From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English News: Saturday results, tables
Date: 4 Oct 92 15:03:26 GMT

Leeds United believe there is no doubt they will be reinstated in the European
Cup later tonight to put them on course for a clash with Glasgow Rangers.
Managing director Bill Fotherby led a delegation to Zurich as UEFA's Control
and Disciplinary commitee consider how to punish Stuttgart for fielding an
ineligible player on Wednesday.  Stuttgart fielded four non-nationals in
their 4-1 defeat against Leeds but won the tie on the away goal rule.
"I'm very optimistic. I'm sure that fairness will prevail and that justice
will be done," said Fotherby.


Premier:

ARSENAL 2-1 CHELSEA
Gunners substitute Anders Limpar created a dramatic late winner for
Arsenal with his first touches of the game.
Paul Merson had put George Graham's men ahead after 10 minutes with a
delightful chip from 25 yards.  But Chelsea somehow pulled level on 78
minutes when Dennis Wise glanced home a Mick Harford cross.
Lee Dixon then missed a penalty before Limpar rescued Arsenal by leaving the
Chelsea defence trailing to cross for Ian Wright to save the day.

BLACKBURN ROVERS 7-1 NORWICH CITY
Rovers demolished Norwich City at Ewood Park to take their place at the
top of the Premier League.  Roy Wegerle marked his first Premier
League start by scoring in the eighth minute after good work by Alan Shearer.
Tim Sherwood made it 2-0 with a goal against his old club on 27 minutes and
Wegerle scored his second before Rob Newman pulled a goal back for Norwich.
That only served to open the floodgates as the home side tore the visitors
apart. Shearer hit two more with Gordon Cowans and Stuart Ripley also scoring.

COVENTRY 2-2 CRYSTAL PALACE
Palace twice equalised in a superb first-half at Highfield Road.
Coventry took the lead in the seventh minute when Andy Pearce headed home a
Lee Hurst free kick but Chris Coleman levelled within sixty seconds.
City took the lead again after 18 minutes from a brilliant five-man move
which Kevin Gallacher finished off.  In the 38th minute John Salako crossed
for Eddie McGoldrick to score. Salako missed the easiest chance of the game
in the second half when he scooped the ball over the bar from six yards.

IPSWICH TOWN 4-2 LEEDS UNITED
Ipswich held off a spirited comeback by champions Leeds to take the points in a
six-goal thriller at Portman Road.  Leeds may have had the UEFA verdict on
their minds as their defence watched Chris Kiwomya head the opener from a
Neil Thompson corner on 25 minutes.  John Wark doubled their lead with a
20-yard free-kick and then converted a 44th minute penalty after Paul Goddard
was brought down by David Batty.  Lee Chapman and Gary Speed led the
Leeds fightback but Jason Dozzell sealed Ipswich's day with a fourth goal

LIVERPOOL 1-0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Don Hutchison scrambled an 80th minute winner to take some of the pressure off
beleagered Reds manager Graeme Souness.  Steve McManaman and Ian Rush caused
panic in the Wednesday defence and Hutchison scored his first League goal
with a bouncing shot.  Despite both teams' European exertions
in midweek there were many chances.  Ian Rush came close to equalling Roger
Hunt's Anfield scoring record when he just missed from a Hutchison cross,
while a Mark Bright flick went the wrong side of the post for The Owls.

MANCHESTER CITY 2-2 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
City's scoring drought ended but they could not turn their superiority into
victory and Forest held them to a draw.  Rick Holden put City ahead in the 17th
minute with his first goal for the club Forest levelled after 56 minutes with a
great strike from Ray McKinnon.  City regained the lead eight minutes
later when Fitzroy Simpson fired home after Forest goalkeeper Mark Crossley
dropped a Terry Phelan cross.  Stuart Pearce rescued Forest seven
minutes from time.

MIDDLESBROUGH 1-1 MANCHESTER UNITED
Bernie Slaven celebrated his return to the Republic of Ireland squad by
earning Middlesbrough a point with a 59th minute equaliser.
Steve Bruce had put United in front in the 44th minute after Jon Gittens had
brought down Dennis Irwin in the area.  Bruce, who missed a penalty in the
midweek UEFA Cup defeat, gave Ian Ironside no chance from the spot.
Slaven had already hit a post before he levelled in the second half in front of
Middlesbrough's biggest crowd of the season.

QPR 4-1 TOTTENHAM
QPR continued their impressive start to the season with a second half demoliton
of Spurs at Loftus Road.  Rangers, inspired by Ray Wilkins and
Andy Sinton, tore Spurs apart.  Tottenham took a shock lead through
Teddy Sheringham on 27 minutes after an error by QPR defender Darren Peacock.
But Ian Holloway volleyed Rangers level on 56 minutes and Ray Wilkins put them
ahead six minutes later.  Gary Penrice then hit a brace to round
off an impressive display.

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2-0 SOUTHAMPTON
United never looked back after Dane Whitehouse hit his second goal of the
season after just four minutes.  Whitehouse volleyed in from 12 yards
after the ball had skidded off Saints' goalkeeper Tim Flowers from a John
Gannon corner.  The home side scored a second in the
26th minute when Carl Bradshaw charged down Kevin Moores's clearance.
The ball spun kindly for Adrian Littlejohn, who cooly slotted it under
Flowers from just inside the area.

WIMBLEDON 2-3 ASTON VILLA
A goal of the season contender by Dalian Atkinson and two strikes from
Dean Saunders kept Villa rolling towards the top of the table.
Atkinson picked the ball up 10 yards inside his own half and shrugged off
three tackles before sending an inch perfect chip over Hans Segers.
Saunders had earlier taken his tally to six goals in four games for Villa with
two first-half strikes.  Wimbledon dragged themselves back with
a goal from Aidan Newhouse but Andy Clarke's strike was only a consolation.

Summary:

   Arsenal       2-1 Chelsea      	27780
   Blackburn R   7-1 Norwich City 	16312
   Coventry City 2-2 Crystal P    	11808
   Ipswich Town  4-2 Leeds Utd    	21200
   Liverpool     1-0 Sheffield W  	35785
   Manchester C  2-2 Nott'm F     	22571
   Middlesbrough 1-1 Manchester U 	24172
   QPR           4-1 Tottenham H  	19845
   Sheffield Utd 2-0 Southampton  	15842
   Wimbledon     2-3 Aston Villa  	 6849

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Blackburn R    11  7  3  1 24  9 24
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 2 Norwich City   11  7  2  2 20 19 23
 3 Coventry City  11  6  3  2 14 10 21
 4 QPR            11  5  5  1 17 10 20
 5 Aston Villa    11  5  4  2 20 14 19
 6 Man Utd        11  5  4  2 12  8 19
 7 Arsenal        11  5  2  4 14 12 17
 8 Ipswich Town   11  3  7  1 16 14 16
 9 Middlesbrough  10  4  3  3 19 14 15
10 Leeds Utd      11  3  5  3 19 18 14
11 Chelsea        11  3  4  4 14 14 13
12 Manchester C   11  3  3  5 13 13 12
13 Sheff Wed      11  3  3  5 13 15 12
14 Everton        10  3  3  4 10 12 12
15 Liverpool      11  3  3  5 14 18 12
16 Sheffield Utd  11  3  3  5 11 15 12
17 Oldham Ath     10  2  5  3 18 19 11
18 Southampton    11  2  4  5  9 14 10
19 Tottenham H    11  2  4  5  9 19 10
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20 Crystal P      11  1  6  4 15 19  9
21 Wimbledon      11  2  3  6 14 18  9
22 Nott'm Forest  10  1  3  6 10 21  6


Division One:

Bristol Rovers 3-3 Notts County

Cambridge Utd  1-3 Derby County

Charlton Ath   1-1 Southend Utd 

Grimsby Town   1-3 Peterborough

Leicester City 2-1 Barnsley   

LUTON TOWN 1-4 PORTSMOUTH
Guy Whittingham's second hat-trick of the campaign earned Pompey their first
away league win of the season and left Luton in trouble at the bottom.
Luton's short passing game was ruined by torrential rain as the ball stuck in
the mud but they took the lead through John Dreyer with a 17th minute volley.
Whittingham struck back ten minutes later and Colin Clarke gave Pompey the
lead in the 37th minute.  Whittingham hit his second a minute
later and broke through for his 11th goal of the season in the 75th minute.

OXFORD UNITED 0-0 BIRMINGHAM CITY
Birmingham were denied their first league win in five games by a superb
display from Oxford's new goalkeeper Paul Reece in a game they dominated.
Reece, formerly with Grimsby, denied Paul Tait after 19 minutes and again in
the second half with a diving save.  Both teams battled hard all game but
the quality of football was spoiled by a waterlogged pitch.
City had their own new goalkeeper in on loan Les Sealey who tightened up a
defence that had conceded seven goals in their last two games.

SUNDERLAND 2-0 MILLWALL
Record-signing Don Goodman hit both goals as Sunderland won at Roker Park
for the first time since August.  Lethal finishing by Goodman in the
second half earned The Rokerites three precious points to take the pressure
off under-fire manager Malcolm Crosby.  Goodman produced a flying header from
the inspirational Peter Davenport on 56 minutes to put Sunderland ahead.
He made sure of the points 10 minutes later after fine work from substitute
Brian Atkinson, who later cleared a Colin Cooper shot off the line.

SWINDON TOWN 3-1 WATFORD
Robins striker Craig Maskell sank brave Watford with two second half goals to
take his season tally to 11.  Glenn Hoddle's side dominated
throughout and forced 16 corners to Watford's one but it was The Hornets
who scored first.  David Holdsworth caught out the Swindon
defence with a 60-yard pass and Paul Furlong raced through to score.
Swindon levelled through Maskell on the hour and seven minutes from time
crashed home another from 25 yards.  Shaun Taylor hit a third late on.

TRANMERE 3-0 BRISTOL CITY
Rovers extended their unbeaten run to nine matches after John Aldridge had
set them on their way with a superb 37th minute strike.
Aldridge laid on the second for Pat Nevin in the 55th minute and wrapped up
the points with a 70th minute penalty after Matt Bryant appeared to handle.
City had their chances, especially in the first half, but Andy Cole saw his
efforts well saved by Tranmere goalkeeper Eric Nixon.

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Newcastle Utd   8  8  0  0 20  5 24
 2 Charlton Ath   10  6  4  0 14  3 22
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 3 Wolves          9  5  4  0 18  7 19
 4 Swindon Town   10  5  3  2 20 15 18
 5 Tranmere R      9  5  3  1 16  8 18
 6 Leicester C    10  5  3  2 13 11 18
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 7 West Ham        8  5  1  2 13  7 16
 8 Birmingham C    9  4  3  2  9 10 15
 9 Millwall        9  3  4  2 13  8 13
10 Peterborough    9  4  1  4 12 13 13
11 Portsmouth      9  3  2  4 14 13 11
12 Watford        10  3  2  5 14 19 11
13 Bristol City    9  3  2  4 13 21 11
14 Sunderland      9  3  2  4  7  8 11
15 Oxford United   9  2  4  3 10 10 10
16 Derby County    9  2  3  4 13 13  9
17 Notts County   10  2  3  5 13 21  9
18 Grimsby Town    9  2  3  4 12 14  9
19 Brentford       8  2  2  4  9 10  8
20 Southend Utd    9  2  2  5  8 12  8
21 Cambridge U    10  2  2  6  6 18  8
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22 Luton Town      9  1  4  4  8 16  7
23 Bristol R      10  1  3  6 15 24  6
24 Barnsley        9  1  2  6  7 11  5


Division Two:

West Brom's second defeat of the season began when Steve Harper scored after 45
seconds for Burnley, but they stay top.  Leyton Orient closed the gap to two
points with a 1-0 defeat of Bolton, who have now not won in six league games.
Stockport are third after a 1-1 draw with fifth-placed Swansea. Both teams
are now unbeaten in six league matches.  Bradford City's new signing Colin Hoyle
was sent off on his Bantams debut but they still won 2-0 at Hull.
Huddersfield stay rooted to the bottom after they slumped 1-0 at Rotherham.

BURNLEY          2-1 WEST BROM
Harper 1             Garner 61
Conroy 52

CHESTER CITY     1-1 STOKE CITY
Bishop 69            Beeston 61

EXETER CITY      1-1 BOURNEMOUTH
Evans 29             Shearer 88

HULL CITY        0-2 BRADFORD CITY
                     Jewell 28, 87
                     Hoyle sent off

LEYTON ORIENT    1-0 BOLTON W
Okai 87

PORT VALE        3-1 BRIGHTON
Cross 20             Wilkins 11
Walker pen 58
Houchen 73

PRESTON NE       1-2 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Davidson 35          Joyce 26
                     Regis 34

ROTHERHAM UTD    1-0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
Goater 80

STOCKPORT CO     1-1 SWANSEA CITY
Ward 57              Cullen 89

WIGAN ATHLETIC   2-0 MANSFIELD TOWN
Griffiths 45, 54

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 WBA            10  7  1  2 21  9 22
 2 Leyton Orient  10  6  2  2 16 10 20
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 3 Stockport      10  5  4  1 18 13 19
 4 Hartlepool     10  5  4  1 12  6 19
 5 Swansea City   10  5  3  2 17  8 18
 6 Bradford City  10  5  2  3 20 16 17
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 7 Rotherham      10  5  2  3 15 14 17
 8 Fulham         10  4  4  2 14 12 16
 9 Brighton       10  4  3  3 16 15 15
10 Plymouth A     10  4  3  3 12 10 15
11 Stoke City     10  3  5  2 16 13 14
12 Reading         9  4  2  3 15 10 14
13 Port Vale      10  3  5  2 14 11 14
14 Hull City      10  4  2  4 12 14 14
15 Bournemouth    10  3  4  3 11 12 13
16 Burnley        10  3  4  3  8 11 13
17 Bolton W       10  3  2  5 11 11 11
18 Preston         9  3  1  5 13 18 10
19 Wigan Ath      10  2  3  5 13 19  9
20 Exeter         10  1  5  4 10 16  8
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21 Blackpool      10  2  2  6 10 17  8
22 Mansfield      10  2  2  6 10 20  8
23 Chester        10  1  2  7 13 22  5
24 Huddersfield   10  1  1  8  7 17  4


Division Three:

Barnet        2-2 Shrewsbury 

Bury          0-2 Scarborough  

Cardiff City  1-1 Rochdale    

CARLISLE UTD     1-1 HALIFAX TOWN
Watson 14            Bradley 50

CHESTERFIELD     1-2 SCUNTHORPE UTD
Lancaster 19         Goodacre 30
                     White 89

GILLINGHAM       1-2 CREWE ALEX
Clark 73             Smith 36
                     Macauley 90

HEREFORD UTD     1-1 WREXHAM
Browning 89          Connolly 57
Titterton sent off

NORTHAMPTON T    0-2 LINCOLN CITY
                     Clarke 50
                     Kabia 85

YORK CITY        1-1 DONCASTER ROV
Pepper pen 74        Morrow 61

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 York City      10  8  1  1 20  8 25
 2 Barnet         10  6  3  1 19  9 21
 3 Shrewsbury T   10  5  2  3 13 10 17
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 4 Crewe A         9  5  1  3 19 15 16
 5 Cardiff City    9  4  4  1 15 11 16
 6 Walsall         8  5  0  3 18 16 15
 7 Scarborough     9  4  3  2 11 11 15
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 8 Bury           10  4  1  5 14 19 13
 9 Chesterfield    8  4  1  3  9  9 13
10 Lincoln City    9  4  1  4  8  7 13
11 Rochdale        8  3  3  2 14 11 12
12 Scunthorpe Utd  8  3  3  2 10  7 12
13 Halifax Town    9  3  2  4 16 15 11
14 Darlington      9  3  1  5 11  9 10
15 Doncaster R    10  2  4  4 11 16 10
16 Torquay Utd     9  3  1  5 11 17 10
17 Wrexham         8  2  3  3 11 15  9
18 Colchester      9  3  0  6 11 16  9
19 Carlisle Utd    9  2  2  5 14 15  8
20 Hereford Utd   10  1  5  4  9 16  8
21 Gillingham     10  1  4  5 11 14  7
22 Northampton T   9  2  1  6 10 19  7


GM Vauxhall Conference:

BOSTON            1-2 BATH CITY
Jones 25              Crowley 27, 60

DAGENHAM & RED    4-1 NORTHWICH VIC
Broom 8               Davies 50
Blackford 20
Nuttell 36
Cavell 40

GATESHEAD         0-1 TELFORD
                      Benbow 40

KIDDERMINSTER     2-1 WELLING
Grainger              Abbott 19
Forsyth 70

MERTHYR TYDFIL    1-2 MACCLESFIELD
Webley 85             Askey 59
                      Lambert 89

SLOUGH TOWN       1-3 BROMSGROVE ROV
Sayer 88              Cooper 47
                      Gray 63
                      Whitehouse 76

STAFFORD RANGERS  1-2 FARNBOROUGH
Boughey 33            Coney 7
                      Leworthy 51

WITTON ALBION     4-2 KETTERING
Hughes 20, 54         Murphy 67, 82
Stewart 72, 85

WOKING            0-2 ALTRINCHAM
                      Green 20
                      Harris 66

WYCOMBE WAN       4-0 STALYBRIDGE
Casey 33
Scott 45
Guppy 68
Stapleton 75

YEOVIL            4-0 RUNCORN
Wilson 44, 53, 61
Harrower 73

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Wycombe W      12 10  1  1 36  6 31
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 2 Witton Albion   9  5  4  0 16  6 19
 3 Telford Utd    11  5  2  4 21 23 17
 4 Dagenham & R    8  4  3  1 14  6 15
 5 Stafford R      7  4  3  0 13  7 15
 6 Slough Town     7  5  0  2 11  7 15
 7 Bromsgrove      9  4  3  2 14 12 15
 8 Stalybridge     9  3  4  2 16 14 13
 9 Gateshead       8  4  1  3 13 12 13
10 Merthyr T      10  3  4  3 11 13 13
11 Kidderminster   9  3  3  3  9  8 12
12 Bath City      10  3  3  4 11 11 12
13 Farnborough    10  3  3  4 22 23 12
14 Altrincham      8  3  2  3  9  7 11
15 Northwich Vic   9  3  2  4 10 14 11
16 Yeovil Town    10  3  1  6 12 14 10
17 Macclesfield    8  3  1  4  8 11 10
18 Woking          9  3  1  5 12 16 10
19 Kettering T    11  2  3  6  9 20  9
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20 Runcorn        11  2  2  7  9 23  8
21 Welling Utd     9  1  2  6 12 24  5
22 Boston Utd      8  0  2  6  3 14  2


BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division

-- Bashley         6-1  Moor Green
-- Corby Town      OFF  Cheltenham
-- Dover           1-0  VS Rugby
-- Halesowen       1-2  Chelmsford
-- Hastings        0-0  Atherstone
-- Solihull        2-2  Crawley Town
-- Trowbridge      1-4  Cambridge City
-- Waterlooville   1-0  Hednesford
-- Weymouth        1-1  Burton
-- Worcester       1-4  Dorchester

DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division

-- Aylesbury Utd   6-1  Bromley
-- Basingstoke     0-0  Harrow
-- Bognor          1-4  Yeading
-- Chesham         1-0  Windsor/Eton
-- Dulwich         2-1  Hendon
-- Enfield         2-2  Kingstonian
-- Grays           1-0  Hayes
-- Marlow          0-5  Carshalton
-- Staines         2-1  St Albans
-- Sutton          3-0  Wivenhoe
-- Wokingham       3-0  Stevenage

HFS LOANS LEAGUE Premier Division

-- Barrow          0-1  Emley
-- Bishop Auckland 2-2  Winsford
-- Colwyn Bay      0-1  Frickley
-- Fleetwood Town  3-0  Leek Town
-- Gainsborough T  1-1  Chorley
-- Goole Town      OFF  Accrington S
-- Marine          2-1  Droylsden
-- Matlock Town    3-2  Horwich
-- Morecambe       2-1  Buxton
-- Southport       3-0  Mossley
-- Whitley Bay     1-0  Hyde United