From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: English News: Saturday results + tables
Date: 14 Sep 92 08:37:43 GMT

Premier:

ARSENAL 0-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS
A lone goal from Mike Newell ensured Rovers completed a surprise double over
the pre-season Premier favourites.  Mike Newell pounced in the 71st minute,
nodding home David May's cross from close range beyond the diving Seaman.
That was the only silver lining in a disappointing game that saw four
players booked - Selley, Jensen and Adams for Arsenal and Blackburn's May.
Chances were few and far between but if Alan Smith had converted one of his
in the first half the game could have taken on a whole new complexion.

CHELSEA 2-3 NORWICH
Norwich staged a superb comeback to win at Chelsea and remain top of the table.
It all looked like going wrong for City after they arrived at the ground just
15 minutes before kick-off and soon found themselves two goals down.
Mick Harford put the Blues ahead after two minutes and Andy Townsend hit the
second after 28 mins with a fine volley. But Mark Robins pulled one back soon
after the break and then hit the equaliser with 16 minutes to go. David
Phillips struck the dramatic winner in the 80th minute.

CRYSTAL PALACE 2-2 OLDHAM
Veteran hit-man Graeme Sharp earned a point for Oldham after recent recruit
Chris Armstrong had made an instant hit with the Palace fans.
Sharp pounced 13 minutes from time after two goal Armstrong looked to have
given The Eagles their first win.  The Latics took the lead through Ian
Olney but Armstrong, making his home debut after moving from Millwall,
equalised after 64 minutes and grabbed his second a minute later.
Oldham looked dead and buried but Sharp popped up 19 minutes from time to level

EVERTON 0-2 MANCHESTER UNITED
Brian McClair struck his first goal of the season and Steve Bruce converted a
penalty to put United into third place.  McClair joyfully hit the target after a
slick move between Ryan Giggs and Mark Hughes neatly set him up to beat
Neville Southall from close range.  Everton piled on the pressure but could
not prevent United's fifth win in a row.  Maurice Johnston should have done
better with a shot from 12 yards but Bruce sealed victory for the visitors
with a 75th minute spot-kick.

IPSWICH TOWN 2-1 WIMBLEDON
Makeshift striker Mick Stockwell gave Ipswich their first home win in the
Premier League with a double strike.  Wimbledon had the better chances, but
could not match Stockwell's finishing, with John Fashanu wasting two chances.
They piled on the pressure in the final stages and even 'keeper Hans Segers
appeared in the penalty area for a shot which was saved by Craig Forrest.
Stockwell gave Town a 14th minute lead before Dean Holdsworth levelled for the
Dons, but Stockwell again popped up for
a 48th minute winner.

NOTT'M FOREST 1-2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Brian Clough suffered another day of disappointment as Forest slumped to
their sixth successive defeat in a row.  On the 18th anniversary of his sacking
by Leeds, Clough saw Chris Waddle nutmeg Kingsley Black before laying on
a 39th minute opener for Paul Warhurst.  Wednesday paraded new signing Mark
Bright and his excellent control and perfect lay-off set up Graham Hyde to
drive home the second.  The Forest fans tried to rally their
side but Gary Bannister's 87th minute strike proved too little too late.

SHEFFIELD UTD 1-0 LIVERPOOL
Adrian Littlejohn repaid Dave Bassett's faith in him to shoot United to only
their second win of the season.  Littlejohn, rejected by Walsall, was
making only his second appearance but kept his cool to lob David James from
20-yards in the fourth minute.  Liverpool, who have made a shaky start
to the season, came back strongly but Blades keeper Simon Tracey was in
magical form to deny Walters and Whelan.  United grew in confidence as the game
continued and Brian Deane hit the bar with a header as Liverpool crumbled.

SOUTHAMPTON 1-2 QPR
A stunning volley from defender Justin Channing kept the Rangers bandwagon
rolling on and completed the double over a stunned Southampton.
Saints rocked the Premier high-flyers by taking the lead through Matt Le
Tissier after just 12 minutes.  The visitors piled on the pressure and it 
finally paid off when Andy Sinton levelled the scores with a curling
free-kick in the 54th minute.  Before Saints could recover Channing,
deputising for the injured David Bardsley, struck the killer blow.

Summary:

   Arsenal         0-1  Blackburn 	28643
   Chelsea         2-3  Norwich C 	16880
   Crystal Palace  2-2  Oldham    	11224
   Everton         0-2  Man Utd   	30002
   Ipswich Town    2-1  Wimbledon 	13333
   Manchester C    0-1  Middlesbro'	25244
   Nott'm Forest   1-2  Sheff Wed 	19420
   Sheffield Utd   1-0  Liverpool 	20632
   Southampton     1-2  QPR       	14125

Table:
                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Norwich City    8  6  1  1 17 11 19
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 2 Blackburn R     7  5  2  0 12  4 17
 3 Man Utd         8  5  1  2 10  6 16
 4 QPR             8  4  3  1 10  6 15
 5 Coventry City   7  5  0  2  9  6 15
 6 Middlesbrough   7  4  1  2 13  7 13
 7 Ipswich Town    8  2  6  0 10  8 12
 8 Manchester C    8  3  2  3 11  9 11
 9 Arsenal         8  3  1  4 10 10 10
10 Aston Villa     7  2  3  2  9  7  9
11 Leeds Utd       7  2  3  2 13 12  9
12 Everton         7  2  3  2  7  6  9
13 Chelsea         8  2  3  3 12 12  9
14 Sheff Wed       8  2  3  3 11 13  9
15 Liverpool       8  2  3  3  9 11  9
16 Tottenham H     7  2  3  2  7 11  9
17 Oldham Ath      8  1  5  2 14 15  8
18 Sheffield Utd   8  2  1  5  8 14  7
19 Southampton     8  1  3  4  6 10  6
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20 Wimbledon       8  1  2  5  8 12  5
21 Crystal P       8  0  5  3 10 15  5
22 Nott'm Forest   7  1  0  6  7 18  3


Division 1:

BARNSLEY 1-1 DERBY COUNTY
Paul Kitson enabled struggling Derby to double their points tally at Oakwell.
Andy Rammell scored Barnsley's first home League goal of the season in the
58th minute when he headed home from an Owen Archdeacon cross.
Ten minutes later Marco Gabbiadini flicked on Mark Pembridge's long throw
and Kitson stooped to head in at the far post.
Strong Derby penalty appeals were turned down three minutes from time
when John Pearson appeared to wrestle Simon Coleman to the ground.

BRISTOL CITY 0-1 SOUTHEND UNITED
A controversial 75th minute goal from Ian Benjamin sealed Southend's first
away win of the season and ended City's unbeaten record.
Andy Ansah was coming back from an offside position as Benjamin raced onto
a through ball and placed a low shot past Robins 'keeper Keith Welch.
The goal settled a disappointing game of few chances and City badly missed
the injured Andy Cole up front.  City's only hope came from runs by
Jacki Dziekanowski, but the excellent Spencer Prior and Pat Scully held firm.

CHARLTON 0-0 CAMBRIDGE UTD
Charlton slipped from the top of the table after missing a string of chances
in a goalless draw with Cambridge.  Robert Lee missed the best opportunity
when he struck a fierce 55th minute shot at United 'keeper Jon Sheffield
when it looked easier to score.  Then Lee struck the underside of the
bar 12 minutes later with another powerful drive and Alan Pardew headed
the rebound the wrong side of the post.  Cambridge had their moments in the
first half, with both Devon White and Chris Leadbitter going close.

MILLWALL 0-0 BIRMINGHAM CITY
The Lions dropped their first home league point of the season in a
disappointing match against Birmingham.  Millwall dominated play but failed to
convert their chances.  Jon Goodman, Phil Barber and John
McGinlay all hit the post but somehow the visitors kept them out.
They could even have lots but for two good saves from 'keeper Casey Keller
from Birmingham corners.

NEWCASTLE UNITED 3-1 PORTSMOUTH
Rampant Newcastle created a new club record as they went top of Division One
Kevin Keegan's side made it six wins out of six with a deserved victory.
Former Pompey old boy Micky Quinn, starting his first game of the season,
headed Newcastle in front after just 16 minutes.
David Kelly made it 2-0 in front of a sell out crowd of 29,885 four minutes
before half-time.  Quinn made it 3-0 after 76 minutes
before Guy Whittingham pulled a late goal back for Portsmouth.

OXFORD UNITED 0-1 SUNDERLAND
A goal by David Rush in the third minute of first-half injury time was
enough to give Sunderland their first away league win of the season.
Oxford dominated for long periods but strikers Nick Cusack and John Durnin
wasted good scoring chances.  Micky Lewis hit a post for the home
side before Rush, in his first senior game since the FA Cup Final, scored
with Sunderland's first shot.  Oxford made frantic attempts to level
in the second half. Durnin went close but Gordon Armstrong saved on the line

PETERBOROUGH 1-3 WEST HAM UNITED
Peterborough wasted an 18th minute lead and were swept aside as West Ham turned
on the style and punished some atrocious defending.
Tony Adcock took advantage of slack marking to fire Peterborough in front
but Trevor Morley levelled on 25 minutes with a deflected shot.
Martin Allen put West Ham ahead in the 28th minute after Mark Robson had
beaten the offside trap.  Kevin Keen hit the visitors third four
minutes before the break, his shot going in off Mike Halsall.

SWINDON 2-2 BRISTOL ROVERS
Rovers grabbed a hard fought point with a John Taylor equaliser four minutes
from the end.  Swindon took the lead in the 23rd
minute when Dave Mitchell headed home a John Moncur cross.
Rovers equalised in the 69th minute, Shaun Taylor bringing down Marcus
Stewart, who got up to score from the resulting penalty.
Swindon restored their lead with a Craig Maskell header but were punished
in the 86th minute as Taylor strode through unchallenged.

TRANMERE 1-1 GRIMSBY
The Mariners produced a thoroughly professional performance and were more
than worthy of a point.  Tranmere went ahead after just nine
minutes when a rare defensive mix-up let in Pat Nevin for an easy goal.
Grimsby, led by influential midfielder David Gilbert, pressed forward in
search of an equaliser and Paul Groves wasted a golden chance after 53 minutes
But Tom Watson made no mistake three minutes later, driving home from
25-yards to end the visitors appalling record away from home.

WATFORD 1-3 NOTTS COUNTY
County avenged last month's home defeat by Steve Perryman's team by running out
comfortable winners at Vicarage Road.  Watford made a busy start but found
themselves behind in the 23rd minute when Jason Drysdale's poor back pass
let in Mark Draper.  Drysdale atoned just 60 seconds later
with a fierce shot, but County went in front again on the hour when Gary Lund
forced home in a goalmouth scramble.  The Hornets pressed forward in search
of a point but Draper sent sub Steve Slawson through for a decisive third.

Summary:

   Barnsley        1-1  Derby     	 8412
   Bristol City    0-1  Southend  	 9515
   Charlton Ath    0-0  Cambridge 	 5836
   Millwall        0-0  Birmingham	 8581
   Newcastle Utd   3-1  Portsmouth 	29885
   Oxford United   0-1  Sunderland	 6003
   Peterborough    1-3  West Ham  	10657
   Swindon Town    2-2  Bristol R 	10006
   Tranmere R      1-1  Grimsby   	 5330
   Watford         1-3  Notts Co  	 7077

Tables:
                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Newcastle Utd   6  6  0  0 14  5 18
 2 Charlton Ath    7  5  2  0 11  2 17
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 3 Wolves          6  4  2  0 12  5 14
 4 Birmingham C    6  4  1  1  8  5 13
 5 Swindon Town    6  3  2  1 14 10 11
 6 Leicester C     6  3  1  2  8 10 10
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 7 West Ham        5  3  0  2  6  5  9
 8 Bristol City    5  2  2  1 10  7  8
 9 Tranmere R      5  2  2  1  8  6  8
10 Millwall        5  2  2  1  6  5  8
11 Portsmouth      6  2  1  3 10 11  7
12 Notts County    6  2  1  3  9  9  7
13 Watford         6  2  1  3  9 10  7
14 Sunderland      5  2  1  2  2  3  7
15 Brentford       5  2  0  3  7  7  6
16 Southend Utd    6  2  0  4  7  9  6
17 Peterborough    5  2  0  3  7 10  6
18 Grimsby Town    5  1  2  2  7  9  5
19 Barnsley        6  1  2  3  4  5  5
20 Oxford United   5  1  2  2  4  6  5
21 Bristol R       7  1  1  5 11 17  4
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22 Cambridge U     6  1  1  4  2 10  4
23 Derby County    6  0  2  4  7 11  2
24 Luton Town      5  0  2  3  4 10  2


Division 2:

Leyton Orient jumped to second in the table with an exciting 4-3 win over
Chester despite having Kenny Achampong sent off in the second half.
Brighton moved into third after beating Huddersfield 2-1, leaving The Terriers
bottom with six defeats out of six.  Hull dropped to fourth after their
first defeat of the season in a 5-3 thriller at Stockport and Fulham also
lost for the first time at Bournemouth.  Mansfield picked up their first win of
the season to climb out of the bottom four as they overcame Bradford City
with their first goal after 47 seconds.

BOURNEMOUTH      2-1 FULHAM
McGorry 7, 50        Pike 36

BRIGHTON         2-1 HUDDERSFIELD
Foster 17            Roberts pen 26
Moulden 84

LEYTON ORIENT    4-3 CHESTER
Taylor 28, 62        Barrow 38
Hales pen 48         Rimmer 81
Jones 66             Ryan 88
Achampong sent off

MANSFIELD        5-2 BRADFORD
Holland 1            Blake 17
Charles pen 15       Jewell 26
Stringfellow 28
Fee 64, 77

PLYMOUTH         1-1 STOKE
Walker 83            Stein 34

PORT VALE        2-2 EXETER
Taylor 12            Moran 35
Kelly og 68          Hodge 47

PRESTON          2-0 BURNLEY
Tinkler 54
Ashcroft 79

ROTHERHAM        2-1 BOLTON
Goater 33, 59        Brown 79

STOCKPORT        5-3 HULL
Muir 7               Carstairs og 8
Beaumont 14, 26      Jenkinson 42
Francis 32, 80       Hunter 89

SWANSEA          3-0 BLACKPOOL
West 2
Pascoe 43
Legg 77

Table:
                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 WBA             6  5  1  0 13  3 16
 2 Leyton Orient   6  4  1  1 13  9 13
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 3 Brighton        6  4  1  1 12  8 13
 4 Hull City       6  4  1  1 10  7 13
 5 Swansea City    6  4  0  2 12  4 12
 6 Hartlepool      6  3  3  0  8  3 12
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 7 Stockport       6  3  2  1 11 10 11
 8 Fulham          6  3  2  1 10  7 11
 9 Bradford City   6  3  1  2 11 12 10
10 Bolton W        6  3  1  2  9  5 10
11 Bournemouth     6  3  1  2  8  7 10
12 Rotherham       6  2  2  2  9  9  8
13 Plymouth A      5  2  2  1  6  3  8
14 Preston         5  2  1  2  8  8  7
15 Port Vale       6  1  3  2  7  8  6
16 Stoke City      6  1  3  2  6  8  6
17 Mansfield       6  1  2  3  8 12  5
18 Chester         6  1  1  4 11 14  4
19 Wigan Ath       6  1  1  4 10 14  4
20 Blackpool       6  1  1  4  4 11  4
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21 Burnley         5  1  1  3  3  8  4
22 Exeter          6  0  3  3  8 13  3
23 Reading         5  0  2  3  4  9  2
24 Huddersfield    6  0  0  6  3 12  0


Division 3:

York stayed top with their fifth win of the season as they won 2-1 at Carlisle
before the division's highest crowd.  Crewe remained hot on their heels with
a 4-0 thrashing of lowly Doncaster.  Barnet are fourth after a goalless draw
at fifth-placed Bury while third-placed Cardiff play at Hereford on Sunday.
Walsall's Cameroon international Charlie Ntamark scored but The Saddlers
still lost 3-1 at struggling Colchester. Halifax stayed bottom after their third
2-1 defeat in a row as Lincoln clinched their third consecutive win.

BURY             0-0 BARNET

CARLISLE         1-2 YORK
Sendall 80           Pepper pen 23
                     McCarthy 77

COLCHESTER       3-1 WALSALL
Bennett 16           Ntamark 64
Smith 35
McDonough pen 84

CREWE            4-0 DONCASTER
Hignett pen 33       Crichton sent off
Garvey 37
MacAuley 78
McKearney pen 84

GILLINGHAM       0-0 CHESTERFIELD

LINCOLN          2-1 HALIFAX
Carmichael 45        Lucketti 56
Lee 54

NORTHAMPTON      1-0 SCUNTHORPE
Wilkin 55

SCARBOROUGH      1-0 TORQUAY
Foreman pen 49

WREXHAM          2-0 SHREWSBURY
Paskin 79, 86

Table:
                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 York City       6  5  0  1 12  5 15
 2 Crewe A         6  4  0  2 13  9 12
 3 Cardiff City    6  3  2  1 10  8 11
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 4 Barnet          6  3  2  1  9  5 11
 5 Bury            6  3  1  2  9 11 10
 6 Walsall         6  3  0  3 13 13  9
 7 Lincoln City    6  3  0  3  6  6  9
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 8 Scarborough     5  2  2  1  4  5  8
 9 Carlisle Utd    6  2  1  3 13 11  7
10 Northampton T   5  2  1  2  8  8  7
11 Wrexham         5  2  1  2  7 10  7
12 Darlington      5  2  1  2  6  3  7
13 Shrewsbury T    6  2  1  3  6  8  7
14 Chesterfield    4  2  1  1  5  3  7
15 Gillingham      6  1  3  2  8  7  6
16 Rochdale        4  2  0  2  8  7  6
17 Torquay Utd     5  2  0  3  8 10  6
18 Colchester      6  2  0  4  8 13  6
19 Hereford Utd    5  1  2  2  4  7  5
20 Scunthorpe Utd  5  1  2  2  3  3  5
21 Doncaster R     6  1  1  4  8 14  4
22 Halifax Town    5  1  1  3  6  8  4


GM Vauxhall Conference:

BROMSGROVE       2-2 WELLING
Hanks 58             Abbott 28, 70
Daly 90              White sent off

KIDDERMINSTER    1-3 WOKING
Palmer 77            Baron 30,Steele 70
                     Biggins 89
                     Baron sent off

MERTHYR TYDFIL   1-4 WYCOMBE
Williams pen 34      Casey 25,
                     Thompson 32
                     Scott 50, 67

RUNCORN          1-0 YEOVIL
Wilson 74

TELFORD          6-3 FARNBOROUGH
Green 12, 31         Leworthy pen 46
Myers 27, 82         Horton 62
Parrish 51           Wilson 66
Francis 77

Table:
                   P  W  D  L  F  A PTS
 1 Wycombe W       7  6  1  0 19  3 19
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 2 Slough Town     5  4  0  1  8  4 12
 3 Stafford R      5  3  2  0  8  3 11
 4 Merthyr T       7  3  2  2  7  8 11
 5 Telford Utd     6  3  1  2 13 14 10
 6 Stalybridge     5  2  3  0 11  5  9
 7 Witton Albion   5  2  3  0  7  2  9
 8 Woking          5  3  0  2  8  7  9
 9 Dagenham & R    5  2  2  1  9  5  8
10 Kidderminster   6  2  2  2  7  6  8
11 Altrincham      5  2  1  2  6  4  7
12 Yeovil Town     6  2  1  3  6  5  7
13 Macclesfield    5  2  1  2  5  5  7
14 Northwich Vic   5  2  1  2  5  5  7
15 Farnborough     7  2  1  4 17 19  7
16 Gateshead       5  2  1  2  8 10  7
17 Kettering T     6  2  1  3  4  7  7
18 Bromsgrove      5  1  3  1  7  7  6
19 Runcorn         6  1  1  4  4 14  4
20 Bath City       6  0  3  3  3  7  3
21 Boston Utd      6  0  1  5  1 11  1
22 Welling Utd     6  0  1  5  7 19  1


DIADORA LEAGUE Premier Division

-- Aylesbury       0-3  Marlow
-- Hayes           0-1  Enfield

HFS LOANS LEAGUE Premier Division

-- Whitley Bay     1-1  Barrow

BEAZER HOMES LEAGUE Premier Division

-- Atherstone      2-1  Crawley Town
-- Halesowen       4-0  VS Rugby


Not many non-league league results as the first round of the FA Cup
qualifiers was held yesterday.  One result of interest to some r.s.s.
readers will be:

   Newcastle Town  0-1  Gresley Rovers    :-)

Not long before Gresley make it to the first round proper ...