From: rgty_mrw@waikato.ac.nz (Mark Willcock)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: England : Sunday ('Pool v Blackburn) & Tables
Date: 14 Dec 92 10:07:18 +1300
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LONDON, Dec 13, Reuter - Substitute Mark Walters scored twice to give Liverpool
a 2-1 win over Blackburn in the English soccer premier division on Sunday and
ruin the return of Kenny Dalglish to the scene of his past triumphs.
Walters, a 1.2 million pounds sterling ($1.86 million) part of Graeme Souness's
rebuilding programme since Dalglish quit as Liverpool manager in February 1991,
put the home side ahead with a thumping 25-metre drive in the 77th minute.
Alan Shearer looked like making it a day for Dalglish to remember, pulling the
visitors level with 10 minutes to go with a spectacular effort for his 20th
goal of the season.
But then Ian Rush found Steve McManaman arrowing in on the right-hand side of
the Blackburn penalty area. McManaman sent in a low cross and Walters slid in
at the far post for his eighth goal of the season.
There was no way back a second time for Blackburn. At the end, as the fans
chanted "Souness', Dalglish slipped into the visitors' dressing-room with
barely a flicker of emotion.
His entrance had been just as low-key. He briefly raised his hand to
acknowledge the applause that rang round the ground where he had enjoyed 14
glorious years as player and manager.
Dalglish's first big-game return since his sudden departure attracted Anfield's
biggest gate of the season, almost 44,000.
Deep into the second half, when a goalless draw looked inevitable, Walters, who
had come on for Ronny Rosenthal, broke the deadlock.
Jamie Redknapp won a tussle with Gordon Cowans and fed Walters, who stepped
forward to crash in an unstoppable drive.
Blackburn battled back and Colin Hendry's header from substitute Roy Wegerle's
corner found Shearer, who spun on his left leg and hit home a right-foot volley.
But Blackburn's joy was short-lived as Walters struck again to give Liverpool
victory.
First division leaders Newcastle suffered only their third league defeat of the
season when Brendan O'Connell scored in the second half to give Barnsley a 1-0
home win. But Newcastle still lead the division by 12 points.
Bristol Rovers continued to flourish under the guidance of recently-installed
veteran manager Malcolm Allison and trounced neighbours Bristol City 4-0 in
another first division match.  
(c) Reuters Limited
REUTER GENERAL NEWS

English premier league
 Norwich                19 12  3  4  34  32   39
 Aston Villa            19  9  7  3  30  20   34
 Manchester United      19  9  6  4  21  13   33
 Chelsea                19  9  5  5  26  20   32
 Blackburn              19  8  7  4  29  17   31
 Ipswich                19  6 11  2  27  22   29
 Queens Park Rangers    19  8  5  6  26  22   29
 Arsenal                19  9  2  8  22  20   29
 Liverpool              19  8  4  7  33  27   28
 Coventry               19  6  8  5  25  26   26
 Manchester City        19  7  4  8  26  22   25
 Middlesbrough          19  6  7  6  30  29   25
 Tottenham              19  6  7  6  19  24   25
 Leeds                  19  6  6  7  32  33   24
 Southampton            19  5  8  6  19  21   23
 Sheffield United       19  5  6  8  18  25   21
 Sheffield Wednesday    19  4  8  7  21  25   20
 Everton                19  5  4 10  15  23   19
 Wimbledon              19  4  6  9  25  30   18
 Oldham                 19  4  6  9  31  38   18
 Crystal Palace         19  3  9  7  25  33   18
 Nottingham Forest      19  3  5 11  18  30   14
 
English division one
 Newcastle              20 16  1  3 40 15   49
 Tranmere               19 11  4  4 37 22   37
 West Ham               20 11  3  6 40 22   36
 Millwall               20  9  7  4 31 18   34
 Swindon                20  9  6  5 38 32   33
 Wolverhampton          21  8  9  4 33 23   33
 Leicester              21  9  5  7 25 24   32
 Derby                  20  9  3  8 35 27   30
 Portsmouth             20  8  6  6 34 25   30
 Charlton               21  8  6  7 24 20   30
 Brentford              20  8  4  8 32 25   28
 Grimsby                20  8  4  8 30 26   28
 Peterborough           18  7  6  5 29 25   27
 Barnsley               20  8  3  9 24 19   27
 Bristol City           20  7  4  9 27 42   25
 Watford                21  6  7  8 26 32   25
 Oxford                 19  5  9  5 28 23   24
 Sunderland             20  7  3 10 20 31   24
 Bristol Rovers         21  5  4 12 30 47   19
 Luton                  20  4  7  9 23 41   19
 Cambridge              21  4  7 10 21 39   19
 Birmingham             19  5  4 10 16 33   19
 Notts County           21  4  6 11 22 41   18
 Southend               20  3  6 11 18 31   15
 
(c) Reuters Limited
REUTER GENERAL NEWS
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University of Waikato                  |take a horse to the water, but you can't
Hamilton, New Zealand.                 |make it play Santa Claus."
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