Barnsley 2-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 12 December 2009
Result
Barnsley 2-2 Newcastle United
Championship · Saturday 12 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Barnsley 2-2 Newcastle United: match report
Barnsley drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 12 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Kevin Nolan opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Barnsley's goals came from E. Hallfreðsson (52') and Robert Hassell (87'). Newcastle United scored through Kevin Nolan (6') and Marlon Harewood (78').
Discipline: Barnsley received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Barnsley were 15th on 25 points from 19 and Newcastle United 1st on 45 points from 20. Barnsley went on to finish that season 19th with 54 points, and Newcastle United 1st with 102.
Going into the match Barnsley's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Newcastle United's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Kevin Nolan
- 52'Goal · E. Hallfreðsson
- 77'Yellow card · Robert Hassell
- 78'Goal · Marlon Harewood
- 87'Goal · Robert Hassell
- 90'Yellow card · Andy Carroll
- 90'Yellow card · Darren Moore
Team news
Newcastle United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Damien Duff, Steve Harper, Sebastien Bassong, Steven Taylor, Obafemi Martins, Mark Viduka, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Nicky Butt, Fabricio Coloccini, Habib Beye, Kevin Nolan