Newcastle defeat Cheltenham Town Well it wasn't as emphatic a win as I would have liked, but Newcastle put on a fairly professional display, and in my eyes didn't have too much trouble dispensing of Cheltenham Town... Of course their long ball approach and the play of their muscular striker provided a few anxious moments, but all in all, I think Newcastle won pretty comfortably, I don't think the scoreline was flattering.

I was very pleased to see Parker and Emre back from injury, Emre came on as a second half substitute and was busy as usual, always wanting to get on the ball, making himself available, tricky dribbling, and not afraid to shoot.

Shearer was unlucky, he almost got to a great N'Zogbia cross to notch his 201st, but it wasn't to be...

I was planning to watch the match at home on Pay-Per-View, as the Viewer's Choice web site had an FA Cup package with 4 matches on their website, but scrolled through all the digital channels and no luck... So I ended up getting a stream off of PPLive and just watched the match on the PC with Chinese commentary...  ¶ Saturday, January 28, 2006