Sport 08-04-2005 who: Newcastle United what: Beat Sporting Lisbon 1-0 in UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg where: St James` Park, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE when: Thursday night snippet: Alan Shearer headed home a Laurent Robert free-kick to give the Magpies the advantage, but their achievement in Europe this week has been eclipsed in the headlines by the antics of team mates Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer, who got into a fight on the pitch on Saturday afternoon during their game with visiting Aston Villa, which the hosts lost 3-0. Bowyer wound up with an unprecedented fine of six weeks` wages - around £200,000 - and Friday`s Independent lifts a quote from the local paper in which he pledged with suitable, albeit unconvincing, humility: "I`d die for this football club ­ what I did on Saturday is something I will regret for the rest of my career". Meanwhile, it emerged this week that the club will be paying Sir Bobby Robson £2.1million compensation for ending his contract a year early. [... more]

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