12 mins: Wanderers are forced into a major reshuffle after Hunt is stretchered off with a disclocated shoulder caused by the ball rebounding off Faye in a firm but fair challenge.

23 mins: Penalty appeals are waved away as Stelios is pushed to the ground by Bramble in a challenge for Gardner's cross.

25 mins: Jaaskelainen pulls off two saves in quick succession, first from a deflected Shearer shot, then a close range Dyer header - all from Davies putting Wanderers in trouble playing the ball out of defence.

34 mins: Bowyer sends Carr racing into oceans of space on the Wanderers left-flank and is there when the cross comes in, leaping above Dyer to head past Jaaskelainen.

41 mins: Okocha toys with the Newcastle defence, going one way then the other, before delivering the decisive pass that paves the way for a Davies flick and a Speed header to tee-up Stelios for a decisive volley.

44 mins: Wanderers, confident on the ball, set up Stelios again but this time Given has the danger covered at his back post.

49 mins: Newcastle are furious as Hierro escapes with a yellow card for taking down Dyer with a professional foul on the edge of the Wanderers' box. Robert is only inches wide with the resulting free-kick.

66 mins: Gardner causes problems with a foul on Bowyer on the edge of the box but clears off the line from Boumsong as Newcastle try to make it count.

68 mins: Newcastle's pressure pays off, as Dyer lashes the rebound into to the top corner after Shearer's shot comes back off N'Gotty.

71 mins: Candela shows his attacking instincts, intercepting Bowyer's pass and racing from inside his own half, scything through the heart of Newcastle's defence before firing over from just inside the area.

78 mins: Jaaskelainen gets down well to save Bowyer's low shot as it skims through a crowd of players.

85 mins: Shearer fires wide with Jaaskelainen stranded in a goalmouth scramble.