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I was delightedto score, but Ididn’t reallyknow what to

do. I’m not really usedto scoring goals, so Ijust got pushedtowards the standand everybodyjumped on – BristolRovers’ Tom Lockyer

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Sturridge strikes togive Liverpoolvictory over UnitedPage 15

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thought we playedreally well in thesecond half, and itjust didn’t fall forus in the end –Bristol City’s ScottWa g s t a ff

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Adam Barrett – 7Chris Whelpdale – 6Myles Weston – 5Steven Gregory – 7

Match reaction

SCOTT Wagstaff is adamant BristolCity will be celebrating their firstleague win of the season next timeout – provided fortune favours thebrave Robins battlers.

City’s latest attempt to claim amaiden league victory saw themheld 1-1 – and they were held – byGillingham on Saturday.

Wagstaff played a key role in Cityresponding to Adebayo Akinfenwa’sheaded opener as he delivered a pin-point cross for Marvin Elliott, ar-riving late, to power home.

However, City couldn’t find a waypast in-form Gillingham keeper Stu-art Nelson thereafter, notching up 20

shots, but with only Elliott’s effortfinding the net.

City’s next league fixture seesthem welcome Peterborough, the di-v i s i o n’s third highest goal-scorers –who smashed six past Reading in theCapital One Cup second round.

That isn’t until September 14 dueto the international break, but Wag-staff believes more of the same willsee City break their duck.

“In the second half, I felt that welooked lively and energetic,” saidWagstaff, who scored the winner inCity’s Capital One Cup upset againstCrystal Palace in the week.

“I think we’ve been improving

game in, game out in the league.We ’re a new group with lots of youngplayers, so we’re still trying to gelto gether.

“The performances recently, espe-cially against Palace, showed thatwe ’re getting better, and it’s not fall-ing for us at the minute.

“It was frustrating against Gill-ingham. I thought we played reallywell in the second half, and it justd i d n’t fall for us in the end. I think weshould have come away with thethree points.

“Sometimes it happens that way infootball, but at least we know we’recreating chances. If we keep doing

that, we will start putting them awaysoon.

“The boys are brilliant, we’re allsimilar ages and I know we’re goingto get that win sooner rather thanl at e r.

“I think we’ve playing well in boththe cup and league, it’s just thatwe ’ve been winning games in thecup. We’ve got to stick with it, know-ing that three points will come even-tually. The fans were brilliant, theyclapped us off at the end and we needthem to stay behind us. The soonerwe get that league win, the moreconfident we will become.”

Of course, before the Robins can

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turn their attentions to Peterbor-ough, they have the small matter of aJo h n s t o n e ’s Paint Trophy clash withcity rivals Rovers on Wednesday.

And Wagstaff, who arrived on a freefrom Charlton at the end of last sea-son, is relishing the chance to get oneover on the League Two side.

“I’ve played in a few derby gamesbefore, like Charlton-Millwall, butI’ve heard this one is a massive one,”he added.

“I’m really looking forward to it.We know we’ve got to do it for thefans. They’ll make a lot of noise, andhopefully we’ll get them the resultthey want.”

Star man

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Mick Russell (Herts) Suffered a groin strain and replaced

Match facts

HomeShots on target 3Shots off targetCor ners

Fouls conceded

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Gillingham: Danny Hollands for Weston (52); Cody McDonaldfor Akinfenwa (52); Charlie Allen for Lee (79)

City: Nicky Shorey for Reid (60)

Substitutions

Stuart Nelson – 8Joe Martin – 6Leon Legge – 7Michael Harriman – 7

Charlie Lee – 7Ade Akinfenwa – 6Danny Kedwell – 6

9� Scott Wagstaff: Delivery for equaliser wassuperb, caused Gillingham problems all day

THE omens were there as Bristol Cityreturned to Gillingham looking fortheir first league win of the season –but they weren’t realised as StuartNelson played the role of Damien.

After a 2-2 draw at home to Brad-ford on the opening day of the season,City headed to Priestfield to play theGills in the Capital One Cup.

City ran out 2-0 winners, but sincethat Tuesday night had failed to bothkeep a clean sheet and win in theleague in three games – so whatwould a return to Priestfield offer?

Could Sean O’Driscoll’s troopscarry on from where they left off intheir shock Capital One Cup upsetagainst Premier League CrystalPa l a c e ?

The answer was no – however, hadit not been for Gillingham keeperNelson, City would have been bomb-ing back around the M25 and downthe M4 with a spring in their step.

Despite it taking an Adebayo Ak-infenwa goal from a monstrousCharlie Lee throw-in to lift City, theystill deserved to win once MarvinElliott had equalised.

Sam Baldock in particular will begrateful that, having now played Gill-ingham twice in a month they don’tface off again until March – such didNelson keep him at bay.

Two saves stand out, both in thesecond half – Nelson swinging an armat a shot across goal and, towards thedeath, thwarting his free-kick whenclearly blinded by his wall.

However, City can take comfortfrom their second-half performance,and that Gillingham themselves arewithout a win the league.

Gillingham got off to a quick startwith Akinfenwa causing the City de-fence problems and Lee taking theopportunity to get his eye in with afew shots at goal.

For all the home side’s pace, it wassome quick thinking from front-manBaldock that almost put City ahead,the 24-year-old making Nelson sweatwith an intuitive free-kick.

Catching the eye – and approval – ofreferee Mick Russell, who would laterbe replaced by Barry Holdernessafter suffering a groin strain, Bal-d o ck ’s quick effort drifted narrowlywide with 20 minutes on the clock.

But it had been the hosts’ half, andthey were soon rewarded when Lee’slong throw almost reached the

City are denied another Priestfield win by admirable NelsonGillingham vs Bristol City | Priestfield, Saturday, August 31

six-yard box and Akinfenwa glanceda header past Frank Fielding.

City’s fortunes in the Gills box wereimproving, though, with Bobby Reidhaving a sweetly-struck half-volleyblocked by Adam Barrett and GregCunningham forcing Nelson into afirst save of the afternoon.

In between, Danny Kedwell had thebeating of Cunningham from a MylesWeston cross but his header skimmedthe post, although Fielding had hishands up to say he had it covered.

Marlon Pack then tried his luckfrom long range, but that was com-fortable enough for Nelson, beforeturning provider for Jay Em-manuel-Thomas to have a shot atbeating the Gillingham keeper.

He controlled well but was quicklycharged down by Michael Harriman,who took the sting out of his shot withNelson easily sweeping up.

As trademark as Gillingham’s goalwas, the manner of City’s equaliserwas also typical, with midfielder El-liott latching on to a cross into the boxand powering a header home.

Scott Wagstaff took his time to curla ball to the far post and Elliott,arriving on to the delivery late,placed his header across Nelson andinto the bottom corner on the strokeof half-time.

It was akin to his effort in the 5-4

loss at Coventry, albeit that was avolley, and it gave City the mo-mentum that they took into the firstminutes of the second half as theypeppered the Gillingham defence.

Nelson had to be sharp to denyEmmanuel-Thomas, while from theresulting corner Aden Flint foundhimself well positioned but couldn’tdirect his header on target and tookhis frustration out on the advertisingb o a rd s.

City didn’t let up and Nelson onceagain saved well from Reid, who shotat the near post when perhaps Bal-dock was better positioned, beforeGills boss Martin Allen decided toring the changes.

Off came Akinfenwa, his impetushaving died down significantly, forCody McDonald, who immediatelywent close, and Weston left the field,with Danny Hollands his replace-ment.

Still it was City on top, and Wag-staff took full advantage of slack playon Gillingham’s left before cuttingback perfectly for Baldock but, withNelson scrambling, he scuffed hisshot and it was cleared away.

Former England internationalNicky Shorey, who signed ashort-term deal in the week, was senton in the 60th minute for Reid andalmost made the perfect start with hissecond touch of the ball.

A long throw from Em-manuel-Thomas hit the back of Bal-d o ck ’s head as he turned and it fellperfectly for Shorey. However, on hisless favoured right foot, he sent hiseffort over the crossbar.

Then came Nelson’s wonders todeny Baldock – the second from afree-kick that Shorey had earnedafter a driving run. No win but, onthis performance, surely it won’t betoo long before one comes.

20� Number of shots on goal byvisitors Bristol City on Saturday, ofwhich seven were on target

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Gillingham 1

Bristol City 1

AFTER our midweek CapitalOne Cup performance againstPremier League Crystal Palaceit’s hard to believe we sit 20th inLeague One, still searching forour first league win. I thoughtthe team were excellent againstIan Holloway’s side, and wemore than deserved the win. Weplayed the better football, scoredtwo very good goals and defen-ded solidly.

I was particularly impressedwith Eliot Parish in goal. Theyoungster looked very composedand his kicking was excellent.The other stand-out playerswere Bobby Reid and Joe Bryan.Both are products of theacademy and are the key to thecl u b ’s future. Reid ran his socksoff and was always available forthe ball. Joe Bryan is a composedfootballer and has a great leftfoot. I’m not sure I’ve seen thesame quality of delivery whenon the run from the left-handside since Brian Tinnion in hispomp. It was a shame that Bryanpicked up an injury late on.

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas andSam Baldock linked up well,with Jet scoring a fine goal. Theformer Ipswich and Arsenal for-ward was a real handful.

The win on Tuesday shouldhave given the team the con-fidence to go to Gillingham andgrab that important first leaguewin of the season. Unfortunately,our first-half performance wasnot good enough. We allowed theGills to score a cheap goal andd i d n’t get going.

We are struggling to put in aperformance over 90 minutes.The stats at the end of the gameshowed that City had 60 per centpossession and 20 shots at goal,with seven on target. Gilling-ham had a physical presence,but we really should have comeaway with all three points. SamBaldock missed his kick whenhe seemed destined to score aftera great cut back from Scott Wag-staff, and then saw the Gilling-ham number one pull off anumber of fine saves.

We have some very youngplayers, and they will struggle toperform week-in and week-outfor 90 minutes. I think there aresome very good signs, and someof the football has been excel-lent. We have arguably been thebetter team in all three of ourdraws, but our failure to makethe most of some good oppor-tunities and then a tendency toshoot ourselves in the foot at theback has cost us. You have afeeling that if we start gameswith a better tempo we can give aside a real hammering.

The transfer window closestoday and whilst we can’t throwthousands at it, we do need to tryto sign one or two players andinvest some of the money thatwill have come in following thesales of Steven Davies and Al-bert Adomah. Nicky Shorey isan excellent signing and willprovide competition on theleft-hand side, and we need to dothe same for the right. We alsoneed more competition up front.Hopefully Sean O’Driscoll cando something.

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� Sam Baldock hits a volley

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas

� City substitute Nicky Shorey is brought down

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� Frank Fielding: Back between the sticks aftermissing midweek, could do nothing with the goal

� Brendan Moloney: Slow to start, butdefended well as game wore on

� Aden Flint: Kicked the advertising boards aftermissing a great headed chance

� Derrick Williams: Caught by Gillingham’s faststart but recovered and was a solid presence

� Greg Cunningham: First to test Nelson.I don’t think anyone knew what was to come

� Marvin Elliott: His goal is what you expect ofhim – perfectly-timed run, no mistake with finish

� Bobby Reid: Another who grew into the gameand had a good half-volley blocked by Barrett

� Marlon Pack: Stepped in for the injured JoeBryan and grew into the game

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas: A real livelypresence in attack for City

� Sam Baldock: Had a lot of chances but cantake comfort that Nelson played out of his skin

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Match reaction

SCOTT Wagstaff is adamant BristolCity will be celebrating their firstleague win of the season next timeout – provided fortune favours thebrave Robins battlers.

City’s latest attempt to claim amaiden league victory saw themheld 1-1 – and they were held – byGillingham on Saturday.

Wagstaff played a key role in Cityresponding to Adebayo Akinfenwa’sheaded opener as he delivered a pin-point cross for Marvin Elliott, ar-riving late, to power home.

However, City couldn’t find a waypast in-form Gillingham keeper Stu-art Nelson thereafter, notching up 20

shots, but with only Elliott’s effortfinding the net.

City’s next league fixture seesthem welcome Peterborough, the di-v i s i o n’s third highest goal-scorers –who smashed six past Reading in theCapital One Cup second round.

That isn’t until September 14 dueto the international break, but Wag-staff believes more of the same willsee City break their duck.

“In the second half, I felt that welooked lively and energetic,” saidWagstaff, who scored the winner inCity’s Capital One Cup upset againstCrystal Palace in the week.

“I think we’ve been improving

game in, game out in the league.We ’re a new group with lots of youngplayers, so we’re still trying to gelto gether.

“The performances recently, espe-cially against Palace, showed thatwe ’re getting better, and it’s not fall-ing for us at the minute.

“It was frustrating against Gill-ingham. I thought we played reallywell in the second half, and it justd i d n’t fall for us in the end. I think weshould have come away with thethree points.

“Sometimes it happens that way infootball, but at least we know we’recreating chances. If we keep doing

that, we will start putting them awaysoon.

“The boys are brilliant, we’re allsimilar ages and I know we’re goingto get that win sooner rather thanl at e r.

“I think we’ve playing well in boththe cup and league, it’s just thatwe ’ve been winning games in thecup. We’ve got to stick with it, know-ing that three points will come even-tually. The fans were brilliant, theyclapped us off at the end and we needthem to stay behind us. The soonerwe get that league win, the moreconfident we will become.”

Of course, before the Robins can

Fan’s view byMatthew Withers

turn their attentions to Peterbor-ough, they have the small matter of aJo h n s t o n e ’s Paint Trophy clash withcity rivals Rovers on Wednesday.

And Wagstaff, who arrived on a freefrom Charlton at the end of last sea-son, is relishing the chance to get oneover on the League Two side.

“I’ve played in a few derby gamesbefore, like Charlton-Millwall, butI’ve heard this one is a massive one,”he added.

“I’m really looking forward to it.We know we’ve got to do it for thefans. They’ll make a lot of noise, andhopefully we’ll get them the resultthey want.”

Star man

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Mick Russell (Herts) Suffered a groin strain and replaced

Match facts


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Gillingham: Danny Hollands for Weston (52); Cody McDonaldfor Akinfenwa (52); Charlie Allen for Lee (79)

City: Nicky Shorey for Reid (60)

Substitutions

Stuart Nelson – 8Joe Martin – 6Leon Legge – 7Michael Harriman – 7

Charlie Lee – 7Ade Akinfenwa – 6Danny Kedwell – 6

9� Scott Wagstaff: Delivery for equaliser wassuperb, caused Gillingham problems all day

THE omens were there as Bristol Cityreturned to Gillingham looking fortheir first league win of the season –but they weren’t realised as StuartNelson played the role of Damien.

After a 2-2 draw at home to Brad-ford on the opening day of the season,City headed to Priestfield to play theGills in the Capital One Cup.

City ran out 2-0 winners, but sincethat Tuesday night had failed to bothkeep a clean sheet and win in theleague in three games – so whatwould a return to Priestfield offer?

Could Sean O’Driscoll’s troopscarry on from where they left off intheir shock Capital One Cup upsetagainst Premier League CrystalPa l a c e ?

The answer was no – however, hadit not been for Gillingham keeperNelson, City would have been bomb-ing back around the M25 and downthe M4 with a spring in their step.

Despite it taking an Adebayo Ak-infenwa goal from a monstrousCharlie Lee throw-in to lift City, theystill deserved to win once MarvinElliott had equalised.

Sam Baldock in particular will begrateful that, having now played Gill-ingham twice in a month they don’tface off again until March – such didNelson keep him at bay.

Two saves stand out, both in thesecond half – Nelson swinging an armat a shot across goal and, towards thedeath, thwarting his free-kick whenclearly blinded by his wall.

However, City can take comfortfrom their second-half performance,and that Gillingham themselves arewithout a win the league.

Gillingham got off to a quick startwith Akinfenwa causing the City de-fence problems and Lee taking theopportunity to get his eye in with afew shots at goal.

For all the home side’s pace, it wassome quick thinking from front-manBaldock that almost put City ahead,the 24-year-old making Nelson sweatwith an intuitive free-kick.

Catching the eye – and approval – ofreferee Mick Russell, who would laterbe replaced by Barry Holdernessafter suffering a groin strain, Bal-d o ck ’s quick effort drifted narrowlywide with 20 minutes on the clock.

But it had been the hosts’ half, andthey were soon rewarded when Lee’slong throw almost reached the

City are denied another Priestfield win by admirable NelsonGillingham vs Bristol City | Priestfield, Saturday, August 31

six-yard box and Akinfenwa glanceda header past Frank Fielding.

City’s fortunes in the Gills box wereimproving, though, with Bobby Reidhaving a sweetly-struck half-volleyblocked by Adam Barrett and GregCunningham forcing Nelson into afirst save of the afternoon.

In between, Danny Kedwell had thebeating of Cunningham from a MylesWeston cross but his header skimmedthe post, although Fielding had hishands up to say he had it covered.

Marlon Pack then tried his luckfrom long range, but that was com-fortable enough for Nelson, beforeturning provider for Jay Em-manuel-Thomas to have a shot atbeating the Gillingham keeper.

He controlled well but was quicklycharged down by Michael Harriman,who took the sting out of his shot withNelson easily sweeping up.

As trademark as Gillingham’s goalwas, the manner of City’s equaliserwas also typical, with midfielder El-liott latching on to a cross into the boxand powering a header home.

Scott Wagstaff took his time to curla ball to the far post and Elliott,arriving on to the delivery late,placed his header across Nelson andinto the bottom corner on the strokeof half-time.

It was akin to his effort in the 5-4

loss at Coventry, albeit that was avolley, and it gave City the mo-mentum that they took into the firstminutes of the second half as theypeppered the Gillingham defence.

Nelson had to be sharp to denyEmmanuel-Thomas, while from theresulting corner Aden Flint foundhimself well positioned but couldn’tdirect his header on target and tookhis frustration out on the advertisingb o a rd s.

City didn’t let up and Nelson onceagain saved well from Reid, who shotat the near post when perhaps Bal-dock was better positioned, beforeGills boss Martin Allen decided toring the changes.

Off came Akinfenwa, his impetushaving died down significantly, forCody McDonald, who immediatelywent close, and Weston left the field,with Danny Hollands his replace-ment.

Still it was City on top, and Wag-staff took full advantage of slack playon Gillingham’s left before cuttingback perfectly for Baldock but, withNelson scrambling, he scuffed hisshot and it was cleared away.

Former England internationalNicky Shorey, who signed ashort-term deal in the week, was senton in the 60th minute for Reid andalmost made the perfect start with hissecond touch of the ball.

A long throw from Em-manuel-Thomas hit the back of Bal-d o ck ’s head as he turned and it fellperfectly for Shorey. However, on hisless favoured right foot, he sent hiseffort over the crossbar.

Then came Nelson’s wonders todeny Baldock – the second from afree-kick that Shorey had earnedafter a driving run. No win but, onthis performance, surely it won’t betoo long before one comes.

20� Number of shots on goal byvisitors Bristol City on Saturday, ofwhich seven were on target

Ryan

Expert analysisBangs

Gillingham 1

Bristol City 1

AFTER our midweek CapitalOne Cup performance againstPremier League Crystal Palaceit’s hard to believe we sit 20th inLeague One, still searching forour first league win. I thoughtthe team were excellent againstIan Holloway’s side, and wemore than deserved the win. Weplayed the better football, scoredtwo very good goals and defen-ded solidly.

I was particularly impressedwith Eliot Parish in goal. Theyoungster looked very composedand his kicking was excellent.The other stand-out playerswere Bobby Reid and Joe Bryan.Both are products of theacademy and are the key to thecl u b ’s future. Reid ran his socksoff and was always available forthe ball. Joe Bryan is a composedfootballer and has a great leftfoot. I’m not sure I’ve seen thesame quality of delivery whenon the run from the left-handside since Brian Tinnion in hispomp. It was a shame that Bryanpicked up an injury late on.

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas andSam Baldock linked up well,with Jet scoring a fine goal. Theformer Ipswich and Arsenal for-ward was a real handful.

The win on Tuesday shouldhave given the team the con-fidence to go to Gillingham andgrab that important first leaguewin of the season. Unfortunately,our first-half performance wasnot good enough. We allowed theGills to score a cheap goal andd i d n’t get going.

We are struggling to put in aperformance over 90 minutes.The stats at the end of the gameshowed that City had 60 per centpossession and 20 shots at goal,with seven on target. Gilling-ham had a physical presence,but we really should have comeaway with all three points. SamBaldock missed his kick whenhe seemed destined to score aftera great cut back from Scott Wag-staff, and then saw the Gilling-ham number one pull off anumber of fine saves.

We have some very youngplayers, and they will struggle toperform week-in and week-outfor 90 minutes. I think there aresome very good signs, and someof the football has been excel-lent. We have arguably been thebetter team in all three of ourdraws, but our failure to makethe most of some good oppor-tunities and then a tendency toshoot ourselves in the foot at theback has cost us. You have afeeling that if we start gameswith a better tempo we can give aside a real hammering.

The transfer window closestoday and whilst we can’t throwthousands at it, we do need to tryto sign one or two players andinvest some of the money thatwill have come in following thesales of Steven Davies and Al-bert Adomah. Nicky Shorey isan excellent signing and willprovide competition on theleft-hand side, and we need to dothe same for the right. We alsoneed more competition up front.Hopefully Sean O’Driscoll cando something.

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� Bristol City’s Marlon Pack lines up a shot during the 1-1 draw with Gillingham at Priestfield � Bobby Reid on the ball

� Sam Baldock hits a volley

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas

� City substitute Nicky Shorey is brought down


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� Frank Fielding: Back between the sticks aftermissing midweek, could do nothing with the goal

� Brendan Moloney: Slow to start, butdefended well as game wore on

� Aden Flint: Kicked the advertising boards aftermissing a great headed chance

� Derrick Williams: Caught by Gillingham’s faststart but recovered and was a solid presence

� Greg Cunningham: First to test Nelson.I don’t think anyone knew what was to come

� Marvin Elliott: His goal is what you expect ofhim – perfectly-timed run, no mistake with finish

� Bobby Reid: Another who grew into the gameand had a good half-volley blocked by Barrett

� Marlon Pack: Stepped in for the injured JoeBryan and grew into the game

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas: A real livelypresence in attack for City

� Sam Baldock: Had a lot of chances but cantake comfort that Nelson played out of his skin

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� Marvin Elliott, second left, celebrates his goal with his team-mates Pictures: Joe Meredith

� Midfielder Marlon Pack goes in for a challenge

� Greg Cunningham on the ball

� City boss Sean O’Driscoll

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas shields the ball � Substitute Nicky Shorey

� ScottWa g s t a ff ' sshot isblocked byGillingham'sAdam Barrett

� Aden Flint puts his foot through the ball

� Bobby Reid keeps his eye on the ball

� City goalscorer Marvin Elliott goes up for a header


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� Marvin Elliott, second left, celebrates his goal with his team-mates Pictures: Joe Meredith

� Midfielder Marlon Pack goes in for a challenge

� Greg Cunningham on the ball

� City boss Sean O’Driscoll

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas shields the ball � Substitute Nicky Shorey

� ScottWa g s t a ff ' sshot isblocked byGillingham'sAdam Barrett

� Aden Flint puts his foot through the ball

� Bobby Reid keeps his eye on the ball

� City goalscorer Marvin Elliott goes up for a header


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Chris Hackett – 6Roy O’Donovan –5Clive Platt – 6

Ben Tozer – 6Ishmel Demot’nac – 5Gary Deegan – 5Darren Carter – 5

THE fine margins between footballsuccess and failure were probablynone more so evident than whenwatching the ball ricochet off the postfollowing Northampton winger ChrisH a cke t t ’s attempt to convert a directfree-kick in the final minute at theMemorial Stadium on Saturday.

That the ball deflected away tosafety instead of creeping inside thepost meant Bristol Rovers supporterswould have woken yesterday har-bouring a more positive outlook ontheir side’s start to the season.

The three points, which securedback-to-back victories, moved Roverson to seven after their opening fiveleague games – a tally not to bescoffed at when the well-documentedinjury problems are considered.

Things are looking a lot brighterthan they did when manager JohnWard trooped off the pitch at RodneyParade a fortnight ago to reprimand ateam that had managed just one pointfrom their first three games.

A flea in the ear seems not to havedone the players any harm if a max-imum points haul from the followingtwo games is anything to go by – eve nif they made hard work of securingvictory over ten-man York City beforebeing the beneficiaries of some clue-less refereeing on Saturday.

That said, with a squad of playerswilling to work as hard as the ones atRovers do consistently, neither vic-tory should be attributed to luck.

Perhaps Rovers’ improvement canbe, in part, explained by the returnsfrom injury of several senior players.Is it coincidence Garry Kenneth’sreturn to the bench has coincidedwith the back five re-finding the formthat was responsible for dragging theteam clear of relegation last season?

That Matt Gill, Matt Harrold andRyan Brunt are to be joined in thesquad by the likes of Ollie Clarke, JimPaterson and Seanan Clucas over thenext few weeks should guarantee fur-ther improvement after an openingmonth of the season during whichWard has been forced to call on anumber of boys to carry out a jobmore suited to that of men.

Shaquille Hunter, Josh Southwayand Pat Keary all swapped shorts and

Resilient Rovers begin toget rewards for hard graft

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boots for suits and shoes as theymilled around the concourse beforethe game on Saturday, yet one youngman – Tom Lockyer – is unlikely tojoin his peer group on a match-daywatching brief any time soon.

“This was Tom’s day,” Ward saidafter watching the 18-year-old raisehis stock even further by scoring hisfirst senior goal. The second-minutestrike to convert Lee Brown’s crossoff his head at the back post to add thefinishing touch to a move the man-ager described as one of “real qual-ity” proved to be decisive

Ward was just as pleased with theway Lockyer cleared from under hisown crossbar to deny Northamptonstriker Clive Platt an opportunity toscore an equaliser towards the end ofthe first half.

Lockyer was not the only one toemerge with credit from a game dur-ing which Rovers were required toshow some defensive resilience.

Michael Smith was probably thepick of the back four; swarming allover dangerous winger Ishmel De-montagnac in an ultimately success-ful attempt to prevent him fromgetting the chance to turn and get theball out of his feet to exploit wideopen spaces down the left flank.

It was an individual display thatperhaps best encapsulated the overallteam effort, although Mark McChrys-tal also merits mention for some as-tute positional play to anticipate andsnuff out Northampton before theyhad the opportunity to penetrate.

On the few occasions AidyB o o t h royd ’s side did, however, they

JamesExpert analysisMcNamara

were met with an in-form Steve Mild-enhall, who made one fine reflex saveto deny Platt converting off his headin the 11th minute before going on toshow safe hands to deal withNor thampton’s continued aerialbombardment with little fuss.

Boothroyd, meanwhile, made min-imal fuss when asked about the per-formance of referee Mark Haywoodafterwards – surprising when youconsider the official deniedNorthampton what were reasonableappeals for a penalty kick on threeseparate occasions.

Haywood rubbed salt in the woundby sending off striker Roy O’D o n ova nfor a second bookable offence in in-jury time, but Boothroyd quipped: “Id o n’t get paid enough as it is. I can’tafford to get fined for talking aboutre f e re e s. ”

Ward, meanwhile, was just happyto talk about the way his players hadgone about their business four daysbefore they make the trip to AshtonGate to contest the first competitiveBristol derby in over six years.

He knows what to expect afterwatching JET, Sam Baldock et al dis-mantle Premier League CrystalPalace in the Capital One Cup lastTuesday. It’s a good job, then, that hisdefence is starting to re-find some ofthe form that made Rovers such aformidable opponent last season.

Match reaction

PROMISING youngster Tom Lock-yer says it was difficult to describehis feelings after scoring his firstsenior goal for Bristol Rovers.

Lockyer showed composure to aima back-post header past Northamp-ton goalkeeper Matt Duke in thesecond minute of a 1-0 win overNorthampton Town at the MemorialStadium on Saturday.

“It was all a bit of a blur,” he saidafterwards. “I had to see it again onthe TV to remember exactly how itall came about.

“I was delighted to score, but Id i d n’t really know what to do. I’m notreally used to scoring goals, so I justgot pushed towards the stand andeverybody jumped on.

“I think celebrations are

something I’ll really have to workon!” He added: “It was an amazingfeeling; especially to score a goal thatwon us the game. I couldn’t haveasked for anything more. I heard thefans singing my name and it wasamazing. I can’t really describe it.

“I’m thankful for that, but I have tokeep going. I’ve only had three orfour games, and it is a long season. Ihave to work hard to make sure thatI am still there at the end of it.”

Lockyer was also afforded theman-of-the-match accolade by spon-sors and he added: “I heard it an-nounced when there was a break inplay towards the end of the game.

“At the time I was just thinkingabout making sure we saw the gameout to get three points, because there

was still a few minutes to go. It was agreat feeling when the referee blewhis whistle, because it was a bigresult for us.

“There has always been a greatatmosphere around the place, evenwhen results weren’t going our way.There is a strong togetherness andbelief, so we always knew it was onlya matter of time before we started towin some games.”

Manager John Ward, meanwhile,is starting to see his squad bolsteredwith the return of senior playersfrom injury, and Lockyer admitted:“It is always in the back of your mindthat you might drop out of the teamwhen you see all the senior playerscoming back in to the squad.

“I just concentrate on trying to do

my best in every game, and I hopethat will be enough to see me keep myplace. The right-hand side of midfieldis not my most natural position, but Iam just happy to be out there playinga ny wh e re.

“It has been mentioned that I couldbecome a jack of all trades and amaster of none, but at the moment I’mjust trying to be on the team-sheet inwhatever position.”

Indeed, Lockyer looks set to keephis place in the side ahead of Wed-nesday night’s derby clash with Bris-tol City at Ashton Gate, and he added:“I’m looking forward to it. It means somuch to the fans and players alike. Itis a new experience for a lot of us, butthe atmosphere will be amazing and Ic a n’t wait.”

Fan’s view withDennis Payter


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Fouls conceded

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Rovers: Matt Harrold for Ryan Brunt, 28; Eliot Richards forDavid Clarkson, 83.

Northampton: Jacob Blyth for Ishmel Demontagnac, 74; IvanToney for Kevin Amankwaah, 86.

Substitutions

Matt Duke – 6Kevin Amankwaah – 6Matt Heath – 6Lee Collins – 6

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� Michael Smith: A dogged defensive performancethat perhaps best reflected the overall team effort

� Tom Parkes: Another solid performance from theskipper

� Mark McChrystal: Possibly his best game of theseason so far. Made several good clearances and wassound in his positioning.

� Lee Brown: Produced a lovely cross to give Lockyerthe chance to score his first senior goal

� Tom Lockyer: Scored a goal and denied a certainequaliser in two moments that were significant inhelping Rovers win the game

� David Clarkson: Some of his passing in behind anddown the flanks during the opening period was veryclever

� Oliver Norburn: Did his bit in the middle of the park

� John-Joe O’To o l e : Didn’t see too much of the ball,but put himself about in a bid to win the battle inmidfield

� Ellis Harrison: Showed brief flashes of some of theform that made him such a hit last season

� Ryan Brunt: Only lasted 28 minutes before ankleinjury ended his afternoon prematurely

Bristol Rovers 1

Northampton Town 0

� Rovers’ Tom Lockyer is mobbed by his team-mates after scoring his side’s goal Photographs Neil Brookman

� Tom Lockyer scores Rovers’ goal � Ryan Brunt in the thick of it � Matt Harrold challenges for the ball

� David Clarkson passes the ball

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I MUST start with the one mo-ment of class from the best play-er on the pitch – Tom Lockyer,who was rightly namedm a n - o f - t h e - m at ch .

His goal came after good workfrom Ellis Harrison and LeeBrown as the full-back over-lapped to put in a great centre,which Lockyer expertly putaway in a style that Rickie Lam-bert would have been proud of.

Good players have the time topick their spot, and rarely canthat be said with a header, butt h at ’s the way it appeared as thehighly promising 18-year-oldcoolly nodded it into the cornerof the net.

Lockyer showed he could playas an attacking midfield player,but his defensive qualities alsoshowed up as he was in the rightplace at the right time again justbefore the break as he clearedfrom under his own crossbar.

It was amazing that a young-ster who doesn’t look thestrongest of players was able toshine, as this game sadly de-veloped into mayhem as the ballwas kicked longer and higher.

At least the early goal kepteveryone happy, as although thegame was incident-packed andentertaining the quality of foot-ball got worse as it went on.

Northampton were determ-ined not to take things lyingdown as they crashed intotackles, and were by far the dirti-est team we have seen for a longt i m e.

Sadly, the physical challengesare a big part of League Two, butif this is Cobblers manager AidyB o o t h royd ’s style them I’m gladthe former Rovers player hasnever become manager of ours i d e.

Gashead Laura Warren, stoodnext me, was receiving cards asshe celebrated her 20th birthday,but even she did not get as manyas the visitors. We wonderedwhat number Cobblers’ GaryDeegan gave the referee when hewas booked, as he had number 17on his shorts and 35 on hisshir t.

It was good that we sustainedthe late battering as they laidsiege to our goal. At least itshowed we had learned from theNewport game, and those qual-ities should stand us in goodstead on Wednesday night.

Some of our clearances wereterrible, just keeping us underpressure, as we again lackedcomposure at the back, but theplayers will point out that theykept the clean sheet and got thethree points.

We had our bit of luck whenfor the free-kick the Cobblers goton the edge of our box near theend clearly looked as if the in-fringement was in the box. Weknew it was going to be our daywhen Chris Hackett’s shot cameback off the post with SteveMildenhall well beaten.

It was good to see the return ofMatt Harrold and that he camethrough such a physical gameunscathed. He fed off the scrapsour defence dishes out thesedays, but at least they are givingnothing at all to the opposition. � Lee Brown and John-Joe O’To o l e

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Ben Tozer – 6Ishmel Demot’nac – 5Gary Deegan – 5Darren Carter – 5

THE fine margins between footballsuccess and failure were probablynone more so evident than whenwatching the ball ricochet off the postfollowing Northampton winger ChrisH a cke t t ’s attempt to convert a directfree-kick in the final minute at theMemorial Stadium on Saturday.

That the ball deflected away tosafety instead of creeping inside thepost meant Bristol Rovers supporterswould have woken yesterday har-bouring a more positive outlook ontheir side’s start to the season.

The three points, which securedback-to-back victories, moved Roverson to seven after their opening fiveleague games – a tally not to bescoffed at when the well-documentedinjury problems are considered.

Things are looking a lot brighterthan they did when manager JohnWard trooped off the pitch at RodneyParade a fortnight ago to reprimand ateam that had managed just one pointfrom their first three games.

A flea in the ear seems not to havedone the players any harm if a max-imum points haul from the followingtwo games is anything to go by – eve nif they made hard work of securingvictory over ten-man York City beforebeing the beneficiaries of some clue-less refereeing on Saturday.

That said, with a squad of playerswilling to work as hard as the ones atRovers do consistently, neither vic-tory should be attributed to luck.

Perhaps Rovers’ improvement canbe, in part, explained by the returnsfrom injury of several senior players.Is it coincidence Garry Kenneth’sreturn to the bench has coincidedwith the back five re-finding the formthat was responsible for dragging theteam clear of relegation last season?

That Matt Gill, Matt Harrold andRyan Brunt are to be joined in thesquad by the likes of Ollie Clarke, JimPaterson and Seanan Clucas over thenext few weeks should guarantee fur-ther improvement after an openingmonth of the season during whichWard has been forced to call on anumber of boys to carry out a jobmore suited to that of men.

Shaquille Hunter, Josh Southwayand Pat Keary all swapped shorts and

Resilient Rovers begin toget rewards for hard graft


boots for suits and shoes as theymilled around the concourse beforethe game on Saturday, yet one youngman – Tom Lockyer – is unlikely tojoin his peer group on a match-daywatching brief any time soon.

“This was Tom’s day,” Ward saidafter watching the 18-year-old raisehis stock even further by scoring hisfirst senior goal. The second-minutestrike to convert Lee Brown’s crossoff his head at the back post to add thefinishing touch to a move the man-ager described as one of “real qual-ity” proved to be decisive

Ward was just as pleased with theway Lockyer cleared from under hisown crossbar to deny Northamptonstriker Clive Platt an opportunity toscore an equaliser towards the end ofthe first half.

Lockyer was not the only one toemerge with credit from a game dur-ing which Rovers were required toshow some defensive resilience.

Michael Smith was probably thepick of the back four; swarming allover dangerous winger Ishmel De-montagnac in an ultimately success-ful attempt to prevent him fromgetting the chance to turn and get theball out of his feet to exploit wideopen spaces down the left flank.

It was an individual display thatperhaps best encapsulated the overallteam effort, although Mark McChrys-tal also merits mention for some as-tute positional play to anticipate andsnuff out Northampton before theyhad the opportunity to penetrate.

On the few occasions AidyB o o t h royd ’s side did, however, they

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were met with an in-form Steve Mild-enhall, who made one fine reflex saveto deny Platt converting off his headin the 11th minute before going on toshow safe hands to deal withNor thampton’s continued aerialbombardment with little fuss.

Boothroyd, meanwhile, made min-imal fuss when asked about the per-formance of referee Mark Haywoodafterwards – surprising when youconsider the official deniedNorthampton what were reasonableappeals for a penalty kick on threeseparate occasions.

Haywood rubbed salt in the woundby sending off striker Roy O’D o n ova nfor a second bookable offence in in-jury time, but Boothroyd quipped: “Id o n’t get paid enough as it is. I can’tafford to get fined for talking aboutre f e re e s. ”

Ward, meanwhile, was just happyto talk about the way his players hadgone about their business four daysbefore they make the trip to AshtonGate to contest the first competitiveBristol derby in over six years.

He knows what to expect afterwatching JET, Sam Baldock et al dis-mantle Premier League CrystalPalace in the Capital One Cup lastTuesday. It’s a good job, then, that hisdefence is starting to re-find some ofthe form that made Rovers such aformidable opponent last season.

Match reaction

PROMISING youngster Tom Lock-yer says it was difficult to describehis feelings after scoring his firstsenior goal for Bristol Rovers.

Lockyer showed composure to aima back-post header past Northamp-ton goalkeeper Matt Duke in thesecond minute of a 1-0 win overNorthampton Town at the MemorialStadium on Saturday.

“It was all a bit of a blur,” he saidafterwards. “I had to see it again onthe TV to remember exactly how itall came about.

“I was delighted to score, but Id i d n’t really know what to do. I’m notreally used to scoring goals, so I justgot pushed towards the stand andeverybody jumped on.

“I think celebrations are

something I’ll really have to workon!” He added: “It was an amazingfeeling; especially to score a goal thatwon us the game. I couldn’t haveasked for anything more. I heard thefans singing my name and it wasamazing. I can’t really describe it.

“I’m thankful for that, but I have tokeep going. I’ve only had three orfour games, and it is a long season. Ihave to work hard to make sure thatI am still there at the end of it.”

Lockyer was also afforded theman-of-the-match accolade by spon-sors and he added: “I heard it an-nounced when there was a break inplay towards the end of the game.

“At the time I was just thinkingabout making sure we saw the gameout to get three points, because there

was still a few minutes to go. It was agreat feeling when the referee blewhis whistle, because it was a bigresult for us.

“There has always been a greatatmosphere around the place, evenwhen results weren’t going our way.There is a strong togetherness andbelief, so we always knew it was onlya matter of time before we started towin some games.”

Manager John Ward, meanwhile,is starting to see his squad bolsteredwith the return of senior playersfrom injury, and Lockyer admitted:“It is always in the back of your mindthat you might drop out of the teamwhen you see all the senior playerscoming back in to the squad.

“I just concentrate on trying to do

my best in every game, and I hopethat will be enough to see me keep myplace. The right-hand side of midfieldis not my most natural position, but Iam just happy to be out there playinga ny wh e re.

“It has been mentioned that I couldbecome a jack of all trades and amaster of none, but at the moment I’mjust trying to be on the team-sheet inwhatever position.”

Indeed, Lockyer looks set to keephis place in the side ahead of Wed-nesday night’s derby clash with Bris-tol City at Ashton Gate, and he added:“I’m looking forward to it. It means somuch to the fans and players alike. Itis a new experience for a lot of us, butthe atmosphere will be amazing and Ic a n’t wait.”

Fan’s view withDennis Payter


8� Steve Mildenhall: Made one fabulous save to denyPlatt and dealt well with aerial bombardment

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Mark Haywood . . . .didn’t endear himself to Aidy Boothroyd

Match facts


Fouls conceded

O ff s i d e s

Attendance

24 52 314 124

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Rovers: Matt Harrold for Ryan Brunt, 28; Eliot Richards forDavid Clarkson, 83.

Northampton: Jacob Blyth for Ishmel Demontagnac, 74; IvanToney for Kevin Amankwaah, 86.

Substitutions

Matt Duke – 6Kevin Amankwaah – 6Matt Heath – 6Lee Collins – 6

6

� Michael Smith: A dogged defensive performancethat perhaps best reflected the overall team effort

� Tom Parkes: Another solid performance from theskipper

� Mark McChrystal: Possibly his best game of theseason so far. Made several good clearances and wassound in his positioning.

� Lee Brown: Produced a lovely cross to give Lockyerthe chance to score his first senior goal

� Tom Lockyer: Scored a goal and denied a certainequaliser in two moments that were significant inhelping Rovers win the game

� David Clarkson: Some of his passing in behind anddown the flanks during the opening period was veryclever

� Oliver Norburn: Did his bit in the middle of the park

� John-Joe O’To o l e : Didn’t see too much of the ball,but put himself about in a bid to win the battle inmidfield

� Ellis Harrison: Showed brief flashes of some of theform that made him such a hit last season

� Ryan Brunt: Only lasted 28 minutes before ankleinjury ended his afternoon prematurely

Bristol Rovers 1

Northampton Town 0

� Rovers’ Tom Lockyer is mobbed by his team-mates after scoring his side’s goal Photographs Neil Brookman

� Tom Lockyer scores Rovers’ goal � Ryan Brunt in the thick of it � Matt Harrold challenges for the ball

� David Clarkson passes the ball

Read James’ stories byfollowing JamesMcNamara

at www.thisisbristol.co.uk

I MUST start with the one mo-ment of class from the best play-er on the pitch – Tom Lockyer,who was rightly namedm a n - o f - t h e - m at ch .

His goal came after good workfrom Ellis Harrison and LeeBrown as the full-back over-lapped to put in a great centre,which Lockyer expertly putaway in a style that Rickie Lam-bert would have been proud of.

Good players have the time topick their spot, and rarely canthat be said with a header, butt h at ’s the way it appeared as thehighly promising 18-year-oldcoolly nodded it into the cornerof the net.

Lockyer showed he could playas an attacking midfield player,but his defensive qualities alsoshowed up as he was in the rightplace at the right time again justbefore the break as he clearedfrom under his own crossbar.

It was amazing that a young-ster who doesn’t look thestrongest of players was able toshine, as this game sadly de-veloped into mayhem as the ballwas kicked longer and higher.

At least the early goal kepteveryone happy, as although thegame was incident-packed andentertaining the quality of foot-ball got worse as it went on.

Northampton were determ-ined not to take things lyingdown as they crashed intotackles, and were by far the dirti-est team we have seen for a longt i m e.

Sadly, the physical challengesare a big part of League Two, butif this is Cobblers manager AidyB o o t h royd ’s style them I’m gladthe former Rovers player hasnever become manager of ours i d e.

Gashead Laura Warren, stoodnext me, was receiving cards asshe celebrated her 20th birthday,but even she did not get as manyas the visitors. We wonderedwhat number Cobblers’ GaryDeegan gave the referee when hewas booked, as he had number 17on his shorts and 35 on hisshir t.

It was good that we sustainedthe late battering as they laidsiege to our goal. At least itshowed we had learned from theNewport game, and those qual-ities should stand us in goodstead on Wednesday night.

Some of our clearances wereterrible, just keeping us underpressure, as we again lackedcomposure at the back, but theplayers will point out that theykept the clean sheet and got thethree points.

We had our bit of luck whenfor the free-kick the Cobblers goton the edge of our box near theend clearly looked as if the in-fringement was in the box. Weknew it was going to be our daywhen Chris Hackett’s shot cameback off the post with SteveMildenhall well beaten.

It was good to see the return ofMatt Harrold and that he camethrough such a physical gameunscathed. He fed off the scrapsour defence dishes out thesedays, but at least they are givingnothing at all to the opposition. � Lee Brown and John-Joe O’To o l e

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� Rovers’ Tom Lockyer, centre, gets the congratulations of his team-mates Pictures: Neil Brookman

� The managers share a joke with former Eastenders star Tom Watt

� David Clarkson collides with Northampton goalkeeper Matt Duke

� Lee Brown

� Mark McChrystal gets up for a header � A Rovers fan relays the score

� TheMemorialStadiumcrowd lookson

� John-Joe O’Toole on a forward surge

� Rovers’ Eliot Richards

� Ellis Harrison gets up to head clear

� Mark McChrystal and Tom Parkes thank the fans at the final whistle


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� Rovers’ Tom Lockyer, centre, gets the congratulations of his team-mates Pictures: Neil Brookman

� The managers share a joke with former Eastenders star Tom Watt

� David Clarkson collides with Northampton goalkeeper Matt Duke

� Lee Brown

� Mark McChrystal gets up for a header � A Rovers fan relays the score

� TheMemorialStadiumcrowd lookson

� John-Joe O’Toole on a forward surge

� Rovers’ Eliot Richards

� Ellis Harrison gets up to head clear

� Mark McChrystal and Tom Parkes thank the fans at the final whistle


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Magnificent seven forManor Farm in cup

FA Cup round-up

Gloucestershire County League and Hellenic League

FA Cup

Clevedon avoidupset after earlySutton opener

BRISTOL Telephones became thefirst team this season to take pointsoff reigning David Wilson HomesGloucestershire County Leaguechampions Longlevens.

Keiron Golding grabbed alast-minute equaliser in a 1-1 drawafter the home side had taken the leadthrough Ed Smyllie.

Gala Wilton are level on points atthe top of the table following their 5-2home victory over Berkeley, who re-

main pointless. Dave Wilkinson gavethe hosts the lead, but the Huntersturned the game on its head courtesyof a double from Chris Andrews.

Lee Allen levelled matters shortlybefore half-time, Brett James scored asecond-half double and Ryan Hughesalso notched for Gala.

Thor nbury are the only other sidewithout a point, following their 3-1defeat at Hanham, who took the leadthrough Billy Hodge.

Steve Thompson equalised insidethree minutes for the visitors, butJames Shipman’s double secured the

points for the home side.Rockleaz e got off the mark after

coming from two goals down insidethe final 15 minutes to draw 2-2 withvisiting King’s Stanley.

Ben Newman scored twice for atwo-goal half-time lead, but Pete New-ton-Smith and Savas Frangoullisstruck back for Rockleaze.

Bristol Academy also collectedtheir first point of the season whenSam Johnson’s equaliser earnedthem a 1-1 draw at Patchway , whostruck through Ashley Wells.

Henbury blew a two-goal lead at

Skrill South

BATH bounced back to winning wayswith a victory over Skrill South newboys Concord Rangers.

Rangers could have gone ahead inthe third minute when Sam Collinshit a post with a shot from 30 yards.

The home side took the lead when afree-kick from Ross Stearn cannonedoff the crossbar and into the net.

Stern headed narrowly over the barfor City, Andy Watkins had a shotcleared off the line and Dave Prattrobbed Butler of the ball only to seehis goal-bound shot pushed wide.

Rangers drew level with a shotfrom Sam Collins that Jason Mellorlet run through his legs.

The visitors were level for only twominutes, as Stearn fired homethrough a crowd of players. Then,with 23 minutes to go, a Stearnfree-kick found trialist Will Salmon.His shot came back of the post andMark Preece scored the follow-up.

Bath return to winning waysGolding strikes as Telephones put an end to leaders Longlevens’ 100 per cent recordKeith Watson

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WESTON recorded their first victoryat Chelmsford City’s Melbourne Parkas they came from behind and movedup to fifth spot in the Skrill SouthLea gue.

In a scrappy first half, the homeside had the better of the exchanges,with David Rainford firing just overthe crossbar, before Tom Davis nar-

rowly failed to connect with MarkHughes’ cross with the goal gaping infront of him.

For Weston, Kane Ingram twicefired shots across the face of goal, andAshley Kington had a strong effortblocked and cleared to safety by thehome defence.

The deadlock was broken on 35minutes, when Sam Long burstthrough, and when Weston keeperLuke Purnell came off his line tochallenge, Long lifted the ball overthe keeper and in off the underside ofthe crossbar.

Weston began to take control of thecontest in the second half, with NabyDiallo and Dayle Grubb bossing themidfield, and the away side drewlevel on 55 minutes when TristanPlummer put Diallo through tos c o re.

The winner came on 80 minutes,when Grubb was tripped by MarkHaines and Plummer beat formerTottenham goalkeeper Tommy Fore-cast from the penalty spot.

Earlier, Forecast had twice madeexcellent saves in quick succession todeny Plummer and Diallo.

Clevedon Town 4

Bishop Sutton 1

Chelmsford City 1

Weston-super-Mare 2

FA Cup

M a n g otsfi e l dease throughto next round

FIRST-half goals from Jamie Reidand Josh Egan and a second-halfstrike from Shaun Lamb bookedMangotsfield United a trip toWinchester City in the first qual-ifying round.

After George Lloyd went close forBitton early on, the hosts took a17th-minute lead when Jamie Reidhooked a low cross from Neil Arndaleinto the bottom-left corner of theBitton net.

On 24 minutes, Mangotsfield wentclose to adding a second when BenHunt's near-post header from acorner by Egan was deflected be-hind.

Hunt went close again for theSouthern League Division One South& West side 12 minutes later, when hemade ground into the penalty areaand shot just wide.

A second goal for Mangotsfieldcame three minutes before half-time.A corner from the right was clearedas far as Egan, who drilled the ballhome from 20 yards for his first goalfor the club.

The first chance of the second halfalso came Mangotsfield’s way on thehour mark, when Kyle Tooze volleyedover from 14 yards.

Minutes later, a deep corner fromthe left was met by Ryan Bennett, whoguided a header back across goal andwide of the far post.

On 70 minutes, after being awardeda free-kick, Shaun Lamb lifted theball a yard over the crossbar. Then,four minutes later, a ball into theBitton area was worked to Hunt, butthe striker’s effort from the right sideof the area drifted wide of the farpost.

After using all three substitutes,Toolstation League Premier DivisionBitton finished the match with tenmen after skipper Rob Smith limpedfrom the field with 12 minutes re-maining.

With the tie petering out, Man-gotsfield had two more late chances.The first fell to Tooze, who was deniedas Bitton goalkeeper Ashley Bryansaved low to his left. Then, in thesecond minute of stoppage time,Lamb added a third goal for Man-gotsfield when he fired home fromclose range.

Mangotsfield United 3

Bitton 0

Skrill Conference South

Weston chalk up a debut victory at Chelmsfordhome to derby rivals Southmead,Aaron Anglin scoring asecond-minute opener and notchingagain 20 minutes later.

Terry Caswell halved the deficit onthe half-hour and Danny Glancyequalised for the visitors.

Frampton won 5-0 at ChippingSodbury, with goals from JoshBrowning, Frazer Wilson, Ben Bulley,Matt Cook and Dan Huxstep.

Bishop’s Cleeve Reserves and Ell-wood drew 2-2, the hosts scoringthrough James Vercesi, a penalty, andTim Arnold, while Mike Nelson and

CLEVEDON came from behind tobeat Toolstation League strugglersBishop Sutton in the preliminaryround of the FA Cup.

Sutton, yet to pick up a point in theleague, took a surprise lead on 20minutes when Chris Chisholmtapped in Adam Mahdi’s cross.

The Calor Southern League Divi-sion One South & West side respon-ded with a number of efforts beforelevelling ten minutes before the

break. Conor O’Sullivan exposed theSutton defence with a fine cross andMatt Thorne headed the ball beyondgoalkeeper Liam May.

Town dominated the second periodand went in front on 65 minutes whenSam Teale headed Danny Wring’scorner into the net.

Six minutes later, Thorne scoredthe killer third goal when he placedhis shot across the goalkeeper.

Teale added his second goal tenminutes from time, chipping the ballover May after being played in byAdie Adams.

� Clevedon return to league action atTiverton tomorrow (7.45pm).

Darryl Addis, with a spot-kick, wereon the mark for the visitors.

� Tytherington Rocks h a m m e re dbottom side Letcombe 9-1 in DivisionOne West of the Hellenic League.

The home side went 4-0 up insidehalf-an-hour, thanks to goals fromJack Smyth, Justin Bishop, Joe Whiteand Adamo Missiato.

Matt Warne pulled a goal back forthe visitors, but Smyth scored twicemore to complete his hat-trick, SamTaylor netted twice and there wasalso a second goal for Bishop.

� Bishop Sutton’s Josh Bennett, right, tries to block a cross from Clevedon’s Kaine Gazzard Pictures: Michael Lloyd � Mangotsfield’s Kyle Tooze, left, battles for the ball with Bitton’s Daniel Dyke

� Josh Egan, right, celebrates scoring for Mangotsfield Pictures: Artur Lesniak

� Bishop Sutton players celebrate Chris Chisholm’s goal against Clevedon

BRISTOL Manor Farm stor medinto the next round of the FA Cupwith a 7-1 preliminary round victoryover Lymington.

George Brimson, Pete Sheppardand Kye Holly all scored inside theopening 20 minutes to put ManorFarm in total control of the tie.

Shane Sims pulled a goal back afterAshley Clark had saved his spot-kick,but Brimson then scored twice moreto complete his hat-trick beforeh a l f - t i m e.

Will Hailston converted a penaltyearly in the second half and Sheppardcompleted the scoring with anothergoal 15 minutes from time.

Brislington enjoyed an equallycomfortable passage, scoring all oftheir goals in the first half as visitingSt Blazey were beaten 4-0.

Neikell Plummer netted a double,with the other strikes coming fromDanny Barwood and LukeM e a ch a m .

L a rk h a l l shocked SouthernLeague side Tiverton 1-0 with a latewinner from Rob Hobbs, while TomCollett scored twice as Hallen b e atBournemouth Poppies 4-2.

Longwell Green will contest a re-play following their 2-2 draw atMoneyfields, where the home sidetook a two-goal lead through SteveHedges and Bobby Scott.

However, Christian Lee halved thedeficit shortly before half-time andSam Thomas grabbed a second-halfequaliser after Andy Summers’ pen-alty had been saved.

Tom Manning, Jamie Howson andMark Randall were all on target inWe l l s ’ 3-2 win over Bodmin, whileCorsham beat fellow ToolstationLeague side Sherborne 2-0.

Two other Toolstation League sideswent out – Bridport, beaten 3-2 athome by Merthyr, while Ilfracombewere thumped 4-1 at Plymouth Park-w ay.

� Yate raised hopes of another greatFA Cup run as they came from behindto beat Cowes 2-1 in their prelim-inary-round tie at Lodge Road.

A Yate side containing few sur-vivors from last season’s memorableexploits fell behind early on, but goalsfrom Ross Staley and Lewis Haldanesaw them through.

In-form striker Lee Davies shotCowes into a seventh-minute lead,driving the ball beyond goalkeeperMartin Horsell from the edge of thepenalty area.

The closest Yate came to an equal-iser before the break was whenHaldane was denied by a point-blanksave from Staley’s driven cross.

In the second half, Staley had a shotblocked, Joe Chandler put an effortwide and Ricky Hulbert drove theball into the side netting before theleveller finally arrived.

With 25 minutes to go, Staley ad-vanced from midfield before slam-ming a superb shot beyond thegoalkee per.

The winner came with a little overten minutes remaining whenHaldane steered the ball home afterJake Jackson had fluffed the chanceto score himself.

Yate host Merthyr in the leaguetomorrow (7.45pm).

� Paulton Rovers were sent tumblingout of the FA Cup at the preliminaryround stage as Mark Salter’s penalty

Bath City 3

Concord Rangers 1

4� The number of first-half goalsscored by Brislington in their 4-0victory against St Blazey

kick put Toolstation League sideStreet into the next round.

Rovers, who faced Norwich City inthe first round proper in 2009, dom-inated the game for long periods, onlyto be consistently denied by goal-keeper Nathan Whatley.

The Street stopper thwarted JoshKlein-Davies and James Billing earlyon before visiting skipper Dan Clev-erley had an effort cleared off theg o a l l i n e.

Whatley made a fingertip save tofrustrate Billing, while Klein-Daviesand Brandon Barnes also had at-tempts blocked by home goalkeeper.

Fifteen minutes from time, though,S t re e t ’s Jack Malone was felled in thepenalty area by Marcus Mapstoneand Salter converted from the spot.

In response, Billing finally beatWhatley only for the ball to becleared, while Mike Perrott turnedJoe Vyner’s cross wide of the targetlate on.

Pa u l t o n’s league match at Bridg-water tomorrow has been postponeddue to the Fairfax Park side’s FA Cupreplay with Taunton.

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Magnificent seven forManor Farm in cup

FA Cup round-up

Gloucestershire County League and Hellenic League

FA Cup

Clevedon avoidupset after earlySutton opener

BRISTOL Telephones became thefirst team this season to take pointsoff reigning David Wilson HomesGloucestershire County Leaguechampions Longlevens.

Keiron Golding grabbed alast-minute equaliser in a 1-1 drawafter the home side had taken the leadthrough Ed Smyllie.

Gala Wilton are level on points atthe top of the table following their 5-2home victory over Berkeley, who re-

main pointless. Dave Wilkinson gavethe hosts the lead, but the Huntersturned the game on its head courtesyof a double from Chris Andrews.

Lee Allen levelled matters shortlybefore half-time, Brett James scored asecond-half double and Ryan Hughesalso notched for Gala.

Thor nbury are the only other sidewithout a point, following their 3-1defeat at Hanham, who took the leadthrough Billy Hodge.

Steve Thompson equalised insidethree minutes for the visitors, butJames Shipman’s double secured the

points for the home side.Rockleaz e got off the mark after

coming from two goals down insidethe final 15 minutes to draw 2-2 withvisiting King’s Stanley.

Ben Newman scored twice for atwo-goal half-time lead, but Pete New-ton-Smith and Savas Frangoullisstruck back for Rockleaze.

Bristol Academy also collectedtheir first point of the season whenSam Johnson’s equaliser earnedthem a 1-1 draw at Patchway , whostruck through Ashley Wells.

Henbury blew a two-goal lead at

Skrill South

BATH bounced back to winning wayswith a victory over Skrill South newboys Concord Rangers.

Rangers could have gone ahead inthe third minute when Sam Collinshit a post with a shot from 30 yards.

The home side took the lead when afree-kick from Ross Stearn cannonedoff the crossbar and into the net.

Stern headed narrowly over the barfor City, Andy Watkins had a shotcleared off the line and Dave Prattrobbed Butler of the ball only to seehis goal-bound shot pushed wide.

Rangers drew level with a shotfrom Sam Collins that Jason Mellorlet run through his legs.

The visitors were level for only twominutes, as Stearn fired homethrough a crowd of players. Then,with 23 minutes to go, a Stearnfree-kick found trialist Will Salmon.His shot came back of the post andMark Preece scored the follow-up.

Bath return to winning waysGolding strikes as Telephones put an end to leaders Longlevens’ 100 per cent recordKeith Watson

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WESTON recorded their first victoryat Chelmsford City’s Melbourne Parkas they came from behind and movedup to fifth spot in the Skrill SouthLea gue.

In a scrappy first half, the homeside had the better of the exchanges,with David Rainford firing just overthe crossbar, before Tom Davis nar-

rowly failed to connect with MarkHughes’ cross with the goal gaping infront of him.

For Weston, Kane Ingram twicefired shots across the face of goal, andAshley Kington had a strong effortblocked and cleared to safety by thehome defence.

The deadlock was broken on 35minutes, when Sam Long burstthrough, and when Weston keeperLuke Purnell came off his line tochallenge, Long lifted the ball overthe keeper and in off the underside ofthe crossbar.

Weston began to take control of thecontest in the second half, with NabyDiallo and Dayle Grubb bossing themidfield, and the away side drewlevel on 55 minutes when TristanPlummer put Diallo through tos c o re.

The winner came on 80 minutes,when Grubb was tripped by MarkHaines and Plummer beat formerTottenham goalkeeper Tommy Fore-cast from the penalty spot.

Earlier, Forecast had twice madeexcellent saves in quick succession todeny Plummer and Diallo.

Clevedon Town 4

Bishop Sutton 1

Chelmsford City 1

Weston-super-Mare 2

FA Cup

M a n g otsfi e l dease throughto next round

FIRST-half goals from Jamie Reidand Josh Egan and a second-halfstrike from Shaun Lamb bookedMangotsfield United a trip toWinchester City in the first qual-ifying round.

After George Lloyd went close forBitton early on, the hosts took a17th-minute lead when Jamie Reidhooked a low cross from Neil Arndaleinto the bottom-left corner of theBitton net.

On 24 minutes, Mangotsfield wentclose to adding a second when BenHunt's near-post header from acorner by Egan was deflected be-hind.

Hunt went close again for theSouthern League Division One South& West side 12 minutes later, when hemade ground into the penalty areaand shot just wide.

A second goal for Mangotsfieldcame three minutes before half-time.A corner from the right was clearedas far as Egan, who drilled the ballhome from 20 yards for his first goalfor the club.

The first chance of the second halfalso came Mangotsfield’s way on thehour mark, when Kyle Tooze volleyedover from 14 yards.

Minutes later, a deep corner fromthe left was met by Ryan Bennett, whoguided a header back across goal andwide of the far post.

On 70 minutes, after being awardeda free-kick, Shaun Lamb lifted theball a yard over the crossbar. Then,four minutes later, a ball into theBitton area was worked to Hunt, butthe striker’s effort from the right sideof the area drifted wide of the farpost.

After using all three substitutes,Toolstation League Premier DivisionBitton finished the match with tenmen after skipper Rob Smith limpedfrom the field with 12 minutes re-maining.

With the tie petering out, Man-gotsfield had two more late chances.The first fell to Tooze, who was deniedas Bitton goalkeeper Ashley Bryansaved low to his left. Then, in thesecond minute of stoppage time,Lamb added a third goal for Man-gotsfield when he fired home fromclose range.

Mangotsfield United 3

Bitton 0

Skrill Conference South

Weston chalk up a debut victory at Chelmsfordhome to derby rivals Southmead,Aaron Anglin scoring asecond-minute opener and notchingagain 20 minutes later.

Terry Caswell halved the deficit onthe half-hour and Danny Glancyequalised for the visitors.

Frampton won 5-0 at ChippingSodbury, with goals from JoshBrowning, Frazer Wilson, Ben Bulley,Matt Cook and Dan Huxstep.

Bishop’s Cleeve Reserves and Ell-wood drew 2-2, the hosts scoringthrough James Vercesi, a penalty, andTim Arnold, while Mike Nelson and

CLEVEDON came from behind tobeat Toolstation League strugglersBishop Sutton in the preliminaryround of the FA Cup.

Sutton, yet to pick up a point in theleague, took a surprise lead on 20minutes when Chris Chisholmtapped in Adam Mahdi’s cross.

The Calor Southern League Divi-sion One South & West side respon-ded with a number of efforts beforelevelling ten minutes before the

break. Conor O’Sullivan exposed theSutton defence with a fine cross andMatt Thorne headed the ball beyondgoalkeeper Liam May.

Town dominated the second periodand went in front on 65 minutes whenSam Teale headed Danny Wring’scorner into the net.

Six minutes later, Thorne scoredthe killer third goal when he placedhis shot across the goalkeeper.

Teale added his second goal tenminutes from time, chipping the ballover May after being played in byAdie Adams.

� Clevedon return to league action atTiverton tomorrow (7.45pm).

Darryl Addis, with a spot-kick, wereon the mark for the visitors.

� Tytherington Rocks h a m m e re dbottom side Letcombe 9-1 in DivisionOne West of the Hellenic League.

The home side went 4-0 up insidehalf-an-hour, thanks to goals fromJack Smyth, Justin Bishop, Joe Whiteand Adamo Missiato.

Matt Warne pulled a goal back forthe visitors, but Smyth scored twicemore to complete his hat-trick, SamTaylor netted twice and there wasalso a second goal for Bishop.

� Bishop Sutton’s Josh Bennett, right, tries to block a cross from Clevedon’s Kaine Gazzard Pictures: Michael Lloyd � Mangotsfield’s Kyle Tooze, left, battles for the ball with Bitton’s Daniel Dyke

� Josh Egan, right, celebrates scoring for Mangotsfield Pictures: Artur Lesniak

� Bishop Sutton players celebrate Chris Chisholm’s goal against Clevedon

BRISTOL Manor Farm stor medinto the next round of the FA Cupwith a 7-1 preliminary round victoryover Lymington.

George Brimson, Pete Sheppardand Kye Holly all scored inside theopening 20 minutes to put ManorFarm in total control of the tie.

Shane Sims pulled a goal back afterAshley Clark had saved his spot-kick,but Brimson then scored twice moreto complete his hat-trick beforeh a l f - t i m e.

Will Hailston converted a penaltyearly in the second half and Sheppardcompleted the scoring with anothergoal 15 minutes from time.

Brislington enjoyed an equallycomfortable passage, scoring all oftheir goals in the first half as visitingSt Blazey were beaten 4-0.

Neikell Plummer netted a double,with the other strikes coming fromDanny Barwood and LukeM e a ch a m .

L a rk h a l l shocked SouthernLeague side Tiverton 1-0 with a latewinner from Rob Hobbs, while TomCollett scored twice as Hallen b e atBournemouth Poppies 4-2.

Longwell Green will contest a re-play following their 2-2 draw atMoneyfields, where the home sidetook a two-goal lead through SteveHedges and Bobby Scott.

However, Christian Lee halved thedeficit shortly before half-time andSam Thomas grabbed a second-halfequaliser after Andy Summers’ pen-alty had been saved.

Tom Manning, Jamie Howson andMark Randall were all on target inWe l l s ’ 3-2 win over Bodmin, whileCorsham beat fellow ToolstationLeague side Sherborne 2-0.

Two other Toolstation League sideswent out – Bridport, beaten 3-2 athome by Merthyr, while Ilfracombewere thumped 4-1 at Plymouth Park-w ay.

� Yate raised hopes of another greatFA Cup run as they came from behindto beat Cowes 2-1 in their prelim-inary-round tie at Lodge Road.

A Yate side containing few sur-vivors from last season’s memorableexploits fell behind early on, but goalsfrom Ross Staley and Lewis Haldanesaw them through.

In-form striker Lee Davies shotCowes into a seventh-minute lead,driving the ball beyond goalkeeperMartin Horsell from the edge of thepenalty area.

The closest Yate came to an equal-iser before the break was whenHaldane was denied by a point-blanksave from Staley’s driven cross.

In the second half, Staley had a shotblocked, Joe Chandler put an effortwide and Ricky Hulbert drove theball into the side netting before theleveller finally arrived.

With 25 minutes to go, Staley ad-vanced from midfield before slam-ming a superb shot beyond thegoalkee per.

The winner came with a little overten minutes remaining whenHaldane steered the ball home afterJake Jackson had fluffed the chanceto score himself.

Yate host Merthyr in the leaguetomorrow (7.45pm).

� Paulton Rovers were sent tumblingout of the FA Cup at the preliminaryround stage as Mark Salter’s penalty

Bath City 3

Concord Rangers 1

4� The number of first-half goalsscored by Brislington in their 4-0victory against St Blazey

kick put Toolstation League sideStreet into the next round.

Rovers, who faced Norwich City inthe first round proper in 2009, dom-inated the game for long periods, onlyto be consistently denied by goal-keeper Nathan Whatley.

The Street stopper thwarted JoshKlein-Davies and James Billing earlyon before visiting skipper Dan Clev-erley had an effort cleared off theg o a l l i n e.

Whatley made a fingertip save tofrustrate Billing, while Klein-Daviesand Brandon Barnes also had at-tempts blocked by home goalkeeper.

Fifteen minutes from time, though,S t re e t ’s Jack Malone was felled in thepenalty area by Marcus Mapstoneand Salter converted from the spot.

In response, Billing finally beatWhatley only for the ball to becleared, while Mike Perrott turnedJoe Vyner’s cross wide of the targetlate on.

Pa u l t o n’s league match at Bridg-water tomorrow has been postponeddue to the Fairfax Park side’s FA Cupreplay with Taunton.

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Toolstation Western League

Huxley’s doubleputs Heath topof the tableKeith Watson

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Professional Development, Under-18s LeagueTwo (South): Bristol City 1 Swansea 1.Football League Youth Alliance, South WestUnder-18: Bournemouth 1 Cheltenham 1, NewportCo 1 Bristol Rovers 1, Plymouth Arg 2 Oxford Utd1.FA Cup, preliminary rd: Ashford Tn 0 BishopsCleeve 0, Binfield 0 Cheltenham Saracens 0,Bournemouth 2 Hallen 4, Bridport 2 Merthyr Tydfil3, Brislington 4 St Blazey 0, Bristol Manor Farm 7Lymington Tn 1, Clevedon Tn 4 Bishop Sutton 1,Corsham Tn 2 Sherborne Tn 0, Larkhall Ath 1Tiverton Tn 0, Mangotsfield Utd 3 Bitton 0,Moneyfields 2 Longwell Green 2 (replay Tues),Plymouth Parkway 4 Ilfracombe Tn 1, ShortwoodUtd 2 Egham Tn 1, Street 1 Paulton Rov 0, TauntonTn 1 Bridgwater Tn 1 (replay Tues), Wells City 3Bodmin Tn 2, Winchester City 3 SwindonSupermarine 0, Yate Tn 2 Cowes Sports 1.Calor Southern League, Premier Div: Arlesey Tn3 Hinckley Utd 1, Banbury Utd 1 Frome Tn 2,Bashley 0 Bideford 1, Bedford Tn 2 Stourbridge 0,Burnham 0 Hemel Hempstead Tn 3, ChippenhamTn 1 AFC Totton 2, Hungerford Tn 0 Chesham Utd1, Poole Tn 2 Biggleswade Tn 1, St Albans City 1Corby Tn 0, St Neots Tn 2 Redditch Utd 3, TruroCity 1 Hitchin Tn 1, Weymouth 1 Cambridge City 1.Toolstation Western League, Premier Div:Buckland Ath 3 Winterbourne Utd 2, Cadbury Heath2 Gillingham Tn 1, Hengrove Ath 0 Willand Rov 3,Slimbridge 1 Radstock Tn 0.First Div: Almondsbury UWE 1 Wellington 2,Ashton & Backwell Utd 0 Warminster Tn 0,Barnstaple Tn 2 Bradford Tn 2, Chard Tn 2 DevizesTn 0, Cheddar 1 Chippenham Park 0, Keynsham

Tn 2 Wincanton Tn 5, Oldland Abbots 3 Calne Tn 1,Portishead Tn 1 Welton Rov 3, Westbury Utd 0Roman Glass St George 3.Uhlsport Hellenic, Div I West: Clanfield 1 NewCollege Swindon 1, Fairford Tn 5 Carterton 1, HookNorton 2 Old Woodstock Tn 2, Lydney Tn 5Easington Spts 2, North Leigh Utd 3 Shortwood Utd2, Purton 1 Tuffley Rov 3, Tytherington Rocks 9Letcombe 1.David Wilson Homes Gloucestershire County:Bishop’s Cleeve Res 2 Ellwood 2, ChippingSodbury Tn 0 Frampton Utd 5, Gala Wilton 5Berkeley Tn 2, Hanham Ath 3 Thornbury Tn 1,Henbury 2 Southmead CS Ath 2, Longlevens 1 BslTelephones 1, Patchway Tn 1 Bristol Academy 1,Rockleaze Rgrs 2 Kings Stanley 2.Somerset County, Premier Div: Berrow 1 Clutton3, Bridgwater Tn Res 1 Watchet Tn 2, CuttersFriday 2 Shirehampton 10, Fry Club 5 Langford Rov2000 0, Ilminster Tn 1 Bishops Lydeard 0, NailseaUtd 3 Weston St Johns 1, Odd Down Res 1Stockwood Green 2, Yatton Ath 2 Minehead 3.Div I: Banwell 0 Clevedon Utd 2, Broad PlainHouse 2 Middlezoy Rov 2, Frome Coll 3 LarkhallAth Res 2, Purnell Sports 1 Dundry Ath 4, SheptonMallet Res 0 Congresbury 3, St George(EIG) 1Keynsham Tn Res 3, Westfield 0 Wrington Redhill5.Div II East: Bishop Sutton Res 4 Chew Magna 1,Long Ashton 1 Timsbury Ath 1, Peasedown Ath 3Farrington Gurney 1, Radstock Tn Res 2 CuttersFriday Res 2, Tunley Ath 2 Stockwood Green Res0, Welton Rov Res 2 Ashton & Backwell Utd Res 0.Div II West: Burnham Utd Res 1 Glastonbury 1,Churchill Club 70 3 Weston St Johns Res 2, Combe

St Nicholas 7 Wells City Res 0, Nailsea Tn Res 0Kewstoke Lions 2, Worle 4 Cheddar Res 2.Bristol Premier, Premier Div: Bitton 1 ShaftesburyCrus 2, Cribbs Friends Life Res 2 Hallen Res 3.Div I: Brimsham Green 0 Bristol Manor Farm Res4, Made For Ever 1 Roman Glass St George Res 2.District, Div II: Chipping Sodbury 6 Hartcliffe 0,Frampton Ath 6 Hanham Ath 1.Div V: Iron Acton 3 Staple Hill Orient 3.Div VI: Brimsham Green 3 Bradley Stoke 0(abandoned 40 mins).Suburban, Premier Div II: Wessex Wdrs 3Cadbury Heath Res 4.Div II: Old Cothamians 6 Hanham Athletic Sub 1.Div VI: Mangotsfield B 0 Fry's OB Res 2.Downs, Div I: Lawes Jrs 4 Jamaica Bell 1, PortlandOB 3 DAC Beachcroft 0, Retainers 2 Cotswool 2,Saints OB 3 Clifton St Vinc 4, Sneyd Park 2 Ashley0, Sporting Greyhound 2 Jersey Rgrs 1, Torpedo 8AFC Bohemia 0.Div II: Old Cliftonians 2 Hare On The Hill 3, SaintsOB Res 5 Easton Cowboys 1, Sneyd Park Res 2Corinthians 2, Sporting Greyhound Res 1 Clifton StVinc Res 1, St Andrews 6 Clifton Rockets 4, Tebby2 Lion FC 1, Torpedo Res 2 Ashley Res 0.Div III: Luccombe Garage 0 Green Park Rgrs 12,Old Elizabethans 1 Evergreen 1, Portland OB Res 2Easton Cowboys Res 6, Retainers Res 2 CothamOB 4, Sneyd Park A 2 Clifton St Vinc A 4, TorpedoA 0 Helios 5.Div IV: NCSF Utd 8 Jersey Rgrs Res 0, RetainersA 1 DDAS 2, Sneyd Park B 1 Cosmos UK 3, TebbyRes 1 Conham Rgrs 5, Torpedo B 2 Clifton St VincB 0, Warmley Utd 4 Lion FC 1, West Town Utd 3Clifton Rockets Res 1.

MATT Huxley scored twice as Cad-bury Heath moved top of the PremierDivision with a hard-earned 2-1 vic-tory at home to fellow high-fliers Gill-ingham.

Following a goalless first half, thegame sprang into life when Jack Val-lis gave the visitors the lead fiveminutes into the second half.

However, Huxley converted a pen-alty, awarded for handball on thehour, and then headed the winner tosend his side to the top of the table.

Winterbour ne went down 3-2 atBuckland, despite taking an earlylead through Ben Dowdell. LiamMcAuley and Mike Booth turnedthings around, Alex Monks equalisedfor the visitors, but Booth scoredagain to win the match 15 minutesfrom time.

Heng rove lost 3-0 at home to Wil-land as Dean Stamp scored a first-halfhat-trick, while Sean Bennett scoredthe only goal as Slimbridge beat Rad-stock 1-0.

In the First Division, thetop-of-the-table clash between Barn-staple and Bradford ended 2-2, whilebottom side Keynsham were beaten5-2 by visiting Wincanton.

Welton triumphed 3-1 at Por tis-head despite falling behind to JordanW h i t t a ke r ’s deflected effort for thehosts. Jamie Taylor equalised tenminutes into the second half, Ashley

Victor-Lewis put Welton in front with20 minutes to go and Paul Banksadded a late third.

Oldland also won 3-1, in their caseat home to Calne, as Wayne Pearcescored a goal in each half. The vis-itors had levelled matters early in thesecond period, but Jerome Ingramsettled victory with Oldland’s thirdgoal 20 minutes from time.

Roman Glass made the most of

Somerset County League

Scott hits seven in Shire spreeSCOTT Bamford scored seven goalsas Shirehampton maintained theirunbeaten start to the Premier Di-vision season with a 10-2 thrashing ofCutters Friday.

The visitors were 7-0 up by the 44thminute, with five of the goals fromBamford and the other two scored byKyle Donovan and Danny Morne.

Leon Britton netted direct from acorner for Cutters right on half-time,but the home side were reduced to tenmen early in the second period whenLuke Shepherd received his secondyellow card.

Roy Albert netted a second goal forCutters, but Bamford completed hisamazing day with two more strikes,either side of a goal from Nick Al-e x a n d e r.

Yatton Athletic went down 3-2 athome to leaders Minehead, the onlyother unbeaten side in the top flight.Alex Bird scored both goals for Yat-

ton, who were sunk by Mike Mullen’sdiving header in the closingm i nu t e s.

Defending champions NailseaUnited are in second place followinga 3-1 home win against Weston StJo h n s .

Stockwood Green moved up tofourth with a 2-1 victory away to OddDown Reserves.

Fry Club are in sixth after a 5-0home win against Langford Rovers,while seventh-placed Clutton had animpressive 3-1 victory at Ber row.

In Division One, second-placedBroad Plain House remain un-beated following a 2-2 home drawwith Middlezoy Rovers. Ash White,with a penalty, and Aaron Selby wereon target for Broad Plain.

Third-placed Clevedon Unitedwere 2-0 victors at B a n we l l , thanksto strikes from Dan Fowler and LukeH yd e.

� Clevedon Town’s Matt Thorne tries to get past two Bishop Sutton players during the FA Cup preliminary round tie,which Clevedon won 4-1 at the Hand Stadium. See report on Page 10 Picture: Michael Lloyd

5� The number of goals concededby Keynsham Town at home toWincanton in the First Division

We s t bu r y ’s reduction to ten men totriumph 3-0, Paul Coles, Scott Hendyand Andrew Hamilton-Dunn on tar-get for the visitors.

Almondsbury UWE took the leadat home to Wellington, but eventuallyslipped to a 2-1 defeat against theSomerset side.

James Fitzpatrick gave the hosts ahalf-time lead, but Alexis Piper lev-elled from the penalty spot early inthe second period, before chippingthe winner ten minutes later.

Elsewhere, Chard beat Devizes 2-0,Cheddar edged out Chippenham Park1-0 and Ashton & Backwell drew 0-0with Warminster.

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Cardiff ...................... (0) 0 Everton ....................(0) 0Att 27,344Crystal Palace ......... (1) 3 Sunderland .............(0) 1Gabbidon 9 Fletcher 64Gayle 79 (pen), O’Keefe 90 Att 22,671Man City .................. (0) 2 Hull ..........................(0) 0Negredo 65, Toure 90 Att 46,903Newcastle ................ (0) 1 Fulham ....................(0) 0Ben Arfa 86 Att 46,402Norwich ................... (0) 1 Southamptn ............(0) 0Redmond 68 Att 26,819West Ham ................ (0) 0 Stoke .......................(0) 1Att 34,946 Pennant 82Arsenal .................... (1) 1 Spurs .......................(0) 0Giroud 23Att 60,071Liverpool ................. (1) 1 Man Utd ...................(0) 0Sturridge 4Att 44,411West Brom............... (0) 0 Swansea ..................(1) 2 Davies 22 Hernandez 83Att 23,395 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsLiverpool ............3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 9Chelsea .............3 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 7Man City ............3 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 3 6Arsenal ..............3 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 6Stoke .................3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 6Spurs .................3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6Man Utd .............3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 4West Ham ..........3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4Norwich..............3 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 4Southamptn .......3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4Cardiff ................3 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 4Newcastle ..........3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4Aston Villa..........3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 3 3Crystal Pal .........3 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 3Everton ..............3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 3Swansea ............3 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 2 1 3Fulham...............3 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 3Hull ....................3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 3Sunderland ........3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4 1West Brom .........3 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1

Brentford ................. (0) 0 Carlisle ....................(0) 0Att 6,035Colchester ............... (1) 1 Leyton Orient ..........(1) 2Ibehre 35 Mooney 13Att 5,056 Lisbie 63Gillingham ............... (1) 1 Bristol City ..............(1) 1Akinfenwa 22 Elliott 45Att 5,616Notts County ........... (0) 0 Rotherham ..............(1) 1Att 5,428 Agard 37Oldham .................... (0) 0 Tranmere .................(0) 1Att 4,792 Lowe 90 (pen)Peterboro................. (0) 0 Crawley Town .........(1) 2Att 6,761 Alexander 22, 65Port Vale .................. (0) 1 Wolves .....................(0) 3Pope 90 Griffiths 56Att 12,601 Sigurdarson 75 McDonald 83Sheff Utd ................. (0) 0 MK Dons ..................(0) 1 Kay 87Att 15,080Shrewsbury ............. (0) 1 Coventry ..................(1) 1Bradshaw 48 Wilson 4Att 6,541Stevenage................ (1) 1 Bradford ..................(0) 1Tansey 23 (pen) Reid 48Att 3,242Swindon ................... (2) 5 Crewe ......................(0) 0Ranger 34Luongo 43Mason 47, 55 (pen), 70Att 7,419Walsall ..................... (0) 0 Preston ....................(1) 3 Byrom 30 Humphrey 58 Holmes 61Att 4,205 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ..............5 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 8 2 15Wolves ...............5 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 5 2 13Peterboro ..........5 2 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 9 2 12Brentford ............5 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 2 9Rotherham .........5 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 6 4 9MK Dons ............5 1 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 2 9Bradford .............5 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 1 4 5 8Colchester .........5 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 8Preston ..............5 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 7 4 7Swindon .............5 2 1 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 7Crawley Town ....5 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 7Walsall ...............5 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 1 1 7Oldham ..............5 1 0 2 3 3 1 0 1 5 5 6Shrewsbury........5 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 5 6Stevenage .........5 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 1 1 1 4Port Vale ............5 1 1 1 4 5 0 0 2 1 4 4Sheff Utd............5 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 2 1 5 4Tranmere ...........5 0 1 1 3 8 1 0 2 3 5 4Crewe ................5 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 3 0 8 4Bristol City .........5 0 1 1 3 4 0 2 1 7 8 3Gillingham..........5 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 6 3Carlisle...............5 0 0 2 1 9 0 2 1 1 5 2Notts Co ............5 0 0 3 2 6 0 1 1 2 3 1Coventry ............5 1 1 0 9 8 1 1 1 7 4 -2*Coventry deducted 10 points for entering administration

AFC Wimbledon ...... (2) 2 Fleetwood Town .....(0) 0Pell 42 (pen)Smith 45Att 3,744Accrington Stanley . (0) 0 Burton Albion .........(0) 1 Reed 90Att 1,174Bristol Rovers ......... (1) 1 Northampton ...........(0) 0Lockyer 2Att 5,695Bury ......................... (3) 4 Cheltenham .............(1) 1Mayor 9 Procter 4 (og)Procter 12Cameron 17Reindorf 76Att 2,910Exeter....................... (1) 2 York..........................(1) 1Gow 23, 72 Jarvis 19Att 3,448Mansfield ................. (1) 3 Dag & Red ...............(0) 0Clucas 35McGuire 48Rhead 72Att 3,015Morecambe.............. (1) 2 Plymouth .................(1) 1Ellison 29 Reid 27 (pen)Amond 84Att 1,800Oxford Utd ............... (1) 1 Rochdale .................(0) 1Constable 24 Lund 51Att 5,260Portsmouth ............. (0) 0 Chesterfield ............(0) 2 Gnanduillet 87 Darikwa 90Att 15,999Scunthorpe .............. (1) 1 Newport County .....(0) 1Winnall 2 Hughes 62Att 3,157Torquay .................... (0) 0 Hartlepool ...............(0) 0Att 2,646Wycombe ................. (2) 2 Southend .................(1) 1Morgan 7 Eastwood 14Craig 32Att 3,533 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsChesterfield .......5 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 6 2 13Oxford Utd .........5 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 0 7 2 11Burton Albion .....5 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 6 4 11AFC Wimbledon 5 3 0 0 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 10Exeter ................5 3 0 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 10Fleetwood Town 5 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 1 3 2 9Southend ...........5 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 3 4 9Newport County .5 2 0 0 5 1 0 2 1 3 5 8Mansfield ...........5 1 2 0 5 2 1 0 1 1 2 8Bury ...................5 2 0 1 7 3 0 1 1 3 4 7Bristol Rvrs ........5 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 7Wycombe ...........5 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 7Morecambe........5 2 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 7Scunthorpe ........5 1 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 6Plymouth............5 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 4 4 6Torquay ..............5 0 2 1 2 4 1 1 0 3 2 6Rochdale ...........5 1 1 0 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 5Portsmouth ........5 1 0 2 4 6 0 2 0 4 4 5Dag & Red .........5 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 2 7 5York ...................5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 7 4Cheltenham .......5 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 2 2 6 4Northamptn ........5 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 4 3Hartlepool ..........5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 2Accrington..........5 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 2 1 7 1

Top Scorers

Arlesey.................................3 Hinckley Utd ..................... 1Banbury ...............................1 Frome Town ...................... 2Bashley ................................0 Bideford ............................ 1Bedford Town......................2 Stourbridge ....................... 0Burnham ..............................0 Hemel Hempstead ............ 3Chippenham ........................1 AFC Totton ........................ 2Hungerford Town ................0 Chesham ........................... 1Poole Town..........................2 Biggleswade Town ........... 1St Albans .............................1 Corby ................................. 0St Neots Town .....................2 Redditch ............................ 3Truro City ............................1 Hitchin ............................... 1Weymouth ...........................1 Cambridge City ................ 1

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtPoole Town ............5 2 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 4 2 13Hemel Hempstead .5 2 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 6 2 12Bideford .................5 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 0 5 2 11Weymouth .............5 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 4 2 11Arlesey...................5 2 1 0 7 5 1 0 1 3 2 10Chesham ...............5 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 6 5 10Hitchin....................5 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 5 10Stourbridge ............5 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 1 10 4 9St Albans ...............5 3 0 0 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 9Burnham ................5 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 6 2 7Bedford Town.........5 2 0 1 6 4 0 1 1 3 6 7Chippenham ..........5 1 0 2 4 4 1 0 1 5 2 6Biggleswade Town .5 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 3 4 6Cambridge City ......5 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 6Truro City ...............5 0 2 1 3 5 1 1 0 3 2 6AFC Totton.............5 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 2 4 8 6Banbury .................5 1 0 2 3 8 1 0 1 4 4 6Redditch ................5 0 0 2 2 9 2 0 1 5 6 6Frome Town ...........5 0 1 1 0 10 1 1 1 3 4 5Corby .....................5 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 2 1 8 4St Neots Town .......5 0 0 3 3 7 1 0 1 4 3 3Bashley ..................5 0 1 2 3 6 0 1 1 1 3 2Hungerford Town ...5 0 1 2 4 6 0 0 2 1 4 1Hinckley Utd ..........5 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 4 8 1

Calor Lge Premier

Barnet ..................................3 Hyde .................................. 2Cambridge Utd ....................3 Tamworth .......................... 0Dartford ...............................1 Lincoln City ...................... 2Forest Green .......................3 Alfreton Town ................... 1Grimsby ...............................1 Nuneaton ........................... 2Hereford...............................2 Welling .............................. 1Kidderminster .....................0 Luton ................................. 2Macclesfield ........................0 Braintree Town ................. 1Salisbury .............................3 FC Halifax ......................... 1Southport ............................1 Aldershot .......................... 0Woking .................................1 Gateshead ......................... 2Wrexham .............................0 Chester FC ........................ 2

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtCambridge .............6 3 0 0 9 1 1 2 0 3 2 14Barnet ....................6 2 1 0 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 14Nuneaton ...............6 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 14Lincoln City ............6 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 13Southport ...............6 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 3 5 12Forest Green .........6 2 1 0 11 1 1 1 1 4 4 11Hereford.................6 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 5 4 11Grimsby .................6 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 3 2 10Braintree Town.......6 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 4 1 10FC Halifax ..............6 3 0 0 6 2 0 1 2 4 10 10Luton......................6 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 9Kiddermnstr ...........6 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 2 3 5 9Alfreton Town .........6 3 0 0 8 4 0 0 3 2 7 9Welling ...................6 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 2 6 6 8Salisbury ................6 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 2 2 5 7Dartford..................6 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 2 5 6Wrexham ...............6 1 1 1 4 5 0 1 2 4 7 5Tamworth ...............6 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 2 1 4 5Gateshead .............6 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 2 4 6 4Woking ...................6 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 2 3 4 4Macclesfld..............6 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 1 3 4 3Chester FC ............6 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 2 3 6 3Hyde ......................6 0 1 2 3 5 0 1 2 4 13 2Aldershot ...............6 2 0 1 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 -3

Basingstoke ........................2 Staines Town .................... 1Bath City ..............................3 Concord Rangers ............. 1Boreham Wood ...................0 Eastleigh ........................... 3Bromley ...............................2 Gosport Borough ............. 1Chelmsford ..........................1 Weston-S-Mare ................. 2Dorchester...........................1 Ebbsfleet United ............... 3Dover ...................................0 Hayes & Yeading .............. 1Eastbourne Borough ......... P Farnboro ...........................PHavant and W ......................1 Tonbridge Angels ............. 2Maidenhead Utd ..................2 Bishop’sStortford ............ 2Sutton Utd ...........................2 Whitehawk ........................ 0

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtBromley .................5 3 0 0 11 2 1 0 1 2 1 12Basingstoke ...........5 3 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 12Eastbourne Borough 4 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 10Eastleigh ................5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 2 10Weston-S-Mare .....5 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 5 3 9Dover .....................5 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 9Maidenhead Utd ....4 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 4 1 8Bishop’s Stortford ..5 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 6 5 8Sutton Utd .............5 2 0 1 7 3 0 1 1 0 1 7Bath City ................4 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 2 1 7Ebbsfleet United ....5 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 6Hayes & Yeading ...5 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 5 3 6Staines Town .........5 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 4 9 6Tonbridge Angels ...5 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 4 8 6Havant and W........4 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 5Concord Rangers ..5 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 5 5Chelmsford ............4 1 1 1 6 6 0 0 1 1 2 4Boreham Wood......5 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 1 3 3 4Whitehawk .............5 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 2 6 8 3Gosport Borough ...5 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 5 2Dorchester .............5 0 0 3 3 12 0 1 1 1 2 1Farnboro ................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Barnsley .................. (2) 2 Huddersfld ..............(0) 1O’Grady 8 Vaughan 61Pedersen 32Att 13,593Birmingham ............. (0) 1 Ipswich ....................(1) 1Burke 76 Berra 30Att 14,328Blackburn ................ (2) 4 Bolton ......................(1) 1Dunn 27 Baptiste 45Rhodes 28, 83 Att 15,882Evans 70Blackpool ................ (0) 1 Watford ....................(0) 0Ince 81Att 13,345Brighton ................... (0) 1 Millwall ....................(0) 1Ulloa 89 Woolford 51Att 26,804Charlton ................... (1) 2 Leicester .................(0) 1Morrison 27 Drinkwater 62Kermorgant 59Att 15,542Derby ....................... (0) 0 Burnley ....................(2) 3Att 23,514 Ings 14 Vokes 32 Shackell 74Doncaster ................ (0) 0 Bournemouth ..........(1) 1Att 6,769 Pitman 31Leeds ....................... (0) 0 QPR .........................(0) 1Att 23,341 Hill 75Middlesbrough ........ (0) 1 Sheff Wed ................(1) 1Carayol 49 Antonio 35Att 15,964Wigan ....................... (2) 2 Nottm For ................(1) 1Maloney 14 (pen), Gomez 35 Reid 8Att 16,270Yeovil ....................... (0) 0 Reading ...................(0) 1 Le Fondre 77 (pen)Att 7,306 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsBlackpool ...........5 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 2 13QPR ...................5 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 1 13Burnley ..............5 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 5 3 10Nottm For ..........5 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 3 3 10Leicester ............5 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 4 3 10Bournemth .........5 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 3 11 9Watford ..............5 1 1 0 7 2 1 1 1 4 4 8Wigan ................5 1 2 0 6 5 1 0 1 4 1 8Reading .............5 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 1 2 2 8Leeds .................5 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 8Blackburn...........5 2 0 1 9 4 0 1 1 1 3 7Huddersfld ........5 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 2 2 3 7Brighton .............5 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 1 2 2 7Derby .................5 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 5 1 7Middlesbro’ ........5 0 2 1 3 4 1 1 0 3 2 6Ipswich...............5 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 2 2 4 4Charlton .............4 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 4Doncaster ..........4 1 0 2 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 4Birmingham .......5 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 3 3 4Barnsley.............5 1 1 1 4 7 0 0 2 2 6 4Sheff Wed ..........5 0 1 1 3 4 0 2 1 3 4 3Yeovil .................5 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 1 2 3Millwall ...............5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 3 6 2Bolton ................5 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 8 2

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtPaulton ..................4 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 11 3 10Bridgwater Town ....4 1 1 0 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 10Swindon Supermarine 4 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 10Yate .......................4 2 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 5 5 8Wimborne Town .....4 2 0 0 8 1 0 1 1 2 3 7Merthyr Town .........4 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 4 2 7Cinderford ..............4 1 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 4 1 7Shortwood Utd .......4 1 0 1 7 7 1 1 0 5 1 7Stratford Town .......4 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 6 2 7North Leigh ............4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 6Cirencester ............4 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 4 4 6Mangotsfield ..........4 1 1 0 6 4 0 1 1 1 4 5Thatcham Town .....4 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 4 1 5Fleet Town .............4 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 5 5Tiverton ..................4 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 3 7 4Taunton ..................4 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 5 6 3Bishops Cleeve .....4 1 0 1 5 3 0 0 2 2 7 3Godalming Town ....4 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 1 7 3Clevedon Town ......4 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 3 2Evesham................4 0 2 0 5 5 0 0 2 1 8 2Didcot Town ...........4 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 6 1Guildford City .........4 0 1 1 3 6 0 0 2 3 6 1

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Results

Toolstation Western League

Huxley’s doubleputs Heath topof the tableKeith Watson

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Professional Development, Under-18s LeagueTwo (South): Bristol City 1 Swansea 1.Football League Youth Alliance, South WestUnder-18: Bournemouth 1 Cheltenham 1, NewportCo 1 Bristol Rovers 1, Plymouth Arg 2 Oxford Utd1.FA Cup, preliminary rd: Ashford Tn 0 BishopsCleeve 0, Binfield 0 Cheltenham Saracens 0,Bournemouth 2 Hallen 4, Bridport 2 Merthyr Tydfil3, Brislington 4 St Blazey 0, Bristol Manor Farm 7Lymington Tn 1, Clevedon Tn 4 Bishop Sutton 1,Corsham Tn 2 Sherborne Tn 0, Larkhall Ath 1Tiverton Tn 0, Mangotsfield Utd 3 Bitton 0,Moneyfields 2 Longwell Green 2 (replay Tues),Plymouth Parkway 4 Ilfracombe Tn 1, ShortwoodUtd 2 Egham Tn 1, Street 1 Paulton Rov 0, TauntonTn 1 Bridgwater Tn 1 (replay Tues), Wells City 3Bodmin Tn 2, Winchester City 3 SwindonSupermarine 0, Yate Tn 2 Cowes Sports 1.Calor Southern League, Premier Div: Arlesey Tn3 Hinckley Utd 1, Banbury Utd 1 Frome Tn 2,Bashley 0 Bideford 1, Bedford Tn 2 Stourbridge 0,Burnham 0 Hemel Hempstead Tn 3, ChippenhamTn 1 AFC Totton 2, Hungerford Tn 0 Chesham Utd1, Poole Tn 2 Biggleswade Tn 1, St Albans City 1Corby Tn 0, St Neots Tn 2 Redditch Utd 3, TruroCity 1 Hitchin Tn 1, Weymouth 1 Cambridge City 1.Toolstation Western League, Premier Div:Buckland Ath 3 Winterbourne Utd 2, Cadbury Heath2 Gillingham Tn 1, Hengrove Ath 0 Willand Rov 3,Slimbridge 1 Radstock Tn 0.First Div: Almondsbury UWE 1 Wellington 2,Ashton & Backwell Utd 0 Warminster Tn 0,Barnstaple Tn 2 Bradford Tn 2, Chard Tn 2 DevizesTn 0, Cheddar 1 Chippenham Park 0, Keynsham

Tn 2 Wincanton Tn 5, Oldland Abbots 3 Calne Tn 1,Portishead Tn 1 Welton Rov 3, Westbury Utd 0Roman Glass St George 3.Uhlsport Hellenic, Div I West: Clanfield 1 NewCollege Swindon 1, Fairford Tn 5 Carterton 1, HookNorton 2 Old Woodstock Tn 2, Lydney Tn 5Easington Spts 2, North Leigh Utd 3 Shortwood Utd2, Purton 1 Tuffley Rov 3, Tytherington Rocks 9Letcombe 1.David Wilson Homes Gloucestershire County:Bishop’s Cleeve Res 2 Ellwood 2, ChippingSodbury Tn 0 Frampton Utd 5, Gala Wilton 5Berkeley Tn 2, Hanham Ath 3 Thornbury Tn 1,Henbury 2 Southmead CS Ath 2, Longlevens 1 BslTelephones 1, Patchway Tn 1 Bristol Academy 1,Rockleaze Rgrs 2 Kings Stanley 2.Somerset County, Premier Div: Berrow 1 Clutton3, Bridgwater Tn Res 1 Watchet Tn 2, CuttersFriday 2 Shirehampton 10, Fry Club 5 Langford Rov2000 0, Ilminster Tn 1 Bishops Lydeard 0, NailseaUtd 3 Weston St Johns 1, Odd Down Res 1Stockwood Green 2, Yatton Ath 2 Minehead 3.Div I: Banwell 0 Clevedon Utd 2, Broad PlainHouse 2 Middlezoy Rov 2, Frome Coll 3 LarkhallAth Res 2, Purnell Sports 1 Dundry Ath 4, SheptonMallet Res 0 Congresbury 3, St George(EIG) 1Keynsham Tn Res 3, Westfield 0 Wrington Redhill5.Div II East: Bishop Sutton Res 4 Chew Magna 1,Long Ashton 1 Timsbury Ath 1, Peasedown Ath 3Farrington Gurney 1, Radstock Tn Res 2 CuttersFriday Res 2, Tunley Ath 2 Stockwood Green Res0, Welton Rov Res 2 Ashton & Backwell Utd Res 0.Div II West: Burnham Utd Res 1 Glastonbury 1,Churchill Club 70 3 Weston St Johns Res 2, Combe

St Nicholas 7 Wells City Res 0, Nailsea Tn Res 0Kewstoke Lions 2, Worle 4 Cheddar Res 2.Bristol Premier, Premier Div: Bitton 1 ShaftesburyCrus 2, Cribbs Friends Life Res 2 Hallen Res 3.Div I: Brimsham Green 0 Bristol Manor Farm Res4, Made For Ever 1 Roman Glass St George Res 2.District, Div II: Chipping Sodbury 6 Hartcliffe 0,Frampton Ath 6 Hanham Ath 1.Div V: Iron Acton 3 Staple Hill Orient 3.Div VI: Brimsham Green 3 Bradley Stoke 0(abandoned 40 mins).Suburban, Premier Div II: Wessex Wdrs 3Cadbury Heath Res 4.Div II: Old Cothamians 6 Hanham Athletic Sub 1.Div VI: Mangotsfield B 0 Fry's OB Res 2.Downs, Div I: Lawes Jrs 4 Jamaica Bell 1, PortlandOB 3 DAC Beachcroft 0, Retainers 2 Cotswool 2,Saints OB 3 Clifton St Vinc 4, Sneyd Park 2 Ashley0, Sporting Greyhound 2 Jersey Rgrs 1, Torpedo 8AFC Bohemia 0.Div II: Old Cliftonians 2 Hare On The Hill 3, SaintsOB Res 5 Easton Cowboys 1, Sneyd Park Res 2Corinthians 2, Sporting Greyhound Res 1 Clifton StVinc Res 1, St Andrews 6 Clifton Rockets 4, Tebby2 Lion FC 1, Torpedo Res 2 Ashley Res 0.Div III: Luccombe Garage 0 Green Park Rgrs 12,Old Elizabethans 1 Evergreen 1, Portland OB Res 2Easton Cowboys Res 6, Retainers Res 2 CothamOB 4, Sneyd Park A 2 Clifton St Vinc A 4, TorpedoA 0 Helios 5.Div IV: NCSF Utd 8 Jersey Rgrs Res 0, RetainersA 1 DDAS 2, Sneyd Park B 1 Cosmos UK 3, TebbyRes 1 Conham Rgrs 5, Torpedo B 2 Clifton St VincB 0, Warmley Utd 4 Lion FC 1, West Town Utd 3Clifton Rockets Res 1.

MATT Huxley scored twice as Cad-bury Heath moved top of the PremierDivision with a hard-earned 2-1 vic-tory at home to fellow high-fliers Gill-ingham.

Following a goalless first half, thegame sprang into life when Jack Val-lis gave the visitors the lead fiveminutes into the second half.

However, Huxley converted a pen-alty, awarded for handball on thehour, and then headed the winner tosend his side to the top of the table.

Winterbour ne went down 3-2 atBuckland, despite taking an earlylead through Ben Dowdell. LiamMcAuley and Mike Booth turnedthings around, Alex Monks equalisedfor the visitors, but Booth scoredagain to win the match 15 minutesfrom time.

Heng rove lost 3-0 at home to Wil-land as Dean Stamp scored a first-halfhat-trick, while Sean Bennett scoredthe only goal as Slimbridge beat Rad-stock 1-0.

In the First Division, thetop-of-the-table clash between Barn-staple and Bradford ended 2-2, whilebottom side Keynsham were beaten5-2 by visiting Wincanton.

Welton triumphed 3-1 at Por tis-head despite falling behind to JordanW h i t t a ke r ’s deflected effort for thehosts. Jamie Taylor equalised tenminutes into the second half, Ashley

Victor-Lewis put Welton in front with20 minutes to go and Paul Banksadded a late third.

Oldland also won 3-1, in their caseat home to Calne, as Wayne Pearcescored a goal in each half. The vis-itors had levelled matters early in thesecond period, but Jerome Ingramsettled victory with Oldland’s thirdgoal 20 minutes from time.

Roman Glass made the most of

Somerset County League

Scott hits seven in Shire spreeSCOTT Bamford scored seven goalsas Shirehampton maintained theirunbeaten start to the Premier Di-vision season with a 10-2 thrashing ofCutters Friday.

The visitors were 7-0 up by the 44thminute, with five of the goals fromBamford and the other two scored byKyle Donovan and Danny Morne.

Leon Britton netted direct from acorner for Cutters right on half-time,but the home side were reduced to tenmen early in the second period whenLuke Shepherd received his secondyellow card.

Roy Albert netted a second goal forCutters, but Bamford completed hisamazing day with two more strikes,either side of a goal from Nick Al-e x a n d e r.

Yatton Athletic went down 3-2 athome to leaders Minehead, the onlyother unbeaten side in the top flight.Alex Bird scored both goals for Yat-

ton, who were sunk by Mike Mullen’sdiving header in the closingm i nu t e s.

Defending champions NailseaUnited are in second place followinga 3-1 home win against Weston StJo h n s .

Stockwood Green moved up tofourth with a 2-1 victory away to OddDown Reserves.

Fry Club are in sixth after a 5-0home win against Langford Rovers,while seventh-placed Clutton had animpressive 3-1 victory at Ber row.

In Division One, second-placedBroad Plain House remain un-beated following a 2-2 home drawwith Middlezoy Rovers. Ash White,with a penalty, and Aaron Selby wereon target for Broad Plain.

Third-placed Clevedon Unitedwere 2-0 victors at B a n we l l , thanksto strikes from Dan Fowler and LukeH yd e.

� Clevedon Town’s Matt Thorne tries to get past two Bishop Sutton players during the FA Cup preliminary round tie,which Clevedon won 4-1 at the Hand Stadium. See report on Page 10 Picture: Michael Lloyd

5� The number of goals concededby Keynsham Town at home toWincanton in the First Division

We s t bu r y ’s reduction to ten men totriumph 3-0, Paul Coles, Scott Hendyand Andrew Hamilton-Dunn on tar-get for the visitors.

Almondsbury UWE took the leadat home to Wellington, but eventuallyslipped to a 2-1 defeat against theSomerset side.

James Fitzpatrick gave the hosts ahalf-time lead, but Alexis Piper lev-elled from the penalty spot early inthe second period, before chippingthe winner ten minutes later.

Elsewhere, Chard beat Devizes 2-0,Cheddar edged out Chippenham Park1-0 and Ashton & Backwell drew 0-0with Warminster.

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Cardiff ...................... (0) 0 Everton ....................(0) 0Att 27,344Crystal Palace ......... (1) 3 Sunderland .............(0) 1Gabbidon 9 Fletcher 64Gayle 79 (pen), O’Keefe 90 Att 22,671Man City .................. (0) 2 Hull ..........................(0) 0Negredo 65, Toure 90 Att 46,903Newcastle ................ (0) 1 Fulham ....................(0) 0Ben Arfa 86 Att 46,402Norwich ................... (0) 1 Southamptn ............(0) 0Redmond 68 Att 26,819West Ham ................ (0) 0 Stoke .......................(0) 1Att 34,946 Pennant 82Arsenal .................... (1) 1 Spurs .......................(0) 0Giroud 23Att 60,071Liverpool ................. (1) 1 Man Utd ...................(0) 0Sturridge 4Att 44,411West Brom............... (0) 0 Swansea ..................(1) 2 Davies 22 Hernandez 83Att 23,395 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsLiverpool ............3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 9Chelsea .............3 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 7Man City ............3 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 3 6Arsenal ..............3 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 6Stoke .................3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 6Spurs .................3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6Man Utd .............3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 4West Ham ..........3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4Norwich..............3 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 4Southamptn .......3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4Cardiff ................3 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 4Newcastle ..........3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4Aston Villa..........3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 3 3Crystal Pal .........3 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 3Everton ..............3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 3Swansea ............3 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 2 1 3Fulham...............3 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 3Hull ....................3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 3Sunderland ........3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4 1West Brom .........3 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1

Brentford ................. (0) 0 Carlisle ....................(0) 0Att 6,035Colchester ............... (1) 1 Leyton Orient ..........(1) 2Ibehre 35 Mooney 13Att 5,056 Lisbie 63Gillingham ............... (1) 1 Bristol City ..............(1) 1Akinfenwa 22 Elliott 45Att 5,616Notts County ........... (0) 0 Rotherham ..............(1) 1Att 5,428 Agard 37Oldham .................... (0) 0 Tranmere .................(0) 1Att 4,792 Lowe 90 (pen)Peterboro................. (0) 0 Crawley Town .........(1) 2Att 6,761 Alexander 22, 65Port Vale .................. (0) 1 Wolves .....................(0) 3Pope 90 Griffiths 56Att 12,601 Sigurdarson 75 McDonald 83Sheff Utd ................. (0) 0 MK Dons ..................(0) 1 Kay 87Att 15,080Shrewsbury ............. (0) 1 Coventry ..................(1) 1Bradshaw 48 Wilson 4Att 6,541Stevenage................ (1) 1 Bradford ..................(0) 1Tansey 23 (pen) Reid 48Att 3,242Swindon ................... (2) 5 Crewe ......................(0) 0Ranger 34Luongo 43Mason 47, 55 (pen), 70Att 7,419Walsall ..................... (0) 0 Preston ....................(1) 3 Byrom 30 Humphrey 58 Holmes 61Att 4,205 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ..............5 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 8 2 15Wolves ...............5 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 5 2 13Peterboro ..........5 2 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 9 2 12Brentford ............5 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 2 9Rotherham .........5 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 6 4 9MK Dons ............5 1 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 2 9Bradford .............5 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 1 4 5 8Colchester .........5 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 8Preston ..............5 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 7 4 7Swindon .............5 2 1 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 7Crawley Town ....5 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 7Walsall ...............5 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 1 1 7Oldham ..............5 1 0 2 3 3 1 0 1 5 5 6Shrewsbury........5 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 5 6Stevenage .........5 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 1 1 1 4Port Vale ............5 1 1 1 4 5 0 0 2 1 4 4Sheff Utd............5 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 2 1 5 4Tranmere ...........5 0 1 1 3 8 1 0 2 3 5 4Crewe ................5 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 3 0 8 4Bristol City .........5 0 1 1 3 4 0 2 1 7 8 3Gillingham..........5 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 6 3Carlisle...............5 0 0 2 1 9 0 2 1 1 5 2Notts Co ............5 0 0 3 2 6 0 1 1 2 3 1Coventry ............5 1 1 0 9 8 1 1 1 7 4 -2*Coventry deducted 10 points for entering administration

AFC Wimbledon ...... (2) 2 Fleetwood Town .....(0) 0Pell 42 (pen)Smith 45Att 3,744Accrington Stanley . (0) 0 Burton Albion .........(0) 1 Reed 90Att 1,174Bristol Rovers ......... (1) 1 Northampton ...........(0) 0Lockyer 2Att 5,695Bury ......................... (3) 4 Cheltenham .............(1) 1Mayor 9 Procter 4 (og)Procter 12Cameron 17Reindorf 76Att 2,910Exeter....................... (1) 2 York..........................(1) 1Gow 23, 72 Jarvis 19Att 3,448Mansfield ................. (1) 3 Dag & Red ...............(0) 0Clucas 35McGuire 48Rhead 72Att 3,015Morecambe.............. (1) 2 Plymouth .................(1) 1Ellison 29 Reid 27 (pen)Amond 84Att 1,800Oxford Utd ............... (1) 1 Rochdale .................(0) 1Constable 24 Lund 51Att 5,260Portsmouth ............. (0) 0 Chesterfield ............(0) 2 Gnanduillet 87 Darikwa 90Att 15,999Scunthorpe .............. (1) 1 Newport County .....(0) 1Winnall 2 Hughes 62Att 3,157Torquay .................... (0) 0 Hartlepool ...............(0) 0Att 2,646Wycombe ................. (2) 2 Southend .................(1) 1Morgan 7 Eastwood 14Craig 32Att 3,533 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsChesterfield .......5 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 6 2 13Oxford Utd .........5 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 0 7 2 11Burton Albion .....5 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 6 4 11AFC Wimbledon 5 3 0 0 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 10Exeter ................5 3 0 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 10Fleetwood Town 5 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 1 3 2 9Southend ...........5 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 3 4 9Newport County .5 2 0 0 5 1 0 2 1 3 5 8Mansfield ...........5 1 2 0 5 2 1 0 1 1 2 8Bury ...................5 2 0 1 7 3 0 1 1 3 4 7Bristol Rvrs ........5 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 7Wycombe ...........5 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 7Morecambe........5 2 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 7Scunthorpe ........5 1 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 6Plymouth............5 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 4 4 6Torquay ..............5 0 2 1 2 4 1 1 0 3 2 6Rochdale ...........5 1 1 0 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 5Portsmouth ........5 1 0 2 4 6 0 2 0 4 4 5Dag & Red .........5 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 2 7 5York ...................5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 7 4Cheltenham .......5 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 2 2 6 4Northamptn ........5 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 4 3Hartlepool ..........5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 2Accrington..........5 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 2 1 7 1

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Arlesey.................................3 Hinckley Utd ..................... 1Banbury ...............................1 Frome Town ...................... 2Bashley ................................0 Bideford ............................ 1Bedford Town......................2 Stourbridge ....................... 0Burnham ..............................0 Hemel Hempstead ............ 3Chippenham ........................1 AFC Totton ........................ 2Hungerford Town ................0 Chesham ........................... 1Poole Town..........................2 Biggleswade Town ........... 1St Albans .............................1 Corby ................................. 0St Neots Town .....................2 Redditch ............................ 3Truro City ............................1 Hitchin ............................... 1Weymouth ...........................1 Cambridge City ................ 1

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtPoole Town ............5 2 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 4 2 13Hemel Hempstead .5 2 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 6 2 12Bideford .................5 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 0 5 2 11Weymouth .............5 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 4 2 11Arlesey...................5 2 1 0 7 5 1 0 1 3 2 10Chesham ...............5 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 6 5 10Hitchin....................5 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 5 10Stourbridge ............5 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 1 10 4 9St Albans ...............5 3 0 0 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 9Burnham ................5 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 6 2 7Bedford Town.........5 2 0 1 6 4 0 1 1 3 6 7Chippenham ..........5 1 0 2 4 4 1 0 1 5 2 6Biggleswade Town .5 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 3 4 6Cambridge City ......5 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 6Truro City ...............5 0 2 1 3 5 1 1 0 3 2 6AFC Totton.............5 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 2 4 8 6Banbury .................5 1 0 2 3 8 1 0 1 4 4 6Redditch ................5 0 0 2 2 9 2 0 1 5 6 6Frome Town ...........5 0 1 1 0 10 1 1 1 3 4 5Corby .....................5 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 2 1 8 4St Neots Town .......5 0 0 3 3 7 1 0 1 4 3 3Bashley ..................5 0 1 2 3 6 0 1 1 1 3 2Hungerford Town ...5 0 1 2 4 6 0 0 2 1 4 1Hinckley Utd ..........5 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 4 8 1

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Barnet ..................................3 Hyde .................................. 2Cambridge Utd ....................3 Tamworth .......................... 0Dartford ...............................1 Lincoln City ...................... 2Forest Green .......................3 Alfreton Town ................... 1Grimsby ...............................1 Nuneaton ........................... 2Hereford...............................2 Welling .............................. 1Kidderminster .....................0 Luton ................................. 2Macclesfield ........................0 Braintree Town ................. 1Salisbury .............................3 FC Halifax ......................... 1Southport ............................1 Aldershot .......................... 0Woking .................................1 Gateshead ......................... 2Wrexham .............................0 Chester FC ........................ 2

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtCambridge .............6 3 0 0 9 1 1 2 0 3 2 14Barnet ....................6 2 1 0 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 14Nuneaton ...............6 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 14Lincoln City ............6 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 13Southport ...............6 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 3 5 12Forest Green .........6 2 1 0 11 1 1 1 1 4 4 11Hereford.................6 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 5 4 11Grimsby .................6 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 3 2 10Braintree Town.......6 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 4 1 10FC Halifax ..............6 3 0 0 6 2 0 1 2 4 10 10Luton......................6 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 9Kiddermnstr ...........6 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 2 3 5 9Alfreton Town .........6 3 0 0 8 4 0 0 3 2 7 9Welling ...................6 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 2 6 6 8Salisbury ................6 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 2 2 5 7Dartford..................6 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 2 5 6Wrexham ...............6 1 1 1 4 5 0 1 2 4 7 5Tamworth ...............6 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 2 1 4 5Gateshead .............6 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 2 4 6 4Woking ...................6 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 2 3 4 4Macclesfld..............6 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 1 3 4 3Chester FC ............6 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 2 3 6 3Hyde ......................6 0 1 2 3 5 0 1 2 4 13 2Aldershot ...............6 2 0 1 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 -3

Basingstoke ........................2 Staines Town .................... 1Bath City ..............................3 Concord Rangers ............. 1Boreham Wood ...................0 Eastleigh ........................... 3Bromley ...............................2 Gosport Borough ............. 1Chelmsford ..........................1 Weston-S-Mare ................. 2Dorchester...........................1 Ebbsfleet United ............... 3Dover ...................................0 Hayes & Yeading .............. 1Eastbourne Borough ......... P Farnboro ...........................PHavant and W ......................1 Tonbridge Angels ............. 2Maidenhead Utd ..................2 Bishop’sStortford ............ 2Sutton Utd ...........................2 Whitehawk ........................ 0

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtBromley .................5 3 0 0 11 2 1 0 1 2 1 12Basingstoke ...........5 3 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 12Eastbourne Borough 4 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 10Eastleigh ................5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 2 10Weston-S-Mare .....5 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 5 3 9Dover .....................5 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 9Maidenhead Utd ....4 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 4 1 8Bishop’s Stortford ..5 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 6 5 8Sutton Utd .............5 2 0 1 7 3 0 1 1 0 1 7Bath City ................4 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 2 1 7Ebbsfleet United ....5 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 6Hayes & Yeading ...5 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 5 3 6Staines Town .........5 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 4 9 6Tonbridge Angels ...5 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 4 8 6Havant and W........4 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 5Concord Rangers ..5 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 5 5Chelmsford ............4 1 1 1 6 6 0 0 1 1 2 4Boreham Wood......5 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 1 3 3 4Whitehawk .............5 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 2 6 8 3Gosport Borough ...5 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 5 2Dorchester .............5 0 0 3 3 12 0 1 1 1 2 1Farnboro ................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Barnsley .................. (2) 2 Huddersfld ..............(0) 1O’Grady 8 Vaughan 61Pedersen 32Att 13,593Birmingham ............. (0) 1 Ipswich ....................(1) 1Burke 76 Berra 30Att 14,328Blackburn ................ (2) 4 Bolton ......................(1) 1Dunn 27 Baptiste 45Rhodes 28, 83 Att 15,882Evans 70Blackpool ................ (0) 1 Watford ....................(0) 0Ince 81Att 13,345Brighton ................... (0) 1 Millwall ....................(0) 1Ulloa 89 Woolford 51Att 26,804Charlton ................... (1) 2 Leicester .................(0) 1Morrison 27 Drinkwater 62Kermorgant 59Att 15,542Derby ....................... (0) 0 Burnley ....................(2) 3Att 23,514 Ings 14 Vokes 32 Shackell 74Doncaster ................ (0) 0 Bournemouth ..........(1) 1Att 6,769 Pitman 31Leeds ....................... (0) 0 QPR .........................(0) 1Att 23,341 Hill 75Middlesbrough ........ (0) 1 Sheff Wed ................(1) 1Carayol 49 Antonio 35Att 15,964Wigan ....................... (2) 2 Nottm For ................(1) 1Maloney 14 (pen), Gomez 35 Reid 8Att 16,270Yeovil ....................... (0) 0 Reading ...................(0) 1 Le Fondre 77 (pen)Att 7,306 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsBlackpool ...........5 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 2 13QPR ...................5 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 1 13Burnley ..............5 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 5 3 10Nottm For ..........5 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 3 3 10Leicester ............5 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 4 3 10Bournemth .........5 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 3 11 9Watford ..............5 1 1 0 7 2 1 1 1 4 4 8Wigan ................5 1 2 0 6 5 1 0 1 4 1 8Reading .............5 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 1 2 2 8Leeds .................5 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 8Blackburn...........5 2 0 1 9 4 0 1 1 1 3 7Huddersfld ........5 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 2 2 3 7Brighton .............5 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 1 2 2 7Derby .................5 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 5 1 7Middlesbro’ ........5 0 2 1 3 4 1 1 0 3 2 6Ipswich...............5 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 2 2 4 4Charlton .............4 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 4Doncaster ..........4 1 0 2 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 4Birmingham .......5 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 3 3 4Barnsley.............5 1 1 1 4 7 0 0 2 2 6 4Sheff Wed ..........5 0 1 1 3 4 0 2 1 3 4 3Yeovil .................5 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 1 2 3Millwall ...............5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 3 6 2Bolton ................5 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 8 2

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtPaulton ..................4 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 11 3 10Bridgwater Town ....4 1 1 0 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 10Swindon Supermarine 4 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 10Yate .......................4 2 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 5 5 8Wimborne Town .....4 2 0 0 8 1 0 1 1 2 3 7Merthyr Town .........4 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 4 2 7Cinderford ..............4 1 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 4 1 7Shortwood Utd .......4 1 0 1 7 7 1 1 0 5 1 7Stratford Town .......4 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 6 2 7North Leigh ............4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 6Cirencester ............4 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 4 4 6Mangotsfield ..........4 1 1 0 6 4 0 1 1 1 4 5Thatcham Town .....4 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 4 1 5Fleet Town .............4 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 5 5Tiverton ..................4 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 3 7 4Taunton ..................4 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 5 6 3Bishops Cleeve .....4 1 0 1 5 3 0 0 2 2 7 3Godalming Town ....4 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 1 7 3Clevedon Town ......4 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 3 2Evesham................4 0 2 0 5 5 0 0 2 1 8 2Didcot Town ...........4 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 6 1Guildford City .........4 0 1 1 3 6 0 0 2 3 6 1

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TREBLE CHECK:Complete check for Littlewoods, Vernons and

Zetters: 8 = Score Draws, 5= No Score Draw or Void 36= Home or Away

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

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Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) ..................... 3Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) ........................ 3Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) .......................... 3Danny Welbeck (Man Utd) ......................... 2Alvaro Negredo (Man City) ........................ 2

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Davies sets up Swansea’s first win of the season

Premier League

Premier League

BEN Davies’ emphatic volley andPablo Hernandez’s late secondhanded Swansea their first points ofthe Barclays Premier League sea-son.

Having lost to Manchester Unitedand Tottenham, Michael Laudrup’sside were in need of a result to liftthem off bottom spot and duly de-livered, with Hernandez teeing upDavies for the opener before applyingthe finishing touch in the 83rdm i nu t e.

Swansea had begun lethargically,but West Brom failed to convert alively start into goals and paid theprice when Davies’ second career

goal left them chasing the game. Theycould not find a way back into it as thegame progressed and instead foundthemselves opened up at the back inthe closing minutes.

While Swansea’s campaign is nowup and running, Albion head into theinternational break with one pointfrom three matches.

The day had started with SteveClarke confirming Nicolas Anelka’sreturn to the fold, less than two weekssince his mooted retirement, by in-cluding the striker in the starting XI.His name was the most notable onC l a rke ’s team sheet but there wasalso a first league start for on-loanManchester City winger Scott Sin-clair, against his old club.

All eyes were on Anelka and he wasbusy. He beat Swansea’s offside trapearly on but, having darted into thearea, his cut back was easily gathered

by Michel Vorm. Anelka’s hungerwas again in evidence when hechased a lofted pass right to thebyline and dragged his pass backtowards Billy Jones, who failed to geta clean connection.

Against the run of play, Daviesstruck. Hernandez was the provider,attacking the left of the West Bromdefence and finding Davies at thesecond attempt, his first cross havingbeen headed clear.

When the ball fell for the left-backhe met it with a crisp side-footedvolley that left Boaz Myhill rooted.

Late in the game, Hernandez,shortly after grazing the crossbarfrom 20 yards, was on hand whenMichu unselfishly rolled the ballacross the box from close range.Michu might have shot from an awk-ward angle, but instead left his fellowSpaniard with a near open goal.

ARSENAL match-winner OlivierGiroud hailed Arsenal’s togethernessafter they were able to hold on toclaim a 1-0 north London derby vic-tory over Tottenham.

The Gunners moved fourth in theBarclays Premier League table,leap-frogging Spurs, as Giroud’sfirst-half winner was enough to handthem bragging rights and keep thepressure up at the top.

The France striker said: “E ve r y -body knows it’s a big game for us andthe fans are really excited.

“We want to keep it up after ourthree wins and we did well this af-ternoon. We never gave up and weshowed a real togetherness.”

Arsenal took the lead after 23minutes when Tomas Rosicky foundTheo Walcott on the right, his neatcross reached Giroud on the edge ofthe six-yard box and the strikerflicked the ball past Tottenham goal-keeper Hugo Lloris.

Giroud added: “I used to do that intraining, so Theo knows me verywell. I feel I know my team-mates andthey know me much better, so we findeach other without opening oure ye s. ”

Arsenal manager Arsene Wengerhas made only a small dip in thesummer transfer market compared tobig-spending Tottenham.

Wenger has completed only the freetransfers of midfielder MathieuFlamini and France Under-21 strikerYaya Sanogo.

On keeping his faith with the team,Aaron Ramsey said of Wenger: “Herecognises the quality in the teamand we’ve shown again today that we

have an enormous amount of qualityin the team, even though we’re prob-ably a bit short of numbers.

“That probably showed in the last20 minutes of the game, we were a bittired from all the games we havep l aye d .

“But he believes in us and hope-fully we’ve repaid him so far. Hope-fully, we can continue this good runwe ’re on at the moment.”

On the prospect of new faces ar-riving before the transfer window

� Arsenal goalscorer Olivier Giroud, right, challenges Tottenham’s Kyle Walker for the ball

Goal-hero Girouddelighted withArsenal’s spirit

closes tonight, Ramsey added: “T hemana g er’s trying to bring in someplayers, but he believes in the qualitywe have.

“We ’ve shown again what we’recapable of doing.

“I thought we played a tremendousgame today, we worked ever so hardand the big man up front started it offfor us and the whole team did verywe l l .

“We didn’t give them much space toplay through the lines and obviouslywe got the goal in the first half anddefended ever so well and I thoughtwe deserved the win in the end.”

Wenger played down the fact thatJack Wilshere left the field minutesbefore half-time for Flamini, who re-joined Arsenal this week on a freetransfer from AC Milan.

The Arsenal boss confirmed thatthe England midfielder was sufferingfrom an illness ahead of the gamealong with Bacary Sagna, who star-ted on the bench.

Ollie feels vindicated over weakened cup line-up

Premier League

Premier League

CRYSTAL Palace boss Ian Hollowaywas left feeling vindicated on Sat-urday after his decision to rotate hisentire starting line-up for the CapitalOne Cup gave his squad a freshnessfor their 3-1 win over Sunderland.

Holloway rested every player thatstarted the 2-1 loss at Stoke last week-end for the second-round trip to Bris-tol City, which ended in a 2-1 defeat.

But, with the same starting XI thatplayed at Stoke recalled for the visit ofSunderland, goals from Danny Gab-bidon, Dwight Gayle and StuartO‘Keefe secured their first BarclaysPremier League points of the sea-son.

Sunderland skipper John O’Sheawas dismissed after fouling JasonPuncheon in the box following StevenF letcher’s equaliser for the visitors.

Gayle tucked away the resultingpenalty to put the Eagles on their wayto a memorable victory, with Hol-loway delighted with his decision tomake the midweek changes.

“This time last year we played Bris-tol City away (in the Championship)with a full team and lost 4-1,” hesaid.

“In the week I made a big decisionthat I was not going to take the oneswho were involved on Saturday and Ithought you saw the freshness.

“I spoke to the chairman about itand wasn’t scared of any sort of badresult – we got one, but we had nobalance in that team.”

There had been suggestions in pre-vious weeks that Holloway was fight-

ing to save his job but, after guidingPalace back to the top-flight throughthe play-offs he believes his positionis not in question.

“I can assure you (chairman) Steve(Parish) and I know what we aretrying to do and are pulling in theright direction,” he said.

“I can’t help what people think orwhat people say, I’m just going to do asgood a job as I can, and 80-odd daysago I think I did a pretty good job, tobe honest.”

Mali winger Jimmy Kebe becamethe club’s 11th summer signing whenhe joined from Reading on Saturdaybut Holloway, who is likely to addHuddersfield full-back Jack Hunt tohis squad, is still looking for evenmore new recruits. “We ’re going tosmash some things and the chairmanand the other directors really want tohave a go,” he added.

DANIEL Sturridge continued hisearly-season heroics to help Liver-pool beat Manchester United, beforeadmitting he had played with an in-j u r y.

The striker got his fifth goal in fourgames to see off the Premier Leaguechampions 1-0 at Anfield, helpingDaniel Agger’s header beyond DavidDe Gea.

He did so in front of watching Eng-

before the game, it’s still hinderingme now, but I went out and put on agood performance for the boys. Hope-fully, I’ll be okay for the (England)squad.”

Liverpool have now won all three oftheir Premier League games 1-0, andSturridge added: “We have beenworking hard as a team since thestart of the season. It’s not aboutindividuals. We came out to work forthe fans and the club.”

Liverpool manager BrendanRodgers was keen to stress that abetter mental resolve has helped hisside at the back.

“Our mentality was key. We didn’t

� Martin Skrtel rushes to congratulate Daniel Sturridge, right, after he scored for Liverpool against Manchester United at Anfield yesterday

Match-winner Sturridge is an injuryworry for England’s two matches

land manager Roy Hodgson, and hisform would surely put him in line tofeature in the forthcoming World Cupqualifiers against Moldova andU k r a i n e.

Those chances increased whenUnited boss David Moyes ruledWayne Rooney out of the fixtureswith a facial injury, but Sturridgegave Hodgson even more to worryab o u t .

“It was great to have the managerhere, it’s important for me to be outon the field,” said Sturridge afterhanding Moyes his first league defeatsince replacing Sir Alex Ferguson.

“I had a problem with my thigh

Premier League

Negredo: I’mvery happywith City life

ALVARO Negredo has made a pos-itive impact at Manchester City, but isdetermined to make even morew ave s.

The striker continued his goodstart in City colours by coming off thebench to claim the breakthrough goalin Saturday’s laboured 2-0 win overHull in the Barclays PremierLea gue.

Negredo broke the deadlock for anotherwise unconvincing City with afirm header after 64 minutes, beforeYaya Toure completed the scoringwith a brilliant last-minutef re e - k i ck .

Ne g redo’s goal was his secondsince his summer move from Sevillaafter netting in last week’s shock lossat Cardiff, while he also had a strikewrongly disallowed in the sea-son-opening win over Newcastle.

The Spaniard, who is still to startthis season, said: “Luckily for me, I’mscoring goals and happy to help theteam.

“Last week the goal didn’t matter,but this week it helped the team toopen the scoring and, with Yaya’sgoal, we closed the game.

“I’m very happy with my perform-ance. I would like to play moreminutes, but it is the manager’s de-cision and I accept it.

“I will keep working hard to getmore game-time.

“I’m very happy and I’ve settled inwell. I hope to keep helping City byscoring more goals.”

Negredo was introduced athalf-time in an attempt to inject freshlife into a lethargic City side.

Hull had some of the game’s betterchances, with Sone Aluko racingclear early on only to shoot wide.Danny Graham had a fine volleyruled out for offside and RobertKoren went close from long range.

But Negredo finally put the homeside ahead from Pablo Zabaleta’sc ro s s.

play as well as we have andManchester United played somereally good football, but our defensivementality gets better all the time,” hesaid.“The resolve we have in thegroup was evident.”

Despite their defeat, Moyes waspleased with how his players per-for med.

“I thought we played really well,”said Moyes. “Liverpool were resoluteand made it hard for us to score. Wemaybe didn’t quite create the bestwith the crossing. We got two or threeopportunities in the second half andwere just a little bit unfortunate thatwe didn’t take them.”

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We never gave up and weshowed a real togetherness

Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud............................................................................

� Pablo Hernandez, left, celebrates scoring Swansea’s first goal � Crystal Palace celebrate their first goal, scored by Danny Gabbidon, left

West Brom 0

Swansea City 2

Crystal Palace 3

Sunderland 1

Manchester City 2

Hull City 0

Liverpool 1

Manchester United 0

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Davies sets up Swansea’s first win of the season

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Premier League

BEN Davies’ emphatic volley andPablo Hernandez’s late secondhanded Swansea their first points ofthe Barclays Premier League sea-son.

Having lost to Manchester Unitedand Tottenham, Michael Laudrup’sside were in need of a result to liftthem off bottom spot and duly de-livered, with Hernandez teeing upDavies for the opener before applyingthe finishing touch in the 83rdm i nu t e.

Swansea had begun lethargically,but West Brom failed to convert alively start into goals and paid theprice when Davies’ second career

goal left them chasing the game. Theycould not find a way back into it as thegame progressed and instead foundthemselves opened up at the back inthe closing minutes.

While Swansea’s campaign is nowup and running, Albion head into theinternational break with one pointfrom three matches.

The day had started with SteveClarke confirming Nicolas Anelka’sreturn to the fold, less than two weekssince his mooted retirement, by in-cluding the striker in the starting XI.His name was the most notable onC l a rke ’s team sheet but there wasalso a first league start for on-loanManchester City winger Scott Sin-clair, against his old club.

All eyes were on Anelka and he wasbusy. He beat Swansea’s offside trapearly on but, having darted into thearea, his cut back was easily gathered

by Michel Vorm. Anelka’s hungerwas again in evidence when hechased a lofted pass right to thebyline and dragged his pass backtowards Billy Jones, who failed to geta clean connection.

Against the run of play, Daviesstruck. Hernandez was the provider,attacking the left of the West Bromdefence and finding Davies at thesecond attempt, his first cross havingbeen headed clear.

When the ball fell for the left-backhe met it with a crisp side-footedvolley that left Boaz Myhill rooted.

Late in the game, Hernandez,shortly after grazing the crossbarfrom 20 yards, was on hand whenMichu unselfishly rolled the ballacross the box from close range.Michu might have shot from an awk-ward angle, but instead left his fellowSpaniard with a near open goal.

ARSENAL match-winner OlivierGiroud hailed Arsenal’s togethernessafter they were able to hold on toclaim a 1-0 north London derby vic-tory over Tottenham.

The Gunners moved fourth in theBarclays Premier League table,leap-frogging Spurs, as Giroud’sfirst-half winner was enough to handthem bragging rights and keep thepressure up at the top.

The France striker said: “E ve r y -body knows it’s a big game for us andthe fans are really excited.

“We want to keep it up after ourthree wins and we did well this af-ternoon. We never gave up and weshowed a real togetherness.”

Arsenal took the lead after 23minutes when Tomas Rosicky foundTheo Walcott on the right, his neatcross reached Giroud on the edge ofthe six-yard box and the strikerflicked the ball past Tottenham goal-keeper Hugo Lloris.

Giroud added: “I used to do that intraining, so Theo knows me verywell. I feel I know my team-mates andthey know me much better, so we findeach other without opening oure ye s. ”

Arsenal manager Arsene Wengerhas made only a small dip in thesummer transfer market compared tobig-spending Tottenham.

Wenger has completed only the freetransfers of midfielder MathieuFlamini and France Under-21 strikerYaya Sanogo.

On keeping his faith with the team,Aaron Ramsey said of Wenger: “Herecognises the quality in the teamand we’ve shown again today that we

have an enormous amount of qualityin the team, even though we’re prob-ably a bit short of numbers.

“That probably showed in the last20 minutes of the game, we were a bittired from all the games we havep l aye d .

“But he believes in us and hope-fully we’ve repaid him so far. Hope-fully, we can continue this good runwe ’re on at the moment.”

On the prospect of new faces ar-riving before the transfer window

� Arsenal goalscorer Olivier Giroud, right, challenges Tottenham’s Kyle Walker for the ball

Goal-hero Girouddelighted withArsenal’s spirit

closes tonight, Ramsey added: “T hemana g er’s trying to bring in someplayers, but he believes in the qualitywe have.

“We ’ve shown again what we’recapable of doing.

“I thought we played a tremendousgame today, we worked ever so hardand the big man up front started it offfor us and the whole team did verywe l l .

“We didn’t give them much space toplay through the lines and obviouslywe got the goal in the first half anddefended ever so well and I thoughtwe deserved the win in the end.”

Wenger played down the fact thatJack Wilshere left the field minutesbefore half-time for Flamini, who re-joined Arsenal this week on a freetransfer from AC Milan.

The Arsenal boss confirmed thatthe England midfielder was sufferingfrom an illness ahead of the gamealong with Bacary Sagna, who star-ted on the bench.

Ollie feels vindicated over weakened cup line-up

Premier League

Premier League

CRYSTAL Palace boss Ian Hollowaywas left feeling vindicated on Sat-urday after his decision to rotate hisentire starting line-up for the CapitalOne Cup gave his squad a freshnessfor their 3-1 win over Sunderland.

Holloway rested every player thatstarted the 2-1 loss at Stoke last week-end for the second-round trip to Bris-tol City, which ended in a 2-1 defeat.

But, with the same starting XI thatplayed at Stoke recalled for the visit ofSunderland, goals from Danny Gab-bidon, Dwight Gayle and StuartO‘Keefe secured their first BarclaysPremier League points of the sea-son.

Sunderland skipper John O’Sheawas dismissed after fouling JasonPuncheon in the box following StevenF letcher’s equaliser for the visitors.

Gayle tucked away the resultingpenalty to put the Eagles on their wayto a memorable victory, with Hol-loway delighted with his decision tomake the midweek changes.

“This time last year we played Bris-tol City away (in the Championship)with a full team and lost 4-1,” hesaid.

“In the week I made a big decisionthat I was not going to take the oneswho were involved on Saturday and Ithought you saw the freshness.

“I spoke to the chairman about itand wasn’t scared of any sort of badresult – we got one, but we had nobalance in that team.”

There had been suggestions in pre-vious weeks that Holloway was fight-

ing to save his job but, after guidingPalace back to the top-flight throughthe play-offs he believes his positionis not in question.

“I can assure you (chairman) Steve(Parish) and I know what we aretrying to do and are pulling in theright direction,” he said.

“I can’t help what people think orwhat people say, I’m just going to do asgood a job as I can, and 80-odd daysago I think I did a pretty good job, tobe honest.”

Mali winger Jimmy Kebe becamethe club’s 11th summer signing whenhe joined from Reading on Saturdaybut Holloway, who is likely to addHuddersfield full-back Jack Hunt tohis squad, is still looking for evenmore new recruits. “We ’re going tosmash some things and the chairmanand the other directors really want tohave a go,” he added.

DANIEL Sturridge continued hisearly-season heroics to help Liver-pool beat Manchester United, beforeadmitting he had played with an in-j u r y.

The striker got his fifth goal in fourgames to see off the Premier Leaguechampions 1-0 at Anfield, helpingDaniel Agger’s header beyond DavidDe Gea.

He did so in front of watching Eng-

before the game, it’s still hinderingme now, but I went out and put on agood performance for the boys. Hope-fully, I’ll be okay for the (England)squad.”

Liverpool have now won all three oftheir Premier League games 1-0, andSturridge added: “We have beenworking hard as a team since thestart of the season. It’s not aboutindividuals. We came out to work forthe fans and the club.”

Liverpool manager BrendanRodgers was keen to stress that abetter mental resolve has helped hisside at the back.

“Our mentality was key. We didn’t

� Martin Skrtel rushes to congratulate Daniel Sturridge, right, after he scored for Liverpool against Manchester United at Anfield yesterday

Match-winner Sturridge is an injuryworry for England’s two matches

land manager Roy Hodgson, and hisform would surely put him in line tofeature in the forthcoming World Cupqualifiers against Moldova andU k r a i n e.

Those chances increased whenUnited boss David Moyes ruledWayne Rooney out of the fixtureswith a facial injury, but Sturridgegave Hodgson even more to worryab o u t .

“It was great to have the managerhere, it’s important for me to be outon the field,” said Sturridge afterhanding Moyes his first league defeatsince replacing Sir Alex Ferguson.

“I had a problem with my thigh

Premier League

Negredo: I’mvery happywith City life

ALVARO Negredo has made a pos-itive impact at Manchester City, but isdetermined to make even morew ave s.

The striker continued his goodstart in City colours by coming off thebench to claim the breakthrough goalin Saturday’s laboured 2-0 win overHull in the Barclays PremierLea gue.

Negredo broke the deadlock for anotherwise unconvincing City with afirm header after 64 minutes, beforeYaya Toure completed the scoringwith a brilliant last-minutef re e - k i ck .

Ne g redo’s goal was his secondsince his summer move from Sevillaafter netting in last week’s shock lossat Cardiff, while he also had a strikewrongly disallowed in the sea-son-opening win over Newcastle.

The Spaniard, who is still to startthis season, said: “Luckily for me, I’mscoring goals and happy to help theteam.

“Last week the goal didn’t matter,but this week it helped the team toopen the scoring and, with Yaya’sgoal, we closed the game.

“I’m very happy with my perform-ance. I would like to play moreminutes, but it is the manager’s de-cision and I accept it.

“I will keep working hard to getmore game-time.

“I’m very happy and I’ve settled inwell. I hope to keep helping City byscoring more goals.”

Negredo was introduced athalf-time in an attempt to inject freshlife into a lethargic City side.

Hull had some of the game’s betterchances, with Sone Aluko racingclear early on only to shoot wide.Danny Graham had a fine volleyruled out for offside and RobertKoren went close from long range.

But Negredo finally put the homeside ahead from Pablo Zabaleta’sc ro s s.

play as well as we have andManchester United played somereally good football, but our defensivementality gets better all the time,” hesaid.“The resolve we have in thegroup was evident.”

Despite their defeat, Moyes waspleased with how his players per-for med.

“I thought we played really well,”said Moyes. “Liverpool were resoluteand made it hard for us to score. Wemaybe didn’t quite create the bestwith the crossing. We got two or threeopportunities in the second half andwere just a little bit unfortunate thatwe didn’t take them.”

“ ...............................................................

We never gave up and weshowed a real togetherness

Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud............................................................................

� Pablo Hernandez, left, celebrates scoring Swansea’s first goal � Crystal Palace celebrate their first goal, scored by Danny Gabbidon, left

West Brom 0

Swansea City 2

Crystal Palace 3

Sunderland 1

Manchester City 2

Hull City 0

Liverpool 1

Manchester United 0

Arsenal 1

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BRISTOL beat Clifton by 12 tries tonil to ensure they finished theirpre-season fixtures having been onboth ends of one-sided scorelines.

After defeats of 69-5 at Bath and 51-7at Exeter, the boot was on the otherfoot for a Bristol side who scored fivetries in the first half and seven in thesecond to overwhelm a game andcommitted – but ultimately limited –Clifton team.

Despite the margin of victory, thematch has potentially thrown up acouple of problems for Bristol, withhooker Ross Johnston being sent offfor a tip-tackle and fly-half TristanRoberts leaving the ground in a slingafter suffering a shoulder injury.

But, whereas Bath and Exeter haddealt comfortably with Bristol’s at-tacking threat, while carving theirdefence open with alarming regular-ity, the traditional pre-season match atClifton allowed the Championshipside to be much more forceful.

Despite scoring 12 tries, where theyreally impressed was in their desireto win back the ball whenever theydid not have it. As a result, Cliftonwere suffocated when in possession,as Bristol did to the National TwoSouth side what the bigger boys haddone to them on the two previouswe e ke n d s.

On-trial winger Sammy Speightscored a hat-trick for Bristol, whileLuke Eves and James Merriman bothscored twice. Callum Braley, JamesHall and Mitch Eadie also crossed,while the tally was completed by twopenalty tries.

Eves, the scorer of two long-rangetries in the second half, said: “Wewere embarrassed about how we per-formed in the last two weeks, eventhough it’s been against Premiershipopposition, so we definitely neededthis run-out and it’s good to get a fewt r i e s.

“The defences were so good whenwe played Bath and Exeter – and,although we’re aspiring to be likethem, it is nice to play a game wherewe could get our structures in placeand get a few tries ourselves.

“We weren’t perfect but I thinkwe ’ve taken a step forward from thelast few weeks; even though the op-position has been considerably lower,I think we’ve got a lot out of it.”

Bristol’s defence was particularlytested when they were reduced to 12men shortly before half-time. AfterJohnston saw red, both props – Halland Bruce Douglas – were sent to thesin-bin, leaving Bristol three mendown as Clifton attacked their linerepeatedly. Yet still they managed torepel their hosts and deny them the

points their effort and endeavour hadprobably deserved.

“All credit to Clifton, they really didpush us hard, and at times they didfluster us,” said Eves. “We spoke be-fore the game about how embar-rassed we felt in the last two weeks,and we really wanted to put it right byshowing some of what we could do. Istill think we left a lot out there – bu tit was a good hit out.

“Our discipline is probablysomething we need to work on – it’sunacceptable to go down to 12 men,but then again, it was probably usefulin that it showed the spirit of the teamwhen we had to work for each otherand cover those wide spaces.”

Bristol took the lead through afourth-minute penalty try when theirscrum power overwhelmed Clifton,before scrum-half Braley brokestraight from a scrum and dartedthrough to increase his side’s ad-vanta g e.

Marco Mama sent Speight away forhis first try on 15 minutes, beforeprop Hall started and finished a slickattacking move for try number four,taking Ben Skirving’s offload anddiving over. Speight soon had hissecond try after Mama charged downCharlie Foley’s attempted clearanceand sent the winger clear.

Clifton had their moments in at-tack – and generally opted to run theball or send it to touch. But, as Bristolhad found to their cost against Bathand Exeter, against higher-level op-position, there is little room forer ror.

Jo h n s t o n’s dismissal – and the sub-sequent yellow cards for Hall andDouglas – unsurprisingly led to Clif-t o n’s lengthiest spell of possession inthe match. But Bristol’s players stucktogether in the face of increasingpressure and were consistently ableto make tackles and force turnovers,eventually alleviating the threat.

Seconds after the restart, Evesraced in for the first of his long-rangetries, before a second penalty try wasawarded from a close-range scrum.Clifton lost prop Tarquin Ledner tothe sin-bin, before replacement MitchEadie finished powerfully after Bris-tol had stolen a line-out, while an-other back-row replacement, NickKoster, put Speight in for hish at - t r i ck .

In the latter stages, with fitness andphysicality coming to the fore, Bris-tol’s control became absolute. Evesshowed power and balance to scoreanother from distance, before RukiTipuna set up Merriman following ascrum in the Clifton 22. Koster’s of-fload to Merriman in the closingminutes allowed the Welshman tocomplete the rout.Clifton starting XV: A Slowik; S Smith, WPomphrey, T Preece, G Kariyanas; C Foley, GNicholls; T Ledner, J Stephenson, C Bullimore, JQuinn, T O’Keefe, H Gorvett, S Uren, B Purcell(capt).Sin-binned: Ledner (61).Bristol starting XV: A D’Arcy; S Speight, L Eves, BMosses, C Amesbury; T Roberts, C Braley; BDouglas, R Johnston, J Hall, G Townson, MSorenson (capt), M Mama, R Pennycook, B Skirving.Scorers: Penalty try (2), Braley, Speight (3), Hall,Eves (2), Eadie, Merriman (2).Sent off: Johnston (32, dangerous tackle).Sin-binned: Douglas (37), Hall (40).Referee: J Sullivan.

� Marco Mama surges forward for Bristol in yesterday’s game at Cribbs Causeway Pictures: Michael Lloyd

Bristol bounceback in stylewith 12 tries

� Bristol’s Callum Braley tries to break through the Clifton defence

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This is a massive one-day international series for me, says Wright

Wo m e n ’s football

International cricket

ALL-ROUNDER Luke Wright is de-termined to re-establish himself inEngland’s one-day internationalteam after more than two years on thefring es.

Wright, pictured, has not played a50-over match in England colourssince their World Cup quarter-finalexit to Sri Lanka in March 2011.

But he has been given the chance toadd to his 46 ODI caps in the up-coming matches against Ireland andAustralia, following the decision torest the core of England’s Ashes win-n e r s.

England’s selectors have been cri-ticised for omitting the likes of skip-per Alastair Cook and JamesAnderson, but it presents an oppor-tunity for players on the periphery,such as Wright, to push their claimsas preparations start to begin for theWorld Cup in 18 months’ t i m e.

“It’s a massive series for myself,”he said. “It’s something we haveworked for for a long time. Since I gotinjured and lost my place, I havebeen desperate to get backinto it.

“It’s an opportunity tostake a claim. There is aWorld Cup in 2015 and,whenever you are infront of the selectors,it’s a huge series.”

Wright has been ingood form for England inTwenty20 cricket, where heremains a first choice, andcaptained the England Lions intheir recent 3-0 series win overBangladesh A.

Wright most notably smashed anunbeaten 143, from 68 balls, in thefirst game of that series – and justdays after a century for Sussex

against Holland – to demand the at-tention of the selectors.

They duly responded with hislong-awaited call-up, for a one-off

match against Ireland onTuesday before a five-game

series against Australia,along with five un-capped players.

Those changes havecast the upcominggames as an audition

for the fringe players toprove they should remain

when England’s stars re-turn to duty this winter in

Au s t r a l i a .“It’s about taking your chance,”

said Wright. “I am sure those guyswill come back in at some stage, butit’s about taking your opportunitieswhen you get them.

“Ultimately, you want to be in that

LAURA Del Rio fired home a stop-page-time penalty to give BristolAcademy a 1-0 win at Lincoln as theyresumed their FA Women’s SuperLeague campaign with a crucial vic-t o r y.

The result was vital as leaders Liv-erpool and second-placed Arsenalalso gained three points.

It keeps the Vixens in third spot –still with an outside chance of chal-lenging for the title – and strengthenstheir push for their first top-threefinish.

Bristol had not played a compet-itive game for three weeks, and man-ager Mark Sampson admitted thatwas a factor in his side’s performanceduring the first 45 minutes.

“It really was a game of twoh a l ve s, ” said Sampson. “In the first,we showed the effects of not playingfor three weeks because we weresecond to the ball.

“This was Lincoln’s last game atSincil Bank and they wanted to endon a high, so were right up for it. Butwe got better as it went on and Ithought we just about deserved thewin in the end.”

Lincoln – who will operate as NottsCounty’s women’s side next season ina controversial switch – had a goodearly chance, but striker Bonnie Hor-wood was foiled by a fine save fromBristol goalkeeper Siobhan Cham-b e rl a i n .

Though the home side had the bet-ter of the opening period, their besthope of breaking the deadlock cameon the hour when the Vixens had aquickfire series of escapes.

England skipper Casey Stoney hitthe post with a header, and her ThreeLionesses team-mate Jess Clarke wasthe first to react to the loose ball.

But Clarke fired her shot straight atthe grounded Chamberlain and then

� Laura Del Rio was Bristol Academy’s match-winner at Lincoln yesterday

Laura’s stoppage-time spot-kickgives Academy a crucial victory

Stoney was again denied by agoal-line clearance, as Lincoln failedto capitalise during the goalmouthflur ry.

After that, the visitors started toget the upper hand, and Natalia San-chon squandered a great chance 15minutes from time when she noddedGrace McCatty’s cross over the top

Golf

Nothing seemedto happen forme, says Wood

CHRIS Wood’s challenge at the ISPSHanda Welsh Open at Celtic Manorended in bitter disappointment afterthe elation of a magnificent start tohis ‘home’ tour nament.

The Long Ashton player’s early de-light, following an excellent openingfive-under-par round 66, to end theday in joint second, turned to despairas the weekend unfolded.

A combination of missed putts,balls diverted by the swirling windand occasional misjudgement over acourse that proved to be as tough asany on this year’s European Tour,proved costly. But many leading play-ers suffered as well.

“I didn’t play well all week,” hesaid. “It was disappointing and if Ih a d n’t chipped and putted as well as Idid, I would have probably finishedlast.

“Despite everything I did nothingseemed to happen. Yet I could haveended up in the top 20, which wouldhave been a great result consider-ing.

“I took five at the 16th and thenanother five at the short 17th, yet Id i d n’t hit a bad shot at either hole. Imissed my spot by a yard at 17 and theball plugged in the bunker.”

But, as usual, he is taking positivesfrom the week. He said that his back,which kept him out for two months, isnow giving him few problems.

The other bonus was that his coachPaul Mitchell, the Bristol and Cliftonclub professional, was able to watcheach one of the 288 shots.

“I have this week off and we cannow work on my game this weekbefore I play my next event, the DutchOpen,” he said.

His four-over-par return left him ina share of 39th place, 12 shots behindFrenchman Gregory Bourdy, whoemerged from the pack in a dramaticfinal afternoon and finished withthree successive birdies over thehardest holes on the course.

The lead changed hands frequently,with third-round leader AmericanPeter Uihlein and Dane Soren Kjeld-sen also in the battle.

Wo o d ’s ISM stable-mate ChrisLloyd spent the weekend back inKingswood after missing the cut byone shot for the second successivewe e k .

After returning early from theJohnnie Walker at Gleneagles, histotal of five-over-par 147 left him on74th spot at Celtic Manor.

Erratic play proved expensive as hemade one double bogey, six bogeysand four birdies in an opening 75.

His hopes looked even more remoteafter he dropped three furthershots after six holes of his secondro u n d .

But he has always been a fighterand gradually hauled himself backwith a succession of pars, a birdie atthe eighth and an eagle at the drive-able 15th. Dropping a shot at thetough 16th proved fatal.

Meanwhile, Liam Bond, the StPierre touring player who has dom-inated the West Country PGA scenethis year, faltered after causing asensation by leading at halfway onf ive - u n d e r- p a r.

Sadly, there was no fairytale end-ing. He was placed joint 43rd afterrounds of 78 and 74.

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with the net beckoning. The outcomewas finally settled three minutes intostoppage time when good work bySanchon led to Sophie Walton beingpenalised for handling, and Del Riostepped up to sidefoot home the res-ulting spot-kick.

There was barely time for the gameto re-start, before the whistle went to

seal Bristol’s third successive awaywin in the WSL.

The Vixens are on the road againon Thursday when they travel toChelsea, and then have another awaygame, at Arsenal, next Sunday.Other FA WSL results: Arsenal 3 Doncaster RoversBelles 1, Birmingham City 2 Liverpool 4, Everton 3Chelsea 2.

next squad when it comes to going toAustralia and then each one going onto the World Cup. The only way to dothat is to take your chance.”

Wright admits he is unsure, however,what role he will be asked to play as hebids to earn his place back.

The 28-year-old often found himselfshunted up and down the order in hisinitial spell in the team, at one stagebeing used as an opener.

He has made a home for himself atthree in Twenty20 cricket, but battedat five for the England Lions.

“We will have meetings over thenext few days. It’s two differentsquads as well, so whether I play twodifferent roles I am not too sure,” hesaid. “I honestly don’t mind where Ibat. I have been up and down theorder and it gives me a chance tosneak into the side if they needsomeone at six, seven or to open.”

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BRISTOL beat Clifton by 12 tries tonil to ensure they finished theirpre-season fixtures having been onboth ends of one-sided scorelines.

After defeats of 69-5 at Bath and 51-7at Exeter, the boot was on the otherfoot for a Bristol side who scored fivetries in the first half and seven in thesecond to overwhelm a game andcommitted – but ultimately limited –Clifton team.

Despite the margin of victory, thematch has potentially thrown up acouple of problems for Bristol, withhooker Ross Johnston being sent offfor a tip-tackle and fly-half TristanRoberts leaving the ground in a slingafter suffering a shoulder injury.

But, whereas Bath and Exeter haddealt comfortably with Bristol’s at-tacking threat, while carving theirdefence open with alarming regular-ity, the traditional pre-season match atClifton allowed the Championshipside to be much more forceful.

Despite scoring 12 tries, where theyreally impressed was in their desireto win back the ball whenever theydid not have it. As a result, Cliftonwere suffocated when in possession,as Bristol did to the National TwoSouth side what the bigger boys haddone to them on the two previouswe e ke n d s.

On-trial winger Sammy Speightscored a hat-trick for Bristol, whileLuke Eves and James Merriman bothscored twice. Callum Braley, JamesHall and Mitch Eadie also crossed,while the tally was completed by twopenalty tries.

Eves, the scorer of two long-rangetries in the second half, said: “Wewere embarrassed about how we per-formed in the last two weeks, eventhough it’s been against Premiershipopposition, so we definitely neededthis run-out and it’s good to get a fewt r i e s.

“The defences were so good whenwe played Bath and Exeter – and,although we’re aspiring to be likethem, it is nice to play a game wherewe could get our structures in placeand get a few tries ourselves.

“We weren’t perfect but I thinkwe ’ve taken a step forward from thelast few weeks; even though the op-position has been considerably lower,I think we’ve got a lot out of it.”

Bristol’s defence was particularlytested when they were reduced to 12men shortly before half-time. AfterJohnston saw red, both props – Halland Bruce Douglas – were sent to thesin-bin, leaving Bristol three mendown as Clifton attacked their linerepeatedly. Yet still they managed torepel their hosts and deny them the

points their effort and endeavour hadprobably deserved.

“All credit to Clifton, they really didpush us hard, and at times they didfluster us,” said Eves. “We spoke be-fore the game about how embar-rassed we felt in the last two weeks,and we really wanted to put it right byshowing some of what we could do. Istill think we left a lot out there – bu tit was a good hit out.

“Our discipline is probablysomething we need to work on – it’sunacceptable to go down to 12 men,but then again, it was probably usefulin that it showed the spirit of the teamwhen we had to work for each otherand cover those wide spaces.”

Bristol took the lead through afourth-minute penalty try when theirscrum power overwhelmed Clifton,before scrum-half Braley brokestraight from a scrum and dartedthrough to increase his side’s ad-vanta g e.

Marco Mama sent Speight away forhis first try on 15 minutes, beforeprop Hall started and finished a slickattacking move for try number four,taking Ben Skirving’s offload anddiving over. Speight soon had hissecond try after Mama charged downCharlie Foley’s attempted clearanceand sent the winger clear.

Clifton had their moments in at-tack – and generally opted to run theball or send it to touch. But, as Bristolhad found to their cost against Bathand Exeter, against higher-level op-position, there is little room forer ror.

Jo h n s t o n’s dismissal – and the sub-sequent yellow cards for Hall andDouglas – unsurprisingly led to Clif-t o n’s lengthiest spell of possession inthe match. But Bristol’s players stucktogether in the face of increasingpressure and were consistently ableto make tackles and force turnovers,eventually alleviating the threat.

Seconds after the restart, Evesraced in for the first of his long-rangetries, before a second penalty try wasawarded from a close-range scrum.Clifton lost prop Tarquin Ledner tothe sin-bin, before replacement MitchEadie finished powerfully after Bris-tol had stolen a line-out, while an-other back-row replacement, NickKoster, put Speight in for hish at - t r i ck .

In the latter stages, with fitness andphysicality coming to the fore, Bris-tol’s control became absolute. Evesshowed power and balance to scoreanother from distance, before RukiTipuna set up Merriman following ascrum in the Clifton 22. Koster’s of-fload to Merriman in the closingminutes allowed the Welshman tocomplete the rout.Clifton starting XV: A Slowik; S Smith, WPomphrey, T Preece, G Kariyanas; C Foley, GNicholls; T Ledner, J Stephenson, C Bullimore, JQuinn, T O’Keefe, H Gorvett, S Uren, B Purcell(capt).Sin-binned: Ledner (61).Bristol starting XV: A D’Arcy; S Speight, L Eves, BMosses, C Amesbury; T Roberts, C Braley; BDouglas, R Johnston, J Hall, G Townson, MSorenson (capt), M Mama, R Pennycook, B Skirving.Scorers: Penalty try (2), Braley, Speight (3), Hall,Eves (2), Eadie, Merriman (2).Sent off: Johnston (32, dangerous tackle).Sin-binned: Douglas (37), Hall (40).Referee: J Sullivan.

� Marco Mama surges forward for Bristol in yesterday’s game at Cribbs Causeway Pictures: Michael Lloyd

Bristol bounceback in stylewith 12 tries

� Bristol’s Callum Braley tries to break through the Clifton defence


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This is a massive one-day international series for me, says Wright

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ALL-ROUNDER Luke Wright is de-termined to re-establish himself inEngland’s one-day internationalteam after more than two years on thefring es.

Wright, pictured, has not played a50-over match in England colourssince their World Cup quarter-finalexit to Sri Lanka in March 2011.

But he has been given the chance toadd to his 46 ODI caps in the up-coming matches against Ireland andAustralia, following the decision torest the core of England’s Ashes win-n e r s.

England’s selectors have been cri-ticised for omitting the likes of skip-per Alastair Cook and JamesAnderson, but it presents an oppor-tunity for players on the periphery,such as Wright, to push their claimsas preparations start to begin for theWorld Cup in 18 months’ t i m e.

“It’s a massive series for myself,”he said. “It’s something we haveworked for for a long time. Since I gotinjured and lost my place, I havebeen desperate to get backinto it.

“It’s an opportunity tostake a claim. There is aWorld Cup in 2015 and,whenever you are infront of the selectors,it’s a huge series.”

Wright has been ingood form for England inTwenty20 cricket, where heremains a first choice, andcaptained the England Lions intheir recent 3-0 series win overBangladesh A.

Wright most notably smashed anunbeaten 143, from 68 balls, in thefirst game of that series – and justdays after a century for Sussex

against Holland – to demand the at-tention of the selectors.

They duly responded with hislong-awaited call-up, for a one-off

match against Ireland onTuesday before a five-game

series against Australia,along with five un-capped players.

Those changes havecast the upcominggames as an audition

for the fringe players toprove they should remain

when England’s stars re-turn to duty this winter in

Au s t r a l i a .“It’s about taking your chance,”

said Wright. “I am sure those guyswill come back in at some stage, butit’s about taking your opportunitieswhen you get them.

“Ultimately, you want to be in that

LAURA Del Rio fired home a stop-page-time penalty to give BristolAcademy a 1-0 win at Lincoln as theyresumed their FA Women’s SuperLeague campaign with a crucial vic-t o r y.

The result was vital as leaders Liv-erpool and second-placed Arsenalalso gained three points.

It keeps the Vixens in third spot –still with an outside chance of chal-lenging for the title – and strengthenstheir push for their first top-threefinish.

Bristol had not played a compet-itive game for three weeks, and man-ager Mark Sampson admitted thatwas a factor in his side’s performanceduring the first 45 minutes.

“It really was a game of twoh a l ve s, ” said Sampson. “In the first,we showed the effects of not playingfor three weeks because we weresecond to the ball.

“This was Lincoln’s last game atSincil Bank and they wanted to endon a high, so were right up for it. Butwe got better as it went on and Ithought we just about deserved thewin in the end.”

Lincoln – who will operate as NottsCounty’s women’s side next season ina controversial switch – had a goodearly chance, but striker Bonnie Hor-wood was foiled by a fine save fromBristol goalkeeper Siobhan Cham-b e rl a i n .

Though the home side had the bet-ter of the opening period, their besthope of breaking the deadlock cameon the hour when the Vixens had aquickfire series of escapes.

England skipper Casey Stoney hitthe post with a header, and her ThreeLionesses team-mate Jess Clarke wasthe first to react to the loose ball.

But Clarke fired her shot straight atthe grounded Chamberlain and then

� Laura Del Rio was Bristol Academy’s match-winner at Lincoln yesterday

Laura’s stoppage-time spot-kickgives Academy a crucial victory

Stoney was again denied by agoal-line clearance, as Lincoln failedto capitalise during the goalmouthflur ry.

After that, the visitors started toget the upper hand, and Natalia San-chon squandered a great chance 15minutes from time when she noddedGrace McCatty’s cross over the top

Golf

Nothing seemedto happen forme, says Wood

CHRIS Wood’s challenge at the ISPSHanda Welsh Open at Celtic Manorended in bitter disappointment afterthe elation of a magnificent start tohis ‘home’ tour nament.

The Long Ashton player’s early de-light, following an excellent openingfive-under-par round 66, to end theday in joint second, turned to despairas the weekend unfolded.

A combination of missed putts,balls diverted by the swirling windand occasional misjudgement over acourse that proved to be as tough asany on this year’s European Tour,proved costly. But many leading play-ers suffered as well.

“I didn’t play well all week,” hesaid. “It was disappointing and if Ih a d n’t chipped and putted as well as Idid, I would have probably finishedlast.

“Despite everything I did nothingseemed to happen. Yet I could haveended up in the top 20, which wouldhave been a great result consider-ing.

“I took five at the 16th and thenanother five at the short 17th, yet Id i d n’t hit a bad shot at either hole. Imissed my spot by a yard at 17 and theball plugged in the bunker.”

But, as usual, he is taking positivesfrom the week. He said that his back,which kept him out for two months, isnow giving him few problems.

The other bonus was that his coachPaul Mitchell, the Bristol and Cliftonclub professional, was able to watcheach one of the 288 shots.

“I have this week off and we cannow work on my game this weekbefore I play my next event, the DutchOpen,” he said.

His four-over-par return left him ina share of 39th place, 12 shots behindFrenchman Gregory Bourdy, whoemerged from the pack in a dramaticfinal afternoon and finished withthree successive birdies over thehardest holes on the course.

The lead changed hands frequently,with third-round leader AmericanPeter Uihlein and Dane Soren Kjeld-sen also in the battle.

Wo o d ’s ISM stable-mate ChrisLloyd spent the weekend back inKingswood after missing the cut byone shot for the second successivewe e k .

After returning early from theJohnnie Walker at Gleneagles, histotal of five-over-par 147 left him on74th spot at Celtic Manor.

Erratic play proved expensive as hemade one double bogey, six bogeysand four birdies in an opening 75.

His hopes looked even more remoteafter he dropped three furthershots after six holes of his secondro u n d .

But he has always been a fighterand gradually hauled himself backwith a succession of pars, a birdie atthe eighth and an eagle at the drive-able 15th. Dropping a shot at thetough 16th proved fatal.

Meanwhile, Liam Bond, the StPierre touring player who has dom-inated the West Country PGA scenethis year, faltered after causing asensation by leading at halfway onf ive - u n d e r- p a r.

Sadly, there was no fairytale end-ing. He was placed joint 43rd afterrounds of 78 and 74.

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with the net beckoning. The outcomewas finally settled three minutes intostoppage time when good work bySanchon led to Sophie Walton beingpenalised for handling, and Del Riostepped up to sidefoot home the res-ulting spot-kick.

There was barely time for the gameto re-start, before the whistle went to

seal Bristol’s third successive awaywin in the WSL.

The Vixens are on the road againon Thursday when they travel toChelsea, and then have another awaygame, at Arsenal, next Sunday.Other FA WSL results: Arsenal 3 Doncaster RoversBelles 1, Birmingham City 2 Liverpool 4, Everton 3Chelsea 2.

next squad when it comes to going toAustralia and then each one going onto the World Cup. The only way to dothat is to take your chance.”

Wright admits he is unsure, however,what role he will be asked to play as hebids to earn his place back.

The 28-year-old often found himselfshunted up and down the order in hisinitial spell in the team, at one stagebeing used as an opener.

He has made a home for himself atthree in Twenty20 cricket, but battedat five for the England Lions.

“We will have meetings over thenext few days. It’s two differentsquads as well, so whether I play twodifferent roles I am not too sure,” hesaid. “I honestly don’t mind where Ibat. I have been up and down theorder and it gives me a chance tosneak into the side if they needsomeone at six, seven or to open.”

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Long Ashton do just enough to avoid relegation at the expense of Sri Lankans


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Promoted Weston miss out on the titleafter slipping to last-day Thornbury defeat

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Bird rolls backthe years tosave ClaverhamSteve Hill

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CLAVERHAM needed somethingspecial to wriggle out of relegationtrouble against drop rivals T w y fo rdHouse – and Paul Bird supplied itwith a sensational performance.

The former Somerset star had notbowled for six years because of theshoulder injury that ended hisfirst-class career almost 20 yearsa go.

But he was persuaded by skipperRoger Hooper to try his luck withTwyford at 61-1, needing 176 for thevictory that would have made themsafe in the WEPL Bristol & NorthSomerset Division.

Bird responded by taking a wicketwith his first ball – having Ross Sut-ton brilliantly caught by wicketkeep-er Matt Davis – before going on tofinish with 6-25 from 9.1 overs.

That effort saw Twyford buckle to126 all out and a 49-run defeat that sawthem finish bottom , one point behindC l ave r h a m .

Skipper Roger Hooper said: “Noone really gave us a chance because itlooked impossible to make up those16 points and, at the same time, stopTwyford getting any more than fourp o i n t s. ”

His plan – to secure maximum bat-ting points and declare (to gain twobonus points in the event of a win),while losing as few wickets as pos-sible – worked perfectly, with RyanThorpe hitting 54 plus Richard Hor-ton and Bird both contributing 36.

Claverham then had to nail downthe victory and also deny Twyfordbatting points – step forward Bird.Hooper added: “I had one more ace upmy sleeve... I had been badgeringPaul all day to bowl, and said ‘just tryyour arm and see what happens’.

“To get a wicket first ball was un-believable. He was getting the ball inreally good areas and once the ad-

renalin started pumping there was noway I was ever going to get him off !”

� Newcomers Chew Magna made itnine in a row with an 89-run homedefeat of Bristol West Indians &Phoenix to seal the title, edgingLansdown by a point.

Richie Ricketts’ 109, plus Dave Law-rence (48) and Stuart Watson (43)helped Chew declare at 267-8 beforethe visitors folded to 178, KenMondair (4-30) and skipper Mike Den-ning (3-22) rounding off a summer toremember for a side that lost theirfirst two games.

Lansdown thumped Stapleton by112 runs, while Winterbourne fin-ished third after a four-wicket tri-umph at Congresbury, Tom Carterfollowing up his 108 last weekendwith an unbeaten 139.

C l eve d o n clinched the Bristol &Somerset title and a place in PremierTwo with a 117-run home defeat ofF r e n ch ay .

Wayne Kylander top-scored with 95before bagging 3-25 from ten overs,whilst there was also a return of 3-22by former England and Somersetpaceman Andy Caddick.

Frenchay finished third bottom,ahead of Taunton who went down bysix wickets at Old Bristolians West-bury despite opener Tom Abell’s un-beaten 150.

Runners-up Bedminster’s disap-pointing end-of-season form contin-ued with a ten-wicket reverse atBishopston, for whom skipper JohnStilwell (3-5) and Mark Coombes (90not out) starred.

Brislington wrapped up thirdplace with a 94-run home successove r K n ow l e , Paul Hawken hitting 77and Jon Rogers claiming 3-16.

� Officials from the WEPL and feederleagues covering Bristol, Somerset,Gloucestershire and Wiltshire willconvene tomorrow to confirm pro-motions and relegations.

WESTON-super-Mare missed thechance to clinch the WEPL PremierTwo title after suffering a final-day39-run defeat at Thornbury.

The Seasiders were guaranteed pro-motion before the start of play. Andthey had to be content with secondplace as Taunton Deane continuedtheir late run to the line by thumpingWarminster by eight wickets to takethe crown, leaving Thornbury to fillthird place.

Chris Davidson, in his first seasonas Weston captain, was disappointednot to finish on a winning note afterhis side had occupied pole positionfor 14 weeks, but reflected on an ex-cellent overall campaign for thecl u b.

He said: “At the start of the year ouraim was to do better than last season(fourth) and we’ve achieved that.

“It would have been nice to havewon the title, but we’ve got no one toblame but ourselves, as we’ve had abad six weeks with Taunton Deaneand Thornbury both pushing veryh a rd .

“It’s been a good team effort fromus... Andy Fear, Shabil Ahmed, EdBrown and John Williams have allscored hundreds, while Sean Stringerhas been absolutely brilliant with theball.”

Nick Stovold top-scored on 59 asThornbury reached 249-9, Stringer,Sam Trego and Ben Main taking twowickets apiece.

And Weston were then restricted to210, home skipper Richard Trotmanbowling off spin off two paces becauseof a leg injury to finish with 4-21 fromfive, while Dan Slade returned 3-31.

The visitors’ total was boosted byan extras total of 53, including aneye-watering 37 wides.

Trotman said: “We can hold ourheads high this year.

“We started the season aiming tofinish halfway, so we’ve done well tofinish third, and that’s a fair reflec-tion of where we are.

“This is a very young side and we’renow well equipped to push on nextye a r. ”

West of England Premier League – PremierOne: Bath 223 (L Davies 68) Ashcott & Shapwick213, Bridgwater 307-9 (M Coles 133) Keynsham226, Bristol 284-9 (D Housego 97, W Tavare 68)Taunton St Andrews 188 (D Reading 50), Frocester208-8 (M Herdman 78) Corsham 204 (T Davies 68;M Herdman 5-32), Downend 259-9 (C Blakemore121, T Mupariwa 50) Ilminster 230 (S Spurway 61).Premier Two: Cheltenham 223-6 Chard 224-5,Glastonbury 158 Minehead 159-5, Goatacre 228-7Gloucester City Winget 185, Warminster 119Taunton Deane 123-2, Thornbury 249-9 (N Stovold59) Weston-super-Mare 210.Glos & Wilts: Rockhampton 321-8 (J Williams 133,R Cartlidge 77) Dumbleton 309-7 (A Carson 132, APatel 50), Chipping Sodbury 200 (H Webb 70, CScully 61) Westbury 172.Bristol & Somerset: Bedminster 119 (R Cunliffe70) Bishopston 120-0 (M Coombes 90 no),Brislington 210 (P Hawken 77) Knowle 116,Clevedon 266-9 (W Kylander 95; A Stell 5-58)Frenchay 149, Midsomer Norton 292-5 Street277-9.Bristol & North Somerset: Congresbury 239 (RBann 62, A Whiting 50) Winterbourne 240-6 (TCarter 139 no), Chew Magna 267-8 (R Ricketts 109)Bristol West Indians & Phoenix 178, Claverham175-5 (R Thorpe 54) Twyford House 126 (P Bird6-25), Lansdown 320-9 (D-L Dorman 76, T Hankins59, J Hamilton 58, A Owen 56) Stapleton 208 (J

Coombes 65), Shirehampton 231-9 Timsbury 206.Somerset Div: Ilton 325-6 (R Jones 119)Winscombe 332-5 (W Wright 182 no), Uphill Castle270 (A Winn 50) Wellington 273-6 (I Weerawarna78, P Short 76 no).Second XI – Premier One: Ashcott & Shapwick 93Bath 96-6, Frocester 206 Corsham 209-5,Keynsham 187-7 (R Pannell 76) Bridgwater 189-6,Taunton St Andrews 140 (B Hoyle 670 Bristol141-5, Downend 120 Weston-super-Mare 121-4.Premier Two: Warminster 183 Taunton Deane186-4, Gloucester City Winget 205-8 Swindon206-7, Cheltenham 185-8 Chard 186-7, Ilminster219 (A Sims 55) Thornbury 223-6 (D Hammond 55no, C Cashell 54), Knowle 187 Glastonbury 188-4.Bristol & Somerset: Winterbourne 307-4 (N Nayak113, J Williams 67, M Frost 63) Clevedon 261 (TBrooks 63), Street 206-5 Chipping Sodbury 208-3,Brislington 259-5 (I Thomas 101) Minehead 262-4(L McMinn 120 no, A Stevens 75), Old BristoliansWestbury 227 Tauntoon 231-2.Bristol & North Somerset: Frenchay 330-5 (IMarch 115, N Patel 80, M Barrow 74 no)Congresbury 186, Lansdown 399-4 (J Addey 126, ACarlin 76, J Smith 68) Stapleton 165, Shirehampton329-4 (D Nurse 137 no, A Patel 80) Timsbury 127(R Smith 7-36), Claverham 196 Twyford House 176.Gloucester Div: Charlton King 177-6 Rockhampton181-2 (J White 108 no).Bristol & District – Senior Division: Almondsbury

(3) 83 (I Butt 5-26) Pak Bristolians (26) 84-5,Dyrham & Hinton (26) 238-8 (W Passmore 5-40)Beradley Stoke (4) 66, Hanham (3) 115 YMCA (26)116-3, Bristol Asians (25) 173 Nailsea (7) 102,Portishead (26) 210 (N Armstrong 66, O Savoury53) Bitton (10) 182.Division One: Stoke Bishop (26) 176 (K Patel 6-40)Bristol Indians (6) 95 (H Bhojnaik 71 no), Failand &Portbury (9) 236-7 (A McArthur 65) BristolPakistanis (24) 237-8 (S Mohammad 68), Hambrook(26) 224-6 (P Wheeler 57 no) Bristol Sri Lankans (5)124 (L Dyer 6-33), Old Down (8) 153 (N Maud 5-39)Long Ashton (26) 154-8 (D Gardner 6-32),Whitchurch (6) 153 Cleeve (26) 156-4.Division Two: Pakistani Express (4) 147 CoalpitHeath (26) 148-2 (T Williams 51 no), West United(25) 389-9 (A Shinde 140, S Thiyagarajh 78, F Gul66) St George (8) 159-8 (J Glanville 64),Woodpeckers (25) 210-8 (N Curtis 84) Hampset (9)191-9, Blagdon (26) 194-8 (T Moy 68) Lympsham(7) 127, Pucklechurch (8) 200-9 (S Moss 74)Lodway (25) 202-6.Division Three: United Banks (6) 211-8 (K Trollope58) Barrow Gurney (25) 213-2 (M Hardy 81 no, MHodges 68 no), Frampton Cotterell (25) 205-9 (RShorland 80; J Loud 6-38) St Mary Redcliffe (7)139-9 (J Dickinson 6-39), Abbots Leigh (26) 179-6Bohemians (6) 139, University Staff (26) 264-6 (TGrubb 75, M O’Donnell 74 no) Gordano Valley (5)118 (P Twoze 65), Stoke Gifford (24) 142, Stothert

& Pitt (6) 82.Division Four: Old Elizabethans (25) 164, Briska(5) 49 (M Kharvi 5-31), BAC (9) 209 (M Kumar 54; LAllen 5-56) Alveston (26) 210-9 (P Curtis 59), Hallen(26) 182 (R Deshukh 57) Bristol Civil Service (7)123 (R Deshukh 5-35), Old Caths (1) 98 CarsonsMangotsfield (26) 101-0 (G Cambridge 56 no),Taveners (26) 181-8 (P Solomon 57) Frys (7) 135,Stoke Inn Exiles (7) 170 Bristol Malayalee (26)171-6, Patchway (7) 155-8 Bishop Sutton (24)159-6, Bristol Lions (25) 201 Churchways (8) 148-9.Second XI – Senior Division: Chipping Sodbury A(6) 148 (B Radfrd 5-40) Bradley Stoke (26) 149-6,Hambrook (5) 124 YMCA (26) 128-7, PakBristolians (8) 177 (Kashish 89; M Smith 6-36)Almondsbury (26) 178-7, Nailsea (8) 190-7 BristolAsians (24) 192-7, Bristol Pakistanis (26) 267(Sharaz 75, S Butt 70) Failand & Portbury (9) 154(Sharaz 5-38).Division One: Bishopston A (26) 181 Coalpit Heath(5) 62, Old Down (26) 238-5 (J McDonald 102 no)University Staff (7) 208, Hampset (7) 236-4 (WDuguid 115 no) Portishead (23) 238-4 (L Chambers93 no), Cleeve (8) 198-7 Winterbourne A (24)199-6, Stothert & Pitt (5) 205-5 (R Hardman 98)YMCA (23) 208-1 (K Milsom 83 retired).Division Two: Bitton (5) 157 (J Veale 50)Bedminster A (26) 159-3 (S Stuckes 95 no), StkeBishop (26) 184 Thornbury A (9) 163, Hanham (26)181-9 (P Brown 80) Downend A (7) 130 (S

Gatehouse 57), Long Ashton (5) 186 Frenchay A(26) 189-1 (M Brunton 128 no), Whitchurch (26)305-8 (S Meszares 97; J Pocock 5-42) St MaryRedcliffe (6) 121.Division Three: Pak Bristolians A (26) 329-8 (ZHabib 106, R Mahmood 59) United Banks (9) 222,Blagdon (26) 239-6 (S Robertson 103) Stapleton A(7) 158, Hambrook A (7) 174 (J Snell 58) CarsonsMangotsfield (26) 178-6 (J Phipp 50) , TwyfordHouse A (8) 204 (T Smith 85) Pucklechurch (26)210-6, Bristol West Indians & Phooenix (26) 201 (CDepass 56, K Stewart 52) Bristol Sri Lankans (7)109.Division Four: Bristol Lions (9) 218 Lodway (26)219-9 (C Stitfall 61), Bedminster B (7) 175 OldBristolians Westbury B (26) 177-4 (J Higginson 54),YMCA B (6) 131 Abbots Leigh (26) 132-7, Hallen (3)114 (E Maule 6-58) Brislington B (26) 115-3,Lympsham (26) 259 (M Gregory 68) Stoke Gifford(10) 239 (M Stevens 71), Chipping Sodbury B (7)141 Frampton Cotterell (26) 144-8, Patchway (26)207-4 Bristol Civil Service (6) 154.A XI – Division One: Winterbourne B (26) 240-9(S Parker 115) United Banks (4) 52 (R Vickery7-18), Shirehampton (5) 165 Coalpit Heath (26)166-2.Division Two: Frampton Cotterell (26) 299-6 (ALloyd 105 no) Hanham (7) 155 (P Buckland 56),Bradley Stoke B (6) 166-6 Frenchay B (23) 167-4 (AKhan 58 no).

In Premier One, Bristol w r ap p e dup with a 96-run home defeat of Taun-ton St Andrews to finish in third placebehind champions Bath and Fro-c e s t e r.

G l o u c e s t e r s h i re ’s Dan Housego (97)and opener Will Tavare (68) shared asecond-wicket stand of 150 in the Bris-tol challenge of 284-9.

And the combined efforts of skipperWill Rudge (3-29 from ten), Tavare(2-13), Mike Willmott (2-22) and Neil

Pollard (2-41) then dismissed Saintsfor 188. D ow n e n d had to work hardfor a 29-run defeat of relegated Ilmin-ster. Curtis Blakemore’s 121 (135 balls,13 fours, five sixes) helped his sidepile up 259-9 before skipper Matt Jack-son (4-40 from ten) and Tawanda Mu-pariwa (3-45) restricted the visitors to230.

Key n s h a m , who drop straight backdown to Premier Two, slipped by 81runs at Bridgwater, despite Russ

Wakefield taking 3-41 and top-scoringon 45.

� Rockhampton warmed up for theirbig day at Lord’s next weekend in theNational Village Cup with a 12-runwin at Dumbleton in Glos & Wilts,James Williams hammering 133 andRowan Cartlidge 77.

Harry Webb (70) and skipper CraigScully (61) paved the way for Chip-ping Sodbury’s 28-run victory at

Westbury, Richard Wood bagging 4-22from ten.

� Wally Wright’s unbeaten 182 helpedWinscombe chase down a target of 326at Ilton in the Somerset division.

Winscombe finish seventh, whileUphill Castle are fourth after afour-wicket home setback againstWellington. Top scorers for Uphillwere Alex Winn (50) and HaydenWatts (46).

LONG Ashton secured another sea-son in Division One of the GlobeSports Bristol & District League witha nerve-tingling two-wicket homewin against promoted Old Down,which pulled them clear of the re-legation zone.

The villagers began the day withan average that was 0.6 of a pointbehind third from bottom Bristol SriLankans, who slipped up by 100 runsat Hambrook.

The Sri Lankans were bowled outfor 124, missing a batting bonus pointby just one run. And failing to claimthat solitary point meant they fin-ished with an average for the season

of 12.928 ... compared to Long Ash-t o n’s 12.937.

Neil Maud (5-39 from 12 overs) andKane Duffy (3-19 from six overs) re-duced Old Down to 153 all out, beforeBen Taylor (47) and Duffy (33) dom-inated Long Ashton’s nervous reply,Dave Gardner bagging 6-32 from eightove r s.

Peter Wheeler, meanwhile, domin-ated Hambrook’s total of 224-7 withan unbeaten 57, Musamil taking4-50.

Lee Dyer then struck with 6-33 from7.4 overs, including the wicket ofskipper Ali Qureshi for 45, as thevisitors missed out on the point thatwould have made them safe.

In the Senior Division, Dyrham &Hinton also scrambled clear of re-

legation with a crushing 173-run suc-cess at Bradley Stoke, leapfroggingNailsea, who lost by 71 runs againstBristol Asians and suffer a secondsuccessive relegation.

Wayne Passmore finished with 5-40as Dyrham reached 238-8, but thehome side struggled from the startwith the bat and were shot out for just66.

Bristol Asians reached 173 all outat Nailsea, whose reply faded to 102 asnews filtered through of Dyrham’swin.

Champions YMCA ended theircampaign on a high note with aseven-wicket win at Hanham, whowere dismissed for 115.

Hitesh Shah was YMCA’s most suc-cessful bowler with 3-34, while open-

er Owen Hewlett helped steer his sideto another victory with 39.

Hampset began the day fourthfrom bottom in Division Two, butfinished in the bottom two after a19-run reverse away to drop rivalsWo o d p e cke r s , who pulled clear oft ro u bl e.

Opener Nick Curtis (84) made acrucial contribution in his side’stotal of 210-8, before Jason Robinson(3-40 from 12 overs), Tim Britton(3-54) and Andy Pope (2-54) shared thes p o i l s.

West United also made themselvessafe with a 230-run thumping of re-legated St George, Ashish Shinde(140) and Ibhad Paresh (78) poweringtheir side to a massive 389-9.

Salauddin Ahmed then produced a


� We s t o n - s u p e r- M a re ’s Ben Main sends down a delivery during the West of England Premier League defeat to Thornbury

� Thor nbury’s Nick Stovold in action against Weston-super-Mare

tremendous spell of 3-10 from tenovers as Saints were dismissed for159.

Frampton Cotterell clinched theDivision Three title with a 66-runsuccess at St Mary Redcliffe, whereRoss Shorland (80) and skipper JimmyDickinsn (6-39) played key roles. Andthat result meant Fr ampton held offAbbots Leigh , who were 180-runvictors at home to Bohemians.

The Division Four crown went topacesetters Bristol Lions, 53-runhome victors against Churchways ,thanks to three wickets apiece forPitigala and Adambaragie.

Carsons Mangotsfield finishedsecond, despite overwhelming OldC at h s by ten wickets, with Glen Cam-bridge unbeaten on 56.

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Bird rolls backthe years tosave ClaverhamSteve Hill

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CLAVERHAM needed somethingspecial to wriggle out of relegationtrouble against drop rivals T w y fo rdHouse – and Paul Bird supplied itwith a sensational performance.

The former Somerset star had notbowled for six years because of theshoulder injury that ended hisfirst-class career almost 20 yearsa go.

But he was persuaded by skipperRoger Hooper to try his luck withTwyford at 61-1, needing 176 for thevictory that would have made themsafe in the WEPL Bristol & NorthSomerset Division.

Bird responded by taking a wicketwith his first ball – having Ross Sut-ton brilliantly caught by wicketkeep-er Matt Davis – before going on tofinish with 6-25 from 9.1 overs.

That effort saw Twyford buckle to126 all out and a 49-run defeat that sawthem finish bottom , one point behindC l ave r h a m .

Skipper Roger Hooper said: “Noone really gave us a chance because itlooked impossible to make up those16 points and, at the same time, stopTwyford getting any more than fourp o i n t s. ”

His plan – to secure maximum bat-ting points and declare (to gain twobonus points in the event of a win),while losing as few wickets as pos-sible – worked perfectly, with RyanThorpe hitting 54 plus Richard Hor-ton and Bird both contributing 36.

Claverham then had to nail downthe victory and also deny Twyfordbatting points – step forward Bird.Hooper added: “I had one more ace upmy sleeve... I had been badgeringPaul all day to bowl, and said ‘just tryyour arm and see what happens’.

“To get a wicket first ball was un-believable. He was getting the ball inreally good areas and once the ad-

renalin started pumping there was noway I was ever going to get him off !”

� Newcomers Chew Magna made itnine in a row with an 89-run homedefeat of Bristol West Indians &Phoenix to seal the title, edgingLansdown by a point.

Richie Ricketts’ 109, plus Dave Law-rence (48) and Stuart Watson (43)helped Chew declare at 267-8 beforethe visitors folded to 178, KenMondair (4-30) and skipper Mike Den-ning (3-22) rounding off a summer toremember for a side that lost theirfirst two games.

Lansdown thumped Stapleton by112 runs, while Winterbourne fin-ished third after a four-wicket tri-umph at Congresbury, Tom Carterfollowing up his 108 last weekendwith an unbeaten 139.

C l eve d o n clinched the Bristol &Somerset title and a place in PremierTwo with a 117-run home defeat ofF r e n ch ay .

Wayne Kylander top-scored with 95before bagging 3-25 from ten overs,whilst there was also a return of 3-22by former England and Somersetpaceman Andy Caddick.

Frenchay finished third bottom,ahead of Taunton who went down bysix wickets at Old Bristolians West-bury despite opener Tom Abell’s un-beaten 150.

Runners-up Bedminster’s disap-pointing end-of-season form contin-ued with a ten-wicket reverse atBishopston, for whom skipper JohnStilwell (3-5) and Mark Coombes (90not out) starred.

Brislington wrapped up thirdplace with a 94-run home successove r K n ow l e , Paul Hawken hitting 77and Jon Rogers claiming 3-16.

� Officials from the WEPL and feederleagues covering Bristol, Somerset,Gloucestershire and Wiltshire willconvene tomorrow to confirm pro-motions and relegations.

WESTON-super-Mare missed thechance to clinch the WEPL PremierTwo title after suffering a final-day39-run defeat at Thornbury.

The Seasiders were guaranteed pro-motion before the start of play. Andthey had to be content with secondplace as Taunton Deane continuedtheir late run to the line by thumpingWarminster by eight wickets to takethe crown, leaving Thornbury to fillthird place.

Chris Davidson, in his first seasonas Weston captain, was disappointednot to finish on a winning note afterhis side had occupied pole positionfor 14 weeks, but reflected on an ex-cellent overall campaign for thecl u b.

He said: “At the start of the year ouraim was to do better than last season(fourth) and we’ve achieved that.

“It would have been nice to havewon the title, but we’ve got no one toblame but ourselves, as we’ve had abad six weeks with Taunton Deaneand Thornbury both pushing veryh a rd .

“It’s been a good team effort fromus... Andy Fear, Shabil Ahmed, EdBrown and John Williams have allscored hundreds, while Sean Stringerhas been absolutely brilliant with theball.”

Nick Stovold top-scored on 59 asThornbury reached 249-9, Stringer,Sam Trego and Ben Main taking twowickets apiece.

And Weston were then restricted to210, home skipper Richard Trotmanbowling off spin off two paces becauseof a leg injury to finish with 4-21 fromfive, while Dan Slade returned 3-31.

The visitors’ total was boosted byan extras total of 53, including aneye-watering 37 wides.

Trotman said: “We can hold ourheads high this year.

“We started the season aiming tofinish halfway, so we’ve done well tofinish third, and that’s a fair reflec-tion of where we are.

“This is a very young side and we’renow well equipped to push on nextye a r. ”

West of England Premier League – PremierOne: Bath 223 (L Davies 68) Ashcott & Shapwick213, Bridgwater 307-9 (M Coles 133) Keynsham226, Bristol 284-9 (D Housego 97, W Tavare 68)Taunton St Andrews 188 (D Reading 50), Frocester208-8 (M Herdman 78) Corsham 204 (T Davies 68;M Herdman 5-32), Downend 259-9 (C Blakemore121, T Mupariwa 50) Ilminster 230 (S Spurway 61).Premier Two: Cheltenham 223-6 Chard 224-5,Glastonbury 158 Minehead 159-5, Goatacre 228-7Gloucester City Winget 185, Warminster 119Taunton Deane 123-2, Thornbury 249-9 (N Stovold59) Weston-super-Mare 210.Glos & Wilts: Rockhampton 321-8 (J Williams 133,R Cartlidge 77) Dumbleton 309-7 (A Carson 132, APatel 50), Chipping Sodbury 200 (H Webb 70, CScully 61) Westbury 172.Bristol & Somerset: Bedminster 119 (R Cunliffe70) Bishopston 120-0 (M Coombes 90 no),Brislington 210 (P Hawken 77) Knowle 116,Clevedon 266-9 (W Kylander 95; A Stell 5-58)Frenchay 149, Midsomer Norton 292-5 Street277-9.Bristol & North Somerset: Congresbury 239 (RBann 62, A Whiting 50) Winterbourne 240-6 (TCarter 139 no), Chew Magna 267-8 (R Ricketts 109)Bristol West Indians & Phoenix 178, Claverham175-5 (R Thorpe 54) Twyford House 126 (P Bird6-25), Lansdown 320-9 (D-L Dorman 76, T Hankins59, J Hamilton 58, A Owen 56) Stapleton 208 (J

Coombes 65), Shirehampton 231-9 Timsbury 206.Somerset Div: Ilton 325-6 (R Jones 119)Winscombe 332-5 (W Wright 182 no), Uphill Castle270 (A Winn 50) Wellington 273-6 (I Weerawarna78, P Short 76 no).Second XI – Premier One: Ashcott & Shapwick 93Bath 96-6, Frocester 206 Corsham 209-5,Keynsham 187-7 (R Pannell 76) Bridgwater 189-6,Taunton St Andrews 140 (B Hoyle 670 Bristol141-5, Downend 120 Weston-super-Mare 121-4.Premier Two: Warminster 183 Taunton Deane186-4, Gloucester City Winget 205-8 Swindon206-7, Cheltenham 185-8 Chard 186-7, Ilminster219 (A Sims 55) Thornbury 223-6 (D Hammond 55no, C Cashell 54), Knowle 187 Glastonbury 188-4.Bristol & Somerset: Winterbourne 307-4 (N Nayak113, J Williams 67, M Frost 63) Clevedon 261 (TBrooks 63), Street 206-5 Chipping Sodbury 208-3,Brislington 259-5 (I Thomas 101) Minehead 262-4(L McMinn 120 no, A Stevens 75), Old BristoliansWestbury 227 Tauntoon 231-2.Bristol & North Somerset: Frenchay 330-5 (IMarch 115, N Patel 80, M Barrow 74 no)Congresbury 186, Lansdown 399-4 (J Addey 126, ACarlin 76, J Smith 68) Stapleton 165, Shirehampton329-4 (D Nurse 137 no, A Patel 80) Timsbury 127(R Smith 7-36), Claverham 196 Twyford House 176.Gloucester Div: Charlton King 177-6 Rockhampton181-2 (J White 108 no).Bristol & District – Senior Division: Almondsbury

(3) 83 (I Butt 5-26) Pak Bristolians (26) 84-5,Dyrham & Hinton (26) 238-8 (W Passmore 5-40)Beradley Stoke (4) 66, Hanham (3) 115 YMCA (26)116-3, Bristol Asians (25) 173 Nailsea (7) 102,Portishead (26) 210 (N Armstrong 66, O Savoury53) Bitton (10) 182.Division One: Stoke Bishop (26) 176 (K Patel 6-40)Bristol Indians (6) 95 (H Bhojnaik 71 no), Failand &Portbury (9) 236-7 (A McArthur 65) BristolPakistanis (24) 237-8 (S Mohammad 68), Hambrook(26) 224-6 (P Wheeler 57 no) Bristol Sri Lankans (5)124 (L Dyer 6-33), Old Down (8) 153 (N Maud 5-39)Long Ashton (26) 154-8 (D Gardner 6-32),Whitchurch (6) 153 Cleeve (26) 156-4.Division Two: Pakistani Express (4) 147 CoalpitHeath (26) 148-2 (T Williams 51 no), West United(25) 389-9 (A Shinde 140, S Thiyagarajh 78, F Gul66) St George (8) 159-8 (J Glanville 64),Woodpeckers (25) 210-8 (N Curtis 84) Hampset (9)191-9, Blagdon (26) 194-8 (T Moy 68) Lympsham(7) 127, Pucklechurch (8) 200-9 (S Moss 74)Lodway (25) 202-6.Division Three: United Banks (6) 211-8 (K Trollope58) Barrow Gurney (25) 213-2 (M Hardy 81 no, MHodges 68 no), Frampton Cotterell (25) 205-9 (RShorland 80; J Loud 6-38) St Mary Redcliffe (7)139-9 (J Dickinson 6-39), Abbots Leigh (26) 179-6Bohemians (6) 139, University Staff (26) 264-6 (TGrubb 75, M O’Donnell 74 no) Gordano Valley (5)118 (P Twoze 65), Stoke Gifford (24) 142, Stothert

& Pitt (6) 82.Division Four: Old Elizabethans (25) 164, Briska(5) 49 (M Kharvi 5-31), BAC (9) 209 (M Kumar 54; LAllen 5-56) Alveston (26) 210-9 (P Curtis 59), Hallen(26) 182 (R Deshukh 57) Bristol Civil Service (7)123 (R Deshukh 5-35), Old Caths (1) 98 CarsonsMangotsfield (26) 101-0 (G Cambridge 56 no),Taveners (26) 181-8 (P Solomon 57) Frys (7) 135,Stoke Inn Exiles (7) 170 Bristol Malayalee (26)171-6, Patchway (7) 155-8 Bishop Sutton (24)159-6, Bristol Lions (25) 201 Churchways (8) 148-9.Second XI – Senior Division: Chipping Sodbury A(6) 148 (B Radfrd 5-40) Bradley Stoke (26) 149-6,Hambrook (5) 124 YMCA (26) 128-7, PakBristolians (8) 177 (Kashish 89; M Smith 6-36)Almondsbury (26) 178-7, Nailsea (8) 190-7 BristolAsians (24) 192-7, Bristol Pakistanis (26) 267(Sharaz 75, S Butt 70) Failand & Portbury (9) 154(Sharaz 5-38).Division One: Bishopston A (26) 181 Coalpit Heath(5) 62, Old Down (26) 238-5 (J McDonald 102 no)University Staff (7) 208, Hampset (7) 236-4 (WDuguid 115 no) Portishead (23) 238-4 (L Chambers93 no), Cleeve (8) 198-7 Winterbourne A (24)199-6, Stothert & Pitt (5) 205-5 (R Hardman 98)YMCA (23) 208-1 (K Milsom 83 retired).Division Two: Bitton (5) 157 (J Veale 50)Bedminster A (26) 159-3 (S Stuckes 95 no), StkeBishop (26) 184 Thornbury A (9) 163, Hanham (26)181-9 (P Brown 80) Downend A (7) 130 (S

Gatehouse 57), Long Ashton (5) 186 Frenchay A(26) 189-1 (M Brunton 128 no), Whitchurch (26)305-8 (S Meszares 97; J Pocock 5-42) St MaryRedcliffe (6) 121.Division Three: Pak Bristolians A (26) 329-8 (ZHabib 106, R Mahmood 59) United Banks (9) 222,Blagdon (26) 239-6 (S Robertson 103) Stapleton A(7) 158, Hambrook A (7) 174 (J Snell 58) CarsonsMangotsfield (26) 178-6 (J Phipp 50) , TwyfordHouse A (8) 204 (T Smith 85) Pucklechurch (26)210-6, Bristol West Indians & Phooenix (26) 201 (CDepass 56, K Stewart 52) Bristol Sri Lankans (7)109.Division Four: Bristol Lions (9) 218 Lodway (26)219-9 (C Stitfall 61), Bedminster B (7) 175 OldBristolians Westbury B (26) 177-4 (J Higginson 54),YMCA B (6) 131 Abbots Leigh (26) 132-7, Hallen (3)114 (E Maule 6-58) Brislington B (26) 115-3,Lympsham (26) 259 (M Gregory 68) Stoke Gifford(10) 239 (M Stevens 71), Chipping Sodbury B (7)141 Frampton Cotterell (26) 144-8, Patchway (26)207-4 Bristol Civil Service (6) 154.A XI – Division One: Winterbourne B (26) 240-9(S Parker 115) United Banks (4) 52 (R Vickery7-18), Shirehampton (5) 165 Coalpit Heath (26)166-2.Division Two: Frampton Cotterell (26) 299-6 (ALloyd 105 no) Hanham (7) 155 (P Buckland 56),Bradley Stoke B (6) 166-6 Frenchay B (23) 167-4 (AKhan 58 no).

In Premier One, Bristol w r ap p e dup with a 96-run home defeat of Taun-ton St Andrews to finish in third placebehind champions Bath and Fro-c e s t e r.

G l o u c e s t e r s h i re ’s Dan Housego (97)and opener Will Tavare (68) shared asecond-wicket stand of 150 in the Bris-tol challenge of 284-9.

And the combined efforts of skipperWill Rudge (3-29 from ten), Tavare(2-13), Mike Willmott (2-22) and Neil

Pollard (2-41) then dismissed Saintsfor 188. D ow n e n d had to work hardfor a 29-run defeat of relegated Ilmin-ster. Curtis Blakemore’s 121 (135 balls,13 fours, five sixes) helped his sidepile up 259-9 before skipper Matt Jack-son (4-40 from ten) and Tawanda Mu-pariwa (3-45) restricted the visitors to230.

Key n s h a m , who drop straight backdown to Premier Two, slipped by 81runs at Bridgwater, despite Russ

Wakefield taking 3-41 and top-scoringon 45.

� Rockhampton warmed up for theirbig day at Lord’s next weekend in theNational Village Cup with a 12-runwin at Dumbleton in Glos & Wilts,James Williams hammering 133 andRowan Cartlidge 77.

Harry Webb (70) and skipper CraigScully (61) paved the way for Chip-ping Sodbury’s 28-run victory at

Westbury, Richard Wood bagging 4-22from ten.

� Wally Wright’s unbeaten 182 helpedWinscombe chase down a target of 326at Ilton in the Somerset division.

Winscombe finish seventh, whileUphill Castle are fourth after afour-wicket home setback againstWellington. Top scorers for Uphillwere Alex Winn (50) and HaydenWatts (46).

LONG Ashton secured another sea-son in Division One of the GlobeSports Bristol & District League witha nerve-tingling two-wicket homewin against promoted Old Down,which pulled them clear of the re-legation zone.

The villagers began the day withan average that was 0.6 of a pointbehind third from bottom Bristol SriLankans, who slipped up by 100 runsat Hambrook.

The Sri Lankans were bowled outfor 124, missing a batting bonus pointby just one run. And failing to claimthat solitary point meant they fin-ished with an average for the season

of 12.928 ... compared to Long Ash-t o n’s 12.937.

Neil Maud (5-39 from 12 overs) andKane Duffy (3-19 from six overs) re-duced Old Down to 153 all out, beforeBen Taylor (47) and Duffy (33) dom-inated Long Ashton’s nervous reply,Dave Gardner bagging 6-32 from eightove r s.

Peter Wheeler, meanwhile, domin-ated Hambrook’s total of 224-7 withan unbeaten 57, Musamil taking4-50.

Lee Dyer then struck with 6-33 from7.4 overs, including the wicket ofskipper Ali Qureshi for 45, as thevisitors missed out on the point thatwould have made them safe.

In the Senior Division, Dyrham &Hinton also scrambled clear of re-

legation with a crushing 173-run suc-cess at Bradley Stoke, leapfroggingNailsea, who lost by 71 runs againstBristol Asians and suffer a secondsuccessive relegation.

Wayne Passmore finished with 5-40as Dyrham reached 238-8, but thehome side struggled from the startwith the bat and were shot out for just66.

Bristol Asians reached 173 all outat Nailsea, whose reply faded to 102 asnews filtered through of Dyrham’swin.

Champions YMCA ended theircampaign on a high note with aseven-wicket win at Hanham, whowere dismissed for 115.

Hitesh Shah was YMCA’s most suc-cessful bowler with 3-34, while open-

er Owen Hewlett helped steer his sideto another victory with 39.

Hampset began the day fourthfrom bottom in Division Two, butfinished in the bottom two after a19-run reverse away to drop rivalsWo o d p e cke r s , who pulled clear oft ro u bl e.

Opener Nick Curtis (84) made acrucial contribution in his side’stotal of 210-8, before Jason Robinson(3-40 from 12 overs), Tim Britton(3-54) and Andy Pope (2-54) shared thes p o i l s.

West United also made themselvessafe with a 230-run thumping of re-legated St George, Ashish Shinde(140) and Ibhad Paresh (78) poweringtheir side to a massive 389-9.

Salauddin Ahmed then produced a


� We s t o n - s u p e r- M a re ’s Ben Main sends down a delivery during the West of England Premier League defeat to Thornbury

� Thor nbury’s Nick Stovold in action against Weston-super-Mare

tremendous spell of 3-10 from tenovers as Saints were dismissed for159.

Frampton Cotterell clinched theDivision Three title with a 66-runsuccess at St Mary Redcliffe, whereRoss Shorland (80) and skipper JimmyDickinsn (6-39) played key roles. Andthat result meant Fr ampton held offAbbots Leigh , who were 180-runvictors at home to Bohemians.

The Division Four crown went topacesetters Bristol Lions, 53-runhome victors against Churchways ,thanks to three wickets apiece forPitigala and Adambaragie.

Carsons Mangotsfield finishedsecond, despite overwhelming OldC at h s by ten wickets, with Glen Cam-bridge unbeaten on 56.

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SEPTEMBER15 Cornish Pirates............................................................................. (Sandy Park)22 London Scottish............................................................................................ (H)28 Jersey........................................................................................................... (A)

OCTOBER6 Bedford........................................................................................................... (H)12 B&I Cup .................................................................................................... Rnd 119 B&I Cup .................................................................................................... Rnd 227 Nottingham ................................................................................................... (H)

NOVEMBER2 Plymouth ........................................................................................................ (A)9 London Welsh ................................................................................................ (A)17 Rotherhamv (H)23 Cornish Pirates ............................................................................................. (A)

DECEMBER1 Leedsv (H)8 B&I Cup ...................................................................................................... Rnd 315 B&I Cup ..................................................................................................... Rnd 421 Ealing (A)

JANUARY 20145 Moseley .......................................................................................................... (H)12 B&I Cup .................................................................................................... Rnd 519 B&I Cup .................................................................................................... Rnd 626 Plymouth ...................................................................................................... (H)

FEBRUARY2 Jersey ............................................................................................................. (H)8 Bedford ........................................................................................................... (A)15 Nottingham ................................................................................................... (A)

MARCH1 Rotherham...................................................................................................... (A)9 Cornish Pirates ............................................................................................... (H)22 Leeds ............................................................................................................ (A)30 Ealing ........................................................................................................... (H)

APRIL5 Moseley .......................................................................................................... (A)12 B&I Cup .......................................................................................... quarter-final18 London Welsh .............................................................................................. (H)26 London Scottish............................................................................................ (A)

MAY3 B&I Cup ................................................................................................ semi-final10 Championship semi-final ......................................................................... 1st leg17 Championship semi-final ....................................................................... 2nd leg23 B&I Cup ....................................................................................................... final29 Championship final.................................................................................. 1st leg

JUNE4 Championship final.................................................................................. 2nd leg

LEAGUE ONEAUGUST

3 Bradford (H)................................................................................................................ 2-26 Gillingham (Capital One, First Round) (A) ................................................................. 2-011 Coventry (A) ............................................................................................................ 4-517 Wolverhampton (H) ................................................................................................. 1-224 MK Dons (A) ............................................................................................................ 2-227 Crystal Palace (Capital One, Second Round) (H)................................................... 2-131 Gillingham (A) .......................................................................................................... 1-1

SEPTEMBER4 Bristol Rovers (JPT, First Round)............................................................................... (H)7 Shrewsbury ................................................................................................................ (H)14 Peterborough............................................................................................................ (H)21 Swindon.................................................................................................................... (A)24/25 Southampton (Capital One, Third Round) (A)28 Colchester ................................................................................................................ (H)

OCTOBER5 Port Vale ..................................................................................................................... (A)12 Crawley Town........................................................................................................... (H)19 Crewe ....................................................................................................................... (A)22 Brentford................................................................................................................... (H)26 Carlisle ..................................................................................................................... (A)

NOVEMBER2 Oldham ....................................................................................................................... (H)16 Tranmere .................................................................................................................. (A)23 Sheffield United ........................................................................................................ (H)26 Leyton Orient ............................................................................................................ (H)30 Preston ..................................................................................................................... (A)

DECEMBER14 Rotherham ................................................................................................................ (H)21 Notts County ............................................................................................................. (A)26 Walsall ...................................................................................................................... (H)29 Stevenage ................................................................................................................ (H)

JANUARY1 Leyton Orient .............................................................................................................. (A)4 Coventry ..................................................................................................................... (H)11 Bradford .................................................................................................................... (A)18 MK Dons................................................................................................................... (H)25 Wolverhampton ........................................................................................................ (A)28 Brentford ................................................................................................................... (A)

FEBRUARY1 Carlisle ....................................................................................................................... (H)8 Oldham ....................................................................................................................... (A)15 Tranmere.................................................................................................................. (H)22 Sheffield United ........................................................................................................ (A)

MARCH1 Gillingham .................................................................................................................. (H)8 Shrewsbury ................................................................................................................ (A)11 Peterborough............................................................................................................ (A)15 Swindon.................................................................................................................... (H)22 Colchester ................................................................................................................ (A)25 Port Vale................................................................................................................... (H)29 Rotherham ................................................................................................................ (A)

APRIL5 Preston ....................................................................................................................... (H)12 Walsall ...................................................................................................................... (A)19 Notts County............................................................................................................. (H)21 Stevenage ................................................................................................................ (A)26 Crewe ....................................................................................................................... (H)

MAY3 Crawley Town............................................................................................................. (A)

LEAGUE TWOAUGUST

3 Exeter (A) .................................................................................................. 1-26 Watford (Capital One Cup, First Round) (H) ............................................. 1-310 Scunthorpe (H) ........................................................................................ 0-017 Newport County(A) .................................................................................. 0-124 York (H) ................................................................................................... 3-231 Northampton (H) ...................................................................................... 1-0

SEPTEMBER4 Bristol City (JPT, First Round).................................................................... (A)7 Plymouth .................................................................................................... (A)14 Dag & Red ................................................................................................ (A)21 Hartlepool ................................................................................................ (H)28 Southend .................................................................................................. (A)

OCTOBER5 Fleetwood .................................................................................................. (H)12 Mansfield .................................................................................................. (A)19 Wycombe ................................................................................................ (H)22 Accrington Stanley ................................................................................... (A)26 Chesterfield ............................................................................................. (H)

NOVEMBER2 Oxford Utd .................................................................................................. (A)16 Bury ......................................................................................................... (H)23 Burton Albion ............................................................................................ (A)26 Cheltenham .............................................................................................. (A)30 AFC Wimbledon ...................................................................................... (H)

DECEMBER14 Morecambe .............................................................................................. (A)21 Portsmouth .............................................................................................. (H)26 Torquay .................................................................................................... (A)29 Rochdale .................................................................................................. (A)

JANUARY1 Cheltenham ............................................................................................... (H)4 Scunthorpe ................................................................................................. (A)11 Exeter ....................................................................................................... (H)18 York .......................................................................................................... (A)25 Newport County ....................................................................................... (H)28 Accrington Stanley .................................................................................. (H)

FEBRUARY1 Chesterfield ................................................................................................ (A)8 Oxford Utd ................................................................................................. (H)15 Bury .......................................................................................................... (A)22 Burton Albion........................................................................................... (H)

MARCH1 Northampton............................................................................................... (A)8 Plymouth ................................................................................................... (H)11 Dag & Red............................................................................................... (H)15 Hartlepool ................................................................................................. (A)22 Southend ................................................................................................. (H)25 Fleetwood ................................................................................................. (A)29 Morecambe ............................................................................................. (H)

APRIL5 AFC Wimbledon ......................................................................................... (A)12 Torquay ................................................................................................... (H)19 Portsmouth ............................................................................................... (A)21 Rochdale ................................................................................................. (H)26 Wycombe ................................................................................................. (A)

MAY3 Mansfield ................................................................................................... (H)

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DavePayne

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It was so inspiring to hear Karen’s speech at Business 4 Sport seminar

Bristol Rugby 2013-14The season so far . . .

IHAD a phone call out of the

blue recently from a chap calledDavid Smith. He asked me if Iwould be interested in speakingat a business seminar. I was alittle taken aback, becauseapart from giving a best man’s

speech, and saying a few words atend-of-season presentations, I havehad no experience of this type ofthing.

I asked David what topic he re-quired me to talk about. He replied:“Your favourite subject – yourself !” Ido like people with a sense of humour.He did eventually explain that some-body from the Football Association,who had been booked to attend andtalk about grassroots sport, was un-able to make the function. David said

that he was really clutching at strawsto get someone, and then thought ofme. Those carefully-chosen, charm-ing words helped me make my de-cision.

The seminar was hosted by thecompany Business 4 Sport. What I cangather is that they host these eventsfor business people who are inter-ested in helping sponsor individual or

team sports. The main speaker thatevening was Karen Butler, a para-lympian who has appeared at severalOlympic Games, taking part in theshooting event.

She spoke very eloquently and pas-sionately about her sport. She ex-plained how hard it was for her to keepcompeting at major sporting eventswhile holding down a full-time job, yetreceiving hardly any funding.

I have to say her speech was veryinspiring, and I hope she is successfulin gaining some sponsorship, whichwill help keep her competing formany years to come.

My speech was pretty low-key bycomparison. The knowledge I have ongrassroots sport is limited and basic. Iwarbled on about when I was a lad

how we used to put jumpers down forgoal posts, and could only dreamabout playing on Astroturf surfacesthat the youngsters of today get toplay on.

I also carried on talking to anyonestill listening, about how some sportsduring my time growing up, includ-ing tennis and golf, were so elitist.

There was a tennis court literallyyards from my boyhood home, whichwas for the use of members only. Thegate was always locked during theday, probably to stop our sort fromplaying. Along with a couple of mypals, we would regularly cut a smallgap in the wire fencing enabling us toplay during days in the school hol-idays. It would have made a lot moresense if they would have left the gate

open during the day, when the mem-bers were at work allowing us chil-dren to play, without resulting tocriminal damage.

It was the same when it came togolf. Unlike these days, I didn’t knowanyone who was a member of a golfclub. My mates and I would walk tothe pitch-and-putt course at AshtonCourt, and sneak on to play. We as-sumed for years that a golf courseonly had 12 holes, the reason beingour round started on the seventh tee,out of site of the clubhouse.

I can remember one lad fromaround our way that was brilliant atan elitist sport – water polo. Therewas talk of him going to an Olympicgames, unfortunately for him though,his horse drowned!

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