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Goal (from penalty)
Alan Shearer
78'
Goal
Diego Gavilan
84'
Game #3479 | League game #3120
Season game #41 | Premier League game #36
Gordon Strachan game #
Newcastle United 12th | Coventry City 14th (20)
City comfortably hold Bobby Robson’s team until an inexplicable penalty – Whelan adjudged to have handled. Shearer scores his 299th goal and Gavilan wraps it up with a sweet angled shot. Quinn has broken his leg on his Irish debut. Out of contract McAllister is linked to Pool.
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Magnus Hedman wore a Newcastle United goalkeeper shirt for this game, the reason for the switch is unknown.
Referee:
P Jones
1
Shay Given
2
Warren Barton
36
Alessandro Pistone
37
Rob Lee
89'
18
Aaron Hughes
34
Nikos Dabizas
8
Diego Gavilan
84'89'
11
Gary Speed
9
Alan Shearer
78'
7
Kieron Dyer
4
Didier Domi
39'
Substitutes
13
Steve Harper
10
Silvio Maric
12
Andy Griffin
89'
14
Temuri Ketsbaia
39'
19
Jamie McClen
89'
Coach
Bobby Robson
26'
65'
85'
80'
89'
Substitutes
65'
85'
89'
Coach
Newcastle United
Coventry City
26'
Yellow Card
Paul Williams
Foul on Kieron Dyer
Substitute
39'
In:Temuri Ketsbaia
Out:Didier Domi
65'
Substitute
In:John Eustace
Out:Cedric Roussel
Goal (from penalty)
1:0
78'
Alan Shearer
Noel Whelan handball
80'
Yellow Card
Gary McAllister
Dissent
Goal
2:0
84'
Diego Gavilan
85'
Substitute
In:Ysrael Zuniga
Out:Robbie Keane
Substitute
89'
In:Jamie McClen
Out:Rob Lee
Substitute
89'
In:Andy Griffin
Out:Diego Gavilan
89'
Substitute
In:Robert Betts
Out:Noel Whelan
Newcastle United
Coventry City
Newcastle United
Coventry City
Out
Didier Domi
In
Temuri Ketsbaia
39'
Out
Rob Lee
In
Jamie McClen
89'
Out
Diego Gavilan
In
Andy Griffin
89'
