From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English News: weekend roundup, tables
Date: 27 Sep 92 16:45:51 GMT


(detailed premier reports to follow in separate posting)

Premier:
                                    	
   Blackburn R   2-0  Oldham      	18393
   Chelsea       0-0  Nott'm F    	19760
   Coventry      1-1  Norwich     	16436
   Crystal P     1-2  Southampton 	13829
   Ipswich Town  0-0  Sheff Utd   	16353
   Leeds Utd     2-0  Everton     	27915
   Liverpool     2-3  Wimbledon   	29574
     (Wimbledon 2-0 up, then 2-2, Fashanu got late winner).
   Manchester U  0-0  QPR         	33287
   Middlesbrough 2-3  Aston Villa 	20905
     (Two more goals for Dean Saunders).

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


Division One:

BRENTFORD 1-1 MILLWALL
Malcolm Allen denied Brentford victory with a fine second half goal.
The Welsh international striker latched onto a Jon Goodman pass and lobbed the
ball over Gerry Peyton from 10 yards to level the scores.
Brentford had started the game brightly and took the lead after 39 minutes when
Neil Smillie floated in a free-kick for Simon Ratcliffe to head home.
Lions 'keeper Kasey Keller and Peyton were both kept busy after the break and
Allen was unlucky to see his shot hit the post with six minutes to go.

BRISTOL CITY 2-1 BARNSLEY
A last-gasp penalty dumped 10-men Barnsley on the bottom of the table at
Ashton Gate.  The Tykes played for almost the entire
match understaffed after Gerry Taggart got his marching orders in the sixth
minute for scything down Wayne Allison.  But they reshuffled their ranks to such
good effect that Brendan O'Connell fired them ahead just before half-time.
City equalised minutes later through Allison and stole the points with
Martin Scott's penalty after Robinson fouled Rob Edwards minutes from time.

CHARLTON 2-0 SWINDON
Charlton kept up the pressure on Newcastle at the top with an impressive
win over Glenn Hoddle's classy side.  The Valiants stayed within three points
of Kevin Keegan's leaders and were good value for their win.
Scott Minto fired them in front after 10 minutes with a delicate lob over
Fraser Digby following a pin-point defence-splitting ball from Colin Walsh.
Kim Grant wrapped up the points 12 minutes from the end but the Charlton
defence were magnificent and kept their eighth clean sheet in 12 matches.

DERBY 2-0 SOUTHEND
County finally registered their first win of the season as Marco Gabbiadini
broke his goalscoring duck.  The striker glanced in a 70th minute
header for his first league goal and it was enough to lift the Rams from the
basement of the First Division.  The visitors frustrated them for long
periods and looked set to hold on for a point until Gabbiadini pounced.
Steve Sutton saved bravely from Andy Ansah on 79 minutes to deny Southend an
equaliser, but a late penalty from Paul Simpson secured the points for Derby.

GRIMSBY 1-1 CAMBRIDGE
Former Grimsby skipper Chris Leadbitter did his old teammates no favours as he
pounced to earn Cambridge a point.  The Mariners, impressive at QPR in
midweek, went into a deserved lead 15 minutes from time, Graham Rodger
nodding home at the near post.  But they could only hold onto their
advantage for two minutes when they failed to clear a corner and Leadbitter
drove home.  Grimsby were left cursing their luck
after a string of chances in the first half were superbly saved by Sheffield.

NOTTS COUNTY 0-0 LUTON
County improved on last week's disaster but were still left searching for their
first home win of the season.  The home side bounced back after the
6-0 Millwall massacre and created enough chances to secure the points.
But Luton's Australian goalkeeper Andy Patterson was in sparkling form and
pulled off a string of fine saves to repeatedly deny the County attack.
The Hatters also went close through Jason Rees but in the end a draw was
a fair result for two relegated clubs who missed out on the Premier League.

OXFORD UTD 1-2 TRANMERE
Tranmere, beaten three times by Oxford last season, exacted sweet revenge with
their first win at the Manor Ground for 28 years.
John Morrissey stunned the U's after 31 minutes, firing a 20-yard drive past
Paul Kee to give the visitors the lead.  Seven minutes after the interval
Tranmere went two up after Scottish international Pat Nevin finished off a
good move by Morrissey and Aldridge.  Oxford pulled a goal back in the 83rd
minute through Jim Magilton but it was too late to ruin Tranmere's elation.

PETERBOROUGH 0-1 NEWCASTLE
Newcastle made it eight wins out of eight as they continued to take the
First Division by storm.  But they were given one of their
toughest tests to date at London Road and Peterborough were unlucky not to
salvage a point.  Kevin Sheedy finally broke the deadlock
on the hour and Kevin Keegan's side held on to ensure the only 100 percent
record in the country remained intact.  The Magpies were repeatedly denied by
former keeper Ian Bennett and Tony Adcock went desperately close for Posh.

SUNDERLAND 1-1 BRISTOL ROVERS
Sunderland denied second-from-bottom Rovers three points as they netted a
last minute equaliser.  The home side fell behind after 18
minutes as John Taylor knocked the ball through to 19-year-old Marcus Stewart,
who kept his composure to fire home.  Sunderland fought back, and were given
the chance to equalise when Steve Yates handled the ball, but John Byrne fired
his penalty shot straight into the hands of Rovers' keeper Brian Parkin.
However, Byrne made amends by levelling the score in the dying minutes.

WATFORD 0-3 LEICESTER
Leicester recorded their first away win of the season in style as their
opponents offered little resistance.  Bobby Davison was gifted the first
after 10 minutes and ran through unchallenged to tuck the ball away.
Leicester seemed content to relax until Dave Lowe hooked home their second 16
minutes from the end.  Ian Ormondroyd's looping header
completed a comfortable win for the Foxes, but Watford manager Steve
Perryman was jeered by Hornets as their winless run stretched to nine matches.

Summary:
                                    
   Brentford     1-1  Millwall    	 8823
   Bristol City  2-1  Barnsley    	 8049
   Charlton Ath  2-0  Swindon     	 6742
   Derby County  2-0  Southend    	15172
   Grimsby Town  1-1  Cambridge   	 4848
   Notts County  0-0  Luton Town  	 5992
   Oxford United 1-2  Tranmere R  	 4683
   Peterborough  0-1  Newcastle   	14487
   Sunderland    1-1  Bristol R   	15593
   Watford       0-3  Leicester   	 8715

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Newcastle Utd   8  8  0  0 20  5 24
 2 Charlton Ath    9  6  3  0 13  2 21
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 3 Wolves          8  4  4  0 14  7 16
 4 Leicester C     9  4  3  2 11 10 15
 5 Birmingham C    7  4  2  1  9  6 14
 6 Millwall        8  3  4  1 13  6 13
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 7 West Ham        7  4  1  2 12  7 13
 8 Swindon Town    8  3  3  2 16 14 12
 9 Tranmere R      7  3  3  1 10  7 12
10 Bristol City    8  3  2  3 13 18 11
11 Peterborough    8  3  1  4  9 12 10
12 Grimsby Town    7  2  3  2 11 10  9
13 Oxford United   8  2  3  3 10 10  9
14 Watford         8  2  2  4 11 15  8
15 Portsmouth      7  2  2  3 10 11  8
16 Brentford       8  2  2  4  9 10  8
17 Notts County    8  2  2  4  9 15  8
18 Cambridge U     9  2  2  5  5 15  8
19 Sunderland      7  2  2  3  4  6  8
20 Southend Utd    8  2  1  5  7 11  7
21 Luton Town      8  1  4  3  7 12  7
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22 Derby County    8  1  3  4 10 12  6
23 Bristol R       9  1  2  6 12 21  5
24 Barnsley        8  1  2  5  6  9  5


Division Two:

West Brom recovered from last week's hiccup against Stoke to dismiss Exeter
2-0 and stretch their lead at the top to four points.
Stoke themselves showed they are well on the way to recovery after a dismal
start with a 4-0 demoliton of Mansfield at Field Mill, Mark Stein grabbing two.
Swansea and Leyton Orient were both held at home to stay third and fourth
respectively, while Hartlepool kept in touch with a 2-0 win at Deepdale.
Huddersfield picked up a useful point at Bournemouth but remain bottom and
lowly Chester went down at Port Vale.

BOURNEMOUTH      1-1 HUDDERSFIELD
Rowland 48           Roberts 77

BRIGHTON         0-1 READING
                     Lovell 44

LEYTON ORIENT    0-0 HULL CITY

MANSFIELD        0-4 STOKE
                     Stein 33, 44
                     Ware 41
                     Biggins 61

PLYMOUTH         2-1 BOLTON
Regis 6              Darby 90
Nugent 18

PORT VALE        2-0 CHESTER
Bartlett 51
Walker 75

PRESTON NE       0-2 HARTLEPOOL
                     Gallacher 30
                     Johnrose 71

ROTHERHAM        3-2 BLACKPOOL
Cunningham 7         Horner 25
Hazel 82             Sinclair 71
Banks 89
Mercer carried off

SWANSEA          1-1 BRADFORD
West pen 36          Jewell 16

WEST BROM        2-0 EXETER
Hamilton 42
McNally 89

WIGAN            1-1 BURNLEY
Griffiths 66         Deary 89

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


Division Three:

Barnet closed the gap on league leaders York City with a 3-2 win at Wrexham.
Gary Bull grabbed a goal in either half and Mark Carter also scored.
Shrewsbury moved into third place thanks to a 76th minute strike from
Mark Barham at Lincoln City.  Halifax recorded an emphatic 5-2 win at
Northampton, with Ian Thompstone scoring a hat-trick.
Hereford moved off the bottom of the table with a 1-1 home draw against
Rochdale, leaving Darlington as the Football League's basement club.

BURY             2-0 TORQUAY
Robinson pen 25
Knill pen 88

CARLISLE         0-2 SCUNTHORPE
Davey sent off       Helliwell 34, 51

COLCHESTER       3-0 CHESTERFIELD
Bennett 45, 56
Kinsella 90

GILLINGHAM       0-1 WALSALL
                     Ollerenshaw 76

HEREFORD         1-1 ROCHDALE
Fry 62               Jones 77

LINCOLN          0-1 SHREWSBURY
                     Barham 76

NORTHAMPTON      2-5 HALIFAX
Wilkin 53            Thompstone 32, 44,
Brown 63             71
                     Lucketti 47
                     Greenwood 69

SCARBOROUGH      1-1 DONCASTER
Ashdjian 4           Jeffrey 13

WREXHAM          2-3 BARNET
Bennett 35           Bull 21, 47
Thomas 78            Carter 33

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


GM Vauxhall Conference:

BROMSGROVE        1-0 YEOVIL
Webb pen 30

FARNBOROUGH       1-1 WITTON
Leworthy 75           Alford 46

KETTERING         0-4 WYCOMBE
                      Casey 6
                      Stapleton 18
                      Carroll 29
                      Scott 40

MERTHYR TYDFIL    1-1 WELLING
Williams 34           Dennis 78
Williams sent off

RUNCORN           0-0 KIDDERMINSTER

TELFORD           3-3 WOKING
Fergusson 17, 38      Puckett 2
Langford 34           Biggins 11
                      Nugent 43
                      Brodrick sent off

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Wycombe W      10  9  1  0 32  4 28
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 2 Witton Albion   8  4  4  0 12  4 16
 3 Slough Town     6  5  0  1 10  4 15
 4 Stafford R      6  4  2  0 11  5 14
 5 Telford Utd     9  4  2  3 19 20 14
 6 Gateshead       7  4  1  2 13 11 13
 7 Merthyr T       9  3  4  2 10 11 13
 8 Bromsgrove      8  3  3  2 11 11 12
 9 Dagenham & R    6  3  2  1 10  5 11
10 Northwich Vic   7  3  2  2  8  7 11
11 Farnborough     9  3  2  4 20 21 11
12 Stalybridge     7  2  4  1 13  9 10
13 Woking          8  3  1  4 12 14 10
14 Kidderminster   8  2  3  3  7  7  9
15 Altrincham      7  2  2  3  7  7  8
16 Kettering T     9  2  2  5  7 16  8
17 Macclesfield    7  2  1  4  6 10  7
18 Yeovil Town     9  2  1  6  8 14  7
19 Bath City       8  1  3  4  7 10  6
20 Welling Utd     8  1  2  5 11 22  5
21 Runcorn         9  1  2  6  6 18  5
22 Boston Utd      7  0  2  5  2 12  2


DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division

-- Aylesbury Utd   1-1  Enfield
-- Basingstoke T   0-1  Carshalton Ath
-- Harrow          2-5  Marlow
-- Wokingham Town  2-2  Staines Town

BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division

-- Atherstone      4-4  Waterlooville
-- Burton          0-3  Gloucester
-- Chelmsford      2-2  Trowbridge
-- Crawley         3-0  Halesowen

HFS LOANS LEAGUE Premier Division

-- Buxton          0-4  Barrow
-- Chorley         1-3  Emley
-- Goole           1-2  Droylsden
-- Hyde            2-1  Whitley Bay
-- Winsford        2-0  Morecambe