From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English News: results/tables, Mon 28th Dec
Date: 5 Jan 93 11:48:06 GMT

A full set of games were played on Monday ... Villa and Man Utd
continue to close the gap on Norwich ...

Premier Division:

  Aston Villa   1-0  Arsenal    	35,170
  Ipswich Town  2-1  Blackburn  	21,431
  Leeds Utd     0-0  Norwich C  	30,282
  Liverpool     1-1  Man City   	43,037
  Manchester U  5-0  Coventry   	36,025
  Middlesbrough 0-1  Crystal P  	21,123
  QPR           4-2  Everton    	14,802
  Southampton   1-2  Sheff Wed  	17,426
  Tottenham     2-1  Nott'm For 	32,118
  Wimbledon     0-0  Chelsea    	14,687

MIDDLESBROUGH 0-1 CRYSTAL PALACE
Simon Osborn hammered home a superb goal as Palace notched a sixth
successive victory.  Boro' dominated the match, earning
16 corners to Palace's one, but found Nigel Martyn in superb form
between the posts.  The visitors had Andy Thorn carried
off and pulled men back but Osborn was on hand to volley home an
unlikely winner after 63 minutes.  Martyn continued his heroics to
help his side up to 15th place.

QPR 4-2 EVERTON
A brilliant hat-trick from Andy Sinton killed off nine-man Everton
after a spirited fightback.  The match came to life when Toffees
keeper Neville Southall was ordered off for handling outside his area.
Sinton immediately fired Rangers ahead before Paul Rideout was sent
off for a clash with Darren Peacock.  Penrice and Sinton made it 3-0 and
after Everton sub Stuart Barlow had pulled two back, Sinton cracked in
a 25-yard rocket to sew things up.

SOUTHAMPTON 1-2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
A David Hirst rocket-shot gave Wednesday three vital points at the
Dell but they had to hang on grimly after a Saints fightback.
John Sheridan gave Wednesday the edge when he slotted home a 12th
minute penalty after Ken Monkou fouled Hirst.
The England striker smashed home the second from 30 yards on 63
minutes after a Chris Waddle shot.  Monkou gave Saints hope with a
superb 79th minute header.

TOTTENHAM 2-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
A last-gasp goal from Gary Mabbutt gave Spurs the points to fling
Forest into a desperate New Year relegation dog-fight.
Mabbutt pounced four minutes from time after Forest had clawed their
way back into the game.  Youngster Nick Barmby gave Spurs
the lead after 36 minutes but Scott Gemmill fired home an exquisite
second half equaliser.  The result leaves Forest stranded
five points adrift at the bottom.

WIMBLEDON 0-0 CHELSEA
A floodlight failure caused a delay of 17 minutes in a match the Dons
should have easily won.  They dominated for most of the game
but missed six clear chances while Chelsea 'keeper Kevin Hitchcock was
in excellent form between the posts.  John Fashanu, Neal Ardley and John
Scales all went close before the break and Hans Segers denied Andy
Myers at the other end.  Hitchcock earned Chelsea a point
with a superb save from Paul Miller in the closing stages.

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Norwich City   22 12  5  5 34 34 41
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 2 Man Utd        22 10  8  4 30 17 38
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 3 Aston Villa    22 10  8  4 32 24 38
 4 Blackburn R    22 10  7  5 34 20 37
 5 Ipswich Town   22  8 12  2 31 23 36
 6 Chelsea        22  9  8  5 28 22 35
 7 QPR            21  9  5  7 30 25 32
 8 Coventry City  22  8  8  6 33 32 32
 9 Arsenal        22  9  4  9 23 22 31
10 Manchester C   22  8  6  8 30 24 30
11 Liverpool      21  8  5  8 35 33 29
12 Tottenham H    22  7  8  7 22 27 29
13 Middlesbrough  22  6  9  7 33 33 27
14 Sheff Wed      22  6  9  7 27 29 27
15 Crystal P      22  6  9  7 29 33 27
16 Leeds Utd      22  6  7  9 33 37 25
17 Southampton    22  5  9  8 22 26 24
18 Everton        22  6  5 11 21 30 23
19 Oldham Ath     20  5  6  9 33 39 21
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20 Sheffield Utd  21  5  6 10 18 28 21
21 Wimbledon      22  4  8 10 26 33 20
22 Nott'm Forest  21  3  6 12 20 33 15


Division One:

  Barnsley      3-1  Tranmere   	 8,204
  Bristol R     0-2  Southend   	 7,707
  Derby         2-4  Portsmouth 	21,478
  Millwall      2-0  Leicester  	12,230
  Notts Co      1-1  Brentford  	 6,892
  Oxford Utd    4-2  Newcastle  	 9,293
  Peterborough  1-1  Charlton   	 8,000
  Sunderland    2-0  Grimsby    	20,771
  Watford       2-2  Cambridge  	 8,147
  West Ham      2-2  Luton      	18,786
  Wolves        0-0  Bristol C  	16,419

BARNSLEY 3-1 TRANMERE
Barnsley's topsy-turvy season continued with a fine win over the
high-flying Merseysiders.  Second-placed Tranmere were looking
to make up ground on Newcastle, but were 1-0 down to David Currie's
header after just 31 seconds.  Andy Rammell stabbed in the second
after 26 minutes before John Aldridge missed a penalty.
Steve Mungall pulled one back for Tranmere and Barnsley manager Mel
Machin was booked minutes before Neil Redfearn shot his side's third.

BRISTOL ROVERS 0-2 SOUTHEND
Rejuvenated Southend hauled themselves off the bottom with two
second-half goals as Rovers had Ian Alexander sent off.
Steve Brown struck from close range after 56 minutes and Alexander was
dismissed for dissent as Rovers claimed offside.
Stan Collymore, who hit two against Barnsley last week, made it 2-0
in the last minute.  John Taylor, Carl Saunders and
Marcus Stewart all missed good first-half chances for Rovers.

DERBY 2-4 PORTSMOUTH
Pompey hit-man Guy Whittingham took his season's tally to 29 with a
double burst to help inflict another home defeat on Derby.
Whittingham, who rattled in four on Boxing Day, was on target after
seven minutes.  Tommy Johnson levelled on half-time
but Whittingham pounced again five minutes after the break.
Paul Kitson levelled again but Alan McLoughlin killed them off
with two in the last 20 minutes.

MILLWALL 2-0 LEICESTER
Millwall finished the year on a high note, with a comfortable win
over their fellow promotion rivals.  The Lions' unbeaten home record
never looked in danger from the moment Jamie Moralee fired them in
front after 25 minutes.  Moralee then turned provider after
the break, bursting down the right flank and sending over a perfect
centre for Goodman to head home.  Millwall go into 1993 lying joint
third in the table and on this form look certain to be in the running.

NOTTS COUNTY 1-1 BRENTFORD
Brentford stretched their unbeaten run to nine matches with an
impressive display at Meadow Lane.  Tony Agana's second goal since
signing from Sheffield United for #750,000 gave County the lead in
the 28th minute.  But Kevin Bartlett and Dave Smith
missed chances to extend their lead and Shane Westley headed Brentford
level just before the break.  Gary Blissett twice went close for
the Bees in the second half but they failed to snatch the points.

PETERBOROUGH 1-1 CHARLTON
Two first half goals were the only highlights of a frantic battle at
London Road.  The home side looked to be in
control when Charlton broke away in the 30th minute.
John Robinson crossed from the left and Peter Garland tapped-in but
Tony Philliskirk put Peterborough level three minutes later.
Charlton created more second half chances forcing Ian Bennett to make
two impressive saves but neither side showed much class.

SUNDERLAND 2-0 GRIMSBY
Don Goodman celebrated his return from injury with his sixth goal of
the season as Sunderland pulled away from the relegation zone.
The club's record signing opened the scoring just before the break
when he rifled in an angled drive from Richard Ord's centre.
Tony Rees was inches away from an equaliser minutes later when he
hit the underside of the bar.  David Rush's diving header wrapped
it up after 64 minutes.

WATFORD 2-2 CAMBRIDGE UTD
Substitute Tony Dennis grabbed a last gasp equaliser to give
Cambridge a share of the points at Vicarage Road.
The visitors were 2-0 down at the interval after Ken Charlery's
header in the ninth minute and Roger Willis' tap-in in the 41st.
Watford's Jason Soloman deflected the ball into his own net on the
hour to reduce United's arrears.  Then Dennis poked in Devon White's
knock down with seconds remaining.

WEST HAM 2-2 LUTON
West Ham surrendered a two-goal lead and threw away two important
points for the third game running.  The Hammers looked to be cruising
when skipper Julian Dicks smashed in a 51st minute penalty following
a foul on Mark Robson.  Tim Breacker's 20-yard thunderbolt
made it two, but Luton immediately pulled one back through Ceri Hughes.
The Hatters levelled when John Dreyer's flick was adjudged to have
crossed the line after 70 minutes.

WOLVES 0-0 BRISTOL CITY
Ten-man Bristol City defiantly held on for a point to put another dent
in Wolves' promotion aspirations.  Left-back Martin Scott was given
his marching orders after a 54th minute foul on Mark Rankine, his
second yellow card offence.  Gerry Harrison was also carried off
as the Robins desperately weathered the home side's onslaught.
Andy Mutch, Rankine and Mark Burke went close but Jackie Dziekanowski
almost snatched it at the death for City, forcing Jones to save well.

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Newcastle Utd  23 17  2  4 45 21 53
 2 Tranmere R     22 12  5  5 42 26 41
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 3 West Ham       23 11  6  6 43 25 39
 4 Millwall       23 10  9  4 35 20 39
 5 Portsmouth     23 10  7  6 42 28 37
 6 Leicester C    23 10  5  8 29 28 35
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 7 Wolves         24  8 10  6 34 28 34
 8 Derby County   23 10  3 10 40 33 33
 9 Swindon Town   21  9  6  6 40 36 33
10 Brentford      23  9  6  8 35 27 33
11 Charlton Ath   24  8  9  7 27 23 33
12 Grimsby Town   23  9  4 10 34 32 31
13 Peterborough   20  8  7  5 31 26 31
14 Watford        24  7  9  8 32 37 30
15 Barnsley       23  9  3 11 29 27 30
16 Oxford United  22  6 11  5 34 27 29
17 Sunderland     22  8  4 10 22 31 28
18 Bristol City   23  7  6 10 28 44 27
19 Bristol R      24  6  4 14 32 53 22
20 Luton Town     22  4  9  9 25 43 21
21 Southend Utd   23  5  6 12 24 33 21
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22 Cambridge U    23  4  8 11 23 42 20
23 Notts County   23  4  8 11 23 42 20
24 Birmingham C   20  5  5 10 18 35 20


Division Two:

Stoke stretched their lead at the top with a 2-0 win over fifth
placed Rotherham, Carl Beeston and Steve Foley grabbing the goals.
West Brom lost ground in second place, managing only a 0-0 draw at
Peter Shilton's Plymouth.  Leyton Orient rescued a point at
Stockport, Robert Taylor firing an equaliser eight minutes from time
after Chris Beaumont's opener.  Blackpool picked up a valuable 2-1
win at Chester in the relegation fight, David Eyres the match-winner.

Bradford       3-2 Port Vale  

Burnley        OFF Bournemouth

Chester        1-2 Blackpool   

Fulham         1-3 Hartlepool 

HULL C         1-0 BRIGHTON
Hunter 86

MANSFIELD      1-1 READING
Ford 37            Lambert 69

PLYMOUTH       0-0 WEST BROM

PRESTON        2-2 EXETER C
Garnett 34         Whiston 10
Norbury 41         Moran 72

STOCKPORT      1-1 LEYTON ORIENT
Beaumont 10        Taylor 82

STOKE C        2-0 ROTHERHAM
Beeston 41
Foley 81

SWANSEA        1-2 BOLTON
West 24            Brown 9
McGinlay 75

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Stoke City     22 14  6  2 39 19 48
 2 WBA            22 11  6  5 34 19 39
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 3 Leyton Orient  22 11  4  7 34 25 37
 4 Hartlepool     21 10  6  5 29 22 36
 5 Rotherham      21 10  6  5 29 23 36
 6 Bolton W       21 10  5  6 39 22 35
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 7 Port Vale      21  9  8  4 37 24 35
 8 Bradford City  22 10  5  7 35 37 35
 9 Brighton       22 10  5  7 31 25 35
10 Stockport      20  9  6  5 36 24 33
11 Swansea City   22  8  7  7 28 21 31
12 Fulham         23  7  9  7 29 33 30
13 Burnley        21  8  6  7 25 28 30
14 Plymouth A     22  8  6  8 23 28 30
15 Exeter         22  6  9  7 28 32 27
16 Reading        22  6  8  8 30 26 26
17 Hull City      22  7  5 10 28 33 26
18 Bournemouth    21  5  9  7 16 21 24
19 Preston        21  6  5 10 31 41 23
20 Wigan Ath      21  6  5 10 25 33 23
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21 Mansfield      21  4  5 12 21 40 17
22 Chester        22  4  4 14 27 44 16
23 Blackpool      22  3  7 12 26 40 16
24 Huddersfield   20  3  4 13 16 36 13

Division Three:

Barnet shot back to the top with a crazy 5-4 defeat of Torquay at
Underhill, including two penalties from striker Gary Bull.
Wrexham and Chesterfield also shared nine, with the Welsh side
edging it by the odd goal thanks to a Steve Watkin double.
Walsall hit-man Wayne Clarke struck again as his side beat Northampton
to stay third, while promotion rivals Shrewsbury lashed Crewe 3-0.
Gillingham were denied three points and stay last after Tony Daws hit a
last minute penalty for Scunthorpe.

BARNET         5-4 TORQUAY
Stein 47           Huxford og 22
Bull pens 49, 56   Foster 50
Carter 67          Trollope 55
Evans 84           Darby 85

DONCASTER      0-1 DARLINGTON
Dobie 63

LINCOLN        3-2 CARDIFF
Puttnam 72         Ramsey 52
Matthews 76        Miller 74
West 83

SCUNTHORPE     2-2 GILLINGHAM
Daws 63            Arnott 16
Daws pen 90        Stephenson 89

SHREWSBURY     3-1 CREWE
Taylor 23          Williams og 76
Brown 60
Lyne 63

WALSALL        1-0 NORTHAMPTON
Reece 1

WREXHAM        5-4 CHESTERFIELD
Watkin 7, 82       Williams 17
Lake 39            Hebberd 60
Bennett 53         Williams 75
Cash og 78         Lancaster 84

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Barnet         20 13  3  4 40 24 42
 2 York City      19 12  4  3 39 22 40
 3 Walsall        19 11  2  6 39 31 35
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 4 Shrewsbury T   20 10  4  6 29 23 34
 5 Wrexham        20  9  6  5 35 30 33
 6 Lincoln City   19 10  3  6 25 21 33
 7 Rochdale       19  8  6  5 37 30 30
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 8 Cardiff City   20  8  5  7 35 29 29
 9 Scarborough    18  8  5  5 31 30 29
10 Crewe A        19  9  1  9 34 33 28
11 Chesterfield   19  7  6  6 28 28 27
12 Scunthorpe Utd 20  7  5  8 25 26 26
13 Colchester Utd 20  8  1 11 32 39 25
14 Bury           20  7  4  9 29 35 25
15 Darlington     19  7  4  8 25 24 25
16 Doncaster R    21  6  7  8 21 27 25
17 Carlisle Utd   18  6  4  8 27 27 22
18 Halifax Town   20  5  5 10 27 33 20
19 Torquay Utd    20  6  2 12 23 35 20
20 Hereford Utd   19  4  6  9 23 32 18
21 Northampton T  20  5  3 12 22 37 18
22 Gillingham     21  3  6 12 22 32 15


GM Vauxhall Conference:

FARNBOROUGH   0-3 WOKING	2,287
Puckett 37, 79
Senior 44

GATESHEAD     0-0 STALYBRIDGE	  631

KETTERING     3-3 BOSTON	2,592
Brown 10, 86      Jones 57, 83
Martin 11         Moss 90

KIDDERMINSTER 1-0 BROMSGROVE	4,324 (!)
Deakin 82

Stafford      0-1 Runcorn      	  876

Welling       0-2 Dagenham&R  	1,357

Witton        1-3 Northwich   	2,442

Yeovil        2-1 Bath        	6,488 (!!)

Top:
                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Wycombe W      22 16  3  3 58 15 51
 2 Slough Town    19 12  3  4 33 21 39
 3 Dagenham & R   21 10  7  4 38 19 37
 4 Bromsgrove     22  9  8  5 31 24 35
 5 Gateshead      20 10  3  7 29 27 33
 6 Telford Utd    21  9  6  6 33 32 33
 7 Yeovil Town    21  9  4  8 29 27 31
 8 Stalybridge    23  7 10  6 29 28 31
 9 Bath City      20  8  6  6 32 21 30
10 Woking         22  9  3 10 34 40 30


DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division

  Bognor          3-2  Bromley
  Chesham         2-2  Harrow
  Dulwich         1-7  Carshalton
  Hendon          0-0  Enfield
  St Albans       4-1  Basingstoke
  Staines         3-0  Windsor & E
  Stevenage       6-1  Grays
  Sutton Utd      1-1  Kingstonian
  Wivenhoe        3-1  Hayes
  Wokingham Town  OFF  Marlow
  Yeading         2-1  Aylesbury

HFS LOANS LEAGUE Premier Division

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

BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division

  Cheltenham      4-0  Gloucester
  Corby Town      1-1  Burton
  Crawley         3-0  Chelmsford
  Dover           2-1  Hastings
  Moor Green      1-2  Hednesford
  Trowbridge      1-3  Solihull
  VS Rugby        1-1  Ath'stone
  Waterlooville   6-1  D'chester
  Weymouth        0-0  Bashley
  Worcester       1-0  Halesowen