Game on! Newcastle v Bolton.

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Will it be home comforts this time around?

It’s game on again as Newcastle host Bolton Wanderers at St James’ Park in what could be a tricky encounter against the in form Trotters.

Not only do we have the fine form of our opponents to deal with, but we also have this Saturday, 3pm kick-off hoodoo to contend with. As I pointed out in my match preview, it’s been two and a half years since Nufc last mustered a home Premier League win when the kick-off has been at 3pm on a Saturday.

Still, hopefully that will change this afternoon, and if it does it will mean that we leapfrog Bolton and climb into seventh place in the Premier League table. if you’d have told me at the start of the season that we would be seventh in the league with only ten games left I would have probably punched you in the face in some vain attempt to try and knock some sense into you!

However, here we are, and with the feel good factor that has been manufactured by the result against Birmingham and perpetuated by the announcements of new long-term contracts for Cheik Tiote and John Carver you would have to hope that we can use that momentum and gain a positive result. Mind you, this is Newcastle United and we could just as easily receive a kick in the nuts as punishment for our enthusiasm.

I’m lucky enough to be at the match so I won’t actually need a stream for once, which means that you won’t have to put up with me moaning about how I can’t get a stream to work. However, for those who do need one, if you find a good one then please feel free to leave a link to it in the comments section below.

That’s just about it really, and all that is left to say is that I hope you enjoy the match. I’m in Newcastle overnight so the team news will be supplied by Big Dave, and I will leave you in the capable hands of MarkToon and Moreno for the duration of my absence.

Howay the lads!

Team news.

Newcastle: Steve Harper; Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio
Coloccini, Jose Enrique; Joey Barton, Cheick Tiote, Kevin Nolan (c), Jonas
Gutierrez; Leon Best, Peter Lovenkrands

Subs: Tim Krul, James Perch, Sol Campbell, Steven Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Nile Ranger, Shefki Kuqi

Bolton:  Jaaskelainen; Alonso, Wheater, Cahill, Robinson; Elmander, Muamba, Holden, Petrov; Davies (c), Sturridge

Subs: Bogdan, Steinsson, Taylor, Davies, Rodrigo, Chung-Yong Lee, Klasnic

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257 thoughts on “Game on! Newcastle v Bolton.”

  20. Ice there was me thinking you never got owt wrong mate 😆 now if Richie was here he would say its an age thing, but I wouldn’t say that 😆

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  26. Ryan yeah mate there is a fair few you would know most mate, and yeah Batty is on here and is still the same bad boy 😆
    How did you find us ❓

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  32. This is a long shot, but does anyone know of an iphone app for watching these streams? Having trouble exttacting myself from tea with in-laws to get to the pub. Dammit.

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  34. Ryan 😉 This is Toonsy’s blog it has only been up from the start of the year so it isn’t on news now yet but its good craic with a lot of good bloggers mate 😉

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  46. We’ve apparently had two good efforts on goal like, Best forced a canny block and Loven has forced a good save from Jaska there apparently.

    1-0, Nolan. Gan arrrrn

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  58. Don’t pretend to like Nolan big dave, or I’ll come over and kick your **** up and down the shankill 😆

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