Newcastle United Under-21s suffer late heartbreak as Sunderland keeper controversially scores
It was Tyne-Wear derby heartbreak for 10-man Newcastle United Under-21s as Sunderland scored a 94th minute equaliser at St James’s Park.
Joe White’s first half opener was cancelled out deep into stoppage time as Sunderland goalkeeper Alex Bass bundled the ball in from a corner to see the match end 1-1.
Newcastle midfielder Jay Turner-Cooke was given his marching orders in the closing stages after being shown a second yellow card.
There were some objections to Sunderland’s late goal from the Newcastle players, who felt the goalkeeper handled the ball on the way to finding the net.
Despite the late heartbreak, the draw sees Newcastle move up to fifth in the Premier League 2 Division 2 table while Sunderland remain ninth.
NUFC U21s: Smith; Barclay, Brookwell, Murphy, Bondswell; Miley (Huntley 75), Turner-Cooke; White, Scott (Diallo 71), Stephenson; Westendorf (Ndiweni 75)
Unused substitutes: Wiggett, Brown
SAFC U21s: Bass; Huggins, Newall, Johnson, Compton, Newall; Ba (Bennette 46), Matete (Burke 64), Taylor, Spellman (Kachosa 90); Gardner, Thompson
Unused substitutes: Richardson, Jessup