12:49pm
Albion continued to enjoy a lot of possession and David took*just about everyone - bar Steve Elliot - by surprise on the quarter-hour. Barnes played the ball wide to the right-back close to the byline and, rather than cross, he unleashed a ferocious right-foot shot which the recalled keeper did well to cling on to above his head.
12:44pm
I just used a tweet from Lee Ryder, who covers Newcastle as chief sports writer at the Evening Chronicle.
12:42pm
Albion raised the volume levels around The Amex by going close in the ninth minute. David produced a great bit of skill to keep a crossfield pass in play tight to the byline and then beat his man. His deep cross picked out Dicker beyond the far post and the recalled midfielder managed to head the ball back across and seemingly goalbound until Perch nodded away from beneath his own crossbar.
12:36pm
Then room was created for Bridge to gallop forward down the left and get in a deep cross. Barnes headed it back at full stretch but he was offside when the ball then ricocheted back to him.
12:35pm
Albion's start could not have been much more encouraging. Hammond sent Mackail-Smith away down the right to get in a cross which*was blocked behind. Dicker and Orlandi worked a dangerous short corner which had Toon struggling to clear before Hammond skied a shot into the South Stand under pressure.
12:30pm
No change of ends. Albion go North to South in the first half.
12:27pm
Newcastle, badly hit by injuries, look to be lining up 4-2-3-1 with Shola Ameobi the focal point of their attack.
12:26pm
Team news and line-up were posted elsewhere on this site some time ago but*Ankergren is in goal for Albion - his first game since New Year's Eve last season - and Buckley and LuaLua are both among an array of attacking options on the bench.*
12:24pm
They are laying out the red carpet for the players at The Amex. Well, okay, it’s a black carpet with a Budweiser logo on it down by the tunnel. But there is a real big match feel here today. Just like last year – and indeed 1983 -* the Toon are in town on FA Cup day.
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Albion continued to enjoy a lot of possession and David took*just about everyone - bar Steve Elliot - by surprise on the quarter-hour. Barnes played the ball wide to the right-back close to the byline and, rather than cross, he unleashed a ferocious right-foot shot which the recalled keeper did well to cling on to above his head.
12:44pm
I just used a tweet from Lee Ryder, who covers Newcastle as chief sports writer at the Evening Chronicle.
12:42pm
Albion raised the volume levels around The Amex by going close in the ninth minute. David produced a great bit of skill to keep a crossfield pass in play tight to the byline and then beat his man. His deep cross picked out Dicker beyond the far post and the recalled midfielder managed to head the ball back across and seemingly goalbound until Perch nodded away from beneath his own crossbar.
12:36pm
Then room was created for Bridge to gallop forward down the left and get in a deep cross. Barnes headed it back at full stretch but he was offside when the ball then ricocheted back to him.
12:35pm
Albion's start could not have been much more encouraging. Hammond sent Mackail-Smith away down the right to get in a cross which*was blocked behind. Dicker and Orlandi worked a dangerous short corner which had Toon struggling to clear before Hammond skied a shot into the South Stand under pressure.
12:30pm
No change of ends. Albion go North to South in the first half.
12:27pm
Newcastle, badly hit by injuries, look to be lining up 4-2-3-1 with Shola Ameobi the focal point of their attack.
12:26pm
Team news and line-up were posted elsewhere on this site some time ago but*Ankergren is in goal for Albion - his first game since New Year's Eve last season - and Buckley and LuaLua are both among an array of attacking options on the bench.*
12:24pm
They are laying out the red carpet for the players at The Amex. Well, okay, it’s a black carpet with a Budweiser logo on it down by the tunnel. But there is a real big match feel here today. Just like last year – and indeed 1983 -* the Toon are in town on FA Cup day.
Original article