From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English News: weekend results/tables
Date: 17 Dec 92 10:18:02 GMT

Premier:

ASTON VILLA 2-1 NOTT'M FOREST
Villa underlined their championship credentials by coming from behind
to halt Forest's recent revival.  Nigel Clough's superb pass sent Roy
Keane racing clear to chip Forest into a ninth minute lead.
But veteran Cyrille Regis, in for 'flu victim Dalian Atkinson, was
equally precise as he lobbed a 34th minute equaliser over Mark Crossley.
Paul McGrath headed the second two minutes after the re-start and Gary
Parker later drove against a post.

IPSWICH TOWN 3-1 MANCHESTER CITY
Ipswich delivered a stirring second half performance to collect three
points against Manchester City.  City seemed set for their first
league win at Portman Road for 30 years when Gary Flitcroft converted
a 37th minute Terry Phelan cross.  But Town levelled after 58 minutes
when Mick Stockwell headed home at the far post.
Four minutes later Gavin Johnson headed past Tony Coton to give Town
the lead and Paul Goddard fired home late on to secure the points.

LEEDS UTD 3-1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Leeds bounced back from their 4-1 defeat by Nottingham Forest with a
much-improved performance.  They were gifted the open goal when
a misunderstanding between 'keeper Chris Woods and Nigel Pearson gave
Gary Speed an easy chance.  The lead lasted only five minutes
before right-back Roland Nilsson scored with a deflected shot.
But their finishing did not match their approach work and Owls old
boys Lee Chapman and Imre Varadi settled the match after the break.

MANCHESTER UTD 1-0 NORWICH CITY
Mark Hughes dented Norwich's title aspirations with an opportunist
goal to put United into third spot.  Hughes scored the only goal of a
thrilling game when Daryl Sutch slipped up in the 58th minute and
the United striker slotted home.  Norwich found it hard to produce
their attacking flair and when they did, Peter Schmeichel denied former
United striker Mark Robins.  Frenchman Eric Cantona delighted
the United faithful with some lovely touches on his full debut.

SHEFFIELD UNITED 1-0 EVERTON
Adrian Liitlejohn converted to ease United's relegation worries and
plunge Everton into deep trouble.  The Blades pushed forward early on
and after 34 minutes Brian Deane headed on Mitch Ward's corner for
Littlejohn to bundle the ball home.  Everton could have levelled five
minutes before the break but Stuart Keller passed to an offside Mo
Johnston when he should have shot.  The visitors searched for a second-
half equaliser and Paul Rideout saw his 65th minute shot tipped over.

SOUTHAMPTON 2-2 COVENTRY CITY
Mick Quinn made it six goals in four games for City with a double
at The Dell - but he has still to taste victory in a Sky Blue shirt.
The on-loan striker stole in to head home a sixth minute opener but
Southampton quickly levelled with a Neil Maddison shot.
Quinn slotted home a second after 25 minutes but defensive confusion
allowed Iain Dowie to volley home a point-saver in the second half.
Quinn came close to a hat-trick late on but his shot flashed wide.

TOTTENHAM 1-0 ARSENAL
Paul Allen sent Arsenal crashing to their fourth successive defeat in a
derby liberally sprinkled with bookings at White Hart Lane.
Allen took full advantage of hesitancy in the Gunners defence to
race through and slot home after 21 minutes.
Arsenal were left kicking themselves after failing to convert a 
string of chances.  Ian Wright headed wide unmarked
from six yards and Tony Adams was close with a rasping shot.

WIMBLEDON 5-2 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
The Dons went goal-crazy and eased their relegation worries with a
fine display against Oldham.  But just 3,386 were there to see it
as three goals in eight minutes put Wimbledon firmly in control.
Two long throws from Vinnie Jones were converted by Neal Ardley in
the 17th and 24th minutes, and Dean Holdsworth tapped home on 21 mins.
Mark Brennan (46) and Mike Milligan (63) pulled goals back for Oldham
but Andy Clarke (50) and Holdsworth (51) kept up Wimbledon's advantage.

Summary:

  Aston Villa     2-1 Nott'm F   	29015
  Ipswich Town    3-1 Man City   	16833
  Leeds Utd       3-1 Sheff Wed  	29770
  Manchester Utd  1-0 Norwich    	34500
  QPR             1-3 Crystal P  	14571
  Sheffield U     1-0 Everton    	16266
  Southampton     2-2 Coventry   	12306
  Tottenham H     1-0 Arsenal    	33707
  Wimbledon       5-2 Oldham Ath 	 3386

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Norwich City   19 12  3  4 34 32 39
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 2 Aston Villa    19  9  7  3 30 20 34
 3 Man Utd        19  9  6  4 21 13 33
 4 Chelsea        19  9  5  5 26 20 32
 5 Blackburn R    18  8  7  3 28 15 31
 6 Ipswich Town   19  6 11  2 27 22 29
 7 QPR            19  8  5  6 26 22 29
 8 Arsenal        19  9  2  8 22 20 29
 9 Coventry City  19  6  8  5 25 26 26
10 Liverpool      18  7  4  7 31 26 25
11 Manchester C   19  7  4  8 26 22 25
12 Middlesbrough  19  6  7  6 30 29 25
13 Tottenham H    19  6  7  6 19 24 25
14 Leeds Utd      19  6  6  7 32 33 24
15 Southampton    19  5  8  6 19 21 23
16 Sheffield Utd  19  5  6  8 18 25 21
17 Sheffield Wed  19  4  8  7 21 25 20
18 Everton        19  5  4 10 15 23 19
19 Wimbledon      19  4  6  9 25 30 18
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20 Oldham Ath     19  4  6  9 31 38 18
21 Crystal P      19  3  9  7 25 33 18
22 Nott'm Forest  19  3  5 11 18 30 14


Div 1:

MILLWALL 2-1 GRIMSBY
Jamie Moralee snatched an 89th minute winner for Millwall as he
hit both Lions goals at Cold Blow Lane to sink Grimsby.
Moralee put Millwall in front after nine minutes but they lost
their rhythm as Grimsby fought back after the break.
John McDermott deservedly levelled on 61 minutes when he rifled home a
fierce shot.  Millwall brought on both subs and
forced three late corners, with Moralee pouncing at the death.

NOTTS COUNTY 1-0 CAMBRIDGE
A second minute goal gave County their first League win for two
months but they had to fight all the way at Meadow Lane.
Lone signing Robbie Turner made the decisive strike, firing home as he
caught the visitors cold.  Cambridge hit back but found
goalkeeper Steve Cherry in fine form as he denied John Francis and
Devon White.  White also had a header cleared off
the line by Meindert Dijkstra.

PETERBOROUGH 1-1 PORTSMOUTH
Posh goalkeeper Ian Bennett saved a 67th minute penalty to deny
Portsmouth, who also had Gavin Maguire sent off at London Road.
Bennett turned Paul Walsh's spot kick round the post after Walsh was
upended by Darren Bradshaw.  Portsmouth had stormed back after
the break with Guy Whittingham notching his 22nd goal of the
season on 63 minutes.  Tony Philliskirk put Posh in front
after nine minutes.

Summary:

   Derby County    3-1 Birmingham 	16662
   Millwall        2-1 Grimsby    	 6900
   Notts County    1-0 Cambridge  	 5037
   Peterborough    1-1 Portsmouth 	 6516
   Sunderland      1-3 Brentford  	16972
   West Ham        2-0 Southend   	15739
   Wolves          1-2 Luton Town 	13932
  
   Swindon Town    1-2  Tranmere R 8757
    (Abandoned due to floodlight failure)

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Newcastle Utd  19 16  1  2 40 14 49
 2 Tranmere R     19 11  4  4 37 22 37
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 3 West Ham       20 11  3  6 40 22 36
 4 Millwall       20  9  7  4 31 18 34
 5 Swindon Town   20  9  6  5 38 32 33
 6 Wolves         21  8  9  4 33 23 33
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 7 Leicester C    20  9  4  7 25 24 31
 8 Derby County   20  9  3  8 35 27 30
 9 Portsmouth     20  8  6  6 34 25 30
10 Charlton Ath   20  8  5  7 23 19 29
11 Brentford      20  8  4  8 32 25 28
12 Grimsby Town   20  8  4  8 30 26 28
13 Peterborough   18  7  6  5 29 25 27
14 Bristol City   19  7  4  8 27 38 25
15 Watford        20  6  6  8 25 31 24
16 Barnsley       19  7  3  9 23 19 24
17 Sunderland     20  7  3 10 20 31 24
18 Oxford United  18  5  8  5 28 23 23
19 Luton Town     20  4  7  9 23 41 19
20 Cambridge U    21  4  7 10 21 39 19
21 Birmingham C   19  5  4 10 16 33 19
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22 Notts County   21  4  6 11 22 41 18
23 Bristol R      20  4  4 12 26 47 16
24 Southend Utd   20  3  6 11 18 31 15


Div 2:

Stoke hit three goals in the last 15 minutes to sink Huddersfield 3-0
and keep their four-point lead at the top.
Rotherham kept up the pressure with a 1-0 win at Fulham, with
stalwart defender Nigel Johnson on target.
Port Vale stayed third with a 5-2 romp at Preston but there was no
joy for the bottom three clubs.  Blackpool slipped 2-1 at Wigan,
Chester crashed 3-0 against Reading while Huddersfield caved in late on
at the Victoria Ground.

BRADFORD C    0-1 BOURNEMOUTH
                  McGorry 61

BURNLEY       2-0 LEYTON ORIENT
Bellamy og 38
Heath 81

CHESTER       0-3 READING
                  Gilkes 39, 90
                  Lambert 77

FULHAM        0-1 ROTHERHAM
                  Johnson 25

Hull City     4-0 Exeter   

Mansfield T   1-3 Brighton  

Plymouth A    2-2 Hartlepool 

Preston NE    2-5 Port Vale   

STOKE         3-0 HUDDERSFIELD
Ware 75, 83
Cranson 88

SWANSEA       0-0 WEST BROM

WIGAN         2-1 BLACKPOOL
Powell 46         Gouck 86
Daley 81

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Stoke City     19 11  6  2 34 18 39
 2 Rotherham      19 10  5  4 29 21 35
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 3 Port Vale      19  9  7  3 33 19 34
 4 WBA            19  9  5  5 30 19 32
 5 Leyton Orient  19 10  2  7 30 23 32
 6 Bradford City  19  9  4  6 29 27 31
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 7 Hartlepool     18  8  6  4 24 19 30
 8 Stockport      18  8  5  5 31 21 29
 9 Brighton       19  8  5  6 26 23 29
10 Burnley        19  8  5  6 23 23 29
11 Plymouth A     19  8  5  6 22 24 29
12 Fulham         20  7  7  6 27 29 28
13 Swansea City   19  7  6  6 25 19 27
14 Bolton W       18  7  5  6 30 20 26
15 Reading        19  6  7  6 27 20 25
16 Bournemouth    19  5  8  6 16 19 23
17 Preston        19  6  4  9 28 36 22
18 Hull City      19  6  4  9 27 32 22
19 Exeter         19  5  7  7 22 28 22
20 Wigan Ath      19  6  4  9 22 29 22
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21 Mansfield      19  4  4 11 20 37 16
22 Chester        19  3  4 12 24 40 13
23 Huddersfield   19  3  4 12 16 34 13
24 Blackpool      19  2  5 12 20 35 11


Div 3:

Barnet gave manager Barry Fry the perfect welcome back to Underhill
(see 303) with a 2-0 victory over Rochdale to go top of the table.
Paul Showler and Mark Carter got the goals to lift them above York,
who were held 0-0 by Chesterfield.  Shrewsbury lie third after beating
Gillingham 2-1. Carl Griffiths got an 88th minute winner from the spot
after 'keeper Scott Barrett was sent off for a professional foul.
Walsall came from two down to draw 2-2 at Darlington with goals from
Kevin Macdonald and Wayne Clarke.

BARNET        2-0 ROCHDALE
Showler 43
Carter 87

BURY          3-3 NORTHAMPTON
Hulme 9, 10       McParland 6
Terry og 30       Terry 50
                  Bell 90
CARLISLE      1-3 CREWE
Oghani 3          Lyons 23, 70
                  Clarkson 62
                  Ward sent off 45

SCUNTHORPE    3-1 HEREFORD
Alexander 8       Hall 17
Elliott 67, 71

SHREWSBURY    2-1 GILLINGHAM
Griffiths 27,     Arnott 74
pen 88            Barrett sent off

WALSALL       2-2 DARLINGTON
MacDonald 76      Methven og 35
Clarke 79         Mardenborough 45

WREXHAM       4-1 SCARBOROUGH
Bennett 12, 46    Foreman 90
Lake 72
Watkin 80

YORK CITY     0-0 CHESTERFIELD
                  Brien sent off

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Barnet         19 12  3  4 35 20 39
 2 York City      17 12  3  2 34 15 39
 3 Shrewsbury T   17  9  3  5 24 20 30
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 4 Lincoln City   17  9  3  5 21 14 30
 5 Walsall        17  9  2  6 36 31 29
 6 Crewe A        17  9  1  7 33 28 28
 7 Cardiff City   17  8  4  5 29 21 28
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 8 Scarborough    17  7  5  5 27 28 26
 9 Chesterfield   17  7  5  5 24 23 26
10 Rochdale       17  6  6  5 30 29 24
11 Wrexham        17  6  6  5 27 25 24
12 Scunthorpe Utd 17  7  3  7 21 20 24
13 Doncaster R    18  6  5  7 19 24 23
14 Colchester     18  7  1 10 31 38 22
15 Carlisle Utd   18  6  4  8 27 27 22
16 Darlington     17  6  3  8 22 22 21
17 Halifax Town   18  5  4  9 25 30 19
18 Bury           18  5  4  9 24 34 19
19 Hereford Utd   18  4  5  9 22 31 17
20 Torquay Utd    17  5  2 10 18 29 17
21 Northampton T  18  4  3 11 21 35 15
22 Gillingham     18  3  5 10 19 25 14


GM Vauxhall Conference:

BOSTON        3-5 NORTHWICH
Grayson 7         O'Connor 8,58,66
Moss 13, 79       Hemmings 11,71

BROMSGROVE    4-1 ALTRINCHAM
Whitehouse 44,63  France 54
Webb 81
Daly 89

FARNBOROUGH   0-1 TELFORD
                  Langford 15

GATESHEAD     1-0 KIDDERMINSTER
Higgins 52

KETTERING     3-0 YEOVIL
Hope 41
Brown 47, 81

RUNCORN       2-3 WOKING
Gallagher 9       Clement 23
McInerny 77       Fleming pen 44
                  Puckett 85

SLOUGH        2-1 MACCLESFIELD
Friel 57          Pluckrose og 55
Fiore 76

STALYBRIDGE   0-3 DAGENHAM/R'BRIDGE
                  Nuttell 14
                  Blackford 45
                  Wlash 84

WELLING       0-3 BATH
                  Randall 8
                  Smart 39
                  Cousins 86

WITTON        2-2 WYCOMBE
Thomas 20, 66     Scott 26
                  Thompson 68

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Wycombe W      20 14  3  3 51 15 45
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 2 Slough Town    17 11  2  4 30 19 35
 3 Bromsgrove     19  9  6  4 27 19 33
 4 Dagenham & R   18  9  5  4 34 17 32
 5 Telford Utd    20  9  5  6 32 31 32
 6 Gateshead      18  9  2  7 28 27 29
 7 Stalybridge    21  7  8  6 28 27 29
 8 Bath City      17  7  5  5 28 17 26
 9 Yeovil Town    18  8  2  8 24 23 26
10 Farnborough    21  7  5  9 40 43 26
11 Kettering T    21  7  4 10 31 35 25
12 Welling Utd    22  6  7  9 37 45 25
13 Woking         19  7  3  9 28 37 24
14 Witton Albion  18  5  8  5 26 24 23
15 Macclesfield   17  7  1  9 22 25 22
16 Northwich Vic  19  6  4  9 25 29 22
17 Merthyr T      17  6  4  7 20 31 22
18 Runcorn        21  5  5 11 25 44 20
19 Kidderminster  16  4  7  5 16 18 19
20 Altrincham     17  4  6  7 17 23 18
21 Stafford R     14  4  5  5 16 19 17
22 Boston Utd     20  3  5 12 20 37 14


BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division

   Cambridge City  0-3  Atherstone
   Corby Town      5-2  Bashley
   Crawley         2-1  Hednesford
   Dorchester      2-1  Burton
   Dover           2-0  Weymouth
   Halesowen       3-1  Solihull
   Hastings        1-1  Worcester
   Moor Green      3-1  Chelmsford
   VS Rugby        0-5  Cheltenham
   Waterlooville   1-0  Trowbridge
  
DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division

   Bognor          3-4  Kingstonian
   Chesham         3-2  Grays Athletic
   Dulwich         1-2  Hayes
   Hendon          2-0  Windsor
   St Albans       3-2  Carshalton
   Staines         2-2  Enfield
   Stevenage Bor   2-0  Marlow
   Sutton Utd      3-1  Bromley
   Wivenhoe Town   2-1  Aylesbury Utd
   Wokingham Town  3-1  Basingstoke
   Yeading         4-0  Harrow Bor
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