From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English News: FA Cup results
Date: 16 Nov 92 10:18:13 GMT

David Platt played a full part in two training sessions at Bisham Abbey on
Saturday and now looks likely to play in next week's World Cup qualifier.
The Juventus midfielder looked set to miss the clash with Turkey after
admitting he had a knee problem.  England manager Graham Taylor said: "If
he is confident he can get through 90 minutes at Wembley, he has a good
chance of playing." Leeds midfielder David Batty withdrew
from the squad with a knee injury. Lee Dixon, Paul Parker and Andy Sinton also
missed the training sessions.


CARDIFF CITY 2-3 BATH
GM Vauxhall side Bath caused an upset as they put out Third Division Cardiff
in the first-round clash at Ninian Park. The visitors gave a taste of things to
come when they stole the lead after 20 minutes through Graham Withey.
Paul Millar levelled for Cardiff and Nathan Blake fired the Welsh team into
the lead on 36 minutes.  Bath fought back after the break and
equalised through Jeremy Gill before stealing the game 10 minutes before
time through Dion Vernon.

Leyton Orient came back from 3-1 down against Dagenham & Redbridge to prevent
an embarrassing defeat by the GM Vauxhall side, finally winning 5-4.
Home side Dagenham went ahead after just 3 minutes but, 3-2 down, the O's
hit back as Mark Cooper struck twice.  Andy Jones consolidated the lead, but
Paul Cavell closed the gap for Dagenham.

Beazer Homes side Sutton Coldfield provided second division Bolton
Wanderers with a few scares before bowing out 2-1. David Reeves and Andy
Walker scored for Wanderers, and Sutton hit back through Andy Dale.
Sutton Utd full-back Phil Barton sent his side out of the Cup as he scored an
own-goal for the visitors Hereford 13 minutes from time.
Non-league Sutton went ahead in the 12th minute when Simon Quail headed
home. Owen Pickard equalised for Hereford before Barton's attempt to
block a cross ended in misery.

Crewe sent Wrexham crashing out of the Cup 6-1, with Craig Hignett scoring a
hat-trick. Last year's giant-killers Woking went through 3-2 at home to
Nuneaton.

MARINE 4-1 HALIFAX
HFS Loans League side Marine upset financially troubled Third Division
Halifax at College Road.  The visitors were reeling at half-time
with Graham Rowlands, John Gautrey and Tony Ward all on target.
Chris Camden added a fourth on the hour and could have had more as they
threatened to run riot.  Substitute David German pulled one back
for Halifax but it was cold comfort in the atrocious conditions.

TORQUAY 2-5 YEOVIL
Paul Wilson and Paul Batty were the heros of the West Country battle at
Plainmoor as Yeovil notched their 15th victory over League opposition.
The Conference side struck as Wilson rose to head home Phil Ferns 31st
minute free kick and he was on target again 20 minutes later.
Paul Batty twice converted from the spot to put the visitors 4-0 up but
Torquay hit back through Adrian Foster and Stuart Heard.
But it was to no avail as Batty claimed a hat-trick to add to Torquay's misery.

Brave Altrincham nearly scored a famous upset at Second Division Chester after
coming back from 1-0 down.  Darren Ryan prodded the home side into
the lead but the Conference side hit back thanks to a Paul Comstive own goal
and despite a concerted effort they could not manage to pinch a winner.

Hayes' interest in the FA Cup was ended by goals in each half from Brighton's
Andy Kennedy and Robert Codner.  The non-Leaguers went close through
Darren Brown and Phil Wingfield but the Seagulls always had the upper hand.


Div 1:

CAMBRIDGE 1-2 BARNSLEY
Barnsley hit-man Wayne Biggins grabbed two goals in the first 11 minutes to
steer Mel Machin's men to victory at the Abbey.
Biggins rifled in a 25-yard free-kick after six minutes and had a simple tap-
in for his second after John Pearson headed on at the far post.
Cambridge goalkeeper Jon Sheffield kept his side in the game with excellent
saves from Andy Liddell and Biggins.  Gary Clayton pulled one back from close
range on 61 minutes but the Barnsley defence held firm.

CHARLTON 1-3 NEWCASTLE
Gavin Peacock struck twice as Newcastle roared on at the top of the table with
a convincing victory at Upton Park.  Peacock opened the scoring after just
two minutes, sliding in to meet Lee Clark's cross.
It was 2-0 after 35 minutes as Peacock grabbed his second before Garry Nelson
gave Charlton some hope when he pulled one back after 55 minutes.
Steve Howey settled Newcastle's nerves as he powered forward to hit the
Magpies' third on 64 minutes.

GRIMSBY 2-1 BRISTOL CITY
Clive Mendonca grabbed an 89th minute winner as Grimsby stretched their
unbeaten run to six matches with a two-goal burst in the last 10 minutes.
Mendonca condemned City to their sixth successive away defeat in the League
when his shot was deflected over goalkeeper Keith Welch.
Tommy Watson had equalised for the Mariners on 80 minutes to cancel out
some good early work by the visitors.  Highly-rated Andrew Cole had put them
in front with a superb strike after 53 minutes.

NOTTS COUNTY 2-2 WOLVERHAMPTON
Substitute Kevin Bartlett snatched two late goals to earn struggling Notts
County a share of the points.  Wolves had been in firm command with
Robbie Dennison breaking the deadlock in the 18th minute and Steve Bull
sliding the ball home shortly after half-time.
County boss Neil Warnock sent on Bartlett with 12 minutes left and
within two minutes had restored hope.  The Meadow Lane crowd were treated to a
rousing finale with super-sub nipping in to glance a header past Paul Jones.

OXFORD UNITED 4-0 LUTON
Hot-shot John Durnin grabbed all four goals as he destroyed struggling Luton
at the Manor with his first hat-trick for Oxford.
The former Liverpool striker, who hit two against Southend last week, hit his
first after 24 minutes following great work by winger Joey Beauchamp.
It was 2-0 on the half-hour when David Penney's header came back off the bar
and Durnin drove in the rebound.  Chris Allen set up Durnin for his
hat-trick on 78 minutes and he rifled in his fourth three minutes later.

SWINDON 3-2 SOUTHEND
Swindon produced a superb first-half performance but in the end were forced
to hold on for the points against a battling Southend side.
Craig Maskell scored twice in the first 12 minutes for the Robins to take his
tally for the season to 15.  Former Southend midfielder Martin Ling
produced a bit of magic for the third, volleying home from 20 yards after a
delicate flick.  Ian Benjamin and John Cornwell pulled
goals back late on but Swindon keep up the pressure on leaders Newcastle.

TRANMERE 3-2 BRENTFORD
Rovers stormed back from 2-0 down to hold onto their unbeaten home record
thanks to two late Pat Nevin goals.  Gary Blissett missed a 24th minute
penalty but headed the Bees in front after 30 minutes.
Marcus Gayle volleyed them 2-0 ahead six minutes later but Rovers were back
in it when Kenny Irons drove home from 20 yards on 57 minutes.
Nevin volleyed the equaliser with 20 minutes to go and then flicked in the
winner after 83 minutes.

WATFORD 0-0 PORTSMOUTH
Portsmouth had to settle for a point after creating the better chances at
Vicarage Road.  Leading League marksman Guy Whittingham
might have had a hat-trick as Pompey out-fought and out-thought Watford for
over an hour.  Whittingham drove wide after five
minutes and then saw Perry Suckling save his shot after he broke clear.
Watford finished with a flurry when Ken Charlery came on to give more thrust to
an attack that was well policed by the Portsmouth defence.


FA Cup results:

BOURNEMOUTH     0-0 BARNET

BRADFORD CITY   1-1 PRESTON NE
Jewell 85           Fowler 87

BRIGHTON        2-0 HAYES
Kennedy 38
Codner 90

BURNLEY         2-1 SCARBOROUGH
Conroy 27           Mockler 79
Curran og 55

BURY            2-0 WITTON
Knill pen 26
Robinson 81 pen
Anderson sent off

CARDIFF         2-3 BATH
Miller 26           Withey 20
Blake 36            Gill 56
                    Vernon 70

CHESTER         1-1 ALTRINCHAM
Ryan 34             Comstive og 55

COLCHESTER      4-0 SLOUGH
Sorrell 17          Anderson sent off
Bennett 42, 90
Ball 88

CREWE           6-1 WREXHAM
Hignett 4, 62,      Bennett 77
        66, 90      Thomas sent off
McKearney 27, 79

DAGENHAM & R    4-5 LEYTON ORIENT
Broom 3             Howard 37
Conner 25           Whitbread 45
Butterworth 40      Cooper 50, 70
Cavell 79           Jones 78

DARLINGTON      1-2 HULL CITY
Dobie 57            Atkinson 61
                    Norton 74

DONCASTER       1-2 HARTLEPOOL
Quinlan 35          Johnrose 68
                    Saville 84 pen

EXETER          1-0 KIDDERMINSTER
Moran 7

GILLINGHAM      3-2 KETTERING
Clark 23            Brown 18
Crown 38            Hill 69 pen
Forster 85

KINGSTONIAN     1-1 PETERBOROUGH
Russell 42          Adcock 67

LINCOLN         0-0 STAFFORD

MACCLESFIELD    0-0 CHESTERFIELD

MARINE          4-1 HALIFAX
Ward 30             German 88
Gautrey 38
Rowlands 40
Camden 60

MARLOW          3-3 SALISBURY
Lay 19              Loveridge 11
Watkins 64          Sanders 30
Glasgow 82          Fletcher 53
Dell sent off

NORTHAMPTON     3-1 FULHAM
Wilkin 25           Farrell 72
Brown 45
Terry 49

BOSTON          1-1 STALYBRIDGE
Moss 18             Edwards pen 51
Cunningham 23
Howard 46
Goodwin 89

FARNBOROUGH     1-1 BROMSGROVE
Leworthy 54         Wardle 87
Duffield pen 56     Willetts pen 61
                    Purdie 72

NORTHWICH       1-1 WELLING
Donnelly 3          Butler og 89

SHREWSBURY      3-1 MANSFIELD
Summerfield 1       Fairclough 22
Lyne 29
Williams 69

SOLIHULL        2-2 VS RUGBY
Canning 15          Bufton 4
Carter 31           Green 80

SUTTON          1-2 HEREFORD
Quail 12            Pickard 19
                    Barton og 77

TORQUAY         2-5 YEOVIL
Foster 83           Wilson 31, 51
Herd 89          Batty pen 57,pen 77,90

WEST BROM       8-0 AYLESBURY
Donovan 22, 37, 87
McNally 34
Taylor 38
Robson 72
Raven 74  Hamilton 82

WIGAN           3-1 CARLISLE
Williams og 14      Arnold 43
Dalziel og 17
Powell 25

WOKING          3-2 NUNEATON
Clement 3           Bullock 2
Biggins 80          Culpin 53
Carroll 90

WYCOMBE         3-1 MERTHYR
Scott 12            Rogers 42
Carroll 16
Stapleton 85

YORK CITY       1-3 STOCKPORT
Canham 76           Todd 54
                    Francis 69, 79


GM Vauxhall Conference:

BOSTON          1-1 STALYBRIDGE
Moss 18             Edwards pen 51

FARNBOROUGH     1-1 BROMSGROVE
Leworthy 54         Wardle 87

NORTHWICH       1-1 WELLING
Donnelly 3          Butler og 89

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Wycombe W      17 13  2  2 46 11 41
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 2 Slough Town    14  9  1  4 25 16 28
 3 Bromsgrove     15  7  6  2 19 13 27
 4 Telford Utd    16  7  5  4 29 28 26
 5 Farnborough    17  6  5  6 36 38 23
 6 Dagenham & R   12  6  4  2 27 12 22
 7 Witton Albion  14  5  7  2 22 14 22
 8 Yeovil Town    15  7  1  7 21 19 22
 9 Stalybridge    15  5  6  4 22 20 21
10 Bath City      14  5  4  5 21 16 19
11 Macclesfield   12  6  1  5 15 16 19
12 Merthyr T      14  5  4  5 17 20 19
13 Altrincham     13  4  5  4 14 12 17
14 Stafford R     12  4  5  3 15 14 17
15 Kettering T    17  4  4  9 21 29 16
16 Welling Utd    17  3  6  8 26 39 15
17 Runcorn        16  4  3  9 18 36 15
18 Kidderminster  12  3  5  4 11 13 14
19 Gateshead      12  4  2  6 16 22 14
20 Northwich Vic  15  3  4  8 14 23 13
21 Woking         13  4  1  8 15 27 13
22 Boston Utd     14  1  5  8 12 24  8



FA CUP First round (summary)

   Accrington   3-2  Gateshead    2,420
   Blackpool    1-1  Rochdale *   4,069
   Blyth Sp     1-2  Southport    2,300
   Bolton       2-1  Sutton C'ld  5,345
   Bournemouth  0-0  Barnet       4,688
   Bradford C   1-1  Preston NE * 8,553
   Brighton     2-0  Hayes        5,879
   Burnley      2-1  Scarborough  8,359
   Bury         2-0  Witton       2,682
   Cardiff      2-3  Bath         4,506
   Chester      1-1  Altrincham * 4,033
   Colchester   4-0  Slough       3,858
   Crewe        6-1 Wrexham       5,556
   Dagenham & R 4-5 Leyton Orient 5,300
   Darlington   1-2 Hull City     3,132
   Doncaster    1-2 Hartlepool    4,513
   Exeter       1-0 Kidderminster 3,082
   Gillingham   3-2 Kettering     3,962
   Kingstonian  1-1 Peterbro' *   5,000
   Lincoln      0-0 Stafford *    3,380
   Macclesfield 0-0 Chest'field * 3,063
   Marine       4-1 Halifax       1,892
   Marlow       3-3 Salisbury *     940
   Northampton  3-1 Fulham        4,823
   Rotherham    4-0  Walsall      4,201
   St Albans    1-2  Cheltenham   3,189
   Scunthorpe   0-0  Hudd'field * 4,312
   Shrewsbury   3-1  Mansfield    3,353
   Solihull     2-2  VS Rugby *   1,260
   Sutton Utd   1-2  Hereford     2,749
   Torquay      2-5  Yeovil       3,453
   West Brom    8-0  Aylesbury   12,337
   Wigan        3-1  Carlisle     2,963
   Woking       3-2  Nuneaton     3,280
   Wycombe      3-1  Merthyr T    4,322
   York City    1-3  Stockport    5,640

* - replay on Tuesday, November 24


HFS LOANS LEAGUE Premier Division

   Buxton          0-0  Whitley Bay
   Corby           3-0  Crawley
   Droylsden       1-3  Barrow
   Gainsborough    1-0  Fleetwood
   Goole           3-1  Colwyn Bay
   Horwich         1-1  Leek Town
   Matlock         1-5  Bish Auckland
   Morecambe       3-3  Hyde
   Mossley         1-4  Chorley
   Winsford        1-1  Frickley

BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division

   Bashley         5-3  Chelmsford
   Corby           3-0  Crawley
   Dorchester      0-0  Moor Green
   Gloucester      1-1  Dover
   Halesowen       1-0  Cambridge C
   Hastings        0-1  Trowbridge
   Hednesford      1-1  Weymouth
   Worcester       1-3  Waterlooville

DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division

   Chesham         5-1  Carshalton
   Dulwich         1-2  Enfield
   Staines         6-0  Grays
   Stevenage       0-1  Windsor/Eton
   Wivenhoe        3-2  Basingstoke
   Wokingham       1-1  Bromley