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From: bruce@tcom.stc.co.uk (Bruce Munro)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Spurs Transfer News
Summary: Paul Stewart transfers to Liverpool
Date: 27 Jul 92 09:15:57 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe, New Southgate, London.

Spurs midfield player Paul Stewart has signed for Liverpool for 2.2 million
pounds. Stewart had been unsettled at Spurs for some time due to his wife
and children living in Blackpool, and had wanted to move to a northern club
for some time. This is a bit of a blow for Spurs as Stewart was a good
combative midfield player and was very popular with the fans. My guess is
that Andy Gray will be the player to take on his mantle, let's hope he's
up to it.

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From: 160955r@garnet.berkeley.edu ()
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Olympic Soccer--Standings
Date: 30 Jul 1992 03:05:38 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Jul29.194901.26545@cs.yale.edu> ahmed-shakil@CS.YALE.EDU (Shakil Waiz Ahmed) writes:
>In article <1992Jul29.185613.25463@daimi.aau.dk>, rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen) writes:
>
>> I am very pleased to see that the Olympic tournament has finally gotten
>> rid of Egypt. After their Italy '90 performance I had no wish to see
>> them again. 
>
>Maybe if you looked at it without colored glasses, you might have
>wished to see them again...  Dunno if you saw the same WC '90 or not,
>but I distinctly remember Egypt almost embarrassing the Netherlands.
>Or maybe *that* is why you did not wish to see them again?

"Almost embarassing the Netherlands" can not possibly be a criterion 
for evaluating Egypt's performance in Italy. I once almost fell into
a ravine; this does not mean I am almost dead...Truth of the matter is
that Egypt played a destructive and panick-stricken type of soccer that
failed to enchant the eye - this is what Jesper was hinting at, I be-
lieve. I remember actually being surprised about how dissimilar Egypt'
s game was from Tunisia and Algeria's..
But then, of course, that particular group produced probably the worst
soccer in recent memory...

Cheers!

-- 
Radu T. Tomescu at UCBerkeley
Department of Economics
From: t-frans@microsoft.com (Francis Stanisci)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: RE: What the Dream Team Hopes to Prove
Date: 29 Jul 1992 09:57:25 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

From: James C. Armstrong  <netmail!james@hisoft.com>
To:  <s947607@umslvma.BITNET>
Subject: What the Dream Team Hopes to Prove
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1992 9:17AM

-> I feel this "Dream Team" is going to be more an embarrassment than
-> anything else.  I can only hope that they meet with some serious
-> competition, otherwise, I'll skip the basketball games altogether.

They did yesterday, when they only won by 33.

-> What do they hope to prove with this?  We know how great these players
-> are, why demonstrate it this way?  I think it's a travesty.

The NBA wants to expand into Europe.  FIBE wants a World Cup, with
each league remaining within national boundaries.  By sending the best
of the NBA, the US is showing the world exactly how far behind they
are in basketball.  The hope is that it will show that any World Cup
will be a farce, and it is better for the Europeans if they permit
NBA expansion into Europe.

======================================================

Maybe if the rest of the World gave the US the same treatment with 
basketball outside the US that's been given soccer IN the US, maybe 
they would understand better why we the soccer fans of the US (and I 
guess those outside the US) would love to see more soccer.

Why should there be (2) standards?  If they want acceptance abroad for 
basketball, by God they better show acceptance locally for soccer!

Francis.

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From: dsamm@boi.hp.com (Dan Sammartino)
Subject: Re: NBC triple cast, triple flop !!!!
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:31:42 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard

In article <9207301504.AA27282@netmail.microsoft.com> t-frans@microsoft.com (Francis Stanisci) writes:
>I heard on the news last night that NBC hoped to draw (mild term for 
>sucker) over 2 million viewers to PPV. Ha!  They have just over 200k.  
>I do hope this is the sign of a marketing version of a diving belly-flop.
>
>I called Bess Maisel's office the other day.  They said that they had 
>received many negative comments as well as many requests for....... S O 
>C C E R ! ! ! !
>
>I think there starting to get the message!
>
>Phone # (516)496-1322.  The receptionist is very nice and has a stack 
>of complaint forms ready! Give her a call!
>
>Francis.
>
And now for the really GOOD news.....
I read this morning that NBC is going to "give away" tonight and tomorrow
nights coverage on one of the "Triplecost":-) channels.  Seems that only
250K viewers have signed up as Francis mentioned above.  I guess they think
we'll get hooked and fork over some money for the final week.

Also, I have spoken to Bess Maisel and she actually called me back after
I left her my number.  She now knows the power of the r.s.s. contingent.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease so keep calling.  She is a nice lady and
I get the feeling she knows they made a major mistake.

Dan

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From: ftm@bass.ericsson.se (Tomas Melander)
Subject: Camerun results.
Organization: Ericsson
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:03:44 GMT

Hi there!

Is there anyone out there who knows:

   1)  Camerun's results both in World Championships and in Olympic games.
  
   2)  How to spell to Camerun.

Thanks,


              Tomas.
From: rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Rangers Match Report
Date: 31 Jul 92 05:33:49 GMT
Organization: Federation Internationale de Football Association

scottj@spider.co.uk (Scott Jackson) writes:

> Cancel that trip to Denmark lads!

Come on, they are going to play a team that got knocked out by
Wrexham 2 years ago (so we are not talking about Arsenal).
-- 
Jesper Lauridsen      | Bramming Boldklub - eh ...
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      Glasgow Rangers - AC Milan - FC Barcelona
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From: chuakh@leland.Stanford.EDU (Khenghwa Chua)
Subject: Info on Spurs buys?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 21:53:44 GMT

Can anyone provide some information about the players that Spurs has
bought in the last few months.  I only know that they have dished out
quite a fair bit of money for not-so-famous players (not that I hold
that against them, it's just that I've never seen them play before).  

I'd appreciate it if I could find out the positions that they play and
where they come from etc etc.  Also, where did Spurs find all this money
after all that financial trouble they were in?  Did they get this all
from selling Gazza and Lineker.

Also, are any of the players being sold to accomodate the new signings?
And is the Neil Ruddock that was signed from Soton the same guy that
played for Spurs under David Pleat?

Thanks in advance for the info!!!

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From: cmorris@Ingres.COM (Colin Morris)
Subject: Re: FW: FIFA rule.....
Reply-To: cmorris@Ingres.COM (Colin Morris)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
Date: 21 Jul 92 21:25:11 GMT

--
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 highlights of the Scottish League Cup Final" -- Gary Newbon
From: CS19240760T@LUST2.LATROBE.EDU.AU (VURGUN, SINAN)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: olympics telecast
Date: 24 Jul 92 02:14:20 GMT
Organization: La Trobe University
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.22


could somebody please tell me if channel 7 (australia) 
is going to show any soccer games from the olympics.
thanx
sinan vurgun
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From: ccjwm@marlin.jcu.edu.au (John Miller)
Subject: OZ vs DENMARK Olympic result 30/7/92
Organization: James Cook University
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 02:15:43 GMT

Here come the results.  

Well Australia beat Denmark 3 - 0.   Since Ghana drew 1 -1 with Mexico,
the Olyroos are through to the next round along with Ghana.
Not bad for two countries "without any real pedigree" in soccer eh? :-)
Mexico and Denmark can go home.

I saw the highlights.  Australia's first goal was a bit scrappy coming from 
a mistake from the Danish goalie from a corner (I think) in the first half.

The next was a beauty in the second half.  A great left foot shot from 
outside the right hand corner of the penalty area into the top left hand 
corner of the net (this is from the attacking team's perspective).  (Sorry 
I don't remember who scored it). 

The final ~10 minutes were shown live.

Australia seemed to be playing attractive soccer and a clever string of
passes eventually found Tony Vidmar unmarked on the left who beat the goalie
easily to score Oz's third goal.

David Seal should have made the score line 4 - 0 about a minute from the 
end but his shot just went wide.  Ned Zelic had almost as good a chance a 
minute before but his shot went a fair way over the bar.

That's about all I've seen of Olympic soccer so far.

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From: ahmed-shakil@CS.YALE.EDU (Shakil Waiz Ahmed)
Subject: Re: Olympic Soccer--Standings
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:49:01 GMT


In article <1992Jul29.185613.25463@daimi.aau.dk>, rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen) writes:

> I am very pleased to see that the Olympic tournament has finally gotten
> rid of Egypt. After their Italy '90 performance I had no wish to see
> them again. 

Maybe if you looked at it without colored glasses, you might have
wished to see them again...  Dunno if you saw the same WC '90 or not,
but I distinctly remember Egypt almost embarrassing the Netherlands.
Or maybe *that* is why you did not wish to see them again?

> Surprisingly good results from Qatar. Maybe I sign that
> Asian football is better than the last couple of world cups has shown.

Recent youth World Cups have been indicating the rise of Qatar's
soccer talent.

-- Shakil Ahmed
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From: james@hisoft.com (James C. Armstrong)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: A year
Date: 23 Jul 1992 15:33:41 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Chris Roberts asks: 
->                         but what's a year?

A year is a measurement of time normally associated with the Earth's
revolution around the Sun.
From: t-frans@microsoft.com (Francis Stanisci)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Steve Snow and Lothar Osiander
Date: 29 Jul 1992 03:57:36 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Furthermore, if Osiander is willing to throw away his teams opportunity for a
medal because of an argument with a player that's -his- fault, he bloody well
-better- be sacked!  He was hired as coach to bring back a medal, not to let
his ego -prevent- his team from winning one.

Someone ought to slap that fool around a bit...

-Bob Moynihan
 moynihan_r@apollo.hp.com

========================================

Steal from Paul to pay Peter...or was it Peter to pay Paul... or was it 
Peter, Paul and Mary?

Cut your nose off despite your face....or does that just apply to 
Ciereno (spell?)

If it ain't broke...fix it anyway...?

If the logic he (Osianders, that is) presents above is correct, then 
surely we have a troubled coach.  Though they did well yesterday 
(7/27/92), I have my doubts they will be so fortunate against Poland.

If Snow was benched to protect him from further injury to his knee, 
then I am inclined to accept that as a coaches best judgement.  If 
however, it was due to defensive tactics, that's ludicrous.  Was he 
planning on a 0-0 finish?

You have to have some attacking play.  Pull some weaker attackers, 
mid-fielders or defensemen, not your best striker.

Where do we get these coaches?  Is he really that good?  Is this just 
an isolated incident?

Francis.
From: nieswand@elpp1.epfl.ch
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Switzerland results, round 3
Date: 27 Jul 92 10:48:54 GMT
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Switzerland , round 3 (qualification), July 25

FC Sankt Gallen            1-1 FC Zuerich
 11.Thueler 1-0 81.Mazzarelli 1-1

Bulle                      2-2 Xamax Neuchatel
 4.Hartmann 1-0 19.Froidevaux 1-1 58.Chassot 1-2 62.Bodonyi 2-2

Grasshopper Club           2-3 FC Aarau
 10.Gaemperle 1-0 16.Komornicki 1-1 47.Heldmann 1-2 60.Kilian 1-3
 76.Elber 2-3

FC Sion                    1-1 FC Servette
 14.Tulio 1-0 80.Olivier Rey 1-1

Young Boys                 2-3 FC Lugano
 4.Bregy (penalty) 1-0 11.Streun 2-0 58.Mauro Galvao 2-1
 63.Pelosi 2-2 80.Zuffi 2-3

Chiasso                    1-1 Lausanne Sports
 36.Sahin 1-0 83.Beguin 1-1
  Junior (Chiasso) was sent off (58.).



Table
 1.FC Sion           3   2  1  0   5-3   5
 2.FC Aarau          3   1  2  0   5-4   4
   Bulle             3   1  2  0   5-4   4
   FC Lugano         3   1  2  0   5-4   4
 5.Young Boys        3   1  1  1   7-5   3
 6.FC Servette       3   1  1  1   4-3   3
 7.Lausanne Sports   3   0  3  0   2-2   3
   FC Sankt Gallen   3   0  3  0   2-2   3
___________________________________________
 9.Xamax Neuchatel   3   0  2  1   7-8   2
10.Grasshopper Club  3   0  2  1   6-7   2
11.Chiasso           3   0  2  1   2-4   2
12.FC Zuerich        3   0  1  2   2-6   1




NLB, Est
Bruettisellen        1-5 Locarno
Emmenbruecke         0-2 Wil
Bellinzona           1-3 Luzern
Kriens               1-0 Schaffhausen
Wettingen            0-1 Chur
Winterthur           0-0 Baden

Table
 1.Luzern           3   3  0  0   8-1   6
 2.Locarno          3   2  1  0   8-3   5
 3.Schaffhausen     3   2  0  1   7-3   4
 4.Chur             3   2  0  1   5-4   4
 5.Wil              3   1  1  1   3-2   3
 6.Baden            3   0  3  0   1-1   3
__________________________________________
 7.Winterthur       3   1  1  1   2-3   3
 8.Kriens           3   1  1  1   2-4   3
 9.Emmenbruecke     3   1  0  2   3-5   2
10.Bellinzona       3   0  1  2   4-7   1
11.Wettingen        3   0  1  2   0-4   1
12.Bruettisellen    3   0  1  2   3-9   1



NLB, West
Chenois              2-2 Basel
Grenchen             1-0 Fribourg
Etoile Carouge       3-0 Chatel-St-Denis
La Chaux-de-Fonds    0-0 Buempliz
Old Boys Basel       3-2 Urania Geneve
Yverdon              2-1 Delemont

Table
 1.Yverdon          3   3  0  0   8-2   6
 2.Etoile Carouge   3   2  0  1   7-3   4
 3.Chenois          3   1  2  0   7-5   4
 4.Grenchen         3   2  0  1   2-1   4
 5.Basel            3   1  1  1   4-3   3
 6.Delemont         3   1  1  1   4-4   3
__________________________________________
 7.Old Boys Basel   3   1  1  1   6-6   3
 8.Fribourg         3   1  0  2   4-5   2
 9.La Chaux-de-Fonds3   0  2  1   1-3   2
10.Buempliz         3   0  2  1   3-6   2
11.Urania Geneve    3   1  0  2   3-7   2
12.Chatel-St-Denis  3   0  1  2   2-6   1


Topscorers:
 1.Bregy (YB)          4 (+1)
 2.Hartmann (Bulle)    3 (+1)
   Elber (GC)          3 (+1)


Christoph Nieswand
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From: vlad@erg.sri.com (vlad)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Diego: Hand of God.  NOT !!!
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:54:46 GMT
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

In article <9207221528.AA25278@netmail.microsoft.com> t-frans@microsoft.com (Francis Stanisci) writes:
>Thank God the people that criticize this particular incident are not 
>judge and jury.  If they were, they would surely have convicted the wrong man.
>
>Diego successfully committed an offense.  This is NO different from any 
>other game, at any time, at any place.
>
>The person that should be persecuted remains both nameless and fameless 
>(or infamous).  The referee of that game should bare all the barbs of 
>this incident.  Diego attempted what many a talented player have tried. 

>incident which should rest solely on the referee, who 
>failed to make the call.
>
>When will you people (who criticize Maradona) stop this ridiculous witch hunt!

>"Hand of God", NOT!  Blind (in)justice, definitely!

Very true. However, one has to wonder why the refs seem to disregard
Diego's handball techniques. Not only did he score a brilliant handgoal
against England in 1982, nut in the very next championships, in 1986, he
saved a sure goal by the USSR with his hands just a few feet from his goal
and a few yards from the ref. The ref made no call as if Diego is allowed
to use his hands.

Employer disagrees
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From: andy@rocky.gte.com (Andrew Busa)
Subject: Primary Sponsors of WC 1994
Organization: GTE Contel Federal Systems
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:04:51 GMT

The group of ten companies that will sponsor WC 1994 has been completed.

The group is:
Canon
Fuji Film
Gillete
JVC
Mars
Mastercard
McDonalds
Philips
Coca Cola
General Motors

Andy
From: cbas38@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Best transfer deal in history ??
Summary: Steven back at Rangers
Date: 27 Jul 92 10:13:09 GMT
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster



Yep, the most sought after midfielder in Europe, Trevor Steven has finally
re-signed for Rangers for 2.4 million, thus ensuring a quick 3 million profit
after his transfer to Marseille last season. Hopefully he will put the 
Bhoy Wonder in the shade and silence those bragging about having the best
midfield in Scotland. I mean who wouldnt want to have Steven, Durrant, McCall
and Mihkielichenko in their team ? The formal signing ceremony between
Rangers and Bernard Tapie will take place before the game against Marseille
tomorrow night at the request of Tapie. This has finally confirmed his
insanity by wanting to sign away a 3 million pound loss in front of 40 000
Bears. Perhaps Celtic could appoint Tapie to their board of directors
to show them how to really lose money..........



Sandy Mackinnon
Univ of Strathclyde
Glasgow
cbas38@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
 
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From: tma@progress.COM (Tim Atchison)
Subject: Re: Premature termination of a game.
Organization: Progress Software Corp.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:24:24 GMT

I remember during the Italian League, there was a game 8-2 in favor of AC Milan
and there was a pitch invasion from the home fans who had seen enough.  There
were still several minutes left in the match, but the score stood 8-2.

I have played in several games when I was in the LISSFL ( Long Island (NY)
Senior Soccer Football League ) where the other team walked off the pitch
because they were being beaten badly, but I don't remember how they counted
the win.  I think it ended up a forfeit.

Mabye different leagues handle this problem in different ways.
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From: sut@dsbc.icl.co.uk (Secure Unix Team KID01)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: SuperLeague?? (British)
Date: 31 Jul 92 10:19:25 GMT
Organization: ICL Bracknell, UK

In article <1992Jul31.184515.3187@otago.ac.nz> chriscasey@otago.ac.nz writes:
>Just wondering...
>
>When does the "super-league" (if that's what it's called) start, and
>who is in it?
>(apart from L'pool, Everton, Spurs and my beloved Highbury outfit!)
>
>Chris.

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From: N.Patel@lut.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: David Rocastle
Date: 27 Jul 92 13:32:31 GMT
Reply-To: N.Patel@lut.ac.uk (Nitesh Patel)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.

>Arsenal
>appear to have accepted the offer in order to fund a 3.5 million offer for
>Crystal Palace's Geoff Thomas. Yep Geoff Thomas! Proof that George Graham
>has finally cracked up. However Crystal Palace don't seem to realise that
>silly money is theirs for the taking and have turned the bid down. Crazy
>or what ?

Well Palace know that before Rocky was sold Arsenal were prepared to pay
2.5m. But now the Arse have an extra 2m available and definately NEED a
midfielder Palace have decided on staretgy of making GG sweat with all
this crap about how much he loves and is loved at Selhurst Park and that
he is more than happy to there for the rest of his career. GG is off his
rocker if he raises the offer by a penny. I'd laugh if at the 11th hour
GG buys Andy Townshend. Palace don't get the 2.5m but get to keep the donkey.


	Cheers

	Nitesh
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From: glenn@inmos.co.uk (Glenn Hill)
Subject: Re: Crazy Transfer Fees
Reply-To: glenn@inmos.co.uk (Glenn Hill)
Organization: INMOS Limited, Bristol, UK.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:34:47 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.115704.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk>
cbas38@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:

>
>Has the world gone mad ? Why are clubs paying over the top
>fees for players like Alan Shearer (4 million) and Geoff Thomas (ersenal
>want to pay 2.5 million). Shearer may be good young player but he's not
>an established internationalist yet. Make's you wonder what a young 
>Gary Lineker would be worth nowadays.

The reason for Shearer's value is that they think he IS the young Gary
Lineker. Time will tell - but I agree it's a hell of a gamble - or at
least it would be for club that didn't have a bottomless purse.

As for Thomas I can't understand your amazement. Didn't you see his
ambitious attempt against France to rebound the ball off the corner flag
from 40 yards? If Baggio had tried that, his value would have gone up to
15 million.


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