Hatem Ben Arfa as expected starts the game tonight at Darlington.
It’s Ben Arfa’s first appearance since last October and also in the team is 6’7″ goalkeeper Fraser Forster, back from a loan spell at Celtic, and young Slovenian U21 International Haris Vuckic.
Joey Barton captains the side and Alan Smith and Danny Guthrie are also in the starting eleven, but no Dan Gosling tonight.
Pardew has named 13 substitutes, including Frenchmen Yohan Cabaye and Mehdi Abeid.
Newcastle United (4-2-3-1): Fraser Forster; Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Steven Taylor, Shane Ferguson; Danny Guthrie, Alan Smith; Joey Barton (c), Haris Vuckic, Hatem Ben Arfa; Leon Best
Subs: Ole Soderberg, Ryan Taylor, James Tavernier, Paul Dummett, Jeff Henderson, Dan Gosling, Yohan Cabaye, Mehdi Abeid, Michael Richardson, Conor Newton, Ryan Donaldson, Sammy Ameobi, Nile Ranger
265 comments so far
Andy
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Comment #81Game over aparently bloody idiots!
belfastmagpie87
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Comment #82haha http://lockerz.com/s/120468798
rknufc
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Comment #83gane over?
WWJBD
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Comment #84Players being told to leave the pitch….good start to our pre season
DJM TOON
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Comment #85they’ve stopped the match!
ONLINE GUY
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:12 PM
Comment #86Game abandoned ..what a Frigging start
geist
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:12 PM
Comment #87pitch invasion pic
http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,88041.375.html
DJM TOON
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:12 PM
Comment #88darlo fans got in with us and it all kicked off, players off the pitch
WWJBD
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:12 PM
Comment #89Pardew and Carver going over to have a word….I would be sh*tting myself if Carver came over to have a word with me
WWJBD
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:13 PM
Comment #90Poor Sammy all he did was score and look what happened
Lad may never score again now through fear of riots
JP...from The Rock
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Comment #91Sh!t Game Abandoned!!??? I didn’t think it would go that far. Damn it 🙁
DJM TOON
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Comment #92nonsense wwjbd… he’ll be haivng a reet chuckle to himself!
GeordieGerman “allez les gars!”
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Comment #93Oh well, Cockney press will have a field day…
… again.
belfastmagpie87
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Comment #94are they having a laugh or what???
Tonytoon73
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Comment #95Lads i said i was not gonna be an argumentative person anymore but i have to say a couple of things to this little person that called me a tit when i went off line last night. mikes hairy pie, i mean manxpie. I am very surprised you can speak with all that cheese in your mouth off Ashley’s helmut. RENTBOY
JAMSHA
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:15 PM
Comment #96No more game?
JackButler
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:15 PM
Comment #97/darlo fan has smacked a steward
WWJBD
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:15 PM
Comment #98A Darlo fan just punched a steward
DJM TOON
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:15 PM
Comment #99hahah, darlo fan thumped his own steward!
belfastmagpie87
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Comment #100surely they will come back out??
Baro
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Comment #101PLAYERS BACK ON PITCH!!
carl nufc
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Comment #102complete idiots.. WTF did they invade the pitch?? no class clowns
Toon1978
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Comment #103Always a bloody soap opera at NUFC.
WWJBD
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Comment #104I often wonder why Geordies footy fans are looked at as thugish drunken idiots by the world…..hmmmm the Sun will have a field day tomorrow
rknufc
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:17 PM
Comment #105fcku sake at least we won
belfastmagpie87
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:17 PM
Comment #106its now back on
Andy
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:17 PM
Comment #107game back on well done Pards and carver. Bloody idiot fans!
GeordieGerman “allez les gars!”
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:17 PM
Comment #108I bet we get fined. There’s more of the 35 million gone.
kevymartins
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:17 PM
Comment #109Your suppost to invade the pitch at the end of the game lol
WWJBD
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:17 PM
Comment #110Also I am shocked that Gamerio, Gervinho, Naylor and Erdinc want nothing to do with our club
belfastmagpie87
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Comment #111Scottwilsonecho Scott Wilson
Pardew and Carver have been over to plead with the fans and the game is back on. Some very ugly scenes though forcing the stoppage. #NUFC
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DJM TOON
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Comment #112someone said on another board that the NUFC will get fined now and MA will say thats where the 35mil went!
hahha, funny sod!
JackButler
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Comment #113Toonruz on the rampage, Belfast this is your fault lol
Andy
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Comment #114Ranger on for best in the middle of the pitch invasion. Not a sub nile just fancied a fight
belfastmagpie87
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:19 PM
Comment #115abeid & gosling have came on.
WWJBD
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:19 PM
Comment #116Ranger Gosling and Abied all on for Barton Smith and Best
WWJBD
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:20 PM
Comment #117Andy
hahahahaha when I read that from Ryder I generally thought he had just gone on to knock some heads
Baro
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:20 PM
Comment #118Nile Ranger came on during the chaos for Best.
Barton has been replaced by Abeid.
Smith was replaced by Gosling.
deEBUT FOR ABEID!
GLAD GOSLING IS FULL FIT AND BACK.
DANGER RANGER TIME. THE POWER RANGER.
GeordieGerman “allez les gars!”
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:20 PM
Comment #119This is a good one:
DCMagpie: Ranger pulled out a fake gun and got everyone to take their seats
belfastmagpie87
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:21 PM
Comment #120@jack butler
fu** all to do with me!!! haha