Wigan Athletic 1-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Wigan Athletic 1-0 Newcastle United: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 October 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Jason Roberts of Wigan Athletic in the 40th minute.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 8th on 13 points from 7 and Newcastle United 12th on 9 points from 8. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Newcastle United 7th with 58.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Newcastle United's D-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 45'Yellow card · Damien Francis
- 60'Yellow card · Shola Ameobi
- 70'Yellow card · Steven Taylor
- 79'Yellow card · Stephane Henchoz
- 85'Red card · Lee McCulloch
- 89'Yellow card · Stephen Carr
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up
John Filan, Pascal Chimbonda, Arjan de Zeeuw, Leighton Baines, Damien Francis, Jimmy Bullard, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh
Newcastle United line-up
Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Robbie Elliott, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Steven Taylor, Charles N'Zogbia, Amdy Faye, Michael Owen, Alan Shearer, Lee Bowyer, Scott Parker