Post Match report for the Newcastle Utd game - Saturday, 2nd May 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Newcastle V Brighton - 2/5/26 P35
* * * * * NO LAUGH AT TOON * * * * *
RESULT: 3-1 ~ Hinshelwood . . (h-t 2-0)
VENUE: St James Park, Newcastle - eighteenth away match of 35 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: we were back in the distant northeast for our penultimate trip on those long roads thru England.
Albion had a good record here since rising into the elite with fellow ornithologist fanciers Magpies in 2017.
WEATHER: ok . GATE: 52,099 . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: starved of oxygen nearing the summit.
FABIAN HURZELER had given the squad five days off over last weekends blank schedule and hoped extra r&r would prove beneficial.
FH decided to make just one change from the previous eleven to kickoff.
SQUAD: 38 McGill (gk) 53 Howell
INJURED: 7 March 20 Milner 25 Gomez . REHAB: 4 Webster 9 Tzimas 28 Ferguson
OOL: 8 Gruda 14 Watson 16 Cashin 32 Sarmiento 39 Rushworth (gk) 40 Buonanotte 42 Coppola
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 27 Wieffer 6 van Hecke 21 Boscagli 24 Kadioglu
. . 11 Minteh 17 Baleba 30 Gross 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 13 Hinshelwood . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 34 Veltman (18), 10 Rutter (80), 19 Kostoulas (80), 29 de Cuyper (80), 5 Dunk (88)
BENCH: 23 Steele 3 Julio 26 Ayari 33 ORiley
GOALS:
1-0 - 12 . Verbruggen loses footing and contributes to defensive lapses.
2-0 - 24 . another blunder at the back is punished a little too easily.
2-1 - 61 . HINSHELWOOD finishes superbly when charging forwards with interplay from Welbeck.
3-1 - 95 . locals score a third on the break in stoppage time.
YELLOWS: Veltman 22, Mitoma 39, van Hecke 92
CHANGES: 18 Veltman for Wieffer
80 Rutter, Kostoulas & de Cuyper for Welbeck, Blaeba & Veltman . 88 Dunk for Hinshelwood
FIRST HALF: hosts open scoring against run of play inside 15 minutes.
visitors lose a defender to injury early into this period.
Hosts double their lead inside half an hour.
SECOND HALF: travellers huff & puff, score on the hour mark then introduce late alterations.
The home outfit snatch a very late goal.
IN THE END: chasing the game from beginning to end despite a competitive if marred performance.
NUMBERS: poss 33%-67%, on target 6-4, off target 7-9, corners 2-10,
fouls 10-12, yellows 3-3, subs 4-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd7 pt50 po7
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