Toon 'On This Day' Quiz - April 17th

Last updated : 17 April 2012 By Footy Mad - Editor
YearCompOpponentsVResultScorers (where available)AttView options
2006 PREM Sunderland A W 4-1 Chopra 60; Shearer 61 (pen); N'Zogbia 66;
Luque 87
40,032 Report Results Table
2005 FAC Manchester United N L 1-4 Ameobi 59 69,280 Report Results  
played at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
1999 PREM EVERTON H L 1-3       Results Table
1996 PREM SOUTHAMPTON H W 1-0       Results Table
1995 PREM LEEDS UNITED H L 1-2       Results Table
1993 LD1 Millwall A W 2-1       Results Table
1991 DIV2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY H W 1-0       Results Table
1985 DIV1 COVENTRY CITY H L 0-1       Results Table
1982 DIV2 Luton Town A L 2-3       Results Table
1978 DIV1 Aston Villa A L 0-2       Results Table
1976 DIV1 BURNLEY H L 0-1       Results Table
1974 DIV1 Norwich City A D 1-1       Results Table
1971 DIV1 Arsenal A L 0-1       Results Table
1965 DIV2 Crystal Palace A D 1-1       Results Table
1954 DIV1 ARSENAL H W 5-2       Results Table
1948 DIV2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY H W 4-2       Results Table
1937 DIV2 Swansea Town A W 2-1       Results Table
1933 DIV1 ASTON VILLA H W 3-1       Results Table
1926 DIV1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION H W 3-0       Results Table
1922 DIV1 Bradford City A W 3-2       Results Table
1920 DIV1 MANCHESTER CITY H W 3-0       Results Table
1915 DIV1 BLACKBURN ROVERS H W 2-1       Results Table
1909 DIV1 CHELSEA H L 1-3       Results Table
1908 DIV1 WOOLWICH ARSENAL H W 2-1       Results Table
1901 DIV1 ASTON VILLA H W 3-0       Results Table

 QUIZ - APRIL 17

 1) 2006 which of the four goalscores against the Mackems (Michael Chopra, Alan Shearer, Charles N'Zogbia or Albert Luque) in the 4-1 win at the Stadium of Shite made their last ever Newcastle appearance?

 2) 1996 we beat Southampton 1-0, but Peter Beardsley missed a penalty against an ex-Newcastle Utd goalkeeper. Who was he?

 3) 1991 we beat Sheff Wed 1-0 with a goal from Kevin Brock. But which Newcastle goalkeeper made his debut before going on to make 149 appearances for the club, then return in 2006 aged 38 - to play two more games?

 4) 1976 Malcolm Macdonal made his last appearance at St James' Park in a black and white shirt when we played Burnley. He joined Arsenal for a strange transfer fee. What was it?

 5) 2005 we lost to Man Utd 4-1 at the Cardiff Millenium Stadium in the FA Cup semi-final. Who did Man Utd go on to play in the final?

QUIZ - APRIL 16 (Answers)

1) 2001 Carl Cort scored against West Ham in a relegation dog-fight against West Ham. Which London club did we sign him from? WIMBLEDON

2) 1997 Alan Shearer scored a brace against Chelsea and finished the season with 28 goals. Which Notting Hill born striker was seven goals behind him as Newcastle's second highest goalscorer that season? LES FERDINAND

3) 1994 we beat Liverpool at Anfield 2-0 to complete an amazing record of beating both Merseyside clubs (Liverpool and Everton) home and away in the same season. Earlier we had hammered Liverpool 3-0 at St James' Park - who scored the hat-trick? ANDY COLE

4) 1990 in a Division Two show-down we beat Stoke City 3-0. Which Danish-born midfielder scored twice? BENNY KRISTENSEN

5) 1986 we lost to Man Utd 4-2. Striker Tony Cunningham scored his only goal of the season. Which Newcastle manager signed him? Arthur Cox, Jack Charlton, Willie McFaul or Jim Smith? JACK CHARLTON

2005/6 Sunderland 1 Newcastle 4
 
SUNDERLAND: Davis, Hoyte, Caldwell, Danny Collins, McCartney,Lawrence, Whitehead, Miller, Daryl Murphy (Arca 64),Stead (Kyle 68), Brown.
Subs Not Used: Joe Murphy, Breen, Leadbitter.

NEWCASTLE: Given, Carr, Bramble, Moore, Babayaro, Solano, Faye,Clark (Chopra 59), N'Zogbia (Boumsong 88), Dyer,Shearer (Luque 71).
Subs Not Used: Harper, Ramage.

Att: 40,032

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Newcastle staged a stunning second-half fightback to maintain their charge for Europe by slamming the Barclays Premiership door firmly shut behind arch-rivals Sunderland.

Four second-half goals handed the Magpies a third win on the trot at the Stadium of Light and a fourth successive league win as Glenn Roeder got the better of the caretaker bosses.

It was an outcome which looked unlikely at half-time when they trudged off the pitch trailing to Justin Hoyte's 32nd-minute strike having been completely out-played by Kevin Ball's men.

But substitute Michael Chopra levelled within 13 seconds of his arrival as a 59th-minute replacement for Lee Clark, and Alan Shearer thumped home a penalty two minutes later to put the visitors ahead.

Charles N'Zogbia's 66th-minute strike sealed the points, and Albert Luque's 88th-minute fourth simply added to the misery on Wearside as the Black Cats' wait for a home win over their neighbours continued.

The game represented Sunderland's last chance to salvage any pride from a disastrous season, and a crowd of 40,032 turned up to witness it, the bulk of them hoping against hope that Shearer's last-ever visit to the Stadium of Light would end in disappointment.

Their task could not be under-estimated: they had not won a home derby in 10 attempts stretching back 26 years, and with the Magpies having won their last three league games on the trot to rekindle hopes of European qualification, they knew a first league win on their own ground would take a major performance.

However, after excellent displays in their last two completed games - they were trailing 1-0 to Fulham last weekend when the match was abandoned - to secure creditable away draws at Everton and Manchester United, they ran out confident of finally giving their home supporters something to celebrate.

That confidence proved well founded as Ball's players excelled themselves before the break while Newcastle were woefully short of their best form.

The Black Cats dominated the opening 45 minutes with Liam Lawrence, Dean Whitehead, Tommy Miller and Daryl Murphy holding sway in midfield as former Sunderland man Clark and Amady Faye struggled to stem the tide.

Shearer and makeshift strike partner Kieron Dyer saw too little of the ball to do anything about it, and although Titus Bramble and Craig Moore initially did well to keep the home side at bay, the Magpies were found wanting when it mattered most after 32 minutes.

Jon Stead, confidence renewed after finally opening his Sunderland account, eased his way past Bramble wide on the left to cross for Whitehead at the near post, and when he turned the ball across goal, Hoyte slammed home from close range.

Nolberto Solano curled a 44th-minute free-kick into Kelvin Davis' arms a minute before the break, but apart from wayward efforts from Shearer and Celestine Babayaro, the keeper was a virtual spectator.

The visitors came out for the second half in more positive fashion, Stephen Carr and Charles N'Zogbia both getting into good positions to cross within the opening three minutes of the half, although neither was able to find a team-mate.

Moore needed to be at his best to finally dispossess Stead after he twisted and turned his way into the box after 51 minutes, but with the visitors now making a push of sorts, their hosts were having to defend a little deeper.

However, it took a timely intervention by Moore to halt an enterprising 51st-minute run by Stead with the striker hurdling challenges with ease to work his way into the box.

Newcastle's woes would have increased on 55 minutes had Stead's cross towards Chris Brown been a couple of feet lower, although N'Zogbia wasted Shearer's hold-up play seconds later when he screwed a shot horribly high and wide.

However, the game turned on its head within seven incident-packed minutes when Chopra equalised from close range after the home defence made a mess of clearing Bramble's long ball.

But worse was to follow two minutes later when N'Zogbia was hauled back by Hoyte inside the box and referee Chris Foy pointed to the spot.

Shearer, having converted penalties against both Tottenham and Wigan in the last fortnight or so, blasted his effort beyond Davis' dive to claim his first ever goal for the club at the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland's dejection was visible, and it increased with 66 minutes gone when N'Zogbia worked his way into the box and slid a left-foot shot past Davis and inside the far post.

Shearer's afternoon ended prematurely with 19 minutes remaining when he limped off to be replaced by Albert Luque, with Ball already having sent on Kevin Kyle and Julio Arca for Stead and Murphy.

Arca's service from the right gave the home side hope with Chris Brown heading wide from a 76th-minute cross, but although the battled manfully to the whistle, the damage had been done and Luque's first goal for the club completed the rout.