Newcastle United v Bolton Wanderers match banter!
Posted on February 26th, 2011 | 76 Comments |
Of course, it will not be forgotten by most readers that the Magpies were comprehensively beaten by five goals to one in this season’s first match with the “Trotters”, something that the Magpies will no doubt be aiming to be put behind them in today’s encounter. However in the world of stats, and possibly omens, this game kicks off at 3PM on a Saturday afternoon. The last time Newcastle won a game that kicked off at this time, a time which used to be thought of as the norm for most football league games, was way back was way back on 23 August 2008, when, you guessed it, Newcastle beat Bolton 1-0 with a Michael Owen goal. That would do nicely!
For pre match quotes from respective managers, Alan Pardew and Owen Coyle, team news and all the usual stuff, please check out Hugh de Payen’s most admirable match preview. Just to add a couple of bits to that though, on the team news front, Peter Lovenkrands may be out with a minor thigh muscle strain, though that is not confirmed properly. Secondly, motormouthed manager, Alan Pardew, has had more to say on the upcoming game, assuring fans that it won’t be a repeat of the last Trotter’s stampede.
Looking back at that last encounter, he said:
“I’ve watched that game and it’s one we could have lost by more goals
“I think that on the day, Bolton were the much better team, but this is a different day, and the team has an assurance about it, especially defensively. That should make it a much tougher task for Bolton.”
Despite the wide margin of Bolton’s victory in the last game, the clubs are almost as close as they can be in the current Premiership table, with only a point to separate eighth placed Bolton from ninth placed Newcastle on 35 and 36 points respectively. On this Pardew added:
“I look at Bolton as a big game for both clubs.
“We can jump two points ahead of them and they could go four points ahead of us, so it’s a big game in terms of the season.
“So it’s a big game in terms of the season, they’ve got some good players, the squad is thicker than ours in terms of quality – there’s no doubt about that – and that’s where we should be.”
Finally, Pardew concluded:
“They are having a good season on the back of it, but we think it’s a crucial game and we will try our best to win it”.
When the official team sheets are finally announced, we shall of course endeavour to get them on here as soon as possible.
Howay the Lads!
Venue: St James’s Park, Newcastle.
Kick Off: Saturday, 26th February, 2011.
Referee: C Foy.
Teams
Newcastle United: Steve Harper; Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique; Joey Barton, Cheick Tiote, Kevin Nolan, Jonas Gutierrez; Leon Best, Peter Lovenkrands.
Subs: Tim Krul, James Perch, Sol Campbell, Steven Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Nile Ranger, Shefki Kuqi.
Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, Robinson, Cahill, Wheater, Alonso, Elmander, Holden, Muamba, Petrov, Sturridge, K Davies.
Subs: Bogdan, Steinsson, M Davies, Taylor, Klasnic, Rodrigo, Chung-Yong.
Poll.
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