Newcastle v Barnsley – Match banter!
Posted on March 6th, 2010 | 164 Comments |
Newcastle entertain Barnsley, looking to take one step closer to equalling an unbeaten home record set 103 years ago when we won the First Division.
Three victories on the trot, should have the lads in good confidence although Barnsley can’t be taken for granted with decent scalps in their last two games against Cardiff and Blackpool. And of course they were worthy of the point down at Oakwell, in the reserve fixture when we were ultimately happy with the 2-2 draw.
That was a special day out regardless of the result with 7,000 Mags taking over areas of Barnsley town centre, and enjoying a day out reminiscent of days gone by when we used swamp smaller towns with black and white hordes. As then, yours truly will be in attendance today, amongst a crowd expected to tip towards the 50,000 mark with the Tykes having sold out their 2,800 allocation. Today’s game will be preceded by a minute’s applause for the passing of Charlie Crowe last weekend.
There’s no national TV coverage and there have been no reports coming through that it can be caught via online channels, but if anyone can find TV/radio links etc to the game for people who don’t have it, I’m sure that would be appreciated. As ever, this can be the place to come together during the match and p*ss and moan, as we usually do.
Great team news this week, for more about that read toonsy’s most excellent preview article to consider what both teams have to pick from, what Barnsley’s current form has been like and other general bits and pieces regarding today’s game. As for the starting line-up, we’ll hopefully get that to you, all in good time…
Howay the lads!
Newcastle United: Harper, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Enrique, Pancrate, Guthrie, Nolan, Jonas, Carroll, Lovenkrands.
Subs: Hall, R Taylor, Best, Krul, Kadar, Ranger, Butt.
Barnsley: Steele, Foster, Dickinson, Doyle, Teixeira, Colace, Hallfredsson, Hassell, Gray, De Silva.
Come on lads, think we’ll do them 3-0 today. West brom and forest both have tricky games today, could end up a great day for us.