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20 I SPORTS NEWS The Guardian Tuesday August 5 1997 Football Rugby League vHlBHuBBHUBieaaaVLHr afl8Lan9HLBBBaBBBaBaaBBaflLaBBaBBBaBBaBBMB Revival keeps Saints alive Paul Fitzpatrick on rough justice for the perfect Panthers Howard's way is to make do and mend Ian Ross says that Everton's manager will need all his old magic if he is to create a Blues revival in his third spell at the helm M8.YJ begin to fray at the edges? The more astute would say, not the summer of '97 but the summer of '87 when Howard Kendall resigned as the club's manager for the first time, leaving the best side in England to disintegrate inside two seasons. Kendall is now back in charge for a third time, the man closest to a vacant seat when the music stopped six weeks ago. His appointment pleased many, disappointed some and mystified a few. But, it did at least serve to draw a line beneath the club's ludicrous, ham-fisted search for a successor to Joe Royle, who had taken his hatred of criticism and his perceived media enemies out of Goodison Park for good on transfer-deadline day in late March. Actually, the tone was to be set on the day after Royle's departure when Everton's-chairman Peter Johnson allowed his boyish enthusiasm to get the better of him.

"We shall appoint a world-class coach," he promised. "There will be many pleasant surprises for our supporters in the months ahead." Oh dear. What followed was embarrassing. A Keystone Cops-like pursuit of the former England manager Bobby Robson saw Johnson fall down countless uncovered manholes between Mersey-side and Barcelona. The chuckling had begun in earnest.

Thereafter, everyone was linked with a job Johnson believed to be the most attractive in world football before the hunt appeared to end on Running to catch up Everton's manager Howard Kendall leads his players from the back in training nhild. Everton offered him though, wouldn't he? But he behaved despicably. In jilting Everton at the altar he shredded his own reputation to such an extent that he will do well to lose only his hubcaps the next time he visits Goodison Park to criticise those he might have led. Kendall was to discover swiftly that he could not even throw someone else's money at a problem not of his own making. Paul Ince preferred Liverpool, Les Ferdinand Tottenham Hotspur, Ciriaco Sforza Kaiserslautern and, most famously of all, Fabrizio Ra-vanelli preferred to stamp his dall's hit parade of coveted talent.

"It could well be that we will have to enjoy a complete season of relative success before the big-name players sit up and begin to take notice of this great club once again," he said. "We may even have to qualify for Europe in the season coming up before the high-calibre players I am looking for will join us. If that is the way it's got to be then so be it." And so, when Crystal Palace travel to the North-west on Saturday to open Everton's season, the faithful will have to make do with John Oster, a Brentford look for new manager after Webb moves upstairs Scottish Premier Division Rangers 3, Hearts 1 Negri starts at the double A PEW weeks ago, at a point when Everton's summer was still laden with promise and open to countless attractive possibilities, a telephone rang on the sports desk of the Liverpool Echo. The previous day, it had printed the first artist's impression of Everton's proposed new home, a super-stadium poised to rise phoenix-like somewhere on the city's outskirts. The caller announced that after nothing more than a cursory examination of the drawing he had discovered a major fault with the new ground's main stand.

With barely suppressed delight, he managed to squeeze out the words: "It faces the pitch" before he and those draped around his shoulders dissolved into laughter. The legend of Scouse humour as represented by the likes of Jimmy Tarbuck and Cilia Black has been overplayed to an almost painful degree these past two decades but the light-hearted baiting of the less fortunate remains a popular pastime in a city that too often is content to conceal itself behind a forced smile. Telling those who stalk Everton's corridors of power that the world, his dog and his dog's mate have spent much of the past four months laughing at them is to invite neither anger nor scorn but that quizzical look which begs the question: "Can you tell us something we don't already know?" So, when did it all go wrong? When did the Ever-tonians' comfort blanket Hat-trick for Wright in 6-2 Arsenal spree ARSENAL recovered from their indifferent showing against PSV Eindhoven with a 6-2 demolition of Norwich City at Carrow Road last night. Ian Wright scored a hat-trick on a night when an injury to the Gunners' new French defender Gilles Gri-mandi, who had scored twice, was their only worry. Wright opened the scoring when Andy Marshall could only parry Marc Overmars' drive and Grimandi scored the second from close range.

A Dennis Bergkamp free-kick made it three but Wright's second goal, an overhead volley in the 28th minute, was the goal of the game. Grimandi's header from an Overmars corner made it 5-0 a minute into the second half and Wright completed his hat-trick after 57 minutes. Norwich replied through Darren Eadie and Neil Adams. Liverpool's 17-year-old striker Michael Owen, thrust into the spotlight after Robbie Fowler's injury, upstaged the 1.8 million Karl-Heinz Riedle by scoring the opening goal, his fifth in four friendlies, in a 3-1 win over Crewe at Gresty Road last night. Paul Ince and Danny Murphy, from the spot, were Liverpool's other scorers.

Jtirgen Klinsmann returned to England last night as Sampdoria beat Derby County 1-0 with a 58th-minute volley by Vincenzo Montella. The 33-year-old German striker was substituted after 67 minutes. Southampton have agreed a fee of 1.6 million for Sporting Lisbon's former Birmingham winger Jose Dominguez, and the Norwegian defender Jon Olav Hjelde completed a 600,000 move to Nottingham Forest from Rosenborg. Arsenal Aston Villa Barnsley Blrm. City Blackburn Bolton Brentford Bumley Celtic Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County 60 Everton 61 Hudd.Town 82 Ipswich 83 Leeds United 64 Leicester 68 Liverpool 66 Man.

City 67 Man. United 68 Middlesbrough 89 Millwall 70 Newcastle 71 Norwich 72 Nottm. PENRITH PANTHERS yestei'day won their sixth match out of six and go out of the World Club Championship; their visitors St Helens lost 32-26, a sixth defeat in the competition, but survive to fight on. Superficially it appears ab surd, but the round-robin stages were designed to do nothing more than provide four clubs each from the northern and southern hemi spheres for the quarter-finals. In spite of the apparent incongruities, the four European sides to qualify assuming Saints beat Paris in a play-off to decide the last quarter-final place will be those currently occupying first, third, fourth and fifth places in the Super League: Bradford, Wigan, London and St Helens.

Penrith could be forgiven for feeling a sense of injustice but they knew the rules from the start, and for the Australian clubs that meant not only winning but doing so by sizeable margins. They have paid the price for a comparatively poor defence, conceding an average of 20 points a game. Only Canterbury Bulldogs, had a worse points-against record. Penrith went into yesterday's game needing to win by 47 points to qualify; for Saints the objective was to win by any margin but, failing that, to lose by no more than 10 points. Fnr 3 while in the second half the outcome appeared likely to satisfy neither, but for the final 21 minutes St Helens played in a manner more befitting their status as European champions.

From 32-10 down they scored tries through Danny Arnold, Keiron Cunningham and, four minutes from time, Sean Long. With Bobbie Goulding improving two of them they finished only six points in arrears. Last night Brisbane Broncos secured their anticipated victory over Halifax Blue Sox at Thrum Hall and did so by enough points, 54-10, for top place in Australasia Pool A. Steve Renouf scored three tries before half-time and another after it to equal the club record he already held. Wendell Sailor added three of Bron-cos's 10 tries.

Halifax, who scored two tries through Fereti Tuilagi and Kevin O'Loughlin, were not helped by injuries to Craig Dean, Karl Harrison and John Bentley, who was taken to hospital with damaged ribs. The prime objective now for the qualifying European sides is to improve their defences, to develop mental toughness and tactical awareness, and to ensure that their fitness is good enough to see them through all 80 minutes. It would be wrong to condemn the World Club Championship. It was perhaps over-ambitious and always likely to collapse under its own weight, but the concept was commend-ably bold and exposure of European deficiencies is not necessarily a bad thing. The real sin now would be to ignore the lessons learned, and that would apply even if one or even two European clubs were to reach the final in Auckland in October.

Quarter-final drawl Wigan Warriors Hunter Marinors. London Broncos Cronuila Sharks. Brisbano Broncos SI Helens or Paris St-Gormain. Auckland Warriors Bradlord Bulls Ties to be played on the weekend ol October 4. Sport in brief Cricket Sanath Jayasuriya.

unbeaten on a career-best 175, and Ito-shan Mahanama (115 not out) shared their country's best Dartnership for any wicket as Sri Lanka reached 322 for one in reply to India's 537 for eight declared in the first Test in Colombo. Rowing A men's coxed four, a women's eight and a women lightweight pair have been added to Britain's team for the World Championships in Aiguebelette from August 31-September 7, writes Christo pher Dodd. Rugby Union Keith Wood, the Lions and Ireland hooker, has been chosen to captain Harlequins next season. Hockey England found their scoring touch in the Women's World Cup qualifier in Harare last night, beating Ireland 3-1 with goals from Jane Smith. Purdy Miller and Denise Mar- ston-Smith, writes Pat Row ley.

England's second win keeps them in second place in their group, two points behind South Africa. Patrick Glenn RANGERS sent a chilling early warning to Celtic by taking Hearts apart at Ibrox last night in their opening league match of the season. Marco Negri's double before half-time was complemented by a blistering drive from Alex Cleland six minutes from the end before the Hearts' substitute Colin Cameron beat keeper Andy Goram on his return in goal after injury. The win took Rangers straight to the top of the Premier Division. Having produced little in the way of alarm among the visiting defenders for most of the first half Negri, the Italian summer signing from Perugia, conjured two goals just Sailing PHOTOGRAPH: MARTIN BIRCHALL winger from Grimsby, and Gareth Farrelly, a midfielder plucked from relative obscurity at Aston Villa.

Many are forecasting disaster. Who knows, Gray and Ra-vanelli may well be among them. Everton's veteran captain Dave Watson begs to differ. "This is a different Howard Kendall to the last time he was here," he says. "He has a look about him, a steely determination in his eyes.

He is desperate to put things right and I think he will." Unlike Tarbuck and Black, Watson is one of those Scousers who rarely tells jokes and for that alone he deserves to be taken seriously. Silver Shield, which has bought an 80 per cent stake in Swansea, has pledged to help build an all-purpose leisure complex on the edge of the city, to be used by the football club. The new owners are also expected to seek a merger with Swansea Rugby Union Club, who will be invited to use the new complex, with both clubs grounds being redeveloped for other uses. The deal which values Swansea City at just under 2 million has been put together by the businessman Neil McClure, Silver Shield's chairman. Announcing the takeover yesterday, McClure said he was hopeful that negotiations on the new 40 million stadium would be completed in the next two months, with part-funding likely to come from Swansea council.

Rugby League STONES SUPIR LEAQUKj London Oldham. Cricket SECOND XI C'SHIP (lour days; 11.0): Southampton! Hampshire Gloucestershire. Studleyi Warwickshire Glamorgan. MINOR COUNTin C'SHIP (two days: 11.0): Puioharnpsteedi Berks Cheshlro. AON RISK TROPHY lone day: 11.0): Leloeeten Leicestershire Northants.

PooBs Forecast PA CARL1NO PRIMttRSHIP 1 Barnsley 3 Blackburn 3 Coventry 4 leenon 5 Leeds 8 Leicealer 7 Newcastle 8 Southampton 9 Wimbledon West Ham Derby Chelsea Palace Arsenal AalonVina SheHWed Bolton Liverpool NATIONWIDE L1AOUE FIRST DIVISION 10 Binnlnshafn 11 Bradford 13 Bury 13 Man City 14 MMdteebro 18 Norwich 18 Oxford 17 Port Vale 18 QPR 19 Swindon aoWeatBrom SICOHD DIVISION Stoke Stockport Reading Portsmouth Charlton Wolves Hudderslleld Nottm Forest Ipawleh Crewe Tranmere 1 Blackpool 22 Bristol 23 Cheeterfleld 24 Putnam 28 OKUngham 28 Grimsby 27 MMhvaW. 28 Northampton 28 Oldham 30 Southend 31 Watford 32 Wlean THIRD DIVISION 33 Cheater 34 Coteheotsr 35 Sister 38 leytanO 37 HeooleetXId 38 Mansfield 38 Notts Co 40 Peterborough 41 Rotherham 42 Scarborough 43 Shrewsbury 44 Swansea Luton 3 Plymouth 1 Walsall 1 Wrexham 1 Preston 1 Bristol 1 Brentford Bournemouth 2 York 1 Carlisle 2 Burnley Wycombe 1 Lincoln Darlington Hartlepool Cardiff Torquay Hua Rochdale Scunthorpe CasnbrMse Doncasler rhjhron SCOTTISH COCA-COLA CUP 4S Diirifermllne 48 East File 47 Morton 48 Livingston 40 Partiok Ayr Uid 1 KHmamook 2 Alrdrle 2 Hearts 2 Stirling A 1 the doorstep of Andy Gray, a television pundit who had never managed a professional football team. A great player for Everton, albeit Qeetingly, in the mid-Eighties, the articulate Gray lobbied for the post (in the pages of the Echo) and, we are led to believe, was offered it. The bunting went up just before the balloon did. On the very day Johnson was gulping down celebratory champagne, Gray changed his mind and signed a vastly improved deal with his Sky Television paymasters.

In attempting to defend the indefensible, Gray insisted it wasn't his fault. He would before the interval to put Rangers in control. His first caused consternation among the Hearts supporters, most of whom will claim that the ball did not cross the line. Sergio Porrini met a cross from the left and his header was pushed towards the post by Gilles Rousset. The goalkeeper and David Weir scrambled back as Negri moved to meet the rebound, just two yards from the goalline.

Between them, they prevented the ball from hitting the net, but the linesman and the referee decided it had crossed the line. Rousset was cautioned for his protest afterwards, but he had nothing to appeal about except lack of cover by his own team-mates a minute later when Rangers scored their second. were expected to be kept busy late into the night after a plethora of protests, many of which might be described as professional fouls and easily dismissed. All three British boats were on the receiving end, but the RYA Offshore coach Bill Edgerton was not unduly concerned. The morning belonged to New Zealand when their big boat Numbers, skippered by Russell Coutts, followed home the Australian Ragamuffin but beat her by three seconds on corrected time.

Tom Dodd in their ILC-40, Mean Machine, also finished first and the the Mumm 36, Georgia Express, with David Barnes, fifth. In the afternoon, New Zealand were third overall, one place-point behind the United States and Italy, but when the points of the day's two races were added together they were awarded the Corum Trophy, one place-point ahead of the United States. Britain's Chris Law, with CorumIndulgence, made a cracking start to the first race before the superior power of the bigger boats told in conditions to their liking. He finished fifth, as did Tony Buckingham in Easy Oars in the ILC-40s. John Merricks recovered to take third in Brada-mante in the Mumm 36 class after the boat broached and lost several places when challenging for the lead.

Law was less well placed early on in the afternoon race, but achieved a better result with third. Buckingham and Merricks were both fourth in their classes in the afternoon. 35,000 a week, but it wasn't enough. As the Italian and his entourage of pizza-parlour owners and sharp-suited interpreters bolted for their limousine, a dozen or more better players who would have paid out of their own pockets to turn out for Everton began to spin in their graves. The common misconception is that Everton has become the club which no one wishes to join.

Not true, of course. There are scores of players who would love to drag on Everton's stylish new strip but not one of them is even bubbling under Ken Goram back after injury By then, Negri appeared to be the only Rangers player on the field who was still working his tail off. The others seemed to realise that such diligence was no longer necessary, the points having been secured some time earlier. Rangers (5-3-2)1 Goram; Cleland. Porrini, Moore, Bjorklund, Stensaas; Ferguson, Thern.

Albertz: Laudrup, Negri. Hearts (5-3-2)1 Rousset: Frail. Murray, Weir, Ritchie, Polnton; Salvatorl. Flogel (Cameron, h-t). Fulton; Hamilton, McCann.

Reforeet Dougal (Glasgow). Chess BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP (Hove): Round Onei Pert 0, Ward 1: Adams 1, Sheldon 0: Speelman 1, Cobb 0: Hebden 1, I Thompson 0: Barnes 0, Emms A Kosten 1, 0 Ledger Vlgua 0, Conquest A Mestel 1, A Jackson Rowson 0. A Greet 1: Arkell 1, Storey Graham 0. McShane 1: Plaskett 1. Coleman Jackson 0, Turner A Hunt 1.

Peln 0. Motor Sport NEW (ALAND RALLYi Leading stand-Inge (alter the second leg): 1, Eriksson (Swe) Subaru Impreza 3hr 16mln S3sec; 2. Salnz (Sp) Ford Escort 3.19.01; 3, Kankkunsn (Fin) Ford Escort 3.10.25; 4, Ft Burns (GB) Mitsubishi Carlsma 3.20.24; 5. Bourne (NZ) Subaru Impreza 3.23.04; 6. Bates (Aus) Toyota Cellca 3.27.18.

Sailing COWES WKSKi Corum Trophy! IMS Ctasai Race Onei 1, Numbers (ru) 1:23.15: 2, Ragamultln (Aus) 3. Rubin XIV (Ger) 4. Flash Gordon 3 (US) 1:23.53: 5. Corum Indulgence (GB) 6, Medina Mllano (It) 7, Investor (Scan) 1:24.30. Raoe Twei 1.

Flash Gordon 3 (US) 2, Numbers (NZ) 1:30.25: 3, Corum Indulgence (GB) 4, Ragamultln (Aus) 1:31.35: 5. Medina Mllano (It) 1:31.45: 8. Rubin XIV (Ger) 7, Investor (Scan) 1:33.14. ILC 40 Clasai Raoe One! Mean Machine (NZ) 2, Plnta (Ger) 3, MKCale (US) 4, G'Net (Aus) 5. Eay Oars (GB) 6, Brava 08 (II) 7.

Fram XIV (Scan) 1:33.10. Raea Two! 1. Mean Machine (NZ) 2, Plnta (Ger) 1:38.18: 3. Brava 08 (It) 4, Easy Oare (GB) 5. G'Net (Aus) 6.

MKCale (US) 1:39.48. Did not starts Fram XIV (Scan). Mumm 3S Clesai Raoe Ones 1. Breeze (II) 2. Jameson (US) 3.

Bradamante (GB) 4, Sea (Aus) 5, Georgia Express 2 (NZ) 6, Thomas I Punkt (Ger) 1:38.54: 7, Mumm-a-Mla (Scan) 1:40.00. Raea Twoi 1, Breeze (II) 2, Jameson (US) 3, Sea (Aus) 4, Bradamante (OB) 6, Mumm-a-Mla (Scan) 8, Thomas I Punkt (Ger) 7, Georgia Express 2 (NZ) 2:05.29. OveraH team standings! 1, US 58.25; 2, Great Britain 75.00: 3, New Zealand 75.63; 4, Germany 82.75; 5, Italy 67.50; 6, Australia 89.38; 7, Scandanavla 137.75. Evening Racing CARUSLB e.ao (71 ai4yee)s 1, aTURO SCIPTIC, Winston (6-1 Co Fav); Sparky (6-1 Co Fav); Si Running Oram (10-1). 6-1 Co Fav Thatched.

14 ran. 1. 2X. (T EasterbyJ Tote: 5.00; 2.20, 1.90. 6.10.

Dual 9.80. Tllo: 87.00. CSF: 35.88. Trlcasf. 337.81.

S.BO (Sl)l 1, SELKIRK ROM, Darley (Evena Fav); 2, Three Star Rated (16-1); Me (14-1). 9 ran. IX (Mlas Perratt) Tola: 1.90: 1.10, 4.80. 2.40. Dual 26.50.

Trio: 52.70. CSF: 19.64, 7.S0 (Sf 207yds)i 1, Ham OOLF MOVSR, Weaver (4-1 Jt Fav); 2, La-menus (5-1): 3, Olnny Weeaeimame (50-1). 4-1 Jl Fav King Uno. 12 ran. 3X.

1. (T Naughton) Tote: 5.80, 2.00, 1.60, 9.40. Dual 13.30. Trio: 261.00. CSF: 21.26.

TrlcaBt: 607.62. 7.60 (1m 40s 1, New Zealand make waves by adding to Numbers account aristocratic feet like a sulking I The ball was shuttled out to Negri on the right side of the area and, as the French keeper advanced, the Italian, with perfect precision, chipped the ball over his head into the roof of the net. When Weir fouled Negri from behind, he became the fifth Hearts player to be booked, Neil Polnton, Stefano Salvatorl, Stephen Frail and Rousset having preceded him. It was a bad record and one that indicated the one-sided-ness of the contest after Negri's goals. The Italian should have underlined that authority when Laudrup provided him with a wonderful opportunity for his hat-trick midway through the second half.

A perceptive and precise little dink into the area found Negri, whose effort thudded off the crossbar. Results Football BILL'S SCOTTISH LKAQUS Premier Division Rangers (2) 3 Negri 39. 40 Cleland 85 Hearts (0) 1 Cameron 87 48.257 nUINDUUt Blllerlcay 2. Millwall 1: Blyth 1, Leeds Bromley 3, Palace XI 0: Charlton 1. Weil Ham 1: Chesham 0, Wycombe Crews 1, Liverpool Da-ventry 0, Leicester Derby 0.

Sampdoria 1: Farnborough 0, Southampton 0: Gainsborough 1, Chesterfield 1: Harrogate 0, Burnley Hednesford 0, Birmingham 1: Hendon 0, Barnet Hudderalleld 1, Shell Newry 2, Orogheda Norwich 2, Arsenal 6, Notts Co 1, Forest Stamford 1. Boston 3: Stevenage 1, Chelsea Swindon 1, Man Utd X1 Woking 2. Tottenham XI 3: Worcester 2, Swindon XI 3. Rugby League supn lhaoub WORLD CUm CHAMPIONSHIP Pool A HaOT (0) 1 0, Brisbane (20) B4. Halifaxi Triai O'Loughlln, Tullagl.

Oeah Pearson. MebaneiTHeeiRanoufa, Sailor 3, Plain, TaMs, Webcke. Oftaln Lockyor 7 PenrMi (20) 32, at Helen (10) 26. Pan-rfthi Trtoai Glrdler 2, Carter, Domic, Qower. Puletua.

Ooalu Olrdlor 4. 31 Helens) Triesi Arnold, Cunningham, Halgh, Long, Sullivan. Ooalai Gouldlng 3 TOUR MATCH! Hunter Selection 32. BARLA Young Lions 0. Tennis ATP TOURNAMENT (Cincinnati): Pint round! tark (US) bl 0 Rueedskl (GB) t-6, 5-3, 7-6; Damm (Cz) bt Raoux (Fr) 6-4, 7-6; Woedtxtdve (Aus) bt Stoltenberg (Aus) 3-6, 7-4, 6-3; A Baraaa-taeul (Sp) bt 0 Narglso (Ita) 6-3.

6-4; A Medvedav (Ukr) bt Hinmici (GB) 6-3, 6-3: Woodford (Aus) bt Delaltre (Fr) 6-2, 3-6. 6-0. Baseball NATIONAL UUtOUli Montreal 6, San Olsgo 3: Philadelphia 10, St Louis Pittsburgh Colorado 4: Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 6 (lOlnns); Houston 3. New York 2: Florida 8, Atlanta Chicago LA 3 (12). AMHUCAN UAOUli Detroit 8, Toronto New YorK 6, Minnesota Kansas City 8, Boston Milwaukee 5, Seattle Oakland 8.

Baltimore 7: Anaheim 4, Chicago Texas 8, Cleveland 7, Bowls JOHNS TROPHY (Install Woman'a Inter County CrtamcOonahlp) (Royal Leamington Spa): teml-flriaki Somerset 118, Norfolk 108: Yorkshire 133, Surrey 118. Plnali Yorkshire 122, Somerset 107. DAVID WEBB has resigned as manager of Brentford to become chief executive of the Second Division club. The new chairman Tony Swaisland explained: "David has a lot of plans and I think it is in the club's best interests to ask him to become chief executive. He has accepted and we are looking for someone else to come in and become manager." Webb, manager for four years, said: "I'm slightly sad to be leaving management but over the past 12 months I have been more and more involved with activities off the pitch.

This move is something of a natural progression." Swansea City could leave their Vetch Field ground after being taken over by a company better known for replacing windscreens. AL'S ALIBI, Fallon (5-1): 3, Tajar (5-1): 3, Globe Runner (5-1). 9-4 Fav Stakls Casinos Boy. 7 ran. 2X.

2. (W Mulr) Tote: 5.90; 3.50. 2.20. Dual 19.30. CSF: 28.97.

8.20 (Of 20Syde)i 1, NANT OAMIR, Lowther (11-10 Fav); 2, Davis Rook (11-8); 3, Patina 110-1). 6 ran. 2, 4. (J Berry) Tote: 2.10; 1.40. 1.20.

Dual 1.70. CSF: 2.58. 8.90 (Sf 2O0yds)l 1, SURF CITY, A Culhana (11-2); 3, Don't Worry Mike (16-1); 3, HI MuJiahJd (5-4 Fav). 10 ran. X.

1. (W Halgh) Tote: 5.30: 1.40, 2.80. 1.30. Dual 30.80. Trio: 33.50.

CSF: 81.92. NR: Tailbarl. OUADPOTl 33.60 PlACRPOTl 143.60 WINDSOR e.OB (1m 7yda)i 1. 8UPSR SaTReV NAOt, Tynan (10-1); Rooky Waters (20-11; 3, Ootlam (S-1); 4, Po'a Cruiser (16-11. 11-2 Fav Queen ol Shannon.

18 ran. M. (Q Balding) Tote: 19.90; 3.10. 5.00, 2.60. Dual 266.30.

Trio: 456.80. CSF: C193.36. Trlcast: 1.611.61. 6.3B (1m 21 7yde)t 1, FANTASTIC PLAMB, Sanders (8-1); 2, Aorleon Pete (10-1); 3, Sturgeon (6-1). 11-10 Fav Easy Song.

15 ran. 2, (P Makln) Tote: 7.30; 2.10. 3.80, 2.40. Dual 220.20. Trio: 66.50.

CSF: 84.89. 7.0S (8f 217yde)l 1, SPBKWT TOO. Carter (9-2): 2, Lege Be Prendly (7-2 Fav); 3, CanonUa (20-1). 22 ran 2X, nk. (G Margaraon) Tote: 5.90; 2.10.

1.60, 6.40. Dual 9.30. Trio: 109.60. CSF: 19.33. NR: Arlan Da, Memorial.

7.3S (1m 31 13Byda)t 1, KORA-LOOMA, Drowne (5-1): 2, Isltoff (11-2); 3, Newport Knight (11-2). 4-1 Fav Princess Danielle. 11 ran. Nk, nk. (G Balding) Tote: 7.40; 2.30, 1.90, 1.90.

Dual 18.10. Trio: 38.80. CSF: 30.93. Trlcast: 146.58. 8.08 (Sf 10yde)t 1, DISTINO TIVBI ORSAM, Martin Dwyer (7-2 Fav): 9, Bound The Trumpet (25-1); 3, Mouee-tiokr IS-1).

14 ran. 2, hd. (K Ivory) Toto: 4.20; 2.30, 5.30, 2.60. Duel 141.40. Trio: 427.80.

CSF: 101.77. Trlcaat: 638.67. 8.38 (1m 7yda)t 1, ALPHABET. Raid (15-8 Fav); 2, KhazkMt SI Oar (2-1): 3, Northern Ansel (3-1). 7 ran.

8. (M Sloute) Tole: 3.20; 1.90, E2.0O, Dual 3.60. CSF: 5.54. JACaXPOTs 20,665.50. OUABPOTl 9.40 PIACBPOTl 167.00 Fixtures (7.30 unless staled) Football SCOTTISH LSAOUCi Second OMeloni Clydebank Brechin; Stenhousemulr Oueen ol South.

Third DMolont Berwick Alloa; Cowdenbeath Dumbarton: East Stirling Ross County; Montrose Albion. PMISMDUBSi Aylesbury Luton; Stort-lord Hltchln (7.45); Bootle Morecambe; Boreham Wood Watford; Bradlord Santoa (Br) (7.45); Crawley Tn Portsmouth (7.45): Doncatter Shell Wad XI; Graveaend Dover (7.45): Hendon Rush-den a D'monds (7.45); Man Utd Slavla Prague (8.0); Marine Crewe; Moor Green Northampton; Norlhwood Maidenhead; Oxford Yeovil; Peterborough Leicester; VS Rugby Shell Utd; Witney Tn Reading; Wokingham Hayea; Porladown SI Patricks Ath; Harrow Bor Stevenage (7.15): Klngstonlan Arsonal XI. Bob Fisher at Cowes THE United States yesterday extended their lead over Britain in the Champagne Mumm Admiral's Cup, but New Zealand moved into a challenging third place, now only two points adrift. Results were only provisional after a breezy day of Easterlies in Christchurch Bay, where two races of seven lz-mile legs were staged in conditions which favoured the more powerful boats. The International Jury QPH Rangers 88 87 Sheffield United 88 Sheffield Wed.

89 Southampton Spurs Stoke City Sunderland West Ham Wimbledon Wolves 90 91 92 93 94 98 96 8LB. HELPLINE: 0171 713 4473 INTERACTIVE 73 74 Town 78 76 City 77 78 79 80 81 82 Utd 83 City 84 Forest 88 Caujs cost SOp per MM AT AU. TIMES. MARK LANE, LEEDS LS1 SUPPLIED By: IMS, 15 Guardian.