Newcastle 4-1 Celtic

geordie-442 · Post by **geordie-442** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:11 am

Albert Luque staked his claim for a place in Sam Allardyce's new-look Newcastle side after scoring twice in the 4-1 friendly against Celtic.

Luque, who has scored just one Premier League goal in two seasons, struck twice in the first-halfs after Obafemi Martins gave Newcastle an early lead.

Celtic's new signing Scott Brown pulled a goal back for the Scottish champions in the second half.

but James Milner's late strike restored the Magpies' three-goal advantage.

Newcastle paid Â£9.5m for Luque in 2005, but he has struggled to settle.

Last season he managed to score just twice for the Magpies, with both goals coming in the club's Uefa Cup campaign.

ruud · Post by **ruud** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:21 am

web · Post by **web** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:12 am

BillShankly · Post by **BillShankly** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:58 am

Scott Brown seems a decent buy for Celtic though.

Big Wayne · Post by **Big Wayne** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:13 am

Hi Geordie - you have been lying low. Thought you might appear when I heard the result

What was the game like ? I hear there was a bit of trouble - 15 arrests

geordie-442 · Post by **geordie-442** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:04 am

Big Wayne wrote:Hi Geordie - you have been lying low. Thought you might appear when I heard the result

What was the game like ? I hear there was a bit of trouble - 15 arrests

Been posting a little less but about most of the time.

Check it out for yersel:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mtgi ... ltic_sport

Its only a friendly like.

yogi · Post by **yogi** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:18 pm

geordie-442 wrote:
Big Wayne wrote:Hi Geordie - you have been lying low. Thought you might appear when I heard the result

What was the game like ? I hear there was a bit of trouble - 15 arrests
Been posting a little less but about most of the time.

Check it out for yersel:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mtgi ... ltic_sport

Its only a friendly like.

exactly geordie,,,,,,,,,,your right.
celtic didnt win any pre-season games last year and did the double not to mention making it thru the group stages of the CL, and getting beaten by the eventual winners AC Milan.
I dont read too much into it.
Celtic got beat 3-1 2 weeks ago in switzerland by young boys of berne, cos strachan trained them solid in the morning of the game. its pre-season, thats what its about, mix and matching and fitness.

hope newcastle do well this year.