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From: kstokker@risc.uni-linz.ac.at (Karel Stokkermans)
Subject: Croatia Round 9 (Re: Croatian Football Results round 8)
Organization: RISC, J.K. University, Linz; Austria
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 10:03:57 GMT

Croatia (12 teams, no European places)
=======
The results of round 8 that I posted yesterday were in fact
the results of round 9. Round 8 was played on March 31, with
the following results:

Round 8 (March 31)
HNK Dubrovnik             0-0 NK Zagreb
NK Zadar                  0-1 MK Istra Pula
Cibalia Vinkovci          0-0 NK Sibenik
NK Rijeka                 2-0 KN Osijek
HASK Gradjanski Zagreb    4-0 NK Varteks Varazdin
Hajduk Split              0-2 Inker Zapresic         (!)

Round 9 (April 4)
NK Zagreb                 2-0 HASK Gradjanski Zagreb
Inker Zapresic            Abd NK Rijeka              (abandoned at 0-1)
NK Osijek                 4-0 NK Zadar
NK Varteks Varazdin       0-1 Hajduk Split
NK Istra Pula             2-0 Cibalia Vinkovci
NK Sibenik                0-0 HNK Dubrovnik

(NB: Inker-Rijeka counted as 0-1 in table)

Table:
 1.Hajduk Split               9 25- 7 15
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2.NK Rijeka                  9 13- 5 15
 3.NK Zagreb                  9 16- 4 13
 4.NK Istra Pula              9  9- 7 11
 5.HASK Gradjanski Zagreb     9 16- 7 10
 6.NK Osijek                  9 12- 9 10
 7.Inker Zapresic             9 14- 9  9
 8.NK Varteks Varazdin        9 12-14  8
 9.Cibalia Vinkovci           9  4-11  5
10.NK Sibenik                 9  3-16  5
11.NK Zadar                   9  6-20  5
----------------------------------------- 
12.HNK Dubrovnik              9  0-21  2


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From: nikkhah@skyfox.usask.ca
Subject: Man U go to the top of Division 1
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 17:27:43 GMT

Manchester United beat Sothampton 1-0 to go 2 points ahead of Leeds with 1
game in hand. There are only 4 games left for Leeds and 5 for Man United (?).
From: zabinski@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (EZ)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: VICTORY soccer players
Date: 12 Apr 92 16:33:25 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

The POWs in VICTORY were played by:
 Pele (Brazil)
 Bobby Moore (England)
 Hallvar Thorensen (Norway)
 Mike Summerbee (England)
 Co Prins (Holland)
 Kazimierz Deyna (Poland)
 Paul Van Himst (Belgium)
 Osvaldo Ardiles (Argentina)
 Soren Linsted (Denmark)
 Kevin O'Calloghan (Ireland)
 John Wark (Scotland)
 Russell Osman (England)

The Germans included Laurie Sivell, Robin Turner, and Werner Roth - are
these guys real players?

eric

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From: miller@loral.CTS.COM (BIG DAVE)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: PREDICTION 1994: WHO WILL WIN?
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:49:46 GMT
Organization: Loral Instrumentation

In article <16APR199210415161@envmsa.eas.asu.edu> pino@envmsa.eas.asu.edu (Anthony) writes:
>
>   Germany also qualified for every single world cup that it participated in.
>
>>	2 - An european team has NEVER won a world cup in the american
>                                                             ^^^^^^^^
>
>   You mean South American continent.  USA is in North America.
>
>>	    continent.

Ahem, ahem ... What about Mexico in 1970, and 1986 ?. In case you're not up on
your geography, pal, Mexico is part of the North American Continent !! No
European team has ever won there EITHER !!

"Some People" tend to hear the word AMERICA and immediately think USA ...

			       WRONG !!!

American Continent means North, Central, South, and the Caribbean Basin. I just
wish some people stop being so ignorant of these matters, afterall this is
probably one of the most international USENET groups around !!

TONY, you get back in here and apologize to the newsgroup. Just tell them the
truth; you didn't know what you were talking about ;-)

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From: tim@tcom.stc.co.uk (Tim Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: MY DARLING SCARBOROUGH FC
Date: 14 Apr 92 07:29:57 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe


SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CRITICISING MY BELOVED SCARBOROUGH
AND EVEN SAYING THAT OUR GREATEST EXMANAGER ALAN WARNOCK
WAS A SEX MANIAC.  THIS IS AN OUTRAGE.  MY SCARBOROUGH 
ARE UNTOUCHABLE.  ALAN IS A GORGEOUS MAN AND LED MY BOYS
OUT OF THE VAUXHALL CONFERENCE TO GLORY.  

RAY MC-HALE IS STILL THE KING OF MANAGERS AND ALSO BIGGER
THAN ELVIS.  TOMMY MOONEY IS THE GREATEST GEORDIE WINGER
IN NORTH YORKSHIRE.  WE ARE THE GREATEST TEAM THE WORLD
HAS EVER SEEN.

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MAN UNITED, YOUR LEEDS,  YOUR CHELSEA
SCUM,  SCARBOROUGH ARE THE ONLY TEAM IN THE WORLD AND I
WOULD GLADLY GIVE ALL MY BODILY ORGANS FOR THEM.

			BORO NO.1
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Xref: sparky rec.sport.soccer:5071 soc.culture.french:2857
From: ccziec@vax.nott.ac.uk (Ian Storey-Moore)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: West Ham vs. Soto'n   RESULT???????????????
Date: 16 Apr 92 05:01:35 GMT
Reply-To: ccziec@vax.nott.ac.uk (Ian Storey-Moore)
Organization: University of Nottingham, UK

In article <1992Apr15.173226.6078@cs.rose-hulman.edu>, geraghj@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (John Geraghty) writes:
>C'mon lads, Surely somebody can take the time out and  
>just post the result of the match and maybe a few  
>details to go along with it.
>
>
>Kieran(A Londoner in Indiana)

I'm afraid Southampton won 1-0 with a goal in the 88th minute, add
to that Luton beat a severely depleated Forest side 2-1 it looks like
curtains for West Ham. Pity really there are far more deserving teams
in division one, warrenting releagation rather than West Ham.

Cheers - Ian

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From: st912880@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: PREDICTION 1994: WHO WILL WIN?
Reply-To: st912880@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:53:03 GMT

I know this is a little bit early but let's have some predictions for 1994:

Who will be the four semi-finalists?
Who will meet in the final?
Who will be World Champions?


JTKE

                     MANCHESTER UNITED FOREVER
                   BRAZIL - 1994 WORLD CHAMPIONS
From: lah014@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Richard Marshall)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Moving the WC94
Date: 4 Apr 92 11:47:12 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: abUSENET, Coventry Polytechnic, Coventry, UK

In article <1992Apr4.030457.11504@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> nec@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Benares) writes:
>In article <69677@ut-emx.uucp>,
>cotton@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Chad Cotton) writes: 
>> 
>> Has anyone else heard rumors that FIFA is talking about moving the world
>> cup?  If so could you substantiate those claims?  Please post: I feel that 
>> it would be of significant interest to all readers!
>
>   Huh? Where in the world did you hear that from? Hopefully not from the
>National Enquirer :). But seriously, I don't think FIFA has the time or the
>money to move the WC to anywhere else. 

Just out of interest was the article by any chance dated 1st April ?  :-)
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From: ajgam@sabrina.inesc.pt (Antonio Jorge Almeida Marques)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Portuguese Results
Date: 13 Apr 92 11:39:05 GMT
Distribution: rec.sport.soccer
Organization: INESC (Inst. Eng. Sistemas e Computadores) -Lisboa -Portugal


 Here are the Portuguese Soccer results

  Farense 0 - Sporting C.P. 2
  V.Guimaraes 1 - Estoril 1
  Gil Vicente 2 - Torreense 1
  Boavista 1 - Maritimo 0
  Salgueiros 0 - Pacos Ferreira 0
  Penafiel 1 - Chaves 0
  Uniao Madeira 2 - F.C. Porto 2
  Beira Mar 0 - Famalicao 0
  Benfica 2 - Braga 0



  And The standings are :

		Games  Victorys  Draws  Loses   Goals   Points
F.C. Porto	 29	 20	   8	  1	52-9	  48
S.L. Benfica	 28 	 16	   9 	  3	51-16	  41
Sporting C.P. 	 29	 16	   6	  7 	48-22	  38
Boavista 	 29	 14	   10	  5	37-19	  38
V.Guimaraes	 29	 12	   11 	  6 	37-31	  35
------------------------------------------------------------
Farense		 29	 10	   9	  10	30-30	  29
Maritimo	 29	 9	   10	  10 	32-34	  28
Beira Mar	 29	 8	   10	  11	25-35	  26
Gil Vicente	 29	 10	   6	  13	23-33	  26
Estoril		 29	 9	   8	  12	29-41	  26
Braga		 29	 10	   5	  14	35-41	  25
Salgueiros	 29	 6 	   13	  10	22-29	  25
Pacos Ferreira   29	 9	   7 	  13	25-38	  25
Chaves	 	 28	 8	   7 	  13	27-35	  23
Torreense	 29	 7	   9	  13	26-35	  23
------------------------------------------------------------
Uniao		 29	 8	   6	  15	28-46	  22
Penafiel	 29	 6	   9  	  14	23-39	  21
Famalicao	 29	 6	   9	  14	20-37	  21


The Best Scoreres are :
Ricky (Boavista) 26 goals
Cadete  (Sporting C.P.) 22 goals
Chiquinho (Braga) 13 goals
Ziad (V.Guimaraes) 11 goals
Rosario (Torreense) 10 goals
Ricardo (Farense) 9 goals
Kostadinov (F.C. Porto) 9 goals
Joao Pinto (Boavista) 8 goals
Menad (Famalicao) 8 goals
Timofte (F.C. Porto) 8 goals
Edmilsson (Maritimo) 8 goals
Magnusson (S.L. Benfica) 7 goals
Pacheco (S.L. Benfica) 7 goals
Isaias (S.L. Benfica) 7 goals
Balacov (Sporting C.P.) 7 goals
Manu (Uniao Madeira) 7 goals


And don't forget to see or listen to the 
Barcaelona-Benfica to watch the 
Benfica victory (??????) .


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Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: axwcp@acad2.alaska.edu (Bill Phillips)
Subject: Re: Derby County??
Organization: University of Alaska Anchorage
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 03:20:58 GMT

In article <5377@hsi86.hsi.com>, archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer) writes:

> Aha!  But, as has been pointed out to me (thank you, Peter Hemmings) Derby
> County are one of the 12 founding members of The Football League in 1888
> and thereby, at that time, represented the county of Derbyshire.  But your
> point is taken (see more below).
>
	[Stuff deleted]
> 
> And... funnily enough, Notts County are also one of the 12 founding members,
> so the explanation still seems reasonable.  I haven't forgotten, though,
> that Nottingham Forest were also around at the time and applied to join
> the League at this time.  However, the details of the League had been
> finalised on 17 April 1888 and only 22 fixture dates were available.  So
> Forest and a small number of other clubs had their applications turned down.
> 
	[Lots more deleted]
>
> Kevin has the right to feel a bit narked because Chesterfield were
> actually formed, in 1866, before Derby County, in 1884.  However, as
> I pointed out, Derby County were one of the original League members in
> 1888.

O.K. Garry:
	Since you brought it up, could you list for the rest of us the twelve
founding members of the League ?
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Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer,soc.culture.bulgaria
From: kstokker@risc.uni-linz.ac.at (Karel Stokkermans)
Subject: Bulgaria Football Results round 22
Organization: RISC, J.K. University, Linz; Austria
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 09:56:31 GMT

Bulgaria (16 teams, 2 UEFA Cup berths)
========
Round 22 (April 4)
Beroe Stara Zagora       0-0 Hebar Pazardzhik
Botev Plovdiv            2-1 Lokomotiv Sofia
Dobrudzha Dobritch       1-0 Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
Etar Veliko Tarnovo      3-0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Levski Sofia             4-0 Chernomoretz Bourgas
Pirin Blagoevgrad        1-1 Yantra Gabrovo
Sliven                   4-2 Minyor Pernik
CSKA Sofia               3-1 Slavia Sofia

Table:
 1.CSKA Sofia                22 51-18 34 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 2.Levski Sofia              22 38-12 33 
 3.Botev Plovdiv             22 36-19 28
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 4.Etar Veliko Tarnovo       22 26-12 27
 5.Lokomotiv Plovdiv         22 26-15 26
 6.Sliven                    22 29-32 23
 7.Lokomotiv Sofia           22 26-28 21
 8.Beroe Stara Zagora        22 20-25 21 
 9.Slavia Sofia              22 26-24 20
10.Yantra Gabrovo            22 17-24 20
11.Lok. Gorna Oryahovitsa    22 16-26 19
12.Pirin Blagoevgrad         22 15-24 18
13.Chernomoretz Bourgas      22 20-32 18
14.Dobrudzha Dobritch        22 22-33 17
-----------------------------------------
15.Hebar Pazardzhik          22 13-28 15
16.Minyor Pernik             22 10-39 12


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 die 'een minuut / voor tijd de Duitse / doellijn kruiste..."     [ J. Deelder ]
From: Andy@rocky.gte.com (Andrew Busa)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Strong Weekend for US Teams
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:16:23 GMT
Organization: GTE

On saturday, the national team ended a miserable string of games
by beating up on China 5-0.  Even though China was not a very good team
it was nice to see the boys putting a few in the net.  I can't wait
until Tab and Hugo can get a few games together in the midfield.  Hopefully
that will occur this summer at the US Cup.  Meola was challanged only
a couple of times and the defense was adequate.  I still feel that US will
have to strengthen there wing fullbacks.  Once we have all of our players
present we will probably have enough halfbacks to put John Harkes on one
of the wings.  And if Tom Dooley pans out maybe he could play the other
side.  The US next plays in Ireland later this month.  A result like this makes 
me wonder where the US is compared to the rest of the world?  Most of the
foreigners on the NET consider the US a very poor playing country.  If that
is true than where does that put teams like China and Mexico that we can 
now regularly beat?

On Sunday the US olympic team won 4-3 over Honduras in St. Louis. Steve 
(or was it Ken?) Snow scored a hat trick to give the US a 2-0 record in
the final qualifying group.  They beat Mexico 2-1 in Mexico a week back or
so.  I unfortunately did not get to view this game but would appreciate
comments on the game and what people think of the olympic team.  I think
that two or three of these players will be with the national team in 94. 

Andy
From: mfiguero@lonestar.utsa.edu (Miguel . Figueroa)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Who died in Spain ?
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:03:17 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio


   The funeral was for longtime REAL MADRID and Spanish National Team
player Juan Gomez Gonzales "JUANITO". This time I have his complete name!!

                                                       Miguel
From: dvlkhh@cs.umu.se (Kent Hedlundh)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Portuguese results???
Date: 7 Apr 92 14:43:37 GMT
Organization: Dep. of Info.Proc, Umea Univ., Sweden


    Where did the Portuguese scores disappear???
Are you still around Werner? Or could someone else post the results from
Portugal?

Kent


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From: lein@base.ctt.bellcore.com (John Leinaweaver,,RRC-4A720,699-2322)
Subject: Re: World Cup 94 - Shirts
Reply-To: lein@base.UUCP (John Leinaweaver,,RRC-4A720,699-2322)
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 15:18:42 GMT

In article <JVawiB9w164w@banana.ithaca.ny.us> henning@banana.ithaca.ny.us (Henning Pape-Santos) writes:
>rxl@crosfield.co.uk (#richard lovelock) writes:
>>   A report in todays 'Daily Express' states that FIFA have
>>   announced that for the USA World Cup 94 all players will
>>   have their names on the back of their shirts, and will
>>   also have their numbers on the front as well as the backs
>>   of shirts.
>> 
>>   Is this really needed ?
>
>Are you questioning the need for shirts? :-)
> 
>Seriously, is there any problem with the described shirts? I would 
>like it if players wore their names on the back. (Granted, I do 
>not know all the players likely to appear in the WC just by 
>looking at them. Do you? then more power to you, but give us 
>ignoramuses a break.)
>

It sure beats the commericial advertisements worn my many of the
European teams.
________________________________________________________________________________ 
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lein@bae.bellcore.com
From: scottj@spider.co.uk (Scott Jackson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Scotland in Euro Championships
Date: 6 Apr 92 08:11:43 GMT
Distribution: eunet
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND.

Can anyone provide me with the information for Scotland's games in Sweden
this summer i.e. opposition/date/venue/time.

Scott
From: sgilmour@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Welcome to Ibrox)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: More about shirts
Date: 17 Apr 92 05:57:22 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

>     My candidates for the worst three strip designs of all time,
>
>     1) Rangers now (with the badge on the back - which from a
>     distance looks like Frank Rijkaard's signature. This bottom
>     ranking is conditional of course, on Davie Dodds being contained
>     inside.)
>
But surely you realise this is so opposing defenders know who they
are being beaten by as they stand and watch Super Ally burst the
net.

S. Gilmour.

Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: ivan@ne.ncsu.edu (Ivan Maldonado)
Subject: Re: Soccer on Univision
Reply-To: ivan@nepjt.ne.ncsu.edu (Ivan Maldonado)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 16:05:19 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.033126.4533@acsu.buffalo.edu> khoub-s@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Siamak Khoubyari) writes:

> My local cable company doesn't carry Univision, hence this question:

> Are the EST broadcast times the same for all the eastern cities that 
> get the chanal, and if so, could someone who keeps track of the games
> please post the broadcast times here, so I can have my friend who gets 
> Univision tape the games for me. 


Every Sunday at 2:00pm EST.  I always set the VCR until 6:00pm because
they often show another game at 4:00pm or at least highlights of
the Italian/Spanish/Mexican leagues.

-Ivan

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From: yongwee@leland.Stanford.EDU (Yong Wee Dennis Lee)
Subject: Italian League
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 00:05:54 GMT

Does anyone know how I can get news of the Italian League?  Maybe someone can
post information on the Italian League in the same way as it is done with the
English League.  This newsgroup is deprived of news of some of the best soccer
action in the world!
From: scottp@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Scott Platenberg)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: World Cup 94 - Shirts
Summary: say it aint so
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:07:37 GMT
Reply-To: scottp@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Scott Platenberg)
Organization: NCR Corporation, Network Products Group, San Diego

In article <13432@suns3.crosfield.co.uk> rxl@crosfield.co.uk (#richard lovelock) writes:
>
>  A report in todays 'Daily Express' states that FIFA have
>  announced that for the USA World Cup 94 all players will
>  have their names on the back of their shirts, and will
>  also have their numbers on the front as well as the backs
>  of shirts.
>
>  Is this really needed ?

  Please say it aint so :-(  This reminds me of the NASL days when
the numbers were on the front almost like American football and
basketball.  The strips looked stupid, imho.  I hope this is not a
request of the US Federation because it is just one more thing 
that will draw attention away from the game and focus it on the 
changes needed to appease joe-average-american's tv viewing habits.
I can hear the keyboard's across Europe and the UK clicking now 
about how the US doesn't deserve the cup because they want to change
the jerseys.  What drivel.
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