Newcastle 2 - West Brom 1 (Premier League, October 28, 2008) Ryan Donk felled Shola Ameobi in the box and Joey Barton marked his return to St. James’ Park by netting the resulting spot kick. It got better for the Toon just before the break, Habib Beye crossed in from the right and Obafemi Martins headed home number two. The Baggies brought on Ishmael Miller at the break, and the striker pulled a goal back in the 65th minute after collecting a fine through-ball from Rob Koren. Thereafter it was far from a vintage performance from the Magpies, but they held on the move up to 15th in the table.

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Birmingham 3 - Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Championship, October 28, 2008) O’Connor headed the home side in front after 11 minutes, only to see Etienne Esajas equalise three minutes later from a quick free-kick. But Birmingham regained the lead a minute later through O’Connor before Kevin Phillips added the third.

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Werder Bremen 0 - Bayer Leverkusen 2 (Bundesliga, October 28, 2008) Bayer Leverkusen took the lead away at Bremen in the 70th minute, Arturo Vidal stroking the ball in after Werder failed to clear their lines. Friedrich made sure of the points ten minutes from time, scoring following a Bayer corner.

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Roda Kerkrade 0 - AZ Alkmaar 2 (Eredivisie, October 28, 2008) AZ Alkmaar, who are riding high in Holland, took the lead away at Roda when Mounir El Hamdaoui converted after an earlier header rebounded off the bar. El Hamdaoui wrapped up the win with his second of the game a minute from time.

Ado Den Haag 0 - PSV 2 (Eredivisie, October 28, 2008) Eric Addo gave PSV the lead with an excellent late run into the box from which we scored. With time running out PSV scored a breakaway goal, Otman Bakkal burst through the middle and slotted home the killer second.

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Cracovia Krakow 3 - LKS Lodz 0 (Puchar Polski, October 28, 2008)