2012/13 MAN CITY 4 NEWCASTLE 0
Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany was amongst the scorers as the Blues recorded their biggest Premier League win since November.
Carlos Tevez, David Silva and Yaya Toure were also on target against a lacklustre Newcastle outfit, who remain not quite far enough clear of the drop zone for comfort.
With potential back-to-back games against Manchester United looming, little wonder why City manager Roberto Mancini was so concerned at Belgium's use of his captain, who was returning to club duty for the first time in two months after a calf problem.
For Kompany is going to be a key man over the next fortnight, which could do so much to determine whether Mancini's work over the season is viewed as progress or inexcusable regression.
They may have been in the top two for five months but the title fever that gripped City at this point last season is nowhere to be seen and news of the Manchester United win at Sunderland that briefly took the Red Devils 18 points clear was greeted with complete indifference in the stands.
The large section of Roberto Mancini's programme notes devoted to the FA Cup semi-final, a match not due to take place for another fortnight, seemed to indicate where the priority now lies, beyond, of course, securing a Champions League berth for next season.
For 20 minutes it appeared the minds of Mancini's players were drifting towards a meeting with Chelsea or United at Wembley on April 14 too.
The liveliest the home fans got was with Newcastle goalkeeper Rob Elliot, who from a ridiculously early point was dragging out every dead ball and free-kick he was asked to take.
As it turned out, the game clicked into gear thanks to a rare visitors' attack. Vurnon Anita dropped a superb crossfield pass perfectly into the path of Papiss Cisse, whose first-time effort was well saved at his near post by Joe Hart.
Within minutes Gareth Barry was striding onto Samir Nasri's cut-back, the goal gaping in front of him. Inexplicably, Barry fired over, eliciting groans from the home faithful who were expecting so much more from their team, both on Saturday and in the season as a whole.
Crucially though, City had built up some momentum. And when Gael Clichy squeezed a cross through to the far post,
Tevez slid in to turn it home.
It was the South American's seventh goal in six games and his 17th overall this season, and the hosts were in no mood to offer Newcastle any way back.
Clichy brought an outstanding save out of Elliot, as did Edin Dzeko, before an intricate bit of passing from Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri offered Silva the chance to reach the corner of the six-yard box, where he buried his shot with some aplomb.
Why Newcastle waited until their position was virtually hopeless before injecting any degree of urgency into their game was a mystery but they began the second period with a sense of purpose so obviously absent during the first half.
Yohan Cabaye flashed a shot across goal after running onto Cisse's lay-off before the midfielder zipped a shot over from 20 yards. In between, an offside flag rendered Cisse's shot over on the stretch irrelevant.
That flurry was as good as it got for the visitors. And there could be no more appropriate scorer of City's third goal than Kompany.
His last for the Blues was the goal that won the derby in April 2012. This was not quite in the same class, the Belgian flicking home an off-target Barry effort that hit two Newcastle men besides.
In the whole scheme of things, it will matter little. However, it offered the home fans an opportunity to train their thoughts on what could be the first of two successive meetings with United, depending on Monday's FA Cup replay, at Old Trafford on April 8.
On this form, Sir Alex Ferguson's side will find it difficult to confirm their superiority. With 20 minutes left, Toure strode through some poor Newcastle defending and beat Elliot at his near post with a shot that deflected off James Perch.
Toure's effort was the signal for Sergio Aguero's return from injury, in place of Samir Nasri, which is also good news for City ahead of the derby, when the Blues will look to delay an inevitable 20th title - which now cannot be won until April 17 at the earliest - for another couple of games.
MAN CITY v NEWCASTLE - THE HISTORY
2012/2013 Sat 30 Mar Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Sat 15 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. City Premier League
2011/2012 Sun 06 May Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City Premier League
Sat 19 Nov Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2010/2011 Sun 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. City Premier League
Sun 03 Oct Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2008/2009 Wed 28 Jan Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Mon 20 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City Premier League
2007/2008 Wed 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City Premier League
Sat 29 Sep Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2006/2007 Sat 31 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City Premiership
Sat 11 Nov Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2005/2006 Wed 01 Feb Man. City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 24 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City Premiership
2004/2005 Wed 02 Feb Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 24 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Man. City Premiership
2003/2004 Sat 01 May Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 22 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City Premiership
2002/2003 Sat 18 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City Premiership
Sat 24 Aug Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2001/2002 Sun 17 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City F.A. Cup
2000/2001 Sat 24 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City Premiership
Sat 30 Sep Man. City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1995/1996 Sat 24 Feb Man. City 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 16 Sep Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 29 Apr Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 19 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City F.A. Cup
Mon 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City Premiership
Wed 21 Dec Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City League Cup
Wed 30 Nov Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
1993/1994 Sat 09 Apr Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City Premiership
1986/1987 Sat 21 Mar Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 11 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division
1985/1986 Sat 26 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 23 Nov Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1983/1984 Sat 18 Feb Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 29 Oct Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Man. City Second Division
1977/1978 Wed 29 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
Mon 26 Dec Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1976/1977 Wed 16 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
Sat 06 Nov Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1975/1976 Wed 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 30 Aug Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1974/1975 Sat 18 Jan Man. City 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 30 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
1973/1974 Wed 27 Mar Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 13 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1972/1973 Wed 18 Apr Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
1971/1972 Sat 25 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 11 Sep Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1970/1971 Mon 12 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 03 Oct Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1969/1970 Wed 08 Oct Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 16 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1968/1969 Mon 05 May Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 16 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1967/1968 Sat 11 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 4 Man. City First Division
Wed 06 Sep Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1966/1967 Sat 05 Nov Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 15 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1964/1965 Sat 24 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City Second Division
Wed 14 Oct Man. City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1963/1964 Sat 04 Apr Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 23 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City Second Division
1960/1961 Sat 21 Jan Man. City 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 10 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. City First Division
1959/1960 Sat 30 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 28 Nov Man. City 3 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1958/1959 Sat 14 Mar Man. City 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 25 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City First Division
1957/1958 Mon 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City First Division
Mon 07 Apr Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1956/1957 Sat 02 Mar Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 20 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Man. City First Division
1955/1956 Sat 07 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 26 Nov Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1954/1955 Mon 27 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 25 Dec Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1953/1954 Sat 03 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Man. City First Division
Sat 14 Nov Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1952/1953 Sat 14 Feb Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 27 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1951/1952 Sat 12 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 24 Nov Man. City 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1949/1950 Sat 21 Jan Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 17 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 2 Man. City First Division
1948/1949 Sat 19 Feb Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 25 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division
1946/1947 Sat 03 May Man. City 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 26 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Man. City Second Division
1938/1939 Sat 08 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City Second Division
Sat 03 Dec Man. City 4 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1933/1934 Wed 21 Mar Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 07 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
1932/1933 Sat 01 Apr Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 19 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1931/1932 Sat 05 Mar Man. City 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 24 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
1930/1931 Sat 11 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 06 Dec Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1929/1930 Sat 22 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
Sat 16 Nov Man. City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1928/1929 Sat 23 Mar Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 10 Nov Man. City 2 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1925/1926 Sat 01 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Man. City First Division
Sat 19 Dec Man. City 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1924/1925 Sat 24 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 20 Sep Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1923/1924 Sat 10 Nov Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 03 Nov Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1922/1923 Sat 05 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 28 Apr Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1921/1922 Sat 06 May Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 29 Apr Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Man. City First Division
1920/1921 Sat 07 May Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. City First Division
Mon 02 May Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1919/1920 Sat 24 Apr Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 17 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City First Division
1914/1915 Sat 13 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 10 Oct Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1913/1914 Mon 13 Apr Man. City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Thu 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division
1912/1913 Sat 15 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 12 Oct Man. City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1911/1912 Sat 27 Jan Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1910/1911 Sat 29 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 3 Man. City First Division
Sat 24 Dec Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1908/1909 Sat 27 Feb Man. City 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 24 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1907/1908 Sat 15 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 19 Oct Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1906/1907 Sat 16 Feb Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 13 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1905/1906 Tue 26 Dec Man. City 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 06 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
1904/1905 Sat 28 Jan Man. City 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 01 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1903/1904 Fri 01 Apr Man. City 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 10 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1901/1902 Sat 08 Mar Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 09 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City First Division
1900/1901 Sat 20 Apr Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 15 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
1899/1900 Fri 13 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 14 Oct Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1897/1898 Wed 16 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City Second Division
Sat 08 Jan Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1896/1897 Sat 06 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City Second Division
Sat 17 Oct Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1895/1896 Sat 21 Mar Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City Second Division
Sat 04 Jan Man. City 5 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1894/1895 Sat 09 Feb Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 27 Oct Newcastle Utd. 5 - 4 Man. City Second Division
1893/1894 Sat 06 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Ardwick Second Division
Sat 21 Oct Ardwick 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Newcastle United Fixtures ...
Monday August 19
20:00 Premier League Manchester City v Newcastle United *Sky Sports
Saturday August 24
15:00 Premier League Newcastle United v West Ham United
Wednesday August 28
19:45 League Cup - 2nd Rnd Morecambe v Newcastle United *Sky Sports
Saturday August 31
15:00 Premier League Newcastle United v Fulham
Saturday September 14
15:00 Premier League Aston Villa v Newcastle United
Saturday September 21
15:00 Premier League Newcastle United v
Hull City
Monday September 30
20:00 Premier League Everton v Newcastle United *Sky Sports
NEXT AWAY GAME ... MAN CITY
How To Get There And Where To Park
The stadium is located in the North East of Manchester.
From the South M6
Leave the M6 at Junction 19 and follow the A556 towards Stockport and then join the M56 going towards Stockport. Continue onto the M60 passing Stockport and heading on towards Ashton Under Lyne. Leave the M60 at Junction 23 and take the A635 towards Manchester. Branch off onto the A662 (Ashton New Road) towards Droylsden and Manchester. Stay on the A662 for around three miles and you will reach the Stadium on your right.
From The M62
Leave the M62 at Junction 18 and then join the M60 Ashton Under Lyne. Leave the M60 at Junction 23 and take the A635 towards Manchester. Branch off onto the A662 (Ashton New Road) towards Droylsden/Manchester. Stay on the A662 for around three miles and you will reach the Stadium on your right.
Whilst Iain Macintosh informs me; 'I find this an easier route to the ground; Leave the M60 at Junction 24 and take the A57 (Hyde Road) towards Manchester. Turn right onto the A6010 (Pottery Lane). There are quite a number of unofficial car parks on both sides of Pottery Lane, costing around £5 per car. Pottery Lane becomes the Alan Turing Way and goes right past the stadium on your left'.
Car Parking
There is some parking available at the stadium itself which costs £10 per car. The East Car Park is nearest to the away entrance. Please be aware that there is a residents only parking scheme in place in the streets near to the ground, which extends about a mile out from the stadium. So if you want to street park, it means parking further away and then walking to the stadium. Some unofficial car parks have sprung up mostly charging around £5 per car. Terry Ireland a visiting Chelsea fan adds; 'Plenty of car parking spaces were available when we arrived at the stadium around two hours before kick off. However, getting out after the game was a joke. It’s a little like a free for all and took us nearly an hour to exit the car park and be on our way. Meanwhile the unofficial car parks, all but 400 yards away, had cleared, been locked-up and were long gone by the time we passed them on our way home. And they cost the same to park!' Whilst Glen Connon tells me; 'I parked in the K2 car park, which is a field/scrubland, located on Ashton Old Road (A635) at the junction with Pottery Lane (A6010). The entrance is on the south carriageway of Ashton Old Road, about 200 yards from the junction (M11 3AA will get you right outside the entrance). It cost £7, and is staffed throughout the afternoon. The stadium is then a ten-minute walk away'.
Peter Llewellyn informs me; 'The road links are busy even on non-match days so make sure you allow plenty of time. The stadium is part of Sportcity so car users should follow the brown Sportcity signs until near the stadium'.
By Train/Metrolink
The stadium now has its own Metrolink stop on the East Manchester line, called Etihad Campus; this is only a five minute walk from the away end. Trams can be caught from either Victoria or Piccadilly railway stations (or Market Street or Piccadilly Gardens in the city centre), taking a tram towards Droylsden, calling at Etihad Campus (which is on the north side of the stadium, next to the outside catering and toilets at City Square) and then Velopark (south east side of the stadium, near Asda, which is slightly nearer the away fans stadium entrance, but please note this station is closed after the game has ended). Trams are frequent on matchdays (every 6 minutes). The journey time from Piccadilly Station to the Etihad Campus stop is 8 minutes. A return ticket for this journey costs £2.90 for adults and £1.40 for children. Pre-recorded passenger information such as the names of station stops are read out by individual Manchester City players and management!
The new Metrolink stop also makes it easier to park near the motorways and get a tram into the city as the Metrolink has other lines into the city from Oldham, Eccles and Altrincham with parking facilities at several (e.g. at Ladywell near the M62/M602 from Liverpool and Whitefield (near M60 junction 17). For a PDF map showing the stops around the stadium visit the Metrolink website.
The closest railway station is Ashburys which is a short five minute train ride away from Manchester Piccadilly Station. The stadium is about a 15 minute walk away from Ashburys station. As you come out of the station turn left and after proceeding up the road you will come to the stadium on your left.
Otherwise if you have time on your hands then you can embark on the 20/25 minute walk from Piccadilly Station to the stadium. At the bottom of the main station approach turn right into Ducie Street. At the end of the road turn right onto Great Ancoats Street. Cross over the road, then the canal and turn left into Pollard Street - this is well marked as a walking route to "Sportcity". Continue straight along Pollard Street which leads onto the A662 Ashton New Road and you will come to the stadium on your left.
A shorter route from the station is to use the new exit to Fairfield Street (the taxi rank). As you come off the platforms, it’s in the left hand corner of the main concourse. Lifts or escalators down. (There’s also an exit from the little concourse off the bridge near platforms 13/14.) At the street exit head toward the railway over bridge, under that, then left again under the railway (Travis Street continuing into Adair Street), left at the end and right into Pollard Street (then as above).
Alternatively you can get a taxi from Piccadilly Station (around £6) or a bus from Piccadilly Gardens - Go down the main approach from the station, then along London Road to Piccadilly Gardens; normal service buses (216 and 231) leave from the right (north) side of the Gardens (between Lever Street and Oldham Street) and special matchday buses just across the road - £1.50 each way. Service 53 runs round the city's ring road and past the stadium. On the return, the special buses leave from Ashton New Road just across from the away end.
Thanks to Steve Parish for providing the above directions and bus information.
Remember if travelling by train then you can save on the cost of fares by booking in advance. Visit the thetrainline website to see how much you can save.
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