Bowyer and Woodgate Booed in Malaysia

By Matthew Jones
July 28 2003

As they stepped up to take penalties last night in the Asia Cup final, Newcastle United duo Lee Bowyer and Jonathon Woodgate were greeted with boo's from sections of the 47,000 crowd.

Magpies' Sir Bobby Robson has refused to comment on the boos that greeted Newcastle's controversial duo, Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate during the Asia Cup final last night.

Boh players stepped forward to take a penalty shoot-out that decided the FA Premier League Asia Cup final with Chelsea, and as they did, they were roundly booed by sections of the stadium.

It was an unexpected reaction from the 47,000 in Kuala Lumpur.

Robson said: "I didn't hear it. I was so focused on knowing the players involved had to score, just hoping they made up their mind and stuck to what was in their head.

"I wouldn't want to discuss that. It is an investigative question that I have expected some of the time, but I am out of that."

Read the story below about Bowyer and Woodgate.

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