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20 OBSERVER SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER 1988 TOMMY HINDLEY sjorsLs) FOOTBALL the near post but Marwood's corner cleared his head and landed in the centre of the goalmouth for the swift-moving Merson. Middlesbrough occasionally discovered the accuracy to work the ball fluently up the field and Lukic was extremely fortunate to be exacdy in the right spot when Slaven struck with a sudden overhead kick. Middlesbrough finally realised that even top sides do not spurn the bounty that comes from giving the ball a good belt every now and then. The one that Lukic administered from his goalmouth in the 52nd minute bounced luckily for Merson to surge forward, hit Pallister with his first shot and then tuck the rebound past Pears with a finish none of bis team-mates could match. Until, that is, Rocastle ran at the Middlesbrough defence with the game in its last seconds.

Icorore. Arsenal: Merson (29. 52), Rocastle (89). Arsenal: Lukic; Dixon. Wlnterburn.

Thomas. Bould, Adams, Rocastle, Richardson, Smith, Msrson, Marwood. Ml ddlssb rough: Pears; Parkinson, Cooper, Mowbray, Hamilton. Pallister, Slaven, Brennan, Burke, Davenport, Ripley. AFTER England's discordant production of 'The Desert Song', Arsenal followed up yesterday by staging The Revenge of the Red Shadows, an entertaining enough piece but not the powerful drama we all expected at Highbury.

And the casting wasn't that good either. You might have thought the five Arsenal players who took part in England's sad display in Saudi Arabia would have grabbed the leading roles, if only to shake those sandy sorrows out of their systems. But Adams, Thomas, Rocastle, Smith and Marwood flickered in and out of the scene though Rocastle scored a great solo goal with the last kick of the game and it was one of the Gunners Bobby Robson forgot who stole the show. Paul Merson hardly muffed an entrance into Middlesbrough's frantic goalmouth and twice broke down a resistance that otherwise managed to somehow defy Arsenal. Only a point-blank save by Pears late in the game prevented Merson from completing a hat-trick.

a Millwall beat goes on Cup that cheers: Non League Enfield's leafy ground was packed for the visit of Orient, whose hopes Enfield exposed in fional actt PETER HAYTER 'THE CLUB no-one likes' is becoming the team no-one beats. There was only one team in this, conclusive proof if you still need it that Millwall's irrepressible early season form was no fluke, and that Newcastle's two wins almost certainly were. The goals rattled in almost at will, and certainly at fairly regular intervals. All four were set up by Teddy Sheringham, who, despite sounding like a bandleader from the Forties, orchestrated Millwall's irresistible big beat with a skill and intelligence that Newcastle could never get to grips with. Yet Sheringham is only one part of the Millwall machine.

Their strengths are that they defend well, are solid in mid-field, break quickly and shoot on sight. Their playing assets are McLeary, possibly the skinniest centre-half in the First Division, Hurlock and Cascar-ino. And of course The Den 'Millwall away' isn't exactly 'take each game as it comes Enfield. 1 sometimes bruising first half, they went gloriously ahead after 59 minutes. Orient failed to clear convincingly one of Enfield's numerous left-wing corners and when Cooper returned the ball to the danger zone, Furlong volleyed the ball firmly past Wells.

Cue delirium. It was the perfect reward for a performance which was thoroughly professional, or rather semi-professional. Most of the Enfield players former League men Cottington and Sparrow apart hold down full-time jobs. They train twice a week. Nevertheless, a measure of their comfort against opposition from a supposedly higher level is that a calf strain carried by their centre-half Howell remained undetected until he told me about it in the bar afterwards.

Indeed, had Furlong either Staffer orders SO close is the struggle at the top of the Second Division that they had to resort to alphabetical order to separate Watford and Portsmouth. At this rate Watford will be considering a change of name before the final run-in AFC Watford, perhaps, or even Atletico Watford. Portsmouth's 3-0 win over Barnsley proved just enough for them to take over the leadership from Steve Harrison's men, who needed a goal nine minutes from time by Dave amber to salvage a 1-1 draw at Shrewsbury. Blackburn, 2-1 winners at Walsall by dint of a late second goal from Andy Kennedy, are only a matter of goal difference behind them. Steve Moulden, very SSth minute Statham stroked a free kick intelligently wide of the defensive wall for Cockerill to smash.

Although it came from fully 30 yards, Leighton again only just scrambled it away for a corner. Southampton suddenly shook off what had seemed a distinct inferiority complex and were level in the 74th minute when the elegant Le Tissier found a touch of brute strength. He forced his way past Sharpe and cut in to beat the advancing, lunging Leighton. United's game so deteriorated as the two Wallace forwards in particular tormented them with runs and shots that at The Stadium Leyton Orient 1 found the target again or crossed for Sparrow when clean through in the -71st minute, a winning scoreline of 2-0 would not have flattered them. Furlong, who had been outstanding in attack alongside the elegant Francis, achieved none of the above, so the lights were dimmed for a show-stopping finale.

In response to Orient's desperate attacks, orchestrated by Comfort on the wing and characterised by Ward's surging runs through' the middle, every clearance drew a roar of relief, every save by Pape a cheer of renewed confidence, and with time running out Pape brought the house down with a twist in the ah- to punch Comfort's header over the bar which was pure Banks versus Pele, 1970. A veil should be drawn discreetly over Pane's positioning when Ward hammered his TAYLOR ance four years ago. Only one other non-League team bathed in the kudos of having vanquished fully-professional League opposition: Altrincham, who saw off their twelfth League victims in the course of an illustrious cup history by conquering Lincoln City 3-2 in Cheshire. Inside the League the biggest shock was served up at Grimsby, where four-time Cup winners and current Third Division leaders Wolves iLeogGifton. stotftfeirs recurring GnoirraGrs pulls one out of the hat THE SIGN at the entrance to Enfield's stadium, appropriately named The Stadium, denotes that this is the home not only of Enfield Town FC but also of the Starlight Room.

And so it should, for the proceeds from the latter, where last week's star attraction was that legendary performer Bob Monkhouse, fund the healthy GM Vaux-hall Conference existence of the former. It was, however, the presence, live on the pitch, of Ley-ton Orient which attracted the television cameras and a crowd of over 4,000 for the first round of the FA Cup show, and a ferociously struck equaliser from Orient's Ward seven minutes from the final curtain made sure that this one will run and run until Wednesday night's replay, at- least. Until Ward's cruel intervention, Enfield had been writing their own script. Having held their Fourth Division opponents in a lively and Pullen IT WAS Bognor Regis Town's turn to be touched by FA Cup glory yesterday. In winning 2-1 at home to Exeter City, the men from the Vauxhall Opel League reached the second round for only the second time in a 105-year history.

The result was something of a long-service award for 30-year-old Paul Pullen, the scorer of Bognor's first goal. He and his twin-brother Mick have been with the club since the age of 16. That losing feeling is becoming depressingly familiar to the Fourth Division side, who have registered a solitary DIVISION TWO Alios (2) 2 Brechin (2) 2 Lytwyn, Smith Lees, Adam Arbroath (0) 1 Stranraer (0) 0 Kerr 500 Berwick (0) 0 Queens Pk (1) 2 Hendry 350 McNamee East Fife (0) 1 Dumbarton (1) 1 Mitchell Mclver 458 Stirling (2) 3 Albion (2) 4 Grant, Wilcox uougan ou Chapman 2 (1 pen) Watson McNeil I CUP ROUND UP PETER CORRIGAN Arsenal Middlesbrough The game fell short of producing a completely dramatic afternoon because Middlesbrough, although neat and nimble, were unable to capture enough of the action. This was largely due to their curious habit of giving the ball away, especially when deep in their own territory. It is refreshing to see a side newly arrived in the First Division attempt to play it intelligently from the back.

But slapdash-ery when attempting such refinement is a fatal flaw. One typical example of the urge to play the ball short led to Arsenal's first goal. Pallister had die chance to clout the ball out of bis penalty area but elected instead to slide a cultured pass to Slaven. While Slaven was deciding how he could further embellish the move, he was robbed and a corner forced. Bould took everyone's attention with a giant leap at RICK SHEARMAN Millwall 4 Newcastle United 0 Brian', and it will take an excellent side to take points away from here.

Certainly Newcastle never looked like it. Their manager's strengths are that McCreery and Roeder will never stop trying for him, that McDonald might hold the ball up occasionally, and the consolation that at least he's not Bobby Robson. His team were a classic case of No Confidence errors here, errors there, and once the first goal went in, it was all over bar the counting. Until that first goal, Newcastle looked as. if they might get something.

Pressing their full-backs forward, they cut off the service to Millwall's two wingers, and McDonald, making his debut after his transfer from Holland, put in some useful touches. Typically for a losing side, they saw O'Brien's deflected shot trickle agonisingly past a post in the opening exchanges. It was an error almost as culpable which cost Southampton the equaliser nine minutes later. Central defender Moore and one of the three Wallace brothers, full back Raymond, seemed to be debating over who should clear a ball hobbling between them when Robson pounced with tigerish opportunism and neither recovered in time to catch the captain as he strode on to score with a swashbuckling sweep of his left foot. Robson spent most of his time in closer than usual touch with his back four, leaving the more adventurous midfield work to Blackmore, whose eye-catching long-range blasts Scarboro (0) 2 Brook.

Cook (pen) Southport(O) 0 3 434 Stafford (1) 2 Camden 2 4.348 Swansea (1) 3 Melville. Hutchison, Wade Telford (0) 1 Lloyd Torquay (0) 2 Joyce, Smith 2.000 Walerfoovllie (0). 1 Whittlngham 1.196 Welling (1) 3 Booker, Robbins, White Woking (1) 1 Wye 3.000 Yeovil (2) 3 Wallace 2, Docherty Stockport (1) 1 Colville 5.000 Port Vele (0) 2 Sproson, Riley Crewe (2) 2 Fishenden, Cronin Northampton Berry 4.521 Carlisle (0) 1 Walsh 2,163 Fareham (2) 2 Maddock, Carroll Aylesbury (1) 4 Hercules 2, Boyland 2 Bromsgrove 1,555 Cambridge (2) 4 Reilly 2, Croft 2 Merthyr(O) 2 Rogers, Webley 4.079 FA Cup first round replay date (7.30 unless stated). Tuesday November 22: Brandon Ooncaster. (at Doncaster); Carlisle Telford; Chesterfield Bolton; Crewe Stafford; Rochdale Hudderslield; Sheffield United Mansfield; Tranmere Preston; Wrexham Runcorn.

Wednesday November 23: Fareham Torquay; Leyton Orient Enfield (7.45); Peterborough Gil-' lingham. GM VAUXHALL CONFERENCE Cheltenham 3 Boston (1) 1 Crawley.Tanner Beech 856 Buckland Chorley (0) 0 Macdeslld (0) 1 Derbyshire 1.012 Kldder'ster (1) 2 Wycombe (0) 0 Davies, 1 505 Shilvock Weymouth (1) 1 Berne! (1) 1 Dawson Sansom (pen) APIs Kddrmnstr 19 11 4 4 39 27 37 Macdeslld 18 10 3 5 37 24 33 Kettering 15 10 3 2 26 17 33 Maidstone 17 8 4 5 43 26 28 Barnet 17 8 4 5 32 30 28 Welling Utd 18 7 6 5 22 21 27 Runcorn 17 7 5 5 34 26 26 Fisher Ath 17 7 5 5 32 26 26 Wycombe 18 7 5 6 33 29 26 Yeovil 18 6 7 5 27 29 25 Boston 16 7 3 6 25 27 24 Altrncham 15 6 5 4 21 21 23 Cheltnham 17 6 4 7 26 26 22 Chorley 18 7 1 10 24 30 22 Sutton Uld 16 5 6 5 25 22 21 Northwich 16 6 3 7 29 27 21 Tellord 16 6 3 7 17 17 21 Stafford 15 6 0 9 20 23 18 Enfield 18 4 4 10 21 31 16 Newport 18 3 5 10 19 38 14 Weymouth 15 3 4 8 13 26 13 Aylesbury 16 1 .4 11 18 40 7 Check for LitrJewccde, Vemone and IrooTem RouwiMip MICHAEL RALPH much the man in form for Manchester City, scored the solitary goal at Bournemouth which lifted his side to fourth place. Luther Blissett, due to join Bournemouth from Watford for 60,000 tomorrow, looked on. And when it comes to that last scramble for promotion, no one will be ruling out Chelsea, who indicated their fighting utilities in a 2-2 draw at radford. Ian Ormondroyd put the home side 2-0 up with his second goal after 77 minutes, but goals from Robert Lee and Kevin Wilson in the 83rd and 89th minute respectively earned an unlikely point.

Dean Saunders, Derby's lm signing from Oxford, is adapting beautifully to the First Division. He scored his sixth goal in five games in the 2-1 win at Aston Villa. manager Alex Ferguson's brave forecast, that his team could still challenge for the Championship, began to sound like whistling in the dark. This was United's seventh consecutive League game without a win, and also the seventh time they have been ahead in a game and not won it. Scorers: Man Uld: Robson (16), Hughes (52).

Southampton: Baker (7). Le Tlssler (74). Manchester United: Leighton; Gar-ton, Sharpe (Gill 76), Bruce, Black-more, Donaghy, Robson. Strachan. McClair, Hughes, Milne.

Substitutes: Wilson. Burridge: Raymond Wallace, Stadham. Case, Moore, Osman, Rodney Wallace. Cockerill. Le Tissier, Baker, Danny Wallace.

Substitutes: Banal), Shearer. Referee: Mr Ashworth (Rutland). SCOTTISH PREMIER DIVISION Aberdeen (2) 2 Motherwell (0) 1 Hewitt Russell 10,000 Nicholas Celtic (0) 1 Hibernian (0) 0 McAvennle 35,251 Dundee (0) 0 Rangers (0) 0 16,514 Hamilton 2 StMlrren(2) 4 Harris Weir 3,700 Gallagher Chalmers 2 Hearts (6) 0 Dundee Utd 10,121 APIs Rangers 16 11 3 2 28 11 25 Aberdeen 16 7 9 0 22 14 23 Celtic 16 9 1 6 35 22 19 Dundee Utd 16 6 7 3 19 10 19 StMirren 16 7 5 4 19 19 19 Hibernian 16 6 6 4 16 11 18 Oundee 16 4 6 6 15 19 14 Hearts 16 2 7 7 15 20 11 Motherwell 16 0 7 9 13 24 7 Hamilton 16 2 1 13 11 43 5 DIVISION ONE Alrdrie (2) 3 Raith (0) 1 Campbell 2 Murray 2,000 Grant Ayr(1) 1 Pertlck(3( 3 Mclntyre McCoy 2 Open) Kelly 3,158 Clyde (0) 0 Kilmarnock 2 McFarlane 2 1,050 Dunfermline Clydebank (1). 2 Davis (og) Rogder, Eadie Jack 4,248 Forfar (0) 2 On Of South 2 Brown. Reld 2 (1 pen) Brewster 588 Meedowbenk (1).

1 St Johnstone Armstrong(pen) Heddle 750 Morton (0) 1 Falkirk (2) 5 Robertson McGivern 4,000 Rutherford 2 Houston Burgess (pen) Goals APts Falkirk IS 10 2 3 31 16 22 Airdrie 15 7 6 2 30 14 20 Morton 15 9 2 4 22 18 20 Clydebank 15 6 7 2 32 20 19 StJohnstne 15 7 4 4 25 18 18 Duntrmline 15 7 4 4 23 18 18 Forfar 15 5 6 4 21 20 16 Meadowbk 15 5 5 5 14 15 15 Ayr Utd 15 4 5 6 20 25 13 Clyde 15 4 5 6 19 25 13 Raith 15 4 3 8 17 24 11 Kilmarnck 15 3 4 8 18 29 10 Partick 15 3 3 9 23 33 9 Queen Sth 15 1 4 10 13 33 6 VAUXHALL OPEL LEAGUE. Premier Div: Bromley 2 Stortford 0: Carshallon 1 Wokingham Farnbor-ough 1 Barking Leyton Wingale 1 Oulwich St Albans 0 Leytonslone llford 0: Tooting 3 Marlow Windsor 1 Croydon 1. r. Carter (Dorset). But with 26 minutes gone, McLeary was given space to hook home a knockdown from Sheringham, and Millwall were on their way.

A minute later Sheringham could have scored himself, but he did set up Hurlock for the second, cruelly deflected past Beasant just before half-time. Hurlock's 1 semiological approach to the game got him booked, joining Briley, but the attacks kept coming for Newcastle's overworked defence. Dave Beasant kept the score respectable with some excellent saves, but Cascarino got the third when he moved on to -Sheringham's flick following an enormous clearance from Home. O'Callaghan crashed home the fourth from a narrow angle in the last minute. Scorers: Millwall: McCleary (26), Hurlock (44), Cascarino (59), O'Callaghan (90).

Millwall: Home; Stevens, Dawes, Hurlock, Wood, McLeary, Stephenson, Briley, Sheringham, Cascarino, O'Callaghan, subs. Salman, Thompson. Newcastle United: Beasant; Anderson, Tinnion, McCreery, Cornwell, Thorn, O'Brien, Hendrie, McDonald, Roeder, Wharton, subs. Mirandinha, Jackson. Referee: I.J.

Borrett (Norfolk). FRANK McGHEE Manchester United 2 Southampton 2 warmed Southampton keeper Burridge's hands and the crowd's enthusiasm though that was to wane significantly later. United's second goal came in the 52nd minute, when McClair struck a sweet through pass that beat a woefully square defence for Hughes to collect in his stride and score with scornful ease. But it all suddenly started to go sour after that, with another Leighton fumble only just averting disaster. In the BARCLAYS LEAGUE DIVISION ONE Arsenal (1).

3 Mlddlesboro Merson 2, 32,294 Rocastle A Villa (0) 1 Derby (0) 2 Mountfield Saunders, 23.489 Goddard Everton (0) 1 Norwich (0) 1 Steven (pen) Allen 28,118 Luton (3) 4 West Ham (0) 1 Black 2, Martin Wegerle. 9,308 Wilson Man Utd (1) 2 Southampton (1). 2 Robson, Baker, Hughes le Tissier 37.277 Millwall (2). 4 Newcastle (0) 0 McLeary. 15,767 Hurlock, Cascarino O'Callaghan Nottm Fst (0) 0 Coventry (0) 0 17,250 QPR (0) 0 Liverpool (1) .1 20.063 Aldridge Wimbledon (0) 1 Chariton (0) Fashanu Lee 5,631 Goals APIs Norwich 13 8 4 1 22 13 28 Arsenal 12 8 2 2 30 14 26 Millwall 12 6 5 1 25 15 23 Liverpool 13 6 4 3 18 9 22 Southmptn 13 6 4 3 22 17 22 OerbyCnty 12 5 4 3 15 9 19 Coventry 12 5 4 3 14 9 19 Middlesbro 13 6 0 7 17 23 18 Nottm For 13 3 8 2 16 17 17 Everton 12 4 4 4 17 14 16 Man Uld 12 3 7 2 15 12 16 Shed Wed 10 4 3 3 11 11 15 Aston Villa 13 3 6 4 18 19 15 Q.P.R.

13 4 2 7 12 12 14 Charlton 13 3 5 5 16 23 14 Luton 13 3 4 6 13 15 13 Wimbledon 12 2 3 7 11 22 9 West Ham 13 2 3 8 13 28 9 Tottenham 11 2 4 5 19 24 8 Newcastle 13 2 2 9 9 27 8 BEAZER HOMES PREMIER DIVISION Crawley 2 Aahlord 3 Dorchester 0 Corby. 1 Leicester Utd 2 Gosporl 2 Moor Green 2 Cambridge 1 Weeldslone 2 Alvechurch 0 Worcester. 0 Dover. 5 MIDLAND DIVISION: Bridgnorth 0 Grantham Coventry Sporting 3 Ath-erstone Dudley 3 Banbury Forest Green 2 Bilston 1: Gloucester 8 Mile Oak 0: Nuneaton 1 Wellingborough 0: Rushden 2 Hedneslord Spalding 0 Sutton Coldfield 1: Wlllenhall 5 Ashtree Highlield 4. SOUTHERN DIVISION: Andover 2 Dunstable Baldock 2 Hounslow 1: Burnham 2 Buckingham Chelmsford 5'Tonbridge Erith 1 Witney Folkestone 1 Trowbridge 0: Gra-vesend 0 Bury Hastings 0 Corinthian 1: Salisbury 4 Ruislip 1: Sheppey 2 Canterbury Thanet 1 Poole 6.

OVENDEN PAPERS COMBINATION. Southampton 3 West Ham Tottenham 2 Wimbledon 0: Watford 4 Norwich 0. otters. Score draw 3pta, no-ecore draw FOOTBALL RESULTS almost went west. 30-yard shot into the corner seven short minutes from time, and over the clarity of the Enfield public address system which apparently requested the Orient fans to stay behind after the match in order to be 'sorted out' by the police.

For the punchline is that this was no butcher, baker, candlestick-maker fairy-tale dashed by the big bad ogres from Brisbane Road. It was a compelling match between two sides of roughly equal ability. What was most refreshing of all was that Enfield played the more constructive and imaginative football. The replay may knock their show off the road, but at least the underdogs will have, had their day. Scorers: Enfield: Furlong (59).

Orient Ward (83). EnfloM: Pape; Cottington, Smith, Howell, Cooper. Sparrow (Hayzelden, SO). Parkin, Reeves, Francis, Lewis, Furlong. Orient: Wells; Howard.

Dickenson. Hales, Day, Sitton. Harvey, Ward, O'Shea (Hull, 76). Juryetf, Comfort. Referee: Foakes (Clacton).

were sunk 1-0 by the Fourth Division stragglers. Those perennial denters of bigger egos, Telford, had to be content with a 1-1 draw at home to Carlisle. However, considering that they were reduced to 10 men by the sending off of Steve Nelson in the 28th minute, it was an eminently respectable result. It was curtains for Gu is borough though, beaten 1-0 by Bury at Middlesbrough's Ayresome Park. The dismissal of Ray Hankin of Burnley, Leeds and England Under-21 fame for arguing hardly helping their cause.

RONALD ATKIN Queen's Park Rangers 0 Liverpool 1 is being sold in souvenir lumps by the club) and two-thirds of the natural replacement is excellent. But the penalty area at the scoreboard end, and a 10-yard strip all along the far wing, of the field looked as sandy, soggy and bumpy as a tilled fieldm Norfolk. Even Liverpool's goal only just went in off the underside of the bar, as Aldridge swung at the ball on the uneven surface after a fine build-up involving Beardsley and Rush had left him with time to contemplate beating Seaman. In the 66th minute Parker produced two classy tackles to halt Rush, then Beardsley, in full cry and immediately there was class of another kind up front. Francis, conjuring up some of the old magic, combined first with Barker and then McDonald to surge into the penalty area, clear of his pursuers.

But he tried to play his shot along the ground and on that dreadful patch of turf it simply failed to carry. This was Liverpool's sixth win in their last seven visits here. Plastic or ploughed field, it makes no difference to them. Scorers: Liverpool: Aldridge (29 min) Queens Park Rangers: Seaman; Barker, Allen (sub: Ardiles, 85min). Parker, McDonald.

Maddix, Falco, Francis (Kerslake. 85), Fereday. Pizanti. Brock. Liverpool: Hooper: Ablett, Burrows.

Nicol. Whelan, Spackman. Beardsley. Aldridge (Staunton, 72), Rush. Houghton.

McMahon. Referee: Tyson (Sunderland). SPORT FOOTBALL. FA First Round: (2 pm) Bristol Fisher.Bar-clays League: Division I (3 09): Shell Wed Tottenham. VOLLEYBALL.

National Olv Portsmouth Sale (12.30): Ashcombe Wessex (2 30). Britannia Birmingham (2.30) MOTOR Brands Hatch Lombard RAC Rally (Harrogate EC 8). ICE HOCKEY. Heineken Prem Olv: Durham Wasps Tayside Tigers (6.30): Murraylield Rangers File Flyers (6.30); Peterborough Pirates Ayr Bruins (6.30); Solihull Barons Streathem Redskins Whitley Warriors Nottingham Panther (6.30) IPaorCteir's pifteSi DIVISION TWO Bournemouth Man City (1) 1 9.874 Moulden Bradford (1) 2 Chelsea (0) 2 Ormondroyd 2 Lee, Wilson 11.442 Palace (1) 4 Leicester (1) 2 Thomas, Newell. Barber 2, McAllister Bright 8,843 Hull (0) 1 Birmingham Edwards Langley 5,134 Ipswich (2) 2 Brighton (1) 3 Lowe, Curbishley, Stockwell May.

Bremner 12,386 Oldham (1) 2 Leeds (1) 2 Palmer, Bunn Davison 2 8,824 Oxford (0) 0 Plymouth (1) 1 5,429 Tynan Portsmouth 3 8amsley (0). 0 Quinn. Horn 2 10,001 Shrewsbury 1 Watford (0) 1 Steele Bamber 4,821 Stoke (0) 2 Swindon (0) 1 Berry (pen), Jones Shaw 9,339 Sunderland 1 West Brora (1) 1 Bennett Robson 18.141 Walsall (0) 1 Blackburn (1) 2 Hendry (og) Kennedy 2 5.548 UNTTED's expensive Scot tish goalkeeper Jim Leighton did not have to wait for today's TV re-runs to re-live his costly early clanger at Old Trafford. Every time he closed his eyes and tried to sleep last night he must have seen it all again. As a lob from Baker looped gently towards him in the seventh minute with no distracting challenger in sight, Leighton, hands outstretched over his head, was making up his mind what to do with the ball before he caught it.

He then dropped it behind him the nearest you will see to a goalkeeper's own goal. FA CUP FIRST ROUND AWerhot(o) 1 Heyes(O) 0 McOonald 2,830 Altrincham (1) 3 Lincoln (2) 2 Timmens, Davies, Ellis 2 Sertori 2.169 Bath(0) 2 Grays (0) 0 Singleton 2 995 Blackpool (1) 2 Scunthorpe 1 Cunningham, Harle (pen) Garner 3,976 Bognor (1) 2 Enter (0) 1 Pullen, Rowbotham Guillie 2,000 Bolton (0) 0 Cheeterfid (0) 0 4.840 Brentford (2). 2 Helesowen (0) 0 Evans, Sinton 4,514 Bristol (2) 3 Southend (0) 1 Walsh. Ling McGarvey. 7.026 Shutt Burnley (0).

0 Chester (0) 2 8,475 Dale. Benjamin Cerdlfl (0) 3 Hertford (0) 0 Bartlett. 4,341 Tupling, Gilligan Dagenham (0) 0 Sutton Utd (0) 4 1,249 McKinnon 2, Oennls, Rogers Darlington (0) 1 Notts Co (1) 2 Leonard (og) Thorpe, Pike 2.110 Doncester (0) 0 Brandon Utd 0 2.139 Enfield (0) 1 Orient (0) 1 Furlong Ward 4.031 Frlekley(O) 0 Northwleh (1) 2 1.292 O'Connor. Howey (og) Fulham(O) 0 Colchester (1) 1 4.481 Walsh Gllllngham (0) 3 Peterborough (1) 3 Lovell, Ouoy. Longhurst 3 Smith 4.509 Grimsby (1) 1 Wohree(O) 0 Cockerill 7.922 Gulsborough Bury (1) 1 5.990 Parkinson Hallfai (0) 1 York (0) 0 McPhilllps 2.894 Hartlepool (2) 2 Wigan (0) 0 Smith.

2.476 Borlhwick Huddersttd (1) 1 Rochdele (1) 1 May Edmonds 6,178 Kottoring(2) 2 Oartford(0) 1 Lewis. Taylor (pen) Griffith 3.024 Mansfield (1) 1 ShetfUtd(l) 1 Kent Deane 9,101 Newport (0) 1 Mekfstone (0) 2 Sugruo Hill. Gall 2.148 Preston (0) 1 Tranmere (0) 1 Atkins Atkins (og) 7.734 Reeding (2) 4 Hendon (0) 2 Taylor 2. Keen. Dowie Elsey.

Senior 5.096 Rotherhem (1) 3 Barrow (0) 1 Williamson Carroll (pen). 5.495 Gordon (og) Green Runcorn (1) 2 Wroiham(l) 2 Page. Anderson Bowden. 1.910 Cooper Montrose 0 Cowdenbth McGivern 250 Malone Stirling Alb Walker Gibson 750 Goals APts Stirling A 15 9 3 3 33 22 21 Albion 15 9 3 3 29 23 21 Arbroath 15 7 5 3 27 17 19 Cowdenbth 15 7 5 3 20 19 19 Brechin 15 6 5 4 23 18 17 Stranraer 15 6 5 4 23 19 17 Queens Park 15 5 6 4 19 15 16 East Fife 15 5 5 5 20 20 15 Montrose 15 6 2 7 22 22 14 Alloa 15 4 6 5 21 22 14 E.Stirling 15 4 6 5 25 28 14 Stenhsmuir 15 4 4 7 18 25 12 Dumbarton 15 2 4 9 14 26 8 Berwick 15, 1 1 13 12 30 3 LOUISE away win in 14 months and over the years have had their FA Cup hopes extinguished by 13 non-League sides. Nevertheless, the portents were wrong for City from the outset.

How could they expect to win on a day when Bognor's lucky referee, John Martin, was in charge of on-pitch He was the man in the middle when they beat Swansea 3-1 in a first-round replay to qualify for their only previous fourth-round appear HOCKEY RESULTS POUNDSTRETCHER NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE Havant 2 Bromley 0 Hounslow 1 Cambridge 2 Gymkhana 1 1 lace 4 Warrington 2 Slough 2 Teddlngton 1 Southgate 3 Stourport. 1 Wakefield 1 Eaet 1 DIVISION TWO Anchor lens. 2 2 Brean 3 Coventry ft 1 Cannock. 1 Taunton Vale 2 Doncaster 3' 1 Guildford 2 Bournevllle 2 Neelon 0 1 Peterboro 0 Richmond Westeliff Gore Court. 2 PIZZA EXPRESS LONDON HOCKEY LEAGUE.

Cambs. Un 2, Surbiton Oulwich 2. Oxford University Hawks 1, Wimbledon London University 1, Hampstead 1: Maidenhead 0, St Albans 3: Tulse Hill 5, Cheam 0. SOUTH EAST COUNTIES LEAGUE. Division Arsenal 7 Watford Cambridge 2 Charlton Chelsea 1 Norwich 1 Fulham 1 Tottenham 3: Gillingham 1 QPR Leyton 2 Southend 0: Millwall 3 Portsmouth 1: West Ham 0 Ipswich 2.

Div II: Bournemouth 2 Southampton Bristol 2 Northampton 2: Bristol 0 Brentford Colchester 0 Wimbledon 3: C. Palace 0 Swindon 1: Oxford 1 Brighton Tottenham 2 Reading 4. FORECASTS 1 Hartlepool Exeter 2 Hereford Rotherham Lincoln Halilax 1 Rochdale York 1 Scarborough Wrexham Scunthorpe Torquay NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE Buxton Wilton 1 Marine Horwlch 1 Southport Gateshead 1 Slalybridge Gainsborough SCOTTISH LEAGUE Premier Division 1 Oundee Utd Hamilton 1 Hibernian Dundee Motherwell Hearts Rangers Aberdeen 2StMlrrenvCeltic Division One 1 Clydebank Meadowbank 1 Falkirk Clyde Kilmarnock Dunfermline 2 Partick Airdrie 2 Queen of South Morton Raith Forfar 1 St Johnstone Ayr Division Two Alloa East Fife 1 Arbroath Montrose Berwick East Stirling Brechin Albion Cowdenbeath Stenhousemuir Queen's Park Stirling Stranraer Dumbarton GM Vauxhall Conference: Altrincham Wycombe; Aylesbury Telford; Barnet Yeovil; Chorley Maidstone; Fisher Macclesfield: Kettering Cheltenham; Runcorn Newport; Stafford Boston: Sutton Enfield; Welling Kidderminster; Weymouth Northwich APIs 17 8 6 3 28 18 30 17 9 3 5 28 18 30 16 9 3 4 29 21 30 17 8 5 4 22 16 29 17 7 6 4 28 19 27 17 7 6 4 22 16 27 17 7 6 4 21 18 27 17 8 2 7 25 21 26 16 6 6 4 25 20 24 17 5 9 3 23 18 24 17 6 6 5 20 22 24 17 5 7 18 18 22 17 5 7 5 21 25 22 17 5 6 6 29 26 21 16 6 3 7 13 15 21 17 5 6 6 19 22 21 16 6 3 7 20 26 21 18 5 5 8 27 29 20 16 4 7 5 22 24 19 16 4 7 5 15 19 19 17 2 8 7 17 21 14 16 4 2 10 19 27 14 16 2 8 6 12 21 14 16 2 3 11 12 35 9 IF BOBBY Robson had been at Loftus Road yesterday he might have wondered why Beardsley doesn't play like this for England any more. And also, perhaps, why he didn't get around to picking Parker against aaudi Arabia last Wednesday. Both were outstanding in a match short on accurate shooting but otherwise entertaining enough.

Liverpool's travelling contingent were naturally delighted and even QPR's followers put their hands together at the end in appreciation of a breezy 90 minutes containing plenty of good things. Most were provided by Liverpool who are starting to play that lovely, instinctive stuff again, moving into space in the certain knowledge that the ball will arrive, smoothly. That Aldridge's goal just before the half hour was their only reward was due largely to the speedy covering and sure tackling of Parker, ably, aided by McDonald who overcame an over-robust start which earned him a booking in the ninth minute. Most of the problems to the home defence were posed by Beardsley, roaming the gaps behind his front-runners Aldridge and Rush. Houghton and McMahon were only marginally less impressive, and once they had sorted themselves out after 20 minutes or so they performed excellently until it came to finishing.

This was partly due to the queer state of the pitch. The plastic has been torn up, (and TODAY'S RUGBY LEAGUE STONES BITTER (3 pm unless stated): Castlelord St 30); Hull Featherslone (3 15); Leeds Warrington: Oldham Halilax; Salford Wigan (230): Wakefield Bradford: (3.30): Widnes Hull KR. Div II: Chorley Carlisle (2.30); Dewsbury Workington (2.30); Ooncaster Hunslet (2.30): Hudderslield Sheffield (3.30): Leigh Bramley (3.30): Manslield Fulham (3.15); Runcorn Rochdale. Whitehaven Batley (3.30); York Barrpw (2.30). LAWN TENNIS.

Prudential National Championships. Queen's Club, Kensington. Portsmth Watford Blackburn Man City Chelsea W.B.A. Stoke Ipswich Crystal Pal Sunderlnd Barnsley Bradford Leicester Oldham Bournemth Hull Plymouth Oxford Swindon Leeds Utd Walsall Brighton Shrewsbry Birminghm HF8 LOANS Div: Bangor 3 Slalybridge Fleetwood I South Liverpool Gainsborough 1 Morecambe Gateshead 1 Rhyl Goole 4 Hyde Marine 3 Matlock Mossley 2 Worksop 1: Shepshed 1 Buxton Wilton 3 Caernarfon 0. NORTHERN COUNTIES Otv: Armthorpe Welfare 2 Bridlington Grimethorpe MW 1 Harrogate Rly Hallam 3 Thackley Long Eaton 1 Bridlington Trin 0: North Ferriby 1 Bel-per 1: Ossett Alb 1 Denaby Utd Ponlelract Cols 3 Brlgg 0.

SKOL NORTHERN Div Billingham 1 Easington Blyth 1 Whitley Bay Ferryhill 4 Shildon 0: Gretna 1 Spennymoor Utd Newcastle Blue Star 1 Durham Shields 1 Crook 1: South Bank 0 Billingham 1: Slocklon 3 Seaham Red Star 2. 2pet, away win 1Jpts, home win Ipt FIXTURES (For 2S November) BARCLAYS LEAGUE Division One Charlton Nottingham Forest 1 Coventry Aston Villa 2 Derby Arsenal 1 Liverpool Wimbledon 1 Middlesbrough Sheffield Wed Norwich Luton 2 Southampton Millwall 1 Tottenham Queen's Park Rangers West Ham Everton Division Two 1 Barnsley Bournemouth 2 Birmingham Ipswich Blackburn Portsmouth 2 Brighton Sunderland 1 Chelsea Shrewsbury 1 Leeds Stoke 1 Leicester Bradford 1 Manchester City Oxford Plymouth Oldham 1 Swindon Walsall 1 Watford Hull 2 West Bromwich Crystal Palace Division Three Blackpool Swansea 1 Bolton Northampton 1 Bristol Rovers Bury 1 Chester Southend 1 Mansfield Aldershot Nolls County Gillingham 1 Port Vale Fulham 1 Reading Chesterfield 1 Sheffield Uld Bristol City 2 Wigan Hudderslield 1 Wolverhampton Preston Division Four 1 Cambridge Utd Leyton Orient Carlisle Grimsby 2 Doncaster Burnley B..