Alright, here’s how I actually figured out a way to get the Newcastle vs Brentford match timeline without losing my damn mind. Searched everywhere and nothing really clicked until I brute-forced it.
The Initial Headache
Started simple, right? Searched “Newcastle Brentford timeline” expecting it just to pop up. Wrong. Mostly got recent news headlines talking about injuries or transfer gossip, useless. Some results pointed to fan forums where folks argued about the game weeks later, total mess. Kept trying variations like “Newcastle vs Brentford all goals” or “match events timeline”. Still nothing decent. Felt like hitting a wall.
Clicked on one of those big stats websites. Damn things are confusing. Found the page after five minutes of clicking through leagues and seasons. But the timeline? Buried under formations, player stats, heat maps – basically everything except a clean list of when stuff actually happened. Too much noise.
Getting Sneaky
Remembered some matches live on TV or streaming have live text feeds. Decided to hunt for those. Searched “Newcastle Brentford live commentary”. Scrolled past the live odds crap. Found a few news site archives with play-by-play text. Jackpot!… Sorta.
Here’s the annoying part: most only kept the commentary live during the game. After the final whistle? Poof. Vanished. Some sites kept a summary paragraph, basically “Newcastle won 2-1, here’s who scored”. Useless. Kept digging and found a couple that actually archived the whole damn commentary thread. Scrolled through pages of text like:
- “Minute 12: Corner Brentford…”
- “Minute 27: GOAL! Newcastle! Isaacson! Long ball over the top, mistake by defender…”
- “Minute 45+2: Yellow card shown to [Brentford Player]”
This was the raw timeline, but it was mixed in with all the announcer’s chat and filler.
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The Filtering Grind
Now I had the timeline, but it was dirty. Copied the whole text into a basic text file on my computer. Yeah, low tech, but it works. Then just started manually scrolling.
Looked specifically for lines mentioning:
Minute [Number],
GOAL,
Penalty,
Red card,
Yellow card,
Substitution.
Ignored the “atmosphere building” or “nice pass” fluff. Took maybe ten minutes to skim through, picking out just the key event lines with the minute markers.
The Final Result
Ended up with a simple chronological list in my text file:
- Minute 11: GOAL – Newcastle (Wilson)
- Minute 28: Yellow Card – Brentford (Norgaard)
- Minute 36: GOAL – Brentford (Mbeumo – Penalty)
- Minute 45+2: Yellow Card – Newcastle (Guimaraes)
- Minute 65: Substitution – Newcastle: ASM OFF, Murphy ON
- Minute 79: GOAL – Newcastle (Joelinton)
- Minute 87: Yellow Card – Brentford (Pinnock)
HALF TIME
FULL TIME
Was it glamorous? Hell no. Did it give me exactly what I wanted without needing some fancy database login or paying a subscription? Yeah. Turns out the old-school commentary archives, while a bit buried, are still the most direct way to piece together the timeline if you’re willing to do a little manual digging and filtering. Don’t overcomplicate it like I tried to do first.