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.38 SPORT THE\TIMES MONDAY APRIL 171989
FOOTBALL: EVERTON RELIEVED AT NARROW VlbfORY AS NPRWICH FAIL TO RESPOND IN A SEMI-FINAL LACKING IN QUALITY OR IMAGINATION
By Stuart Jones
’ Football Correspondent
' Everton................... 1
Norwich City 0
Events at Villa Park, which
had ' been expected to be
overshadowed by those at
Hillsborough, became in > the
end lirrelevant. Never in the
history of the FA Cup can the
celebrations of the semi-final
winners; , have been more
muted; never can the triumph
have been more empty. ■
/.. Iii the words o f Colin
Harvey, the Everton manager:
“We came off full of, the joys
of spring and then we heard
the terrible news.”
■ Nevin,' the central figure iii
the narrow victory,: described
howthe noiseof the dressing-
' repm - was instantly cut “and
then there' was an awful
silence”.. ■' /
. An afternoon which had
been filled with balloons, in­
flated canaries, laughter and
goodwill on the terraces was
almost immediately erased
from the memory. Even under
happier circumstances, the tie
itself, though as colourful as
usual around the perimeter,
would not have left a deep and
’ lasting impression. .
Norwich City, whose style
had been painted so unexpect­
edly. vividly across thei season'
until a few weeks ago, were
pale by comparison. Unable to
concentrate on anything else
since they; qualified',for the
senii-final, they were ' in­
capable of responding when
they eventually arrived.there. ^
Fleck, whose father died on
the eve of the match, and the
■ injured Phelan would ddubt-
less have lifted their challenge
■
errors and particularly •
throughout the early un­
nerving stages.'
,. Allen,'who was eventually
: to! be withdrawn, threatened .
only with an overhead kick
/; which! was directed straight at
. Southall. Rosario was' no
more effective. He missed the ;
, one free header offered to him ..
y Dave . Stringer, his manager,
generously, blamed the blind­
ing sunlight which was shining ■
in. his eyes.
Crook, though he was
responsible for most'/of Norr :
wich’s productive ideas, was
not as forceful an influence as'
Phelan, ■ the missing captain,
would. have been. ■ Norwich
were consequently waiting for
'something: .to occur rather
than making, it. happen.. It
, never did,1 even afterv the
introduction of Fox.
Everton were positive only
in the closing 20,. minutes]
Sheedy arid Steven, previously
employed in midfield ;• prin­
cipally-as protective. guards; .
then moved forward more
freely. Ori three occasions
Cottee, preferred, to Clarke,
might then have extended a
lead -which' had been givento
the.m in the 26th minute, ;.■•■•'■.'
It was: a . scrappy' affair,
typical of the; nature of a game ■
disappointingly; , lacking. :in;
quality^/ Crobk,in; attempting
toclecir,;sliced.a;cross.against;
His own toar. Sheedy ' nudged
the rebound against a post and
Neyin, the brightest spark on
viewineitherline-up.prod-i
ded in the winner. • : ?,/- \ 5
S.tririger''. dismissed symr
; pathy offered to Norwich, who
have, been left with nothing
tangible;;|tp;j!show^fortheir:
contributions to the ch^mp-; 1
ioriship; raceVandbto^the^^FA/
Cup. “We’ve; still-got 18
League points to. play for,” he
said,. “arid'we’ve played ,well.;
so fan So : we' have 1 achieved1
something this season.” ■ '■ <
Harvey was relieved to have1
avoided' an. equally blank ho­
rizon. Although Everton are in
thefirialoftheSimddCup, he
conceded that: “A 'club like
this has to :be at: the forefront
of the first division; and iil:this •
competition. It would have;
been a big disappointment
had we inot . reached Wein-
bley.” ; -'• *. .- :
/ But This delight, was. in*;
evitablytemperedbythetrag-
edy at'Hillsborough. ’•; :'
EV^RTON:.N Soulhali; N: McDonald,; P '
Van den.Hauwe,:K Ratcliffe; D W atson; P-
Bracewell.P Nevin.'-TSteveni G Sharp, A1
Cottaei K Shaedy.';. : t /
NORWICH CITY: B Gunn; rculvertious0,'
M Bowen;,l:Butterworth,'A Unigtian;'A.‘,
Townsend; D Gordon,’ M Allan (sub: R
Fox), R Rosario.'l Crook, T Putney. • •. i •
Referee: G CourtnBy. i /. ■/ / V . /
Footttair arrests
Berlin (AFP) —,‘Police made; six
arrests/after breakingup'fight-:.
ing between 600 supporters/ in -
the : city, centre after a ■ West
German second division: niatchv
between Hertfcia, Berlin . and
Schalke here on Saturday. : .
; MARC ASPLAND
Getting in a tangle: It is all arms and legs as Rosario (left), of Norwich, and Watson, of Everton, battle at Villa Park
I f P h a s f l^ a n e is t ^
defiant
outlook
; ; By Vince Wright
West Ham United.......
Southampton..
By Dennis Signy
'Chris Nicholl, the Southampton
manager, found tim e. to :,com­
miserate with West Ham after
their ; defeat which virtually
condemned the east Londoners
to the second division ' next
season;-“I am sorry to see West
) Ham': in this position, because
they are/a ' classic foo.tballing
team,’’ he said. : ■;
: jNicholl,''However, was glad to
see Southampton ease their own
relegation; worries with their
seco'rid win iri 24’ matches. They
wereluckytobeplayingasideas
dispirited as West. H am ," for
whom little has.gone right since
they lost'4-0 at Southampton on
the opening day of the season,
and the mood airiprig their sup- .
porters is orie'of resignation,,
Despite1 being 10 points be­
hind '.'-the." seventeenth club,
Charlton : Athletic, and -with
away games' at 'Liverpool: and
Nottingham .' Forest, to come,
John- Lyall, the W est: Ham
. manager, is not throwing in the
towel. “We will riot: accept we
are down until it' is mathemat-
ically impossible for us to stay
up,” he said. ./’ :.V
Adepressinglylong injury list -
has made West Ham’s-task even
more, difficult. ; Stewart,' Gale,
Martin, Devonshire^ Strodde'r,-
Robson, arid-- Kelly- ' were all
sidelined against Southampton,
and Dicks • was /suspended.\,
Bra'dy'and Dickens joined the
walking wounded by receiving
- knocks which' 'led 'to /.their,
withdrawal. ............. " V .
Giyeri their predicament, the
last thing West Ham needed was
to/ concede an early goal, yet -
Southampton scored in 33 sec-;
onds; Cockerill breached West
Hairi’s square defence with an
excellerit through pass and Rod- !
riey Wallace .did the rest.
/ .McAverinie, yet to score on
his .return to. Upton Park, and
Dickens went close before. Bra-
dy’s penalty levelled matters .in :
the 25th' minutev Osman having;
needlesslyhandled.^Awaming
from ;Danhy Wallace,/ whose
shot forced Parkes into a good
•save on the stroke of half-time,:-
went unheeded by West Ham .
and Rideout’s ..textbook- header
from Home’s centre six riiiriutes ;
; after, the interval proved’ to be
’’ the winrier. .;./
/ Only tHe vigilance of Parkes, .-.
th e : veteran -goalkeeper. / pre-
. vented : niore Southampton
goals as West Ham wilted in the :
spring, sunshine.' Danny and
Rodney ; Wallace, particularly,
should have made, more of the
freedom they were given. :
WEST HAM UNITED: P Parkes; G Parris,’
K Keen, S Potts; P Hilton, A Dickens (sub: -‘
S' ’Slater),; M- Ward; F McAvennje. L
Rbsenior.- L- Brady (sub: T McQueen), P-
Ince:’ • ; . , ■' , : ■
SOUTHAMPTON: J Burridge; Ray, Wal-
laco; M, Adams,- J , Case, K Moore, R
Osman', Rodney Wallace;.G.Cockerill;’P
Rideout, B Home', O'Wallace. ’
Referee: K:Cpoper:-.- :-: <
Trophy final
is a repeat
of the first one
By Paul Newman ■ y
The FA Trophy final next
month; will .be a repeat of the
first final, in: 19.70. In the second
legs; of/their, semi-finals on1 ■
Saturday, /Macclesfield Town
won at home to Dartford (4- :
1 .on '-aggregate) ,and Telford
United .. won „ 3;0, at home to
Hyde United (4-0 on aggregate).
In front o f a crowd o f 4,000,
Dayidson gave Dartford the
lead ' after.; half an hour, but
Macclesfield /replied with , three .
goals before-the interval by Burr '
(2) and. Askey: Timmons corn--
pleted the victory in the second ;;
half. Telford, watched. by a ,
crowd o f 3,729, took the lead .
through -McKenna,, after ,35
minutes, and added . . further
goals by Stririger -and' Nelson, 1
after the interval. ,;;;;/-
The final could 'threateri th e .
record ' Trophy attendance bf
32,000. ;A crowd o f 28,000 ;saw
•Macclesfield wiri.240 in the 1970 ;‘
final: • • • '
Queen’s Park Rangers.. 0
M id d le s b ro u g h 0
;/ Since Richard Thompson, at 24-
•• the! yourigest 'chainnan .in the
• Football League, succeeded the.
■ late David Bui strode at Queen’s
. Park/' Rangers, : the. corporate
directors have appointed Trevor
Francis as player-manager. and
, invested more than £2' million-
. on players with : a view to
‘mounting a championship chall­
enge riext season. : / ■ /■;'■>.;/
: A further progressive step is
' anticipated/this week with an
announcement that Rangers is.
: to be bought'arid separated from "
/ the property, developmerit cbm-
pany that purchased the club'
from' Jim . Gregory for' £5:8
;' million two years ago. / : . - V.-:
'/Neil; Kjnnock, ..the :leader ’of:,
■ the O P P o s itib n , wasja ;guest' at
this m a t c h o f t h e only c iu b 'in ith e
League to have; built four riew ,
(concrete and steel stands in-.the'
.past 20 :years,,a family-ori­
entated club that has success­
fu lly ' resisted : fencing. in
supporters. . '-./■. i
. -In view .of Kinnock’s: yisit
and/all the 'off-field. activity; it-
was. unfortunate that Rangere,.
who ;Had ■ climbed from the/
; relegation' area with ■ only one
defeat, iri,nin e gairies, should
p ro v id e a/ sub-stan'da:rd;
perfonnance. \
.The 1,500 froin Middies*
: brough in .the: .10,347' crowd' saw!
their,team neglect'a chari’ce b f all
three; . points; through missed
chances. 11a fte r !' i i ' ? sp irited
display.Hyeri so, they,' too,;;are
almostclearoflirigeringdoubts
about.retairiirig-firstdivision-
5 iatus.', ; -'V . j;; g- j % ^ - /
'^ Francis/ expressed his.-dis-
appoiritmerit; .byj accusirig/'.'his !
side of lacking ’ a . passion. /He/
said his attack was non existent
and 2 criticised (a poor ■ defensive,
display/in the first half that led
tb the substitution of McDonald;
soon after the. interval. ■ . ■
; Fraricis called his players' iri:
; for,extra trairiing yesterday w ith'
the words “A few more) perfor­
mances like that! and'there is a
risk of iis going :down. I don’t
think we are clear; I: thirik our'
players think we are. Too many-
thinkthe work isfiriishedfcr th e '
Season'as we'haye;40 points:” ;
■ - Francis told? the players he
- would nbt be happy, untirhe.got;
a sidecapableof challerigingfor
'the champibnship. “We' are not
good eriough,” he said.; ’: ,
QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS:;D Seaman: J
Channlng;'.M Dennis, P Parker,-, A Me-.
Donald (sub:W.Fereday);N Spackman.M
•Allen, M Falco (sub: M Stein),: C Clarke, P
Reid, A'Slnton.;'J .'
Celtic roar
towards
By Clive White
.MIDDLESBRDUGH: K .PoolBrG'Parkln-
-son, C Cooper, T.Mowbray.'M Proctor; G'
ballister,"• B , Slaven,.' Av'Kemaghan,'-S
'Ripley, M Burke„G Hamilton.'.,.a ^;
Referee: M D Reed. : "
By IanRoss
: Blackburn ;Rovers:L!f.:..^ 4
Manchester City .......... 0
: Manchester City riiust be ex­
tremely. relieved /that a-seasori,
which' has contained elemerits o f'
both footballing/splendour and
grand farce is nearing its end.
Any neutral stumbling;. into /
Ewood Park on Saturday would
have-been forgiVeri. for-thirikirig
: that City were, a side contend ,
plating relegation to the third.
divisiori .rather than promotion
tb the first. , .” './
/ Although the club’s return , to
a place of prominence in English
: football is still all • but ^assured /
despite this'humiliatingdebacle,' ’
it- is difficult-to imagine/that a
youthftil team so: often'feted;fbrV
'.its;? skill■‘arid;/r&blve-jwll'eve^
again produce a perfonnance of
/ such irieptitude. . ■ ; , :!;;/./,vr;'
; Despitehissuccess'infashiori-
irig aVside; which/is,'bri its/dayj
- more than capable o f Holding its ■:
bwri iri even the fnost illustrious
■ of- coriipariies, .Mel . Machiri . is
stillidisliked; by a section o f the
City supporters. '/ ,-. ;/
.' The bone' of; cpntentiori/be-'
tween: the manager arid the mari
bn .the terrace is: the merit,’of.■
;|VIbulden,';a prolific aind proven
goalscorerwho is Istill' unable to
command1, a • regular first-team'
place: . •: > ■■•■■,; I
;■ Moiilden did make an appear- ■
ance as a secbnd-half substitute
but ;by, th’eifi',;Gity> were^already
iVtwo gb'alsadHftyndiiia state of:
. disarray.' ■.
, After :Kennedy ^ had - side-;'
footed home -from 'close range/
after ‘severi minutes',' Gamer’
- cpllectedthe first of his superbly V
executed / treble shortly. / after-.
wards..He added further goals iri'
the 73rd and: 76th'minutes. ' /.
BLACKBURN-; ROVERS: ’ T iGenrioe: M
.'Atkins; CSulley, N Reid, C.Hendry,-D Mail,
H Gayle, J. Millar,"A Kennedy, S Gamer, S
Sellars. ' ' . •'
MANCHESTER CITY: . P C ooper;, G
■.Taggart, 'A , Hlnchcliffe,: B.,Gayle, G
'M egson.'SRedm ond, D/White,TMorley,'
D.OIdfleld. N McNab. W- Biggins (sub: P -
• Moulden).' . • ■• .
/ Referee: K Hackett: ; - ,'.
By Roddy Forsyth
Celtic 'will defend- the/Scottish
Cup at Hanipden Park on May
' 20, th a n k sto ‘ a n ; exhilaratirig
•.display in yesterday’s 3-1 semi­
final. victory over -Hibemiari;/
.’whose hopes were, virtually fin­
ished^withiri half an hour of the;
• kick-off.' M
' . Although ' the Celtic - full
; backs, Rogan and Morris,- were
. unfit to1 play — Grant and Bums
deputized. — it was the ; Hibs,
; deferice that proved' vulnerable.
After four, m i n u t e s McCarthy ■
■ rose: to. Head past. Goram from-
. Stark’s comer kick.
... Fifteen -minutes; later,, Celtic’s
1 iriipressive ;riovice, Fulton, •
■ surged along the left for a cross
that found Miller, who released
McGhee for a close-range scor- 1
ing drive. In another 'severi
minutes, Walker converted Ful-
1 ton’s square.ball, again from the
; left./"' ; ' :'.--
• Hibernian 'responded with
their best football o f the match
an d '. Archibald -scored ' iri the
52nd minute; b u tr. his ; tearii-;/
riiates .lacked !the guile required ;
-to overhaul Celtic’s lead. ( /
/ By /contrast, Rangers. strug-
'gied .against, St - Johnstone iri a
^goalless; semi-firialat.Parkhead
ori Saturday arid rriight have lost
I •;, Graeme Souness, the. Rangers
/manager, may find himself in
trouble with the Scottish Foot­
b all Association; who! recently
■banried him frbm the dugout or .
around the tunnei. He twice left'*'
the stand for the tunnel to
convey instructions to his assis-
tanti Walter Smith; in full view
of the SFA secretary', -Ernie'',
.'Walker., / ; /' •; V. \
Arsenal........................... 1::
; Newcastle U nited;0:
; Arseriai. regained the leadership
! of the first: division at Highbury
on : Saturday .but their' perfor-
iriance was hardly the. stuff .Of'
potential champions. No one'
regretted their lack of style more
than their ' manager, George
Graham, who seemed to ; have
resigned himself to the fact that'
if Arsenal are to win the title this.
7 season, they w li haye to do it by
scrappirig in'a similar fashiori.all. /,
the way to the finishirig line.
“Hopefully, next time .we’re
i there at, the topi,;' maybe next
: ;season,: we’ll..play' a bit more, '-
/ quality / fbotball,” he said. “It
. w as..a very nerypus -.perfor-;;
mance. That’s why;we will keep
nibe and Slim watching that.”
Much more of that kind of
display and'Graham will finish
lip suffering from anorexia
• and the rest o f us from acute
boredom. .Had Newcastle not
' taken-four points off Liverpool ■
■ this ( season,., one would have
attempted to say that they were
the . kind of opposition ; that
; Liverpool disiniss easily. ; : ;, '■
, To be.fair, Arsenal might have
had/three goals in the first half
. wheri they - w ere! at1; their least'.
meriaci'ng:: Orily a superb blbck--
. ing tacklejby./McCreery .denied
R ich ard son a goal, o n ly
Roeder.’s • acrobatic ■ overhead:
kick kept out a Marwood ;
.. header,/and'.'only; John ;Martiii
knows why yoii never award a :
penalty for a foul by Kristerisen
on Marwood. ./
■ . Arsenal’s new sweeper system ■
had to ! be shelved after 19
. riiinutes when O’Leary twisted
an ankle which looks as though
it. will keep him. put of tomor­
row’s match at ; home to
Wimbledon. As against Everton
ja st week, .the arrival of Merson
, provided' Quinn with a ; close
ally. However much Graham
. arid Quinn,himself iriay feel that
■his ground skills haye.imprOyed
it is the..6ft 5inwhich i God' gave
hirh which remains his greatest:
asset. ' •• • ■' '-• ■ /■■ '
. / Even Graham had to'concede
that- “we looked good” when
.•Arsenal: reverted to a flat back
four. While I. appreciate .that the /
sweeper system allows the full­
backs to be more adventurous,
.the 'drawback is that Arsenal,,
like many English clubs, do'not.
have a.player capable.ofutiliz-
ing' th e : role pf^'/Zierp . to. /its
maximum' &'-s'avdi^S3ve.''inds‘
offensive .measure. Newcastle
had someone better suited in the
versatile Roeder,' rejected as a
schoolboy by Arsenal. iV-'-j.j.--1;-..-.,-
lip front, though, -Newcastle
were woefully inadequate.
Arsenal scored iH -the seven­
tieth minute after’Sansoiri-had
cleared . bff -tHe line/ from
Richardson: With Newcastle on:
the retreat, Rocastle delayed his
through pass to Thomas but the
move eventually got underway
and.: was. ^ finished off b y
Marwood.' ;; 'V.;-
■ARSENAL: :J ,' Lukic; t Dixon,' N
•Winterbum, M Thomas. D O'Leary (sub: P-
. Merson), A Adams, D Rocastle, /K
Richardson,,. NQuinn, S Bould, - B
Matw9od. ,
NEWCASTLE UNITED: G . Kelly; B
Kristensen, K Sansom, D McCreery, K
Scott, G'Roeder, J Hendrie;: F Pingel (sub::
R McDonald),: A': Thorn,' M O'Neill,' P
Sweeney (sub: D Roche). ; .
Referee: J Martin. , ' ..■/,'.
WEEKEND FOOTBALL RESULTS AND TABLES
FA Cup
Semi-finals
Everton : 1 Notwlch
(Villa Park)
Liverpool 0 NottinghamF .0
(Hlllaborough)
(abandoned after aut minutes)
Barclays League ;
First division ^
Arsenal / 1 Newcastle 0
Luton 2 Coventry 2
M anchester Utd. 0 Derby : 2
QPR 0 Middlesbrough > 0.
W est Ham 1 Southampton 2
Wimbledon 1 : Tottenham . ■ - \ :2
SiBcond division ‘>-7^ / v.\'
Barnsley. : /'OBirmingham, 0
Blackburn, ■ : .-4 ManchesterC/ .0,
Bournemouth / 0 Stoke ■ 1
Bradford,.2VIpswich' . '2
C Palace ' 2 - Portsmouth , . , 0
Leeds / 1 . Brighton^ 0
Leicester/ \ ; : 2 /Chelsea .: 0
Oldham . . . 2 \ Sunderland . 2
' Shrewsbry-.; : > 2 ’ Oxford - v . .2
Swindon .... :1/Watford- ' / 1'
Walsall' ■;■/•". ;/..V Huil/r
West Bromwich 2 Plymouth! - 2
r HOME J- AWAY'.-:
R W D L F-A .W D L F A1 Ph
Chsius ' 4112 .6 ,24423 13 -5 34010 8.
39 9 6
.3813 2
.40 'B-6
41 9vB
41 8 9
.4011 6
, 41 9 5
*40 ’10 6
41 9 ’5
40 '9-7;
40 B 3
: 41 212
33521
32919
556.17
24021/
*33826'
:33722:
44421 :
33018
43521
32814
72322
'33423'
32713*
43219
73029
54024/
,72930,
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9232B
62332
9 5 7 3431 69
.7 7 631,27,68
4. 9 72228 67
4_5i 1l 33® 59
6 6 82830 58
4 3132334 57
3 21514 39 54
3 6102233 53
5 ' 51015 32 53
2/612-12 31V53'
5 7.;72323,:’52 •
3 71124 37 '51
211 82329 50
1 6121130 48
4 4 121638 4B
3 21422 39 47
4 3131640 47.
3 ;315 20 51 46
3;B 92039 *44
4 6112132 36
GlM Vauxhali Conference:, : '
Boston
Cheltenham ;
Chortey,
Enfield ..
Kiddernilnster
Northwich: .
Wycombe
Yeovil - -
Stafford
Kettering
R sh e 'r.:.
Sutton Utd
W elling'
Weymouth
AltHncham
B arret •"
Farnborough'' 5;. Croydon '1; Hayes .1,
Leytonstone-llford 0; Hendon 1, Dulwich
■ 1; Leytori-Wingate 0, Wokingham 1; ’S t '
: Albans 1, Barking 0;Tooting'and Mitcham
' 3, Bishop’s:Stortford 2; Windsor arid Eton
1,. Marlowis; First division:- Bracknell:2,
Metropolitan Police 3; Chailont St Peter-1, .■
■ Woking- 3 ; Collier, Row-1...Chesham':3;'-:.
Hampton. ■'1, ‘Wenible'y "0; .Hitchin- '2(
Borenam Wood 0; Kingsbury 1," Walton
,BEAZER.;HOMES: LEAGUE: Premier di- ,
vision:- Bath.5,,Burton ;1; Crawley 2,i VS ,
'.Rugby 4:''Dorchestet'4; Reddltch ,1; Dover'
HOME -
PW D L FA
KetterHo 3715 1 23414
AWAY -
W D t F A Pt» -
-7 6-62022 .73
Malditons 3510 ;5 3 4121 11 4 2 40 22. 72
Wycombe 36/9 6 4 3425 9 4. 43022. 64
Runecm 3611 2 4 38 19 8 4 7 37 30 63
Kldmimtr 36 9 4 4 2624 10-2 7 3425 63
Boston .35- 9 3 5 3027 8/5 5 2022 ;59
Mcclttlld .34 9 4 5 2923 .7 .4 5 2325 56-
Bamat 35 10 2. 634 27 6 4 7 23 33 54
.Walling .36 7 6 52614 6 5 71725 50
Northwleh 36 7 4 6 24 24 6 6 7 32 31 49
Yeovil .36 7 5 7 3230 5 5 '7 27 33 .46
Chorley: 37 6 4 ,6 2327 7.' 2 10 31 38 : 45
: Sutton Utd 35 8 5 4 3423 ' 2 9 71823 44
Altrncham 34 5 6 5 18 18 6 . 2 10 23 33 _41
Tellord /' 33 5 '4 81619 ; 6 3 71717'40
Challnham 36 6/6 6 2727 4,4102229 40,
Fiihar "• ' 34 '6 4 8 30 28 ' 4.4.:81927 38
Enliold 3B 6.4 93131 t4 4 92433 .38
sialfcrd . 35' 6 2 8 23 27 4 3 12 22 40 >35
AyleiburV '36 7 3 9 27 30 1 5111135 32'
Weymoulll - 36 5 7 , 6 25 28- 1, 2 1510 37 27..
•'Newport County expelled from.Conference
an d reco rd deleted. ■ ' ' '
OVENDEN PAPERS COMBINATION:
Reading l, West Ham 3; Southampton 0,
W atlordl; Tottenham 1, Mlllwall 1.
SMIRNOFF IRISH LEAGUE: .Ards - 2,
Crusaders. 0; Ballymena 2, N ew ry'2;
.- Cliftonvllle 0, Bangor 1; Oistlllery o,!.
Coleraine 3; -Glenavon ,.0,/i Unfield- 1,
-Glentoran 0 ,' Portadown-. 1; Lame ’ 1, .
.Carrick2. . . . ; .. ■,
FA’ TROPHY: Semi-finals, second ;leg:l
. Macclesfield ,4,- Dartford-1.: (Maccleslieldf
:wiri 4:1 .on aggregate);'Teiford 3, Hy'de:0!'
(Telgord win 4-0 on aggregate)., . - !
' and Hersham 2;-Leatherhead.1; Uxbridge
:'2; LewesM ;.’Southwlck 0 ;:Staines
Wiverihoe .1;' .Worthing: 2, Basildon 3.
Second division north: Barton 1, Rainham
- 1: Berkhamsted S; Vauxhall Motors .1; '
Blllericay.3,Hemel>lerr)pstead 1: Clapton.
3, ’ Hornchurch .;.1;. Hertford - T,-. Saffron^
: Walden.0', Royston 0, War.e. 2; Stevenage .
.- 3,!Wolverton 1;Tilbury2, Aveley3;Trlng 2j
Heybridge,. 0;-35 5 .6 71725
Stflhhimulr 35 4 7 6 2021-
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Driver killed
Marseille (AFP) — The co-
driver, Thierry iCarli, aged 26, a
Corsican, was killed' when tHe-
Peugeot 205 in which he was
competing in a rally near here
hit a- tree on Saturday, 'The,
driver, Jacques CasabianCa, es­
caped :with a;broken. arm.
Wharton gives up
Kenny Wharton, a utility, player
with Newcastle:- United, has'
bWen- advised- to give up .. pro-;
fessional football at the age of 28
because of a recurring knee
injury. /''V
turnedon
Joanne Fiirby, the British wom­
en’s' amateur /golf 'champion,
will be' sponsored I fof her first -
year .as a 'professional' on the
WPGA • Kuropean tour by '
• Pliimb .Center,■ a plumbing and '
: heating company based near h e r.
• Yorkshirehome. .■
SNOOKER
overcomes
his doubts
::;ta:^ e 6 e ^ /::;
By Steve Acteson .'.
Jo h ii V irgo h as suffered stich '
severe. stage frig h t a t th e G ru- '
cible .T heatre,; Sheffied, th a t th e
/. last tim e h e re a c h e d 'th e seco n d
• ro u n d o f th e 'E m bassy /w orld1
ch am p io n sh ip w as in 19&2. ' :
V irgo, aged 43, ^ th e c h a irm a n
'o f th e W o rid P rd fe s sio h a r Bil­
liard s: a n d S n o o k er A ssociation, /
en d ed th a t em b arra ssin g ,reco rd /
in so m e style y esterday ’w ith a .
• 10-4 v icto ry o v e r D arre n . M o r- , ■
..gan, aged 22, of.W ales, w h o h a d ' /
b eaten A lex H iggins in th e fin al -
qualifying ro u n d . • ' / ' / ■ ^
A s a w o rld c h a m p io n stiip .
jq u alifier in h is first season; .it
w as M organ w h o sh o u ld h a v e
suffered b u tteiflie s, b u t,- p a ra - , .-
doxically, h is m a jo r p ro b lem
w as th a t h e d id n o t su ffer fro m - • ■,
; nerves. M organ, th e 1987 w orld
'a m a te u r ch a m p io n , w h o w as
su p p o rted b y .-' several - co ach ./•'.
load s o f follow ers fro m .h is -
h o m e village o f C w m F elin . . .
F ach, said: “ E very o n e to ld m e
I’d feel th is o r th a t a t .the
C rucible, b u t I d id n ’t feel an y -
th in g a t all, I ju s t d id n ’t feel p a rt
/ o f it o r p a rt o f th e gam e. . - . ' :
.-‘I’m v ery d isa p p o in te d , n o t :.
a b o u tlo s in g b u ta b o u tttie w a y .I ...
p layed.” M organ, w h o se t ;a ’
: w orld c h a m p io n sh ip qualifying
record b reak o f 143 in h is ;
victory o v e r H iggins, co u ld
m anage n o th in g h ig h er th a n .49 •:
ag ain st V irg o ...
:: V irgo, ra n k e d fifteenth a n d a .
' w orld sem i-finalist in 1979, h ad
since gone n o fu rth e r th a n th e -
second ro u n d , in 1980 arid 1982, .
b u t w as reliev ed .to d o so again..
H e said: “ I’v e begiiri to b elieve I
c o u ld n ’t -play. . a t • th e ' .v e n u e .' ; - .
-Although th e / atm bsjphere; is,
u n iq u e here I so m e tim es th in k
it’s a b it o v erbearing.”
, M ik e H allett,: V irgo’s last
’ C rucible v ic tim b efo re M o rg an ' ,
a n d b eaten ’13-1 by S tev e D av is
in last year’s second, ro u n d ,
ap p eared to b e h ead in g f o r /a :
sim ilar: fate w hen .he :feil 3-0 •
;behind ag ain st D o u g .M o u n tjo y , /
th e U n ite d K irigdom c h a m p io n , , ■
w ho w as suffering fro m a stp m - . .
ach bug, b u t a fluked yellow iri ' V
th e fo u rth frarhe h e lp e d 'H a ile tt / >
b ack in to th e m a tc h a n d h e goes ‘ . i /
b a c k in to b a ttle to d a y level a t ’4^ :
4 .. th e ir slow session yesterday,
b ein g h a lte d aifra m e early. • .
■ D av is. th e defen d in g ch am - .
p io n , to o k a satisfactory first
step to w ard s a ’sixth' w orld title '
w ith a 10-5 v icto ry o v e r S teve /..
N ew bury, o f W ales. . Jirh m y -'V
W h ite ,. th e . N o . 2, seed,; - b e a t ••
D ene O ’K an e, o f N ew Z ealan d , • "
10-7, arid 1 W h ite now : / plays
V irgo. : . V-y’' . - - ' "
RESULTS: First raunil: S Davis (Eng) bt S
Newbury (Wai),: 10^5. Frama scores
. (Davis first):; 35-63, 50-72, 59-23, 97-25,
53-27,114-0,76-1,124-0,83-18,57-64,1-
86.. 50-52/ 64-53, 9^15,- 88-0. J Whits .
(Eng) bt 0 O'Keno'iNZi; .10;7..FramB
scores (Whits first):71^41,"144,13:12)}
80-16, 67-58,i66-29,!'42.56„39.87,;'67'-3i; 'i
77-56, 0-128; 79-30,79-43,' 41-35, 39-78, ’- -'-
1-75, 51-26. J Virgo (Eng) bt'D Morgan
(Wei), 10-4. FramB ScorBS (Virgo'first):72-va-V'
.27, 21r69,-95-31, 70-13,:100-26, 77-9,.9- if
(Hallett first): 58-65, 22-81, 27-80, 63-50,
62-48, 68-46, 60-73;- 63-54.' S : Duggen ,: /- •
(Eng) leads C Wilson (Wei); 8-1. Framo :
. scores (Wilson first):-49-64;'36:49, -t4;-ei;: ?,
3B-75i 57-61,78^30,31-77, 27-77,46-73.*,-,- '
TODAY’S ORDER OF PLAY:.Rrat round:
..10.30am! A:Knowles:(Eng)'v: DiRbe; to
finish; D Tayior (N Ire) v E Hu'ghes (Eire),
to finish, ,3.00pm:, M. Haiiett (Eng) . v-D ■
Mountjoy:_(Wales)',;-tb'.tlhish;. CiTliorbLirn '
(Can) .v E Chariton: (Aus): 7:30pm :',T . .
, Griffiths^(Wales):v R,-C3haperon,(Can);, J
Parrott (Eng) v S Jam es (Eng),;td finish ■ ■ '' ■
RACKETS
Superlative
conquest:
Johri" Prenn'i.and . Jariies. Male/
retained the C elestioriO pen ;
D oubles 'cham pionship. :a t ,/
Queen’s Club yesterday, .defeat-. .
ing a professional pair, Neil.
Smith (Queen’s)': and- Sharirion V
:Hazell(Clifton),;-12--15/(j-15,::16? /
14, 15-6, 15-10, 15-12 iri' a;
•superlative, final;(William,Ste;
pheris writes). /:-;•-■ .'■
RESULTS! Semi-finals:: j.P re n n an d -J ■
Male bt R .Wakeiy (Marlborough)-arid M
Mockridge 15-9,15:1,15-5/15-0; N. Smith
(Queen's) and.’ S Hazell-(Clifton) bt/W
Boone end NCripp (Eton) 7-15,15-12,.15-. .
12.15-9,15-4. Final: Prenn and 'Male b t.; -:
Smith and Hozell, 12-15,.0-15,.16-14,15-
6.15-10,15-12./'. .
TODAY’S FIXTURES
7.30 unless stated . . .■;
FOOTBALL -
CENTRALLEAQUE:.Rrat;divl8[on:(7.b):
Barnsley v Sheffield United, - : , ' / ,
OVENDEN PAPERS COMBINATION: Ox- ,
ford United‘vWestiHam. ■_-■ ■ ;= :-
CAPITAL LEAGUE: Barnet V, Southend ■ '.
United.- ' ; /■
HFS LOANS LEAQUE: Premier division:
Hyde v Rhyl. ' ' .
VAUXHALL^OPEL LEAGUE: Saeond.dl- ' .
’vision south: Rulsllp Manorv,Dorking.
GREAT MILLS LEAGUE: Premier dl- /
vision: Chard v Barnstaple (7.45). -■• ■
CRICKET Q / y
11.30t o 6.30 ■/
LORD'S: M C C vW orcestershire'.1 ■: ;//,
FENNER'S: Cambridge •' "Unlve'rsity.v.v ./,:
Glamorgan.!^ ./-.; ; ,
THE PARKS: Oxford University. V •;/
.Northamptonshire.. ■'• ,
OTOER MATCH: Surrey v Middlesex (ttia
Oval):' ■ ' /v / ‘:
OTHER SPORT '
! BOWLS: Bristol and West champion: of
champions finals (Bristol)..'.; : ;
SNOOKER: Embassy,/worid, champion-.. :-
ships (Sheffield). " / ■ :'; / / .- : /
SPEEDWAY: Chalienga rhatc)i:' Exeter v v
‘Kulsvieme(Denmark), -s..,' : -
SQUASH RACKETS: Hl-Tec British' open ■
(Lambs Club, London),
SPORT ON TV
ATHLETICS: Euroaport 2.30-4.30pm-mld- .
night: World: Cup marathon: Mep's. aiid
women's from Milan.- Eurosport 7-8pm:
Rotterdam marathon. '/...
BOXING: EuroaportlOpm-midnlght: Ring- .
side. .- - :/,/;■' - ,-
CYCLING: Eurosport 1:30-2.30pm: LUga
to B astogneto Lldge. •
EQUESTRIANISM:: Euroaport 11.30am- :
1.30pm, and 8-10pm: Worid Cup:ahow ,
JumpingfromTampa,;,/.;. .- ;
EUROSPORT - WHAT A : WEEKI:
Eurosport 10.30-11.30am: Revlew/of.the
iweBk's sport'''.-.- ■ ■ ■ .. ■' '■.-/ / : .
FOOTBALL:'Screenspoit 8.35-10.10pm:' !
Celta v Real Madrid from Spain: '■/ .'
GOLF: Screensport '4.50-5:20pm:' lnaid# '
the PGA. ^ - '■,/:
ICE HOCKEY: Screenspoit 5.20-7.20pm: /
StaiiieyCup:Play-offs.. / : . / / , . j . - /.;
MOTOR SPORT: Eurosport:6-7pm:'Shell
.International. S creen sp o rtW p m : World •
rally championshlp: Safari, rally: Screen- . :
sport 4-4.50pm: Formula 3000 from .:
Silverstone. Screensport ,10.10-11.1 Opni:
Rallycross: Winter nationals from Lydden -
Hill- . / / - • -v^ ■> :
SNOOKER: BBC12.15-3pm and 11.30pm- /
12.30am. BBC2 3-6,30 .' an d '‘9-9.50pni:; "
Em bassy World ^professional champ--
lonshlp from ’Sheffield '(see :also
Grandstand). . • ' , , : r-, .'
SPORTSWORLD EXTRA: ITV 12.50-2am /'
(tomorrow). - V: ,1 ,•- --. •
TEN-PIN BOWLING:: Screensport 7.20-' .
8,35pm: professloriar1 bowlers’.'w in te r i v?
tour.-
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