From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English News: weekend results and tables
Date: 23 Dec 92 14:34:18 GMT

Premier Division:

ARSENAL 1-1 MIDDLESBROUGH
Ian Wright's 12th goal of the season prevented Arsenal's slump
from reaching crisis proportions.  Wright scored nine minutes from
time to deprive Middlesbrough of their first win at Highbury for
53 years.  The visitors took the lead with a
comical goal in the 34th minute.  Andy Linighan attempted to clear
but drove the ball at 'Boro striker Paul Wilkinson, who then saw it
take another deflection and go in.

BLACKBURN 1-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Kevin Moran's first-half header was enough to earn Rovers the points in
an uninspiring game at Ewood Park.  Moran knocked home Jason Wilcox's
hard-hit corner in the 29th minute against the run of play.
Brian Deane should have given United a fifth minute lead but
dragged his shot wide.  Blackburn took control after the
break but the Blades almost grabbed an equaliser on the hour - Jamie
Holyand putting a header off target.

CHELSEA 1-1 MANCHESTER UNITED
Eric Cantona rescued a point for Manchester United after David Lee
had put Chelsea ahead with a superb second half strike.
The game burst into life in the 67th minute when Townsend played a
free kick for Lee to hit a fierce drive past Peter Schmeichel.
Until then it had been a dour encounter in front of Chelsea's
biggest crowd of the season.  Minutes later Cantona pounced in
the area to leave honours even.

COVENTRY 5-1 LIVERPOOL
Mick Quinn and Brian Borrows both scored twice as Liverpool's season
hit a new low at Highfield Road.  Free-scoring Quinn netted in the
70th and 73rd minutes to kill off the challenge of Liverpool after
Jamie Redknapp hed been sent off.  Former Evertonian Borrows put City
ahead with a 37th minute penalty and blasted home a 25-yarder nine
minutes after the break.  Kevin Gallacher scored the third on
63 minutes before Redknapp pulled one back a minute later.

EVERTON 2-1 SOUTHAMPTON
Everton's smallest Premier League home crowd saw them halt Saints'
six-match unbeaten run.  The visitors took the lead in
bizarre circumstances after Neville Southall threw the ball straight to
Matt Le Tissier who fired home.  Six minutes later Southampton
'keeper Tim Flowers brought down Peter Beardsley who then scored
from the resultant penalty.  Paul Rideout made it 2-1 after 36
minutes, turning under pressure and shooting home.

MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 ASTON VILLA
Villa survived a second-half onslaught to stay second but
controversy surrounded their goal in the draw at Maine Road.
Villa took the lead in the 34th minute when Garry Parker scored
with a scissors kick but City felt Dalian Atkinson was offside.
City levelled in the 58th minute when Iab Brightwell crossed for
Garry Flitcroft to head home.  Niall Quinn was inches away from
a spectacular winner for City.

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 2-1 TOTTENHAM
Ian Olney hit an injury-time winner to earn Oldham three points against
Tottenham.  The Boundary Park record signing
rose high to head home after Spurs had looked good for a point.
Oldham had taken a 39th minute lead when Richard Jobson flicked on a
Mark Brennan free-kick and Graeme Sharp nodded the ball into the net.
Spurs levelled in the 67th minute - Paul Allen putting in a deep cross
for the unmarked Teddy Sheringham to comfortably slot home.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1-0 QPR
A Mark Bright goal after 39 minutes was enough to secure the points for
Wednesday at Hillsborough.  Chris Waddle was the provider,
threading the ball neatly into the path of Bright, who slotted home.
Rangers, thrashed 4-0 by Wednesday in their Coca-Cola Cup clash, had
their chances to score.  Ian Holloway sliced the ball wide
from eight yards and Gary Penrice missed the target from an Andy
Sinton cross.

  Arsenal       1-1 Middlesbro  	23,197
  Blackburn R   1-0 Sheff Utd   	16,057
  Chelsea       1-1 Man Utd     	34,464
  Coventry City 5-1 Liverpool   	19,779
  Everton       2-1 Southampton 	14,051
  Manchester C  1-1 Aston Villa 	23,525
  Oldham Ath    2-1 Tottenham H 	11,735
  Sheffield Wed 1-0 QPR         	23,164

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Norwich City   19 12  3  4 34 32 39
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 2 Aston Villa    20  9  8  3 31 21 35
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 3 Blackburn R    20  9  7  4 30 17 34
 4 Man Utd        20  9  7  4 22 14 34
 5 Chelsea        20  9  6  5 27 21 33
 6 Arsenal        20  9  3  8 23 21 30
 7 Ipswich Town   19  6 11  2 27 22 29
 8 Coventry City  20  7  8  5 30 27 29
 9 QPR            20  8  5  7 26 23 29
10 Liverpool      20  8  4  8 34 32 28
11 Manchester C   20  7  5  8 27 23 26
12 Middlesbrough  20  6  8  6 31 30 26
13 Tottenham H    20  6  7  7 20 26 25
14 Leeds Utd      19  6  6  7 32 33 24
15 Sheff Wed      20  5  8  7 22 25 23
16 Southampton    20  5  8  7 20 23 23
17 Everton        20  6  4 10 17 24 22
18 Oldham Ath     20  5  6  9 33 39 21
19 Sheffield Utd  20  5  6  9 18 26 21
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20 Wimbledon      19  4  6  9 25 30 18
21 Crystal P      19  3  9  7 25 33 18
22 Nott'm Forest  19  3  5 11 18 30 14


Division One:

BIRMINGHAM 2-2 WATFORD
John Frain ended Birmingham's run of six successive league defeats
with an 88th minute equaliser.  Frain's low-25-yard shot deceived
Watford 'keeper Perry Suckling and flew into the corner of the net.
Paul Furlong beat the offside trap to give Watford a 31st minute lead
but substitute Paul Peschisolido levelled in the 75th minute.
Furlong looked to have secured the points for Watford with an 81st
minute header but midfielder Frain had other ideas.

BRISTOL CITY 0-1 PETERBOROUGH
Steve Welsh's first goal in league football after 28 minutes gave Posh
their sixth away win of the season.  Welsh fired home from close-range
after Tony Philliskirk headed on a free-kick.
City attacked throughout in the second half but Gary Shelton's
volley was saved and Andy Cole twice fired wide.
The visitors almost increased their lead in the 71st minute when
Philliskirk crashed a free-kick against a post.

CHARLTON ATH 1-1 OXFORD UTD
Substitute John Bumstead rescued a point for Charlton with an 81st
minute equaliser at The Valley.  Bumstead was jeered when he came on
but a minute later he fired home an angled shot from Colin Walsh's pass.
Charlton had most of the play but rarely troubled United although
three Lee Power efforts were saved.  Oxford had taken a 3rd minute lead
when Mike Ford headed in a Joey Beauchamp free-kick and Beauchamp
was denied a last minute winner by a superb save from Bob Bolder.

LUTON 0-0 SUNDERLAND
Two sides in the wrong half of the table produced a dogged battle with
plenty of effort but not much else.  Sunderland had the best chance of
the match when Peter Davenport's 61st minute header was blocked by
Luton goalkeeper Alex Chamberlain.  Luton's leading scorer Phil Gray
twice went close early on but David Pleat's side generally lacked any
sort of punch around the area.  Sunderland's only other chance fell
to youngster Michael Gray early on but he shot wide from ten yards.

PORTSMOUTH 0-0 NOTTS COUNTY
County 'keeper Steve Cherry denied Pompey their eighth home League win
of the season with some outstanding saves as Notts held out for a draw.
In the first half he saved from Guy Whittingham and Paul Walsh twice
and also held a Steve Agnew shot.  Cherry's best save was in the 78th
minute as he blocked Colin Clarke's shot from five yards with his legs.
County did little going forward but Kevin Bartlett almost hit a late
winner but shot against Alan Knight.

SOUTHEND UTD 3-0 BARNSLEY
Southend grabbed only their second win in 15 matches with their most
impressive performance this season.  They belied their bottom of the
table position with their pace and imagination to overwhelm Barnsley.
Full-back Chris Powell stabbed home the 25th minute opener when Paul
Butler failed to hold Locke's shot.  New signing Stan Collymore wrapped
things up in the second half with a 62nd minute tap-in and a thundering
drive from Powell's pass late on.

TRANMERE 3-0 WOLVES
A John Aldridge hat-trick took Tranmere to within nine points of
runaway leaders Newcastle United.  Aldridge put Rovers ahead on just
three minutes with a neat chip over Wolves goalkeeper Paul Jones.
The former Liverpool ace converted a John Morrissey cross on 66
minutes and notched his 20th goal of the season with a late header.
Morrisey hit the Wolves bar and Kenny Irons was denied by a post
late in the match.

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Newcastle Utd  20 16  1  3 40 15 49
 2 Tranmere R     20 12  4  4 40 22 40
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 3 West Ham       20 11  3  6 40 22 36
 4 Millwall       20  9  7  4 31 18 34
 5 Swindon Town   20  9  6  5 38 32 33
 6 Wolves         22  8  9  5 33 26 33
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 7 Leicester C    21  9  5  7 25 24 32
 8 Portsmouth     21  8  7  6 34 25 31
 9 Charlton Ath   22  8  7  7 25 21 31
10 Derby County   20  9  3  8 35 27 30
11 Peterborough   19  8  6  5 30 25 30
12 Brentford      20  8  4  8 32 25 28
13 Grimsby Town   20  8  4  8 30 26 28
14 Barnsley       21  8  3 10 24 22 27
15 Watford        22  6  8  8 28 34 26
16 Oxford United  20  5 10  5 29 24 25
17 Bristol City   21  7  4 10 27 43 25
18 Sunderland     21  7  4 10 20 31 25
19 Bristol R      22  6  4 12 31 47 22
20 Luton Town     21  4  8  9 23 41 20
21 Birmingham C   20  5  5 10 18 35 20
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22 Notts County   22  4  7 11 22 41 19
23 Cambridge U    22  4  7 11 21 40 19
24 Southend Utd   21  4  6 11 21 31 18


Division Two:

Stoke increased their lead over Rotherham at the top to six points
when Nigel Gleghorn's last minute goal sealed a 2-1 win at Hartlepool.
Port Vale lost the chance to go second when they were held to a 2-2
Vale Park draw by struggling Wigan.  Stockport stayed in contention with
an impressive 4-2 win at Reading.  Bolton were the day's top scorers
with a 5-0 defeat of Bradford City.  Chester earned their first away win
of the season as Stuart Rimmer and John Kelly goals beat Huddersfield.

BOLTON         5-0 BRADFORD CITY
Seagraves 47
McGinlay 65, 80
Lee 67
Walker 88

BOURNEMOUTH    0-0 HULL

BRIGHTON       2-1 PLYMOUTH
Nogan 31           Nugent 62
Codner 51

EXETER         2-2 BURNLEY
Moran 27           Heath 7, 43
Pender og 90

HARTLEPOOL     1-2 STOKE
Honour 71          Regis 6
Gleghorn 90

HUDDERSFIELD   0-2 CHESTER CITY
Rimmer 40
Kelly 80

PORT VALE      2-2 WIGAN
Walker 12          Pilling 25
Van der Laan 87    Griffiths 55

READING        2-4 STOCKPORT
Gilkes 28          Gannon 26, 87
Moody 63           Preece 68
Francis 84

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Stoke City     20 12  6  2 36 19 42
 2 Rotherham      20 10  6  4 29 21 36
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 3 Port Vale      20  9  8  3 35 21 35
 4 Leyton Orient  20 11  2  7 33 24 35
 5 Stockport      19  9  5  5 35 23 32
 6 WBA            19  9  5  5 30 19 32
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 7 Brighton       20  9  5  6 28 24 32
 8 Bradford City  20  9  4  7 29 32 31
 9 Hartlepool     19  8  6  5 25 21 30
10 Burnley        20  8  6  6 25 25 30
11 Bolton W       19  8  5  6 35 20 29
12 Plymouth A     20  8  5  7 23 26 29
13 Fulham         20  7  7  6 27 29 28
14 Swansea City   20  7  7  6 25 19 28
15 Reading        20  6  7  7 29 24 25
16 Bournemouth    20  5  9  6 16 19 24
17 Hull City      20  6  5  9 27 32 23
18 Exeter         20  5  8  7 24 30 23
19 Wigan Ath      20  6  5  9 24 31 23
20 Preston        20  6  4 10 29 39 22
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21 Chester        20  4  4 12 26 40 16
22 Mansfield      19  4  4 11 20 37 16
23 Huddersfield   20  3  4 13 16 36 13
24 Blackpool      19  2  5 12 20 35 11


Division Three:

Scarborough enjoyed a superb win over joint leaders York. Darren
Foreman hit a hat-trick inside the first 20 minutes and The Boro' went
on to win 4-2.  Rochdale trounced in-form Lincoln
5-1. Andy Flounders also netted himself a hat-trick.
Bury warmed up for their Cup replay with Wigan by winning away at
Halifax. Danny Sonner scoring.  Scunthorpe's Jason White earned his
side a point with both goals in the 2-2 draw at Darlington.

CHESTERFIELD   0-0 DONCASTER

DARLINGTON     2-2 SCUNTHORPE
Gregan 42          White 60, 74
Dobie 79

HALIFAX        0-1 BURY
Sonner 53

ROCHDALE       5-1 LINCOLN
Flounders 9,33,49  Matthews 66
Whitehall 65
Howard 83

SCARBOROUGH    4-2 YORK
Foreman 7,14,20    Barnes 68
Mooney 72          Canham 83

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 York City      18 12  3  3 36 19 39
 2 Barnet         19 12  3  4 35 20 39
 3 Shrewsbury T   17  9  3  5 24 20 30
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 4 Lincoln City   18  9  3  6 22 19 30
 5 Walsall        17  9  2  6 36 31 29
 6 Scarborough    18  8  5  5 31 30 29
 7 Crewe A        17  9  1  7 33 28 28
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 8 Cardiff City   18  8  4  6 30 23 28
 9 Rochdale       18  7  6  5 35 30 27
10 Wrexham        18  7  6  5 29 26 27
11 Chesterfield   18  7  6  5 24 23 27
12 Colchester     19  8  1 10 32 38 25
13 Scunthorpe Utd 18  7  4  7 23 22 25
14 Doncaster R    19  6  6  7 19 24 24
15 Carlisle Utd   18  6  4  8 27 27 22
16 Bury           19  6  4  9 25 34 22
17 Darlington     18  6  4  8 24 24 22
18 Halifax Town   19  5  4 10 25 31 19
19 Hereford Utd   18  4  5  9 22 31 17
20 Torquay Utd    17  5  2 10 18 29 17
21 Northampton T  18  4  3 11 21 35 15
22 Gillingham     19  3  5 11 19 26 14


GM Vauxhall Conference:

ALTRINCHAM    2-0 WELLING
Bradshaw 20, 85

BATH          1-1 STALYBRIDGE
Gill 47           Morgan 89

DAGENHAM & R  1-1 WITTON
Broom 18          Thomas 65

GATESHEAD     1-0 MACCLESFIELD
Corner 69

KIDDERMINSTER 2-0 RUNCORN
Grainger 21
Forsyth pen 42

NORTHWICH     3-0 FARNBOROUGH
Davies 34
Hemmings 37
O'Connor 65

STAFFORD      2-4 KETTERING
Essex 1           Hope 2
Henry 8           Brown 12
Riley 53
Martin 89

TELFORD       1-1 SLOUGH
Langford 90       McKinnon 75

WOKING        3-0 BOSTON
Senior 8, 55
Puckett 37

WYCOMBE       4-0 MERTHYR T
Carroll 51
Scott 74, 84
Guppy 83

YEOVIL        2-2 BROMSGROVE
Shail 63          Shilvock 44
Batty pen 69      Webb 62

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Wycombe W      21 15  3  3 55 15 48
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 2 Slough Town    18 11  3  4 31 20 36
 3 Bromsgrove     20  9  7  4 29 21 34
 4 Dagenham & R   19  9  6  4 35 18 33
 5 Telford Utd    21  9  6  6 33 32 33
 6 Gateshead      19 10  2  7 29 27 32
 7 Stalybridge    22  7  9  6 29 28 30
 8 Kettering T    22  8  4 10 35 37 28
 9 Bath City      18  7  6  5 29 18 27
10 Yeovil Town    19  8  3  8 26 25 27
11 Woking         20  8  3  9 31 37 27
12 Farnborough    22  7  5 10 40 46 26
13 Northwich Vic  20  7  4  9 28 29 25
14 Welling Utd    23  6  7 10 37 47 25
15 Witton Albion  19  5  9  5 27 25 24
16 Kidderminster  17  5  7  5 18 18 22
17 Macclesfield   18  7  1 10 22 26 22
18 Merthyr T      18  6  4  8 20 35 22
19 Altrincham     18  5  6  7 19 23 21
20 Runcorn        22  5  5 12 25 46 20
21 Stafford R     15  4  5  6 18 23 17
22 Boston Utd     21  3  5 13 20 40 14


HFS LOANS LEAGUE Premier Division

   Bishop Auckland 4-0  Mossley
   Buxton          0-3  Fleetwood
   Droylsden       2-2  Chorley
   Frickley        1-0  Colwyn Bay
   Gainsborough    2-3  Morecambe
   Horwich         1-3  Emley
   Leek            3-3  Hyde
   Marine          3-1  Whitley Bay
   Matlock         1-2  Accrington
   Winsford        1-2  Southport

DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division

   Aylesbury       0-4  Sutton Utd
   Basingstoke T   1-1  Hendon
   Bromley         1-2  Stevenage B
   Carshalton A    2-1  Staines Town
   Enfield         OFF  Yeading
   Grays Ath       3-0  St Albans C
   Harrow Borough  4-1  Wokingham T
   Hayes           OFF  Bognor Regis
   Kingstonian     0-1  Chesham Utd
   Marlow          5-1  Wivenhoe T
   Windsor/Eton    OFF  Dulwich H

BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division

   Atherstone      2-1  Gloucester
   Burton          0-0  Hastings
   Chelmsford      3-4  Corby Town
   Cheltenham      2-0  Cambrdige City
   Hednesford      3-1  Waterlooville
   Solihull        OFF  Dover
   Trowbridge      1-1  Crawley Town
   Weymouth        2-1  Halesowen
  
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