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Bolton Wanderers	2 - 1	Newcastle United Reserves
Half time:	1 - 0
Score Sheet:
Holdsworth (45) Ross (66)		Ameobi (87)
	Teams
Jani Viander Nicky Southall Alan O'Hare Danny Livesey Wayne Buchanan Derek Niven Clive Ross David Norris Akinori Nishizawa Dean Holdsworth Paul Wheatcroft		Brain Barton Griffin S.Caldwell Distin Bassedas Dyer Acuna Ameobi LuaLua Bernard
Substitutes:
Nicky Hunt for Southall (46) Chris Downey for Wheatcroft (84) Cleveland Taylor for Niven (88)		Gavilan for Dyer (60) McClen for Griffin (72) Kerr for Bernard (72)
Subs not used:
Chris Williams Martin Moran		Pringle Cowan
Bookings:
None		None
Referee: GB Turner
Attendance:  Approx 350 - good sprinkling of toon fans. Bobby Robson also took the opportunity to run the rule over the returning Dyer and his other fringe players, notably Distin.

44 mins Bolton took a first half lead in added time when a cross to the far post was missed by Brain and Holdsworth headed in from close range at the empty away end of the Reebok. 0-1

Half time: Bolton 1 Newcastle Reserves 0 

66 mins Wanderers extended their lead when a long shot from Norris found the net. Again Brain not looking too clever for the goal. 0-2

87 mins United got a late consolation when Shola Ameobi headed in a deep Brian Kerr cross from the right.

Full time: Bolton 2 Newcastle Reserves 1 

Tommy Craig commented:

"It was very disappointing to lose the game but we never really reached the level of performance we have produced in recent weeks.

"The main plus to come out of the game was that the first team fringe players got 90 minutes of football and that was important for the Club.

"Kieron Dyer did well for us in the 60 minutes he played, he was bright and busy and we only took him off as he was beginning to tire."

Dyer himself said:

"It is a great feeling to be playing again in a Newcastle shirt and I'm reasonably pleased with how things went tonight.

"The sharpness and the fitness will undoubtedly come back with the more games I play but I really enjoyed playing again. The more games I play the better I will get.

"I felt absolutely no discomfort from my shin at all and was able to run freely. To get an hour under my belt already is a big bonus.

"I even took a hefty whack on my shin in the second half and although the tackle hurt, there were no lasting effects and that is obviously very pleasing for me.

"It's a shame we ended up losing because we started well and had a very strong team out. I'm looking forward to playing again soon and will be working hard in training in the next couple of days to try and get the manager to give me a spot on the bench to face my home-town club Ipswich on Sunday. That would be a wonderful way for my comeback to continue."

Kieron Dyer played for an hour in his first competitive game for over nine months and did enough to suggest he may be on the bench in Sunday's game at Ipswich. However, his team mates were distinctly uninspiring and deservedly lost at the Reebok.

Gavilan and Griffin were the pick of our lot with the latter having a running battle with Bolton's Japanese youngster, Akinori Nishizawa.

Shirts: All wore long sleeves except Barton and Acuna and Gavilan's looked like it still had the price ticket on. Dyer handed his no.7 shirt to a lucky recipient in the crowd.

Biffa 

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