newcastle go four points clear after beating scunthorpe

... newcastle 3 - scunthorpe 0 (championship, march 17, 2010) the magpies went in front with 10 minutes gone when andy carroll met danny guthrie’s corner with a thumping header to claim his 13th goal of the season ... newcastle killed the match 10 minutes into the second half when coloccini picked up possession deep inside his own half and fed guthrie, whose ball over the top allowed carroll to race away and chip a delicate shot over the advancing murphy

newcastle three points clear in championship after thrashing coventry

... so good earlier this season, nolan has seemed increasingly ponderous and one paced lately but the midfielder helped newcastle into the lead, supplying the cross from which andy carroll registered the closest of close-range headers

magpies win to go top

... the magpies were level with west brom on points at the start of play with a superior goal difference, but second-half goals from andy carroll, peter lovenkrands and ryan taylor secured an emphatic victory ... gutierrez fired in a goal-bound shot just before the break that richard wood did well to repel, however, newcastle were not to be denied and took the lead after 53 minutes when carroll headed home his eighth of the season following a flowing passage of play ... the striker latched onto nolan's first-time cross after an earlier incisive reverse pass from guthrie that left carroll with a simple close-range chance

hughton sets targets

... the magpies leapt back to the top of the championship after goals from wayne routledge, andy carroll, peter lovenkrands and ryan taylor saw off the sky blues, who had leon barnett sent off in the second half

derby's three-goal salvo ends newcastle's 15-game unbeaten run

... newcastle thought they had equalised after half-time, when andy carroll converted wayne routledge's cross only to find taylor had blown for a foul on the winger

cardiff crumble against newcastle and a rampant wayne routledge

... "after initially unnerving cardiff by racing on to an andy carroll through- pass and finding himself denied only by gabor gyepes's last-ditch intervention, routledge caused havoc at the resultant corner ... suitably distracted, cardiff's defence permitted first fitz hall and then kevin nolan to flick on danny guthrie's corner before andy carroll applied the final, close range, scoring touch ... then routledge picked out carroll with a splendid delivery and, when carroll's shot struck a post, the rebound was diverted into his own net by gyepes ... although cardiff rallied sufficiently for ross mccormack to volley against the crossbar, carroll soon scored a second, meeting danny simpson's fine right-wing cross, outjumping his marker and heading powerfully beyond a thoroughly bewildered david marshall

graham dorrans dents newcastle's aura of invincibility

... albion's first penalty was undeniably soft – roman bednar tumbled willingly under the challenge of tamas kadar – while their second, after andy carroll had pulled a goal back, was equally contentious ... further goals from thomas and carroll completed the scoring ... the newcastle manager, chris hughton, found a degree of solace in carroll's expert finishing

the premier league beckons as west brom head up to newcastle

... chris hughton has a host of attacking options available including andy carroll, linked with a move to bolton in recent days, as well as nile ranger and shola ameobi

fa cup line ups: newcastle utd v plymouth argyle

... newcastle united tim krul, ryan taylor, steven taylor, fabricio coloccini, jose enrqiue, fabrice pancrate, nicky butt (c), kevin nolan, jonas gutierrez, andy carroll, peter lovenkrands

peter perfect for magpies

... newcastle forced their way in front with 10 minutes gone when andy carroll and lovenkrands combined on halfway to find gutierrez, and when the argentinian slid the ball into the dane's intelligent run, he produced a deft left-foot finish to beat keeper romain larrieu ... gutierrez flashed a stinging 61st-minute shot just wide of the far post after pancrate, lovenkrands and carroll had combined to set him up, but the third goal arrived with 18 minutes remaining