It really is game on this time as Newcastle get that game in hand out of the way this evening by visiting Birmingham City.
The original match was due to be played back in December, but Mother Nature and Jack Frost combined to make some sweet snowy love all over the St Andrews pitch at a most inconvenient time which left the ground staff very little time to be able to clear up the mess.
I had a seat for that game, albeit I was supposed to be sitting in one of the posh executive boxes where I could lord it over everyone, but it wasn’t to be and as soon as the game was confirmed as being a midweek fixture it kind of ruled out my attendance. Toonsy can only come out to play on the weekend usually.
Anyway, enough faffing on, there is a match about to get underway!
It’s going to be a tough game for sure, but Newcastle are adept at pulling off a result and can beat anyone on their day. Birmingham will be an awkward team to play against and they are hard to beat, but so are Blackburn and we panned them for most of the game at the weekend.
The game is not scheduled for live TV broadcast in the UK, although Sky Sports will be showing extended highlights from 10:15pm on Sky Sports 1 if you fancy watching that. If, like me, you’ll be wanting to watch the game live then I could have some good news. MyP2P seem to have a pretty long list of available streams, although, and I always stress this, there is no guarantee that any of them will work.
If one does work then fine, brilliant, please feel free to share it with the rest of us by leaving a link in the comments section below.
If you haven’t already done so, or if you just fancy having another read, you can have a ponder over match preview where you can take in some match stats, form, injury news and possible team selection by clicking here.
That’s about it really. Hopefully Newcastle can pick up another point tonight to keep us ticking over nicely, although I wouldn’t mind all three if the truth be told. The most important thing though, in my mind, is making sure that we don’t lose.
Howay the lads!
P.S. There will be a slight delay in me being able to post the team news as I have to be somewhere and won’t be back until around 7:15pm, so please bear with us until then.
Team news is as follows….
Birmingham: Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Martin Jiranek, Seb Larsson, Anthony Gardner, Barry Ferguson, David Bentley, Obafemi Martins, Nikola Zigic..
Subs: Colin Doyle, David Murphy, Lee Bowyer, Keith Fahey, Jean Beausejour, Kevin Phillips, Cameron Jerome.
Newcastle: Steve Harper, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Joey Barton, Cheik Tiote, Kevin Nolan, Jonas Gutierrez, Leon Best, Peter Lovenkrands.
Subs: Tim Krul, Sol Campbell, James Perch, Shane Ferguson, Danny Guthrie, Nile Ranger, Shefki Kuqi,
About toonsy
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harper shoulder again???
pearceet(Quote)
Get Timmy in there.
OHurley(Quote)
Four minutes added time? How?
toonsy(Quote)
How the hell they calculated 4mins. 😯 😯
@toonsy:http://www.livesport1.us/tv3.html
Not english though.
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
He’s ok
pearceet(Quote)
Toonsy this one is brill quality but foriegn lingo
http://sportstream24.com/england_football/watch_online_5.php
Big Dave(Quote)
Dave-
Agree about Martins. I don’t wanna see another goddamned Damien Duff today. Don’t think Martins deserves a booing. Duff was a w@nker, but Martins cost too much to keep, and frankly, I don’t blame him for bein’ off when he was. He lost his form and lost his way during that sh!te season. Duff was just an @r$ehole
OHurley(Quote)
ohurley summed up Martins/Duff situation very well totally agree
Mick G(Quote)
HT 1-0
pearceet(Quote)
Thanks for the link!
Just home from work and haven’t seen anything but the 1st half whistle. Can somebody please describe the goal and tell what the half’s been like?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Okay,time for me to sleep,hopefully when the FT blows,is 3points for newcastle.
Ranger to score His premeir league goal.
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Mick-
Thanks m8 🙂
Glad we’re up. Now assuming Brum will get a stern talkin-to, I hope we come out all guns a-blazin like. Score two more goals and we’ll all feel great, ya kna
OHurley(Quote)
http://www.directon.tv/channels/2549/
Top stream
toonsy(Quote)
Looks like Brum have been on us like a cheap suit from the possession stats. Also looks like they had two good chances…
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
OHurley i’ll settle for that 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
FSOTC – Goal was a cross from Jonas and a smart finish from Lovenkrands
Birmingham have had a lot of the play but haven’t done too much with it. They do look dangerous though
toonsy(Quote)
THanks Toonsy.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
cheers toonsy
Johno Toon(Quote)
I’m glad you guys can stomach giving them credit. I think they play horrific stuff. How can ever single free kick their side of the halfway line be taken by their goalkeeper!?
~ El Toro ~(Quote)
GET IN BESTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~ El Toro ~(Quote)
Best 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Bestie
Two superb assists from Jonas the neet.
toonsy(Quote)
Told ya’s best was coming more into the game 😉
Johno Toon(Quote)
BELTIN!!!!!!!
Toon Chicken(Quote)
Jonas shoot 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
GAN ON LEONNNNNNN
Ross(Quote)
Toonsy is that the same Jonas that we should get shot off 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Dave – I’ve never said that, but I do believe I’ve read that others advocate that we should get rid of Jonas 😉
toonsy(Quote)
I can see Zigic getting a card soon 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Zigic didn’t even look at the ball then. He just smacked straight into Williamson.
toonsy(Quote)
Toonsy I know you havn’t sure your in our Jonas FB group 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Now let’s hope if ranger does come on later,he scores too. 🙂
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Dirty fecks, good to see Best can header as well 😀
NewkieBrown(Quote)
Bye Bye Oba 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
see ya oba
Johno Toon(Quote)
Need to watch that Jerome when he comes on. He is dangerous IMO.
toonsy(Quote)
AOD – Get to bed. The German national football team are waiting to fill your dreams 😆
toonsy(Quote)
2 crosses, 2 goals, it’s all we’ve ever asked of you Jonas!
Lover and Besty eh, always liked them
I Love Mike(Quote)
No chance of Martin scoring against now for the moment.
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Crazy drunken prdiction , Best to get into double figures by end of the season
Johno Toon(Quote)
I remember a few seasons back when Brum played up here and beat us 4 -0 I think it was and Jerome tore us apart, he’s a handful like
I Love Mike(Quote)
Oba and oot!
What a bag o ***** he is/was/always will be
Toon Chicken(Quote)
Lover is done
I Love Mike(Quote)
I still don’t feel safe. Another goal for us would kill the game. Birmingham are still in this.
toonsy(Quote)
Terrible streams today? or is it just my connection? 🙁
hydeous(Quote)
Fuk I hope Lovens isn’t injuried to bad and just a precaution 🙁
Big Dave(Quote)
another striker down? 🙁
Johno Toon(Quote)
Come on Lads keep it up 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
Come on lads. Hold it together!
toonsy(Quote)
clean sheet now would be nice 😀
icedog(Quote)
Best is fooked aswell now 🙁
toonsy(Quote)
Looks like a dead leg to me.
toonsy(Quote)
Dirty Ridgewell tw@t!!!
Toon Chicken(Quote)
Well done best good effort,
Lets shut this out now
Johno Toon(Quote)
w@nk stain philips on
Johno Toon(Quote)
well done Harps Lad
Big Dave(Quote)
We’re sitting too deep for my liking 🙁
toonsy(Quote)
Backs to wall time
Johno Toon(Quote)
well done Lads keep going 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Zigic £6mill
Best £1.5mil
is that the wrong way round, cause that Zigic is awful
I Love Mike(Quote)
tiote is a monster
Johno Toon(Quote)
we r really shutting up shop here aint we?
Johno Toon(Quote)
Toonsy how many times have Brum been beat at home ❓
Big Dave(Quote)
Well played for that Joey
toonsy(Quote)
lets get 3RD HERE 😆
Johno Toon(Quote)
5 mins where did that come from ❓
Big Dave(Quote)
Five minutes? FFS
toonsy(Quote)
bIG DVE ONLY 5TH CLUB SINCE BRUM RETURN TO THE TP FLIGHT TO WIN AT ST ANDREWS
Johno Toon(Quote)
That looks ****! Sorry bout the caps 😳
Johno Toon(Quote)
Johno aye I heard that mate 😉 Thats a good record like
Big Dave(Quote)
Whole team and management deserve credit here. Fantastic performance.
~ El Toro ~(Quote)
Cracking result. Well chuffed
toonsy(Quote)
Big big win!
Johno Toon(Quote)
full time 2-0, Belter result lads, absolutly class
Ross(Quote)
Well I predicted 1-2 so I’m happy with 0-2 😉
Big Dave(Quote)