By Matthew Jones
August 4 2002

Newcastle bounced back from their midweek defeat to Nottingham Forest by claiming a 2-0 friendly win over Wolves on Saturday. We took the lead in the sixth minute. Newcastle bounced back from their midweek defeat to Nottingham Forest by claiming a 2-0 friendly win over Wolves on Saturday.

The visitors took the lead in only the sixth minute courtesy of Lomano Lua Lua when he found himself one-on-one with Michael Oakes to slot the ball into the corner of the net.

Wanderers were restricted to long-range efforts by the Premiership outfit and Lee Naylor and Alex Rae both saw shots saved and go wide respectively.

Sir Bobby Robson's side continued to dominate after the break in the fairly uneventful encounter with Alan Shearer heading wide before Lua Lua finally grabbed his second of the game, firing an angled drive into the back of the net after 70 minutes.

Miller had Wolves' best chances of the second half but he could only fire wide after Steve Harper had dropped the ball and was then denied by the United stopper following a corner.

Wolves hitman Dean Sturridge was stretchered off during the first half after a lunging tackle from the Magpies' £5m summer signing Titus Bramble left him with a deep gash to the leg.