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2-1 to our boys.
bartlett scores for charlton in the 30min, only for.....wait for it......ANDY GRIFFIN to equalize 7 minutes later. Robert gets off his rear to score in the 59th, and its game, set, match to the toon.
geordienation
26 Oct 2002, 12:35 PM
THERE'S ONLY ONE ANDY GRIFFIN!!!
Come now, how many times did we think we'd be singing THAT this year?!?!?!?!?!
Up the table we go. Currently 8th, pending tommorrow's results.
Newcastle United _2 _1 _Charlton Athletic
0-1 - Shaun Bartlett (30)
1-1 - Andrew Griffin (37)
2-1 - Laurent Robert (59)
geordienation
26 Oct 2002, 12:37 PM
And, finally, a positive goal differential.
6 Middlesbrough 18 (+7)
7 Blackburn Rovers 18 (+5)
8 Newcastle United 16 (+1)
9 Fulham 15 (+4)
10 Leeds United 14 (+1)
greenie
26 Oct 2002, 03:11 PM
Yeah, well, GRIFFIN! Holy crap. Damn near dropped my coffee when they announced that while I was watching Liverpool-Blackburn this morning.
And thanks to bungling at the top of the table, we sit only 3 points out of 3rd place with a game in hand.
Not to parade an overused phrase, but... the season starts here.
CrewToon
27 Oct 2002, 08:05 PM
nice win...
too bad the match with Ukranians is Tuesday...
A win vs. Kiev puts the lads back in thick of Champs League
Wide Boy
28 Oct 2002, 07:18 AM
The lads will be fine on Tuesday.
Saturday was a very good team performance, marred slightly by giving away a soft goal - both O'Brien and Bramble at fault.
Generally, the standard of play was good. While I usually shudder watching Shola Ameobi play for us, I thought Saturday was the best performance I have seen from him.
We scored two excellent goals and had many other close misses.
Now that Robert has got his first goal, and generally played well throughout, I think we will see him back to last season's form. If Lua Lua isn't fit, I would like to see him support Shearer up front on Tuesday, with Viana coming in on the left side of midfield.