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Man City v Newcastle Saturday KO 12:45 Live on SS1 & HD1 *Sponsored by Little Micky being crocked again*
Saturday sees us back on the gogglebox, with our lunchtime fixture away to Manchester City beamed out on Skysports1 & HD1.
Kickoff at the CoM Stadium is at 12.45pm and the away end is sold out.
Backpage Travel are currently taking bookings for their coaches - price is £21 for a 7am departure from Barrack Road (0191 261 5005).
NUFC: To follow....
MCFC: To follow....Dan Sturridge (leg) and long-term victim Valeri Bojinov (knee) are sidelined.
Tuesday saw City advance in the Carling Cup thanks to the only goal of the game from Samaras in the dying seconds.
Just under 21,000 fans turned out at the CoM Stadium to see the Greek striker score in his first senior appearance for the club since Sven took charge.
City v United - Premiership Years:
COM Stadium:
2006/07 Drew 0-0
2005/06 Lost 0-3
2004/05 Drew 1-1 Shearer
2003/04 Lost 0-1
Maine Road:
2002/03 Lost 0-1
2000/01 Won 1-0 Shearer
1995/96 Drew 3-3 Albert 2, Asprilla
1994/95 Drew 0-0
1993/94 Drew 1-1 Jeffrey (League Cup)
1993/94 Lost 1-2 Sellars
Referee: Chris Foy
UK TV: Live on Skysports 1 and HD1.
Overseas TV:
BHT1
C+ Sport (France)
C+ Sport 1 & HD1 (D/F/N/S)
Diema 2
Eurosport 2 (HU/RO)
Galaxie Sport
NTV+ Football
Premiere Sport Portal
RTS 2 Serbia
Show Sports 1 & 2
Sky Calcio 2
Sky Sport Italia 1 & HD2
Sky Super Calcio
Sport 1 (Ned)
Sport 1 (Ukraine)
Sport TV1
Supersport 1 (Hellas)
Supersport 3 (ZA)
YES Sport 2
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I think this will be difficult, we have been hot & cold recently after beating Wigan (just) & West Ham but getting beat of Derby & Arsenal reserves on Tuesday night.
Harper played against West Ham but Given was recalled in midweek so its a tossup between those two. Enrique & Emre returned against Arsenal so i think they will both feature at some point, hopefully Enrique will start & let N'Zogbia move to left wing & Milner will move to the right with hopefully Smith not in midfield.
Injured are Owen (pulled abductor muscle), Cacapa (groin), Barton (not match fit), Viduka (foot - tbc, Duff (foot), Ramage (cruciate ligaments), Babayaro (hamstring) & Carr (hamstring) but nobody cares about the last three really. Im going to stick my neck out & say 2-1 to us but a tight game.
Id go....
---------------Given/Harper------------
Geremi(c)-----Rozendahl-----Taylor-----Enrique
---------------Butt------------------------
Milner---------Emre--------------------N'Zogbia
------------Martins----Smith
09-26-2007, 11:29 PM
Man City v Newcastle Saturday KO 12:45 Live on SS1 & HD1 *Sponsored by Little Micky being crocked again* Post #2
SAM ALLARDYCE is backing Obafemi Martins to get back on the goals trail, starting with Newcastle United’s game at Manchester City on Saturday.
The little Nigerian striker will be thrust back into the limelight again with Michael Owen currently in Germany for surgery to his injury problems.
In his only interview after the Carling Cup exit at the hands of Arsenal on Tuesday night, Martins told the Chronicle how he blamed himself for the chances he missed at the Emirates Stadium.
But Big Sam, who knows a thing or two about man-management, has been quick to jump to the defence of his striker.
The United boss told me today: “Obviously what happened at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night was disappointing.
“Oba was disappointed and I was disappointed for him, but chances come and go and strikers score some and miss some, and at least he was there to miss them.
“But what Oba cannot do is let this get him down. I told him he did great getting the ball past the keeper at Arsenal just after they scored, but then he didn’t hit it hard enough and the defender got his shot off the line.
“It was a shame because for the next couple of days he is going to think it was all his fault.
“But he cannot do that. This is a team game and we are all in this together. He knows that as a front man if he scores then he gets all the headlines and that if he doesn’t score he gets different type of headlines.
“He will know that he could have had the right sort of headlines after Arsenal but what is really pleasing is that he is looking really sharp and really, really quick.
“At Arsenal we didn’t get as much service to Oba as we would have liked and if we had he would have caused them a lot more trouble.”
This has been a difficult time for Martins. He will have been told by his agents at the Stellar Group that United were prepared to sell him in the close season and that there were no takers.
Since then, despite his 17 goals last season, Martins found that Owen has been in front of him in the pecking order in Allardyce’s preferred big-man, little-man formation up front, and Tuesday was his first start since the game at Middlesbrough on August 26.
But to his credit, and with the backing of the United supporters, Martins has kept his head up, especially when he has been thrust on as a substitute, scoring in these circumstances against Barnsley in the Carling Cup and then making the winner for Owen against Wigan Athletic.
Mark Viduka looks set to return to the side on Saturday, after missing out at the Emirates because of a foot injury.
And Martins will be looking to renew his partnership at the City at Manchester Stadium with the burly Aussie which looked so good in United’s only away win to date at Bolton on the opening day of the season.
Man City v Newcastle Saturday KO 12:45 Live on SS1 & HD1 *Sponsored by Little Micky being crocked again* 
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