From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English news: weekend roundup/tables
Date: 13 Apr 92 09:01:27 GMT


Div 1

ARSENAL 4-1 CRYSTAL PALACE
Paul Merson grabbed his first hat-trick for Arsenal as they hit back to shatter
Palace at Highbury.  Merson hit the first a minute after
Chris Coleman's strike had given Palace an eighth minute lead.
Merson then scored with a wicked drive after 12 minutes which gave stranded
goalkeeper Nigel Martyn no chance.  Kevin Campbell further rocked the
visitors with a fierce volley then crossed for Merson to complete his
hat-trick in the 34th minute.

EVERTON 0-2 SHEFFIELD UTD
United extended their unbeaten run to five matches as they overcame Everton
with a gritty display at Goodison.  Striker Brian Deane led Dave Bassett's
men superbly, setting up the first goal with a close-range shot that Neville
Southall failed to keep out of play.  Glyn Hodges crossed and Ian Bryson sent
a header looping over Southall into the empty net for a 29th minute lead.
Alan Cork sealed it with his first goal for United, racing onto a Brian Gayle
throughball after 69 minutes.

LEEDS 3-0 CHELSEA
Leeds bounced back to the top as they hit two late goals to kill off stubborn
Chelsea at Elland Road.  Rod Wallace calmed the home side's
nerves when he scored his 12th of the season in the 55th minute following
good work by Gordon Strachan.  Leeds had enjoyed most of the play
before then but rarely threatened Dave Beasant in the Chelsea goal.
Lee Chapman made the game safe with a goal minutes from the end and Eric
Cantona boosted their goal difference with a brilliant volley at the death.

NOTTS COUNTY 1-0 COVENTRY CITY
County's first win of the year gave them little hope of avoiding the drop
and dragged Coventry into danger.  Substitute Dean Thomas fired in a right
foot shot which Steve Ogrizovic looked to have covered but the ball took a
wicket deflection off Kenny Sansom and sneaked into the net.
It was Ogrizovic's first real work of the afternoon against a County side
including an amateur substitute.  Steve Cherry on the other hand had been
forced to make fine saves to deny Paul Furlong, Stewart Robson and Sean Flynn.

OLDHAM 5-1 LUTON TOWN
Graeme Sharp plundered four goals against hapless Luton to leave the
Hatters looking doomed.  Sharp opened his account after 11
minutes before Mick Harford gave Luton some hope with an equaliser before the
half-hour mark.  Sharp struck again a minute later and
the visitors were destroyed after the break with three goals in seven minutes
Sharp made it three on 80 minutes, captain Mike Milligan hit the fourth
and Sharp wrapped it up with his 15th goal of the season after 87 minutes.

QPR 1-2 TOTTENHAM
Two late Spurs goals sank Rangers in an ill-tempered affair at Loftus Road.
Andy Sinton, one of four Rangers men booked, sent the hosts ahead in the
26th minute from an Ian Holloway cross.  Paul Walsh set up Andy Gray for his
first for Spurs in the 70th minute and eight minutes later Justin Edinburgh,
booked along with Paul Allen, crossed for Gordon Durie to jink through.
Rangers' Northern Ireland defender Alan McDonald was sent off after a mini
brawl in the dying seconds.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2-0 MANCHESTER CITY
David Hirst inspired Wednesday to a vital victory as they stepped up their
bid for a place in Europe in front of England manager Graham Taylor.
Hirst, denied by the post in a first half dominated by the Owls, made
certain with a clinical finish after 55 minutes following a surging run.
Nigel Worthington, always a menace to City down the left flank, volleyed home
the second three minutes from time.  City, without an away win since
November, had Tony Coton to thank for keeping the score down.

WEST HAM 4-0 NORWICH
The Hammers romped to their first League win since February 1 as Norwich
slumped to their sixth League defeat in seven games.
Matthew Rush, making only his second League start of the season, opened the
scoring with two superb headers after 14 and 36 minutes.
Julian Dicks made it three from the penalty spot after 72 minutes when
Mitchell Thomas was brought down by goalkeeper Mark Walton.
Ian Bishop slotted home the fourth eight minutes later.

                    P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
  1 Leeds Utd      38 19 15  4 68 35 72
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  2 Man Utd        36 19 14  3 57 26 71
  3 Sheff Wed      38 19 10  9 58 48 67
  4 Arsenal        38 17 13  8 70 43 64
  5 Liverpool      37 15 13  9 44 35 58
  6 Manchester C   38 16 10 12 50 45 58
  7 Aston Villa    38 15  9 14 43 39 54
  8 Crystal P      38 13 13 12 50 59 52
  9 Nott'm Forest  36 14  9 13 53 50 51
 10 Sheffield Utd  37 14  8 15 57 55 50
 11 Wimbledon      38 12 13 13 47 48 49
 12 Chelsea        38 12 13 13 45 53 49
 13 Tottenham H    37 14  6 17 51 52 48
 14 QPR            38 10 17 11 43 43 47
 15 Oldham Ath     38 13  8 17 60 61 47
 16 Everton        38 11 13 14 45 45 46
 17 Norwich City   38 11 11 16 46 58 44
 18 Southampton    36 11 10 15 35 48 43
 19 Coventry City  38 10 11 17 34 39 41
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 20 Luton Town     37  8 11 18 31 65 35
 21 Notts County   38  8 10 20 36 56 34
 22 West Ham       36  7 11 18 33 53 32


Div 2:

DERBY COUNTY 2-2 OXFORD UTD
Derby's promotion hopes were given another knock by an Oxford side
battling to stay in Division Two.  The visitors were lucky to be awarded a
penalty on the stroke of half-time when the referee adjudged Jason Kavanagh to
have brought down Chris Allen.  Jim Magilton converted to level a 40th
minute strike from Paul Simpson, his seventh since leaving Oxford.
Magilton set up Micky Lewis's goal on the hour but Derby settled the score in
the 72nd minute with a Paul Williams penalty after Paul Kitson was tripped.

IPSWICH 3-2 NEWCASTLE
Chris Kiwomya put Ipswich 10 points clear at the top as they came from 2-1
down to shatter the battling Magpies.  Kiwomya hit his 19th of the season on
72 minutes after great work by subs Steve Palmer and Steve Whitton.
Newcastle leading scorer Gavin Peacock opened the scoring with an 18th minute
left foot drive before a Steve Whitton penalty put the home side level.
Peacock made it 2-1 just before the break but veteran John Wark squared it
on 68 minutes - before Kiwomya wrapped up an exhilirating victory.

LEICESTER CITY 3-1 BARNSLEY
City staged a second half fightback to storm into third spot after Barnsley
had taken a shock lead.  David Currie put the Tykes in front on
35 minutes with a superb solo goal, running from midfield to shoot home
from the edge of the penalty box.  Leicester were back in it on 50 minutes
when Steve Walsh pounced after goalkeeper Lee Butler dropped an Ian
Ormondroyd header.  Gary Mills made it 2-1 from the spot
after Butler brought down Phil Gee and Tommy Wright hit the third late on.

MILLWALL 2-3 BRISTOL CITY
City picked up three precious points to pull away from the relegation zone
despite going behind at the Den.  Phil Barber put Millwall in front after
20 minutes but Leroy Rosenior headed the equaliser from a Michael Melon free
kick after the break.  Andy Cole, on loan from Arsenal, put
City in front with an angled shot on 64 minutes and Rosenior added another 11
minutes later.  A Ray Atteveld own goal two minutes
from time gave Millwall faint hope.

PLYMOUTH 0-2 SOUTHEND
Southend ruined player-manager Peter Shilton's home debut with a win to
leave Argyle at the bottom.  They went ahead after 17 minutes with
a Nicky Marker own goal but Plymouth were unlucky not to level when Adrian
Burrows headed against the bar.  Shilton had to race from his area to
deny Brett Angell after 67 minutes but he had no chance with Ian Benjamin's
diving header eight minutes later.  Argyle's Dwight Marshall came close to
a consolation in the dying minutes but saw a shot blocked on the line.

PORTSMOUTH 2-0 GRIMSBY
Teenager Stuart Doling led Pompey to victory as several key players were
rested before Monday's FA Cup semi-final replay with Liverpool.
Colin Clarke and Alan McLoughlin were absent and Warren Aspinall on the bench
for all but a productive 14 minutes.  Eighteen-year-old Doling, playing only
his fourth full match, put Portsmouth ahead after 27 minutes with a sliced
volley from Chris Burns' cross.  Sub Steve Wigley set up the second 15
minutes from time when Tony Ford failed to clear and Aspinall finished simply.

PORT VALE 2-1 BRIGHTON
David Lowe lifted Vale above Brighton near the foot of the table with an 84th
minute header to settle a hectic clash.  He found the net from close range to
cap a gritty comeback by Vale who had held the upper hand before falling
behind against the run of play.  Mark Gall gave Brighton the lead in the
59th minute after Neil Aspin's blunder presented him with the chance.
But Vale levelled when Peter Swan's header proved too powerful for 'keeper
Digweed and he also hit the bar before Lowe sealed the points.

SUNDERLAND 1-2 CHARLTON
Away specialists Charlton plunged the FA Cup finalists further into the
relegation dogfight as they boosted their own promotion hopes.
Sunderland went ahead after 56 minutes through skipper Gary Bennett, who
headed home a Brian Atkinson free-kick.  Charlton hit back with two goals in a
six-minute spell to claim their 11th away win of the season.
Robert Lee punished a mistake by Anton Rogan on 70 minutes and Scott Minto
made it two with a shot that 'keeper Tony Norman allowed to squirm through.

WATFORD 2-1 BLACKBURN
Darren Bazeley sent Kenny Dalglish's multi-million outfit crashing to
another defeat to further hit their promotion hopes.
Bazeley opened the scoring after 42 minutes when he beat Bobby Mimms with a
fierce dipping shot.  Blackburn levelled a minute later when
Roy Wegerle slotted home past Keith Dublin to give Rovers hope.
But they were sent crashing as Bazeley pounced to slot home after Bobby Mimms
mis-punched under pressure.

WOLVES 2-1 CAMBRIDGE
Promotion-chasing Cambridge were hit by a late smash and grab raid by Wolves at
Molineux.  Mike Norbury put the visitors in front
after the break but Wolves, with little hope of reaching the play-offs, bounced
back in style.  Mark Rankine headed a fine 74th minute
equaliser, and Andy Mutch grabbed the winner seven minutes from time.
Wolves' victory could have been more emphatic had Steve Bull not squandered
two golden first-half opportunities.

                    P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
  1 Ipswich Town   41 23 10  8 65 43 79
  2 Cambridge U    42 18 15  9 56 39 69
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  3 Leicester C    41 20  8 13 57 50 68
  4 Blackburn R    40 19  9 12 60 44 66
  5 Derby County   42 19  9 14 59 47 66
  6 Charlton Ath   41 19  9 13 50 44 66
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  7 Middlesbrough  39 18 11 10 48 35 65
  8 Swindon Town   41 16 13 12 66 53 61
  9 Portsmouth     40 17 10 13 59 46 61
 10 Southend Utd   42 17  9 16 61 57 60
 11 Wolves         41 16 10 15 55 47 58
 12 Watford        41 16  8 17 44 45 56
 13 Tranmere R     40 13 16 11 50 49 55
 14 Bristol R      42 14 13 15 52 58 55
 15 Millwall       42 15  9 18 59 68 54
 16 Bristol City   42 12 15 15 50 62 51
 17 Barnsley       41 14  9 18 41 53 51
 18 Grimsby Town   41 12 10 19 44 59 46
 19 Newcastle Utd  42 11 13 18 62 78 46
 20 Oxford United  41 12  9 20 59 64 45
 21 Sunderland     38 12  7 19 51 56 43
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 22 Port Vale      42 10 13 19 39 53 43
 23 Brighton       41 11 10 20 49 65 43
 24 Plymouth A     41 11  9 21 36 57 42


Div 3

BOLTON W         1-1 BRADFORD CITY
Walker 21            McCarthy 54

CHESTER CITY     0-1 BIRMINGHAM C
                     Gleghorn 89

DARLINGTON       1-1 SWANSEA CITY
Cork 72              Williams 30

FULHAM           4-2 BURY
Brazil pen 17, 35    Hulme 73
Thomas 33            Knill 85
Haag 52

HARTLEPOOL       1-1 STOKE CITY
Olsson 39            Stein 44

HUDDERSFIELD     3-1 WIGAN ATH
Roberts 13           Daley 82
Trevitt 27
Starbuck 84

HULL CITY        0-3 BRENTFORD
                     Holdsworth 3, 77
                     Blissett 83

PETERBOROUGH     0-0 WEST BROM
                     Williams sent off

PRESTON NE       2-1 LEYTON ORIENT
Flynn 51             Castle 64
Howard og 80

READING          6-1 TORQUAY UTD
Dillon 18            Myers 45
Lovell 25
Barkus 27
McGhee 33
Maskell 56, 79

SHREWSBURY T     1-2 BOURNEMOUTH
Lyne 13              Quinn 46
                     Ekoku 75

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Stoke City     42 20 13  9 66 44 73
 2 Birmingham C   40 20 12  8 62 42 72
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 3 Stockport C    42 21  8 13 73 50 71
 4 Brentford      42 21  7 14 70 53 70
 5 Huddersfield   42 19 11 12 52 37 68
 6 Bournemouth    42 19 10 13 48 42 67
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 7 Peterborough   41 18 12 11 56 51 66
 8 Leyton Orient  41 18 11 12 59 44 65
 9 WBA            42 17 13 12 57 46 64
10 Fulham         42 16 13 13 52 48 61
11 Hartlepool     41 17  8 16 53 53 59
12 Bolton W       40 13 16 11 51 46 55
13 Swansea City   41 14 13 14 52 55 55
14 Bradford City  42 11 19 12 57 56 52
15 Exeter         41 14 10 17 52 66 52
16 Reading        40 13 12 15 49 53 51
17 Wigan Ath      41 13 12 16 50 59 51
18 Preston NE     41 13 11 17 54 64 50
19 Hull City      41 12 11 18 44 52 47
20 Chester        42 11 13 18 51 58 46
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21 Bury           41 11 10 20 51 71 43
22 Shrewsbury T   42 10 11 21 47 61 41
23 Torquay Utd    41 11  7 23 36 59 40
24 Darlington     42  9  7 26 50 82 34


Div 4

CARDIFF CITY     4-0 HALIFAX TOWN
Ramsey pen 37        Bradley sent off
Dale 65, 85          Patterson sent off
Pike 81

DONCASTER R      3-2 SCARBOROUGH
Warboys 25           Curran 51
Jeffrey 40           Fletcher 90
Nicholson 65

GILLINGHAM       3-2 BLACKPOOL
Lovell 14            Ayres 28
Crown 49             Horner 75
Beadle 69            Garner sent off
Crown, Lim sent off

LINCOLN CITY     1-0 MAIDSTONE UTD
Carmichael 3

MANSFIELD T      2-1 CARLISLE UTD
Holland 75           Walling 13
Charles pen 83

NORTHAMPTON T    0-1 CREWE A
                     Hignett 60

ROTHERHAM U      2-0 ROCHDALE
Goater 34
Goodwin 72

SCUNTHORPE UTD   1-1 BARNET
Hamilton pen 69      Howell 28
                     Bodley sent off

WALSALL          2-2 CHESTERFIELD
McDonald 4, 74       Norris 37
                     Lemon 73

YORK CITY        1-0 HEREFORD UTD
Blackstone 29

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Burnley        36 22  6  8 68 36 72
 2 Blackpool      38 20 10  8 69 41 70
 3 Mansfield T    39 21  7 11 70 50 70
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 4 Rotherham Utd  38 20  9  9 64 36 69
 5 Rochdale       38 17 13  8 53 45 64
 6 Barnet         38 19  6 13 74 56 63
 7 Crewe A        36 17  8 11 58 45 59
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 8 Scunthorpe U   37 17  8 12 51 56 59
 9 Cardiff City   37 15 13  9 56 46 58
10 Gillingham     38 14 11 13 58 47 53
11 Chesterfield   39 14  9 16 44 52 51
12 Lincoln City   38 13 11 14 36 42 50
13 Scarborough    38 13 10 15 58 65 49
14 Wrexham        36 12  9 15 46 60 45
15 Hereford Utd   38 12  8 18 41 48 44
16 Northampton T  38 10 13 15 43 50 43
17 Walsall        38 10 12 16 43 54 42
18 Maidstone Utd  37  8 15 14 44 50 39
19 York City      37  8 15 14 38 48 39
20 Halifax Town   38  9  8 21 29 65 35
21 Carlisle Utd   38  6 11 21 38 61 29
22 Doncaster R    38  7  8 23 35 63 29
 Aldershot results deducted


Arsenal's David O'Leary has been sent a death threat after supporting the
Conservatives in the general election.  The Dublin-born international was
dropped for the game against Crystal Palace and police are treating the
threat as serious.  Gunners manager George Graham said: "It
is especially sad that a man who is so clearly patriotic and an outstanding
example to other professional sportsmen should be singled out."
The threat is thought to have been made by the Irish Peoples' Liberation
Organisation.

Red Star Southampton reached the women's FA Cup final with a 2-0 win
over Wimbledon. Champions Doncaster stayed on course for the double with a
10-1 thrashing of Maidstone Tigresses.