Rochdale v Newcastle United: FA Cup third round – live!

04 January 2020 12:02
Updates from Crown Oil Arena, kick-off 12.31pm (GMT)Rob Smyth’s FA Cup clockwatch | Live scoreboardFeel free to email Scott your thoughts 11.49am GMT Rochdale are just four points above the relegation places in League One. But they won their last match, 2-1 at Accrington, and make only one change to their starting XI. MJ Williams comes in for the injured Paul McShane. (Does anybody else have this earworm?)Newcastle are missing Jamaal Lascelles, Allan Saint-Maximin, Jonjo Shelvey, Jetro Willems, Fabian Schar, Javier Manquillo, Paul Dummett and Andy Carroll ... but still name a strong XI, with seven international players in it. They make five changes to the team that was trounced by Leicester, with Emil Krath, Christian Atsu, both Longstaffs and, despite a broken hand, DeAndre Yedlin starting. 11.38am GMT Rochdale: Sanchez, Magloire, Williams, O’Connell, Keohane, Ryan, Rathbone, Dooley, Camps, Baah, Henderson.Subs: McLaughlin, Andrew, Lynch, Wilbraham, Gillam, Tavares, Matheson.Newcastle United: Dubravka, Krafth, Fernandez, Hayden, Yedlin, Matthew Longstaff, Sean Longstaff, Atsu, Muto, Almiron, Joelinton.Subs: Ki, Ritchie, Lejeune, Darlow, Allan, Sorensen, Cass. 2.11pm GMT Apologies to Newcastle United supporters for bringing it up yet again, but the definitive FA Cup third-round tie is this one. Ronnie Radford, Ricky George, Supermac, John Motson, kids in parkas, all that. Continue reading......read full article

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