26th December, 2002

[Sluffy]

I've not done one of these for a while, so with Newcastle at home on Sunday I thought I would look back on a cracker of a match between the two clubs from just a few years ago.

(Note the two future Bolton players playing for Newcastle that day!)

Sluffy's Date's give you -

Premiership - Bolton 4-3 Newcastle - 26th December, 2002

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Charlton, Bergsson, Whitlow, Barness, Frandsen, Okocha, Djorkaeff (Nolan 66), Gardner, Pedersen (Facey 75), Ricketts.
Subs Not Used: Poole, Campo, Tofting
Goals: Okocha 5, Gardner 9, Ricketts 45, 63.

Newcastle: Given, Griffin, O'Brien, Caldwell, Hughes, Solano (Jenas 73), Dyer, Speed, Robert, Ameobi (LuaLua 73), Shearer.
Subs Not Used: Bellamy, Harper, Dabizas.
Booked: Shearer, LuaLua.
Goals: Shearer 8, Ameobi 71, Shearer 79.
Att: 27,314
Ref: U Rennie (S Yorkshire).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2002/12/27/sfgbol27.xml

Revived Ricketts on the goal trail again
http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2002/12/27/576085.html

All the match stats from a 4-3 thriller
http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2002/12/27/576086.html

[jordanbwfc11]

My Birthday 

[Manny]

Remember that day well, up there with the best games ever played at the Reebok for me. Had no nails left in those last 10 minutes.

Gardner's goal was probably one of the best you are likely to see.