Andy Carroll set one up and bagged the winner for the Magpies
Andy Carroll put a controversial week behind him as he headed in the winner in a 2-1 victory at Upton Park. The win moves the magpies up to ninth in the Premier League and leaves West Ham rooted to the foot of the table.
Carroll 21, who had been attracting the wrong kind of headlines this week nodded in Joey Barton's cross to secure the points, the young talisman had also earlier set up team mate and now landlord Kevin Nolan to equalise.
The game should have potentially panned out much different to the final outcome if the first 20 minutes were anything to go by, West Ham exerted early pressure and were rewarded when Carlton Cole opened the scoring. However after that the home side were outplayed by the Toon Army.
The result means West Ham remain bottom of the league level on points with Wolves and Liverpool being separated only by goal difference.
West Ham unbeaten in five started very brightly and were making sure most of the game was played in the Newcastle half. Their first real chance of the game proved to be the opener with Mark Noble picking out Frederic Piquionne's run with a exquisite perfectly weighted pass. The Frenchman's ball across goal was then turned in by Carlton Cole for his first goal of the season.
However the game began to shape up differently from then on as Newcastle started to look more and more like the home side and were soon in the ascendancy. Andy Carroll and Joey Barton in particular were starting to look more than a handful for the Hammers.
And it was no suprise when the Tyneside outfit levelled when Andy Carroll leaped well to nod Joey Barton's cross into the path of Skipper Kevin Nolan who smashed home from 8 yards.
The game was now being played at a very fast past and chances were coming thick and fast, Andy Carroll continued to terrorise the West Ham defence forcing a string of decent saves from Robert Green after the break. His volley from outside the box however was in the end a comfortable save for the hammers stopper.
West Ham already soaking up the majority of the pressure were hit with a blow when club Captain Matthew Upson departed with an unidentified injury which forced him off.
Once play resumed Newcastle took off where they left off, and it was inevitable that Andy Carroll who put in a good shift up top would come up trumps with the winner.
Barton who had a great game put a lovely inswinging cross into the box for the unmarked England u21 international to powerfully head home from 8 yards.
The win moves Newcastle up to ninth and on another day they could have ran out bigger winners as late efforts from Shola Ameobi, Joey Barton and Andy Carroll left Robert Green helpless. Next up for the magpies is a Carling Cup last 16 tie with Arsenal at St James' Park on wednesday, followed by the Tyne-Wear derby with arch rivals Sunderland on Sunday.
Goal Scorers: Cole 12, Nolan 23, Carroll 69
Line ups
Newcastle United: Krul, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Williamson, Simpson, Nolan, Barton, Gutierrez, Tiote, Carroll, Ameobi
Substitutes: Soderberg, Perch, Taylor, Guthrie, Routledge, Smith, Lovenkrands
West Hame United: Green, Gabbidon, Upson (Ilunga 53), Da Costa, Jacobsen, Parker, Noble, Behrami (Barrera 76), Cole, Piquionne (McCarthy 67), Obinna
Substitutes: Stech, Ben-Haim, Faubert, Ilunga, Barrera, Boa Morte, McCarthy
Referee: Chris Foy
Att: 34,486
Simon Anthony Blaquiere
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