Premiership: Wins for N'castle, Southampton and Spurs
An Alan Shearer penalty was enough to lift Newcastle into third place after a 1-0 win over Derby at St James' Park.
The former England striker scored after Laurent Robert was brought down in the 30th minute. Newcastle and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given, who had earlier made a string of top-class saves, made another great effort to push aside Ravanelli’s spot-kick.
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