Ref for the barcodes game

Mark Halsey makes his second refereeing visit of the season to St. James' Park when United take on Spurs on Saturday.
The Lancashire official took charge of the 2-2 draw with Wigan in October - a match where he showed three yellow cards, two of which went to Andy Carroll and Cheick Tiote - and has been selected for Newcastle duty again this weekend.
In 18 games this term, Halsey has shown 41 yellow cards and just one red - Liverpool midfielder Lucas was sent off in the last minute of their defeat to Stoke last month.




( A bit for Lought)

Halsey was also the man in the middle when Newcastle and Spurs met at White Hart Lane in April 2009. The Magpies will hope for a better result this time around after losing that game 1-0 thanks to a goal from new Aston Villa striker Darren Bent.

a darren bent goal. theres been lots of them. the guy suffers from being english wiv a plain name.

halsey not a bad ref. i still cant see us winning but i think we need to win or we will be well behined the top 3