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SPORTS GUARDIAN 22 Monday August 3 1987 CHARITY SHIELD: Russell Thomas Everton 1, Coventry 0 Everton' shield for the long march ahead Legal action threat after Today pull out son's sponsorship. Over a maximum three years, with an additional 500,000 earmarked for publicity and other purposes, the deal was worth close to 5 million. The League are concerned immediately with the potential loss of prize-money this season for the divisional winners (100,000) and cash to be shared out by division among all 92 (total Many clubs will have already budgeted for their allocation. The League's spokesman, Andy Williamson, said of the newspaper's startling move: It came like a bombshell. The immediate assumption must be that they intended to withdraw forthwith, that they will not be offering any prize-money this season.

It couldn't have happened at a worse time. The saeson is almost on us. We will be taking legal advice. It was to have been a celebration season. Now it seems unlikely that we can find a new sponsor in such a short time." Some Third and Fourth Division clubs, already in financial difficulties, will inevitably be hardest hit.

With 175,000 due to be shared out among the 48 Associate Members, each would suffer a loss of more than 3,000 The share-out money at stake in the First Division is 350,000, with 175,000 on offer to the Second. The prize-money for divisional winners sees 50,000 going to the First, 25,000 to the Second and 12,500 apiece to Third and Fourth. Russell Thomas SOCCER The Football League Management Committee will meet on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of legal action after Today newspaper's sudden cancellation of their sponsorship of the League that still had more than a year to run. The decision of Rupert Murdoch, the paper's new owner, made on Saturday evening to withdraw from an agreement made only last October and worth a minimum 4 million over a potential three years, has left the national game in disarray less than a fortnight before the start of the league's centenary season. The first objective of the League, who were notified of the withdrawal on Friday, is to attempt to hold Today to about 1 million due this season, some of which may have already been expended on administrative costs.

The League secretary, Graham Kelly, confronted with the news on his return from holiday, said yesterday: "As far as we are concerned we have an agreement for two years which has another year to run." "it tney want to dispute it, we will have to look at the legal position. It is very surprising they should seek to do this so close to the start of the season." Today, who took over from the first League backers, the Japanese-based Canon company, also in October, offered the possibility of a third sea- Speedie, who scurried around but was outpaced with embarrassing ease by Ratcliffe in the confrontations that mattered. Sillett believed his 750,000 record signing's lack of match fitness contributed to his failure to convert Pickering's incisive pass into an equaliser. The closerange shot bounced to safety off Mimm's toe. Clarke's calibration was better.

Two steps forward and a left-foot shot above the advancing Ogrizovic produced a characteristically clinical finish to an attractive Everton build-up that saw Heath backheel and Steven lift a cross tantalisingly above Peake's head. Once ahead, Everton's greater defensive solidity and DIEGO MARADONA, the Argentinian World Cup captain, said he might miss the Football League Centenary match at Wembley next Saturday because he is not yet match fit. It is thought he may agree to play part of the match for the World XI when he gives his final decision later this week. midfield craft saw them through. Pointon, the half-time replacement for the injured Sheedy, saw off the lingering threat of Bennett, while Reid, the new player coach, provided a thoughtfulness in midfield that contrasted sharply with the frenetic efforts of Gynn and McGrath.

Despite the departure of McGrath, victim of Watson's high tackle which brought the season's first yellow card, Coventry remained buoyant. Pickering grazed the bar with an overhead kick Houchen's header flashed desperately close. Everton reminded everyone, however, of their quality late on. when Sharp somehow held off Kilcline and drew a fine scrambling save from Ogrizovic. Watson's challenge was the only cynical note on a day of genuine sincerity and humour.

Last word with Sillett on the fate of the hapless McGrath he's lucky he's not running in the Gelding Plate." Coventry City: Ogrizovic: Phillips. Downs. McGrath (Sedgley. 56min). Kilcline, Peake.

Bennett. Gynn (Borrows 86min). Speedie. Houchen. Pickering.

Everton: Mimms: Harper. Power. Ratcliife. Watson. Reid.

Steven. Clarke. Sharp. Heath. Sheedy (Pointon.

half-time). Referee: R. Lewis (G. Bookham. Surrev).

Scorer: Everton: Clarke (44min). EVERTON are such regular visitors to Wembley that they could probably still find a way to the national stadium with blindfolds and earplugs to block out the tell-tale clutter of lager cans kicked down Wembley Way. Once inside, however, the League champions needed all senses in full operation to overcome a Coventry side who probed for every weakness. The sound of 35,000 Sky Blue fans a record club contingent for the Charity Shield helped the FA Cup winners produce another heartening Wembley performance. But Everton, a team without the brittleness of Tottenham, always looked bound for another trophy once Wayne Clarke produced a typically opportunistic goal shortly before half-time.

So the Shield remains on Merseyside this was Everton's fourth successive appearance and so, on this early evidence, will the League trophy. Everton won the season's traditional curtain raiser under a new manager, Colin Harvey, and an old set of problems. But, even with four first-choice players injured, they demonstrated a unity and efficiency that perhaps only the new Liverpool can match over the next nine months. Harvey was happy, and so was his Coventry counterpart John Sillett, beaming as broadly in defeat as in victory nine short weeks ago. "The performance proved we're not a flash in the pan we're going to be there with the top teams this season." Harvey nodded assent.

Harvey was less expansive in his first major post-match conference. When asked about his plans for the forward line, Howard Kendall's successor smiled enigmatically and said I've got a few clues, but I'm keeping them to myself." Both managers will concentrate over the next fortnight in developing the sharpness lacking in a lacklustre opening 45 minutes, which suggested both sets of players had been hauled off the Mediterranean beaches two weeks too early. The second half, with Coventry moving forward attractively, was more like the real, wintry thing. Coventry will work hard on (right) helps his moustachioed defender Kilcline's battle with Sharp Patrick Glenn Rangers 1, Porte Alegre 1 (Alegre won 5-4 on penalties) Brazil's raiders run off with the silver win second time UP FOR GRABS Ogrizovic Pat Rowley in Brussels England HOCKEY England did -the job yesterday against Belgium, beating one of the teams in their group at the European Cup in Moscow later this month by four goals to one in Brussels. It was some recompense for failing to put away the same opponents the previous evening after leading 2-0.

Belgium, ranked eighth in Europe, were allowed to come back in the last minute to share four goals. On Saturday England took a very long time to find a way through Belgium's defensive and offside game. They did so thanks to Sean Kerly's goal- Martin Thorpe England U-17 ,3, Neth U-17 0 Youth make running Rangers will surely not be extending any future invitations to the Brazilians who stole the newly minted, brilliantly polished trophy at stake in the first Glasgow International pre-season tournament. Porte Alegre, who were unar-guably the least impressive of the four sides who took part in the two-day jamboree the others were Ajax of Amsterdam and Real Sociedad of Spain had a man sent off and two others booked during a second half in which they resorted to the most distasteful business. For example, Rangers's substitute Jim Phillips, who had replaced Davie Cooper literally seconds earlier, was kicked in the head by Luis Carlos and had to leave the field for five minutes of treatment on it.

Luis Carlos, incidentally, is the team captain who was supposed to be setting an example. Brian Crowther at Crystal Palace Binfield and Foster make the big splash Hoddle keeps Monaco on top England international Glenn Hoddle scored a goal to keep Monaco at the top of the French first divison yesterday alongside defending champions Bordeaux, the only other team with a 100 per cent record. Hoddle scored his first league goal three minutes from the end to complete a 2-0 home win for Monaco over Le Havre. Hoddle's England team-mate, Peter Beardsley, scored his first goal for Liverpool since his 1.9 million transfer from Newcas Picture by Frank Baron round their oponents punishment, England, at least, put away their penalty corners. Richard Dodds, with a direct shot, and Martyn Grimley, following up, scored from further awards before the interval.

Batchelor, despite a troublesome groin, came on at the interval and played as well as Bhaura had on the rieht wine. BELGIUM (1-4-3-2): P. Schuurmans; R. Gucassof (capt). M.

Goldstein. M. van Slrydonck. E. van den Bemden.

J-M Hallet I. Buyschaert. L. Melotte. A.

Dewever; D. Marchant. C. van der Gracht. ENGLAND (2-3-5): S.

Taylor: P. Bolland. P. Barber: J. Potter.

B. Dodds (capt). M. Grimley: K. Bhaura.

(sub: S. Batchelor. 36 min). J. Shaw, S.

Kerly. R. Clift. I. Sherwani (sub: R.

Thompson. 55 min). Umpires: F. Idenburg and A. van Kempen (Neth).

sec, June Croft (Wigan Wasps), making a comeback at the age of 24, offered the only serious challenge. Adrian Moorhouse has received a timely boost today before defending his European championship 100 metres breaststroke title in Strasbourg later this month. The 23-year-old Yorkshireman has been given a 5,000 TimesMinet supreme award for his consistent world-class performances since becoming the first man to beat the one-minute barrier for the 100 metres breaststroke in February. be called that when you see it gases can be controlled within fine limits, producing a clean exhaust without any noticeable loss of power. Clearly there is still a place for electronic fuel injection systems, particularly at the luxury end of the market, but recent developments have shown that there is much more to come from the venerable carburettor, and since it relies less heavily on high cost electronics, it will be cheaper to buy, replace and maintain.

It is interesting to note that in the United States where single point fuel injection became the rage, there is now a thriving carburettor replacement market MOTORING GUARDIAN Faulkner's full-back replacement, their opponents were ahead in the third minute through Buyschaert. England, who had failed to capitalise on a 6-1 penalty corner advantage on Saturday, scored from their first corner this time to equalise. The ball was switched to Kulbir Bhaura who shot firmly. England were particularly penetrative on the right where Potter and Shaw combined well with winger Bhaura. Potter was denied an open play goal by a defender's stick save.

But if the inexperienced Dutch umpires seemed loath to give England protection for mer of the meeting for his British records in the 200 metres backstroke and 400 metres individual medley earlier in the championships. Davey's four minutes 24.20sec for the long medley won the sponsor's award for the best swim of the championships by a male competitor. Suki Brownsdon's two min 34.95 sec for 200 metres breast-stroke won her the equivalent award for women. Ruth Gilfillan (Dundee) completed a freestyle double yesterday, taking the 200 metres in 2min 3.79 The Fiat Tipo it may not much cheaper. And as emission control regulations gather momentum, the carburettor will have a crucial role to play.

It is relatively simple to produce a clean exhaust if a considerable drop in performance is also accepted; the trick is to produce one without the other. The Italian company, part of the Fiat group, are well advanced with a "feed back" carburettor in which a three-way catalytic converter is installed. The car's electronic control unit adjusts the carburettor's calibration based on the information it receives from the exhaust gas analyser, and as a result the exhaust scoring knack. He made a goal out of nothing, after 53 minutes and then laid on a chance for John Shaw which was smartly taken by his Southgate clubmate. In the closing minutes a Belgian substitute, Callawaert, had his moment of glory, breaking away to score a solo goal and, soon after, setting up Luc Melotte for an equaliser.

Yet England, fittingly as World Cup silver medallists, dominated Belgium as they have done all their opponents so far in their European Cup build-up. Yesterday they proved they can convert that dominance into goals. But Belgium scored first. Before Bolland had settled as day made no such mistake in the 200 metres individual medley, beating the English record set last year by clubmatge John Davey. Mark Foster, whose eligibility to represent the borough of Southend is still under question, was overtaken by Roland Lee and Mike Fibbens on the last length.

But he had the consolation of a British record in Saturday's 50 metres freestyle, which he won in 23.3 seonds beating the record set by Andy Jameson last year. Davey won the Bill Juba Trophy as the outstanding swim for a hundred years, they believe that there is still a lot of development left in the carburettor, and they are in a very good position to offer an opinion. Enthusiasts may think of the Weber carburettor as a massive, complex piece of equipment, glowing with polished trumpets, that pumped petrol into cars like the V8 Aston Martin at a terrifying rate, but in fact they make over 800 different types, and the latest are designed to work with electronic management systems producing the same levels of cold start up, smooth running and ignition precision as fuel injection. But they will still be The others clearly thought he was, because within two minutes of that incident, Paulo Matos was sent for a walk after yet another dangerously high challenge, this time with former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Graham Roberts taking the bump on the head. Before the madness, Ally McCoist had given the Scottish champions the lead when he deftly controlled a chip from Cooper before guiding the ball past the goalkeeper from close range.

Norberto, with a powerful drive from 20 yards, wiped out the lead and necessitated the session of penalty kicks which ended in disappointment for the 19,000 crowd. In the third place match earlier, Ajax beat the Spaniards 2-1 with Frank Stapleton scoring the first of their goals. tle in a 3 0 win over Danish first division side Viejle. John Aldridge and Craig Johnston were the Merseyside club's other scorers. PARTIZAN BELGRADE have been named Yugoslav champions for the 1986-87 season by the Yugoslav FA after a year-long squabble over alleged match rigging.

The Yugoslav authorities accepted a Serbian court ruling and quashed its six-point penalty imposed on Partizan and nine other first division teams last year. some pundits in the motor industry were prophesying that before the end of the decade all cars of two litres and above would be using fuel injection. Some manufacturers, such as Jaguar, are committed to fuel injection, but volume car makers, after a burst of enthusiasm are now, as Fagin said "reviewing the situation." With the introduction of non-leaded petrol the hot and cold starting virtues of fuel injection are underlined, but in most other respects the gap between the carburettor and fuel injection systems has narrowed. The one respect in which it has not narrowed however, is cost, and a multi-point fuel injection system is now three or four times as expensive as a double choke carburettor. Even a single point fuel injection system, the simplest, is up to three times as expensive as a carburettor offering virtually the same performance.

In a Jaguar this may not be of paramount importance, but in the intensely price-conscious world of IVi litre motor cars it really matters. The fuel injection system is not only more expensive to buy, it is also more expensive to maintain, and with its magic box, sensors approach, though it was the cavalier irresponsibility (Barota-style) of the Dutch keeper Otter which gave Cormack England's second goal. Thomas added the third by outjumping the unfortunate Otter to head in, completing a well-earned victory The only factors which could now stand in the way of England's enterprising youngsters bring more of this refreshing approach to the League game are experience and coaches the experience of four seasons of having their legs hacked away by more first Divison defenders more callous than those from the Netherlands on Saturday and coaches who think that possession is 10 tenths of the law and, therefore, worship the pass. ENGLAND- U-17:" Marriott (Arsenal): Garland (Tottenham, sub: Bond Coventry). Hall (Tottenham).

Wratten (Manchester U). Soloman (Watford, sub: Duffy, Aston Villa). Blake (Aston Villa). Cormack (Southampton, sub: Masters, Southampton). Thomas (Watford).

Stuart (Chelsea). Murray (Tottenham). Parrott (Aston Villa, sub. McKeown, Arsenal). NETHERLANDS U-17: den Otter SFcyenoord).

de Ouden (Ajax). Sas Sparta). Kamebeek, Ter Avest, (amerlina (all FC Twente). Vink, (Ajax). Zuiden (PEC-Zwolle).

de longh (Ajak). Touw (Willem II). Kreek (Ajax). Subs: Mols (Ajax), Simons, Ridder, Grauwmayer (all Feyenoord). the law car will also endure a name change before it arrives on our shores next year.

A stretched Uno clearly comes to mind good headroom and a practical and versatile five-door layout. Present plans are for three petrol engines llOOcc, HOOcc, and 1600cc with the diesels at 1700cc and 1900cc. The car is many months off yet, with a first public showing at the Turin motor show next Spring. In the meantime, if you are thinking of buying a Strada, push for a heavy discount dealers will have to clear their stocks. And Tipo will also put pressure on the Golf, three years away from its series three version, a strong pitch from Giugiaro getting nowhere for being too avant garde with VW apparently playing safe and settling for evolution rather than revolution.

A JOINT venture between the road safety training officers from Strathclyde Regional Council and students and staff from Motherwell College has won the 1,000 First prize in the GEM road safety competition. The money was to be spent on a project which would directly benefit road safety, and the judges finally agreed on the proposal by Strathclyde Regional Council to develop and build a model impact test rig. The rig will use model cars to demonstrate the effects of vehicle impacts at various speeds, and show how important it is for all car occupants to be restrained. Question What do most of Britain's attacking midfield players do when they encounter an opposing player in their path? Pass. What do the teenagers midfielders Shaun Murray of Tottenham, Rod Thomas of Watford, Lee Cormack of Southampton and Mark Parrott of Aston Villa do in the same circumstances Take the man on.

In Saturday's under-17 international between England and the Netherlands which preceded the Charity Shield, the lost art of running at a defence was demonstrated with such frequency and success that the omens look good for the pepping up of the national game Murray had already had two runs at the Dutch defence in the first 15 minutes, ending with one shot wide and the other saved, when four minutes later he had a third go. Starting just inside the Dutch half he dribbled through an obstacle course of foreign defenders to end up in the box with a firm shot struck into the corner of the net. Thomas, Parrott and Cormack continued the direct Not so foul of JOHN PRITCHARD is a North London solicitor, and author of the commendable Penguin guide The Motorist and the Law, which does not purport to tell you everything in that field. But is a good starting point Take, for instance, these comments "If as a banned motorist you are irresponsible enough to drive while disqualified you will face severe penalties. Driving while disqualified is regarded as a very serious offence and although it can be heard by magistrates it is often referred to the Crown Court for sentencing.

"Statistics show that your chances of going to prison are fairly high. If the magistrates sentence you, then you stand about an eight per cent chance of being imprisoned but if the Crown Court sentences you (which often happens) there is roughly a fifty per cent chance of your going to prison." Do not despair. If you fall foul for these offences, opt for a hearing before the Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate especially if you have appeared in a television soap. For what was described as a "blatant offence" it seems that a six-week suspended sentence is the going rate. Plus a fine of 275, probably no more than a producer and a few friends might spend on a good luncheon.

THE NAME of the car on the left is, at present, said to be Tipo; but just as the Ritmo became the Strada when it was launched in Britain, it could be that this replacement for that Mileage still in the carburettor Patrick Mennem in the afterglow of polished trumpets (ft SWIMMING The Hewlett-Packard long course championships at Crystal Palace provided useful preparations for those to be named today for the British teams for the European championships. There was much cut and thrust among the top swimmers, particularly in the men's events. Gary Binfield (Salford SSS), disqualified in the 400 metres indivifual medley heats for a faulty breaststroke turn, yester and relays there are a number of things that can go wrong. Perhaps the driver who once struggled with his twin SUs might look back with nostalgia if he ever attempted to repair a fuel injection system. One in four cars with a carburettor fuel system uses a Weber carburettor, and although they are deeply involved with fuel injection their system is used on the Ferrari GTO, Ford Sierra Cosworth RS and others they do claim to be the biggest manufacturer of carburettors in the world, and they are convinced that the future is as bright as ever.

Although it has been around ANYONE who has attempted to tune a pair of SU carburettors, listening to the hiss through a piece of tubing while fiddling with the adjustments, would naturally have welcomed with open arms an alternative system that would require less tuning, and be more efficient Fuel injection appeared to be the answer. Like most things in motoring there is nothing new about it, and a type of fuel injection has been used on diesel engines since their inception, while a Type Jaguar equipped with fuel injection won the Le Mans 24 hour race in the 1950s. But the general increase in perforinance-minded customers, and the advent of turbo-charging in petrol engined production cars accelerated the use of fuel injection on road cars, until today every manufacturer has a sizeable segment of his production using the system. Fuel injection did bring the benefits in cold starting, power output, and engine response, and the days of the carburettor that baffling box of tricks with its butterflies, jets, needles, venturi and plungers appeared to be numbered. Indeed, only a few years ago.