last twenty minutes or so.
- 77'
GOAL! Dyer sprints to the by-line after being found by Shearer's reverse pass; he cuts the ball to the near post where Owen clips it in to the roof of the net.
- 77'
Emre has such good strength; he very rarely loses the ball when challenged, and his distribution is usually very clever and precise.
- 76'
Ellington was top-scorer for Wigan three years in succession; I wonder how he feels about his former club's start to the season?
- 75'
SUB: Ellington replaces Kanu for West Brom. The former Wigan striker comes on as Robson searches desperately for an equaliser.
- 74'
Inamoto does well to nick the ball off Emre as the Turkish midfielder made a rare burst forward.
- 73'
Dyer is playing on the left side of Newcastle's midfield, but he is a lot narrower than N'Zogbia and is giving Emre and Parker some defensive support.
- 72'
Shearer controls Solano's clearance wonderfully to buy his side some time.
- 71'
This will be a tricky final twenty minutes for Newcastle; West Brom are usually very strong in the second half and the fans will be right behind them.
- 70'
SUB: Dyer replaces N'Zogbia for Newcastle. Dyer will give his side plenty of pace and energy as they try to see out the game.
- 69'
Emre curls a free-kick in to the area. Taylor attempts to steal in behind the West Brom defence, but he can only put his header high over the bar.
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