From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English news: Wednesday results & all tables
Date: 16 Apr 92 08:53:29 GMT


Div 1 table (no matches last night, but Tuesday's results included):

                   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 Sheffield Utd  38 15  8 15 59 55 53
 9 Crystal P      38 13 13 12 50 59 52
10 Nott'm Forest  37 14  9 14 54 52 51
11 Wimbledon      38 12 13 13 47 48 49
12 Chelsea        38 12 13 13 45 53 49
13 Tottenham H    38 14  6 18 51 54 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 Southampton    37 12 10 15 36 48 46
18 Norwich Sity   38 11 11 16 46 58 44
19 Coventry City  38 10 11 17 35 39 41
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20 Luton Town     38  9 11 18 33 66 38
21 Notts County   38  8 10 20 36 56 34
22 West Ham       37  7 19 19 33 54 32


Div 2

Brighton         1-2 Derby

Southend         0-0 Port Vale

LEICESTER 1-0 TRANMERE ROVERS
Substitute Kevin Russell scored with seconds remaining to lift Leicester
into second place in Division Two.  Russell, a 78th minute replacement for
David Oldfield, ran on to a throughball from Steve Walsh in the third minute of
injury time to drive home.  Tranmere goalkeeper Eric Nixon had
frustrated the home side throughout the match with a string of fine saves.
The victory leaves Leicester two points ahead of Cambridge and eight behind
Ipswich. City visit Blackburn on Saturday and play Cambridge next week.

MIDDLESBROUGH 2-1 OXFORD UTD
Struggling Oxford went down at Ayresome Park after Andy Payton crashed home a
74th minute winner to boost 'Boro's promotion chase.
Jim Magklton put United ahead after 62 minutes as his shot took a deflection
to beat goalkeeper Stephen Pears.  Middlesbrough levelled the score with a
brilliant 25-yard shot by Stuart Ripley nine minutes later.
Oxford lost David Penney, sent off for a professional foul on Payton, and the
striker scored from the resultant Nicky Mohan free-kick to take the points.

                   P  W  E  L  F  A PTS
 1 Ipswich Town   42 23 10  9 65 46 79
 2 Leicester C    42 21  8 13 58 50 71
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 3 Cambridge U    42 18 15  9 56 39 69
 4 Derby County   43 20  9 14 61 48 69
 5 Middlesbrough  41 19 11 11 50 37 68
 6 Blackburn R    41 19  9 13 61 46 66
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 7 Charlton Ath   41 19  9 13 50 44 66
 8 Swindon Town   41 16 13 12 66 53 61
 9 Portsmouth     40 17 10 13 59 46 61
10 Wolves         42 17 10 15 57 48 61
11 Southend Utd   43 17 10 16 61 57 61
12 Watford        41 16  8 17 44 45 56
13 Tranmere R     41 13 16 12 50 50 55
14 Bristol R      42 14 13 15 52 58 55
15 Millwall       42 15  9 18 59 68 54
16 Barnsley       42 15  9 18 42 53 54
17 Bristol City   42 12 15 15 50 62 51
18 Sunderland     39 13  7 19 54 56 46
19 Grimsby Town   41 12 10 19 44 59 46
20 Newcastle Utd  42 19 13 18 62 78 46
21 Oxford United  42 12  9 21 60 66 45
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22 Port Vale      43 10 14 19 39 53 44
23 Brighton       42 11 10 21 50 67 43
24 Plymouth A     41 11  9 21 36 57 42


AUTOGLASS TROPHY Area Finals
Southern section, second leg

PETERBOROUGH 0-1 STOKE (AGG 3-4)
Stoke are on their way to Wembley for the first time in 20 years after  
beating Peterborough 1-0 in the southern section final.
Paul Ware clinched the two-leg clash when he blasted home a 20-yard free
kick after 51 minutes.  The home side failed to take advantage
of a near gale force wind in the first half despite forcing 10 corners.
Stoke goalkeeper Paul Fox was in superb form and made impressive saves from
Mick Halsall and Noel Luke.

Northern section, second leg

STOCKPORT 2-1 BURNLEY (AGG 3-1)
Giant striker Kevin Francis struck his eighth Autoglass goal that paved the
way for Stockport's first visit to Wembley.  
The 6ft 7in player headed County into the lead after six minutes when
flicking a Peter Ward corner home from the near post.   
John Pender pulled one back for Burnley when he picked up a blocked clearance
to slot home on 22 minutes.  Jim Gannon settled the issue after 73
minutes and though Burnley pushed everyone forward County hung on.


GM VAUXHALL CONFERENCE
Gateshead        0-0 Stafford  at Gateshead Stadium                  

DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division
Chesham          1-0 Harrow

BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division
Corby            0-4 Halesowen


EUROPEAN CUP Semi-final series
Anderlecht       3-2 RS Belgrade
Sampdoria        1-1 Panathinaikos
Dynamo Kiev      1-0 Sparta Prague
Barcelona        2-1 Benfica

Barcelona face Sampdoria in the final at Wembley

CUP WINNERS CUP Semi-finals, 2nd leg
Feyenoord        2-2 Monaco
Monaco won on away goals

Werder Bremen    2-0 Club Bruges
Bremen won 2-1 on aggregate

UEFA CUP Semi-finals, 2nd leg
Ajax Amsterdam   1-1 Genoa
Ajax won 4-3 on aggregate

Torino           2-0 Real Madrid
Torino won 3-2 on aggregate


Thursday matches:

Division One
Manchester Utd    v  Southampton   8.00

Division Two
Sunderland        v  Plymouth      7.45


Div 3:
                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Birmingham C   41 21 12  8 64 43 75
 2 Stoke City     42 20 13  9 66 44 73
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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   43 19 12 12 53 38 69
 6 Bournemouth    43 19 11 13 49 43 68
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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       41 13 16 12 52 48 55
13 Swansea City   41 14 13 14 52 55 55
14 Bradford City  42 11 19 12 57 56 52
15 Reading        41 13 13 15 50 54 52
16 Exeter         42 14 10 18 53 69 52
17 Wigan Ath      41 13 12 16 50 59 51
18 Preston NE     42 13 12 17 55 65 51
19 Hull City      42 12 11 19 45 54 47
20 Chester        42 11 13 18 51 58 46
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21 Bury           42 12 10 20 54 72 46
22 Torquay Utd    42 12  7 23 38 60 43
23 Shrewsbury T   42 10 19 21 47 61 41
24 Darlington     42  9  7 26 50 82!34


Div 4
                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Blackpool      39 21 10  8 70 41 73
 2 Burnley        36 22  6  8 68 36 72
 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 Scunthorpe U   38 18  8 12 54 56 62
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 8 Crewe A        37 17  8 12 59 47 59
 9 Cardiff City   38 15 14  9 58 48 59
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    39 13 11 15 60 67 50
14 Wrexham        36 12  9 15 46 60 45
15 Hereford Utd   38 12  8 18 41 48 44
16 Northampton T  39 10 13 16 43 53 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   39 10  8 21 31 66 38
21 Carlisle Utd   38  6 11 21 38 61 29
22 Doncaster R    39  7  8 24 35 64 29
 Aldershot results deducted