Super Sunday returned this weekend as West Brom faced Norwich and Fulham hosted Blackburn. There was also Monday Night Football as Joey Barton returned to St. James' Park with his new side QPR. The match at Carrow Road was decided after just three minutes when a defensive mistake allowed Peter Odemwingie to score after just three minutes. It was a tight affair and Norwich battled to hard to try and find an equaliser. But West Brom could have wrapped it up when Steve Morison was adjudged to have fouled Steven Reid, Odemwingie stepped up to convert the penalty but it was a poor one and Declan Rudd saved it. The flash point in the match came in stoppage time when Gabriel Tamas elbowed Norwich substitute James Vaughan in the box, the referee clearly didn't see it and play continued while Vaughan had to be treated for blood. Tamas has been given a three match ban by the FA for violent conduct but West Brom still take their first win of the season.
Fulham met Blackburn in the second installment of Super Sunday. With Blackburn yet to earn a point this season, they really needed to get a result here. They started off well and took the lead through Ruben Rochina after thirty-two minutes. This was cancelled out though six minutes later when Bobby Zamora equalised to give Fulham a point. Neither team was won a match in the league so far this season which isn't a good sign for either of the two clubs.
QPR made a statement on this week's Monday Night Football by instantly giving new boy Joey Barton the captain's armband against his former employers. It didn't really do enough to stoke the fire as the Newcastle fans applauded their one-time hero throughout the match. The game petered out into a 0-0 scoreline. This means that QPR are yet to score after their first two away games, whereas Newcastle have earned eight points from their first four games.
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