Newcastle United 3 – 0 Middlesbrough, 2001/02 – Football Research Archive

Newcastle United 3 – 0 Middlesbrough

Source OpenFootballUpdated 23 Oct 2026, 10:36 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 26 Dec 2001, 15:00 GMT

Newcastle United

3 – 0Half time 1 – 0

Middlesbrough

Match statistics

According to football-data.co.uk. Referee: Halsey, M. R..

Aggregate match statistics according to football-data.co.uk
Statistic	Newcastle United	Middlesbrough
Shots	18	5
Shots on target	9	2
Corners	10	2
Fouls committed	18	12
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

Yellow cards exclude the first yellow when a player is sent off for a second yellow. Missing values are not held.

Source file, line 187; read 16 Oct 2026, 06:46 BST.

Kickoff

26 Dec 2001, 15:00 GMT

Published as 15:00 Europe/London

Ground

St James' Park

Newcastle United's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

52,127

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Mark Halsey

According to Wikipedia

Goals

29′GoalAlan ShearerNewcastle United1 – 0
58′GoalGary SpeedNewcastle United2 – 0
83′GoalOlivier BernardNewcastle United3 – 0

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“2001–02 Newcastle United F.C. season”, revision 1341111528, read 16 Oct 2026; “2001–02 Middlesbrough F.C. season”, revision 1316775555, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, aggregate match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia), referee (according to Wikipedia). Not held: full event data, team sheets, bookings, assistant referees, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 23 Oct 2026, 10:36 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: 27 May 2026
This record last changed: 15 Oct 2026, 07:18 BST
Last correction: None

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