LAST SEASON'S FIXTURE: Sat April 1st 2006
NEWCASTLE UTD 3 SPURS 1
NEWCASTLE UTD: Given, Carr, Ramage, Moore, Elliott,Solano (Faye 80), Bowyer, Emre (Clark 63),N'Zogbia (Chopra 90), Shearer, Ameobi.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Boumsong.
TOTTENHAM: Robinson, Kelly, Dawson, Gardner, Lee, Jenas,Carrick, Davids (Murphy 88), Lennon (Defoe 70), Keane, Mido.
Subs Not Used: Cerny, Stalteri, Huddlestone.
Att: 52,301
Lee Bowyer fired the Magpies in front with just a minute and six seconds gone. The ex-Leeds player, who might have left the club in January but this week pledged his continued allegiance, opened the scoring with his first Premiership goal of the season and his first in any competition since last July. It came from a flowing move involving Charles N'Zogbia, Shearer and Nolberto Solano which set the tone for a thrilling display.
Robbie Keane headed the visitors back level after 19 minutes, applying the finish after Aaron Lennon had comprehensively beaten former Tottenham full-back Stephen Carr.
Ameobi's 25th-minute strike restored their lead, and there was more to come when Bowyer, who had earlier had appeals for a penalty turned down, was inexplicably shoved to the ground by Edgar Davids after Shearer and Solano had carved Tottenham open once again.
Shearer hammered the penalty past Paul Robinson to give his side a deserved 3-1 lead, and had he not earlier missed from the kind of headed opportunity upon which he has built his career, Roeder's men could have been out of sight.
Keane clipped the outside of the post with a 59th-minute effort, but his side were dealt a blow two minutes later when Dawson, who had been booked before the break for a foul on Emre, picked up a second yellow card for a tug on Shearer's shirt and was dismissed.