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When you lookat me andFrank, I thinkit’s fair to say I

came here as anumber two – Citygoalkeeper EliotParish who made hisleague debut againstColchester

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A point is notthe end of theworld. It’s justwe had a few

chances at the endand three pointswould have beenlovely – Rovers’Matt Harrold on hisside’s 1-1 draw atSouthend

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Jeffrey Monakana – 5Jabo Ibehre – 6Freddie Sears – 5

Luke Garbutt – 7Craig Eastmond – 6Alex Gilbey – 5David Wright – 6

Match reaction

Fan’s view withMatthew Withers

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HomeShots on target 7Shots off targetCor ners

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City: Marlon Harewood for Reid (55 mins), StephenMcLaughlin for Bryan (66 mins), Marvin Elliott for Wagstaff (87mins)

United: Marcus Bean for Monakana (63), Sammie Szmodicsfor Eastmond (82), Clinton Morrison for Sears (82)

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Sam Walker – 7Brian Wilson – 6Magnus Okuonghae – 6Matthew Taylor – 7

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� Elliot Parish: Good distribution, but he hadlittle else to do on league debut

� Brendan Moloney: Worked hard but isstruggling to find his best form

� Aden Flint: Did well one on one with striker,but vulnerable to pace when isolated

� Derrick Williams: Prone to the odd mistake,but great saving tackle to deny Ibehre

� Nicky Shorey: Used the ball well and hadanother steady game

� Scott Wagstaff: Tried to play with purposeand a high tempo throughout

� Marlon Pack: Kept trying to do the rightthings and improved after the break

� Bobby Reid: Looked jaded after midweekefforts and came off early

� Joe Bryan: Started well on the left but quicklytired and was taken off

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas: Became more of athreat after Harewood came on

THIS proverbial game of two halveswill no doubt provide Bristol Cityhead coach Sean O’Driscoll withmuch food for thought.

A confirmed advocate of posses-sion-based football, the Midlander ad-opted his preferred Plan A during theopening 45 minutes.

When it failed to yield a waythrough a packed Colchester defence,he was forced to revert to Plan B, tenminutes into the second half.

Marlon Harewood came off thebench to provide City’s attack with amuch-needed focal point and histeam-mates responded by embracinga more direct approach in a spiritedquest to cancel out Matthew Taylor’sheaded goal for the U’s.

Although O’Driscoll remains com-mitted to Plan A, even he must ac-knowledge the effectiveness of Plan Bin confronting opponents who werehell-bent on putting men behind theball to protect a slender lead.

A pattern is emerging in gamesplayed at Ashton Gate this season andtactics adopted first by Shrewsburyand now by Colchester will conceiv-ably become the norm for teams vis-iting BS3.

Quite content to let City have theball in their own half, Joe Dunne’sside retreated in two banks of fourand invited the Robins to try andbreak them down. If the idea was tofrustrate the home side and thencatch them out with swiftly-launchedcounter-attacks, it worked up to apoint.

Having soaked up pressure anddemonstrated only limited attackingintent during the opening 25 minutes,Colchester broke out and forged alead against the run of play, on-loanBradford defender Taylor rising highat the far post to head in Luke Gar-bu t t ’s excellent out-swinging centrefrom the left.

All of which rendered City’s taskmore difficult still. Now withsomething tangible to hold onto, theU’s made no attempt to disguise theirintention of defending in numbersfrom deep inside their own half.

Determined to adhere to their pa-tient passing game, City were presen-ted with a major problem to solve;how to translate superior possessioninto clear-cut goal-scoring opportun-i t i e s.

Recourse to statistical analysis willno doubt reveal a high percentage ofcompleted passes by the Robins in thefirst half. But they were ponderous in

Harewood’s presence in attack gives City another optionBristol City vs Colchester United | Ashton Gate, Saturday, September 28

their approach at times and, slow tomove the ball forwards, were unableto hurt the visitors in the areas whereit really mattered.

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and SamBaldock both sent first-time shotsoff-target, but U’s keeper Sam Walkerwas not seriously tested until Hare-wo o d ’s arrival heralded a switch toPlan B.

A physical presence in and aroundthe penalty area, the former AstonVilla and West Ham forward encour-

aged his team-mates to go from backto front more quickly now that theyhad a target to aim at.

His arrival freed-up Em-manuel-Thomas to play between thelines and run at defenders, whileaffording the mobile Baldock a levelof support that transformed him intoa genuine threat.

B a l d o ck ’s sixth goal of the season,laid on a plate for him by substituteStephen McLaughlin, and a series ofnear-misses thereafter, proved the ef-fectiveness of a more direct style.

Had a curling shot from the re-juvenated Emmanuel-Thomas and aclose-range header from Baldock notflashed agonisingly wide of goal, wewould now be discussing City’s firstLeague win of the season.

Indeed, City’s second-half improve-ment surely begs the question whydoes O’Driscoll not simply abandonPlan A and adopt Plan B from theoutset of the next game?

The answer is simple; Harewood is

more effective when used as an im-pact substitute and O’Driscoll hasstill to find a way of including the bigstriker in the same starting line-up asEmmanuel-Thomas and Baldockwithout compromising his team’s de-fensive integrity.

Defending remains an issue and amix-up between centre-backs AdenFlint and Derrick Williams presentedU’s forward Jabo Ibehre with an op-portunity to win the game at thedeath. Fortunately for City, Williamsrecovered in magnificent fashion toexecute a goal-saving tackle in thenick of time.

A winning goal for Colchesterwould have represented rough justiceindeed, given the manner in whichthe Robins went about cancelling outa deficit for the second home game insuccession.

Rather than allow themselves to becowed by a high-pressure situation,O’Driscoll’s charges responded in amanner that can only bode well forthe future, displaying bravery on theball and running themselves to stand-still in a common cause.

The Ashton Gate crowd respondedand played their part in a second-halfrecovery that suggests that elusivefirst win is just around the corner.

One of only four clubs yet to re-gister a league victory this season –Bolton, Sheffield Wednesday and Ac-crington Stanley are also still waiting– City have nevertheless drawn moregames than they have lost and areshowing genuine signs of improve-ment.

Colchester boss Dunne bestsummed it up in the post-match pressconference when he said: “BristolCity are close. They are really close togetting it right.”

Yes, there is frustration, but theplayers must believe their glass is halffull and take heart from this per-formance as they prepare to meet PortVale in the Potteries next weekend. � City’s Sam Baldock celebrates his sixth goal of the season after equalising against Colchester Pictures: Joe Meredith

� City’s Derrick Williams wins aheader against Colchester

� City boss Sean O’Driscoll headsfor the changing rooms at half time

� Bobby Reid is fouled by aColchester defender

6� The number of goals scored byCity striker Sam Baldock thisseason

Andy

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Bristol City 1

Colchester United 1

I’M starting to wonder what headcoach Sean O'Driscoll takes Bris-tol City fans for.

He comes across as pretty dour,has little personality and hasmade few attempts to engagewith fans. All of that I can takewith the belief, that he is puttingthe building blocks in place, thatwill see my team return to theChampionship, much strongerand able to establish itself.

Please, however, do not putwords into our mouths and don'ttake us for muppets.

This week we have had to listento how this young City side mustlearn to cope with the pressure ofe x p e c t at i o n s.

City's head coach said of theColchester game: “It’s a game thewhole city expects to go and win5-0 or 6-0."

That follows on from his com-ments that we expected City toroll over Shrewsbury.

Let me tell you Mr O'Driscoll,the vast majority of fans whohave watched your sides go 18league games without a win havere-evaluated what we expect andno one would have expected us toscore six on Saturday, evenagainst a Colchester side without11 first-team players.

As a relegated team with somequality players on the books, it'strue I would expect us to be beat-ing teams like Shrewsbury andColchester. O’Driscoll will pointto the possession that we had inboth games, but in truth howmuch of a threat did we carry inboth?

How many saves did the op-position goalkeeper have tomake? Possession is all very goodif there is an end product, at themoment I'm not seeing it.

It's great to have the ball, butyou have to move it with purposeand pace. We play it across theback line three or four times andthen launch it forward. Col-chester, Shrewsbury and theSwindon game in between, theopposition were there for the tak-ing and I wonder if someone moremotivational could have achievedbetter results.

I said at the start of the seasonthat our priority had to be tomake a strong start and ensurethat we established ourselves inLeague One and then look up. Weare at this moment in time strug-gling to do that and there is a realdanger that we face a relegationbattle for yet another season.

The chairman and directorsare quiet and at the moment Ireally think that the club has lostits way. So what's the answer?

Some will call for O’Driscoll'shead, but I personally at thisstage, don't think that's the an-swer. When the side puts it to-gether they are very good and I dothink that a win will do the sidethe world of good.

You also have to say that chan-ging managers every season isnot going to lead to stability.However, you cannot carry on awinless run and not expect re-p e rc u s s i o n s.

City have to start with an or-thodox front two. Marlon Hare-wood has caused problems whenhe has come on and it must beworth starting with Sam Baldocknext week away at Port Vale.

� Marlon Harewood: He demanded the ball andgave the attack a focal point

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6� Sam Baldock: Ran hard, scored one andmissed another chance to win game

FAR from allowing his Bristol Cityleague debut to go to his head,young goalkeeper Elliot Parishheaded for home and a date with hitTV series X-Factor after helpinghis side come from behind to sal-vage a point at Ashton Gate.

Having finally dislodged FrankieFielding, the former Aston Villaand Cardiff stopper does not wantto give Robins head coach SeanO’Driscoll cause to change hismind ahead of next Saturday’s tripto Port Vale.

O’Driscoll said: “The shirt is

there to fight for and, if he comes inon Monday morning larging it up,I’ll have to think again.

“You can never tell with players.They can have one game and sud-denly think they’ve made it. I can’tsee that with Elliot, because he’s areally level-headed lad.”

Sure enough, Parish was keepingboth feet firmly rooted to theground after an impressive Leaguedebut for the Robins.

He told the Bristol Post: “Whenyou look at me and Frank, I thinkit’s fair to say I came here as a

number two. But I’m an ambitiousplayer and I want to keep steppingfo r w a rd .

“I saw the number one shirt andwanted it. It’s a competitive in-dustry. We are all playing for oneanother’s shirts and everybodyknows that.

That is checklist number one sor-ted – now I have to do the businessto make sure I stay in the team.

“I need to have a good week andcontinue to work hard in order tomake it difficult for the gaffer.

“ I’ve done that so far and, now

I’ve got the shirt, it’s up to me tokeep it for a long time.”

Apart from gathering a couple oflong-range shots, Parish had littleto do against a Colchester attackthat rarely threatened.

He confided: “I thought it wentquite well for me – I wasn’t too busyand I’d like to keep it that way.

“It crossed my mind that we were20 minutes in and I’d only touchedthe ball a couple of times.

“I’d like to keep it that way, be-cause it makes me look good.

“The lads were a lot better today

and I think this was definitely astep in the right direction. Youcould tell that by the way the fansresponded at the end.”

Colchester manager Joe Dunnefelt a draw was a fair result in theend.

He said: “We had the better of thefirst half and they came on strongand had the momentum in thesecond half. We allowed them tohave the ball in certain areas andthey looked to be dangerous on thecounter-attack. I think our tacticswere spot on.”

� SamBaldock,right, firesin City’sequaliseragainstCol-chester atAshtonGate onS a t u rd a y

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Jeffrey Monakana – 5Jabo Ibehre – 6Freddie Sears – 5

Luke Garbutt – 7Craig Eastmond – 6Alex Gilbey – 5David Wright – 6

Match reaction

Fan’s view withMatthew Withers


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Match facts


Fouls conceded

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Attendance

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City: Marlon Harewood for Reid (55 mins), StephenMcLaughlin for Bryan (66 mins), Marvin Elliott for Wagstaff (87mins)

United: Marcus Bean for Monakana (63), Sammie Szmodicsfor Eastmond (82), Clinton Morrison for Sears (82)

Substitutions

Sam Walker – 7Brian Wilson – 6Magnus Okuonghae – 6Matthew Taylor – 7

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� Elliot Parish: Good distribution, but he hadlittle else to do on league debut

� Brendan Moloney: Worked hard but isstruggling to find his best form

� Aden Flint: Did well one on one with striker,but vulnerable to pace when isolated

� Derrick Williams: Prone to the odd mistake,but great saving tackle to deny Ibehre

� Nicky Shorey: Used the ball well and hadanother steady game

� Scott Wagstaff: Tried to play with purposeand a high tempo throughout

� Marlon Pack: Kept trying to do the rightthings and improved after the break

� Bobby Reid: Looked jaded after midweekefforts and came off early

� Joe Bryan: Started well on the left but quicklytired and was taken off

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas: Became more of athreat after Harewood came on

THIS proverbial game of two halveswill no doubt provide Bristol Cityhead coach Sean O’Driscoll withmuch food for thought.

A confirmed advocate of posses-sion-based football, the Midlander ad-opted his preferred Plan A during theopening 45 minutes.

When it failed to yield a waythrough a packed Colchester defence,he was forced to revert to Plan B, tenminutes into the second half.

Marlon Harewood came off thebench to provide City’s attack with amuch-needed focal point and histeam-mates responded by embracinga more direct approach in a spiritedquest to cancel out Matthew Taylor’sheaded goal for the U’s.

Although O’Driscoll remains com-mitted to Plan A, even he must ac-knowledge the effectiveness of Plan Bin confronting opponents who werehell-bent on putting men behind theball to protect a slender lead.

A pattern is emerging in gamesplayed at Ashton Gate this season andtactics adopted first by Shrewsburyand now by Colchester will conceiv-ably become the norm for teams vis-iting BS3.

Quite content to let City have theball in their own half, Joe Dunne’sside retreated in two banks of fourand invited the Robins to try andbreak them down. If the idea was tofrustrate the home side and thencatch them out with swiftly-launchedcounter-attacks, it worked up to apoint.

Having soaked up pressure anddemonstrated only limited attackingintent during the opening 25 minutes,Colchester broke out and forged alead against the run of play, on-loanBradford defender Taylor rising highat the far post to head in Luke Gar-bu t t ’s excellent out-swinging centrefrom the left.

All of which rendered City’s taskmore difficult still. Now withsomething tangible to hold onto, theU’s made no attempt to disguise theirintention of defending in numbersfrom deep inside their own half.

Determined to adhere to their pa-tient passing game, City were presen-ted with a major problem to solve;how to translate superior possessioninto clear-cut goal-scoring opportun-i t i e s.

Recourse to statistical analysis willno doubt reveal a high percentage ofcompleted passes by the Robins in thefirst half. But they were ponderous in

Harewood’s presence in attack gives City another optionBristol City vs Colchester United | Ashton Gate, Saturday, September 28

their approach at times and, slow tomove the ball forwards, were unableto hurt the visitors in the areas whereit really mattered.

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and SamBaldock both sent first-time shotsoff-target, but U’s keeper Sam Walkerwas not seriously tested until Hare-wo o d ’s arrival heralded a switch toPlan B.

A physical presence in and aroundthe penalty area, the former AstonVilla and West Ham forward encour-

aged his team-mates to go from backto front more quickly now that theyhad a target to aim at.

His arrival freed-up Em-manuel-Thomas to play between thelines and run at defenders, whileaffording the mobile Baldock a levelof support that transformed him intoa genuine threat.

B a l d o ck ’s sixth goal of the season,laid on a plate for him by substituteStephen McLaughlin, and a series ofnear-misses thereafter, proved the ef-fectiveness of a more direct style.

Had a curling shot from the re-juvenated Emmanuel-Thomas and aclose-range header from Baldock notflashed agonisingly wide of goal, wewould now be discussing City’s firstLeague win of the season.

Indeed, City’s second-half improve-ment surely begs the question whydoes O’Driscoll not simply abandonPlan A and adopt Plan B from theoutset of the next game?

The answer is simple; Harewood is

more effective when used as an im-pact substitute and O’Driscoll hasstill to find a way of including the bigstriker in the same starting line-up asEmmanuel-Thomas and Baldockwithout compromising his team’s de-fensive integrity.

Defending remains an issue and amix-up between centre-backs AdenFlint and Derrick Williams presentedU’s forward Jabo Ibehre with an op-portunity to win the game at thedeath. Fortunately for City, Williamsrecovered in magnificent fashion toexecute a goal-saving tackle in thenick of time.

A winning goal for Colchesterwould have represented rough justiceindeed, given the manner in whichthe Robins went about cancelling outa deficit for the second home game insuccession.

Rather than allow themselves to becowed by a high-pressure situation,O’Driscoll’s charges responded in amanner that can only bode well forthe future, displaying bravery on theball and running themselves to stand-still in a common cause.

The Ashton Gate crowd respondedand played their part in a second-halfrecovery that suggests that elusivefirst win is just around the corner.

One of only four clubs yet to re-gister a league victory this season –Bolton, Sheffield Wednesday and Ac-crington Stanley are also still waiting– City have nevertheless drawn moregames than they have lost and areshowing genuine signs of improve-ment.

Colchester boss Dunne bestsummed it up in the post-match pressconference when he said: “BristolCity are close. They are really close togetting it right.”

Yes, there is frustration, but theplayers must believe their glass is halffull and take heart from this per-formance as they prepare to meet PortVale in the Potteries next weekend. � City’s Sam Baldock celebrates his sixth goal of the season after equalising against Colchester Pictures: Joe Meredith

� City’s Derrick Williams wins aheader against Colchester

� City boss Sean O’Driscoll headsfor the changing rooms at half time

� Bobby Reid is fouled by aColchester defender

6� The number of goals scored byCity striker Sam Baldock thisseason

Andy

Expert analysisStockhausen

Bristol City 1

Colchester United 1

I’M starting to wonder what headcoach Sean O'Driscoll takes Bris-tol City fans for.

He comes across as pretty dour,has little personality and hasmade few attempts to engagewith fans. All of that I can takewith the belief, that he is puttingthe building blocks in place, thatwill see my team return to theChampionship, much strongerand able to establish itself.

Please, however, do not putwords into our mouths and don'ttake us for muppets.

This week we have had to listento how this young City side mustlearn to cope with the pressure ofe x p e c t at i o n s.

City's head coach said of theColchester game: “It’s a game thewhole city expects to go and win5-0 or 6-0."

That follows on from his com-ments that we expected City toroll over Shrewsbury.

Let me tell you Mr O'Driscoll,the vast majority of fans whohave watched your sides go 18league games without a win havere-evaluated what we expect andno one would have expected us toscore six on Saturday, evenagainst a Colchester side without11 first-team players.

As a relegated team with somequality players on the books, it'strue I would expect us to be beat-ing teams like Shrewsbury andColchester. O’Driscoll will pointto the possession that we had inboth games, but in truth howmuch of a threat did we carry inboth?

How many saves did the op-position goalkeeper have tomake? Possession is all very goodif there is an end product, at themoment I'm not seeing it.

It's great to have the ball, butyou have to move it with purposeand pace. We play it across theback line three or four times andthen launch it forward. Col-chester, Shrewsbury and theSwindon game in between, theopposition were there for the tak-ing and I wonder if someone moremotivational could have achievedbetter results.

I said at the start of the seasonthat our priority had to be tomake a strong start and ensurethat we established ourselves inLeague One and then look up. Weare at this moment in time strug-gling to do that and there is a realdanger that we face a relegationbattle for yet another season.

The chairman and directorsare quiet and at the moment Ireally think that the club has lostits way. So what's the answer?

Some will call for O’Driscoll'shead, but I personally at thisstage, don't think that's the an-swer. When the side puts it to-gether they are very good and I dothink that a win will do the sidethe world of good.

You also have to say that chan-ging managers every season isnot going to lead to stability.However, you cannot carry on awinless run and not expect re-p e rc u s s i o n s.

City have to start with an or-thodox front two. Marlon Hare-wood has caused problems whenhe has come on and it must beworth starting with Sam Baldocknext week away at Port Vale.

� Marlon Harewood: He demanded the ball andgave the attack a focal point

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6� Sam Baldock: Ran hard, scored one andmissed another chance to win game

FAR from allowing his Bristol Cityleague debut to go to his head,young goalkeeper Elliot Parishheaded for home and a date with hitTV series X-Factor after helpinghis side come from behind to sal-vage a point at Ashton Gate.

Having finally dislodged FrankieFielding, the former Aston Villaand Cardiff stopper does not wantto give Robins head coach SeanO’Driscoll cause to change hismind ahead of next Saturday’s tripto Port Vale.

O’Driscoll said: “The shirt is

there to fight for and, if he comes inon Monday morning larging it up,I’ll have to think again.

“You can never tell with players.They can have one game and sud-denly think they’ve made it. I can’tsee that with Elliot, because he’s areally level-headed lad.”

Sure enough, Parish was keepingboth feet firmly rooted to theground after an impressive Leaguedebut for the Robins.

He told the Bristol Post: “Whenyou look at me and Frank, I thinkit’s fair to say I came here as a

number two. But I’m an ambitiousplayer and I want to keep steppingfo r w a rd .

“I saw the number one shirt andwanted it. It’s a competitive in-dustry. We are all playing for oneanother’s shirts and everybodyknows that.

That is checklist number one sor-ted – now I have to do the businessto make sure I stay in the team.

“I need to have a good week andcontinue to work hard in order tomake it difficult for the gaffer.

“ I’ve done that so far and, now

I’ve got the shirt, it’s up to me tokeep it for a long time.”

Apart from gathering a couple oflong-range shots, Parish had littleto do against a Colchester attackthat rarely threatened.

He confided: “I thought it wentquite well for me – I wasn’t too busyand I’d like to keep it that way.

“It crossed my mind that we were20 minutes in and I’d only touchedthe ball a couple of times.

“I’d like to keep it that way, be-cause it makes me look good.

“The lads were a lot better today

and I think this was definitely astep in the right direction. Youcould tell that by the way the fansresponded at the end.”

Colchester manager Joe Dunnefelt a draw was a fair result in theend.

He said: “We had the better of thefirst half and they came on strongand had the momentum in thesecond half. We allowed them tohave the ball in certain areas andthey looked to be dangerous on thecounter-attack. I think our tacticswere spot on.”

� SamBaldock,right, firesin City’sequaliseragainstCol-chester atAshtonGate onS a t u rd a y

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� Bristol City’s Marlon Pack fires in a shot during the 1-1 draw against Colchester United at Ashton Gate on Saturday Pictures: Dougie Allward

� City’s Bobby Reid feels the force of a tackle by Colchester’s Jabo Ibehre

� Colchester United's Craig Eastmond is felled by a challenge from Bristol City's Jay Emmanuel-Thomas � Scott Wagstaff tries to get past Colchester’s Luke Garbutt

� City’s head coachSean O’Driscoll preparesfor the game againstColchester United onSaturday at Ashton Gate

� Bristol City’s Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is tackled by Colchester United’s Luke Garbutt

� City’s Scott Wagstaff, left, chases down Colchester's Craig Eastmond

� City’s Nicky Shorey sets off on a raid down the wing against Colchester


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� Bristol City’s Marlon Pack fires in a shot during the 1-1 draw against Colchester United at Ashton Gate on Saturday Pictures: Dougie Allward

� City’s Bobby Reid feels the force of a tackle by Colchester’s Jabo Ibehre

� Colchester United's Craig Eastmond is felled by a challenge from Bristol City's Jay Emmanuel-Thomas � Scott Wagstaff tries to get past Colchester’s Luke Garbutt

� City’s head coachSean O’Driscoll preparesfor the game againstColchester United onSaturday at Ashton Gate

� Bristol City’s Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is tackled by Colchester United’s Luke Garbutt

� City’s Scott Wagstaff, left, chases down Colchester's Craig Eastmond

� City’s Nicky Shorey sets off on a raid down the wing against Colchester


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Kevan Hurst – 8Ryan Leonard – 8Adam Thompson – 7

Freddy Eastwood – 7Barry Corr – 7Anthony Straker – 6Will Atkinson – 7

PERHAPS the most telling thingJohn Ward said as he talked of sat-isfaction after watching his side se-cure their first away point of theseason was the “decisions” he’d hadto make to finally get it.

The manager admitted after lastwe e ke n d ’s draw against Hartlepoolthat his side had failed to live up toeven the modest expectations he hadset for them and, in the days since, itseems, Ward has finally got to a pointwhere, perhaps, even he feels enoughis enough and some things have tochang e.

Maybe, Ward, a man well-respectedfor the fairness by which he goesabout his business, has been guilty ofgoing out of his way to be accom-modating to the squad as a wholewhen considering which side he shallput out on any given Saturday.

Injuries to key men over the firstfew weeks of the season has allowedhim to do that, but that policy has yetto yield repayment in positive resultsand with a number of players nowseemingly fit and ready to return, it

seems that Ward is ready to exhibit aruthless streak in pursuit of improve-ment.

The likelihood is that Ward is nowforming a strong opinion on themake-up of his most competitive sideand that, as a result, an unlucky fewmay well have to wait patiently forthe opportunity to get back into hist h o u g h t s.

Of those “decisions” the Wardtalked of after the game on Fridaynight, the one that now seems to haveyoungster Tom Lockyer pencilled inas John-Joe O’To o l e ’s first-choicecentral midfield partner was inter-

Rovers earn their firstaway point of the season

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esting when the wealth of options themanager has at his disposal in thatarea are considered.

Competition for places in this arealooks set to intensify over the comingweeks after Seanan Clucas – a par-ticular favourite of Ward’s last season– made a brief appearance from thebench on Friday night following aseven-month injury-enforced ab-sence, while Ollie Clarke, who alsomade a positive impression on themanager in the final few games of theprevious campaign – is said to benearing fitness after a hamstringp ro bl e m .

An embarrassment of riches is fur-ther highlighted by the fact that Oliv-er Norburn and Andy Bond – bothcentral midfielders by trade – we redeployed in wide areas at RootsHall.

Elsewhere, Ward was allowed thechance to see Matt Harrold and RyanBrunt paired together in attack forthe first time and, while admittingthat they need time and games afterspells out of action because of injury,one suspects that the manager willsee this as his first-choice partner-ship at the top of the team more oftenthan not over the coming weeks.

That the Rovers boss opted to re-place the tiring Brunt with Ellis Har-rison, who has predominantly playedon the wing since being introduced tothe side at the turn of the year, wasalso a slight surprise on a nightwhere Ward had the opportunity tothrust more recognised strikers intoaction from the bench.

Ward confirmed it is an option heintends to explore further over the

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next few games; Harrison’s raw paceto trouble tiring central defenders inthe later stages of a game, perhaps,the reason why he looks set to edgeahead of the likes of David Clarkson,Eliot Richards and Mitch Harding atthe moment.

Har rison’s redeployment also sug-gests that Ward looks likely, for thetime being anyway, to sacrifice flairand creativity in favour of work-ratein wider areas – although the de-termination of full-backs MichaelSmith and Lee Brown, who are cur-rently leading the way in terms ofassists this season, to burst into for-ward areas at least offers the man-ager opportunity to temporarilydispense with out-and-out wingers.

If Friday night’s performance atRoots Hall, meanwhile, is a baro-meter by which to measure the suc-cess or otherwise of some of these“decisions”, then those who were inattendance would probably agreethat Ward got it right on this oc-casion. Some may well have beendisappointed that Rovers were unableto go on and claim their first victoryon the road since a 4-2 success atDagenham & Redbridge on EasterMonday after Harrold opened thescoring with a towering header toconvert a Smith cross fromclose-range in the 51st minute.

Few, however, would have been un-happy with a point if it had beenoffered beforehand considering thedisappointing way Rovers had goneabout their business in their last twoengagements on the road – even ifParkes and O’Toole could have se-cured three points when offered dif-

Match reaction

MATT Harrold scored a goal to helpBristol Rovers claim their first awaypoint of the season – but then ex-plained that the overriding feeling inthe changing room at Roots Hallafter the final whistle was one ofd i s ap p o i n t m e n t .

Harrold opened the scoring with atowering 51st-minute header againstSouthend United – one of his formerclubs – on Friday night to raise hopesthat a run of seven games without aleague victory away from the Me-morial Stadium was on course to beended.

Southend, however, claimed ashare of the spoils from a close-run

game after Kevan Hurst restoredparity with a low shot from the edgeof the penalty area before Roversspurned late chances to win thegame off the boots of Tom Parkes andJohn-Joe O’To o l e

“A point is not the end of thewo rl d , ” Harrold said. “It’s just wehad a few chances at the end andthree points would have been lovely.

“That would have really got usgoing after what was a goodsecond-half performance againstHartlepool last weekend. We arefrustrated, but we feel we can gohome with our heads held high afterproducing quite a good performance.

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� Tom Parkes: Will be gutted to have missed a goodchance to win the game at the end – but did wellagainst a powerful strike force in Corr and Eastwood

� Mark McChrystal: Showed good anticipation toclear one off the line when Mildenhall mishandled across early on

� Lee Brown: Provided a useful attacking outlet downthe left-hand side

� Andy Bond: Was moved out to the left toaccommodate Norburn’s return and went about hisbusiness with little fuss

� Tom Lockyer: Another steady performance. It willbe hard for anyone to shift this boy from the side at themoment

� John-Joe O’Toole: Played well, but loses a mark forlosing his discipline at times

� Oliver Norburn: Got a bit of criticism for concedingpossession prior to Southend’s equaliser

� Ryan Brunt: Back in the team and produced somesolid link play

� Matt Harrold: Has looked a bit more his old self inthe last two games. Just can’t stop scoring against hisold club Southend.

� Michael Smith: Delivered the cross from whichHarrold scored the goal and just seems to be gettingbetter week-on-week

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� Rovers’ players celebrate Matt Harrold’s goal in the 1-1 draw against Southend United at Roots Hall on Friday night Pictures: Neil Brookman

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AT last we are up and runningwith our first away point of theseason and it was no surprisethat Matt Harrold got the goal.

I have always felt that oursuccess this season would restvery much on the return to fullfitness of Harrold as strikerswith the knack of scoring goalsare worth their weight in gold.

Last season, we were sayinghow much we were missingMatty and now that he has gottwo in two games I hope hisseason, and the team’s, is nowfully up and running. Until Fri-day night our solitary goal atExeter was all we had to show foraway days.

Roots Hall, particularly on aFriday night, has never been ahappy hunting ground forRovers, although I do recall weonce secured promotion therewith a point in the Smash andGrab days under Don Megson.

It was difficult to tell on Fri-day night if Harrold’s partner-ship with Ryan Brunt could bean ongoing success, but it cer-tainly has potential and perhapsrepresents the best pairing inthe club at the moment.

Our line-up at Southendlooked pretty solid for an awaygame with Ollie Norburn wideon one flank and Andy Bond onthe other.

That is OK if we can achieve adraw in every away game andwin at home.

At least we didn’t look fragileat the back, didn’t concede thatearly goal, and gave as good aswe got for the first half hour.

We inevitably came underpressure after scoring, but atleast we didn’t buckle as thegame hotted up and the tacklesflew in.

John Ward’s line-up got whathe wanted with the point, butnow I feel we need more pace outwide at the Memorial Stadiumand hope that Ellis Harrison forone, gets a start on Saturday.

Norburn playing wide atSouthend became the latest in along line of midfielders to takeup that position since DavidPipe left the club and he reallyd o e s n’t have the pace to slot int h e re.

I suppose the argument is thatNorburn and Bond can “hold thefor t”, while the in-form MichaelSmith and Lee Brown go ram-paging down the wings.

Once again a goal came from aSmith run and cross for Har-ro l d ’s header in much the wayBrown set up the striker againstHartlepool, so even I will behappy if it works and we keeppicking up points.

It is about time we settled inthe top half of the league.

Saturday won’t be easyagainst in-form Fleetwood Townwho are setting a hot pace nearthe top of the table.

Fleetwood? Many don’t knowwhere that is and when youGoogle the football club all youget at first is Fleetwood Mac.

So, again we are playing asmall town club. Now is the timeto push on up the league andsend our visitors further downthat Google list.

ficult one-on-one chances in thedying stages only to be denied bySouthend skipper John White andgoalkeeper Daniel Bentley respect-ively. That would have been harsh onPhil Brown’s side, however, who prob-ably deserved share of the spoils.

“It’s a start,” Ward replied whenasked about the improvement he hadgarnered from his players in the lasttwo games. They’ll need to build on itif they are to emerge with anythingtangible from a game against pro-motion-hopefuls Fleetwood Town atthe Memorial Stadium next Sat-u rd ay.

� Ryan Brunt fires off a shot against Southend United on Friday night

We sat back a bit for five or tenminutes after we scored the goal andwe probably got punished for that.Southend are a decent side, though,and it is a good point – even if we area bit disappointed in the changingro o m . ”

He added: “We have to look at it asa little step. We know we haven’tbeen good enough away from home.We don’t need people to tell us that. Itwas a much more united perform-ance and there was maybe that littlebit more togetherness to really dig infor a point.”

Harrold was paired up front withRyan Brunt on the first occasion that

the two players have been fit on thesame day this season.

“I thought Ryan did really wellconsidering he’s been out for awh i l e, ” said Harrold.

“We ’ve been playing catch up withour fitness for a number of weeksand I’m only starting to feel asthough I am getting back into theg roove.

“I felt pretty strange out on thepitch a few weeks ago. I didn’t feel upto speed at all, but I have been train-ing hard and it was a case of stayingpatient in my head.

“I started to feel a bit betteragainst Dagenham a couple of weeks

ago and, although I missed a penaltyand we lost the game, I took a bit ofbelief from that game because I felt alot better physically.”

Harrold, meanwhile, enjoyed scor-ing against his former club for thefourth game in succession afterspending two years at Roots Hallduring which he managed to net justsix times in almost 60 appearances.

“It’s a bit of a surprise because Ihad a complete disaster when I washere as a player,” Harrold joked.

“I just seem to have a knack ofscoring when I come back here withanother club.”

Harrold will be hoping to add to

his recent tally when FleetwoodTown come to the Memorial Sta-dium next weekend to start a run ofgames that pits Rovers against threeof the sides that make up the topsix.

“We have a tough few games com-ing up; the sort you really have tore l i s h , ” Harrold said.

“Sometimes it can be better to playteams like Fleetwood because thepressure is a little less.

“That said, we put a lot of pressureon ourselves; you have to if you haveany aspirations of climbing the tableand being involved in and aroundthe play-offs.”

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PERHAPS the most telling thingJohn Ward said as he talked of sat-isfaction after watching his side se-cure their first away point of theseason was the “decisions” he’d hadto make to finally get it.

The manager admitted after lastwe e ke n d ’s draw against Hartlepoolthat his side had failed to live up toeven the modest expectations he hadset for them and, in the days since, itseems, Ward has finally got to a pointwhere, perhaps, even he feels enoughis enough and some things have tochang e.

Maybe, Ward, a man well-respectedfor the fairness by which he goesabout his business, has been guilty ofgoing out of his way to be accom-modating to the squad as a wholewhen considering which side he shallput out on any given Saturday.

Injuries to key men over the firstfew weeks of the season has allowedhim to do that, but that policy has yetto yield repayment in positive resultsand with a number of players nowseemingly fit and ready to return, it

seems that Ward is ready to exhibit aruthless streak in pursuit of improve-ment.

The likelihood is that Ward is nowforming a strong opinion on themake-up of his most competitive sideand that, as a result, an unlucky fewmay well have to wait patiently forthe opportunity to get back into hist h o u g h t s.

Of those “decisions” the Wardtalked of after the game on Fridaynight, the one that now seems to haveyoungster Tom Lockyer pencilled inas John-Joe O’To o l e ’s first-choicecentral midfield partner was inter-

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esting when the wealth of options themanager has at his disposal in thatarea are considered.

Competition for places in this arealooks set to intensify over the comingweeks after Seanan Clucas – a par-ticular favourite of Ward’s last season– made a brief appearance from thebench on Friday night following aseven-month injury-enforced ab-sence, while Ollie Clarke, who alsomade a positive impression on themanager in the final few games of theprevious campaign – is said to benearing fitness after a hamstringp ro bl e m .

An embarrassment of riches is fur-ther highlighted by the fact that Oliv-er Norburn and Andy Bond – bothcentral midfielders by trade – we redeployed in wide areas at RootsHall.

Elsewhere, Ward was allowed thechance to see Matt Harrold and RyanBrunt paired together in attack forthe first time and, while admittingthat they need time and games afterspells out of action because of injury,one suspects that the manager willsee this as his first-choice partner-ship at the top of the team more oftenthan not over the coming weeks.

That the Rovers boss opted to re-place the tiring Brunt with Ellis Har-rison, who has predominantly playedon the wing since being introduced tothe side at the turn of the year, wasalso a slight surprise on a nightwhere Ward had the opportunity tothrust more recognised strikers intoaction from the bench.

Ward confirmed it is an option heintends to explore further over the

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next few games; Harrison’s raw paceto trouble tiring central defenders inthe later stages of a game, perhaps,the reason why he looks set to edgeahead of the likes of David Clarkson,Eliot Richards and Mitch Harding atthe moment.

Har rison’s redeployment also sug-gests that Ward looks likely, for thetime being anyway, to sacrifice flairand creativity in favour of work-ratein wider areas – although the de-termination of full-backs MichaelSmith and Lee Brown, who are cur-rently leading the way in terms ofassists this season, to burst into for-ward areas at least offers the man-ager opportunity to temporarilydispense with out-and-out wingers.

If Friday night’s performance atRoots Hall, meanwhile, is a baro-meter by which to measure the suc-cess or otherwise of some of these“decisions”, then those who were inattendance would probably agreethat Ward got it right on this oc-casion. Some may well have beendisappointed that Rovers were unableto go on and claim their first victoryon the road since a 4-2 success atDagenham & Redbridge on EasterMonday after Harrold opened thescoring with a towering header toconvert a Smith cross fromclose-range in the 51st minute.

Few, however, would have been un-happy with a point if it had beenoffered beforehand considering thedisappointing way Rovers had goneabout their business in their last twoengagements on the road – even ifParkes and O’Toole could have se-cured three points when offered dif-

Match reaction

MATT Harrold scored a goal to helpBristol Rovers claim their first awaypoint of the season – but then ex-plained that the overriding feeling inthe changing room at Roots Hallafter the final whistle was one ofd i s ap p o i n t m e n t .

Harrold opened the scoring with atowering 51st-minute header againstSouthend United – one of his formerclubs – on Friday night to raise hopesthat a run of seven games without aleague victory away from the Me-morial Stadium was on course to beended.

Southend, however, claimed ashare of the spoils from a close-run

game after Kevan Hurst restoredparity with a low shot from the edgeof the penalty area before Roversspurned late chances to win thegame off the boots of Tom Parkes andJohn-Joe O’To o l e

“A point is not the end of thewo rl d , ” Harrold said. “It’s just wehad a few chances at the end andthree points would have been lovely.

“That would have really got usgoing after what was a goodsecond-half performance againstHartlepool last weekend. We arefrustrated, but we feel we can gohome with our heads held high afterproducing quite a good performance.

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Rovers: Ellis Harrison for Brunt (56 mins), Seanan Clucas forNorburn (71 mins).

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� Tom Parkes: Will be gutted to have missed a goodchance to win the game at the end – but did wellagainst a powerful strike force in Corr and Eastwood

� Mark McChrystal: Showed good anticipation toclear one off the line when Mildenhall mishandled across early on

� Lee Brown: Provided a useful attacking outlet downthe left-hand side

� Andy Bond: Was moved out to the left toaccommodate Norburn’s return and went about hisbusiness with little fuss

� Tom Lockyer: Another steady performance. It willbe hard for anyone to shift this boy from the side at themoment

� John-Joe O’Toole: Played well, but loses a mark forlosing his discipline at times

� Oliver Norburn: Got a bit of criticism for concedingpossession prior to Southend’s equaliser

� Ryan Brunt: Back in the team and produced somesolid link play

� Matt Harrold: Has looked a bit more his old self inthe last two games. Just can’t stop scoring against hisold club Southend.

� Michael Smith: Delivered the cross from whichHarrold scored the goal and just seems to be gettingbetter week-on-week

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� Rovers’ players celebrate Matt Harrold’s goal in the 1-1 draw against Southend United at Roots Hall on Friday night Pictures: Neil Brookman

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AT last we are up and runningwith our first away point of theseason and it was no surprisethat Matt Harrold got the goal.

I have always felt that oursuccess this season would restvery much on the return to fullfitness of Harrold as strikerswith the knack of scoring goalsare worth their weight in gold.

Last season, we were sayinghow much we were missingMatty and now that he has gottwo in two games I hope hisseason, and the team’s, is nowfully up and running. Until Fri-day night our solitary goal atExeter was all we had to show foraway days.

Roots Hall, particularly on aFriday night, has never been ahappy hunting ground forRovers, although I do recall weonce secured promotion therewith a point in the Smash andGrab days under Don Megson.

It was difficult to tell on Fri-day night if Harrold’s partner-ship with Ryan Brunt could bean ongoing success, but it cer-tainly has potential and perhapsrepresents the best pairing inthe club at the moment.

Our line-up at Southendlooked pretty solid for an awaygame with Ollie Norburn wideon one flank and Andy Bond onthe other.

That is OK if we can achieve adraw in every away game andwin at home.

At least we didn’t look fragileat the back, didn’t concede thatearly goal, and gave as good aswe got for the first half hour.

We inevitably came underpressure after scoring, but atleast we didn’t buckle as thegame hotted up and the tacklesflew in.

John Ward’s line-up got whathe wanted with the point, butnow I feel we need more pace outwide at the Memorial Stadiumand hope that Ellis Harrison forone, gets a start on Saturday.

Norburn playing wide atSouthend became the latest in along line of midfielders to takeup that position since DavidPipe left the club and he reallyd o e s n’t have the pace to slot int h e re.

I suppose the argument is thatNorburn and Bond can “hold thefor t”, while the in-form MichaelSmith and Lee Brown go ram-paging down the wings.

Once again a goal came from aSmith run and cross for Har-ro l d ’s header in much the wayBrown set up the striker againstHartlepool, so even I will behappy if it works and we keeppicking up points.

It is about time we settled inthe top half of the league.

Saturday won’t be easyagainst in-form Fleetwood Townwho are setting a hot pace nearthe top of the table.

Fleetwood? Many don’t knowwhere that is and when youGoogle the football club all youget at first is Fleetwood Mac.

So, again we are playing asmall town club. Now is the timeto push on up the league andsend our visitors further downthat Google list.

ficult one-on-one chances in thedying stages only to be denied bySouthend skipper John White andgoalkeeper Daniel Bentley respect-ively. That would have been harsh onPhil Brown’s side, however, who prob-ably deserved share of the spoils.

“It’s a start,” Ward replied whenasked about the improvement he hadgarnered from his players in the lasttwo games. They’ll need to build on itif they are to emerge with anythingtangible from a game against pro-motion-hopefuls Fleetwood Town atthe Memorial Stadium next Sat-u rd ay.

� Ryan Brunt fires off a shot against Southend United on Friday night

We sat back a bit for five or tenminutes after we scored the goal andwe probably got punished for that.Southend are a decent side, though,and it is a good point – even if we area bit disappointed in the changingro o m . ”

He added: “We have to look at it asa little step. We know we haven’tbeen good enough away from home.We don’t need people to tell us that. Itwas a much more united perform-ance and there was maybe that littlebit more togetherness to really dig infor a point.”

Harrold was paired up front withRyan Brunt on the first occasion that

the two players have been fit on thesame day this season.

“I thought Ryan did really wellconsidering he’s been out for awh i l e, ” said Harrold.

“We ’ve been playing catch up withour fitness for a number of weeksand I’m only starting to feel asthough I am getting back into theg roove.

“I felt pretty strange out on thepitch a few weeks ago. I didn’t feel upto speed at all, but I have been train-ing hard and it was a case of stayingpatient in my head.

“I started to feel a bit betteragainst Dagenham a couple of weeks

ago and, although I missed a penaltyand we lost the game, I took a bit ofbelief from that game because I felt alot better physically.”

Harrold, meanwhile, enjoyed scor-ing against his former club for thefourth game in succession afterspending two years at Roots Hallduring which he managed to net justsix times in almost 60 appearances.

“It’s a bit of a surprise because Ihad a complete disaster when I washere as a player,” Harrold joked.

“I just seem to have a knack ofscoring when I come back here withanother club.”

Harrold will be hoping to add to

his recent tally when FleetwoodTown come to the Memorial Sta-dium next weekend to start a run ofgames that pits Rovers against threeof the sides that make up the topsix.

“We have a tough few games com-ing up; the sort you really have tore l i s h , ” Harrold said.

“Sometimes it can be better to playteams like Fleetwood because thepressure is a little less.

“That said, we put a lot of pressureon ourselves; you have to if you haveany aspirations of climbing the tableand being involved in and aroundthe play-offs.”

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� Bristol Rovers’ players applaud the travelling supporters who saw their side win their first point away from home this season at Roots Hall against Southend Pictures: Neil Brookman

� Rovers’ fans again came out in force to support their team at Roots Hall

� Rovers’ John-Joe O’Toole races away from Southend’s Ryan Leonard

� Rovers’ John Ward is all smiles

� Bristol Rovers’ Tom Lockyer wins a header from Southend`s Will Atkinson � Fans discuss the Rovers side

� Rovers’players areput throughtheir warm-uproutine aheadof the gameagainstSouthendUnited

� Rovers’ players celebrate after Matt Harrold opens the scoring against Southend United on Friday night

� Rovers’ Ellis Harrison races on to a through ball against Southend United

� The Southend fans came prepared to do battle

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� Bristol Rovers’ players applaud the travelling supporters who saw their side win their first point away from home this season at Roots Hall against Southend Pictures: Neil Brookman

� Rovers’ fans again came out in force to support their team at Roots Hall

� Rovers’ John-Joe O’Toole races away from Southend’s Ryan Leonard

� Rovers’ John Ward is all smiles

� Bristol Rovers’ Tom Lockyer wins a header from Southend`s Will Atkinson � Fans discuss the Rovers side

� Rovers’players areput throughtheir warm-uproutine aheadof the gameagainstSouthendUnited

� Rovers’ players celebrate after Matt Harrold opens the scoring against Southend United on Friday night

� Rovers’ Ellis Harrison races on to a through ball against Southend United

� The Southend fans came prepared to do battle

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IF there had been any lingering un-certainty about how Andy Robinsonand Sean Holley want their Bristolside to play, the blueprint wasprovided in the opening 17 minutes atSt Peter.

Robinson and Holley’s vision forhow Bristol should be taking on op-ponents was rolled out, almost to atee, for the first half of the first half, asthey effectively put the game out ofJe r s e y ’s reach thanks to their paceand movement.

Bristol started at an incrediblespeed. Thanks to their high tempofrom the first whistle, they scoredthree early tries to lead 19-0. Jerseyappeared shell-shocked as RukiTipuna and Tristan Roberts pulledthe strings, keeping the hosts on theback foot for what must have been anextremely uncomfortable openingperiod for them.

Jersey had beaten Bedford in theirlast outing – but were blown away bya combination of Bristol’s physical-ity, invention and cutting edge. Forthose first 17 minutes, Bristol were asgood as they have been for a season ortwo – sharp, incisive, bold.

One problem with starting sobrightly, however, is that it creates anunrealistic expectation that the paceand fluency can be maintained for theremainder of the match – and, un-derstandably, Jersey clawed theirway back into the game, even if Bris-tol never looked like anything butv i c t o r s.

After their initial three-try burst,they added a fourth through RyanEdwards – after Tipuna’s opener andtwo from Roberts – to secure theirsecond straight try-scoring bonuspoint.

But, from a lead of 26-3, the finalscoreline shows that, while Bristolare improving, they are yet to find away to put sides to bed. Tipuna hit thenail on the head when he said theyare still striving to deliver a “killerbl ow ” to opponents.

But given this was only Robinson’seighth competitive game in charge –and Holley’s third with the club –Bristol were never going to be aspolished as they will need to be inMay and June.

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This is a work in progress – even ifthe opening 17 minutes on Saturdaysuggested that progress is likely to besw i f t .

Director of rugby Robinson said:“I’m pleased with the way we startedthe game. I thought in the first 20minutes, to score the three tries andget the points on the board that wedid, was very pleasing.

“Jersey came back into the gameand they worked hard – and a lot ofsides wouldn’t have been able to getback into the game like that. Justafter half-time we scored anothergreat try – and I thought the move-ment of the ball, and the shape wehad, were very good.”

The game was not even twominutes old when Tipuna, who un-derlined Bristol’s attacking fearless-ness by tapping and going wheneverthe opportunity arose, started andfinished the move for the opening try.His quick tap was backed up withexcellent support from histeam-mates, and the scrum-half wentover from close range.

He was at it again five minutes later– tapping and going – and played inRoberts, who withstood the attemptsof a couple of Jersey players to halthim, and scored in the corner, too farwide to be able to convert his own try.Tipuna and Roberts combined againfor the third Bristol try, with the NewZealander chipping ahead, gettingthe bounce of the ball as he tussledwith a Jersey player, then hackingahead twice more, before findingRoberts – via Glen Townson – for asuperb try.

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“I saw a bit of space, put a grubberin, and we both had a nudge at the ball– and I came up with it,” said Tipuna.“There was some good support playfrom big GT – and Trist finished it off,so we’ve got numbers floodingthrough, which is the good thing.”

Bristol had started in such a re-lentless fashion that they were surelygoing to hit a wall at some stage. AsRobinson acknowledged: “I think wewere hanging quite a bit – the lungswere burning – in the second 20minutes of the first half, and we madea couple of errors.”

Iain Grieve saw yellow for takingout his opposite number at a line-out– but Jersey managed only threepoints while the flanker was off thefield.

Bristol wrapped up the bonus pointthree minutes after half-time whenRoberts passed back inside to GeorgeWatkins, who powered through themiddle before finding Edwards, whodived over flamboyantly to seal theadditional point.

Jersey, having been blown awayearly on, showed commendable char-acter to fight back as they did –scoring first through Ed Dawson,after Niall O’Connor’s cross-kick,and then through replacement propNick Selway.

In between those tries, however,Bristol spurned an excellent chanceto score what would have been one ofthe team tries of the season, but onanother positive note, they welcomedback Bryan Rennie after almost ayear out with a cruciate ligamenti n j u r y.

Key incidents

BRISTOL effectively wrapped up vic-tory over Jersey in the opening 17minutes at St Peter, blowing theirhosts away with an early three-trybl i t z .

The visitors crossed in the second,seventh and 17th minutes, beforesealing their second successive trybonus point in the third minute ofthe second half.

Ruki Tipuna scored the early open-er, before two tries from TristanRoberts, and Ryan Edwards’bonus-point clinching score.

Tipuna, making his first start ofthe season after two lively appear-ances from the bench, typified Bris-tol’s early attacking gusto. He ran thefirst penalty of the match, and when

Bristol’s initial pressure was re-pelled, he picked up and went overfrom close range.

Another quick tap penalty fromTipuna launched the move that led toBristol’s second try, five minutesafter he had opened the scoring. Heran the penalty and passed to fly-halfRoberts, who held off a couple ofwould-be tacklers to score in thecor ner.

The Bristol pressure continued –much in the way it had in the open-ing quarter against London Scottishsix days earlier, albeit with muchgreater early rewards.

Tipuna chipped ahead, was beatenin the initial race to the ball, but sawthe defender fumble – and then

hacked on twice, before collectingand passing to the supporting GlenTownson, who in turn fed Roberts fora superb try. Roberts’ conversion sawBristol into a 19-0 lead.

Bristol flanker Iain Grieve sawyellow when he was deemed to havetaken out an opponent at a line-out –but Jersey’s numerical advantagedelivered them only three points, viaa Niall O’Connor penalty.

Bristol led 19-3 at the break – bu tthat became 26-3, and crucially sawthem chalk up a second straightbonus point, when Edwards scoredan excellent try three minutes afterthe break.

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Bristol: Rhys Lawrence (for Hayes, 50), Bryan Rennie (for Short, 50), BenSkirving (for Grieve, 53), James Hall (for Hobson, 57), Callum Braley (for Tipuna,69), Nicky Robinson (for Roberts, 69), Mitch Eadie (for Pennycook, 78), JasonHobson (for Traynor, 80).

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Grant Pointer – 6Mark Foster – 7Mark McCrea – 6Dai Bishop – 6Ed Dawson – 7

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� Andy Short: A busy display – did a lot of theunglamorous work in defence as Bristol came out ontop

� Ben Mosses: Provided Bristol’s midfield with a realcutting edge in attack – beginning to fulfil hisundoubted potential

� Ryan Edwards: Wrapped up Bristol’s bonus pointshortly after half-time and produced a livelyperformance

� Tristan Roberts: Returned to the starting line-upand slotted straight back in with a superb, two-try, 16point display

� Kyle Traynor: Continues to be an important cog inthe Bristol forward machine – another soundperformance

� Ollie Hayes: Stuck to his task well and put in anassured performance before making way for Lawrence

� Jason Hobson: Once again demonstrated hisimportance to the Bristol cause with a powerfulcontribution

� Glen Townson: Arrived in support to Tipuna to setup Bristol’s third try – and his set-piece work was solidall afternoon

� Ruki Tipuna: Set the tone for Bristol from the offwith an outstanding, energetic performance that laidthe platform for victory

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� Iain Grieve: Sin-binning aside, he made a positivereturn to the side on his first start of the season

� Redford Pennycook: Showed a relentless work-rate– and slowed Jersey’s ball – before making way forEadie late on

� Marco Mama: Marked his 50th Championshipappearance with yet another outstanding,hard-working display

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from injury by bursting up-field, andpassing to fellow winger Edwards atexactly the right time, with theWelshman finishing off the move.

Jersey hit back when O’Connor’sinch perfect cross-kick was collectedby Ed Dawson, who scored out wide,before home flanker James Voss wascarried off on a stretcher and de-parted for hospital in a neck brace.During a lengthy delay while he wastreated, the rain began to poor heav-ily, and the game lost some of itsrhythm upon its resumption.

As the match fizzled out a little,Jersey added a second try in theclosing minutes, when their 21-stoneprop Nick Selway burrowed overfrom close range.

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Tipuna is againinvolved, settingup Roberts forBristol’s secondtry, which thefly-half is unable toconvert – 0-12

Tipuna starts themove that leads toRoberts takingGlen Townson’spass and divingover. This time, heconverts his owntry – 0-19

Bristol flanker IainGrieve is shown ayellow card byreferee IanTempest for takingout a man at aline-out

Jersey finally scoretheir first points ofthe match, asfly-half NiallO’Connor kicks apenalty from 20metres – 3-19

Ryan Edwardsseals Bristol’sbonus point afterexcellent workfrom fellow wingerGeorge Watkins –3-26

Ed Dawson scoresfrom O’Connor’sclever cross-kick,with the fly-halfconverting – 10-26

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IF there had been any lingering un-certainty about how Andy Robinsonand Sean Holley want their Bristolside to play, the blueprint wasprovided in the opening 17 minutes atSt Peter.

Robinson and Holley’s vision forhow Bristol should be taking on op-ponents was rolled out, almost to atee, for the first half of the first half, asthey effectively put the game out ofJe r s e y ’s reach thanks to their paceand movement.

Bristol started at an incrediblespeed. Thanks to their high tempofrom the first whistle, they scoredthree early tries to lead 19-0. Jerseyappeared shell-shocked as RukiTipuna and Tristan Roberts pulledthe strings, keeping the hosts on theback foot for what must have been anextremely uncomfortable openingperiod for them.

Jersey had beaten Bedford in theirlast outing – but were blown away bya combination of Bristol’s physical-ity, invention and cutting edge. Forthose first 17 minutes, Bristol were asgood as they have been for a season ortwo – sharp, incisive, bold.

One problem with starting sobrightly, however, is that it creates anunrealistic expectation that the paceand fluency can be maintained for theremainder of the match – and, un-derstandably, Jersey clawed theirway back into the game, even if Bris-tol never looked like anything butv i c t o r s.

After their initial three-try burst,they added a fourth through RyanEdwards – after Tipuna’s opener andtwo from Roberts – to secure theirsecond straight try-scoring bonuspoint.

But, from a lead of 26-3, the finalscoreline shows that, while Bristolare improving, they are yet to find away to put sides to bed. Tipuna hit thenail on the head when he said theyare still striving to deliver a “killerbl ow ” to opponents.

But given this was only Robinson’seighth competitive game in charge –and Holley’s third with the club –Bristol were never going to be aspolished as they will need to be inMay and June.

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This is a work in progress – even ifthe opening 17 minutes on Saturdaysuggested that progress is likely to besw i f t .

Director of rugby Robinson said:“I’m pleased with the way we startedthe game. I thought in the first 20minutes, to score the three tries andget the points on the board that wedid, was very pleasing.

“Jersey came back into the gameand they worked hard – and a lot ofsides wouldn’t have been able to getback into the game like that. Justafter half-time we scored anothergreat try – and I thought the move-ment of the ball, and the shape wehad, were very good.”

The game was not even twominutes old when Tipuna, who un-derlined Bristol’s attacking fearless-ness by tapping and going wheneverthe opportunity arose, started andfinished the move for the opening try.His quick tap was backed up withexcellent support from histeam-mates, and the scrum-half wentover from close range.

He was at it again five minutes later– tapping and going – and played inRoberts, who withstood the attemptsof a couple of Jersey players to halthim, and scored in the corner, too farwide to be able to convert his own try.Tipuna and Roberts combined againfor the third Bristol try, with the NewZealander chipping ahead, gettingthe bounce of the ball as he tussledwith a Jersey player, then hackingahead twice more, before findingRoberts – via Glen Townson – for asuperb try.

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“I saw a bit of space, put a grubberin, and we both had a nudge at the ball– and I came up with it,” said Tipuna.“There was some good support playfrom big GT – and Trist finished it off,so we’ve got numbers floodingthrough, which is the good thing.”

Bristol had started in such a re-lentless fashion that they were surelygoing to hit a wall at some stage. AsRobinson acknowledged: “I think wewere hanging quite a bit – the lungswere burning – in the second 20minutes of the first half, and we madea couple of errors.”

Iain Grieve saw yellow for takingout his opposite number at a line-out– but Jersey managed only threepoints while the flanker was off thefield.

Bristol wrapped up the bonus pointthree minutes after half-time whenRoberts passed back inside to GeorgeWatkins, who powered through themiddle before finding Edwards, whodived over flamboyantly to seal theadditional point.

Jersey, having been blown awayearly on, showed commendable char-acter to fight back as they did –scoring first through Ed Dawson,after Niall O’Connor’s cross-kick,and then through replacement propNick Selway.

In between those tries, however,Bristol spurned an excellent chanceto score what would have been one ofthe team tries of the season, but onanother positive note, they welcomedback Bryan Rennie after almost ayear out with a cruciate ligamenti n j u r y.

Key incidents

BRISTOL effectively wrapped up vic-tory over Jersey in the opening 17minutes at St Peter, blowing theirhosts away with an early three-trybl i t z .

The visitors crossed in the second,seventh and 17th minutes, beforesealing their second successive trybonus point in the third minute ofthe second half.

Ruki Tipuna scored the early open-er, before two tries from TristanRoberts, and Ryan Edwards’bonus-point clinching score.

Tipuna, making his first start ofthe season after two lively appear-ances from the bench, typified Bris-tol’s early attacking gusto. He ran thefirst penalty of the match, and when

Bristol’s initial pressure was re-pelled, he picked up and went overfrom close range.

Another quick tap penalty fromTipuna launched the move that led toBristol’s second try, five minutesafter he had opened the scoring. Heran the penalty and passed to fly-halfRoberts, who held off a couple ofwould-be tacklers to score in thecor ner.

The Bristol pressure continued –much in the way it had in the open-ing quarter against London Scottishsix days earlier, albeit with muchgreater early rewards.

Tipuna chipped ahead, was beatenin the initial race to the ball, but sawthe defender fumble – and then

hacked on twice, before collectingand passing to the supporting GlenTownson, who in turn fed Roberts fora superb try. Roberts’ conversion sawBristol into a 19-0 lead.

Bristol flanker Iain Grieve sawyellow when he was deemed to havetaken out an opponent at a line-out –but Jersey’s numerical advantagedelivered them only three points, viaa Niall O’Connor penalty.

Bristol led 19-3 at the break – bu tthat became 26-3, and crucially sawthem chalk up a second straightbonus point, when Edwards scoredan excellent try three minutes afterthe break.

Roberts passed back inside to Geo-rge Watkins, who marked his return

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Bristol: Rhys Lawrence (for Hayes, 50), Bryan Rennie (for Short, 50), BenSkirving (for Grieve, 53), James Hall (for Hobson, 57), Callum Braley (for Tipuna,69), Nicky Robinson (for Roberts, 69), Mitch Eadie (for Pennycook, 78), JasonHobson (for Traynor, 80).

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Grant Pointer – 6Mark Foster – 7Mark McCrea – 6Dai Bishop – 6Ed Dawson – 7

Nick Campbell – 6Alex Rae (capt) – 7James Voss – 7Joe Buckle – 7Tom Brown – 8

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� Andy Short: A busy display – did a lot of theunglamorous work in defence as Bristol came out ontop

� Ben Mosses: Provided Bristol’s midfield with a realcutting edge in attack – beginning to fulfil hisundoubted potential

� Ryan Edwards: Wrapped up Bristol’s bonus pointshortly after half-time and produced a livelyperformance

� Tristan Roberts: Returned to the starting line-upand slotted straight back in with a superb, two-try, 16point display

� Kyle Traynor: Continues to be an important cog inthe Bristol forward machine – another soundperformance

� Ollie Hayes: Stuck to his task well and put in anassured performance before making way for Lawrence

� Jason Hobson: Once again demonstrated hisimportance to the Bristol cause with a powerfulcontribution

� Glen Townson: Arrived in support to Tipuna to setup Bristol’s third try – and his set-piece work was solidall afternoon

� Ruki Tipuna: Set the tone for Bristol from the offwith an outstanding, energetic performance that laidthe platform for victory

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� Mark Sorenson (capt): Took over the captaincy andled the team impressively – showed his experience andnous

� Iain Grieve: Sin-binning aside, he made a positivereturn to the side on his first start of the season

� Redford Pennycook: Showed a relentless work-rate– and slowed Jersey’s ball – before making way forEadie late on

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from injury by bursting up-field, andpassing to fellow winger Edwards atexactly the right time, with theWelshman finishing off the move.

Jersey hit back when O’Connor’sinch perfect cross-kick was collectedby Ed Dawson, who scored out wide,before home flanker James Voss wascarried off on a stretcher and de-parted for hospital in a neck brace.During a lengthy delay while he wastreated, the rain began to poor heav-ily, and the game lost some of itsrhythm upon its resumption.

As the match fizzled out a little,Jersey added a second try in theclosing minutes, when their 21-stoneprop Nick Selway burrowed overfrom close range.

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Tipuna is againinvolved, settingup Roberts forBristol’s secondtry, which thefly-half is unable toconvert – 0-12

Tipuna starts themove that leads toRoberts takingGlen Townson’spass and divingover. This time, heconverts his owntry – 0-19

Bristol flanker IainGrieve is shown ayellow card byreferee IanTempest for takingout a man at aline-out

Jersey finally scoretheir first points ofthe match, asfly-half NiallO’Connor kicks apenalty from 20metres – 3-19

Ryan Edwardsseals Bristol’sbonus point afterexcellent workfrom fellow wingerGeorge Watkins –3-26

Ed Dawson scoresfrom O’Connor’sclever cross-kick,with the fly-halfconverting – 10-26

Jersey grab asecond try whenbig replacementprop Nick Selwaypowers over fromclose range –17-26

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Yate on the glorytrail again aftersuperb fightback

Somerset County League

SHIREHAMPTON bounced backfrom defeat at Premier Division lead-ers Nailsea United with a 3-1 homewin against Street Reserves.

Scott Bamford gave Shirehamptona 29th-minute lead from the penaltyspot after he had been fouled.

Three minutes before half-time,Tony Beacham set up Dan Spice toscore the second goal. The third andbest Shirehampton goal came fiveminutes from time when MartinCook curled in a free-kick.

Cutters Friday gave a spirited dis-play at second-placed Minehead, but

were eventually beaten 3-2. GuyBurns put Minehead in front justbefore the break, but Roy Albert lev-elled early in the second half.

A 75th-minute penalty from JackGroves-Furse gave Minehead the leadagain, only for Jordan Porter to cap-italise on a defensive mix-up to equal-ise in the 89th minute. Burns, though,had the final say when he scored froma free-kick to win it for Minehead.

Nailsea United had a 2-0 home winagainst Fry Club, whilefourth-placed Stockwood Greenbeat Bridgwater Town Reserves 3-0.

Shirehampton back to winning waysTHORNBURY finally collected theirfirst point of the David Wilson HomesGloucestershire County League sea-son courtesy of a 1-1 draw at Hen-bury.

Joe Love’s 55th-minute openerlooked set to hand the visitors theirtenth consecutive defeat of the cam-paign, but Steve Thompson equalisedten minutes from time.

It was honours even in the derbyclash between Chipping Sodburyand Yate Reserves, the game ending2-2 after the visitors twice came frombehind. Alex Cumming’s opener was

Yate Town 2

Bideford 1

FA Cup

Fortune and McNab fire Clevedon to victory

CLAYTON Fortune and Ross McNabwere on target as Clevedon beatformer Southern League rivals Shol-ing in the second qualifying round ofthe FA Cup.

The visitors came close to an earlyopener when Barry Mason’s crossjust evaded Lee Wort.

Instead, it was the home side that

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equalised by a James Kenway pen-alty, while Tom Smallman levelledafter Danny Coombes had put Sod-bury back in front.

Bristol Telephones had no answerto leaders Gala Wilton, who ran out 5-0winners with Lee Allen scoring ahat-trick, including one from the pen-alty spot. Brett James and Luke Hal-liday were also on target for theGloucester side, while Telephones hadtwo men sent off in the second half.

Longlevens kept pace with GalaWilton at the top courtesy of a 6-3home victory over Hanham, having

YATE moved closer to another ap-pearance in the first round of the FACup with an excellent second qual-ifying-round victory over higher-di-vision Bideford.

The Devon side, unbeaten in theCalor Southern League Premier Di-vision, took a first-half lead, but thehosts came from behind to progressto the next round.

Bideford forced the pace early on,with Craig Duff firing wide of thetarget and Owen Howe having a shotcleared away by Mitch Harrison.

Yat e ’s best chance of the openingperiod fell to Lewis Haldane, whose

been five goals up at half-time. ShaunMorris, Craig Stone and Adam Grint-er scored for Hanham.

Southmead defeated Pat ch way1-0, courtesy of a 70th-minute goalfrom Danny Glancy.

Rockleaz e scored three goals infour first-half minutes as they beatBerkeley 3-2, Oshane West strikingtwice in two minutes before SamAndrews added the third.

Kingswood and Bristol Academydrew 1-1, Adam Eldridge scoring afine opener for the hosts only forMarcus Thatcher to equalise.

WESTON went into the hat for thethird qualifying round of the FA Cupfollowing a comfortable win in Hamp-shire, as the Seagulls beat their fellowSkrill South opponents for the secondtime this season.

The home side shaded the first-halfexchanges, but Weston grew in con-fidence after the break and in the endwere easy winners.

Basingstoke started well, forcingtwo corners in as many openingminutes, and they came close on 11minutes when Weston keeper LukePurnell had to dive low to his left todeal with Robbie Matthews’ p owe r f u lf re e - k i ck .

As Weston got into the game, Ash-ley Kington went close with a curlingeffort on 17 minutes.

They did even better a minute laterwhen, from a good build-up, involving

Chas Hemmings, Kane Ingram andKington, home goalkeeper LouisWells spilled a low cross and NabyDiallo was on hand to score the open-ing goal.

Two minutes later, Basingstokedrew level when, from their thirdcorner, Matt Partridge knocked theball past Purnell.

Weston regained the lead twominutes into the second half whenthey were awarded a free-kick a yardoutside the home penalty area. Hem-mings’ superb free-kick, which took aslight deflection, left Wellsw ro n g - fo o t e d .

Basingstoke brought on formerWeston favourite Manny Williams,and he tested Purnell with severalef forts.

Weston sealed the win on 77minutes when Wells could only parryK i n g t o n’s powerful effort and skipperBen Kirk headed in the rebound froma couple of yards.

Weston meet Chard Town in thefirst round of the Somerset PremierCup tomorrow evening (7.45pm).

FA Cup

Thompson on target to get Thornbury off the mark

Stearn strikes to seal it for BathBath City 2

Gosport Borough 0

DAVE Pratt’s first-half goal and a latesecond from substitute Ross Stearnsent Bath City through to the thirdqualifying round of the FA Cup.

Their first win over Gosport Bor-ough in four attempts – and £4,500 inprize money – was well deserved onthe basis of their first-half perform-ance, although there was some grow-ing anxiety before Stearn finallykilled the visitors off.

Following last weekend's dismalhome defeat to Dover, Bath headcoach Lee Howells made four changesto his starting XI and switched to a3-5-2 formation.

Out went Stearn, Ben Adelsbury,Noah Keats and Will Salmon, and incame Sekani Simpson and AaronBrown as wing-backs. Joe Burnellcame into midfield and striker ElliottChamberlain, who returned to Bathon loan from Exeter on Friday,partnered Pratt in attack.

Bath made a bright start, with Prattfiring into the side-netting fromSimpson's clever pass and Chamber-lain not quite able to fully connectwith a volley.

But the hosts did not have to waittoo long before their pressure paidoff. Andy Gallinagh launched a longball forward, which found Pratt inacres of space. His first shot was

brilliantly saved by Gareth Barfoot,but the City striker coolly steeredhome the rebound.

Bath should have doubled theirlead midway through the half whenGosport failed on numerous occa-sions to clear a corner and the balldropped to Dan Ball, who smashedhis volley over from eight yards.

Chamberlain also failed to makefull contact again from Josh Low'sinviting cross.

The visitors had to wait until the51st minute for their first attempt ofnote, with Andrew Forbes left un-marked at a free-kick, but volleyingagainst the crossbar.

Bath were not at the same level theywere in the first period, but had asniff of a chance midway through thehalf when visiting keeper Barfootfumbled the ball at Pratt's feet andwas grateful when the striker'ssecond touch knocked it back into hish a n d s.

Brown's through-ball then sentPratt into space, but his shot wascomfortably saved.

The inability to grab a killer secondgoal was starting to cause anxiety onthe terraces and another Bath changesaw Stearn come on for Low with tenminutes remaining.

And the substitute finally put thetie to bed with four minutes remain-ing. A mistake by full-back BrettPoate left Stearn with a clear sight ofgoal and he kept his nerve to lift theball over the advancing Barfoot.

shot was saved by Steve Oliver afterhe was played in by Ricky Hulbert.

However, the visitors went aheadjust prior to half-hour mark whenHowe bundled Joe Chandler off theball and went clear to beat goalkeeperMartin Horsell.

The home side responded after thebreak, with Oliver having to tip over aHulbert shot and James Harmerlobbing the ball just over the cross-b a r.

Midway through the second half,though, Haldane equalised for Townwhen he converted Harmer’s lowcross following an exchange of passeswith Ross Staley.

Yate snatched victory with timealmost up, as Harrison crossed intothe Bideford goalmouth and Harmermanaged to turn the ball beyond goal-keeper Oliver.

� Ya t e ’s Lewis Haldane, left, comes under pressure from Bideford’s Ben Gerring Pictures: Dan Regan

� Brislington’s Mike Rimmer finds space to score the wining goal againstTruro at Ironmould Lane Pictures; Jo Wakenshaw

� Mike Rimmer is mobbed by his team-mates after scoring the winner

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� Ya t e ’s Brad Abrahams, left, battles for the ball with Matt Hockley

Mangotsfield’s cup run is overEastleigh 4

Mangotsfield United 0

MANGOTSFIELD'S FA Cup adven-ture ended at the Silver Lake Stadiumas they were brushed aside by theConference South leaders.

The visitors almost took asecond-minute lead, but Alex Kitesnatched at the close-range chanceand his effort was blocked.

Three minutes later, Eastleigh

went ahead when Jai Reason scoredfrom a few yards out. Glen Soughamstruck the second goal in the 31stminute when he side-footed homefrom eight yards.

Stuart Fleetwood scored the thirdgoal in the 42nd minute, at whichpoint Mangotsfield were reduced toten men when Jamie Reid received asecond yellow card.

Eastleigh continued to dominate inthe second half, but were restricted toone more goal – an 83rd-minute strikefrom Sam Wilson.

forged ahead on 20 minutes. SamTe a l e ’s free-kick was onlyhalf-cleared by the Shol-ing defence and Fortunedrove the ball backinto the net from theedge of the penaltya re a .

Clevedon managerMickey Bell, pictured,than saw his sidedouble their lead sevenminutes before half-time.

Joe Flurry turned hismarker and crossed for McNab to

knock the ball into the net. Sholingtried to respond in the second

half, but they looked just aslikely to concede again as

Adie Adams, Reeko Bestand Teale all threatened toincrease Clevedon’s ad-vanta g e.

Wort had the bestchance to cut the deficit,

but once he passed up thatopportunity it left the hosts

just two more wins away froma place in the first round proper of

the competition.

Brislington springa big cup shock

MIKE Rimmer struck the winninggoal eight minutes from time as Bris-lington shocked Truro in the secondqualifying round of the FA Cup.

The Toolstation League side, whoplay two divisions below the Cornishoutfit, twice fell behind before stun-ning the Southern League side.

Cody Cooke gave Truro the leadwith a spectacular tenth-minuteopener, but Neikell Plummer headedthe home side level from a corner 11minutes later.

Brislington were level for just twominutes, though, as Neil Slateford putthe visitors back in front following arebound off the goalkeeper.

The hosts equalised for a secondtime eight minutes into the secondhalf – again from a corner – as DannyBarwood pounced.

Eight minutes from time, Brisling-ton stunned the visitors with a win-ner as Alex Lambert pulled the ballback and Rimmer fired into the net.

Brislington 3

Truro City 2

Bristol Manor Farm 4

Bridgwater Town 4

Thriller downat the Farm

KYE Holly’s late penalty earned Bris-tol Manor Farm a FA Cup secondqualifying round replay at Bridg-water tomorrow night.

The Toolstation League side racedinto a three-goal lead inside quarterof an hour before Town hit back withfour second-half goals.

George Brimson headed aneighth-minute opener for ManorFarm and Kris Miller headed an owngoal to double the advantage just oneminute later. The hosts were threegoals clear a matter of minutes lateras Pete Shepherd found the net withan acrobatic effort.

Bridgwater responded in style as aJoe Bushin double and one from DeanGriffiths levelled matters by the hourmark. Manor Farm hit the woodworktwice, only for the visitors to breakaway and score through MitchellPage. However, Holly’s penalty, after afoul on Will Hailston, set up a replay.

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SHIREHAMPTON bounced backfrom defeat at Premier Division lead-ers Nailsea United with a 3-1 homewin against Street Reserves.

Scott Bamford gave Shirehamptona 29th-minute lead from the penaltyspot after he had been fouled.

Three minutes before half-time,Tony Beacham set up Dan Spice toscore the second goal. The third andbest Shirehampton goal came fiveminutes from time when MartinCook curled in a free-kick.

Cutters Friday gave a spirited dis-play at second-placed Minehead, but

were eventually beaten 3-2. GuyBurns put Minehead in front justbefore the break, but Roy Albert lev-elled early in the second half.

A 75th-minute penalty from JackGroves-Furse gave Minehead the leadagain, only for Jordan Porter to cap-italise on a defensive mix-up to equal-ise in the 89th minute. Burns, though,had the final say when he scored froma free-kick to win it for Minehead.

Nailsea United had a 2-0 home winagainst Fry Club, whilefourth-placed Stockwood Greenbeat Bridgwater Town Reserves 3-0.

Shirehampton back to winning waysTHORNBURY finally collected theirfirst point of the David Wilson HomesGloucestershire County League sea-son courtesy of a 1-1 draw at Hen-bury.

Joe Love’s 55th-minute openerlooked set to hand the visitors theirtenth consecutive defeat of the cam-paign, but Steve Thompson equalisedten minutes from time.

It was honours even in the derbyclash between Chipping Sodburyand Yate Reserves, the game ending2-2 after the visitors twice came frombehind. Alex Cumming’s opener was

Yate Town 2

Bideford 1

FA Cup

Fortune and McNab fire Clevedon to victory

CLAYTON Fortune and Ross McNabwere on target as Clevedon beatformer Southern League rivals Shol-ing in the second qualifying round ofthe FA Cup.

The visitors came close to an earlyopener when Barry Mason’s crossjust evaded Lee Wort.

Instead, it was the home side that

Clevedon Town 2

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Gloucestershire County League

equalised by a James Kenway pen-alty, while Tom Smallman levelledafter Danny Coombes had put Sod-bury back in front.

Bristol Telephones had no answerto leaders Gala Wilton, who ran out 5-0winners with Lee Allen scoring ahat-trick, including one from the pen-alty spot. Brett James and Luke Hal-liday were also on target for theGloucester side, while Telephones hadtwo men sent off in the second half.

Longlevens kept pace with GalaWilton at the top courtesy of a 6-3home victory over Hanham, having

YATE moved closer to another ap-pearance in the first round of the FACup with an excellent second qual-ifying-round victory over higher-di-vision Bideford.

The Devon side, unbeaten in theCalor Southern League Premier Di-vision, took a first-half lead, but thehosts came from behind to progressto the next round.

Bideford forced the pace early on,with Craig Duff firing wide of thetarget and Owen Howe having a shotcleared away by Mitch Harrison.

Yat e ’s best chance of the openingperiod fell to Lewis Haldane, whose

been five goals up at half-time. ShaunMorris, Craig Stone and Adam Grint-er scored for Hanham.

Southmead defeated Pat ch way1-0, courtesy of a 70th-minute goalfrom Danny Glancy.

Rockleaz e scored three goals infour first-half minutes as they beatBerkeley 3-2, Oshane West strikingtwice in two minutes before SamAndrews added the third.

Kingswood and Bristol Academydrew 1-1, Adam Eldridge scoring afine opener for the hosts only forMarcus Thatcher to equalise.

WESTON went into the hat for thethird qualifying round of the FA Cupfollowing a comfortable win in Hamp-shire, as the Seagulls beat their fellowSkrill South opponents for the secondtime this season.

The home side shaded the first-halfexchanges, but Weston grew in con-fidence after the break and in the endwere easy winners.

Basingstoke started well, forcingtwo corners in as many openingminutes, and they came close on 11minutes when Weston keeper LukePurnell had to dive low to his left todeal with Robbie Matthews’ p owe r f u lf re e - k i ck .

As Weston got into the game, Ash-ley Kington went close with a curlingeffort on 17 minutes.

They did even better a minute laterwhen, from a good build-up, involving

Chas Hemmings, Kane Ingram andKington, home goalkeeper LouisWells spilled a low cross and NabyDiallo was on hand to score the open-ing goal.

Two minutes later, Basingstokedrew level when, from their thirdcorner, Matt Partridge knocked theball past Purnell.

Weston regained the lead twominutes into the second half whenthey were awarded a free-kick a yardoutside the home penalty area. Hem-mings’ superb free-kick, which took aslight deflection, left Wellsw ro n g - fo o t e d .

Basingstoke brought on formerWeston favourite Manny Williams,and he tested Purnell with severalef forts.

Weston sealed the win on 77minutes when Wells could only parryK i n g t o n’s powerful effort and skipperBen Kirk headed in the rebound froma couple of yards.

Weston meet Chard Town in thefirst round of the Somerset PremierCup tomorrow evening (7.45pm).

FA Cup

Thompson on target to get Thornbury off the mark

Stearn strikes to seal it for BathBath City 2

Gosport Borough 0

DAVE Pratt’s first-half goal and a latesecond from substitute Ross Stearnsent Bath City through to the thirdqualifying round of the FA Cup.

Their first win over Gosport Bor-ough in four attempts – and £4,500 inprize money – was well deserved onthe basis of their first-half perform-ance, although there was some grow-ing anxiety before Stearn finallykilled the visitors off.

Following last weekend's dismalhome defeat to Dover, Bath headcoach Lee Howells made four changesto his starting XI and switched to a3-5-2 formation.

Out went Stearn, Ben Adelsbury,Noah Keats and Will Salmon, and incame Sekani Simpson and AaronBrown as wing-backs. Joe Burnellcame into midfield and striker ElliottChamberlain, who returned to Bathon loan from Exeter on Friday,partnered Pratt in attack.

Bath made a bright start, with Prattfiring into the side-netting fromSimpson's clever pass and Chamber-lain not quite able to fully connectwith a volley.

But the hosts did not have to waittoo long before their pressure paidoff. Andy Gallinagh launched a longball forward, which found Pratt inacres of space. His first shot was

brilliantly saved by Gareth Barfoot,but the City striker coolly steeredhome the rebound.

Bath should have doubled theirlead midway through the half whenGosport failed on numerous occa-sions to clear a corner and the balldropped to Dan Ball, who smashedhis volley over from eight yards.

Chamberlain also failed to makefull contact again from Josh Low'sinviting cross.

The visitors had to wait until the51st minute for their first attempt ofnote, with Andrew Forbes left un-marked at a free-kick, but volleyingagainst the crossbar.

Bath were not at the same level theywere in the first period, but had asniff of a chance midway through thehalf when visiting keeper Barfootfumbled the ball at Pratt's feet andwas grateful when the striker'ssecond touch knocked it back into hish a n d s.

Brown's through-ball then sentPratt into space, but his shot wascomfortably saved.

The inability to grab a killer secondgoal was starting to cause anxiety onthe terraces and another Bath changesaw Stearn come on for Low with tenminutes remaining.

And the substitute finally put thetie to bed with four minutes remain-ing. A mistake by full-back BrettPoate left Stearn with a clear sight ofgoal and he kept his nerve to lift theball over the advancing Barfoot.

shot was saved by Steve Oliver afterhe was played in by Ricky Hulbert.

However, the visitors went aheadjust prior to half-hour mark whenHowe bundled Joe Chandler off theball and went clear to beat goalkeeperMartin Horsell.

The home side responded after thebreak, with Oliver having to tip over aHulbert shot and James Harmerlobbing the ball just over the cross-b a r.

Midway through the second half,though, Haldane equalised for Townwhen he converted Harmer’s lowcross following an exchange of passeswith Ross Staley.

Yate snatched victory with timealmost up, as Harrison crossed intothe Bideford goalmouth and Harmermanaged to turn the ball beyond goal-keeper Oliver.

� Ya t e ’s Lewis Haldane, left, comes under pressure from Bideford’s Ben Gerring Pictures: Dan Regan

� Brislington’s Mike Rimmer finds space to score the wining goal againstTruro at Ironmould Lane Pictures; Jo Wakenshaw

� Mike Rimmer is mobbed by his team-mates after scoring the winner

Basingstoke 1

Weston-super-Mare 3

� Ya t e ’s Brad Abrahams, left, battles for the ball with Matt Hockley

Mangotsfield’s cup run is overEastleigh 4

Mangotsfield United 0

MANGOTSFIELD'S FA Cup adven-ture ended at the Silver Lake Stadiumas they were brushed aside by theConference South leaders.

The visitors almost took asecond-minute lead, but Alex Kitesnatched at the close-range chanceand his effort was blocked.

Three minutes later, Eastleigh

went ahead when Jai Reason scoredfrom a few yards out. Glen Soughamstruck the second goal in the 31stminute when he side-footed homefrom eight yards.

Stuart Fleetwood scored the thirdgoal in the 42nd minute, at whichpoint Mangotsfield were reduced toten men when Jamie Reid received asecond yellow card.

Eastleigh continued to dominate inthe second half, but were restricted toone more goal – an 83rd-minute strikefrom Sam Wilson.

forged ahead on 20 minutes. SamTe a l e ’s free-kick was onlyhalf-cleared by the Shol-ing defence and Fortunedrove the ball backinto the net from theedge of the penaltya re a .

Clevedon managerMickey Bell, pictured,than saw his sidedouble their lead sevenminutes before half-time.

Joe Flurry turned hismarker and crossed for McNab to

knock the ball into the net. Sholingtried to respond in the second

half, but they looked just aslikely to concede again as

Adie Adams, Reeko Bestand Teale all threatened toincrease Clevedon’s ad-vanta g e.

Wort had the bestchance to cut the deficit,

but once he passed up thatopportunity it left the hosts

just two more wins away froma place in the first round proper of

the competition.

Brislington springa big cup shock

MIKE Rimmer struck the winninggoal eight minutes from time as Bris-lington shocked Truro in the secondqualifying round of the FA Cup.

The Toolstation League side, whoplay two divisions below the Cornishoutfit, twice fell behind before stun-ning the Southern League side.

Cody Cooke gave Truro the leadwith a spectacular tenth-minuteopener, but Neikell Plummer headedthe home side level from a corner 11minutes later.

Brislington were level for just twominutes, though, as Neil Slateford putthe visitors back in front following arebound off the goalkeeper.

The hosts equalised for a secondtime eight minutes into the secondhalf – again from a corner – as DannyBarwood pounced.

Eight minutes from time, Brisling-ton stunned the visitors with a win-ner as Alex Lambert pulled the ballback and Rimmer fired into the net.

Brislington 3

Truro City 2

Bristol Manor Farm 4

Bridgwater Town 4

Thriller downat the Farm

KYE Holly’s late penalty earned Bris-tol Manor Farm a FA Cup secondqualifying round replay at Bridg-water tomorrow night.

The Toolstation League side racedinto a three-goal lead inside quarterof an hour before Town hit back withfour second-half goals.

George Brimson headed aneighth-minute opener for ManorFarm and Kris Miller headed an owngoal to double the advantage just oneminute later. The hosts were threegoals clear a matter of minutes lateras Pete Shepherd found the net withan acrobatic effort.

Bridgwater responded in style as aJoe Bushin double and one from DeanGriffiths levelled matters by the hourmark. Manor Farm hit the woodworktwice, only for the visitors to breakaway and score through MitchellPage. However, Holly’s penalty, after afoul on Will Hailston, set up a replay.

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Results

Toolstation League and Hellenic League

Dempsey’s latestrike rescues apoint for Heath

CADBURY Heath needed a late LiamDempsey strike to earn a 2-2 draw athome to Bridport in the Premier Di-vision, despite taking an early leadthrough Matt Huxley.

Ryan Dovell equalised for Bridportbefore half-time. Tom Richardson putthe hosts ahead and Sam Filkinssaved a Huxley penalty before De-mpsey’s late leveller.

Larkhall Athletic retained theirplace at the top of the table, despitebeing held to a 1-1 draw at lowlyI l f r a c o m b e.

Stan Paxton broke the deadlock forthe Devon side 20 minutes from time,but Jamie Lyons fired the equaliserfor the league leaders just fiveminutes later.

Gillingham are level on points withLarkhall following their 2-0 home winover Heng rove, Jack Vallis and GaryBowles scoring inside the final 15m i nu t e s.

The visitors had goalkeeper LiamMacFarlane sent off on the hourmark, while the hosts’ Ben Thomsonsaw red just five minutes later.

Bitton conceded an injury-timewinner as Melksham gained theirfirst victory of the season – a 1-0triumph courtesy of a Dan Kovacss t r i ke.

Radstock ran out 3-0 winners atSherborne, while Longwell Greenfailed to turn domination into goalsas they drew 0-0 at home to BishopSutton.

Hallen and Winterbour ne, mean-while, were drawing 2-2 when theygame was abandoned due to a78th-minute injury to the home side’sGraham Joint.

In the First Division, Bradford re-

main top of the pile following their 3-1victory at Shepton Mallet, SamJordan scoring a hat-trick for thet abl e - t o p p e r s.

Second-placed Barnstaple won 6-1at Key n s h a m , while Alexis Piper gotthe only goal as Wellington beat vis-iting Cribbs 1-0.

Dan Cottle (2) and Anthony Con-radi scored as Welton beat Chippen-ham Park 3-1.

Almondsbury UWE won 2-1 atCorsham and Cheddar beat OldlandA bb o t o n i a n s 2-0.

Roman Glass took an early leadagainst Warminster through DrewHamilton-Dunn, but goals from LouisSparey and Mark Robinson gave thevisitors a 2-1 win.

Portishead were beaten 1-0 athome by Calne, who struck throughJames Lye, while Wincantonthumped Westbury 5-1 with new sign-ing Lee Gale firing a hat-trick.

Wells came from behind to beatDevizes 2-1, while Ashton & Back-we l l ’s game with Chard was aban-doned after 17 minutes due to aninjury to the hosts’ Aaron Reid.

� Tytherington Rocks went top ofthe Hellenic League Division OneWest table with a 4-0 home victoryagainst Shortwood Reserves.

Despite dominating most of thegame, Rocks had to wait until the 73rdminute to go in front, when LukeSperring finished off a cross fromStuart Nelson.

Nelson got the second goal soonafter when he netted his fourth pen-alty of the season after Sam Taylorhad been brought down.

Andy Criddle headed in Nick Pearecorner for the third goal, and JoeWhite rounded off the win with agood strike from a Tim Baker cross.

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� Brislington’s Niekell Plummer comes under pressure from two Truro players during the FA Cup second qualifyinground tie at Ironmould Lane, which the Toolstation League side won 3-2. Report on Page 13 Picture: Jo Wakenshaw

FA Cup, second qualifying rd: Bath City 2 GosportBorough 0, Basingstoke 1 Weston-s-Mare 3,Bashley 0 Hungerford Tn 3, Brislington 3 Truro City2, Bristol Manor Farm 4 Bridgwater Tn 4,Cirencester Tn 2 AFC Portchester 0, Clevedon Tn 2Sholing 0, Dorchester Tn 0 Shortwood Utd 1,Eastleigh 4 Mangotsfield Utd 0, Hamworthy Utd 2Poole Tn 4, Weymouth 2 Bognor Regis Tn 2, YateTn 2 Bideford 1.Football League Youth Alliance Cup, Group One:Bournemouth 2 Hereford 2, Oxford Utd 7 Swindon 1.Group Two: Bsl Rovers 4 Newport Co 0, Plymouth2 Torquay 1.South West Counties Youth: Andover Tn 11Dorchester Tn 1, Bath City 2 Cirencester Acad 2,Bsl Academy 3 Salisbury City 1, Newport County 5New College 2, Poole Tn 1 Forest Green 3.Calor Southern League, Div I South & West:Bishop’s Cleeve 1 Wimborne Tn 3, Godalming Tn 1Swindon Supermarine 2, Guildford City 2 TauntonTn 1, Merthyr Tn 3 Fleet Tn 1, North Leigh 4Cinderford Tn 1, Tiverton Tn 1 Thatcham Tn 0.Toolstation Western League, Premier Div:Cadbury Heath 2 Bridport 2, Gillingham Tn 2Hengrove Ath 0, Hallen 2 Winterbourne Utd 2(aban), Ilfracombe Tn 1 Larkhall Ath 1, LongwellGreen Spts 0 Bishop Sutton 0, Melksham Tn 1Bitton 0, Odd Down 1 Willand Rov 1, Sherborne Tn0 Radstock Tn 3, Slimbridge 0 Street 2.First Div: Ashton & Backwell Utd 0 Chard Tn 0(aban), Cheddar 2 Oldland Abbots 0, Corsham Tn 1Almondsbury UWE 2, Keynsham Tn 1 BarnstapleTn 6, Portishead Tn 0 Calne Tn 1, Roman Glass StGeorge 1 Warminster Tn 2, Shepton Mallet 1Bradford Tn 3, Wellington 1 Cribbs 0, Wells City 2Devizes Tn 1, Welton Rov 3 Chippenham Park 1,Wincanton Tn 5 Westbury Utd 1.Uhlsport Hellenic, Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup,rd I: Ardley Utd 8 Malmesbury Vic 0, Ascot Utd 7Newbury 1, Carterton 2 Didcot Tn 0, ChalfontWasps 0 Easington Spts 2, Clanfield 2 AbingdonUtd 3, Headington Amateurs 0 Purton 2, HighworthTn 3 Oxford City 1, Hook Norton 2 Kidlington 4,

Lydney Tn 5 Wootton Bassett 2, Milton Utd 1 ThameUtd 0, Old Woodstock Tn 1 Abingdon Tn 4, ReadingTn 0 Highmoor Ibis 2, Shrivenham 3 Wokingham &Emmbrook 0, Tuffley Rov 3 Chinnor 0, Wantage Tn4 Fairford Tn 2.Div I West: Letcombe 2 New Coll Swindon 0,Tytherington Rocks 4 Shortwood 0.David Wilson Homes Gloucestershire County:Chipping Sodbury Tn 2 Yate Tn Res 2, FramptonUtd 4 Ellwood 0, Gala Wilton 5 Bsl Telephones 0,Henbury 1 Thornbury Tn 1, Kings Stanley 3 BishopsCleeve Res 3, Kingswood 1 Bristol Academy 1,Longlevens 6 Hanham Ath 3, Rockleaze Rgrs 3Berkeley Tn 2, Southmead CS Ath 1 Patchway Tn 0.Somerset County, Premier Div: Berrow 3 NailseaTn 2, Clutton 6 Bishops Lyd 2, Langford Rov 1 OddDown Res 1, Minehead 3 Cutters Friday 2, NailseaUtd 2 Fry Club 0, Shirehampton 3 Street Res 0,Stockwood Green 3 Bridgwater Tn Res 0, WatchetTn 3 Weston St Johns 1, Yatton Ath 1 Ilminster Tn3.Div I: Banwell 1 Dundry Ath 2, Broad Plain House 1Castle Cary 0, Clevedon Utd 3 Congresbury 2,Frome Coll 6 Keynsham Tn Res 2, Larkhall Ath Res2 Wrington Redhill 2, Purnell Spts 1 Saltford 1, StGeorge(EIG) 4 Burnham Utd 3, Westfield 5Middlezoy Rov 1.Div II East: Bishop Sutton 0 Timsbury Ath 4, ChewMagna 2 Farrington G 0, Fry club 2 Ashton &Backwell 0, Imperial 2 Long Ashton 4, Peasedown 2Stockwood Gn 0, Radstock Tn 2 Hengrove Ath 2,Tunley Ath 2 Chilcompton Sp 3.Div II West: Churchill Club 2 Cheddar 2, CleeveWest Tn 1 Wells City 1, Kewstoke Lions 3Portishead Tn 3, Nailsea Tn 0 Glastonbury Tn 3,Nailsea Tn 0 Glastonbury 5, Staplegrove 1 CombeSt Nich 0, Uphill Castle 1 North curry 2, Weston StJohns 0 Winscombe 2, Worle 3 Nailsea Utd 1.Gloucestershire FA Junior Cup, rd I: St Pancras 3Henbury Res 5, Real Thornbury 5 Wanderers 0,Oldbury 0 Ridings High Res 2, Chipping SodburyRes 4 Totterdown Utd Res 1, Seymour Utd Res 0Hambrook 4, Warmley Saints 0 Talbot Knowle Utd

6, Mendip Utd Res 4 Filton Ath 4 (Filton won 4-2 onpens), Hallen A 0 Tyndalls Park Rgrs 3, Jersey Rgrs3 Longwell Green Sp A 4, Lawrence Weston Res 3Bsl Barcelona 3 (Bsl Barcelona won 4-3 on pens), StAnnes Tn 4 Bradley St Tn 7, Kellaway Rgrs 2 DACBeachcroft LLP 4, AEK Boco Res 2 Nicholas WdrsRes 2 (Nicholas Wdrs won 6-5 on pens), Ashley 1Cutters Friday Res 0, AFC Mangotsfield Res 1 IronActon 2, Jamaica Bell 3 AFC Bohemia 3 (Bohemiawon 2-1 on pens), Soundwell Vic 5 AlmondsburyUWE A 0, Stoke Gifford Res 1 Crosscourt Utd 5, OldCothamians 3 St Aldhelms Res 1, Winterbourne Utd8 Stanton Drew 1, Portland OB 1 Cotswool 1(Cotswool won 5-4 on pens), Rangeworthy 3 LawesJrs 3 (Lawes won 3-2 on pens), Stoke Rgrs 4Hanham Ath Res 2, Miners Rgrs 0 Avonmouth Res4, Retainers 4 Cleeve Colts 2, Portville Warriors 8Saints OB 4.Gloucestershire FA Intermediate Cup, rd I:Easton Cowboys 5 Henbury A 3, St Andrews 1Cribbs A 9, Chipping Sodbury Tn A 0 Olveston UtdRes 4, Nicholas Wdrs A 0 Stapleton 6, FramptonAth Res 0 Bsl Bilbao 4, Torpedo Res 2 Clifton StVinc Res 0, Ashley Res 2 Downend Forresters Res4, Corinthian Spts 0 Bradley St Tn Res 4, BslBarcelona Res 0 Hambrook Res 0, Lloydy Coalpit 3Rockleaze Rgrs A 0, Coupland Insulation 0 Bendix7, Highridge Utd Res 5 Iron Acton Res 3, DRGFrenchay Res 0 Old Cothamians Res 2, HillfieldsOB 5 Greyfriars Ath Res 1, Horfield Utd 3 ClubCorinthians 2, Clifton Rockets 3 Hallen B 2, OldCliftonians 0 Pucklechurch Spts Res 4.Bristol Premier, Premier Div: Cribbs Friends LifeRes 4 Wick 3, DRG Frenchay 1 Bitton Res 2,Totterdown Utd 1 Mendip Utd 0, Nicholas Wdrs 0AEK Boco 5, Old Sodbury 3 Hallen Res 4,Shaftesbury Crusade 1 Lebeq 2, Winterbourne UtdRes 1 Longwell Green Res 0.Div I: Eden Grove 7 Brimsham Green 1, FramptonAth 1 Bristol Manor Farm Res 0, Made For Ever 1Lawrence Rov 4, Patchway Tn Res 1 Olveston Utd0, Roman Glass St George Res 1 Oldland AbbotsRes 1, Seymour Utd 3 Sea Mills Park 1.

District, Div III: South Bristol Central 9 RomanGlass St George A 2.Div IV: Fishponds Ath v Highridge Utd Res pp, FrysClub B 4 Talbot Knowle Utd Res 0, Greyfriars Ath A2 Sea Mills Park Res 3, Lawrence Rov Res 1Westerleigh Spts 10, Old Sodbury Res 4 SoundwellVic Res 1, Shaftesbury Crusade Res 9 Bendix Res0, Wick A v Bradley Stoke Tn Res pp.Div V: Crosscourt Utd Res 5 Oldland Abbots A 3,Highridge Utd A 5 Iron Acton A 2, Mendip Utd A 1Cesson 1, Shireway Spts 6 Patchway NE Res 1,Warmley Saints Res 0 Staple Hill Orient 5.Div VI: Cribbs 4 Yate Ath 1, Cutters Friday 2 BristolDeaf 0, Hanham Ath Colts 3 Stoke Lane Ath 1,Saltford Res 5 Bradley Stoke Tn A 3, Seymour UtdA 3 Greyfriars Ath B 3, Stapleton 9 Brimsham Green2.Suburban, Premier Div I: Avonmouth 3 RidingsHigh 2, Lawrence Weston 1 Tytherington Rocks Res3, Mangotsfield Spts 0 Ashton Utd 4, Severn Beach1 Easton Cowboys Sub 2, St Aldhelms 2 OldGeorgians 3, Stoke Gifford Utd 0 Little Stoke 4.Premier Div II: AFC Mangotsfield 7 AlmondsburyUWE Res 0, Brislington A 7 Wessex Wdrs 1, BristolAth 0 Downend Foresters 3, CAB Olympic SC 1Southmead CS Utd 2, Totterdown POB 1 RockleazeRgrs Res 1.Div I: Ashton & Backwell Colts 2 Broad Plain HouseRes 1.Div II: Ashton Utd Res 2 Fry’s Club OB 1, Hydez 2Bsl Telephones Res 1.Div IV: Glenside 5 OB Res 4 Stoke Gifford Utd A 2,Old Georgians Res v Rockleaze Rgrs B pp, OldburyRes 0 Filton Ath Res 3, Park Knowle 10 BrandonSports 1, Severnside 2 Winford PH 5.Div V: AFC Mangotsfield A 1 Fishponds OB A 1,Avonmouth A v Parson Street OB Res pp, ImperialRes 1 Lawrence Weston A 3, North Bristol Utd 6Kellaway Rgrs 0, Wessex Wdrs Res 2 Real StGeorge 7, Whitchurch Spts 0 Lockleaze Community3.Div VI: AFC Mangotsfield B 1 Park Knowle Res 2,Cosmos 3 Brandon Spts 2, Real Fishponds v TC

Sports pp, Wanderers 0 Frys OB 17, Winford PH 7Bsl Spartak 2.Bristol & Avon, Premier Div: AFC Hartcliffe Res 4Bradley Stoke Tn B 1, Broad Walk Community Res 6Iron Acton B 1, Dodington 5 Sea Mills Park A 1, LSUtd 1 De Veys Res 2, Wessex Wdrs A 1 BristolSports 12, Whitchurch Phoenix 5 Bristol Revolution 4.Downs, Div I: Clifton St Vinc 2 Sporting Greyhound2, Sneyd Park 5 Torpedo 3.Div II: Lion FC 2 Hare On The Hill 0, Saints OB Res3 Sporting Greyhound Res 0, Sneyd Park Res 3Tebby 1.Div III: Bengal Tigers 0 Easton Cowboys Res 4,Clifton St Vinc A 4 Cotham OB 2, Portland OB Res 3Luccombe Garage 3, Retainers Res 3 Helios 5,Sneyd Park A 1 Green Park Rgrs 2, Torpedo A 0Old Elizabethans 8.Div IV: Clifton Rockets Res 0 Cosmos UK 5, CliftonSt Vinc B 1 Conham Rgrs 0, Sneyd Park B 0 NCSFUtd 1, Tebby Res 2 Lion FC Res 1, Warmley Utd 8Retainers A 0, West Town Utd 1 DDAS 5.Weston-s-Mare & District, Atwell Shield, prelimrd: King Alfred 1 Portishead CT 6, KVFC 1 BanwellRes 4, South Park Rgrs 0 Worle Rgrs 2.Div I: Berrow 3 Yatton Ath 6, Nailsea Utd 4 ChurchillClub 70 0, Portishead Tn 1 Cleeve West 5, TickenhamUtd 2 Hutton 3, Winscombe 1 Clevedon Utd 4.Div II: Burnham Utd 1 St George(EIG) 1, ClevedonUtd 2 Langford Rov 2, Congresbury 3 Nailsea Utd 2,Draycott 0 Weston Super Seagulls 9, Locking Park 4Clevedon Dons 2.Div III: AFC Nailsea 0 Westend 2, Axbridge Tn 1Winscombe 1, Portishead Tn 1 Wedmore 3,Shipham 2 Uphill Castle 4.Div IV: Hutton 4 Cheddar 3, Nailsea Colts 4Kewstoke Lions 0, St George(EIG) 2 Pill Utd 2,Wrington Redhill 2 Cleeve West 1.Div V: Clapton-in-Gordano 4 Portishead Colts 0,Priory Rgrs 2 Dolphin Ath 7, Selkirk Utd 2 Worle 6,Shipham 5 Congresbury 4.Div VI: Banwell 0 Berrow 4, Burnham Utd 2 AFCNailsea 2, Wedmore 7 Axbridge Tn 4, Westend 1Clevedon Utd 1.

treble check:Complete check for Littlewoods, Vernons and

Zetters: 3 = Score Draws, 2= No Score Draw or Void 1= Home or Away

Aston Villa ............... (0) 3 Man city ..................(1) 2El Ahmadi 51 Toure 45Bacuna 73 Dzeko 56Weimann 75 Att 34,063Fulham ..................... (1) 1 cardiff ......................(1) 2Ruiz 45 Caulker 12Att 23,020 Mutch 90hull ........................... (1) 1 West ham ................(0) 0Brady 12 (pen) Att 24,291Man Utd ................... (0) 1 West brom ..............(0) 2Rooney 57 Amalfitano 54Att 75,042 Berahino 67Southamptn ............. (0) 2 crystal Palace .........(0) 0Osvaldo 47 Att 30,699Lambert 49Spurs ....................... (1) 1 chelsea ...................(0) 1Sigurdsson 19 Terry 65Att 35,857Swansea .................. (0) 1 Arsenal ....................(0) 2Davies 81 Gnabry 58, Ramsey 62Att 20,712

Yesterday Stoke ........................ (0) 0 Norwich ...................(1) 1Att 26,184 Howson 34Sunderland .............. (0) 1 liverpool .................(2) 3Giaccherini 52 Sturridge 28 Suarez 36, 89Att 41,415 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsArsenal ..............6 2 0 1 5 4 3 0 0 8 3 15Liverpool ............6 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 6 3 13Spurs .................6 2 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 2 1 13Chelsea .............6 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 1 1 2 11Southamptn .......6 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 11Man City ............6 3 0 0 10 1 0 1 2 4 6 10Hull ....................6 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 3 6 10Everton ..............5 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 4 9Aston Villa..........6 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 1 5 3 9West Brom .........6 1 0 2 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 8Cardiff ................6 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 8Man Utd .............6 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 5 6 7Swansea ............6 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 1 4 1 7Norwich..............6 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 7Stoke .................6 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 4 7Newcastle ..........5 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 2 5 7West Ham ..........6 1 0 2 4 4 0 2 1 0 1 5Fulham...............6 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 2 1 3 4Crystal Pal .........6 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 1 6 3Sunderland ........6 0 0 3 2 7 0 1 2 2 7 1

bradford .................. (0) 2 Shrewsbury .............(1) 1Reid 60 Bradshaw 2Hanson 90 Att 14,128bristol city .............. (0) 1 colchester ...............(1) 1Baldock 74 Taylor 30Att 10,739carlisle..................... (1) 2 Notts county ...........(1) 1Robson 41 McGregor 27Amoo 54 Att 4,315crawley town.......... (1) 1 Oldham ....................(0) 0Walsh 7 Att 3,142crewe ....................... (0) 0 Gillingham ...............(1) 3Att 4,254 McDonald 39 Martin 50, Barrett 70leyton Orient .......... (1) 1 Walsall .....................(0) 1Mooney 38 Westcarr 71Att 5,429Mk Dons .................. (3) 4 Stevenage ...............(1) 1Bamford 12, 22 Potter 42 (og)Alli 23 Att 7,770Williams 62 (pen)Preston .................... (1) 2 Swindon ..................(0) 1Hume 11 N’Guessan 86McEveley 48 (og) Att 9,296rotherham ............... (0) 0 Peterboro ................(0) 1Att 9,717 McCann 51 (pen)tranmere ................. (0) 0 Port Vale ..................(0) 1Att 5,334 Lines 56Wolves ..................... (0) 2 Sheff Utd .................(0) 0Griffiths 66Sako 90 Att 20,417

burton Albion .......... (1) 2 Scunthorpe .............(0) 2Kee 37 Burton 48Weir 62 Canavan 52Att 2,556cheltenham ............. (0) 1 AFc Wimbledon .....(0) 0Cureton 90Att 3,032chesterfield ............. (0) 0 Mansfield .................(1) 1 Andrew 37Att 10,015Dag & red ............... (1) 2 bury .........................(0) 1Obafemi 44 Forrester 89 (pen)Murphy 52Att 1,604Fleetwood town...... (0) 1 exeter ......................(0) 2Blair 71 Bennett 76, 79Att 2,557hartlepool ................ (0) 1 Oxford Utd ..............(1) 3James 48 Williams 5 Smalley 67 Hall 90 (pen)Att 3,799Newport county ...... (2) 2 torquay ...................(0) 1Yakubu 28 Azeez 58Crow 36Att 3,557Northampton ........... (0) 0 Morecambe .............(0) 0Att 3,841Plymouth ................. (0) 0 Accrington Stanley (0) 0Att 6,180rochdale ................. (3) 3 Wycombe ................(1) 2Hogan 5 McClure 42Bunney 10 Kuffour 58Rose 15 Att 2,303York .......................... (1) 4 Portsmouth .............(0) 2Fletcher 4, 66 Wallace 53Montrose 58 Marquis 88Jarvis 64 Att 4,848 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsChesterfield .......9 4 0 1 7 2 3 1 0 7 2 22Oxford Utd .........9 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 0 14 5 18Mansfield ...........9 2 2 0 8 2 3 1 1 5 4 18Fleetwood Town 9 3 0 2 12 8 3 0 1 4 2 18Rochdale ...........9 4 1 0 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 17Exeter ................9 3 0 1 6 4 2 2 1 5 5 17AFC Wimbledon 9 4 0 0 9 3 1 1 3 3 6 16Newport County .9 3 1 1 10 6 1 2 1 5 5 15Morecambe........9 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 2 6 7 15Wycombe ...........9 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 2 9 7 14Scunthorpe ........9 2 2 0 5 2 1 3 1 6 6 14Dag & Red .........9 3 2 0 8 3 0 2 2 4 9 13Burton Albion .....9 1 2 2 6 8 2 1 1 7 7 12Southend ...........9 2 1 2 5 5 1 1 2 4 5 11Plymouth............9 2 1 2 2 5 1 0 3 4 5 10Bristol Rvrs ........9 2 2 0 6 4 0 1 4 2 7 9Portsmouth ........9 1 0 3 4 7 1 3 1 10 11 9Torquay ..............9 1 2 1 6 6 1 1 3 5 9 9Cheltenham .......9 1 3 1 8 9 1 0 3 4 10 9Bury ...................9 2 1 1 8 4 0 1 4 5 9 8York ...................9 2 1 2 6 6 0 1 3 4 8 8Hartlepool ..........9 1 0 4 4 8 0 3 1 2 5 6Northamptn ........9 1 2 2 6 6 0 0 4 0 7 5Accrington S ......9 0 1 3 3 6 0 1 4 2 10 2

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1

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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Stockport county ...............1 brighouse town ............... 0runcorn linnets .................1 cammell laird .................. 0Guiseley...............................1 bradford P A ..................... 2Frickley ................................1 Marske Utd ........................ 3Jarrow roofing ...................3 Guisborough town .......... 3curzon Ashton ....................0 lancaster city .................. 0Workington ..........................2 burscough ........................ 1Ossett town ........................1 Warrington town .............. 1colwyn bay .........................1 harrogate town ................ 0Vauxhall Motors ..................4 chorley .............................. 0trafford ................................2 Altrincham ........................ 1Stalybridge ..........................3 Worksop ............................ 5buxton .................................1 North Ferriby Utd ............. 4West Auckland ....................5 Skelmersdale Utd ............. 0AFc telford .........................1 hednesford ....................... 3Solihull Moors .....................1 leamington ....................... 1Atherstone town ................1 coalville town .................. 0Stamford ..............................4 AFc Wulfrunians .............. 1Stourbridge .........................3 Sutton coldfield tn .......... 2brackley...............................1 Gresley .............................. 1Gainsborough .....................2 rushall Olympic ............... 0Mickleover Sports ..............3 corby ................................. 3Worcester ............................4 coventry Sphinx .............. 0belper town ........................1 Daventry town.................. 3Stafford rangers ................0 boston Utd ........................ 4blaby & Whetstone .............0 rugby town ...................... 6halesowen ...........................5 tipton town ...................... 0carlton town .......................1 Matlock town.................... 0Spalding Utd .......................1 AFc hornchurch .............. 4concord rangers ...............4 St ives town ..................... 3royston town .....................0 histon ................................ 4Fc clacton ..........................1 North Greenford Utd ........ 1Needham Market .................3 Dunstable .......................... 1St Albans .............................2 billericay ........................... 0hampton & rich’d ..............1 bedford town ................... 0Arlesey.................................1 thurrock ............................ 0AFc rushden & Diamonds .3 cambridge city ................ 2hemel hempstead ..............1 Witham town .................... 1barton ..................................0 boreham Wood................. 0biggleswade town .............2 chelmsford ....................... 0

harlow..................................2 heybridge .......................... 3Wealdstone .........................4 haringey borough ............ 1canvey island .....................2 St Neots town .................. 2Whitehawk ...........................0 Sutton Utd ......................... 1thamesmead town ............1 Sittingbourne .................... 2Didcot town ........................2 burnham ........................... 1bromley ...............................1 burgess hill town ............ 0ebbsfleet United .................1 Folkestone invicta ............ 0Guernsey .............................2 Dover ................................. 3eastbourne town................1 hartley Wintney ................ 5Whyteleafe...........................1 chatham town.................. 2chertsey town ....................1 chipstead .......................... 2eastbourne borough ..........0 Farnboro ........................... 0binfield ................................1 leatherhead ...................... 2Aylesbury Utd .....................0 Staines town .................... 3chalfont St Peter ................0 lewes ................................ 1Dorchester...........................0 Shortwood Utd ................. 1hamworthy Utd ...................2 Poole town ....................... 4cirencester ..........................2 AFc Portchester ............... 0brislington ...........................3 truro city .......................... 2bristol Manor Farm ............4 bridgwater town .............. 4eastleigh..............................4 Mangotsfield ..................... 0basingstoke ........................1 Weston-S-Mare ................. 3Yate ......................................2 bideford ............................ 1Weymouth ...........................2 bognor regis town ......... 2clevedon town ...................2 Sholing .............................. 0bath city ..............................2 Gosport borough ............. 0bashley ................................0 hungerford town ............. 3Scarborough Athletic .........1 Penrith ............................... 1AFc Fylde ............................0 Ashton Utd ........................ 1barrow .................................3 ramsbottom Utd .............. 0Merstham.............................1 Maidstone Utd .................. 4Oxford city ..........................1 Maidenhead Utd ............... 0Margate ................................1 Dulwich ............................. 2

Yesterday Grays Athletic .....................3 tilbury ............................... 0hayes & Yeading ................0 tonbridge Angels ............. 0hendon ................................0 bishop’s Stortford ........... 5Gloucester ...........................1 havant and W ................... 1horsham ..............................2 Faversham town .............. 0

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bishops cleeve ...................3 Wimborne town ............... 1Guildford city .....................2 taunton ............................. 1Merthyr town ......................3 Fleet town......................... 1North leigh .........................4 cinderford ......................... 1tiverton ...............................1 thatcham town ................ 0Godalming town.................1 Swindon Supermarine ..... 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtNorth Leigh ............9 5 0 0 21 3 2 0 2 7 5 21Bridgwater Town ....8 2 2 0 9 3 4 0 0 11 3 20Swindon Super ....10 5 0 0 14 4 1 2 2 6 8 20Paulton ..................9 3 1 1 16 8 3 0 1 14 7 19Merthyr Town .........9 4 1 0 14 6 2 0 2 9 9 19Bishops Cleeve .....9 3 0 2 13 9 2 0 2 9 9 15Cirencester ............7 3 0 1 8 7 2 0 1 5 4 15Tiverton ..................8 3 0 1 6 3 1 2 1 10 11 14Stratford Town .......9 1 1 2 4 9 2 2 1 14 11 12Thatcham Town .....9 1 2 1 3 6 2 1 2 8 8 12Yate .......................8 2 0 2 8 8 1 2 1 7 8 11Wimborne Town ...10 2 2 0 13 6 0 2 4 3 9 10Taunton ................10 1 3 1 7 6 1 1 3 9 12 10Godalming Town ....9 2 1 2 6 9 1 0 3 4 13 10Shortwood Utd .......8 1 2 1 11 11 1 1 2 7 5 9Cinderford ..............8 1 0 2 6 5 1 3 1 8 8 9Mangotsfield ..........7 2 1 1 8 6 0 1 2 2 6 8Guildford City .........9 2 1 2 9 13 0 0 4 4 16 7Evesham................8 1 2 1 10 9 0 1 3 3 12 6Fleet Town ...........10 1 1 2 3 5 0 2 4 5 16 6Clevedon Town ......8 1 1 2 4 6 0 1 3 2 8 5Didcot Town ...........8 1 1 2 5 8 0 1 3 3 10 5

calor lge South & West

bolton ...................... (0) 1 Yeovil .......................(0) 1Baptiste 90 Upson 79Att 14,716bournemouth .......... (0) 1 blackburn ................(3) 3Fraser 74 Rhodes 10, 41 (pen) Best 24Att 9,441burnley .................... (1) 3 charlton ..................(0) 0Ings 38Vokes 67, 86Att 10,645ipswich .................... (2) 2 brighton ..................(0) 0McGoldrick 20, 24Att 16,474leicester .................. (0) 2 barnsley ..................(0) 1Nugent 50, 62 (pen) Scotland 73Att 21,591Millwall ..................... (0) 2 leeds .......................(0) 0Woolford 65Malone 77Att 13,063Nottm For ................ (1) 1 Derby .......................(0) 0Hobbs 41Att 28,276QPr .......................... (2) 2 Middlesbrough .......(0) 0Barton 4Austin 35 (pen)Att 17,081reading ................... (1) 2 birmingham ............(0) 0Guthrie 32, 75Att 18,252Sheff Wed ................ (0) 0 Doncaster ................(0) 1 Macheda 71Att 21,871Watford .................... (0) 1 Wigan.......................(0) 0Battocchio 83Att 14,999 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsQPR ...................9 4 1 0 6 1 3 1 0 4 1 23Burnley ..............9 3 2 0 10 2 3 0 1 7 4 20Leicester ............9 4 1 0 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 20Watford ..............9 3 2 0 11 4 2 1 1 9 5 18Nottm For ..........9 4 1 0 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 18Reading .............9 3 2 0 8 4 2 1 1 5 3 18Blackpool ...........9 3 1 0 5 2 2 2 1 8 7 18Huddersfld ........9 2 3 0 9 4 1 1 2 2 3 13Ipswich...............9 4 0 1 11 4 0 1 3 2 6 13Bournemth .........9 3 0 2 6 6 1 1 2 6 14 13Blackburn...........9 2 1 1 9 4 1 2 2 6 7 12Brighton .............9 2 1 1 7 4 1 2 2 2 4 12Wigan ................8 2 2 0 8 5 1 0 3 4 4 11Derby .................9 0 1 3 2 8 3 1 1 12 5 11Leeds .................9 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 2 3 4 11Millwall ...............9 2 0 3 6 8 1 2 1 4 6 11Doncaster ..........8 1 1 2 5 6 1 2 1 4 4 9Middlesbro’ ........9 0 3 1 6 7 1 2 2 6 9 8Birmingham .......9 1 1 2 5 4 1 0 4 3 9 7Charlton .............8 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 3 5 10 5Yeovil .................9 0 0 4 0 6 1 2 2 4 6 5Sheff Wed ..........8 0 2 2 4 6 0 2 2 4 8 4Bolton ................9 0 3 2 4 6 0 1 3 3 11 4Barnsley.............9 1 1 2 5 12 0 0 5 5 12 4

Yesterday coventry .................. (0) 0 brentford .................(1) 2 Donaldson 22 Taylor 68Att 2,650 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ..............9 4 1 0 14 4 4 0 0 10 2 25Peterboro ..........9 3 0 1 5 4 4 1 0 15 4 22Wolves ...............9 4 0 1 11 4 3 1 0 6 2 22Preston ..............9 3 2 0 9 4 2 2 0 8 4 19Bradford .............9 4 1 0 14 3 1 2 1 5 5 18MK Dons ............9 3 2 0 11 5 1 2 1 4 4 16Rotherham .........9 2 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 7 5 16Crawley Town ....9 3 1 1 9 7 1 2 1 7 6 15Walsall ...............9 1 2 1 5 6 3 1 1 6 2 15Brentford ............9 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 1 8 9 15Port Vale ............9 2 1 1 7 7 2 0 3 5 7 13Swindon .............9 3 1 0 11 4 0 1 4 4 9 11Carlisle...............9 2 0 3 4 11 1 2 1 4 6 11Colchester .........8 1 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 10Shrewsbury........9 1 2 1 3 2 0 3 2 5 9 8Oldham ..............9 1 1 2 4 4 1 0 4 8 11 7Gillingham..........9 0 2 2 2 4 1 1 3 8 11 6Crewe ................9 1 2 2 7 12 0 1 3 1 9 6Stevenage .........9 0 1 3 5 9 1 1 3 2 8 5Tranmere ...........9 0 2 3 6 13 1 0 3 3 7 5Coventry ............9 3 1 1 13 11 1 1 2 9 7 4Bristol City .........8 0 2 2 4 8 0 2 2 9 11 4Notts Co ............9 1 0 3 4 6 0 1 4 5 13 4Sheff Utd............9 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 5 2 11 4

barnet ..................................3 Salisbury ........................... 1braintree town....................3 Alfreton town ................... 1Dartford ...............................1 Southport .......................... 0Fc halifax ............................2 chester Fc ........................ 1Forest Green .......................1 Gateshead ......................... 0Grimsby ...............................3 tamworth .......................... 1hereford...............................0 luton ................................. 0lincoln city .........................3 hyde .................................. 0Macclesfield ........................2 Welling .............................. 1Woking .................................2 Nuneaton ........................... 0Wrexham .............................1 cambridge Utd ................. 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtCambridge ...........12 6 0 0 15 2 2 4 0 6 4 28Nuneaton .............12 4 1 1 11 6 3 1 2 6 8 23Kiddermnstr .........12 4 1 1 10 5 3 0 3 8 9 22Grimsby ...............12 4 1 1 14 7 2 2 2 3 6 21Braintree Town.....12 3 1 2 7 6 3 2 1 8 5 21Luton....................12 3 3 0 9 3 2 2 2 6 3 20Lincoln City ..........12 5 0 1 9 2 1 2 3 5 7 20Salisbury ..............12 4 1 1 10 4 2 1 3 6 9 20FC Halifax ............12 6 1 0 15 5 0 1 4 5 14 20Barnet ..................12 3 2 1 12 7 2 2 2 10 9 19Alfreton Town .......12 5 1 0 15 7 1 0 5 5 12 19Forest Green .......12 4 1 1 15 4 1 2 3 8 12 18Welling .................12 3 2 1 10 6 2 1 3 10 10 18Hereford...............12 3 2 1 5 4 1 2 3 8 9 16Southport .............12 4 1 0 8 4 1 0 6 4 12 16Gateshead ...........12 2 1 3 9 12 2 0 4 5 8 13Dartford................12 3 0 3 7 6 1 1 4 4 13 13Macclesfld............12 2 1 3 7 8 1 2 3 6 8 12Wrexham .............12 2 2 2 9 9 1 1 4 7 11 12Tamworth .............12 1 2 3 6 9 2 1 3 6 10 12Woking .................12 1 2 3 7 12 2 0 4 8 10 11Aldershot .............12 4 1 1 11 5 1 2 3 3 4 8Chester FC ..........12 1 2 3 3 7 1 0 5 7 14 8Hyde ....................12 0 1 5 3 9 0 1 5 5 20 2*Aldershot deducted 10 points for entering administration

chippenham ........................3 redditch ............................ 0 hOMe AWAY

P W D l F A W D l F A PtHemel Hempstead .9 4 0 0 16 2 4 0 1 13 3 24Bideford .................9 3 1 0 11 2 2 3 0 9 6 19Chesham ...............9 3 1 0 11 5 3 0 2 10 7 19Poole Town ............9 2 3 0 9 7 3 1 0 9 5 19Cambridge City ......9 3 1 1 9 5 2 2 0 4 2 18Banbury .................9 3 0 2 8 7 2 1 1 8 7 16Stourbridge ............9 2 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 12 6 15Weymouth .............9 3 1 1 8 5 1 2 1 7 6 15Arlesey...................8 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 5 4 14Hungerford Town ...9 1 1 2 5 6 3 0 2 9 4 13St Albans ...............9 3 0 2 7 5 1 1 2 7 6 13Corby .....................9 4 0 1 9 6 0 1 3 2 11 13Chippenham ..........9 2 0 3 8 8 2 0 2 7 4 12Hitchin....................8 2 2 0 6 3 1 1 2 4 5 12Bedford Town.........9 2 0 2 6 7 1 1 3 8 17 10St Neots Town .......9 2 0 3 8 7 1 0 3 4 6 9Burnham ................8 0 1 2 2 6 2 2 1 7 4 9Truro City ...............9 0 2 2 3 7 2 1 2 8 10 9Biggleswade Town .8 1 2 1 5 3 0 3 1 5 6 8Frome Town ...........9 0 1 4 1 11 2 1 1 5 4 8Redditch ................9 0 1 4 6 19 2 0 2 5 9 7Hinckley Utd ..........9 1 2 2 5 6 0 1 3 4 11 6AFC Totton.............9 1 0 3 8 13 1 0 4 5 13 6Bashley ..................9 0 1 3 4 10 0 1 4 3 12 2

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Results

Toolstation League and Hellenic League

Dempsey’s latestrike rescues apoint for Heath

CADBURY Heath needed a late LiamDempsey strike to earn a 2-2 draw athome to Bridport in the Premier Di-vision, despite taking an early leadthrough Matt Huxley.

Ryan Dovell equalised for Bridportbefore half-time. Tom Richardson putthe hosts ahead and Sam Filkinssaved a Huxley penalty before De-mpsey’s late leveller.

Larkhall Athletic retained theirplace at the top of the table, despitebeing held to a 1-1 draw at lowlyI l f r a c o m b e.

Stan Paxton broke the deadlock forthe Devon side 20 minutes from time,but Jamie Lyons fired the equaliserfor the league leaders just fiveminutes later.

Gillingham are level on points withLarkhall following their 2-0 home winover Heng rove, Jack Vallis and GaryBowles scoring inside the final 15m i nu t e s.

The visitors had goalkeeper LiamMacFarlane sent off on the hourmark, while the hosts’ Ben Thomsonsaw red just five minutes later.

Bitton conceded an injury-timewinner as Melksham gained theirfirst victory of the season – a 1-0triumph courtesy of a Dan Kovacss t r i ke.

Radstock ran out 3-0 winners atSherborne, while Longwell Greenfailed to turn domination into goalsas they drew 0-0 at home to BishopSutton.

Hallen and Winterbour ne, mean-while, were drawing 2-2 when theygame was abandoned due to a78th-minute injury to the home side’sGraham Joint.

In the First Division, Bradford re-

main top of the pile following their 3-1victory at Shepton Mallet, SamJordan scoring a hat-trick for thet abl e - t o p p e r s.

Second-placed Barnstaple won 6-1at Key n s h a m , while Alexis Piper gotthe only goal as Wellington beat vis-iting Cribbs 1-0.

Dan Cottle (2) and Anthony Con-radi scored as Welton beat Chippen-ham Park 3-1.

Almondsbury UWE won 2-1 atCorsham and Cheddar beat OldlandA bb o t o n i a n s 2-0.

Roman Glass took an early leadagainst Warminster through DrewHamilton-Dunn, but goals from LouisSparey and Mark Robinson gave thevisitors a 2-1 win.

Portishead were beaten 1-0 athome by Calne, who struck throughJames Lye, while Wincantonthumped Westbury 5-1 with new sign-ing Lee Gale firing a hat-trick.

Wells came from behind to beatDevizes 2-1, while Ashton & Back-we l l ’s game with Chard was aban-doned after 17 minutes due to aninjury to the hosts’ Aaron Reid.

� Tytherington Rocks went top ofthe Hellenic League Division OneWest table with a 4-0 home victoryagainst Shortwood Reserves.

Despite dominating most of thegame, Rocks had to wait until the 73rdminute to go in front, when LukeSperring finished off a cross fromStuart Nelson.

Nelson got the second goal soonafter when he netted his fourth pen-alty of the season after Sam Taylorhad been brought down.

Andy Criddle headed in Nick Pearecorner for the third goal, and JoeWhite rounded off the win with agood strike from a Tim Baker cross.

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� Brislington’s Niekell Plummer comes under pressure from two Truro players during the FA Cup second qualifyinground tie at Ironmould Lane, which the Toolstation League side won 3-2. Report on Page 13 Picture: Jo Wakenshaw

FA Cup, second qualifying rd: Bath City 2 GosportBorough 0, Basingstoke 1 Weston-s-Mare 3,Bashley 0 Hungerford Tn 3, Brislington 3 Truro City2, Bristol Manor Farm 4 Bridgwater Tn 4,Cirencester Tn 2 AFC Portchester 0, Clevedon Tn 2Sholing 0, Dorchester Tn 0 Shortwood Utd 1,Eastleigh 4 Mangotsfield Utd 0, Hamworthy Utd 2Poole Tn 4, Weymouth 2 Bognor Regis Tn 2, YateTn 2 Bideford 1.Football League Youth Alliance Cup, Group One:Bournemouth 2 Hereford 2, Oxford Utd 7 Swindon 1.Group Two: Bsl Rovers 4 Newport Co 0, Plymouth2 Torquay 1.South West Counties Youth: Andover Tn 11Dorchester Tn 1, Bath City 2 Cirencester Acad 2,Bsl Academy 3 Salisbury City 1, Newport County 5New College 2, Poole Tn 1 Forest Green 3.Calor Southern League, Div I South & West:Bishop’s Cleeve 1 Wimborne Tn 3, Godalming Tn 1Swindon Supermarine 2, Guildford City 2 TauntonTn 1, Merthyr Tn 3 Fleet Tn 1, North Leigh 4Cinderford Tn 1, Tiverton Tn 1 Thatcham Tn 0.Toolstation Western League, Premier Div:Cadbury Heath 2 Bridport 2, Gillingham Tn 2Hengrove Ath 0, Hallen 2 Winterbourne Utd 2(aban), Ilfracombe Tn 1 Larkhall Ath 1, LongwellGreen Spts 0 Bishop Sutton 0, Melksham Tn 1Bitton 0, Odd Down 1 Willand Rov 1, Sherborne Tn0 Radstock Tn 3, Slimbridge 0 Street 2.First Div: Ashton & Backwell Utd 0 Chard Tn 0(aban), Cheddar 2 Oldland Abbots 0, Corsham Tn 1Almondsbury UWE 2, Keynsham Tn 1 BarnstapleTn 6, Portishead Tn 0 Calne Tn 1, Roman Glass StGeorge 1 Warminster Tn 2, Shepton Mallet 1Bradford Tn 3, Wellington 1 Cribbs 0, Wells City 2Devizes Tn 1, Welton Rov 3 Chippenham Park 1,Wincanton Tn 5 Westbury Utd 1.Uhlsport Hellenic, Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup,rd I: Ardley Utd 8 Malmesbury Vic 0, Ascot Utd 7Newbury 1, Carterton 2 Didcot Tn 0, ChalfontWasps 0 Easington Spts 2, Clanfield 2 AbingdonUtd 3, Headington Amateurs 0 Purton 2, HighworthTn 3 Oxford City 1, Hook Norton 2 Kidlington 4,

Lydney Tn 5 Wootton Bassett 2, Milton Utd 1 ThameUtd 0, Old Woodstock Tn 1 Abingdon Tn 4, ReadingTn 0 Highmoor Ibis 2, Shrivenham 3 Wokingham &Emmbrook 0, Tuffley Rov 3 Chinnor 0, Wantage Tn4 Fairford Tn 2.Div I West: Letcombe 2 New Coll Swindon 0,Tytherington Rocks 4 Shortwood 0.David Wilson Homes Gloucestershire County:Chipping Sodbury Tn 2 Yate Tn Res 2, FramptonUtd 4 Ellwood 0, Gala Wilton 5 Bsl Telephones 0,Henbury 1 Thornbury Tn 1, Kings Stanley 3 BishopsCleeve Res 3, Kingswood 1 Bristol Academy 1,Longlevens 6 Hanham Ath 3, Rockleaze Rgrs 3Berkeley Tn 2, Southmead CS Ath 1 Patchway Tn 0.Somerset County, Premier Div: Berrow 3 NailseaTn 2, Clutton 6 Bishops Lyd 2, Langford Rov 1 OddDown Res 1, Minehead 3 Cutters Friday 2, NailseaUtd 2 Fry Club 0, Shirehampton 3 Street Res 0,Stockwood Green 3 Bridgwater Tn Res 0, WatchetTn 3 Weston St Johns 1, Yatton Ath 1 Ilminster Tn3.Div I: Banwell 1 Dundry Ath 2, Broad Plain House 1Castle Cary 0, Clevedon Utd 3 Congresbury 2,Frome Coll 6 Keynsham Tn Res 2, Larkhall Ath Res2 Wrington Redhill 2, Purnell Spts 1 Saltford 1, StGeorge(EIG) 4 Burnham Utd 3, Westfield 5Middlezoy Rov 1.Div II East: Bishop Sutton 0 Timsbury Ath 4, ChewMagna 2 Farrington G 0, Fry club 2 Ashton &Backwell 0, Imperial 2 Long Ashton 4, Peasedown 2Stockwood Gn 0, Radstock Tn 2 Hengrove Ath 2,Tunley Ath 2 Chilcompton Sp 3.Div II West: Churchill Club 2 Cheddar 2, CleeveWest Tn 1 Wells City 1, Kewstoke Lions 3Portishead Tn 3, Nailsea Tn 0 Glastonbury Tn 3,Nailsea Tn 0 Glastonbury 5, Staplegrove 1 CombeSt Nich 0, Uphill Castle 1 North curry 2, Weston StJohns 0 Winscombe 2, Worle 3 Nailsea Utd 1.Gloucestershire FA Junior Cup, rd I: St Pancras 3Henbury Res 5, Real Thornbury 5 Wanderers 0,Oldbury 0 Ridings High Res 2, Chipping SodburyRes 4 Totterdown Utd Res 1, Seymour Utd Res 0Hambrook 4, Warmley Saints 0 Talbot Knowle Utd

6, Mendip Utd Res 4 Filton Ath 4 (Filton won 4-2 onpens), Hallen A 0 Tyndalls Park Rgrs 3, Jersey Rgrs3 Longwell Green Sp A 4, Lawrence Weston Res 3Bsl Barcelona 3 (Bsl Barcelona won 4-3 on pens), StAnnes Tn 4 Bradley St Tn 7, Kellaway Rgrs 2 DACBeachcroft LLP 4, AEK Boco Res 2 Nicholas WdrsRes 2 (Nicholas Wdrs won 6-5 on pens), Ashley 1Cutters Friday Res 0, AFC Mangotsfield Res 1 IronActon 2, Jamaica Bell 3 AFC Bohemia 3 (Bohemiawon 2-1 on pens), Soundwell Vic 5 AlmondsburyUWE A 0, Stoke Gifford Res 1 Crosscourt Utd 5, OldCothamians 3 St Aldhelms Res 1, Winterbourne Utd8 Stanton Drew 1, Portland OB 1 Cotswool 1(Cotswool won 5-4 on pens), Rangeworthy 3 LawesJrs 3 (Lawes won 3-2 on pens), Stoke Rgrs 4Hanham Ath Res 2, Miners Rgrs 0 Avonmouth Res4, Retainers 4 Cleeve Colts 2, Portville Warriors 8Saints OB 4.Gloucestershire FA Intermediate Cup, rd I:Easton Cowboys 5 Henbury A 3, St Andrews 1Cribbs A 9, Chipping Sodbury Tn A 0 Olveston UtdRes 4, Nicholas Wdrs A 0 Stapleton 6, FramptonAth Res 0 Bsl Bilbao 4, Torpedo Res 2 Clifton StVinc Res 0, Ashley Res 2 Downend Forresters Res4, Corinthian Spts 0 Bradley St Tn Res 4, BslBarcelona Res 0 Hambrook Res 0, Lloydy Coalpit 3Rockleaze Rgrs A 0, Coupland Insulation 0 Bendix7, Highridge Utd Res 5 Iron Acton Res 3, DRGFrenchay Res 0 Old Cothamians Res 2, HillfieldsOB 5 Greyfriars Ath Res 1, Horfield Utd 3 ClubCorinthians 2, Clifton Rockets 3 Hallen B 2, OldCliftonians 0 Pucklechurch Spts Res 4.Bristol Premier, Premier Div: Cribbs Friends LifeRes 4 Wick 3, DRG Frenchay 1 Bitton Res 2,Totterdown Utd 1 Mendip Utd 0, Nicholas Wdrs 0AEK Boco 5, Old Sodbury 3 Hallen Res 4,Shaftesbury Crusade 1 Lebeq 2, Winterbourne UtdRes 1 Longwell Green Res 0.Div I: Eden Grove 7 Brimsham Green 1, FramptonAth 1 Bristol Manor Farm Res 0, Made For Ever 1Lawrence Rov 4, Patchway Tn Res 1 Olveston Utd0, Roman Glass St George Res 1 Oldland AbbotsRes 1, Seymour Utd 3 Sea Mills Park 1.

District, Div III: South Bristol Central 9 RomanGlass St George A 2.Div IV: Fishponds Ath v Highridge Utd Res pp, FrysClub B 4 Talbot Knowle Utd Res 0, Greyfriars Ath A2 Sea Mills Park Res 3, Lawrence Rov Res 1Westerleigh Spts 10, Old Sodbury Res 4 SoundwellVic Res 1, Shaftesbury Crusade Res 9 Bendix Res0, Wick A v Bradley Stoke Tn Res pp.Div V: Crosscourt Utd Res 5 Oldland Abbots A 3,Highridge Utd A 5 Iron Acton A 2, Mendip Utd A 1Cesson 1, Shireway Spts 6 Patchway NE Res 1,Warmley Saints Res 0 Staple Hill Orient 5.Div VI: Cribbs 4 Yate Ath 1, Cutters Friday 2 BristolDeaf 0, Hanham Ath Colts 3 Stoke Lane Ath 1,Saltford Res 5 Bradley Stoke Tn A 3, Seymour UtdA 3 Greyfriars Ath B 3, Stapleton 9 Brimsham Green2.Suburban, Premier Div I: Avonmouth 3 RidingsHigh 2, Lawrence Weston 1 Tytherington Rocks Res3, Mangotsfield Spts 0 Ashton Utd 4, Severn Beach1 Easton Cowboys Sub 2, St Aldhelms 2 OldGeorgians 3, Stoke Gifford Utd 0 Little Stoke 4.Premier Div II: AFC Mangotsfield 7 AlmondsburyUWE Res 0, Brislington A 7 Wessex Wdrs 1, BristolAth 0 Downend Foresters 3, CAB Olympic SC 1Southmead CS Utd 2, Totterdown POB 1 RockleazeRgrs Res 1.Div I: Ashton & Backwell Colts 2 Broad Plain HouseRes 1.Div II: Ashton Utd Res 2 Fry’s Club OB 1, Hydez 2Bsl Telephones Res 1.Div IV: Glenside 5 OB Res 4 Stoke Gifford Utd A 2,Old Georgians Res v Rockleaze Rgrs B pp, OldburyRes 0 Filton Ath Res 3, Park Knowle 10 BrandonSports 1, Severnside 2 Winford PH 5.Div V: AFC Mangotsfield A 1 Fishponds OB A 1,Avonmouth A v Parson Street OB Res pp, ImperialRes 1 Lawrence Weston A 3, North Bristol Utd 6Kellaway Rgrs 0, Wessex Wdrs Res 2 Real StGeorge 7, Whitchurch Spts 0 Lockleaze Community3.Div VI: AFC Mangotsfield B 1 Park Knowle Res 2,Cosmos 3 Brandon Spts 2, Real Fishponds v TC

Sports pp, Wanderers 0 Frys OB 17, Winford PH 7Bsl Spartak 2.Bristol & Avon, Premier Div: AFC Hartcliffe Res 4Bradley Stoke Tn B 1, Broad Walk Community Res 6Iron Acton B 1, Dodington 5 Sea Mills Park A 1, LSUtd 1 De Veys Res 2, Wessex Wdrs A 1 BristolSports 12, Whitchurch Phoenix 5 Bristol Revolution 4.Downs, Div I: Clifton St Vinc 2 Sporting Greyhound2, Sneyd Park 5 Torpedo 3.Div II: Lion FC 2 Hare On The Hill 0, Saints OB Res3 Sporting Greyhound Res 0, Sneyd Park Res 3Tebby 1.Div III: Bengal Tigers 0 Easton Cowboys Res 4,Clifton St Vinc A 4 Cotham OB 2, Portland OB Res 3Luccombe Garage 3, Retainers Res 3 Helios 5,Sneyd Park A 1 Green Park Rgrs 2, Torpedo A 0Old Elizabethans 8.Div IV: Clifton Rockets Res 0 Cosmos UK 5, CliftonSt Vinc B 1 Conham Rgrs 0, Sneyd Park B 0 NCSFUtd 1, Tebby Res 2 Lion FC Res 1, Warmley Utd 8Retainers A 0, West Town Utd 1 DDAS 5.Weston-s-Mare & District, Atwell Shield, prelimrd: King Alfred 1 Portishead CT 6, KVFC 1 BanwellRes 4, South Park Rgrs 0 Worle Rgrs 2.Div I: Berrow 3 Yatton Ath 6, Nailsea Utd 4 ChurchillClub 70 0, Portishead Tn 1 Cleeve West 5, TickenhamUtd 2 Hutton 3, Winscombe 1 Clevedon Utd 4.Div II: Burnham Utd 1 St George(EIG) 1, ClevedonUtd 2 Langford Rov 2, Congresbury 3 Nailsea Utd 2,Draycott 0 Weston Super Seagulls 9, Locking Park 4Clevedon Dons 2.Div III: AFC Nailsea 0 Westend 2, Axbridge Tn 1Winscombe 1, Portishead Tn 1 Wedmore 3,Shipham 2 Uphill Castle 4.Div IV: Hutton 4 Cheddar 3, Nailsea Colts 4Kewstoke Lions 0, St George(EIG) 2 Pill Utd 2,Wrington Redhill 2 Cleeve West 1.Div V: Clapton-in-Gordano 4 Portishead Colts 0,Priory Rgrs 2 Dolphin Ath 7, Selkirk Utd 2 Worle 6,Shipham 5 Congresbury 4.Div VI: Banwell 0 Berrow 4, Burnham Utd 2 AFCNailsea 2, Wedmore 7 Axbridge Tn 4, Westend 1Clevedon Utd 1.

treble check:Complete check for Littlewoods, Vernons and

Zetters: 3 = Score Draws, 2= No Score Draw or Void 1= Home or Away

Aston Villa ............... (0) 3 Man city ..................(1) 2El Ahmadi 51 Toure 45Bacuna 73 Dzeko 56Weimann 75 Att 34,063Fulham ..................... (1) 1 cardiff ......................(1) 2Ruiz 45 Caulker 12Att 23,020 Mutch 90hull ........................... (1) 1 West ham ................(0) 0Brady 12 (pen) Att 24,291Man Utd ................... (0) 1 West brom ..............(0) 2Rooney 57 Amalfitano 54Att 75,042 Berahino 67Southamptn ............. (0) 2 crystal Palace .........(0) 0Osvaldo 47 Att 30,699Lambert 49Spurs ....................... (1) 1 chelsea ...................(0) 1Sigurdsson 19 Terry 65Att 35,857Swansea .................. (0) 1 Arsenal ....................(0) 2Davies 81 Gnabry 58, Ramsey 62Att 20,712

Yesterday Stoke ........................ (0) 0 Norwich ...................(1) 1Att 26,184 Howson 34Sunderland .............. (0) 1 liverpool .................(2) 3Giaccherini 52 Sturridge 28 Suarez 36, 89Att 41,415 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsArsenal ..............6 2 0 1 5 4 3 0 0 8 3 15Liverpool ............6 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 6 3 13Spurs .................6 2 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 2 1 13Chelsea .............6 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 1 1 2 11Southamptn .......6 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 11Man City ............6 3 0 0 10 1 0 1 2 4 6 10Hull ....................6 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 3 6 10Everton ..............5 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 4 9Aston Villa..........6 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 1 5 3 9West Brom .........6 1 0 2 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 8Cardiff ................6 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 8Man Utd .............6 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 5 6 7Swansea ............6 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 1 4 1 7Norwich..............6 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 7Stoke .................6 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 4 7Newcastle ..........5 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 2 5 7West Ham ..........6 1 0 2 4 4 0 2 1 0 1 5Fulham...............6 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 2 1 3 4Crystal Pal .........6 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 1 6 3Sunderland ........6 0 0 3 2 7 0 1 2 2 7 1

bradford .................. (0) 2 Shrewsbury .............(1) 1Reid 60 Bradshaw 2Hanson 90 Att 14,128bristol city .............. (0) 1 colchester ...............(1) 1Baldock 74 Taylor 30Att 10,739carlisle..................... (1) 2 Notts county ...........(1) 1Robson 41 McGregor 27Amoo 54 Att 4,315crawley town.......... (1) 1 Oldham ....................(0) 0Walsh 7 Att 3,142crewe ....................... (0) 0 Gillingham ...............(1) 3Att 4,254 McDonald 39 Martin 50, Barrett 70leyton Orient .......... (1) 1 Walsall .....................(0) 1Mooney 38 Westcarr 71Att 5,429Mk Dons .................. (3) 4 Stevenage ...............(1) 1Bamford 12, 22 Potter 42 (og)Alli 23 Att 7,770Williams 62 (pen)Preston .................... (1) 2 Swindon ..................(0) 1Hume 11 N’Guessan 86McEveley 48 (og) Att 9,296rotherham ............... (0) 0 Peterboro ................(0) 1Att 9,717 McCann 51 (pen)tranmere ................. (0) 0 Port Vale ..................(0) 1Att 5,334 Lines 56Wolves ..................... (0) 2 Sheff Utd .................(0) 0Griffiths 66Sako 90 Att 20,417

burton Albion .......... (1) 2 Scunthorpe .............(0) 2Kee 37 Burton 48Weir 62 Canavan 52Att 2,556cheltenham ............. (0) 1 AFc Wimbledon .....(0) 0Cureton 90Att 3,032chesterfield ............. (0) 0 Mansfield .................(1) 1 Andrew 37Att 10,015Dag & red ............... (1) 2 bury .........................(0) 1Obafemi 44 Forrester 89 (pen)Murphy 52Att 1,604Fleetwood town...... (0) 1 exeter ......................(0) 2Blair 71 Bennett 76, 79Att 2,557hartlepool ................ (0) 1 Oxford Utd ..............(1) 3James 48 Williams 5 Smalley 67 Hall 90 (pen)Att 3,799Newport county ...... (2) 2 torquay ...................(0) 1Yakubu 28 Azeez 58Crow 36Att 3,557Northampton ........... (0) 0 Morecambe .............(0) 0Att 3,841Plymouth ................. (0) 0 Accrington Stanley (0) 0Att 6,180rochdale ................. (3) 3 Wycombe ................(1) 2Hogan 5 McClure 42Bunney 10 Kuffour 58Rose 15 Att 2,303York .......................... (1) 4 Portsmouth .............(0) 2Fletcher 4, 66 Wallace 53Montrose 58 Marquis 88Jarvis 64 Att 4,848 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsChesterfield .......9 4 0 1 7 2 3 1 0 7 2 22Oxford Utd .........9 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 0 14 5 18Mansfield ...........9 2 2 0 8 2 3 1 1 5 4 18Fleetwood Town 9 3 0 2 12 8 3 0 1 4 2 18Rochdale ...........9 4 1 0 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 17Exeter ................9 3 0 1 6 4 2 2 1 5 5 17AFC Wimbledon 9 4 0 0 9 3 1 1 3 3 6 16Newport County .9 3 1 1 10 6 1 2 1 5 5 15Morecambe........9 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 2 6 7 15Wycombe ...........9 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 2 9 7 14Scunthorpe ........9 2 2 0 5 2 1 3 1 6 6 14Dag & Red .........9 3 2 0 8 3 0 2 2 4 9 13Burton Albion .....9 1 2 2 6 8 2 1 1 7 7 12Southend ...........9 2 1 2 5 5 1 1 2 4 5 11Plymouth............9 2 1 2 2 5 1 0 3 4 5 10Bristol Rvrs ........9 2 2 0 6 4 0 1 4 2 7 9Portsmouth ........9 1 0 3 4 7 1 3 1 10 11 9Torquay ..............9 1 2 1 6 6 1 1 3 5 9 9Cheltenham .......9 1 3 1 8 9 1 0 3 4 10 9Bury ...................9 2 1 1 8 4 0 1 4 5 9 8York ...................9 2 1 2 6 6 0 1 3 4 8 8Hartlepool ..........9 1 0 4 4 8 0 3 1 2 5 6Northamptn ........9 1 2 2 6 6 0 0 4 0 7 5Accrington S ......9 0 1 3 3 6 0 1 4 2 10 2

hAlF tiMe 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1

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

FUlltiMe

Stockport county ...............1 brighouse town ............... 0runcorn linnets .................1 cammell laird .................. 0Guiseley...............................1 bradford P A ..................... 2Frickley ................................1 Marske Utd ........................ 3Jarrow roofing ...................3 Guisborough town .......... 3curzon Ashton ....................0 lancaster city .................. 0Workington ..........................2 burscough ........................ 1Ossett town ........................1 Warrington town .............. 1colwyn bay .........................1 harrogate town ................ 0Vauxhall Motors ..................4 chorley .............................. 0trafford ................................2 Altrincham ........................ 1Stalybridge ..........................3 Worksop ............................ 5buxton .................................1 North Ferriby Utd ............. 4West Auckland ....................5 Skelmersdale Utd ............. 0AFc telford .........................1 hednesford ....................... 3Solihull Moors .....................1 leamington ....................... 1Atherstone town ................1 coalville town .................. 0Stamford ..............................4 AFc Wulfrunians .............. 1Stourbridge .........................3 Sutton coldfield tn .......... 2brackley...............................1 Gresley .............................. 1Gainsborough .....................2 rushall Olympic ............... 0Mickleover Sports ..............3 corby ................................. 3Worcester ............................4 coventry Sphinx .............. 0belper town ........................1 Daventry town.................. 3Stafford rangers ................0 boston Utd ........................ 4blaby & Whetstone .............0 rugby town ...................... 6halesowen ...........................5 tipton town ...................... 0carlton town .......................1 Matlock town.................... 0Spalding Utd .......................1 AFc hornchurch .............. 4concord rangers ...............4 St ives town ..................... 3royston town .....................0 histon ................................ 4Fc clacton ..........................1 North Greenford Utd ........ 1Needham Market .................3 Dunstable .......................... 1St Albans .............................2 billericay ........................... 0hampton & rich’d ..............1 bedford town ................... 0Arlesey.................................1 thurrock ............................ 0AFc rushden & Diamonds .3 cambridge city ................ 2hemel hempstead ..............1 Witham town .................... 1barton ..................................0 boreham Wood................. 0biggleswade town .............2 chelmsford ....................... 0

harlow..................................2 heybridge .......................... 3Wealdstone .........................4 haringey borough ............ 1canvey island .....................2 St Neots town .................. 2Whitehawk ...........................0 Sutton Utd ......................... 1thamesmead town ............1 Sittingbourne .................... 2Didcot town ........................2 burnham ........................... 1bromley ...............................1 burgess hill town ............ 0ebbsfleet United .................1 Folkestone invicta ............ 0Guernsey .............................2 Dover ................................. 3eastbourne town................1 hartley Wintney ................ 5Whyteleafe...........................1 chatham town.................. 2chertsey town ....................1 chipstead .......................... 2eastbourne borough ..........0 Farnboro ........................... 0binfield ................................1 leatherhead ...................... 2Aylesbury Utd .....................0 Staines town .................... 3chalfont St Peter ................0 lewes ................................ 1Dorchester...........................0 Shortwood Utd ................. 1hamworthy Utd ...................2 Poole town ....................... 4cirencester ..........................2 AFc Portchester ............... 0brislington ...........................3 truro city .......................... 2bristol Manor Farm ............4 bridgwater town .............. 4eastleigh..............................4 Mangotsfield ..................... 0basingstoke ........................1 Weston-S-Mare ................. 3Yate ......................................2 bideford ............................ 1Weymouth ...........................2 bognor regis town ......... 2clevedon town ...................2 Sholing .............................. 0bath city ..............................2 Gosport borough ............. 0bashley ................................0 hungerford town ............. 3Scarborough Athletic .........1 Penrith ............................... 1AFc Fylde ............................0 Ashton Utd ........................ 1barrow .................................3 ramsbottom Utd .............. 0Merstham.............................1 Maidstone Utd .................. 4Oxford city ..........................1 Maidenhead Utd ............... 0Margate ................................1 Dulwich ............................. 2

Yesterday Grays Athletic .....................3 tilbury ............................... 0hayes & Yeading ................0 tonbridge Angels ............. 0hendon ................................0 bishop’s Stortford ........... 5Gloucester ...........................1 havant and W ................... 1horsham ..............................2 Faversham town .............. 0

FA cup Second round Qualifying

bishops cleeve ...................3 Wimborne town ............... 1Guildford city .....................2 taunton ............................. 1Merthyr town ......................3 Fleet town......................... 1North leigh .........................4 cinderford ......................... 1tiverton ...............................1 thatcham town ................ 0Godalming town.................1 Swindon Supermarine ..... 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtNorth Leigh ............9 5 0 0 21 3 2 0 2 7 5 21Bridgwater Town ....8 2 2 0 9 3 4 0 0 11 3 20Swindon Super ....10 5 0 0 14 4 1 2 2 6 8 20Paulton ..................9 3 1 1 16 8 3 0 1 14 7 19Merthyr Town .........9 4 1 0 14 6 2 0 2 9 9 19Bishops Cleeve .....9 3 0 2 13 9 2 0 2 9 9 15Cirencester ............7 3 0 1 8 7 2 0 1 5 4 15Tiverton ..................8 3 0 1 6 3 1 2 1 10 11 14Stratford Town .......9 1 1 2 4 9 2 2 1 14 11 12Thatcham Town .....9 1 2 1 3 6 2 1 2 8 8 12Yate .......................8 2 0 2 8 8 1 2 1 7 8 11Wimborne Town ...10 2 2 0 13 6 0 2 4 3 9 10Taunton ................10 1 3 1 7 6 1 1 3 9 12 10Godalming Town ....9 2 1 2 6 9 1 0 3 4 13 10Shortwood Utd .......8 1 2 1 11 11 1 1 2 7 5 9Cinderford ..............8 1 0 2 6 5 1 3 1 8 8 9Mangotsfield ..........7 2 1 1 8 6 0 1 2 2 6 8Guildford City .........9 2 1 2 9 13 0 0 4 4 16 7Evesham................8 1 2 1 10 9 0 1 3 3 12 6Fleet Town ...........10 1 1 2 3 5 0 2 4 5 16 6Clevedon Town ......8 1 1 2 4 6 0 1 3 2 8 5Didcot Town ...........8 1 1 2 5 8 0 1 3 3 10 5

calor lge South & West

bolton ...................... (0) 1 Yeovil .......................(0) 1Baptiste 90 Upson 79Att 14,716bournemouth .......... (0) 1 blackburn ................(3) 3Fraser 74 Rhodes 10, 41 (pen) Best 24Att 9,441burnley .................... (1) 3 charlton ..................(0) 0Ings 38Vokes 67, 86Att 10,645ipswich .................... (2) 2 brighton ..................(0) 0McGoldrick 20, 24Att 16,474leicester .................. (0) 2 barnsley ..................(0) 1Nugent 50, 62 (pen) Scotland 73Att 21,591Millwall ..................... (0) 2 leeds .......................(0) 0Woolford 65Malone 77Att 13,063Nottm For ................ (1) 1 Derby .......................(0) 0Hobbs 41Att 28,276QPr .......................... (2) 2 Middlesbrough .......(0) 0Barton 4Austin 35 (pen)Att 17,081reading ................... (1) 2 birmingham ............(0) 0Guthrie 32, 75Att 18,252Sheff Wed ................ (0) 0 Doncaster ................(0) 1 Macheda 71Att 21,871Watford .................... (0) 1 Wigan.......................(0) 0Battocchio 83Att 14,999 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsQPR ...................9 4 1 0 6 1 3 1 0 4 1 23Burnley ..............9 3 2 0 10 2 3 0 1 7 4 20Leicester ............9 4 1 0 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 20Watford ..............9 3 2 0 11 4 2 1 1 9 5 18Nottm For ..........9 4 1 0 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 18Reading .............9 3 2 0 8 4 2 1 1 5 3 18Blackpool ...........9 3 1 0 5 2 2 2 1 8 7 18Huddersfld ........9 2 3 0 9 4 1 1 2 2 3 13Ipswich...............9 4 0 1 11 4 0 1 3 2 6 13Bournemth .........9 3 0 2 6 6 1 1 2 6 14 13Blackburn...........9 2 1 1 9 4 1 2 2 6 7 12Brighton .............9 2 1 1 7 4 1 2 2 2 4 12Wigan ................8 2 2 0 8 5 1 0 3 4 4 11Derby .................9 0 1 3 2 8 3 1 1 12 5 11Leeds .................9 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 2 3 4 11Millwall ...............9 2 0 3 6 8 1 2 1 4 6 11Doncaster ..........8 1 1 2 5 6 1 2 1 4 4 9Middlesbro’ ........9 0 3 1 6 7 1 2 2 6 9 8Birmingham .......9 1 1 2 5 4 1 0 4 3 9 7Charlton .............8 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 3 5 10 5Yeovil .................9 0 0 4 0 6 1 2 2 4 6 5Sheff Wed ..........8 0 2 2 4 6 0 2 2 4 8 4Bolton ................9 0 3 2 4 6 0 1 3 3 11 4Barnsley.............9 1 1 2 5 12 0 0 5 5 12 4

Yesterday coventry .................. (0) 0 brentford .................(1) 2 Donaldson 22 Taylor 68Att 2,650 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ..............9 4 1 0 14 4 4 0 0 10 2 25Peterboro ..........9 3 0 1 5 4 4 1 0 15 4 22Wolves ...............9 4 0 1 11 4 3 1 0 6 2 22Preston ..............9 3 2 0 9 4 2 2 0 8 4 19Bradford .............9 4 1 0 14 3 1 2 1 5 5 18MK Dons ............9 3 2 0 11 5 1 2 1 4 4 16Rotherham .........9 2 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 7 5 16Crawley Town ....9 3 1 1 9 7 1 2 1 7 6 15Walsall ...............9 1 2 1 5 6 3 1 1 6 2 15Brentford ............9 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 1 8 9 15Port Vale ............9 2 1 1 7 7 2 0 3 5 7 13Swindon .............9 3 1 0 11 4 0 1 4 4 9 11Carlisle...............9 2 0 3 4 11 1 2 1 4 6 11Colchester .........8 1 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 10Shrewsbury........9 1 2 1 3 2 0 3 2 5 9 8Oldham ..............9 1 1 2 4 4 1 0 4 8 11 7Gillingham..........9 0 2 2 2 4 1 1 3 8 11 6Crewe ................9 1 2 2 7 12 0 1 3 1 9 6Stevenage .........9 0 1 3 5 9 1 1 3 2 8 5Tranmere ...........9 0 2 3 6 13 1 0 3 3 7 5Coventry ............9 3 1 1 13 11 1 1 2 9 7 4Bristol City .........8 0 2 2 4 8 0 2 2 9 11 4Notts Co ............9 1 0 3 4 6 0 1 4 5 13 4Sheff Utd............9 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 5 2 11 4

barnet ..................................3 Salisbury ........................... 1braintree town....................3 Alfreton town ................... 1Dartford ...............................1 Southport .......................... 0Fc halifax ............................2 chester Fc ........................ 1Forest Green .......................1 Gateshead ......................... 0Grimsby ...............................3 tamworth .......................... 1hereford...............................0 luton ................................. 0lincoln city .........................3 hyde .................................. 0Macclesfield ........................2 Welling .............................. 1Woking .................................2 Nuneaton ........................... 0Wrexham .............................1 cambridge Utd ................. 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtCambridge ...........12 6 0 0 15 2 2 4 0 6 4 28Nuneaton .............12 4 1 1 11 6 3 1 2 6 8 23Kiddermnstr .........12 4 1 1 10 5 3 0 3 8 9 22Grimsby ...............12 4 1 1 14 7 2 2 2 3 6 21Braintree Town.....12 3 1 2 7 6 3 2 1 8 5 21Luton....................12 3 3 0 9 3 2 2 2 6 3 20Lincoln City ..........12 5 0 1 9 2 1 2 3 5 7 20Salisbury ..............12 4 1 1 10 4 2 1 3 6 9 20FC Halifax ............12 6 1 0 15 5 0 1 4 5 14 20Barnet ..................12 3 2 1 12 7 2 2 2 10 9 19Alfreton Town .......12 5 1 0 15 7 1 0 5 5 12 19Forest Green .......12 4 1 1 15 4 1 2 3 8 12 18Welling .................12 3 2 1 10 6 2 1 3 10 10 18Hereford...............12 3 2 1 5 4 1 2 3 8 9 16Southport .............12 4 1 0 8 4 1 0 6 4 12 16Gateshead ...........12 2 1 3 9 12 2 0 4 5 8 13Dartford................12 3 0 3 7 6 1 1 4 4 13 13Macclesfld............12 2 1 3 7 8 1 2 3 6 8 12Wrexham .............12 2 2 2 9 9 1 1 4 7 11 12Tamworth .............12 1 2 3 6 9 2 1 3 6 10 12Woking .................12 1 2 3 7 12 2 0 4 8 10 11Aldershot .............12 4 1 1 11 5 1 2 3 3 4 8Chester FC ..........12 1 2 3 3 7 1 0 5 7 14 8Hyde ....................12 0 1 5 3 9 0 1 5 5 20 2*Aldershot deducted 10 points for entering administration

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P W D l F A W D l F A PtHemel Hempstead .9 4 0 0 16 2 4 0 1 13 3 24Bideford .................9 3 1 0 11 2 2 3 0 9 6 19Chesham ...............9 3 1 0 11 5 3 0 2 10 7 19Poole Town ............9 2 3 0 9 7 3 1 0 9 5 19Cambridge City ......9 3 1 1 9 5 2 2 0 4 2 18Banbury .................9 3 0 2 8 7 2 1 1 8 7 16Stourbridge ............9 2 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 12 6 15Weymouth .............9 3 1 1 8 5 1 2 1 7 6 15Arlesey...................8 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 5 4 14Hungerford Town ...9 1 1 2 5 6 3 0 2 9 4 13St Albans ...............9 3 0 2 7 5 1 1 2 7 6 13Corby .....................9 4 0 1 9 6 0 1 3 2 11 13Chippenham ..........9 2 0 3 8 8 2 0 2 7 4 12Hitchin....................8 2 2 0 6 3 1 1 2 4 5 12Bedford Town.........9 2 0 2 6 7 1 1 3 8 17 10St Neots Town .......9 2 0 3 8 7 1 0 3 4 6 9Burnham ................8 0 1 2 2 6 2 2 1 7 4 9Truro City ...............9 0 2 2 3 7 2 1 2 8 10 9Biggleswade Town .8 1 2 1 5 3 0 3 1 5 6 8Frome Town ...........9 0 1 4 1 11 2 1 1 5 4 8Redditch ................9 0 1 4 6 19 2 0 2 5 9 7Hinckley Utd ..........9 1 2 2 5 6 0 1 3 4 11 6AFC Totton.............9 1 0 3 8 13 1 0 4 5 13 6Bashley ..................9 0 1 3 4 10 0 1 4 3 12 2

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BRISTOL had gone into this win-ner-takes-all encounter insistingthey were in a no-lose situation.

The visitors were already guaran-teed at least runners-up spot in the FAWo m e n’s Super League and, con-sequently, a UEFA ChampionsLeague place next year.

Yet, you only had to look at theheartbroken expressions on the play-ers’ faces as they headed back to thevisitors’ dressing room following thefinal whistle to realise how much thisone-sided defeat had hurt the Vix-e n s.

Bristol went into the final game of aremarkable campaign unbeaten intheir previous six away matches –including a memorable 4-3 win atDoncaster in their previous outing,having fought back from three goalsd ow n .

But the challenge of overhauling apowerful and uncompromising Liv-erpool team proved too much, as theMerseyside outfit showed they werein no mood to relinquish top spot.

Uncharacteristically for a teamwho had netted 30 times in 13 WSLoutings, the Vixens rarely looked likefinding the net as Liverpool securedthe crown by a five-point margin,thanks to Louise Fors’ first-half pen-alty and a strike from KatrinOmarsdottir after the break.

At least the English domestic titlehas gone somewhere other thanArsenal for the first time in morethan a decade – and most neutralswould recognise that has to be a goodthing for the women’s game.

Bristol looked nervy over the open-ing stages as the home side settledbetter at the Halton Stadium inWidnes, and Bristol had a torridopening spell as Liverpool made haydown their left.

The Merseysiders’ 21-year-old Ger-man youth international NicoleRolser was their main instigator ofthat, setting up Fors with an earlychance which was pulled across theface of goal.

Rolser was soon threatening againwith a shot which bounced just infront of Bristol goalkeeper SiobhanChamberlain, and she then forced adiving save from the England inter-national after letting fly from the

corner of the box. Just after thehalf-hour, Rolser had another coupleof opportunities in the space of aminute, shooting just over the top andthen seeing Chamberlain fingertipanother attempt fractionally wide ofan upright.

But a Liverpool goal looked likecoming, and finally arrived nineminutes before the break following aquick free-kick down the left.

Alex Windell clipped Rolser justinside the box and, from the resultingpenalty, Fors fired the ball low intothe right-hand corner.

Bristol had created only twohalf-chances in the opening period –one following a corner from skipperCorinne Yorston which flew acrossthe face of goal, and the other along-range lob from Laura Del Riowhich drifted wide of an upright.

Although the visitors emergedbrighter in the second half, it was stillLiverpool who looked the more likelyto score.

Chamberlain almost spilled a56th-minute free-kick at Omarsdot-tir’s feet, but recovered in time tograb the ball at the second attempt.

Then, just after the hour, Dowiecompletely miskicked when presen-ted with a decent chance from theedge of the box, before heading an-other opening wide of the target asthe game moved into the final 20m i nu t e s.

Another fierce angled strike byRolser forced Chamberlain into ac-tion again, blocking at her near post.But when a long free-kick into Bris-tol’s box was chested down by Dowiefor Omarsdottir to crash home Liv-er pool’s second goal 11 minutes fromtime, the contest – and the season –were effectively over.Liverpool: Laws, Bronze, Bonner, Engen, Schroder(Easton 83), Fors (Gregorious 81), Omarsdottir, DaCosta, Williams (Holbrook 88), Rolser, Dowie. Subs(not used): Quantrill, Chappell, Longhurst, Zelem.Bristol Academy: Chamberlain, McCatty, Rose,Matthews (Vega 81), Yorston, Heatherson (Watts81), Windell, James (Curson 81), Del Rio, Harding,Sanchon. Subs (not used): Lee, Cleverley, Haynes,Walkley.Attendance: 2,165.

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� Bristol Academy’s Laura Del Rio, right, battles for the ball with Liverpool’s Fara Williams Pictures: Dougie Allward

Super Leagueheartache forvaliant Vixens

Premier League

Buttner deniesUnited crisisDEFENDER Alexander Buttner in-sists there is no crisis at ManchesterUnited.

A troublesome start to DavidMoyes' tenure took a sharp downturnon Saturday as West Brom recordedtheir first win at Old Trafford since1978.

The 3-2 defeat was United's thirdloss in six Premier League games,representing their worst start to aleague campaign since 1989.

They have not scored a league goalin open play since their trip toSwansea on the first day of the cam-paign, have now fallen eight pointsbehind early pace-setters Arsenaland hover just three above the re-legation zone.

Bookmakers have delivered theirown verdict, shoving United out to 7-1fourth favourites to retain their titleand, on the odds alone, in a battlewith Tottenham even to qualify fornext season's Champions League.

It is a scarcely believable situationgiven United won the championshipby an incredible 11 points last term,Sir Alex Ferguson's final one incharge, and led to doubts being ex-pressed by some fans over Moyes'suitability as replacement.

Yet Buttner is adamant there is noneed to panic.

"I don't think it is a crisis," said theDutch defender. "Of course the crowdwant to see Manchester United win-ning – the players want that, too.

"We have lost games and if we losewe are not happy."

� Bristol Academy fans turned out in good numbers at the Halton Stadium, Widnes

Liverpool Ladies 2

Bristol Academy 0

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� Liverpool take the lead as Louise Fors fires her penalty past Academy goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain

Final standings

Women’s Super LeagueP W D L F A Pts

Liverpool ............... 14 12 0 2 46 19 36Bristol Acad .......... 14 10 1 3 30 20 31Arsenal ................. 14 10 3 1 31 11 30Birmingham .......... 14 5 3 6 16 21 18Everton ................. 14 4 3 7 23 30 15Lincoln .................. 14 2 4 8 10 15 10Chelsea ................ 14 3 1 10 20 27 10Doncaster ............. 14 1 3 10 9 42 6

� Liverpool Ladies on the podium after clinching the Women’s Super League title

� BristolAcademy’sNatashaH a rd i n glooksdejectedafter thefinalwhistle � Liverpool celebrate after Katrin Omarsdottir had scored their second goal y e s t e rd a y

We ’ll come backstronger fromthis – Ko m pa nyMANCHESTER City captain Vin-cent Kompany expects his side’sshock defeat at Aston Villa to providethe spur for a renewed charge.

After underlining their BarclaysPremier League title credentialswith a magnificent 4-1 defeat ofManchester United last week, Citywere expected to win at Villa Park.

For much of the first half it seemedthat would be the case as City dom-inated, but they twice surrendered alead after the break and Villasnatched a 3-2 win.

Manager Manuel Pellegrini de-scribed the outcome as “u n b e l i ev -abl e ” after the game and Kompanyseemed similarly baffled, but is de-termined to ensure it is not re-p e at e d .

The influential defender said: “Wefelt confident we were going to winthe game, but three chances, threegoals – I think that sums the game up.We could have scored five or six.

“We have to pick ourselves up andmake sure next game we don’t makethe (same) mistakes and hope to be abit more lucky.

“The first (Villa) goal was offsideand the second goal, a free-kick, isnever really something you can doabout. We have lost games before,every team in the world has lostgames. It is about the reaction, whatyou do next game. If anything I thinkwe will be more motivated now tomake it right.”

The result left City still without anaway win in the Premier League thisseason after defeat at Cardiff Citylast month and a goalless draw atS t o ke.

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BRISTOL had gone into this win-ner-takes-all encounter insistingthey were in a no-lose situation.

The visitors were already guaran-teed at least runners-up spot in the FAWo m e n’s Super League and, con-sequently, a UEFA ChampionsLeague place next year.

Yet, you only had to look at theheartbroken expressions on the play-ers’ faces as they headed back to thevisitors’ dressing room following thefinal whistle to realise how much thisone-sided defeat had hurt the Vix-e n s.

Bristol went into the final game of aremarkable campaign unbeaten intheir previous six away matches –including a memorable 4-3 win atDoncaster in their previous outing,having fought back from three goalsd ow n .

But the challenge of overhauling apowerful and uncompromising Liv-erpool team proved too much, as theMerseyside outfit showed they werein no mood to relinquish top spot.

Uncharacteristically for a teamwho had netted 30 times in 13 WSLoutings, the Vixens rarely looked likefinding the net as Liverpool securedthe crown by a five-point margin,thanks to Louise Fors’ first-half pen-alty and a strike from KatrinOmarsdottir after the break.

At least the English domestic titlehas gone somewhere other thanArsenal for the first time in morethan a decade – and most neutralswould recognise that has to be a goodthing for the women’s game.

Bristol looked nervy over the open-ing stages as the home side settledbetter at the Halton Stadium inWidnes, and Bristol had a torridopening spell as Liverpool made haydown their left.

The Merseysiders’ 21-year-old Ger-man youth international NicoleRolser was their main instigator ofthat, setting up Fors with an earlychance which was pulled across theface of goal.

Rolser was soon threatening againwith a shot which bounced just infront of Bristol goalkeeper SiobhanChamberlain, and she then forced adiving save from the England inter-national after letting fly from the

corner of the box. Just after thehalf-hour, Rolser had another coupleof opportunities in the space of aminute, shooting just over the top andthen seeing Chamberlain fingertipanother attempt fractionally wide ofan upright.

But a Liverpool goal looked likecoming, and finally arrived nineminutes before the break following aquick free-kick down the left.

Alex Windell clipped Rolser justinside the box and, from the resultingpenalty, Fors fired the ball low intothe right-hand corner.

Bristol had created only twohalf-chances in the opening period –one following a corner from skipperCorinne Yorston which flew acrossthe face of goal, and the other along-range lob from Laura Del Riowhich drifted wide of an upright.

Although the visitors emergedbrighter in the second half, it was stillLiverpool who looked the more likelyto score.

Chamberlain almost spilled a56th-minute free-kick at Omarsdot-tir’s feet, but recovered in time tograb the ball at the second attempt.

Then, just after the hour, Dowiecompletely miskicked when presen-ted with a decent chance from theedge of the box, before heading an-other opening wide of the target asthe game moved into the final 20m i nu t e s.

Another fierce angled strike byRolser forced Chamberlain into ac-tion again, blocking at her near post.But when a long free-kick into Bris-tol’s box was chested down by Dowiefor Omarsdottir to crash home Liv-er pool’s second goal 11 minutes fromtime, the contest – and the season –were effectively over.Liverpool: Laws, Bronze, Bonner, Engen, Schroder(Easton 83), Fors (Gregorious 81), Omarsdottir, DaCosta, Williams (Holbrook 88), Rolser, Dowie. Subs(not used): Quantrill, Chappell, Longhurst, Zelem.Bristol Academy: Chamberlain, McCatty, Rose,Matthews (Vega 81), Yorston, Heatherson (Watts81), Windell, James (Curson 81), Del Rio, Harding,Sanchon. Subs (not used): Lee, Cleverley, Haynes,Walkley.Attendance: 2,165.

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� Bristol Academy’s Laura Del Rio, right, battles for the ball with Liverpool’s Fara Williams Pictures: Dougie Allward

Super Leagueheartache forvaliant Vixens

Premier League

Buttner deniesUnited crisisDEFENDER Alexander Buttner in-sists there is no crisis at ManchesterUnited.

A troublesome start to DavidMoyes' tenure took a sharp downturnon Saturday as West Brom recordedtheir first win at Old Trafford since1978.

The 3-2 defeat was United's thirdloss in six Premier League games,representing their worst start to aleague campaign since 1989.

They have not scored a league goalin open play since their trip toSwansea on the first day of the cam-paign, have now fallen eight pointsbehind early pace-setters Arsenaland hover just three above the re-legation zone.

Bookmakers have delivered theirown verdict, shoving United out to 7-1fourth favourites to retain their titleand, on the odds alone, in a battlewith Tottenham even to qualify fornext season's Champions League.

It is a scarcely believable situationgiven United won the championshipby an incredible 11 points last term,Sir Alex Ferguson's final one incharge, and led to doubts being ex-pressed by some fans over Moyes'suitability as replacement.

Yet Buttner is adamant there is noneed to panic.

"I don't think it is a crisis," said theDutch defender. "Of course the crowdwant to see Manchester United win-ning – the players want that, too.

"We have lost games and if we losewe are not happy."

� Bristol Academy fans turned out in good numbers at the Halton Stadium, Widnes

Liverpool Ladies 2

Bristol Academy 0

Chris [email protected]

� Liverpool take the lead as Louise Fors fires her penalty past Academy goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain

Final standings

Women’s Super LeagueP W D L F A Pts

Liverpool ............... 14 12 0 2 46 19 36Bristol Acad .......... 14 10 1 3 30 20 31Arsenal ................. 14 10 3 1 31 11 30Birmingham .......... 14 5 3 6 16 21 18Everton ................. 14 4 3 7 23 30 15Lincoln .................. 14 2 4 8 10 15 10Chelsea ................ 14 3 1 10 20 27 10Doncaster ............. 14 1 3 10 9 42 6

� Liverpool Ladies on the podium after clinching the Women’s Super League title

� BristolAcademy’sNatashaH a rd i n glooksdejectedafter thefinalwhistle � Liverpool celebrate after Katrin Omarsdottir had scored their second goal y e s t e rd a y

We ’ll come backstronger fromthis – Ko m pa nyMANCHESTER City captain Vin-cent Kompany expects his side’sshock defeat at Aston Villa to providethe spur for a renewed charge.

After underlining their BarclaysPremier League title credentialswith a magnificent 4-1 defeat ofManchester United last week, Citywere expected to win at Villa Park.

For much of the first half it seemedthat would be the case as City dom-inated, but they twice surrendered alead after the break and Villasnatched a 3-2 win.

Manager Manuel Pellegrini de-scribed the outcome as “u n b e l i ev -abl e ” after the game and Kompanyseemed similarly baffled, but is de-termined to ensure it is not re-p e at e d .

The influential defender said: “Wefelt confident we were going to winthe game, but three chances, threegoals – I think that sums the game up.We could have scored five or six.

“We have to pick ourselves up andmake sure next game we don’t makethe (same) mistakes and hope to be abit more lucky.

“The first (Villa) goal was offsideand the second goal, a free-kick, isnever really something you can doabout. We have lost games before,every team in the world has lostgames. It is about the reaction, whatyou do next game. If anything I thinkwe will be more motivated now tomake it right.”

The result left City still without anaway win in the Premier League thisseason after defeat at Cardiff Citylast month and a goalless draw atS t o ke.

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CELEBRATIONS were muted as Clif-ton stretched their 100 per cent recordto four outings to remain clear at thetop of National Two South on a dra-matic day at Clifton College.

The home side, playing in Cliftonfor the first time in their 141-yearhistory, were in complete controlleading 21-7 at the turnaround, strongin the set-piece and looking wellequipped wider out to kick on andwin with something to spare.

But the second period was a story ofmissed opportunities andedge-of-the-seat defending asnewly-promoted Stortford – c o a ch e dby former England hooker AndyLong – grew in stature and playedwith such confidence that the finalwhistle could not come quicklyenough for Clifton.

Home skipper Paul Fincken said:“We would have lost this game lastseason. We didn’t play well secondhalf, but we’ve learned from last year,we stuck at it and kept things to-g ether.

“If you had said to me at the start ofthe season ‘would you be happy withfour from four at the end of Septem-ber?’ then of course I would have saidyes. But today shows there’s stillplenty to work on.”

This might have been a completelydifferent game, but for an horrificinjury suffered by Stortford’s formerEngland Under-18 No 8 Charlie King-ham in the first quarter.

Clifton took instant advantage ofthe sin-binning of flanker Steve Ball-for an offence at the breakdown tograb the opening try, Fincken musc-ling over from a catch and drivemove, Charlie Foley converting.

Soon after, a second score appearedimminent as the rampant home sidehammered away again at the line, butthe match was then held up for 16minutes as Kingham suffered a dis-located hip in a tackle, after whichClifton lost virtually all momentumand control.

With an air ambulance circling,

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� Clifton prepare to scrum down against Bishop’s Stortford in front of the impressive background of Clifton College

Clifton’s unbeaten run continueseven with a loss of concentration

Stortford got up the other end for thefirst time, grabbing their opening tryfrom a five-metre line-out when thethrow missed its intended target andfound unmarked prop Sean Edwards,Joe Clark converting.

Clifton, watched by an estimatedcrowd of 500 enjoying the leafy col-lege surrounds, retrieved their mojoto end the half on top, winger SamSmith darting over from close rangewhile Fincken then spotted a niceinside line to take scrum-half GregN i ch o l l s ’ pop pass for a secondfive-pointer, Foley converting both.

At this stage there appeared onlyone winner.

But wasted Clifton chances – f ro mFoley fluffing a 22-metre penalty lessthan 60 seconds after the restart tothe home side losing their edge in thescrum and a careless forward passclose to the line late on that cost thetry bonus and valuable breathingspace – kept the door open for Stort-fo rd .

Local rugby

Dings pay theprice for a lastminute slip-up

DINGS were very unfortunate tocome away with just two bonus pointshaving been in front for most of thematch, outscored the home side sixtries to five and lead by six pointswith the 80 minutes up.

Bournemouth, who always lookeddangerous with the ball in hand,managed a converted try with thefinal play of the match to snatch theresult. Eleven tries between the twosides made for good viewing for thespectators in a match that for longperiods resembled a sevens affairwith neither side able to retain theball long enough to gain control.

Dings opened the scoring after fiveminutes when wing Ollie Reylandbundled over in the corner after a finemiss pass from stand-off Mitch Bur-ton.

Bournemouth replied with a dropgoal from full-back Ben Stevensonand took the lead on ten minutes witha penalty from stand-off Jack Met-t e r s.

The home side stretched their leadon 18 minutes with a try from halfwayfor Stevenson after Dings spilt theball.

Dings hit back straight from thekick-off with a try for flanker SamSteer after a brilliant catch from thekick-off by lock Jake Holcombe, whohad a very lively game, full-backMark Woodrow added the conversionfor 12-11 to Dings on 19 minutes.

Tries either side of half time, firstfrom scrum-half Steve Plummer, whogathered his own kick to score in thecorner and then from flanker MattLane, who seized on the dropped ballin his own half to sprint in for a try,saw Dings stretch their lead to 24-11five minutes into the second half.

The home side replied with twotries around the hour mark, firstfrom a poor clearance kick which thehome side ran back for hooker FrazerWilford to cross in the corner.

The second saw scrum-half SamHardcastle barge through threetackles to touch down, Metters addedone conversion to bring the score to24-23 to Dings.

The final quarter saw four tries.Dings, whose scrum was dominantall afternoon, forced a penalty try on68 minutes.

Four minutes later, the home sidehit back with a try for wing AlexS u t h e rl a n d .

Again Dings got a try direct fromthe restart when No 8 Mike Uren wonthe ball and centre Sheldon Stevensbroke through the middle to feedfellow centre Rob Dempsey for a tryout wide and a score of 36-30 to Dingswith just minutes left on the clock.Dings held on comfortably until thelast minute and could have scoredagain when Steer was held up close tothe try line, but the home side had thelast laugh when two tap penaltiestook them the length of the field forreplacement Joe Atkinson to scoreclose to the posts with the final playand Metters landed the conversion ftodraw the sides level.

The visitors had played attractivelyenough, retaining and recycling theball across the width of the pitchwithout ever really threatening. Butnow they started to find gaps andmake ground with Clifton strugglingto contain the urgent promptings ofreplacement scrum-half Sam Cole-man.

Good handling and patientbuild-up play was finally rewardedwith a try wide out for replacementRoss Bird soon after home flankerTom O’Keefe was carded for notrolling away.

And, with just six minutes of reg-ulation time remaining, flankerRichard Gill found an opening closeto the line for the visitors’ third try,Coleman converting off an upright toset up a tense finish.

Clifton resembled an exhaustedboxer on the ropes but dug in to slowdown the game, keep their defensiveshape and hang on for the tightest ofw i n s.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28The Rugby Championship: South Africa 28Australia 8.Aviva Premiership: Bath 33 London Irish 18,Harlequins 12 Saracens 22, Northampton 33 Sale14 (played Fri), Wasps 32 Worcester 16.RaboDirect Pro12: Connacht 26 Ospreys 43,Edinburgh 9 Scarlets 22 (played Fri), Leinster 34Cardiff Blues 20 (played Fri), Munster 23 Dragons9.Greene King IPA Championship: Bedford 28Leeds Carnegie 29, Ealing 17 Cornish Pirates 31,Jersey 17 Bristol 26, London Scottish 27Nottingham 6, London Welsh 40 Plymouth Alb 9,Moseley 21 Rotherham Titans 47.SSE National One: Cinderford 5 Doncaster 35,Coventry 32 Henley 15, Esher 31 Old Albanians10, Fylde 45 Worthing 50, Hull Ionians 25Richmond 41, Loughborough Stud 43 Blackheath50, Rosslyn Park 41 Blaydon 15, Tynedale 27Wharfedale 40.National Two South: Bournemouth 37 Dings Crus

37, Cambridge 15 Ampthill 25, Chinnor 27 Redruth15, Clifton 21 Bishop’s Stortford 19, Cornish AB 21Hartpury Coll 18, Exmouth 19 London Irish WG 16,Southend 34 Canterbury 27, Taunton 25 Southend19.National Three South West: Amersham & C 15Bracknell 24, Avonmouth OB 24 Barnstaple 54,Newton Abbot 38 Old Patesians 14, Old Reds 32Lydney 29, Redingensians 60 Chippenham 5,Weston-s-Mare 27 Brixham 30, Worcester Wdrs19 Old Centralians 17.South West One West: Bideford 5 Chard 13,Bridgwater & Alb 27 Cleve 32, Camborne 34Cullompton 13, Hornets 16 North Petherton 32,Sidmouth 0 St Austell 54, Thornbury 34 Coney Hill27, Wadebridge 50 Clevedon 15.Western Counties North: Barton Hill 27 Berry Hill10, Bsl Harlequins 13 Avon 12, Chosen Hill 8Chew Valley 38, Keynsham 25 Cirencester 12,Matson 29 Midsomer Norton 40, North Bristol 23Oldfield OB 3, Old Bristolians 23 Drybrook 18.Gloucester Premier: Dursley 5 Bsl Saracens 22,

Frampton Cott 6 Whitehall 48, Gordon League 5Tewkesbury 34, Hucclecote 17 Newent 43,Painswick 12 Stroud 58, Southmead 0 St Mary’sOB 21.Gloucester One: Ashley Down 11 Kingswood 25,Bream 36 Old Richians 32, Brockworth 40Bishopston 8, Cheltenham Sar 34 Old Colstonians30, Chipping Sodbury 24 Widden OB 24,Gloucester OB 18 Longlevens 18.Gloucester Two: Bredon Star 50 Westbury 7, BAC29 Aretians 21, Broad Plain 18 St Brendan’s OB 13,Cheltenham CS 0 Spartans 45, Cotham Park 0Ross-on-Wye 19, Gloucester AB 0 Old Cryptians73.Gloucester Three: Minchinhampton 20 Cainscross3, Norton 10 Tredworth 33, Old Elizabethans 35Smiths 21.Somerset Premier: Bsl Barbarians 0 Old Reds 23,Gordano 39 Keynsham 10, Minehead Barb 27 StBernadettes 3, Tor 13 Stothert & Pitt 7, Winscombe18 Weston-s-Mare 24, Wiveliscombe 30 Nailsea &B 30, Yatton 35 Taunton 10.

Somerset One: Castle Cary 62 Chard 7, Clevedon11 Hornets 8, Crewkerne 38 Yatton 21, MidsomerNorton 20 Bridgwater & Alb 13, North Petherton vOld Reds (home w/o), Old Sulians 97 Wells 8,Wellington 34 Imperial 40Somerset Two North: Chew Valley 43 Winscombe8, Clevedon 20 Bsl Harlequins 26, Gordano 81Weston-s-Mare 0, Keynsham 10 Walcot 6, Nailsea& Backwell v Old Culverhaysians (home w/o),Oldfield OB 48 Midsomer Norton 6.Somerset Two South: Burnham 20 Wyvern 33,Cheddar Valley 132 Bridgwater 0, Hornets vWiveliscombe (home w/o), Ivel Barb 8 Tor 19,Minehead Barb 21 Taunton 22, Morganians 23Somerton 6.Somerset Three North: Bath OEs 71 MidsomerNorton 0, Bsl Barbarians 5 Avon 51, Old Sulians vOldfield OB (away w/o), Walcot 31 Keynsham 12,Yatton 0 Imperial 58.

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LIVERPOOL forward Daniel Stur-ridge has refused to get carried awayby their strong start to the BarclaysPremier League season.

The Reds moved up to second in thestandings after a 3-1 win at man-agerless Sunderland, with Sturridgeopening the scoring before two goalsfrom Luis Suarez – either side ofEmanuele Giaccherini’s effort for theBlack Cats – sealing victory.

It was the Merseysiders’ fourth winin six league matches, but Sturridge,pictured, played down their hopes ofchallenging for the title.

He said: “It’s early days, take everyday as it comes. Don’t worry aboutthe future, worry about the here andn ow.

“I don’t think we played as well aswe could have in the first half, eventhough we were 2-0 up, but it was verydifficult in the second half.

“We took our foot off the pedal alittle bit and once they scored a goal itgot a bit more difficult for us but weheld on in the end.

some great players in this team andI’m happy to be playing with them.”

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgerswas also delighted to have Suarezback in the fold.

The 26-year-old made his compet-itive return in the 1-0 Capital One Cupdefeat at Manchester United in mid-week, playing the entire 90 minutes.

While he drew a blank at Old Traf-ford, Suarez was a constant thorn inUnited’s side and underlined his im-portance to Liverpool’s cause with

his brace against Sunderland.“He’s getting the rewardfor his hard work over the

period that he was off. Ithought he was excel-lent the other night atOld Trafford,” Rodg erssaid.

“Him and Daniel upfront are a real, real

handful. They combinedvery well.”The Northern Irishman

was pleased Liverpool wereable to bounce back from their defeatto David Moyes’ men.

“On the back of a really tough gamewhere we played well during theweek, today was always going to bephysically demanding game for us,”he added. “I thought the work we put

� Liverpool’s Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring the first of his two goals in the 3-1 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light yesterday

Liverpool on the up, but Sturridgeknows there’s a long way to go

“We defended well towards the endof the game and then got a late goal,which killed it off.”

Sturridge opened the scoring incontroversial fashion, with the balltaking a heavy deflection off his armbefore nestling in the net.

The England man defended his ac-tions, however, adding: “It’s a greatball from Stevie, it’s gone over thedefender’s head and it was lastminute, I’ve obviously tried to head itbut I guess my heading’s not goodenough.

“The ball’s just gone inoff my arm, but I wouldn’tdo that on purpose.Sometimes thesethings happen.”

Suarez netted abrace on his firstPremier League out-ing since his ten-gameban and Sturridge be-lieves the Uruguayan’spresence can only help Liv-erpool this season.

“It’s great to have him back in, hegives us options and he’s one of thebest forwards in the league.

“We form a good partnership,” saidthe former Manchester City andChelsea striker. “We miss PhilippeCoutinho, with his injury, we’ve got

Premier League

H owso n ’s strikegives Hughtonwelcome relief

NORWICH boss Chris Hughtonhailed what he saw as a “big” and“thoroughly deserved” 1-0 BarclaysPremier League win for his side atStoke – although he admitted theymight have been lucky not to concedea second-half penalty.

Jonny Howson netted in the 34thminute at the Britannia Stadiumwith a strike from outside the box asthe Canaries took advantage of somesloppy play by their opponents.

Norwich had already hit the cross-bar through Ryan Bennett and weregood value for their lead, but theysurvived a nervous moment after thebreak when Leroy Fer appeared topull back Kenwyne Jones in the box,with no spot-kick being given.

Regarding the Jones incident, Ferconfessed after the game that he had“pulled his shirt a little bit”.

And when that was put to Hughton,he said: “He (Fer) is an honest lad!

“I have seen the incident, and yes,there is contact – I have to say, Ithought the lad (Jones) made a mealof it.

“But if it is something we have gotaway with, then I think we are dueone, as all Norwich supporters willtell you.”

The victory was Norwich’s secondin the league this season, giving themseven points from six games and mov-ing them up from 17th to 14th in thet abl e.

It was also only their secondtop-flight away win in 2013 – the otherbeing a 3-2 triumph at ManchesterCity in May – and Hughton said: “Ithink every win away from home is abig win, particularly for us, given wehave found it more difficult awayfrom home.

“I don’t think there is anyone whowould say different than we thor-oughly deserved it. It is a big lift.”

Norwich went on a considerablespending spree over the summer andthere had been talk in the build-up tothis contest of Hughton being undermajor pressure to get a positive resultagainst Stoke.

Asked about that, Hughton said: “Itcomes with the territory. If we aretalking about managers, there will benobody that puts them under morepressure than themselves, becausewe take every defeat heavily.”

Stoke manager Mark Hughes said:“We didn’t see that coming todaybecause we have been really good.That is the disappointment and themystery. I thought, heading into thegame, we were in good shape.

“We said at the beginning of theyear that on occasions this seasonthere would be days where we don’tget it right.”

into it was exceptional and to get thethree goals and maybe a few morechances to score a few more.

“I thought we were really danger-ous on the counter-attack and as ateam we worked really, really hard.”

The visitors took a two-goalhalf-time lead, which was a touchharsh on Sunderland, who had earli-er hit the bar through SebastianLarsson before Giaccherini pulled agoal back in the 52nd minute.

Try as they might, the Black Catscould not find an equaliser and wereundone by a counter-attack as Suarezclinched victory for Liverpool in theclosing stages.

“We spoke at half-time and Ithought you saw a great reaction.They gave it a really good go in thesecond half,” said Sunderland’s in-terim head coach Kevin Ball, whowas taking charge of his first PremierLeague match following Paolo DiCanio’s sacking last weekend.

“We took it right to the death butunfortunately you’re susceptible tothat counter-attack where 3-1 – and Id o n’t mean this as disrespect to Liv-erpool – flatters them a little bit.

“It was a shame because I thoughtthe lads had a real good go today andt h at ’s something we need to takeheart from.”

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CELEBRATIONS were muted as Clif-ton stretched their 100 per cent recordto four outings to remain clear at thetop of National Two South on a dra-matic day at Clifton College.

The home side, playing in Cliftonfor the first time in their 141-yearhistory, were in complete controlleading 21-7 at the turnaround, strongin the set-piece and looking wellequipped wider out to kick on andwin with something to spare.

But the second period was a story ofmissed opportunities andedge-of-the-seat defending asnewly-promoted Stortford – c o a ch e dby former England hooker AndyLong – grew in stature and playedwith such confidence that the finalwhistle could not come quicklyenough for Clifton.

Home skipper Paul Fincken said:“We would have lost this game lastseason. We didn’t play well secondhalf, but we’ve learned from last year,we stuck at it and kept things to-g ether.

“If you had said to me at the start ofthe season ‘would you be happy withfour from four at the end of Septem-ber?’ then of course I would have saidyes. But today shows there’s stillplenty to work on.”

This might have been a completelydifferent game, but for an horrificinjury suffered by Stortford’s formerEngland Under-18 No 8 Charlie King-ham in the first quarter.

Clifton took instant advantage ofthe sin-binning of flanker Steve Ball-for an offence at the breakdown tograb the opening try, Fincken musc-ling over from a catch and drivemove, Charlie Foley converting.

Soon after, a second score appearedimminent as the rampant home sidehammered away again at the line, butthe match was then held up for 16minutes as Kingham suffered a dis-located hip in a tackle, after whichClifton lost virtually all momentumand control.

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� Clifton prepare to scrum down against Bishop’s Stortford in front of the impressive background of Clifton College

Clifton’s unbeaten run continueseven with a loss of concentration

Stortford got up the other end for thefirst time, grabbing their opening tryfrom a five-metre line-out when thethrow missed its intended target andfound unmarked prop Sean Edwards,Joe Clark converting.

Clifton, watched by an estimatedcrowd of 500 enjoying the leafy col-lege surrounds, retrieved their mojoto end the half on top, winger SamSmith darting over from close rangewhile Fincken then spotted a niceinside line to take scrum-half GregN i ch o l l s ’ pop pass for a secondfive-pointer, Foley converting both.

At this stage there appeared onlyone winner.

But wasted Clifton chances – f ro mFoley fluffing a 22-metre penalty lessthan 60 seconds after the restart tothe home side losing their edge in thescrum and a careless forward passclose to the line late on that cost thetry bonus and valuable breathingspace – kept the door open for Stort-fo rd .

Local rugby

Dings pay theprice for a lastminute slip-up

DINGS were very unfortunate tocome away with just two bonus pointshaving been in front for most of thematch, outscored the home side sixtries to five and lead by six pointswith the 80 minutes up.

Bournemouth, who always lookeddangerous with the ball in hand,managed a converted try with thefinal play of the match to snatch theresult. Eleven tries between the twosides made for good viewing for thespectators in a match that for longperiods resembled a sevens affairwith neither side able to retain theball long enough to gain control.

Dings opened the scoring after fiveminutes when wing Ollie Reylandbundled over in the corner after a finemiss pass from stand-off Mitch Bur-ton.

Bournemouth replied with a dropgoal from full-back Ben Stevensonand took the lead on ten minutes witha penalty from stand-off Jack Met-t e r s.

The home side stretched their leadon 18 minutes with a try from halfwayfor Stevenson after Dings spilt theball.

Dings hit back straight from thekick-off with a try for flanker SamSteer after a brilliant catch from thekick-off by lock Jake Holcombe, whohad a very lively game, full-backMark Woodrow added the conversionfor 12-11 to Dings on 19 minutes.

Tries either side of half time, firstfrom scrum-half Steve Plummer, whogathered his own kick to score in thecorner and then from flanker MattLane, who seized on the dropped ballin his own half to sprint in for a try,saw Dings stretch their lead to 24-11five minutes into the second half.

The home side replied with twotries around the hour mark, firstfrom a poor clearance kick which thehome side ran back for hooker FrazerWilford to cross in the corner.

The second saw scrum-half SamHardcastle barge through threetackles to touch down, Metters addedone conversion to bring the score to24-23 to Dings.

The final quarter saw four tries.Dings, whose scrum was dominantall afternoon, forced a penalty try on68 minutes.

Four minutes later, the home sidehit back with a try for wing AlexS u t h e rl a n d .

Again Dings got a try direct fromthe restart when No 8 Mike Uren wonthe ball and centre Sheldon Stevensbroke through the middle to feedfellow centre Rob Dempsey for a tryout wide and a score of 36-30 to Dingswith just minutes left on the clock.Dings held on comfortably until thelast minute and could have scoredagain when Steer was held up close tothe try line, but the home side had thelast laugh when two tap penaltiestook them the length of the field forreplacement Joe Atkinson to scoreclose to the posts with the final playand Metters landed the conversion ftodraw the sides level.

The visitors had played attractivelyenough, retaining and recycling theball across the width of the pitchwithout ever really threatening. Butnow they started to find gaps andmake ground with Clifton strugglingto contain the urgent promptings ofreplacement scrum-half Sam Cole-man.

Good handling and patientbuild-up play was finally rewardedwith a try wide out for replacementRoss Bird soon after home flankerTom O’Keefe was carded for notrolling away.

And, with just six minutes of reg-ulation time remaining, flankerRichard Gill found an opening closeto the line for the visitors’ third try,Coleman converting off an upright toset up a tense finish.

Clifton resembled an exhaustedboxer on the ropes but dug in to slowdown the game, keep their defensiveshape and hang on for the tightest ofw i n s.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28The Rugby Championship: South Africa 28Australia 8.Aviva Premiership: Bath 33 London Irish 18,Harlequins 12 Saracens 22, Northampton 33 Sale14 (played Fri), Wasps 32 Worcester 16.RaboDirect Pro12: Connacht 26 Ospreys 43,Edinburgh 9 Scarlets 22 (played Fri), Leinster 34Cardiff Blues 20 (played Fri), Munster 23 Dragons9.Greene King IPA Championship: Bedford 28Leeds Carnegie 29, Ealing 17 Cornish Pirates 31,Jersey 17 Bristol 26, London Scottish 27Nottingham 6, London Welsh 40 Plymouth Alb 9,Moseley 21 Rotherham Titans 47.SSE National One: Cinderford 5 Doncaster 35,Coventry 32 Henley 15, Esher 31 Old Albanians10, Fylde 45 Worthing 50, Hull Ionians 25Richmond 41, Loughborough Stud 43 Blackheath50, Rosslyn Park 41 Blaydon 15, Tynedale 27Wharfedale 40.National Two South: Bournemouth 37 Dings Crus

37, Cambridge 15 Ampthill 25, Chinnor 27 Redruth15, Clifton 21 Bishop’s Stortford 19, Cornish AB 21Hartpury Coll 18, Exmouth 19 London Irish WG 16,Southend 34 Canterbury 27, Taunton 25 Southend19.National Three South West: Amersham & C 15Bracknell 24, Avonmouth OB 24 Barnstaple 54,Newton Abbot 38 Old Patesians 14, Old Reds 32Lydney 29, Redingensians 60 Chippenham 5,Weston-s-Mare 27 Brixham 30, Worcester Wdrs19 Old Centralians 17.South West One West: Bideford 5 Chard 13,Bridgwater & Alb 27 Cleve 32, Camborne 34Cullompton 13, Hornets 16 North Petherton 32,Sidmouth 0 St Austell 54, Thornbury 34 Coney Hill27, Wadebridge 50 Clevedon 15.Western Counties North: Barton Hill 27 Berry Hill10, Bsl Harlequins 13 Avon 12, Chosen Hill 8Chew Valley 38, Keynsham 25 Cirencester 12,Matson 29 Midsomer Norton 40, North Bristol 23Oldfield OB 3, Old Bristolians 23 Drybrook 18.Gloucester Premier: Dursley 5 Bsl Saracens 22,

Frampton Cott 6 Whitehall 48, Gordon League 5Tewkesbury 34, Hucclecote 17 Newent 43,Painswick 12 Stroud 58, Southmead 0 St Mary’sOB 21.Gloucester One: Ashley Down 11 Kingswood 25,Bream 36 Old Richians 32, Brockworth 40Bishopston 8, Cheltenham Sar 34 Old Colstonians30, Chipping Sodbury 24 Widden OB 24,Gloucester OB 18 Longlevens 18.Gloucester Two: Bredon Star 50 Westbury 7, BAC29 Aretians 21, Broad Plain 18 St Brendan’s OB 13,Cheltenham CS 0 Spartans 45, Cotham Park 0Ross-on-Wye 19, Gloucester AB 0 Old Cryptians73.Gloucester Three: Minchinhampton 20 Cainscross3, Norton 10 Tredworth 33, Old Elizabethans 35Smiths 21.Somerset Premier: Bsl Barbarians 0 Old Reds 23,Gordano 39 Keynsham 10, Minehead Barb 27 StBernadettes 3, Tor 13 Stothert & Pitt 7, Winscombe18 Weston-s-Mare 24, Wiveliscombe 30 Nailsea &B 30, Yatton 35 Taunton 10.

Somerset One: Castle Cary 62 Chard 7, Clevedon11 Hornets 8, Crewkerne 38 Yatton 21, MidsomerNorton 20 Bridgwater & Alb 13, North Petherton vOld Reds (home w/o), Old Sulians 97 Wells 8,Wellington 34 Imperial 40Somerset Two North: Chew Valley 43 Winscombe8, Clevedon 20 Bsl Harlequins 26, Gordano 81Weston-s-Mare 0, Keynsham 10 Walcot 6, Nailsea& Backwell v Old Culverhaysians (home w/o),Oldfield OB 48 Midsomer Norton 6.Somerset Two South: Burnham 20 Wyvern 33,Cheddar Valley 132 Bridgwater 0, Hornets vWiveliscombe (home w/o), Ivel Barb 8 Tor 19,Minehead Barb 21 Taunton 22, Morganians 23Somerton 6.Somerset Three North: Bath OEs 71 MidsomerNorton 0, Bsl Barbarians 5 Avon 51, Old Sulians vOldfield OB (away w/o), Walcot 31 Keynsham 12,Yatton 0 Imperial 58.

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LIVERPOOL forward Daniel Stur-ridge has refused to get carried awayby their strong start to the BarclaysPremier League season.

The Reds moved up to second in thestandings after a 3-1 win at man-agerless Sunderland, with Sturridgeopening the scoring before two goalsfrom Luis Suarez – either side ofEmanuele Giaccherini’s effort for theBlack Cats – sealing victory.

It was the Merseysiders’ fourth winin six league matches, but Sturridge,pictured, played down their hopes ofchallenging for the title.

He said: “It’s early days, take everyday as it comes. Don’t worry aboutthe future, worry about the here andn ow.

“I don’t think we played as well aswe could have in the first half, eventhough we were 2-0 up, but it was verydifficult in the second half.

“We took our foot off the pedal alittle bit and once they scored a goal itgot a bit more difficult for us but weheld on in the end.

some great players in this team andI’m happy to be playing with them.”

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgerswas also delighted to have Suarezback in the fold.

The 26-year-old made his compet-itive return in the 1-0 Capital One Cupdefeat at Manchester United in mid-week, playing the entire 90 minutes.

While he drew a blank at Old Traf-ford, Suarez was a constant thorn inUnited’s side and underlined his im-portance to Liverpool’s cause with

his brace against Sunderland.“He’s getting the rewardfor his hard work over the

period that he was off. Ithought he was excel-lent the other night atOld Trafford,” Rodg erssaid.

“Him and Daniel upfront are a real, real

handful. They combinedvery well.”The Northern Irishman

was pleased Liverpool wereable to bounce back from their defeatto David Moyes’ men.

“On the back of a really tough gamewhere we played well during theweek, today was always going to bephysically demanding game for us,”he added. “I thought the work we put

� Liverpool’s Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring the first of his two goals in the 3-1 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light yesterday

Liverpool on the up, but Sturridgeknows there’s a long way to go

“We defended well towards the endof the game and then got a late goal,which killed it off.”

Sturridge opened the scoring incontroversial fashion, with the balltaking a heavy deflection off his armbefore nestling in the net.

The England man defended his ac-tions, however, adding: “It’s a greatball from Stevie, it’s gone over thedefender’s head and it was lastminute, I’ve obviously tried to head itbut I guess my heading’s not goodenough.

“The ball’s just gone inoff my arm, but I wouldn’tdo that on purpose.Sometimes thesethings happen.”

Suarez netted abrace on his firstPremier League out-ing since his ten-gameban and Sturridge be-lieves the Uruguayan’spresence can only help Liv-erpool this season.

“It’s great to have him back in, hegives us options and he’s one of thebest forwards in the league.

“We form a good partnership,” saidthe former Manchester City andChelsea striker. “We miss PhilippeCoutinho, with his injury, we’ve got

Premier League

H owso n ’s strikegives Hughtonwelcome relief

NORWICH boss Chris Hughtonhailed what he saw as a “big” and“thoroughly deserved” 1-0 BarclaysPremier League win for his side atStoke – although he admitted theymight have been lucky not to concedea second-half penalty.

Jonny Howson netted in the 34thminute at the Britannia Stadiumwith a strike from outside the box asthe Canaries took advantage of somesloppy play by their opponents.

Norwich had already hit the cross-bar through Ryan Bennett and weregood value for their lead, but theysurvived a nervous moment after thebreak when Leroy Fer appeared topull back Kenwyne Jones in the box,with no spot-kick being given.

Regarding the Jones incident, Ferconfessed after the game that he had“pulled his shirt a little bit”.

And when that was put to Hughton,he said: “He (Fer) is an honest lad!

“I have seen the incident, and yes,there is contact – I have to say, Ithought the lad (Jones) made a mealof it.

“But if it is something we have gotaway with, then I think we are dueone, as all Norwich supporters willtell you.”

The victory was Norwich’s secondin the league this season, giving themseven points from six games and mov-ing them up from 17th to 14th in thet abl e.

It was also only their secondtop-flight away win in 2013 – the otherbeing a 3-2 triumph at ManchesterCity in May – and Hughton said: “Ithink every win away from home is abig win, particularly for us, given wehave found it more difficult awayfrom home.

“I don’t think there is anyone whowould say different than we thor-oughly deserved it. It is a big lift.”

Norwich went on a considerablespending spree over the summer andthere had been talk in the build-up tothis contest of Hughton being undermajor pressure to get a positive resultagainst Stoke.

Asked about that, Hughton said: “Itcomes with the territory. If we aretalking about managers, there will benobody that puts them under morepressure than themselves, becausewe take every defeat heavily.”

Stoke manager Mark Hughes said:“We didn’t see that coming todaybecause we have been really good.That is the disappointment and themystery. I thought, heading into thegame, we were in good shape.

“We said at the beginning of theyear that on occasions this seasonthere would be days where we don’tget it right.”

into it was exceptional and to get thethree goals and maybe a few morechances to score a few more.

“I thought we were really danger-ous on the counter-attack and as ateam we worked really, really hard.”

The visitors took a two-goalhalf-time lead, which was a touchharsh on Sunderland, who had earli-er hit the bar through SebastianLarsson before Giaccherini pulled agoal back in the 52nd minute.

Try as they might, the Black Catscould not find an equaliser and wereundone by a counter-attack as Suarezclinched victory for Liverpool in theclosing stages.

“We spoke at half-time and Ithought you saw a great reaction.They gave it a really good go in thesecond half,” said Sunderland’s in-terim head coach Kevin Ball, whowas taking charge of his first PremierLeague match following Paolo DiCanio’s sacking last weekend.

“We took it right to the death butunfortunately you’re susceptible tothat counter-attack where 3-1 – and Id o n’t mean this as disrespect to Liv-erpool – flatters them a little bit.

“It was a shame because I thoughtthe lads had a real good go today andt h at ’s something we need to takeheart from.”

Liverpool 3

Sunderland 1

Stoke City 0

Norwich City 1

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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) ........................................................................ 2-114 Peterborough (H) ..................................................................................................... 0-317 Shrewsbury (H) ....................................................................................................... 1-121 Swindon (A) ............................................................................................................. 2-324/25 Southampton (Capital One) (A).......................................................................... 0-228 Colchester (H) ......................................................................................................... 1-1

OCTOBER5 Port Vale ..................................................................................................................... (A)8 Wycombe (JPT Second Round) ................................................................................. (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) .............................................................. 1-27 Plymouth (A) .............................................................................................. 0-114 Dag & Red (A) ......................................................................................... 0-221 Hartlepool (H) .......................................................................................... 2-228 Southend (A) ........................................................................................... 1-1

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)

Bristol City 2013-14The season so far . . .

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DavePayne

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Foreign holidays always bring out the best in people – especially their golf scores

Bristol Rugby 2013-14The season so far . . .

I HAVE just returned from a trip toBenidorm in Spain, along with anumber of old pals.

We were celebrating the 50th birth-days of a couple of chaps who, back inthe day, were decent footballers atamateur level. Both Russell Crew andPaul Hemmings were team-mates to-gether at Highridge United, and onSunday mornings played for theKing’s Head pub, based in Bedmin-ster Down. These two were joined onthe trip by many ex-players from thelocal non-league soccer scene.

The fun and games started on ourarrival at Bristol Airport. One of thechaps in our party, Terry Hartigan,had never been on an aircraft before,and was very nervous as we made ourway to the check-in desk. He ap-

proached a member of staff and askedif she could answer a query he had.

Smiling, she said: “Certainly, howmay I help?” Anxiously, he asked,“This is my maiden flight, can you tellme where would you consider thesafest place to be seated on theplane?” With a reassuring gesture sheanswered: “Ideally sitting on the winghas been proven to be the best place

after extensive tests.” Terry looked ather horrified and said: “You must bejoking – c a n’t I sit inside theplane?!”

We had booked some tee times at acouple of golf courses on the outskirtsof Benidorm.

This is both Russell and Paul’s pre-ferred sport to participate in thesedays, especially if they can hire abuggy to help them get around. To behonest, I am quite surprised that Rus-sell hasn’t taken up golf profession-ally. I have played alongside him oncountless occasions, and have nevercome close to defeating him. Whenev-er there is a competition with prizemoney at stake, you can be sure aseggs are eggs that Russ will come outon top. The man is amazing, he will

hit a tee shot into the trees, find hisball, chip out into a water hazard,drop a shot, then find a bunker just offthe green, take a couple of putts andstill remarkably score a par four forthe hole. We honestly don’t know howhe does it! On reaching our hotel inBenidorm, a porter offered to showme to my room. I stopped in mytracks, and bellowed: “This room istiny, where is the TV and the mini bar,or even a window?” He replied: “T hisis the elevator sir.”

I was not sure if the receptionist atthe hotel either didn’t understand mecorrectly or was deliberately windingme up. I rang the reception from myroom and asked if I could have anearly morning call. She replied: “Cer-tainly, sir – cockadoodle do!”

It was obvious that both Russ andPaul had spent some of their birthdaymoney on new clothes for our littlebreak. I noticed that the designersname was Tommy Fullfigure!

I had quite a pleasant surprisewhen taking a seat on the aircraft forour return journey.

I spotted a couple of chaps MartinHagan and Kevin Regan, both oldschoolboy rugby team-mates of mineat St Bernadettes, who I haven’t seenfor nearly 40 years.

I was unsure they would recognizeme after all those years. Martinthough, looked at me and said:“Yo u ’re the chap who writes thecorny jokes in the paper”. I replied:“Sorry mate think you’ve got thewrong person!”

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