13.04.2019… WBA v Preston…

West Bromwich Albion 4 Preston North End 1

The Hawthorns… Saturday April 13th… 3pm

Attendance: 25,088

Ticket: £20 – Programme: £3.50

A comfortable afternoon for the home side at the Hawthorns…

A hat-trick from Dwight Gayle all but ending any hopes that Preston may have had of making the play-offs in the process…

Pre Match: The Players Warm Up….

Second Half: West Brom Press…

West Bromwich Albion; Johnstone, Dawson (YC), Hegazi (Adarabioyo 52), Bartley, Holgate, Livermore (YC) (Phillips 70), Brunt, Johansen, Gibbs (Townsend 61), Rodriguez, Gayle

Not Used; Robson-Kanu, Bond, Harper, Murphy

Goals; Gayle (17, 31, 71), Rodriguez (43)

Preston North End; Rudd, Fisher (YC), Storey, Davies, Earl, Ledson, Nmecha, Browne (Ginnelly 87), Johnson, Gallagher (Robinson 42), Stockley (Maguire 45) 

Not Used; Moult, Crowe, Rafferty, Huntington

Goals; Robinson (90+1)

As usual, more pictures to follow on flickr…

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12.04.2019… Leicester (a)…

Leicester City 0 Newcastle United 1

King Power Stadium… Friday April 12th… 8pm

Attendance: 32,108

Ticket: £36 – Programme: £3.50

Safety all but secured at the King Power for the second successive season…

Ayoze Perez heading a deserved first half winner from a Matt Ritchie cross..

1-0… Approaching Half Time…

Second Half: Newcastle Defend a Corner…

Leicester City; Schmeichel (YC), Ricardo Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Ndidi (Mendy 72), Gray (Iheanacho 72), Tielemans (YC), Maddison, Barnes (Albrighton 80), Vardy

Not Used; Evans, Ward, Okazaki, Fuchs

Goals; None

Newcastle United; Dubravka, Manquillo (YC), Schar (YC), Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Perez, Hayden, Ki Sung-yueng (YC) (Diame 82), Almiron (Atsu 78), Rondon

Not Used; Shelvey, Muto, Fernandez, Yedlin, Darlow

Goals; Perez (32)

As usual, more pictures to follow on flickr…

10.04.2019… Sheff Utd (h)…

Birmingham City 1 Sheffield United 1

St Andrew’s…Wednesday April 10th… 7.45pm

Attendance: 22,351

Ticket: £25 – Programme: £3

A decent performance, a decent point, and a little closer to safety (for the scond time, followng the points deduction) on an unseasonally cold night at St. Andrew’s…

Enda Stevens gave the Blades the lead in the first half but it was short lived, Michael Morrison equalising four minutes later…

First Half: Birmingham Defend a Sheffield United Free Kick…

Preparing to Start the Second Half…

Birmingham City; Camp, Colin, Morrison, Dean, Pedersen, Mahoney (Jota 60), Davis (YC) (C.Gardner 83), G.Gardner, Maghoma, Adams, Jutkiewicz

Not Used; Roberts, Vassell, Mrabti, Trueman, Harding

Goals; Morrison (42)

Sheffield United; Henderson, Basham, Egan, Cranie (Dowell 60), Baldock, Norwood, Fleck, Stevens, Duffy (Madine 60), Sharp, McGoldrick

Not Used; Hogan, Coutts, Freeman, Stearman, Moore

Goals; Stevens (38)

As usual, more pictures to follow on flickr…

06.04.2019… Palace (h)…

Newcastle United 0 Crystal Palace 1

St. James’ Park… Saturday April 6th… 3pm

Attendance: 51,926

Ticket: £33 – Programme: £3

A first home league defeat of the year against Roy Hodgson’s Eagles, and a frustrating one. Salomon Rondon had a first half goal disallowed, Florian Lejeune being stretchered off with another suspected cruciate ligament injury…

Newcastle created the bulk of the chances, amassing 18 shots (5 on goal) in total, but lost to Palace’s only shot on target. A late penalty, won by Wilfried Zaha and converted by Luka Milivojevic….

Still stuck on 35 points, almost there, but not quite…

First Half: A Newcastle Corner…

Second Half: Palace Run Down the Clock…

Newcastle United; Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune (Dummett 65), Ritchie (Atsu 90), Perez, Hayden (YC), Ki Sung-yueng (Shelvey 79), Almiron, Rondon

Not Used; Muto, Fernandez, Manquillo, Darlow

Goals; None

Crystal Palace; Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Kelly (YC), Tomkins (Dann 73), van Aanholt, Townsend (Kouyate 85), McArthur, Milivojevic, Schlupp, Batshuayi (Benteke 65 (YC)), Zaha

Not Used; Ward, Hennessey, Ayew, Woods

Goals; Milivojevic (81 pen)

As usual, more pictures to follow on flickr…