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Post by TheWiseMaster on Apr 9, 2009 19:39:39 GMT
....at the top level though we did beat them in 1989 in the old second division Time to set the record straight!! Nerves were a problem in our last home game but Pulis is right to guard against over confidence for this one, reminding us that Reading were 9 points clear with 7 games to go last season but still went down Our recent home record is of course our strength with one defeat since Christmas coming in that late defeat to ManU Tremendous form by any standard  |
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Post by FullerMagic on Apr 9, 2009 19:44:46 GMT
Was it a last minute scorcher from Carl Beeston in '89?
Boxing Day?
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Post by crimesy on Apr 9, 2009 19:47:30 GMT
Yes, the '89 win was boxing day FM.
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Post by TheWiseMaster on Apr 9, 2009 19:54:34 GMT
And our win in 1974 was in early April! Looking good
Here are the Beeb's stats
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STOKE CITY
Club stats
13th 35 points
Highest realistically achievable after Saturday's matches: 12th
Lowest could fall: 17th
Best & Worst categories in 2008-09 Premier League
1. Last won three successive top-flight matches between 11 and 25 February 1984; against Ipswich (h), Coventry (a) and Notts County (h).
2. Won three of four Premier League matches, including the last two against Middlesbrough (h) and West Brom (a).
3. Scored in each of the last six, and failed to score in one of the last 10 league games; the 2-0 defeat, away to Sunderland on 7 February. Averaging a goal a game; 31 in 31 Premier League matches.
4. Kept back-to-back clean sheets for the first time in their Premier League history, and aiming for three in a row for the first time in the top-flight since February 1982; against Sunderland (a), Everton (a) and Middlesbrough (h).
5. Need to victory to total 50 league wins in the current spell under Tony Pulis.
6. Picked up 21 more points at home than on their travels; 28 at the Britannia Stadium and seven on the road.
7. Won three of the last four home league games and seven of the last 12 at the Britannia. The 0-1 Boxing Day defeat to Manchester United is their only loss in the 12 league outings on their own turf.
8. Kept clean sheets in four of the last five in the Potteries.
9. Victory would complete home maximums over each of the current bottom-four clubs, it would also wrap up a clean sweep of home victories of the North-East trio.
9. This is the third of four consecutive games against bottom seven clubs. It is followed by a home game against Blackburn. Thereafter the run-in:- Fulham (a), West Ham (h), Hull (a), Wigan (h) and Arsenal (a).
Fixtures
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NEWCASTLE UNITED
Club stats
18th 29 points
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 17th
Lowest could fall: 19th
Best & Worst categories in 2008-09 Premier League
1. No win in six; claimed two points out of 18 since beating West Brom 2-3 at the Hawthorns on 7 February 2009; their only maximum in 13.
2. The current tally of 29 points after 31 games is their lowest ever to this juncture of a Premier League season, and three points down on the previous lowest last season.
3. The draw specialists of the highest league; 11 of their 31 games have finished all square.
4. One of three clubs with just one Premier League win since Christmas; Hull and Middlesbrough are the others.
6. Lost one of the 10 Premier League games in which they opened the scoring (home to Manchester United is the most recent on 4 March); failed to win any of the 18 matches in which the opening goal has been conceded (lost 13).
7. Playing a Midlands club for the fifth time this season; won three and drawn one of the previous four.
8. Won one of the last six league games on the road, and two of 19 (bridging last season).
9. Beaten only West Brom and Portsmouth on their top-flight travels this term. At 13th, Stoke would be the highest placed club they had eclipsed away from home.
10. The six-match run-in after this includes another six-pointer against Portsmouth on 27 April. In addition they still have to play two of the top five clubs. The full list is:- Tottenham (a), Portsmouth (h), Liverpool (a), Middlesbrough (h), Fulham (h), and Aston Villa (a).
Fixtures
KEY PLAYER NOTES
STOKE CITY
Squad profiles
Ricardo FULLER is the club's top Premier League scorer with eight goals.
If selected:-
FULLER will be making his 100th league appearance for Stoke.
Carl DICKINSON will be making his 50th league appearance for the Potters.
Andy GRIFFIN will be facing a former club. The 30 year old defender made 104 appearances (76 in the league) and scored three goals (two league) for Newcastle between January 1998 and May 2004.
Amdy FAYE will also be opposing ex-team mates. The 32 year old Senegal international midfielder made 45 appearances (31 in the league) and scored one goal for the Magpies between January 2005 and August 2006.
Abdoulaye FAYE will come up against erstwhile club mates. The 31 year old Senegal international midfielder made 24 appearances (22 in the league) and scored one league goal for the Tyneside club between August 2007 and his £2.25m close season transfer to Stoke.
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NEWCASTLE UNITED
Squad profiles
Fabricio COLOCCINI is the only remaining player to have started every one of Newcastle's Premier League matches this season.
Michael OWEN is the club's top Premier League scorer with eight goals.
HEAD TO HEAD
Newcastle are unbeaten in five league and cup matches against Stoke; won three and drawn two spanning 19 years.
Stoke's most recent league win over the Magpies was 2-1 at the Victoria Ground on Boxing Day 1989, in the old Second Division. Their most recent top-flight victory over them was 0-1 in March 1976 at St James' Park, but they haven't beaten the Magpies in a home top-flight match since a 2-1 triumph on 3 April 1974.
Home and away
League (inc PL): Stoke 20 wins, Newcastle 31, Draws 16
Prem: Stoke 0 wins, Newcastle 0, Draws 1
at Stoke only
League (inc PL): Stoke 17 wins, Newcastle 7, Draws 9
Prem: Stoke 0 wins, Newcastle 0, Draws 0
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
Newcastle United 2-2 Stoke City
6 December 2008 - Ref: Mike Riley
Newcastle scorers: Owen 8, 24
Stoke scorers: Sidibe 60, Abdoulaye Faye 90
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