- Nolan (74)
- Date:2009-11-23
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Deepdale
- Attendance:16924
- Referee:Mathieson, S
Live Commentary
90mins
That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
90mins
Danny Guthrie is being taken off, Peter Lovenkrands has come on in his place.
80mins
Chris Sedgwick is being taken off, Jon Parkin has come on in his place.
74mins
Goal!! Newcastle have scored with Kevin Nolan putting it in the back of the net.
74mins
Preston are replacing Callum Davidson with Eddie Nolan.
66mins
Danny Simpson is being taken off, Tamas Kadar has come on in his place.
62mins
Andy Carroll is being taken off, Nile Ranger has come on in his place.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
46mins
Preston are replacing Youl Mawene with Liam Chilvers.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by S Mathieson
16mins
Alan Smith is booked for unsporting behaviour.
0mins
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
0mins
Preston face Newcastle at 7:45pm on Monday, November 23rd.
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Match Report
Kevin Nolan's second-half winner sent Newcastle United back to the top of the Championship table following a 1-0 victory over Preston North End.
His precision finish after 74 minutes - a ninth goal of the season for the midfielder - moved the Magpies two points ahead of West Bromwich Albion at the summit.
Preston goalkeeper Andrew Lonergan saved a Jonas Gutierrez cross after 12 minutes and a Nolan straightforward shot from outside the box two minutes later.
Alan Smith elbowed Chris Sedgwick and was booked after 16 minutes.
From the resulting free-kick, Preston striker Neil Mellor beat two defenders when he was played through on goal down the right wing and Newcastle goalkeeper Steve Harper parried his powerful driven shot.
Mellor found Preston striker Chris Brown just inside the penalty area and he turned and had a tame 12-yard left-foot shot saved after 37 minutes.
Paul Parry found Mellor and his shot was straight at Harper after 44 minutes.
Preston replaced injured centre-back Youl Mawene with Liam Chilvers at half-time.
Lonergan saved a cross from Jose Enrique after 48 minutes.
Michael Tonge, who was making his debut on loan from Stoke City, took an indirect free-kick to Parry and his 30-yard left-foot drive was saved after 53 minutes.
Danny Guthrie's out-swinging corner was saved two minutes later and Brown's cross was saved after 58 minutes.
Nile Ranger replaced former Preston former loan player Andy Carroll after 62 minutes.
Sedgwick's cross was saved after 63 minutes and Tamas Kadar replaced Danny Simpson two minutes later.
Eddie Nolan replaced Preston captain Callum Davidson after 73 minutes.
Guthrie crossed to Kevin Nolan on the left and he scored from inside the area into the bottom right corner after 74 minutes.
Mellor found Eddie Nolan and he had a shot saved after 79 minutes and Jon Parkin replaced Sedgwick a minute later.
Lonergan saved a Ranger shot and Parry had a cross saved after 83 minutes.
Peter Lovenkrands replaced Guthrie after 90 minutes and Mellor had a shot saved in stoppage time.
Preston North End Team
Newcastle United Team
Preston North End | Newcastle United |
Corners
| 6 | 5 |
Fouls
| 13 | 7 |
Goal attempts
| 14 | 10 |
Shots off target
| 8 | 7 |
Offsides
| 1 | 3 |
