Newcastle United 3 Portsmouth 0

[Beckhams]

Newcastle United 3 Portsmouth 0 - October 25th 2006


NEWCASTLE: Harper, Taylor (Ramage 90), Moore, Bramble,Babayaro, Solano, Butt (Dyer 60), N'Zogbia, Milner, Rossi,Martins (Duff 46).
Subs Not Used: Srnicek, Luque.

PORTSMOUTH: James, Pamarot, O'Brien, Primus, Taylor,Thompson (Koroman 46), Davis (Hughes 73), Fernandes,Kranjcar (Douala 63), Cole, LuaLua.
Subs Not Used: Kiely, Kanu.

Newcastle United steamed by Portsmouth in a 3-0 rout at home.

Newcastle took the lead within three minutes after the second, after Milner surged into the box and Rossi latched onto the loose ball and calmly slotted home his first goal for the club.

The lead was doubled five minutes later when Duff sent in a deep cross from the left and Solano arrived unmarked at the far post to power a header past James.

[AEK Man]

Some view this as a bit of a surprise consedering Portsmouths meteroric start to the season. We'll see if they can hold it. This game seems to suggest n ot, but it is only one game.