| Blackburn | 3-0 (HT 0-0) | Newcastle |
| McCarthy (pen) 61 Roberts 66 Roberts 86 | ||
| Bookings: Grella 82 Roberts 84 | Bookings: Edgar 60 Butt 73 Barton 89 | |
| Sent off: Butt 83 |
Second-half goals from strikers Benni McCarthy and Jason Roberts handed Blackburn a victory over Newcastle that moved them out of the bottom three.
McCarthy opened the scoring from the spot after David Edgar was adjudged to have fouled the South African.
Roberts doubled the lead when he slammed in from 10 yards before tapping in a more simple effort from Morten Gamst Pedersen's square ball.
Newcastle were reduced to 10 men when Nicky Butt was shown a second yellow.
Sam Allardyce's wish of getting "one over" his former employers came true in emphatic fashion but for 60 minutes Newcastle looked the better team.
Blackburn: Robinson, Ooijer, Samba (Dunn 45), Nelsen, Warnock, Emerton, Andrews, Kerimoglu (Grella 59), Pedersen, Roberts, McCarthy (Roque Santa Cruz 70).
Subs Not Used: Bunn, Mokoena, Treacy, Derbyshire.
Booked: Grella, Roberts.
Goals: McCarthy 61 pen, Roberts 66, 86.
Newcastle: Given, Edgar, Bassong, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Duff (Gutierrez 79), Guthrie, Butt, N'Zogbia (Barton 74), Carroll, Owen.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Xisco, Taylor, Kadar, LuaLua.
Sent Off: Butt (83).
Booked: Edgar, Butt, Barton.
Att: 25,583
Ref: Rob Styles (Hampshire).
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