Newcastle United Football Club - The Unofficial Website

News Squad Results Fixtures Opinion Standings Links Reek of the Week Guestbook Multimedia Noarlunga United Match Report
Humbled by the Best

                       Manchester United     5......
                                         Cole '14, '45, '56, '61
                                         Giggs '80
                       Newcastle United       1.....................
                                        Berg (o.g) '31

Half time, 1-1, we were in with a shout. I'm not sure what Steve Clark said, but whatever it was, it was outdone 10 times over by Sir Alex Ferguson, whose charges blew Newcastle off the park in the second half. 14 minutes gone, Andy Cole, once a Newcastle player himself of course, played a lovely little one two with Scholes before finishing in the bottom left corner. The travelling Toon Army had something to cheer about after 31 minutes, when Dyer broke well and released Barton down the right. His cross into the box was dangerous, and Berg, under pressure from Duncan Ferguson, finished brilliantly. There was more drama before half time when Paul Scholes put the ball in the net with his hand, thankfully this time the ref didn't let it go. Newcastle supporters could have risked a little optimisim going into the second half. 1-1 at Old Trafford, maybe we'd sneak a point or even all 3. But Cole soon put an end to that, when a long ball from Stam found Cole running with Dabizas, out muscled the Greek and fired past keeper Tommy Wright. Dabizas is outraged, claiming he was pushed off the ball, and takes his protests way too far, getting himself sent off for protesting. He hadn't even been booked previously. 11 minutes later and it was Cole once again. A lovely ball from Giggs, who outpaced Aaron Hughes who was marking him and finished expertly. It took only a further 5 minutes for Cole to claim his fourth. Neville played the ball in, and once again Cole turned and finished brilliantly. The rout was complete 10 minutes from time when Giggs squeezed a shot in from a very tight angle. The probable arrival of Bobby Robson couldn't come soon enough for the Geordies, who will now be languishing bottom in the premiership.