THE DIFFERENCE........PADEW V MoN
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Thats all very nice for you but was just waiting on billof to reply. These things r true but isnt it now 2 in 14 or summit for your boys now. I prefer the 4-1 and 5-1s of course n was only 6 wen Rowell world famous hat trick was scored. But there is no doubt in last 20 yearss the big lads Av a far better record in derbies and football results in general. Yes?
Or just i thought u wanted facts. I give you not exact facts but the general picture and u dont respond cos u know i am correct. Good night plum suckas
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Apart from that little lassie getting murdered.
Who was that Irish lad in goal for you that night?
Billy, wassent that the lad who won his only medal with Sunderland, and won nowt since, or am I mistaken. and we only had him on loan.
Quite simple really the difference between the real deal and a pretender. The clues were in the way they handled themselves during the game and in after match interviews, pardrew is in awh of O'Neill and is always waiting to get found out.
Didn't MON lie about a dressing room vist and was publicly pulled up on it by our assistant manager. Then rather than have a customary glass of wine, he high tailed it out of Newcastle directly after his interview. Classy.
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Well I've kept out of this so far but Parsnips relegation record does precede him.
On his CV forever.
On his CV forever.
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It's on the majority of our playing staffs cv too mate. Means nowt now. Same players, doing the job they should of been doing 4 year ago.
Absolutely. Derby is done for another season. No need to take snipes at each other. Both have bigger fish to fry.
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Dramatic Shearer penalty miss means Quinn emerges the derby hero after all
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John Wardle at St. James's Park
The Observer, Sunday 19 November 2000 21.04 GMT
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The Derby which means more than any other Premiership game to Newcastle United supporters is proving to be a cruel experience for Alan Shearer.
Last season, manager Ruud Gullit famously left out Shearer against Sunderland and Newcastle lost 2-1. Yesterday, the Newcastle captain was guilty of a rare and extremely costly failure from the penalty spot and the outcome was identical.
But, as manager Bobby Robson insisted in the dressing room, there was no necessity for the apology offered by Shearer. His 82nd-minute spot-kick was not as decisive as usual, but it still required an excellent save from Thomas Sorensen to seal Sunderland's victory.
Even Sunderland manager Peter Reid feared the worst as Shearer stepped up. 'He's normally deadly,' said Reid. 'I thought we were heading for an exciting 10 minutes at the end, but Thomas pulled off a magnificent save. He showed he's a top-class keeper.'
Sorensen certainly won't need to buy any drinks on Wearside in the foreseeable future, although grateful supporters will have to get in the queue behind Niall Quinn. His reckless challenge on Robert Lee gifted the penalty, but Sorensen's save ensured the Quinn's winning goal will be remembered long after his foul is forgotten.
Quinn, frustrated for much of the match by 20-year-old Steve Caldwell, directed a 12-yard header beyond keeper Shay Given in the 75th minute. The goal capped a Sunderland revival which was started when Don Hutchison - a Newcastle fan as a youngster - cancelled out an early goal by Gary Speed. The sequence was the same as last season's meeting which led to the swift departure of Gullit, although this is an immensely superior Newcastle line-up and hence a more valid success by Peter Reid's team.
Reid said: 'My players showed tremendous character because we had to dig deep to get a foothold. I know it's still just three points, but it's a fantastic result for our fans.'
More than 19,000 of those Sunderland fans watched the game beamed back to the Stadium of Light, but it was the 3,000 inside St. James' Park who contributed much to the occasion, including an ironic chant of 'Shearer... Shearer' towards the end. St James' Park crowds have too often been of the prawn cocktail variety this season, but this was different. A stadium which is usually only half-occupied 10 minutes before the start was full yesterday.
The prelude to the kick-off was sufficient to underline the importance of a North East derby to players from outside the region - and there were plenty of those yesterday. Newcastle included just one local in Shearer, while Sunderland possessed two in Michael Gray and Hutchison. But the fevered atmosphere and the crowd's delirious reaction to the opening goal from Speed soon indicated this was no ordinary match.
Speed's goal represented the perfect start for Newcastle, yet it should have been even better because the Welsh captain sliced a shot wide from an excellent position after a mere 18 seconds. Sunderland did not learn from that. Three minutes later, Speed thumped a header against a post from Nol Solano's cross and, while grounded, hooked the rebound past keeper Thomas Sorensen for his fourth goal of the season.
Speed was pivotal in an opening half-hour when Newcastle's slicker passing and fluidity too often made Sunderland appear predictable. And Speed twice went close to further goals when his 11th-minute header was smartly saved by Sorensen and a 20-yard shot drifted wide.
Sunderland's response to their early difficulties was relayed through Quinn - notably a ninth-minute lob was turned over by Irish team-mate Shay Given.
Otherwise, it was a largely frustrating half for Reid's team and it prompted the manager to sacrifice defender Chris Makin for winger Julio Arca after 68 minutes. The effect was immediate - Phillips escaped Hughes and his cross was turned in by Hutchison at the far post.
Solano hit the post from a free-kick before Sunderland broke and Quinn met Gray's left-wing cross to beat Given with a fine header.
'You could throw 60 at Quinn from the same position and he wouldn't hit the target,' said Robson, failing to disguise his misery. 'I'm very sad, very low - I thought we would win this one. I was very confident. Alan thinks he cost us the game, but he doesn't need to apologise. This was one penalty he wouldn't want to miss. He won't be feeling too happy tonight.'
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We were on about the 99 season in the pissing rain when Phillips scored and gullit got the bullet. Tommy wright was in goal.
