Nolan piles on misery for Keane

26 September 2009 18:42
Kevin Nolan's hat-trick helped Newcastle move to the top of the Championship and left Roy Keane's floundering Ipswich side in turmoil thanks to a 4-0 win. The Magpies hit three goals in four first-half minutes to crush Keane's disillusioned side - who have now made the Suffolk club's worst start to a season - on an emotional afternoon at Portman Road. Both sets of fans paid tribute to the late Sir Bobby Robson throughout as Ipswich renamed a stand in honour of their former manager, who died in July. But while Ipswich have now made it nine league games without a win, Newcastle - where Robson ended his illustrious managerial career - have made light of their relegation from the Barclays Premier League in May with an impressive start. They dominated from the off and opened the scoring with an excellent Nolan header before the former Bolton captain scored again 60 seconds later. Ryan Taylor then drove home a free-kick for Chris Hughton's side before Nolan completed the rout after the break.

Source: Eurosport