From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English News: Saturday round-up
Date: 22 Nov 92 15:28:32 GMT

Premier:

CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 NOTT'M FOREST
A point was not enough to lift Forest from the bottom of the table
but they produced a gutsy performance for boss Brian Clough.
The visitors began brightly, but fell behind in the 23rd minute when
the ball was unluckily deflected into the path of Chris Armstrong,
who slotted home a low shot.  Battling Forest piled on the
pressure after the break, but the equaliser evaded them until Gary
Bannister finally levelled matters just eight minutes from time.

EVERTON 0-1 CHELSEA
Chelsea survived a desperate second-half fightback to clinch the
points at Goodison Park.  The Londoners had five men booked as they held 
on to a lead they had earned by dominating the first-half
Mal Donaghy's cross was chested down by Mick Harford in the final
seconds of the half and Robert Fleck lashed home a fierce shot.
Everton threw men forward after the break and Peter Beardsley almost
levelled and Chelsea's Gareth Hall made a brilliant stop on the line.

LEEDS UNITED 3-0 ARSENAL
Leeds recaptured their championship winning form against the team many
expect to take their title away.  United had already wasted several
first-half chances before Chris Fairclough headed home a Gordon
Strachan corner in the 57th minute.  Arsenal 'keeper David Seaman went
off injured and substitute Alan Miller was beaten straight away by
a brilliant Lee Chapman header.  Gary McAllister completed the rout
with the third late in the game.

MIDDLESBROUGH 2-0 WIMBLEDON
Boro piled on the misery for Joe Kinnear's men as they netted their
first win since 12 September.  An entertaining first-half saw a
handful of chances go missing, but John Hendrie put the home side
ahead just after the break.  His goal, only allowed after the
referee consulted with a linesman, was bitterly disputed by Wimbledon.
Chris Morris made sure of the points for Boro, scoring his first
goal for the club since he joined them from Celtic in the summer.

MANCHESTER UNITED 3-0 OLDHAM
Manchester United recovered their goal touch against local rivals
Oldham Athletic.  United had not scored in their
previous four matches but they hit three in the opening 28 minutes.
Brian McClair struck in the 10th minute to score only his second
goal in 20 first team matches.  A minute later McClair put Mark
Hughes through and the Welsh striker made no mistake. McClair
netted his second to kill the game.

SHEFFIELD WED 1-1 IPSWICH TOWN
Wednesday were left to rue several missed scoring chances as draw
specialists Ipswich won a point.  England striker David Hirst was the
chief culprit, wasting two chances he would normally have buried.
The Owls went ahead in the 16th minute when Nigel Worthington's
free-kick skimmed off Neil Thompson's head into the net.
Battling Ipswich grabbed their opportunity 16 minutes from time
when Chris Kiwomya finished off a Paul Goddard pass.

TOTTENHAM 0-0 ASTON VILLA
Spoils were shared in a match of missed opportunities and goal-line
clearances at Whitehart Lane.  Teddy Sheringham was put through
twice in the first half, only to shoot wide of the goal, and a
Gordon Durie header clipped the bar. Dalian Atkinson sparkled, but was
denied by Erik Thorstvedt.  A frantic second half saw Paul
McGrath shots twice cleared off the line, and both sides had to be
content with extending their unbeaten runs.

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


Division One:

BARNSLEY 1-0 BIRMINGHAM CITY
Sub David Currie got his first goal since a loan spell with Rotherham
to give Barnsley a deserved win.  He replaced Andy Liddell after 76
minutes and his first touch proved devastating as he cracked a 25-yard
shot past Les Sealey.  The on-loan 'keeper had frustrated
Barnsley in the first half as he pulled off a series of fine saves.
He denied Wayne Biggins three times and turned away other efforts from
Liddell and John Pearson, who also hit the crossbar.

BRENTFORD 1-3 GRIMSBY
Jim Dobbin grabbed a killer third goal to seal Grimsby's sixth win
in seven games.  Clive Mendonca made it 1-0 after
20 minutes when he fired home after cutting in from the left.
Mendonca set up the second after 33 minutes, sending Paul Groves
away to fire past Gerry Peyton.  Debutant Joe Allon put Brentford
back in it with a 73rd minute penalty but Jim Dobbin made it 3-1
with a 20-yard screamer.

BRISTOL CITY 2-2 SWINDON
Swindon twice squandered the lead at Ashton Gate to fall 11 points
behind leaders Newcastle.  Craig Maskell netted his 16th goal
of the season to put the visitors in front but City levelled on the
stroke of half-time through skipper Gary Shelton.
Nicky Summerbee restored Swindon's lead from a David Kerslake cross
only for Leroy Rosenior to beat Nicky Hammond seconds later.
Swindon player-manager Glenn Hoddle limped off with a calf injury.

LEICESTER 2-2 CAMBRIDGE
Cambridge twice came from behind to grab a point at Filbert Street,
with Michael Heathcote on target two minutes from time.
Steve Thompson put the Foxes in front after just four minutes with
a penalty after Heathcote handled.  Steve Claridge marked his Cambridge
return with a goal on his debut on 15 minutes after a Paul Raynor shot
was parried.  Thompson made it 2-1 after 78
minutes with a powerful free-kick onlyfor Heathcote to pounce late on

LUTON TOWN 1-1 MILLWALL
The Hatters were denied their first home win of the season by inspired
Lions 'keeper Kasey Keller.  He twice denied Phil Gray before
the Luton striker hit the target with a well-directed 27th minute
header from a Julian James cross.  Gray struck the bar three minutes
later but Millwall stepped up a gear after the break and John Byrne
nodded home a free-kick to level.  Luton mounted a storming finish but
Keller made two superb saves in the last five minutes to deny them.

NEWCASTLE 2-0 WATFORD
Gavin Peacock and Robert Lee grabbed two second-half goals as
the Magpies stretched their lead at the top to 11 points.
Watford had a tough first 45 mins as they came under constant
pressure - and then had Gerard Lavin sent off on half-time.
The Hornets defender was ordered off in injury time after a second
bookable offence.  Peacock rounded off a great move on
51 minutes and Lee followed up when Peacock's penalty was pushed out.

PETERBOROUGH 1-1 BRISTOL ROVERS
Carl Saunders snatched a last-gasp equaliser to lift Malcolm Allison's
men at London Road.  Saunders reacted quickest deep
into injury time after Paul Hardyman's free-kick was parried.
Peterborough looked to have sealed the points 13 minutes from time
when Tony Adcock beat Vaughan Jones and then slotted past the 'keeper.
Rovers goalkeeper Brian Parkin kept Rovers in the game, notably foiling
Tony Philliskirk twice.

PORTSMOUTH 4-0 TRANMERE ROVERS
Paul Walsh inspired Portsmouth to an impressive win over third placed
Tranmere at Fratton Park.  Walsh was involved in the move
which set up Allan McLoughlin to cheekily backheel the opening goal
after 29 minutes.  He then made the second, dancing past three 
defenders and pulling the ball back for Guy Whittingham
to score his 21st of the season.  Walsh turned goalscorer to net the
third and Ray Daniel completed the rout with a second half goal.

SOUTHEND 3-1 NOTTS COUNTY
Stan Collymore hit two goals on his debut to give Southend their first
League victory in 11 games.  The 21-year-old striker, on loan from 
Crystal Palace, struck after 17 and 46 minutes and was denied
his hat-trick by a post.  Steve Brown's first League goal had
put Southend in front on four minutes following a cross from
Andy Edwards.  Robin Turner missed a 32nd minute
penalty for County. Kevin Bartlett hit their consolation on 66 minutes

WEST HAM 5-3 OXFORD
The Hammers powered to victory to keep up their promotion charge
despite going behind in the first minute to goal-hungry Oxford.
Hot-shot John Durnin headed Oxford in front but Clive Allen (4), Tim
Breacker (38) and Julian Dicks (43) put West Ham in command.
Dicks thundered a fourth just after the break but Oxford made it 4-3
with two goals in a minute from Jim Magilton and Andy Melville.
Trevor Morley finally made sure on 86 minutes with the Hammers' fifth.

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


Division 2:

Stoke retain top spot after coming from behind to win at bottom placed
Blackpool. Kevin Russell scoring twice in the 3-1 victory.
Bolton also recovered from an early setback at Fulham. Andy Walker
netting two of the goals in the 4-1 win at Craven Cottage.
West Bromwich and Bradford shared the points at The Hawthorns. Sean
McCarthy put the visitors ahead but Paul Raven levelled for Albion.
Wigan eased their worries at the bottom with a 3-1 win over Orient.
Phil Daley scored two of the three.

BLACKPOOL      1-3 STOKE
Ward 15            Russell 19, 46
                   Stein 26

BOURNEMOUTH    1-1 READING
McGorry 89         Gilkes 58

BURNLEY        2-1 HUDDERSFIELD
Deary 22           Robinson 30
Clayton 44

EXETER         2-0 CHESTER
Hodge 69
Dolan 80

FULHAM         1-4 BOLTON
Eckhardt 5         Walker 25, 58
                   Stubbs 60
                   Lee 75

PORT VALE      1-1 HULL CITY
Taylor 49          Carruthers 25
Sandeman sent off

ROTHERHAM      1-0 PRESTON NE
Pickering 47

WEST BROM      1-1 BRADFORD
Raven 45           McCarthy 30

WIGAN ATH      3-1 LEYTON ORIENT
Tankard 4          Cooper 74
Daley 44, 79

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

Division 3:

York are five points clear at the top despite losing a seven goal
thriller at Northampton. Phil Chard scoring the last minute winner.
Walsall had an impressive 3-0 win at Shrewsbury. Kevin McDonald
putting them on the way with a first-half strike.
Colchester and Rochdale entertained the fans at Layer Road. Andy
Flounders 87th minute penalty making the final score 4-4.
Carlisle bounced back from FA Cup defeat to win 2-1 at Doncaster.
Paul Proudlock scoring the winner.

BURY           2-0 HEREFORD
Sonner 82
Branch 89

COLCHESTER     4-4 ROCHDALE
Cawley 24          Payne pen 14
Ball 27            Milner 36
Sorrell 71         Flounders pen 74
McDonough 77       87

CREWE          1-2 LINCOLN
Walters 43         Smith 33
                   Carmichael 46
                   Dunphy sent off

DONCASTER      1-2 CARLISLE UTD
Hine 86            Hicks og 37
                   Proudlock 57

GILLINGHAM     3-1 DARLINGTON
Crown 1            Green og 14
Parkin og 13
Forster 76

NORTHAMPTON    4-3 YORK CITY
Angus 22           Hall 1
Curtis 30          Blackstone 33,83
Terry 43
Chard 90

SHREWSBURY     0-3 WALSALL
Haylock sent off   McDonald 29
                   Clarke pen 35
                   Cecere 44

TORQUAY        0-1 SCUNTHORPE
                   Helliwell 47

WREXHAM        1-1 HALIFAX
Connolly 31        Hardy 87

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 York City      15 11  2  2 31 14 35
 2 Barnet         15  9  3  3 29 17 30
 3 Lincoln City   16  9  2  5 20 13 29
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 4 Walsall        15  9  0  6 33 28 27
 5 Shrewsbury T   16  8  3  5 22 19 27
 6 Crewe A        15  8  1  6 29 24 25
 7 Chesterfield   15  7  3  5 23 22 24
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 8 Rochdale       15  6  5  4 29 26 23
 9 Scarborough    15  6  5  4 24 23 23
10 Cardiff City   14  6  4  4 24 19 22
11 Doncaster R    16  6  4  6 18 22 22
12 Scunthorpe Utd 15  6  3  6 17 17 21
13 Wrexham        15  5  5  5 22 23 20
14 Colchester     16  6  1  9 28 35 19
15 Carlisle Utd   16  5  4  7 24 24 19
16 Halifax Town   16  5  3  8 23 27 18
17 Bury           16  5  3  8 21 28 18
18 Darlington     15  5  2  8 19 20 17
19 Torquay Utd    16  5  2  9 18 27 17
20 Hereford Utd   16  3  5  8 18 27 14
21 Northampton T  16  4  2 10 18 30 14
22 Gillingham     16  3  4  9 17 22 13


GM Vauxhall Conference:

BATH          3-0 ALTRINCHAM
Crowley 32
Vernon 63
Smart 78

FARNBOROUGH   4-0 BOSTON
Horton 22, 90
Coleman pen 34
Rogers 45

KETTERING     3-2 BROMSGROVE
Murphy 1          Whitehouse 58
Brown 49, 89      Stott 59

KIDDERMINSTER 2-1 STALYBRIDGE
Forsyth pen 45    Kirkham 83
McGrath 90        Bennett sent off

MACCLESFIELD  1-2 SLOUGH
Mitchell 20       Fiore 25
                  Scott 80

RUNCORN       2-1 WYCOMBE
Brown 6, 32       Stapleton 45
                  West sent off

STAFFORD      0-1 DAGENHAM & R
                  Walsh 58

WELLING       5-0 MERTHYR TYDFIL
Abbott 58
Robbins 64, 73, 84
White 82

WOKING        1-4 GATESHEAD
Senior 32         Farnaby 7, 86
                  Farrey 63
                  Guthrie 87

YEOVIL        2-0 WITTON
Cooper 23
Nevin 90

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Wycombe W      18 13  2  3 47 13 41
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 2 Slough Town    15 10  1  4 27 17 31
 3 Dagenham & R   14  8  4  2 29 12 28
 4 Bromsgrove     16  7  6  3 21 16 27
 5 Farnborough    18  7  5  6 40 38 26
 6 Telford Utd    16  7  5  4 29 28 26
 7 Yeovil Town    16  8  1  7 23 19 25
 8 Gateshead      15  7  2  6 26 25 23
 9 Bath City      15  6  4  5 24 16 22
10 Witton Albion  17  5  7  5 24 22 22
11 Stalybridge    17  5  7  5 23 22 22
12 Macclesfield   14  7  1  6 20 19 22
13 Kettering T    18  5  4  9 24 31 19
14 Merthyr T      15  5  4  6 17 25 19
15 Runcorn        18  5  4  9 20 37 19
16 Altrincham     15  4  6  5 16 17 18
17 Kidderminster  14  4  6  4 15 16 18
18 Welling Utd    18  4  6  8 31 39 18
19 Stafford R     14  4  5  5 16 19 17
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20 Northwich Vic  15  3  4  8 14 23 13
21 Woking         14  4  1  9 16 31 13
22 Boston Utd     16  1  5 10 12 29  8


Southend are to sign striker Stan Collymore on a permanent basis from
Crystal Palace on a permanent basis after he began a loan spell with
two goals against Notts County.  He will cost #150,000, plus another
#50,000 when he has played 50 games

Goalkeeper Dave Beasant is heading back to Chelsea after completing an
impressive loan spell at Grimsby.


DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division

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

BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division

   Atherstone      4-2  Hednesford
   Cambridge C     0-0  Worcester
   Cheltenham      1-3  Solihull
   Crawley         3-0  Bashley
   Dover           1-1  Halesowen
   Gloucester      OFF  Burton
   Hastings        3-2  Dorchester
   Moor Green      1-2  VS Rugby
   Trowbridge      1-0  Corby
   Weymouth        2-3  Chelmsford

HFS LOANS LEAGUE Premier Division

   Barrow          0-0  Winsford
   Bish Auckland   3-0  Hyde
   Buxton          4-1  Morecambe
   Chorley         0-1  Accrington
   Droylsden       0-2  Gainsborough
   Emley           1-1  Colwyn Bay
   Fleetwood       OFF  Mossley
   Frickley        2-1  Horwich
   Leek            6-1  Goole
   Marine          2-2  Matlock
   Whitley Bay     1-5  Southport