From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English news: League + Coca Cola Cup results
Date: 19 Aug 92 07:59:00 GMT

Championship favourites Arsenal (2-1 at the bookies four days ago!) went
down again last night, this time to a dramatic late winner by former
Saints player Alan Shearer, who moved to Blackburn for 3,400,000 pounds
in the summer.  Shearer's tally is now 3 goals in 2 games.  It would
be fun to see one of the money-grabbing giants relegated back into the
Football League proper ...

Premier Division:

 BLACKBURN ROVERS 1-0 ARSENAL
 Shearer 85

Big-spending Blackburn Rovers have ended their interest in signing #3m
rated Crystal Palace and England midfielder Geoff Thomas.
Rovers informed Palace that they were withdrawing their offer for Thomas on
Tuesday morning, two weeks after first revealing their interest in the player.
But Palace chairman Ron Noades could not make contact with senior Blackburn
officials.  "Geoff was with me on Monday when we
tried to contact Blackburn but we had difficulty," Noades said. "Now Geoff
can concentrate on Crystal Palace."

 WIMBLEDON        0-1 IPSWICH TOWN
                      Johnson 37


Division 1:

CAMBRIDGE 0-1 CHARLTON
Charlton maintained their winning start to the season when midfielder Alan
Pardew scored five minutes from time.  Robert Lee's corner was headed on by
Simon Webster and Pardew stooped low to head the ball over the line.
Cambridge had several scoring chances but the visitors took the initiative
after United skipper Danny O'Shea was sent off for two bookable offences.
Devon White and John Francis posed problems for Charlton in the first-half
but manager John Beck withdrew White, a #400,000 signing, at half-time.

WOLVES 3-0 LEICESTER CITY
Steve Bull took his Wolves goal tally to 200 in six years to lead his side to
a second First Division victory in an explosive Midlands derby.
Acting skipper Bull needed only 19 minutes to reach his personal landmark
tucking home a left-foot shot.  Andy Mutch made it 2-0 after Leicester
captain Steve Walsh had been sent off for hitting out at Bull.
Wolves 'keeper Mike Stowell made a brilliant save from a Gary Mills
penalty then Paul Birch scored for Wolves from the spot in the last minute

League Cup: (aka Coca Cola Cup)

No great shocks, and more games tonight, with the pick being WBA v Plymouth.
Bristol City and Sunderland both lost their 1st leg games to lower division
opponents.  First division Peterborough (that sounds wierder every time I
say it to myself) stuffed Barnet 4-0, a good follow-up to their 1-0 win
over title favourites Derby (3-1 at bookies) in the league on Saturday.
Peterborough are 40-1 against winning their division.  And finally, well
done little Torquay for coming back from 2-0 down to square their tie
at Hereford.

First round, first leg:

BOLTON           2-1 PORT VALE
Stubbs 19            Foyle 54
Green 44

CARDIFF CITY     1-0 BRISTOL CITY
Dale 3

CARLISLE UTD     4-1 BURNLEY
Gabbiadini 1, 77     Sonner 84
Barnsley pen 41
Watson 59

CHESTERFIELD     2-0 YORK CITY
Morris 48
Norris 64

COLCHESTER UTD   1-1 BRIGHTON      7.45
English 74           Wilkins 64

CREWE            4-1 ROCHDALE
Hignett 9            Reeves 88
Harvey 30
Clarkson 39
Naylor 56

DARLINGTON       1-1 SCUNTHORPE
Mardenborough 61     Helliwell 62

DONCASTER        0-3 LINCOLN CITY
                     Finney 20
                     Bressington 38
                     Carmichael 88

EXETER CITY      0-0 BIRMINGHAM CITY

FULHAM           0-2 BRENTFORD
                     Booker 5
                     Blissett 76

GILLINGHAM       2-1 NORTHAMPTON   7.45
Crown 16             Terry 72
Lovell 48

HALIFAX          1-2 HARTLEPOOL
Megson 71            McPhail 23
                     Johnrose 80
                     Honour sent off

HEREFORD UTD     2-2 TORQUAY UTD
Pickard 41, 42       Fashanu 57
                     Darby 80

HULL CITY        2-2 ROTHERHAM UTD
Atkinson 41          Banks 10
Hockaday 80          Todd 70

LEYTON ORIENT    2-2 MILLWALL      7.45
Tomlinson 3          Roberts 57
Cooper 68            Stevens 53

OXFORD UTD       3-0 SWANSEA CITY  7.45
Cusack 38
Allen 79, 88

PETERBOROUGH UTD 4-0 BARNET
Adcock 2, 82
Charlery 11
Costello 70

PRESTON NE       2-1 STOKE CITY
Tinkler 41           Stein 8
Ellis 51

SHREWSBURY TOWN  1-2 WIGAN ATH
Griffiths 83         Daley 17
                     Tankard 56

STOCKPORT CO     1-1 CHESTER CITY
Gannon 45            Comstive 61
                     Bishop sent off

SUNDERLAND       2-3 HUDDERSFIELD
Butcher 66           Starbuck 26
Ball 80              Parsley 30
                     Roberts 65

WREXHAM          1-1 BURY
Pejic 77             Hulme 86


Premier League Southampton are giving a trial to 27-year-old Norwegian
goalkeeper Frode Grodas, who ousted Spurs' Erik Thorstvedt from the
international side last year.


Saturday Fixtures:

FA PREMIER LEAGUE

 1 Aston Villa      v   Southampton
 2 Blackburn R      v   Manchester C
 3 Manchester Utd   v   Ipswich Town
 4 Middlesbrough    v   Leeds Utd     *
 5 Norwich City     v   Everton
 6 Oldham Ath       v   Nott'm Forest
 7 QPR              v   Sheffield Utd
 8 Sheffield Wed    v   Chelsea
 9 Tottenham H      v   Crystal Palace
10 Wimbledon        v   Coventry City

    (Pools coupon numbers on left)

* all-ticket

LEAGUE DIVISION ONE

11 Bristol Rovers   v   Brentford
12 Cambridge Utd    v   Birmingham C
-- Derby County     v   Newcastle Utd *
13 Grimsby Town     v   Watford
14 Luton Town       v   Bristol City
15 Millwall         v   Oxford United
16 Notts County     v   Leicester C   *
17 Portsmouth       v   Barnsley
18 Southend Utd     v   Peterborough
19 Sunderland       v   Tranmere R
-- West Ham         v   Charlton Ath
20 Wolves           v   Swindon Town

LEAGUE DIVISION TWO

21 Blackpool        v   Exeter
22 Bournemouth      v   Port Vale
23 Brighton         v   Bolton W
24 Fulham           v   Preston NE
25 Huddersfield     v   West Bromwich
26 Hull City        v   Chester City
27 Plymouth A       v   Bradford City
28 Reading          v   Leyton Orient
29 Rotherham Utd    v   Hartlepool Utd
30 Stockport Co     v   Burnley
31 Stoke City       v   Wigan Ath
32 Swansea City     v   Mansfield T

LEAGUE DIVISION THREE

Well, who knows what the hell is happening here!  Maidstone's demise
has meant that with 22 teams there whole fixture list needs to be 
redrawn, or so the League says.  Watch this space!

GM VAUXHALL CONFERENCE

39 Boston United    v   Runcorn
40 Farnborough      v   Gateshead
41 Kidderminster    v   Altrincham
42 Macclesfield     v   Wycombe W
-- Merthyr Tydfil   v   Dagenham & R
-- Slough Town      v   Kettering Town
-- Stalybridge      v   Bath City
-- Welling United   v   Telford United
-- Witton A         v   Bromsgrove
-- Woking           v   Stafford R
-- Yeovil Town      v   Northwich Vic

DIADORA FOOTBALL LEAGUE

-- Aylesbury        v   Carshalton Ath
-- Basingstoke      v   Marlow
-- Bromley          v   Grays Ath
-- Harrow           v   Kingstonian
-- Hendon           v   Chesham
-- Stevenage        v   Bognor Regis
-- Sutton Utd       v   Hayes
-- Windsor/Eton     v   Enfield
-- Wivenhoe Town    v   Staines Town
-- Wokingham Town   v   Yeading