FOREST 6 - 5 NEWCASTLE UNITED - Wed May 08, 1996 (Testimonial)

Date:
Wed May 08, 1996 (7:30 PM)

Opponent:
Newcastle United

Home/Away:
Home

Ground:
City Ground

Game Type:
Testimonial

Score:
6-5  WON 

Half-time: 2-1


Sources:
Ken Smales - The Official Statistical History
NUFC.com (Link)
PlanetFootball (Link)

Season:
1995-96

Referee:
Ray Pearce

Sponsor:
Labbats

Attendance:
23,818 (Away: 1,000)

NEXT GAMES:

Next Game:
Chesterfield (Pre-Season Friendly)

Testimonial:
Nottingham Forest

League:
Coventry City

Newcastle United:
Dec 09, 1996


GAME COUNT:

Testimonial:
50 (of 54)
Total:
5895 (of 7550)
Played:
28 years, 5 months, 2 days ago
Notes:
Stuart Pearce testimonial



Review
Wow. Stuart Pearce managed to attract over 23,000 people to his testimional, which is a huge attendance yet totally understandable and deserved. Newcastle bought, of course, a strong team and had the usual respect yet fun the game needed. The referee was Ray Pearce (totally related to Stuart - it's his brother) and our own Steve Guinan was on Newcastle's bench until Kevin Keegan bought him with 20 minutes to go. Mark Crossely was replaced by Alan Fettis at half-time but came back on in the second half (replacing Ian Woan) and scored a cracking goal.


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FOREST
Manager: Frank Clark

Goals
Bryan Roy (2')
Ian Woan (16')
Colin Cooper (56')
Nigel Jemson (61')
Mark Crossley (79')
Stuart Pearce (80')
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NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Kevin Keegan

Goals
Les Ferdinand (42')
Les Ferdinand (51')
Steve Guinan (72')
Warren Barton (74')
Kevin Keegan (87') (Pen)

Lineup
 
Num Pos Age Player Notes
1GK26 Mark Crossley goal (79') off for Alan Fettis (46')
2D24 Des Lyttle
3D33 Stuart Pearce goal (80')
4D29 Colin Cooper goal (56') off for Vance Warner (47')
D30 Des Walker
21F21 Chris Bart-Williams off for Bobby Howe (46')
M31 Garry McAllisterGuest (Coventry City)
F30 Nigel Clough
12F24 Jason Lee off for Nigel Jemson (46')
14F28 Ian Woan goal (16') off for Mark Crossley (69')
22F26 Bryan Roy goal (2') off for Kingsley Black (46')
Subs
13GK25 Alan Fettis on for Mark Crossley (46')
F26 Nigel Jemson on for Jason Lee (46') goal (61')
19F22 Bobby Howe on for Chris Bart-Williams (46')
D21 Vance Warner on for Colin Cooper (47')
17F27 Kingsley Black on for Bryan Roy (46')


Lineup

Num Pos Player
GKShaka Hislop (46')
DSteve Watson (46')
DRobbie Elliot (46')
DDarren Peacock
DPhillipe Albert
MDavid Batty
MRob Lee (46')
MLes Ferdinand goal goal (81')
MKeith Gillespie
FDavid Ginola (81')
FFaustino Asprilla (70')
Subs
Pavel Srnicek (46')
Warren Barton goal (46')
John Beresford (46')
Lee Clark (46')
Steve Guinan goal (70')
Terry McDermott (81')
Kevin Keegan goal (81')

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