Match report: Newcastle 3-2 West Ham
Newcastle almost blew it after taking advantage of some first half defensive largesse on the part of their visitors, but Joe Willock came off the bench to take all three points for the Toon. Louise Taylor was there for the Guardian ...
Championship results
Results at Brentford and Swansea City mean Norwich City are promoted to the Premier League ahead of their game against Bournemouth tonight.
- Brentford 0-0 Millwall
- Luton 1-0 Watford
- Middlesbrough 1-2 QPR
- Nottingham Forest 0-2 Huddersfield
- Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Bristol City
- Stoke City 0-0 Preston
- Swansea City 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers
- Norwich City v Bournemouth (8pm)
- View the Championship table
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League One results
- Blackpool 1-0 Sunderland
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Lincoln City
- Burton Albion 1-1 Plymouth Argyle
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Ipswich Town
- Hull City 2-1 Fleetwood Town
- MK Dons 1-0 Portsmouth
- Rochdale 3-1 Accrington Stanley
- Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Doncaster Rovers
- Wigan Athletic 2-0 Crewe Alexandra
- AFC Wimbledon v Swindon Town (5.30pm)
- Oxford United v Gillingham (5.30pm)
- View the League One table
League Two results
- Carlisle United 0-0 Port Vale
- Exeter City 0-0 Southend
- Forest Green 3-2 Scunthorpe United
- Grimsby Town 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
- Harrogate 2-1 Bradford City
- Leyton Orient 2-0 Barrow
- Morecambe 4-3 Oldham Athletic
- Newport County 0-1 Cambridge United
- Stevenage 0-1 Mansfield Town
- Tranmere Rovers 0-0 Salford City
- Colchester United v Walsall (5.30)
- View the League Two table
Norwich City are promoted to the Premier League
Championship: Swansea come from two goals down to draw with Wycombe. It’s a result that isn’t much use to either side but has catapulted Norwich City back into the Premier League. Congratulations to Daniel Farke and his troops who bounce straight back into the top flight following their relegation last season.
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Full-time: Newcastle 3-2 West Ham
Premier League: It’s all over at St James’ Park, where Newcastle have emerged victorious by the odd goal of five in the third consecutive Saturday lunchtime Premier League humdinger. They pull nine points clear of the relegation zone, having got a late scare from 10-man West Ham. David Moyes’ side stay in fourth place, a point clear of Chelsea who have played one game fewer.
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Premier League: Newcastle substitution: Andy Carroll on for Joelinton, who opened the scoring for Newcastle.
Premier League: Newcastle’s Jacob Murphy has just been booked for something or other. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess he was time-wasting. There are two of the added eight minutes remaining.
Championship: I’ll happily stand corrected on this but Sheffield Wednesday look to be heading to the third division for the first time in my lifetime (I’ll be raising my bat to the pavilion in two years, with a bit of luck) and possibly ever. Tyreeq Bakinson has just equalised for Bristol City at Hillsborough, where it’s 1-1.
Premier League: Down by the technical area, Steve Bruce’s eyes almost pop out of his head as he sees the fourth official signal eight minutes of added time. That seems a little excessive although there were several substitutions plus a couple of breaks in play for treatment to various players.
Premier League: Things go from great to bad to worse for West Ham, as Jesse Lingard limps off and is replaced by Manuel Lanzini. It looks like it might be a hamstring injury, which would be a season-ender. West Ham fans will be hoping it’s just cramp. He is not feeling the back of his thigh, which I suppose is a good sign.
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Championship: Luton have gone a goal ahead against Watford at Kenilworth Road, while Swansea have pulled one back against Wycombe, who lead them by the odd goal of three. It remains Brentford 0-0 Millwall and as things stand Norwich will get promoted to the Premier League without having to kick a ball in their game against Bournemouth tonight.
GOAL! Newcastle 3-2 West Ham (Willock 83 min)
Premier League: Just on for Sean Longstaff, Joe Willock puts Newcastle back in front! He got between two defenders to head home a Matt Ritchie cross from the left from about six yards out.
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Premier League: Wow! Newcastle almost retake the lead, Jacob Murphy looks certain to score but Ben Johnson clears off the line.
GOAL! Newcastle 2-2 West Ham (Lingard 80pen)
Premier League: After a delay while Clark received treatment for an injury, Jesse Lingard smashes the ball home off the post to equalise for 10-man West Ham. Dubravka went the right way but there was no keeping that out.
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Premier League: With Mark Noble off, Jesse Lingard steps up to take the penalty.
PENALTY FOR WEST HAM!
Premier League: From a long throw, Ciaran Clark leaps for a header and handles the ball with his forearm.
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Premier League: There’s a suggestion West Ham might get a VAR-induced penalty for handball at St James’s Park. I think it’s going to be given!
Premier League: West Ham substitution: Said Benrahma on for Mark Noble.
GOAL! Newcastle 2-1 West Ham (Diop 73)
Premier League: A downward header from an unmarked Issa Diop header from about 10 yards out gives West Ham a glimmer of hope. He was unmarked and the bounce of the ball beat Dubravka, who should have done a lot better.
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Championship: Junior Bacuna puts Huddersfield two goals up at the City Ground against Nottingham Forest. He roofed the ball with a venomous shot from distance.
League One: League leaders Hull City equalise against Fleetwood, with Northern Ireland international Josh Magennis restoring parity.
Championship latest
- Brentford 0-0 Millwall
- Luton 0-0 Watford
- Middlesbrough 1-2 QPR
- Nottingham Forest 0-1 Huddersfield
- Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Bristol City
- Stoke City 0-0 Preston
- Swansea City 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers
- Norwich City v Bournemouth (8pm)
Premier League: Newcastle substitution: Allan Saint-Maximin limps off to be replaced by Callum Wilson. The Frenchman has been outstanding today, for the second game in a row since returning from injury.
Premier League: Much better from West Ham. Jesse Lingard tries to curl one around Dubravka and inside the upright from distance but fires well wide.
Premier League: A couple of corners in quick succession from West Ham come to naught as they search for a much-needed goal.
League One: In the game they’re all talking about, Blackpool have become the latest side to throw a spanner in the works of Sunderland’s automatic promotion push. Luke Garbutt has just put Blackpool ahead of Lee Johnson’s side at Bloomfield Road. The git.
Championship: My friend the top comedian and podcaster Elis James will be effing and jeffing loudly in his native Welsh in the small corner of South London he calls home - Wycombe Wanderers have just gone 2-0 up against his beloved Swansea City, courtesy of Gareth McCleary. To say Swans goalkeeper Freddie Woodman should have done better would be a considerable understatement.
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Premier League: West Ham leave room at the back as they drive forward in search of a goal. Saint-Maximin charges into space and tees up Almiron, whose shot is blocked by Issa Diop.
Championship: A big goal at the Liberty Stadium, where Wycombe’s Admiral Muskwe has just smashed a bouncing ball past Freddie Woodman from outside the penalty area to put the visitors a goal up. That’s a fine strike.
Premier League: Newcastle midfielder Miguel Almiron tries a shot from distance that flashes a foot or two wide of the upright.
Premier League: West Ham kick off with quite the mountain to climb and only equipped with 10 men with which to ascend it.
Championship half-times
- Brentford 0-0 Millwall
- Luton 0-0 Watford
- Middlesbrough 1-2 QPR
- Nottingham Forest 0-1 Huddersfield
- Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Bristol City
- Stoke City 0-0 Preston
- Swansea City 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
- Norwich City v Bournemouth (8pm)
League One half-times
- Blackpool 0-0 Sunderland
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Lincoln City
- Burton Albion 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Ipswich Town
- Hull City 0-1 Fleetwood Town
- MK Dons 1-0 Portsmouth
- Rochdale 1-1 Accrington Stanley
- Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
- Wigan Athletic 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
- AFC Wimbledon v Swindon Town (5.30pm)
- Oxford United v Gillingham (5.30pm)
League Two half-times
- Carlisle United 0-0 Port Vale
- Exeter City 0-0 Southend
- Forest Green 1-1 Scunthorpe United
- Grimsby Town 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
- Harrogate 1-0 Bradford City
- Leyton Orient 0-0 Barrow
- Morecambe 3-1 Oldham Athletic
- Newport County 0-0 Cambridge United
- Stevenage 0-1 Mansfield Town
- Tranmere Rovers 0-0 Salford City
- Colchester United 0-0 Walsall (5.30)
Half-time at St James’ Park: Following their recent heroics, the West Ham of old have returned with a vengreance. Some calamitous defending means they are two goals and one man down against a Newcastle side who are well worth their comfortable lead.
Premier League: Newcastle attack on the break with a real spring in the collective step and West Ham back off. Joelinton’s low drive is held by Fabianski.
GOAL! Newcastle 2-0 West Ham (Joelinton 40)
Premier League: More slapstick from West Ham. Newcastle win a corner and the ball is sent into the penalty area. Fabianski jumps to make a routine catch but drops the ball. Joelinton is on hand to poke it home from a yard or two out.
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Premier League: Already on a yellow card, Dawson lunges in on Saint-Maximin on the halfway line. The Newcastle man stays on his feet and keeps going, as Kevin Friend plays advantage. ASM jinks his way into the penalty area and unleashes a low diagonal effort. The ball is saved by Fabianski but cannons off the legs of Diop and rolls over the line. Insult is added to injury, when Friend produces a second yellow followed by a red for Dawson for his foul in the build-up. Remarkably, that’s the first dismissal of his career.
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GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 West Ham (Diop og)
Premier League: It’s a double-whammy for West Ham, who go a goal behind and lose Craig Dawson to a red card.
Premier League: Despite there being plenty at stake for both sides and perhaps because the sun is shining over St James’ Park, there’s a bit of an end-of-season feel about the game between Newcastle and West Ham. It remains scoreless ... hold on, no it doesn’t!!!
National League: It’s a poignant day for Yeovil, who are playing their first game since the sad death of their captain Lee Collins. They’re a goal up against Boreham Wood. Remember that it’s OK not to be OK - if you’re struggling, talk to somebody who might be able to help.
Championship: Middlesbrough have pulled a goal back against QPR through a splendid Yannick Bolasie header. It’s 2-1 to the visitors at the Riverside.
League Two latest
- Carlisle United 0-0 Port Vale
- Exeter City 0-0 Southend
- Forest Green 1-0 Scunthorpe United
- Grimsby Town 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
- Harrogate 1-0 Bradford City
- Leyton Orient 0-0 Barrow
- Morecambe 1-0 Oldham Athletic
- Newport County 0-0 Cambridge United
- Stevenage 0-1 Mansfield Town
- Tranmere Rovers 0-0 Salford City
- Colchester United 0-0 Walsall (5.30)
League One latest
- Blackpool 0-0 Sunderland
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Lincoln City
- Burton Albion 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Ipswich Town
- Hull City 0-1 Fleetwood Town
- MK Dons 0-0 Portsmouth
- Rochdale 1-1 Accrington Stanley
- Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
- Wigan Athletic 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
- AFC Wimbledon v Swindon Town (5.30pm)
- Oxford United v Gillingham (5.30pm)
Championship: Already a goal up against Bristol City, Sheffield Wednesday have just missed a penalty. Barry Bannon’s effort was weak and saved by Daniel Bentley. In better news for Wednesday, Henri Lansbury has been sent off and City are down to 10 men.
Premier League: Saint-Maximin sprints at the West Ham defence again. His shot from the edge of the penalty area is deflected off target by Mark Noble. Newcastle are in the ascendency here.
Championship: QPR are 2-0 against Middlesbrough at the Riverside, where Rob Dickie opened the scopring with an absolute screamer from distance. Lee Wallace doubled the London side’s lead after 18 minutes.
Premier League: Allan Saint-Maximin pounces on a poor clearance and shoots from distance. Fabinaski saves.
Premier League: Newcastle break forward and Matt Ritchie picks up a pass from Almiron to the left wing. His attempted cross takes a wicked deflection off Vladimir Coufal into the arms of Fabianski.
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Premier League: Jonjo Shelvey gets booked for a daft challenge on Jarrod Bowen and West Ham get a free-kick about 40 yards from the Newcastle goal. The ball’s floated into the penalty area, where Craig Dawson heads straight at Dubravka.
League One: Accrington take no time to equalise against Rochdale, levelling proceedings through Ben Barclay.
Premier League: For Newcastle, Jacob Murphy receives a low cross-field pass from Saint-Maximin and unleashes a low drive from distance. It’s on target but Fabianski saves comfortably.
League One: Rochdale 1-0 Accrington, with Jimmy Keohane putting the hosts a goal up.
Premier League: Craig Dawson takes out Joelinton after the Brazilian pounced on a misplaced pass from Jarrod Bowen and tried to bear down on the West Ham penalty area. Yellow card for a cynical challenge. Taking one for the team, is the technical term.
League Two: Morecambe take an early lead against Oldham, with Carlos Mendes Gomes firing them ahead.
Premier League: Ogbonna clears with a header for West Ham as Fabianski misjudges the flight of a Sean Longstaff corner. Moments later, Saint-Maximin tries to jink his way into the West Ham box but runs into traffic.
Premier League: Bad news for Newcastle, as Allan Saint-Maximin goes down clutching his shin. |It doesn’t look too serious and within a minute he’s back on his feet and ready to continue.
Championship: Eight points off safety withg a game in hand, Sheffield Wednesday have taken the lead against Bristol City through a Julian Borner header from close range at a corner on four minutes.
League Two: The first EFL goal of the afternoon goes to Jay Matete, who has put Grimsby one up against Bolton at Blundell Park with his first ever senior goal.
3 min: The game has got off to a fairly slow start, with Newcastle and West Ham feeling each other out in these early stages. Thomas Soucek is fouled in midfield and wins a free-kick for West Ham just outside the centre-circle.
2 min: The sun is splitting the rocks at St James’ Park, where Spring is very much in the air. Jarrod Bowen plays the ball into the West Ham penalty area, where Martin Dubravaka clutches it to his chest.
Newcastle v West Ham is go ...
1 min: Play begins after a minute’s silence for Prince Philip, whose funeral takes place later this afternoon.
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Not long now: The players are out on the pitch at St James Park and assorted other grounds the length and breadth of the UK. Kick-off is just a couple of minutes’ away.
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Those teams: There’s one change for Newcastle, with Steve Bruce bringing in Allan Saint-Maximin in place of Dwight Gayle. Callum Wilson is on the bench.
West Ham make two changes. Having played every minute of the Premier League season thus far, Aaron Cresswell is out and will be replaced by Angelo Ogbonna who has made a timely and somewhat unexpected return from injury to deputise. Ben Johnson comes in for Arthur Masuaku.
Newcastle United v West Ham
Newcastle United: Dubravka, Clark, Fernandez, Dummett, Ritchie, Longstaff, Shelvey, Murphy, Almiron, Saint-Maximin, Joelinton.
Subs: Gillespie, Carroll, Gayle, Wilson, Lewis, Hendrick, Krafth, Manquillo, Willock.
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Diop, Johnson, Noble, Soucek, Fornals, Lingard, Bowen.
Subs: Martin, Trott, Balbuena, Yarmolenko, Benrahma, Lanzini, Alves, Fredericks, Coventry.
Everton 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane scored twice before limping off with another ankle injury that puts his participation in next weekend’s Carabao Cup final in doubt as Everton and Tottenham fought out an entertaining draw at Goodison Park last night. Andy Hunter was there for the Guardian ...
Today's Championship fixtures
Reading and Cardiff City helped get the Championship weekend under way last night, their game ending in a 1-1 draw that was of little or no use to either side. Elsewhere, Wayne Rooney was left fuming when a glaring refereeing error denied his Derby County side a penalty in their 2-1 defeat at Blackburn.
- Brentford v Millwall
- Luton v Watford
- Middlesbrough v QPR
- Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield
- Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City
- Stoke City v Preston
- Swansea City v Wycombe Wanderers
- Norwich City v Bournemouth (8pm)
- View the Championship table
Newcastle v West Ham: early team news
West Ham will scale the dizzy heights of third should they win, while a victory for Newcastle would pull Steve Bruce’s side nine points clear of the drop zone. The home side will be without Jamal Lascelles, Fabian Scahr, Isaac Hayden and Ryan Fraser, who remain sidelined. Having made their return from injury off the bench last weekend, it would be no surprise to see Callum Wilson and Allan Saint-Maximin start today.
West Ham are also missing several key players but have coped admirably in the absence of Angelo Ogbonna, Declan Rice and Michail Antonio so far. Darren Randolph (groin), Aaron Cresswell (thigh) and Andriy Yarmalenko (knee) are also expected to be unavailable.
Clockwatch at your service ...
Good afternoon and welcome to your Saturday fix of all the football news that’s fit to print and much that may not be. We’ll be devoting much of our attention to goings-on at St James’ Park, where Newcastle entertain West Ham in a match that both sides need to win for different reasons. Far from safe from relegation, Newcastle are looking nervously over their shoulders at Fulham and resurgent West Brom, while West Ham are focused on their unlikely push for a Champions League place.
Elsewhere, there’s a busy schedule of EFL games. Norwich play Bournemouth later tonight and will secure promotion with a win, but could be promoted without kicking a ball should Brentford and Swansea slip up earlier in the day. Kick-offt Newcastle and elsewhere is at 12.30pm, but stay tuned in the meantime for team news and build-up.
