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Durham City	0 - 5	Newcastle United
Half time:	0 - 2
Score Sheet:
		Ord og (24) Gavilan (47)   Dimas (24) Dimas (47)   Dimas (82)
	Teams
Marc Riches Craig Lake Kenny Cramman Steve Walklate Michael Canavan Gavin Mudd Gary Pearson Richard Ord Lee Ludlow Stuart Brightwell Stuart Irvine		Steve Harper Andy Griffin  Olivier Bernard Steve Caldwell Gary Caldwell Jamie McClen  Diego Gavilan  StuartGreen  James Coppinger  Colin McMenamin Mark Boyd
Substitutes:
tbc		Pedro Dimas for Green (52) Richard Offiong for McMenamin (52) David Cowan for Griffin (71) Peter Ramage for S. Caldwell (71)
Subs not used:
Michael Dunwell Steve Hutchinson Michael Dawson Lee Crosby Chris Emmerson Baen Cattanach Gavin Lowe		Phil Pringle
Bookings:
n/a		n/a
Referee:
Attendance: 250

Half time: Durham 0 Newcastle Reserves 2

Full time: Durham 0 Newcastle Reserves 5

Tommy Craig told waiting journalists after the match:

"It was a good all-round performance, we dominated the game from start to finish. Bobby Robson came in to see the players at half time when we were two goals up, and told the lads to keep going. We did that and i'm also delighted we kept our first clean sheet of the season." 

Substitute Pedro Dimas scored a 15 minute second half hat-trick in front of Bobby Robson at Durham's New Ferens Park on Thursday night. 

The scoring began after 15 minutes when ex-mackem Richard Ord bizarrely put through his own goal to give us the lead. Jamie McClen crossed from the left and the ball hit Ord's hand before it trickled in at the far post. A Diego Gavilan shot made it 2-0 after 37 minutes to give Tommy Craig's side a two-goal advantage at the break.

Dimas got his first midway through the second half with a header and he followed that with a shot just four minutes later to make it 4-0. Dimas then completed his hat-trick after 82 minutes with another shot (after Offiong's attempt bounced back off the home 'keeper) to give the stiffs their biggest win of the pre-season so far.

The usual kind hospitality was in evidence at Durham, along with the well-tended (but mackem funded) pitch. However, club officials were very disappointed with the low turn out - the equivalent game had attracted 1,500 spectators last season. 

Biffa 

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