From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English News: FA Cup/league news from Saturday
Date: 28 Jan 93 22:51:43 GMT

FA Cup 4th Round

ASTON VILLA 1-1 WIMBLEDON
Joe Kinnear's men kept their hopes of Cup glory alive as they battled
their way to a hard-earned replay.  Villa began brightly, and Dwight
Yorke should have done better when he was sent clear in the opening
seconds, but made amends when he headed home three minutes later.
Wimbledon fought back, with Vinnie Jones coming close before a Gary
Elkins free-kick struck the post and rebounded off Nigel Spink into
the net to level before the break.

HUDDERSFIELD 1-2 SOUTHEND
Stan Collymore struck twice as Southend hit back to wreck the
Terriers' bid for a place in the last 16.
The Second Division side made a confident start and went ahead
after 27 minutes.  A Kieran O'Regan 30-yard free-kick
deflected off Graham Mitchell to leave 'keeper Paul Sansome stranded
Collymore levelled on the stroke of half-time after rounding the
'keeper and fired home low for his second after 52 minutes.

LUTON 1-5 DERBY
Mark Pembridge notched a hat-trick as away specialists Derby cruised
into the fifth round.  The Welsh midfielder netted twice
in the first half and once just after the break after Paul Telfer
had given Luton the lead.  Craig Short headed the visitors
level before Pembridge finished off two slick Derby moves involving
Marco Gabbiadini and Tommy Johnson to put them 3-1 up.
Pembridge grabbed his third and Gabbiadini hit the fifth late on.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 BRIGHTON
Welsh wonderboy Ryan Giggs smashed home a second-half free-kick to
deny Brighton at Old Trafford.  Giggs cracked his shot high into
the corner of the net after 76 minutes after United had piled on
the pressure.  Brighton, who forced a replay in
the 1983 Cup final, had a great chance to take the lead early on
but Nicky Bissett headed wide.  United finished on top despite
being without Eric Cantona and Andrei Kanchelskis.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-1 MIDDLESBROUGH
Neil Webb kept Forest's season alive after Brian Clough's men were
given a Cup fright by 'Boro.  The visitors unsettled Forest from
the start, with Tommy Wright forcing a superb save from 'keeper
Mark Crossley.  'Boro stole the advantage in the
dying minutes of the first-half when Willie Falconer headed home
from a John Hendry corner.  Webb levelled on the hour for
Forest, who were then denied by some superb 'keeping from Pears.

QPR 1-2 MANCHESTER CITY
QPR suffered their first FA Cup defeat at home for 13 years as City
gave them a lesson in finishing.  In a closely-contested first-half,
QPR created the lion's share of chances, but Clive Wilson and
Bradley Allen were left rueing missed early opportunities.
With less than 20 minutes to go, David White sent a thunderous shot
past Tony Roberts, before Michel Vonk toe-poked home.
Ian Holloway netted a consolation goal for QPR in the dying seconds.

ROTHERHAM 1-1 NEWCASTLE
Millers defender Nigel Johnson sent the Millmoor faithful wild with a
second-half equaliser to deny Kevin Keegan's men.
Johnson put the ball home on 63 minutes from close range after Dean
Barrick's 30-yard free-kick came back off the post.
The runaway First Division leaders had taken the lead after 29 minutes
when Robert Lee tapped home after the Magpies dominated early on.
An Ian Banks piledriver almost stole it for Rotherham late on.

SHEFFIELD UNITED 1-0 HARTLEPOOL
Cup veteran Alan Cork squeezed the Blades into the fifth round to deny
hard-up Hartlepool a money spinning replay at the Victoria Ground.
The striker, who won a winner's medal with Wimbledon in 1988,
grabbed the winner in the 47th minute at rain-lashed Bramall Lane.
He pursued a loose ball into the area and his delicate chip from a
tight angle found the net.  Hartlepool almost rescued a replay
when Nicky Southall shot just wide from the edge of the area.

TRANMERE 1-2 IPSWICH
Bulgarian Bontcho Guentchev scored the winner 13 minutes from time to
end Merseyside's interest in this year's competition.
Guentchev followed up after Chris Kiwomya rounded Tranmere keeper
Eric Nixon on the edge of the box and hit the left hand post.
The home side had looked set for victory after Pat Nevin's first
close range first-half strike.  But Ipswich overcame the swirling
wind and sticky pitch to draw level through Jason Dozzell.

Summary:

   Aston Villa  1-1  Wimbledon   	21,088
   Crewe        0-3  Blackburn   	 7,054
   Huddersfield 1-2  Southend    	 7,961
   Luton        1-5  Derby       	 9,170
   Manchester U 1-0  Brighton    	33,610
   Nott'm F     1-1  Middlesbro' 	22,296
   QPR          1-2  Man City    	18,652
   Rotherham    1-1  Newcastle   	13,037
   Sheffield U  1-0  Hartlepool  	20,074
   Swansea      OFF  Grimsby
   Tranmere     1-2  Ipswich     	13,683

More games on Sunday and Monday!


Premier Division:

COVENTRY 3-0 OLDHAM
Kevin Gallacher struck twice as Coventry roared into sixth place
after hitting Oldham with three goals in the first 18 minutes.
Gallacher fired home through a ruck of players on six minutes after
Latics 'keeper Paul Gerard fumbled.  Winger Peter Ndlovu slotted home
the second from a Mick Quinn pass.  John Williams set up the third
with a surging run and shot on 13 minutes, with Gallacher pouncing as
the ball was pushed out.

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Man Utd        24 12  8  4 37 19 44
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 2 Aston Villa    24 12  8  4 39 26 44
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 3 Norwich City   24 12  6  6 35 36 42
 4 Blackburn R    24 11  8  5 35 20 41
 5 Ipswich Town   24  8 12  4 32 28 36
 6 Coventry City  25  9  9  7 37 34 36
 7 QPR            23 10  5  8 32 28 35
 8 Arsenal        24 10  5  9 25 23 35
 9 Chelsea        24  9  8  7 30 29 35
10 Manchester C   24  9  6  9 34 27 33
11 Sheff Wed      24  8  9  7 30 29 33
12 Liverpool      23  8  5 10 36 37 29
13 Everton        24  8  5 11 25 30 29
14 Tottenham H    24  7  8  9 23 33 29
15 Leeds Utd      24  7  7 10 35 40 28
16 Southampton    24  6  9  9 24 28 27
17 Middlesbrough  24  6  9  9 34 39 27
18 Crystal P      24  6  9  9 29 36 27
19 Sheffield Utd  23  6  7 10 22 29 25
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20 Wimbledon      24  5  9 10 28 33 24
21 Oldham Ath     23  6  6 11 35 44 24
22 Nott'm Forest  23  5  6 12 24 33 21


Division One:

CAMBRIDGE UTD 2-2 OXFORD UTD
Oxford full-back Mike Ford struck twice in three minutes to earn his
team their first point of the year.  The visitors went behind in the
17th minute when Steve Claridge squeezed an angled shot past
goalkeeper Paul Reece.  Ford equalised after 32 minutes but
Cambridge regained the lead within a minute from the penalty spot.
Oxford hit back as Ford fired past John Vaughan, and could have stolen
the points in the last minute but Jim Magilton shot over the crossbar.

LEICESTER 1-1 NOTTS COUNTY
County eased their relegation fears with their second successive point
under caretaker boss Mick Walker.  Leicester dominated from the start,
and stole an early lead when teenager Julian Joachim coolly
slotted past Steve Cherry.  They looked set for a goal feast
but Cherry produced an outstanding save to deny Lee Philpott.
County levelled early in the second half through Mark Draper and nearly
stole a shock victory in a goal- mouth scramble 7 minutes from time.

PORTSMOUTH 1-0 BRENTFORD
Warren Aspinall secured the points for Portsmouth with his first
League goal of the season.  The home side dominated from the
start, but Bees 'keeper Graham Benstead produced a string of fine
saves to keep his side in the game.  But in the 63rd minute Aspinall was
brought down by Grant Chalmers in the box, and fired home the penalty
to send Portsmouth into the lead.  Paul Walsh produced a superb shot
minutes later but was denied by a brilliant reflex save from Benstead

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Newcastle Utd  26 19  3  4 51 23 60
 2 Tranmere R     24 13  6  5 48 28 45
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 3 West Ham       25 13  6  6 47 25 45
 4 Millwall       25 12  9  4 43 22 45
 5 Portsmouth     26 12  7  7 45 30 43
 6 Leicester C    26 12  6  8 38 32 42
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 7 Swindon Town   24 10  8  6 43 38 38
 8 Wolves         26  9 10  7 37 32 37
 9 Charlton Ath   26  8 11  7 31 27 35
10 Derby County   25 10  4 11 40 35 34
11 Grimsby Town   25 10  4 11 36 34 34
12 Barnsley       25 10  4 11 32 29 34
13 Brentford      26  9  6 11 37 37 33
14 Watford        26  8  9  9 37 43 33
15 Peterborough   23  8  8  7 32 32 32
16 Oxford United  25  6 12  7 36 34 30
17 Sunderland     24  8  6 10 27 36 30
18 Bristol City   25  7  6 12 30 48 27
19 Birmingham C   24  7  6 11 23 38 27
20 Cambridge U    26  5 10 11 30 47 25
21 Bristol R      26  6  5 15 34 57 23
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22 Southend Utd   26  5  8 13 25 36 23
23 Luton Town     24  4 10 10 26 45 22
24 Notts County   26  4 10 12 25 45 22


Division Two:

Leyton Orient  5-0 Exeter      5,247

Mansfield T    1-1 Burnley     3,991

Plymouth A     1-1 Fulham      5,703

PRESTON NE     3-2 BRADFORD    5,155
Norbury 17         McHugh 27
James 19           Hoyle 56
Ellis 45

WEST BROM      1-2 STOKE      29,341  (!!!!!)
Taylor 15          Gleghorn 11
Stein 69

WIGAN          1-1 READING     1,860
Powell 29          Lambert 80

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Stoke City     25 16  7  2 47 22 55
 2 Leyton Orient  26 13  6  7 42 26 45
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 3 WBA            25 13  6  6 41 24 45
 4 Port Vale      23 11  8  4 42 25 41
 5 Rotherham      23 11  6  6 32 27 39
 6 Bolton W       23 11  5  7 43 26 38
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 7 Bradford City  26 10  8  8 39 42 38
 8 Hartlepool     23 10  8  5 29 22 38
 9 Stockport      23 10  7  6 41 28 37
10 Brighton       24 10  6  8 33 30 36
11 Fulham         26  8 11  7 34 37 35
12 Swansea City   25  8 10  7 30 23 34
13 Burnley        24  8  7  9 26 33 31
14 Plymouth A     24  8  7  9 25 32 31
15 Reading        25  7  9  9 36 30 30
16 Exeter         25  7  9  9 31 40 30
17 Hull City      24  8  6 10 30 34 30
18 Bournemouth    23  7  9  7 22 22 30
19 Preston        24  7  6 11 35 45 27
20 Wigan Ath      24  7  6 11 27 35 27
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21 Mansfield      25  5  7 13 24 45 22
22 Blackpool      25  4  8 13 29 45 20
23 Chester        26  4  4 18 29 53 16
24 Huddersfield   21  3  4 14 16 37 13


Division Three:        

  Carlisle Utd  3-1 Chesterf'ld  3,103
  Darlington    0-4 Rochdale     1,710
  Gillingham    0-1 Cardiff      4,069
  Hereford Utd  1-1 Barnet       2,591
  Lincoln City  2-1 Doncaster R  3,269
  Northampton T 0-1 Torquay Utd  3,082
  Scarborough   2-0 Halifax T    1,552
  Wrexham       3-1 Walsall      5,324

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Barnet         24 14  6  4 45 27 48
 2 York City      24 12  9  3 43 26 45
 3 Wrexham        24 12  6  6 44 36 42
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 4 Cardiff City   23 11  5  7 40 31 38
 5 Shrewsbury T   22 11  4  7 32 26 37
 6 Walsall        23 11  3  9 43 40 36
 7 Lincoln City   21 11  3  7 29 25 36
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 8 Scarborough    22 10  5  7 39 36 35
 9 Colchester Utd 25 11  2 12 38 44 35
10 Rochdale       23  9  7  7 45 38 34
11 Chesterfield   22  9  6  7 35 31 33
12 Bury           22  9  4  9 32 36 31
13 Doncaster R    25  7  8 10 27 35 29
14 Carlisle Utd   23  7  7  9 34 33 28
15 Crewe A        20  9  1 10 34 35 28
16 Darlington     24  7  7 10 26 32 28
17 Scunthorpe Utd 21  7  6  8 25 26 27
18 Halifax Town   24  6  7 11 33 38 25
19 Hereford Utd   23  5  8 10 29 37 23
20 Torquay Utd    24  7  2 15 27 43 23
21 Northampton T  23  5  5 13 25 41 20
22 Gillingham     24  4  7 13 27 36 19


GM VAUXHALL CONFERENCE

   Bath City      OFF Telford
   Boston United  0-0 Farnboro    1,103
   Bromsgrove     1-1 Kettering   1,297
   Gateshead      1-1 Woking        626
   Macclesfield   1-1 Yeovil        431
   Merthyr Tydfil 0-2 Witton A      592
   Runcorn        1-0 Dagenham & R  475
   Slough Town    3-1 Kid'minster 1,069
   Stalybridge    2-2 Wycombe W   1,694
   Welling United 2-0 Altrincham    857

                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Wycombe W      25 17  5  3 63 19 56
 2 Slough Town    22 13  4  5 37 24 43
 3 Dagenham & R   23 11  8  4 42 21 41
 4 Bromsgrove     24 10  9  5 35 27 39
 5 Woking         25 11  4 10 37 41 37
 6 Telford Utd    22 10  6  6 35 33 36
 7 Gateshead      22 10  4  8 31 31 34
 8 Yeovil Town    22  9  5  8 30 28 32
 9 Stalybridge    25  7 11  7 31 36 32
10 Northwich Vic  23  9  4 10 37 31 31
11 Farnborough    26  8  7 11 44 52 31
12 Bath City      21  8  6  7 33 23 30
13 Kettering T    24  8  6 10 39 41 30
14 Welling Utd    28  7  8 13 42 54 29
15 Witton Albion  23  6 10  7 33 32 28
16 Merthyr T      22  8  4 10 26 42 28
17 Kidderminster  22  6  7  9 24 29 25
18 Altrincham     21  6  7  8 21 26 25
19 Macclesfield   21  7  3 11 24 29 24
20 Runcorn        26  6  6 14 28 50 24
21 Boston Utd     25  5  7 13 27 44 22
22 Stafford R     16  4  5  7 18 24 17



DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division

   Aylesbury       OFF  Kingstonian
   Basingstoke     1-0  Hayes
   Dulwich         2-0  Staines
   Harrow          0-0  Grays
   Hendon          OFF  Yeading
   Stevenage       1-2  St Albans
   Sutton          0-0  Bognor
   Windsor/Eton    1-2  Marlow
   Wivenhoe        0-4  Enfield
   Wokingham       0-0  Chesham

HFS LOANS LEAGUE Premier Division

   Accrington      1-1  Frickley
   Bish Auckland   0-1  Matlock
   Emley           1-5  Hyde
   Fleetwood       1-6  Droylsden
   Gainsborough    1-1  Southport
   Horwich         OFF  Buxton
   Leek            3-0  Chorley
   Mossley         1-4  Colwyn Bay
   Whitley Bay     1-5  Marine
   Winsford        3-0  Goole

BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division

   Atherstone      2-3  Hastings
   Bashley         0-1  Burton
   Cambridge C     6-3  Gloucester C
   Cheltenham      3-2  Crawley
   Corby           2-0  Moor Green
   Dover           2-0  Waterlooville
   Hednesford      3-1  Dorchester
   Solihull        1-2  Chelmsford
   Trowbridge      OFF  Halesowen
   VS Rugby        1-1  Weymouth