CaliMag Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 We went to the top of the table after beating the Arse at Highbury 3-1. One of SBR's greatest results breaking a four year dry spell for us in London. Coming from a goal down (and a seemingly endless barrage of Kanu misses) we beat the arrogant red cockney scum. Shearer scored from a pen after Parlour got sent off. Bellamy later got sent off. O'Brien scored (disbelievingly) from a corner and Robert got the last with a one-on-one with the keeper during a counter. Good times... may they return soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stormrider Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 they will hopefully.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Remember that match well. In a funny sort of way it seems like it wasn't that long ago but then again, so much has changed at the club. For the worse, generally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 ...Although i doubt it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kenton Magpie Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Ah memories! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1711251.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 although they needed a big helping hand from referee Graham Poll. Fuck off did we. Another case of a London paper siding with a London team. bluedead.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 We scored our final two goals when it was 10v10 so we won it fair and square anyway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Newcastle: Given, Hughes, O'Brien, Dabizas, Elliott, Dyer, Solano, Bernard, Speed, Shearer, Bellamy. Subs: Harper, Lua-Lua, McClen, Distin, Robert. the sad thing about it is that team is no better than we have now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 although they needed a big helping hand from referee Graham Poll. Fuck off did we. Another case of a London paper siding with a London team. bluedead.gif The media coverage of this game was atrocious. Just before the match started the commentators were going on about how Arsenal were going to go top of the table after the game and had a discussion about how they were going to be able to stay there above Liverpool and ManUre... f*ckers. We only had a player advantage for something like 15 minutes and we were level when Robert got the third goal... but from the media you would think the ref handed us the game and sent off half of Arse's players. This game prompted SBR to say that Arse (and Arsene) needed to learn how to lose gracefully because they acted like spoiled bairns after the match. I think Arsene refused to shake SBR's hand or sommat (?). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1715000/images/_1718487_newcastle_celeb300.jpg OB! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Shows how good Sir Bob was with us when you look at the team put out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Newcastle: Given, Hughes, O'Brien, Dabizas, Elliott, Dyer, Solano, Bernard, Speed, Shearer, Bellamy. Subs: Harper, Lua-Lua, McClen, Distin, Robert. the sad thing about it is that team is no better than we have now It was then. Hughes was a very consistent right-back and that was the year that O'Brien was fairly solid. Dabizas blew hot and cold but was rock hard at times. Elliott, fair enough, average as ever. Dyer/Solano - dynamite. Speed, veteran - spine of the team, he held it together more than Shearer did in my opinion. Shearer/Bellamy was a good partnership n'all. Daft comment really, Invicta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 although they needed a big helping hand from referee Graham Poll. Fuck off did we. Another case of a London paper siding with a London team. bluedead.gif The media coverage of this game was atrocious. Just before the match started the commentators were going on about how Arsenal were going to go top of the table after the game and had a discussion about how they were going to be able to stay there above Liverpool and ManUre... f*ckers. We only had a player advantage for something like 15 minutes and we were level when Robert got the third goal... but from the media you would think the ref handed us the game and sent off half of Arse's players. This game prompted SBR to say that Arse (and Arsene) needed to learn how to lose gracefully because they acted like spoiled bairns after the match. I think Arsene refused to shake SBR's hand or sommat (?). there's nothing new about commentators assuming Arsenal etc are going to win a game, it happened this very weekend in fact it's just sad when people try to paint it as a regioanl bias Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Newcastle: Given, Hughes, O'Brien, Dabizas, Elliott, Dyer, Solano, Bernard, Speed, Shearer, Bellamy. Subs: Harper, Lua-Lua, McClen, Distin, Robert. the sad thing about it is that team is no better than we have now It was then. Hughes was a very consistent right-back and that was the year that O'Brien was fairly solid. Dabizas blew hot and cold but was rock hard at times. Elliott, fair enough, average as ever. Dyer/Solano - dynamite. Speed, veteran - spine of the team, he held it together more than Shearer did in my opinion. Shearer/Bellamy was a good partnership n'all. Daft comment really, Invicta. don't agree at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Newcastle: Given, Hughes, O'Brien, Dabizas, Elliott, Dyer, Solano, Bernard, Speed, Shearer, Bellamy. Subs: Harper, Lua-Lua, McClen, Distin, Robert. the sad thing about it is that team is no better than we have now It was then. Hughes was a very consistent right-back and that was the year that O'Brien was fairly solid. Dabizas blew hot and cold but was rock hard at times. Elliott, fair enough, average as ever. Dyer/Solano - dynamite. Speed, veteran - spine of the team, he held it together more than Shearer did in my opinion. Shearer/Bellamy was a good partnership n'all. Daft comment really, Invicta. don't agree at all Sorry, Sir Bob was a legend, but he's not the sole reason that we finished 4th and 3rd consecutively with that team... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 YG, how do you think Sir Bob would do with the team Roeder has now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 YG, how do you think Sir Bob would do with the team Roeder has now? That Sir Bob back then, we'd be up there - without a doubt. Probably Top 6, definitely not Top 4. The defense we had back then was better than the one we've got now (imo), and he couldn't really sort that one out. He wouldn't do with ours and that's probably what would be holding us back. We'd be scoring more goals, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iklgizmo Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 i switched the radio off when we went a goal down cos i didnt want to listen to usgetting slaughtered. Didnt find out till the next day what had hapened. Ive never made that mistake again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Newcastle: Given, Hughes, O'Brien, Dabizas, Elliott, Dyer, Solano, Bernard, Speed, Shearer, Bellamy. Subs: Harper, Lua-Lua, McClen, Distin, Robert. the sad thing about it is that team is no better than we have now True, apart from the strikers. Shearer was just about on top of his game at the time, as was bellamy, as much as i like oba. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Newcastle: Given, Hughes, O'Brien, Dabizas, Elliott, Dyer, Solano, Bernard, Speed, Shearer, Bellamy. Subs: Harper, Lua-Lua, McClen, Distin, Robert. the sad thing about it is that team is no better than we have now It was then. Hughes was a very consistent right-back and that was the year that O'Brien was fairly solid. Dabizas blew hot and cold but was rock hard at times. Elliott, fair enough, average as ever. Dyer/Solano - dynamite. Speed, veteran - spine of the team, he held it together more than Shearer did in my opinion. Shearer/Bellamy was a good partnership n'all. Daft comment really, Invicta. correct. Plus Shearer was fantastic that season, probably 2nd best player in the entire League (I remember The Indepedent kept a track of player ratings that year, Shearer and Henry finished joint top, way ahead of anyone else). Also Bellamy complemented him perfectly, so the front two were even greater than the sum of their parts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I remember dancing around my living room like a fool that night, what a fucking match. Still think that squad was worse than we have now, but that was a team without European commitments (which take a huge toll), without masses of injuries to key, key players and massively high on confidence at that particular time. Undoubtedly SBR was a better manager than what we have now as well. Would also venture that the league wasn't as strong then as it is now, also. Chelsea have moved on miles since then, as have the likes of Tottenham, Liverpool, Everton, Bolton and Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest makemeacupoftea Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 What was the table looking like after we beat arsenal ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 It just got better though, a few days later we beat Leeds 4-3 at Elland Road after being 3-1 down. Best feeling as a toon fan i've ever had after that game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest makemeacupoftea Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 ok what was the table looking like after we raped leeds? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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