Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 24 August 2005

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Newcastle United

Premier League · Wednesday 24 August 2005, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Newcastle United: match report

Bolton Wanderers beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 24 August 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.

El-Hadji Diouf opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from El-Hadji Diouf (37') and Stylianos Giannakopoulos (50'). Newcastle United did not score.

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 14th on 1 point from 2 and Newcastle United 15th on 1 point from 2. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Newcastle United 7th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Newcastle United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Steven TaylorNewcastle United
  • 37'Goal · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Stylianos GiannakopoulosBolton Wanderers · 2-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 3, draws 1, Newcastle United 4.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Stylianos Giannakopoulos, Augustine Okocha, Henrik Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies, Radhi Jaïdi

Newcastle United line-up

Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Steven Taylor, Celestine Babayaro, Jermaine Jenas, Amdy Faye, Shola Ameobi, Alan Shearer, Lee Bowyer, Scott Parker