Archive for category: Andy Carroll.

They was robbed? Swansea 1 Newcastle 1.

February 13th, 2010 | 105 Comments |

Scored but shoulda been wearing a balaclava...
Scored but shoulda been wearing a balaclava...
The scoreline doesn’t even begin to tell the story, on a day when Newcastle United were outplayed and outfought by a Swansea City side, more determined and far more capable than their Magpie counterparts. And how we manged to nick a point at the death will remain a mystery to those who sat and watched the full 90 minutes.

With a number of injuries to contend with and still bedding in new recruits, Hughton nonetheless fielded a strong side against the Swans, with three changes from the Derby game. Colo came in for Williamson to partner Fitz Hall. Gutierrez didn’t even make the bench, allegedly due to an illness, with Smudger back in the middle of the park and Guthrie moving to the left. Leon Best was dropped for Lovenkrands and Hughton seemed to go for a 4-4-2 from where I was sitting, though Sky kept insisting it was a 4-5-1. (more…)

A tale of two halves for Newcastle’s Andy Carroll?

February 8th, 2010 | 224 Comments |

Back down to earth with a bump!
Back down to earth with a bump!
Newcastle’s Andy Carroll demonstrated his no-nonsense approach and was a handful all night for his opponents, who suffered from the striker’s ability in the air. With flailing elbows and brute force, the opposition was left nursing their wounds as Carroll strolled off triumphantly.

With an early brace to his name and having picked up the MOTM award…ah hang on, I’m getting my evenings confused, this isn’t a match report is it…

News coming in that Andy Carroll has been charged with assault following the ‘incident’ in Blu Bambu back in December. The striker is accused of attacking a bloke and though the various rumours differ in their descriptions, it’s always remained likely that he’d be getting charged for something. Whether it was handbags after cocktails or something a bit more serious should become clear fairly soon. (more…)

Newcastle United v Cardiff City match highlights video.

February 7th, 2010 | 25 Comments |

Goals, goals, goals!
Goals, goals, goals!
Video highlights from Newcastle’s 5-1 demolition of Cardiff City at St James’s Park on Friday evening.

Includes goals by Andy Carroll (2), Peter Lovenkrands (2), an own goal from Cardiff’s Gábor Gyepes, and finally, a last gasp consolation goal from Cardiff’s Aaron Wildig.

For Bowburnmag’s full NUFC Blog match report click here.
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Nolan and Carroll issue rallying call.

January 25th, 2010 | 27 Comments |

Carroll: "Raring to go for Palace".
Carroll: "Raring to go for Palace".
Good words today coming from two of our players, Andy Carrol and Kevin Nolan, with both of them saying the best thing to get over a defeat is another game, and that comes in the shape of Newcastle United’s home encounter with Crystal Palace on Wednesday evening.

Both lads are understandably annoyed with being eliminated from the FA Cup on Saturday, but are determined that it won’t affect The Toon’s promotion push and are seeking to use the defeat as a springboard to pick up the teams league form. Scouse Nolan said:

“Going out (of the cup) is a blow, but we can only look to our next game.”

“The fans were great at West Brom and that can only drive us on, as can this result.”

“We are still top of the league and we’ve got to finish off the job. This can inspire us to do that. We’re going for it.”

With the injury to Shola Ameobi, the onus could now be on Andy Carroll to help score the goals to keep us top of the league. His 2 goals on Saturday were excellent, and could be just the confidence boost the Gateshead born hitman has needed. Speaking of ending his 3 month goal drought, Carroll said: (more…)