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Now that we are winning games, it has brought that bit more of a smile to everyone’s face. We played well without winning earlier in the season – Jay Emmanuel-Thomas Pages 2-3
Robinson’s Bristol suffer defeat at the hands of the leaders
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I’ve scored a few coming off the bench before, but never one with my first touch. It was lovely to see the ball hit the back of the net because you want to have an effect on a game – Matt Harrold
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Bristol City vs Dagenham & Redbridge | Ashton Gate, Saturday, November 9
Player Rating (out of 10) ● Elliot Parish: Made a couple of really useful saves in first half, then quiet.
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● Brendan Moloney: Defended well and given plenty of room in which to attack.
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● Aden Flint: Improved after slow start and was a commanding figure at the back.
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● Derrick Williams: Read the game well and snuffed out threat from Daggers strikers.
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● Greg Cunningham: Linked up well with Shorey on the left and played well.
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● Scott Wagstaff: Linked up play and was a threat in and around the box.
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● Marlon Pack: An assist and kept the team playing on the front foot.
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● Bobby Reid: Never stopped trying to pass the ball and make things happen.
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● Nicky Shorey: Another competent display, he took the switch to midfield in his stride.
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● Sam Baldock: Worked tirelessly for the team and created space for Emmanuel-Thomas.
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● Jay Emmanuel-Thomas: As good an individual display as I have seen from a Bristol City player all season.
Dagenham & Redbridge Chris Lewington – 6 Gavin Hoyte – 6 Brian Saah – 6 Scott Doe – 6
Jack Connors – 5 Luke Howell – 6 Billy Bingham – 6 Abu Ogogo – 6
Medy Elito – 5 Rhys Murphy – 6 Zavon Hines – 6
Substitutions City: Marvin Elliott for Reid (79 mins), Jordan Wynter for Shorey (87 mins), Wes Burns for Wagstaff (90 mins). Dagenham: Afolabi Obafemi for Elito (65 mins), Chris Dickson for Howell (65 mins), Luke Wilkinson for Doe (78 mins).
AISED in Arsenal’s renowned youth academy, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas harbours ambitions to return to English football’s top table sooner rather than later. Although circumstance has contrived to cause him to drop down to League One with Bristol City, the 22-year-old Londoner is confident in his ability to one-day play in the Premier League. It remains to be seen whether he can scale those dizzy heights after being released by the Gunners and moved on by Championship club Ipswich Town, but one thing is for sure, Emmanuel-Thomas is too good for the lower leagues. Certainly, the task of shackling his outrageous talent proved beyond humble Dagenham & Redbridge, whose defenders were led a merry dance in this ultimately one-sided FA Cup first -round tie at Ashton Gate. Emmanuel-Thomas scored City’s first and last, has 14 for the season and could well exceed 20 by the time the transfer window reopens in January. And therein lies the dilemma for a City team that has become increasingly dependent upon the maverick forward for inspiration in difficult times. Given his performances this season, it is reasonable to assume bigger clubs will show an interest in a player who is finally realising his potential under the careful tutelage of Robins’ head coach Sean O’Driscoll. And if, and when, the offers start to role in for Emmanuel-Thomas at the turn of the year, it is difficult to see how City will be able to do anything other than sell him to the highest bidder. If anything, he is playing too well, and it will be a major surprise if Championship clubs are not already monitoring his progress with a view to competing for his services. While City fans will no doubt clamour for the former Arsenal prodigy to remain in BS3, the decision will be taken out of their hands by financial necessity. No longer big spenders, the Robins are in the business of buying young players at affordable prices and developing them to the point where they can be sold for a profit. In the meantime, perhaps Ashton Gate regulars would be best advised to simply enjoy him while he continues to turn out for City. There is no
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questioning his contribution since he signed in the summer. When City were desperate to end an 11-match sequence without a win in League One, it was Emmanuel-Thomas who conjured a hat-trick to inspire a 4-2 victory at Carlisle. His goal earned a 1-1 draw with Oldham seven days later and he was again on the score-sheet as City beat Crawley Town 2-0 to register a first league success on home soil in eight months.
14 ● The number of goals scored by City’s Jay Emmanuel-Thomas this season On this occasion, his two-goal salvo booked the Robins safe passage into the second round of the FA Cup. You could only feel sorry for League Two opponents who did their utmost to conjure an upset during the opening 25 minutes without quite managing to get their noses in front. Dagenham midfielder Luke Howell was twice denied, Aden Flint clearing his shot off the line and keeper Elliot Parish making a fine diving save to keep out another effort moments later as the visitors caused City problems on the counter-attack. Rhys Murphy was narrowly off target with a bullet header and worried City fans were beginning to at least ponder the possibility of a shock when Emmanuel-Thomas intervened with telling effect to alter the course of the game 11 minutes before half-time. Bobby Reid, Scott Wagstaff and Brendan Moloney between them con-
jured the most incisive move of the first half to present the top-scorer with a clear sight of goal and his shot took a helpful deflection on its way past wrong-footed keeper Chris Lewington. Thereafter, City’s hegemony was rarely threatened and, in the second half, it became a matter of when rather than if they would add to their goal tally. Numerous chances were created and spurned before substitute Marvin Elliott profited from Marlon Pack’s incisive foray into the opposition penalty area three minutes from time. City’s superiority against a Dagenham side that permitted them far too much space was confirmed when Emmanuel-Thomas beat Lewington with his unerring left-foot in time added on. Emmanuel-Thomas may be difficult to play against, but he is also difficult to play with and his fellow strikers tend to be overshadowed. None more so than Sam Baldock, who worked tirelessly to create room for his attacking side-kick. In accordance with his role as captain, the former West Ham and MK Dons marksman was prepared to run the channels and chase countless lost causes for the benefit of the team. Emmanuel-Thomas took quite rightly took the plaudits, but Baldock’s contribution should not be overlooked. He boasts a proven goal-scoring record at this level when deployed alongside a target man and O’Driscoll will hardly need reminding that a Ryan Taylor/Baldock axis could potentially serve City just as well as the their talismanic top-scorer. More than anything else, that single factor could seal Emmanuel-Thomas’s departure in the new year.
Match reaction
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Match facts Shots on target Shots off target Corners
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GOAL-hero Jay Emmanuel-Thomas claims playing football has become a lot easier for City now that they are winning again. Since ending an 11-match run without a League victory when beating Carlisle 4-2 at Brunton Park a fortnight ago, the Robins have drawn 1-1 with Oldham and defeated Crawley 2-0. City made it three wins in four games by beating Dagenham & Redbridge and two-goal man-of-the-match Em-
manuel-Thomas described the experience as “big fun.” He said: “Now that we are winning games, it has brought that bit more of a smile to everyone’s face. “We played well without winning earlier in the season, but now we’re getting that buzz and feeling that we are going to win games. “That just makes playing the game a whole lot easier. When we go one-nil up and the other team
don’t look like scoring, it really does give you a lift. When we scored the second goal, it took a load of pressure off and we were able to relax.” Handed a more or less free role, Emmanuel-Thomas, pictured, produced an irresistible display and now has 14 goals to his name this season. He said: “I always want to play football, but some games are more enjoyable than others. The performance of the whole team made playing in this game enjoyable. “We had a lot of the ball today and the boys gave me really good service. Everything I tried seemed to come
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knife into Daggers’ FA Cup hopes
● Aden Flint clears his lines
● Sean O’Driscoll points the way
● Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is congratulated by Brendan Moloney and Sam Baldock after scoring
● Soldiers from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment parade before the game
● Derrick Williams goes airborne
ticular provision for him, because we were not quite sure where he would play. “We thought they would go 4-4-1-1 with him in the hole behind the striker, but in the end he started coming over to our left-back (Jack Connors). “I thought our left-back didn’t do too badly, but he is a dangerous player when he gets the ball and runs at you. “He comes from deep positions, is difficult to pick up and can hurt you if you allow him time and space on the ball.”
Fan’s view by Matthew Withers JAY Emmanuel-Thomas is a football enigma, a maverick. When the former Arsenal youngster plays like he did against Dagenham and Redbridge on Saturday, he is a different class. Players at this level cannot get close to him and he was the main reason that Bristol City progressed past the first round for the first time in seven years. JET swaggered through the game, roaming from left to right sometimes walking, sometimes jogging and more often than not standing still just waiting for the ball. When on the ball, JET would wait for his opponent to make a move and then in a blink of an eye, he would be past him and running on goal. I admit to being extremely frustrated with JET at times and the reason, is that he makes the game look so easy and should, therefore, have far more of an influence on games, especially at this level. Against Crawley on Tuesday, JET did very little for 80 minutes and with ten minutes to go, he outmuscled the opposition centre-half, powered into the box and side-footed the team's opener into the net. It was so easy. Against Dagenham, JET was almost taunting them (in no way disrespectfully) and it was almost like he was saying, OK when do I want to turn it on. True, his first goal took a defection, but it was his determination and strength that afforded the opportunity. Time and time again, JET tricked his way into the box and had two efforts cleared off the line and two or three others where he just failed to pick the right man out. The big man saved his best until last, with only seconds remaining the ball got played to him on the left hand edge of the box and he took one touch to control it before riffling a shot into the far corner of the net. I was fortunate to watch Dariusz 'Jacki' Dziekanowski play for Bristol City in the early 1990s and in my 40 years of watching my favourite team, Jacki is my all-time favourite player, even though he played only just over 40 games. JET could be my new favourite. Of course, when a player is top of the goalscoring charts, other clubs will show an interest and with the club's new ethos any reasonable bid could be accepted. I'm not sure though that JET would go. How many teams in the top two divisions of the English game would allow a player to just roam freely around the pitch? Ipswich Town boss Mick Mcarthy couldn't fit JET into his style of play and maybe JET should resist all temptation in January and stay where he know's he is loved. It has been a great week for the team with our first home win in the league followed up by the cup victory and both with clean sheets. There is still a huge amount of work to do but we are getting there. The performance against Dagenham was a professional one and we have to take this into the league.
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off for me today. “Our attacking movement was good and the opposition switched off from time to time, which made things easier for us. “I’m able to roam wherever I think I can cause the most damage and I just sway from left to right and get on the ball as much as I can. “It’s nice to have that freedom, but I have to make sure that, when I get on the ball, I make the best use of it.” Dagenham manager Wayne Burnett felt Emmanuel-Thomas was just about unplayable. He said: “We didn’t make any par-
Pictures: Joe Meredith
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Bristol City vs Dagenham & Redbridge | Ashton Gate, Saturday, November 9
● City players congratulate Jay Emmanuel-Thomas after he opened the scoring in the FA Cup first-round tie against Dagenham & Redbridge
Pictures: Joe Meredith
● Jay Emmmanuel-Thomas rifles in his second goal for City
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● City’s Eliot Parish enjoys the win
● City’s Bobby Reid looks at home in front of the Ashton Gate crowd
● The new FA Cup winter ball was used by City on Saturday
● A Bristol City fan remembers
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Bristol City vs Dagenham & Redbridge | Ashton Gate, Saturday, November 9
● City's Sam Baldock jostles for the ball with Dagenham’s Scott Doe
● A soldier from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment before the game ● City’s Jay Emmanuel-Thomas challenges Dagenham & Redbridge's Jack Connors
● City's Greg Cunningham protects the ball from Dagenham's Medy Elito
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Fan’s view with Dennis Payter WE were all stunned that such an exciting cup tie, with some great goals, could end in such a calamitous way. Following some solid performances, Steve Mildenhall was rightly pictured on the front of Friday’s official programme. Little did we know he would become the villain of the piece. Things had all started so quietly and the only talking point in the first 15 minutes was: is the ball orange or pink? Our line-up had a somewhat defensive feel to it with Oliver Norburn preferred instead of David Clarkson to replace the suspended John-Joe O’Toole. However, Norburn did play his part in a crowded penalty area as Rovers immediately hit back after the visitors opened the scoring. Then it was a tale of two great shots. Unfortunately for Ollie Clarke his thunderbolt came back off the post with the City ‘keeper well beaten only for Mildenhall to then get beaten by a once in a lifetime thunderbolt from Josh Carson that dipped viciously under the bar at the last minute. But once again the introduction of Matt Harrold lifted the team, and the crowd, and just like at Torquay at the end of last season he sensationally scored with his first touch from a free-kick. It was classic cup-tie stuff as Rovers stepped up a gear with Harrold linking up with everyone, including Chris Beardsley, who revelled in the extra space and service he was now getting to slot home a smart goal. This was what we had waited a long time to see, plenty of good attacking football at home. John Ward got into the cup spirit as, when he substituted Norburn, we expected to see a defender come on, but no it was Ryan Brunt. So with Eliot Richards and Alefe Santos we now had four forwards on, plus a winger. It was just like watching Brazil. But as they seem to say in football these days “we didn’t see it coming” when Mildenhall got both hands around a harmless centre only to drop it at the feet of Wes Fletcher. It summed up a bad night for Mildenhall, beaten from so far out for that second goal although it was unstoppable, but I was uncomfortable with the way he kept punching the ball when not really under a lot of pressure. Last season he was so good in the air and caught everything. Let’s hope that Friday was just a blip for him. I have often gone on about the long ball but on Friday we played a lot of good stuff through the middle with Richards and Santos looking sharp and things are generally looking a lot better. It was also a great pity there was less than 5,000 to watch such an entertaining game particularly as the club had made it a quid-a-kid for the youngsters. Still, we hope that those youngsters who watched Rovers for the first time will persuade their dads to take them again next Saturday.
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Bristol Rovers vs York City | Memorial Stadium, Friday, November 8
Rovers have to do it all again after late mishap
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S lovely a city as York may be, words were not really required to see exactly how Bristol Rovers striker Matt Harrold felt about having to go there on a Tuesday night later this month. Harrold did manage to utter two words – those being “no comment” – when eventually asked about the prospect of a replay with York City at Bootham Crescent after a thrilling FA Cup first-round tie between the two sides had finished 3-3 at the Memorial Stadium on Friday night – yet the look on his face said it all. Disappointment and frustration were etched across it, to replace the expressions of joy that were inscribed upon it only a matter of some 45 minutes or so earlier after Harrold had come off the bench to score a goal with his first touch following a six-week injury-enforced absence to level an enthralling game at 2-2. When on-loan Preston striker Chris Beardsley converted a Michael Smith cross off his head from
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close-range to add a third goal in the 75th minute, few would have had cause to complain had that been the defining strike to hand Rovers what would have been a deserved place in the second round. It almost did, yet there was still one late and cruel twist for Rovers to suffer as usually-reliable goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall appeared to experience a black variety of the FA Cup’s magic when letting a hopeful Lanre Oyebanjo up and under squirm through his fingers to gift York substitute Wes Fletcher a simple equal-
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iser with only four minutes of the game remaining. Once the disappointment of being pegged back in the dying stages of a game Rovers should have won subsided, however, manager John Ward will have been left with plenty of positives to contemplate after watching his side extend a recent unbeaten run to three games – albeit an impressive victory at Oxford United sandwiched between two draws. Much of the green shoots of recovery in recent weeks have come as a result of a growing strength and depth of options available in a squad that has been hampered by injury since the start of the campaign; the additions of Beardsley and defender Will Packwood in particular proving so far successful, whilst the return of Lee Brown on Friday night was also timely. It was Brown that provided the set-piece delivery from which Harrold headed home a 59th-minute equaliser with his first touch that started Rovers’ second-half revival, yet it was the game-changing nature of the striker's all-round performance that prompted Ward to suggest that he is at the top of the pecking order in terms of the numerous attacking options currently at his disposal. Ryan Brunt and David Clarkson also started alongside Harrold on the bench, while Alex Henshall, the winger on loan from Manchester City, was unable to find a place in the match-day squad at all. Packwood and John-Joe O’Toole, who was suspended, are back in con-
tention this week to offer Ward several difficult selection decisions to ponder before Rovers return to league action when they entertain Bury at the Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The size of the crowd at the Memorial Stadium on Friday night, meanwhile, suggests that there is little magic in the FA Cup when it throws up a tie between two League Two clubs. Yet those who did brave the elements on a damp night were rewarded with possibly the most entertaining match witnessed in Horfield this season. The opening exchanges, however, failed to deliver the sort of action that suggested the game would eventually develop in to such a thrilling encounter; a rasping shot off the left boot of Ollie Clarke from 30 yards that ricocheted off a post the highlight as the two sides carefully went about sussing each other out. The match was transformed in the space of five minutes towards the end of the opening period when, first, Ryan Jarvis was on hand to poke home from close-range to open the scoring after Mildenhall dropped a high ball inside the penalty area when under pressure from York central defender Chris Smith in the 35th minute Eliot Richards, however, continued his return to form by scoring his third goal of the season to equalise almost immediately before wide-man Josh Carson ensured York a slender half-time advantage by scoring a
● Rovers’ Eliot Richards celebrates his goal ag spectacular volley from distance five minutes before referee Trevor Kettle called time on the opening period. Ward threw caution to the wind by sending on Harrold for midfielder Oliver Norburn soon after the break and was rewarded with two quick-fire goals before Fletcher plundered the late equaliser to ensure relieved manager Nigel Worthington and his York side lived to fight another day. That day comes on Tuesday, November 19 in a city famed for having a street named ‘The Shambles’. Rovers will be kicking themselves over a missed opportunity should their involvement in the FA Cup this season end in one of those at Bootham Crescent.
Match reaction MATT Harrold is keen to avoid the tag of ‘super-sub’ after scoring with his first touch when coming off the bench in the FA Cup first round clash against York City at the Memorial Stadium on Friday night. Harrold got his head on a Lee Brown set-piece delivery to level the game up before the two sides eventually shared the spoils in a 3-3 draw to set up a replay at Bootham Crescent on Tuesday, November 19. It marked a return to action for Harrold, who also scored a
last-minute equaliser when coming off the bench in the final game of last season against Torquay United, following six games out with a groin injury. “I’ve scored a few coming off the bench before, but never one with my first touch,” said Harrold. “It was lovely to see the ball hit the back of the net because you want to have an effect on a game whenever you come off the bench. I understand why I was a substitute on Friday night, but I don’t want to be labelled with that ‘super-sub’ tag because you always want to be playing from the start.”
Harrold’s goal came either side of efforts from Eliot Richards and Chris Beardsley that looked set to send Rovers into the second round before York substitute Wes Fletcher plundered an equaliser four minutes from the end of normal time. “It was a really good game,” Harrold said. “I thought we played really well in the second half, but the way the game ended was frustrating for us. “We had a real go and we were on the front-foot for the majority of the game. We were positive in everything we done and I thought we deserved the win, but that’s football and that is the FA Cup.” Goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall was
● The Memorial Stadium is lit up for the FA Cu
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Bristol Rovers vs York City | Memorial Stadium, Friday, November 8
● Manager John Ward presents Ellis Harrison his Wales Under-21 cap
● Rovers’ players celebrate their opening goal against York City
● Rovers’ Chris Beardsley celebrates his first goal in the FA Cup first-round tie against York City
● Rovers’ Matt Harrold gets to grips with York’s Elliot Whitehouse
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Bristol lose a scrum against the head on their own five-metre line and Alex Davies goes crosses under the posts – 7-0
Bristol kick a penalty to touch, win the line-out and see Ross Johnston burrow over, with Nicky Robinson’s conversion levelling the score – 7-7 Carl Kirwan and Davies combine to send Seb Stegmann to the line for Welsh’s second try, which Davies converts – 14-7
London Welsh centre Sonny Parker sees yellow following persistent infringement from his team, as Welsh are reduced to 14 men
Davies nudges Welsh closer to victory with a penalty following a scrum infringement from Bristol – 17-7
Welsh hit Bristol on the counter-attack, with replacement Ollie Stedman diving over to seal the win for his side – 22-7
● Bristol skipper Mark Sorenson carries the ball forward
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London Welsh v Bristol | Kassam Stadium, Sunday, November 10
Bristol fail to make good use of ample possession
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FTER five successive bonus-point victories in the GKIPA Championship, Bristol emerged from their most significant test of the season so far without so much as a bonus-point defeat. Not that they were beaten by a lack of ambition. Although Bristol did not score a point in the final hour of the game, they were the ones who enjoyed the bulk of the possession, territory and opportunities. They again turned down kicks at goal – as has been their preference this season – opting instead to go to touch whenever the opportunity presented itself. Bristol scored one try through this route – but for the rest of the game they either made basic errors in attack or were thwarted by a red wall. Had this been June 4 and the Championship play-off final, rather than November 10 and a bog-standard league game in the 23-match slog that is the regular season, it is difficult to imagine that Bristol would have been as willing to neglect the three-pointers on offer. That they did – turning down a potential 18 points in penalties in order to go for the corners – is, according to director of rugby Andy Robinson, part of their development as an attacking force. “We’re trying to improve the way we’re playing the game – and it’s about being able to take those opportunities,” he said. “We scored a try and missed two others, and that’s the disappointing thing. The decisions were right – we’ve got to improve the accuracy of what we’re doing. “We had a lot of possession – and the disappointing part of the possession and territory we had was that we weren’t able to take the opportunities we wanted to take. That’s something we’ve got to learn. “But we want to put ourselves under that pressure and we’re learning a lot about ourselves by playing this way – it’s important we make the improvements we want to make.” It was difficult to see how yesterday’s game offered any definitive
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22 7 penetration as they worked the ball from right to left and back again. They drew level when Nicky Robinson sent a penalty to touch and Ross Johnston was driven over, but fell behind when Ruki Tipuna’s pass was intercepted. The scrum-half worked back to make a tackle – but Welsh hit Bristol quickly, with Carl Kirwan and Davies playing in Stegmann to score. Welsh kept Bristol out again as half-time approached – as they did for the ten minutes while Sonny Parker was in the sin-bin following a succession of Welsh indiscretions at the ruck. Bristol kicked another penalty to touch and drove – but were penalised as they prepared to strike – before George Watkins and Adam D’Arcy had to be alert to deny Rob Lewis on the counter. Davies knocked over a penalty when Bristol infringed at a scrum to give Welsh a ten-point lead, before James Grindal chased Watkins’ chip through, and, despite getting to the ball, was deemed to have knocked on over the line. With Bristol pressing for a losing bonus point, Welsh broke clear and Tom May set up Ollie Stedman to seal the victory. “Credit to Welsh for the way they defended and also the way they put pressure on us in the tackle contest – and they took their chances well,” said Robinson. “For us, we want to expand the way we’re trying to play. I’m pleased with the attitude that’s been shown by the players, but we’ve got to improve our accuracy and our ability to take the chances.”
● Bristol’s George Watkins looks to get a pass
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Key incidents BRISTOL failed to collect at least one point in a Championship match for the first time this season, as they were outscored by three tries to one at promotion rivals London Welsh. Bristol did not score a point in the second half as Welsh made the most of their visitors’ failure to capitalise on the vast amounts of possession they enjoyed. Welsh made a flying start – going 7-0 up inside seven minutes and then coughing up an excellent opportunity to double their advantage two minutes later. The home side – although that is a relative term given their ground is 55 miles from their actual home – went ahead when they won a scrum against the head on Bristol’s five-metre line. Bristol were given the scrum after Welsh had
knocked on while stealing a line-out – and, after they had also nicked the scrum ball, Daniel Browne set up Alex Davies to score under the posts. Davies converted his own try for a 7-0 lead – and, shortly after the restart, Welsh opened up Bristol again, but Seb Stegmann delayed the pass wide, opting instead to pass inside to Gordon Ross, and Nick Scott eventually knocked on. Bristol drew level on 20 minutes. Welsh made a hash of their own scrum, then were penalised as they tried to rectify the situation, and Nicky Robinson kicked to touch. Bristol drove the close-range line-out, with Ross Johnston going over and Robinson converting. Welsh led 14-7 at half-time, though, after Stegmann grabbed their second
try of the game. Ruki Tipuna’s pass was intercepted by Ross – and, although Tipuna got back and made the tackle, Carl Kirwan arrived to release Davies, who, in turn, set up Stegmann. Davies converted to see Welsh into a half-time advantage. Bristol, who opted against kicking for goal whenever they were awarded a penalty, were given a numerical advantage when Welsh centre Sonny Parker saw yellow for his team’s persistent infringement. But they could not take advantage, Welsh surviving their ten minutes with 14 men, before closing out victory in the final stages. Davies kicked a penalty to make it 17-7 when Bristol were penalised at a scrum, before replacement Ollie Stedman went over in the dying seconds.
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● Bryan Rennie on the attack for Bristol at the
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● Nicky Robinson prepares to pass
● Marco Mama is held by two London Welsh players
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● George Watkins Had less impact than he would have liked, given his recent form, but made one try-saving tackle
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● Ben Mosses Shook off the injury he suffered at Plymouth but was unable to provide a constant spark
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● Ryan Edwards Was given limited opportunities to impress but showed typical endeavour in a busy display
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● Nicky Robinson Was unable to unlock a smart Welsh defence as he continues to find his feet as a Bristol player
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● Ruki Tipuna Again, one of Bristol’s standout performers as he looked to lead the attack, but was frustrated by the Welsh defence
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● Kyle Traynor Fell foul of the referee’s interpretations at times but still put in another assured performance
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● Ross Johnston Scored Bristol’s try and gave them some urgency in the phases, but his line-out was not up to his high standards
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● Bruce Douglas Delivered another hard-working 80 minutes and made an industrious contribution around the field
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● Glen Townson Went on a few rampages in midfield and was a key outlet for Bristol when in possession
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● Mark Sorenson (capt) Had a slightly quieter game than normal but still got through a significant amount of work
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● Marco Mama Was well shackled by Welsh, who were clearly aware of the threat posed by Bristol’s in-form back-rower
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● James Merriman Started full of zest with ball in hand and in disrupting Welsh’s flow but his impact faded as the game went on
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● Ben Skirving After his excellent display at Plymouth, the No 8 had a quieter afternoon against the Championship leaders
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Star man ● Bryan Rennie The centre was a constant threat as he made his first start for five weeks – Bristol look a more cohesive side when he plays
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Match facts Home Pens conceded 8 Handling errors 13 Line-outs won 13/15 Successful kicks at goal 3 Missed kicks at goal 1 Attendance
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Away 13 11 10/16 1 1
Seb Jewell 7 Seb Stegmann 7 Tom May 7 Sonny Parker 7 Nick Scott 6
Gordon Ross 7 Alex Davies 6 Alec Hepburn 6 Andy Titterell 7 James Tideswell 6
Mitch Lees 6 Ian Nimmo 7 Richard Thorpe 7 Carl Kirwan 7 Daniel Browne 6
Replacements Welsh: Nathan Morris (for Titterrell, 26-32 & for Kirwan, 80); Ollie Stedman 7 (for Browne, 50); Nathan Trevett 6 (for Hepburn, 52); Peter Edwards 6 (for Tideswell, 52); Rob Lewis (for Jewell, 61); Ben West (for Nimmo, 65); Alan Awcock (for Stegmann, 66). Bristol: Ollie Hayes 6 (for Johnston, 51); Jack Tovey 6 (for Rennie, 55); Mitch Eadie 6 (for Merriman, 58); Tristan Roberts (for Robinson, 62); Iain Grieve (for Skirving, 71); Mark Lilley (for Traynor, 76); James Grindal (for Tipuna, 77).
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Bristol lose a scrum against the head on their own five-metre line and Alex Davies goes crosses under the posts – 7-0
Bristol kick a penalty to touch, win the line-out and see Ross Johnston burrow over, with Nicky Robinson’s conversion levelling the score – 7-7 Carl Kirwan and Davies combine to send Seb Stegmann to the line for Welsh’s second try, which Davies converts – 14-7
London Welsh centre Sonny Parker sees yellow following persistent infringement from his team, as Welsh are reduced to 14 men
Davies nudges Welsh closer to victory with a penalty following a scrum infringement from Bristol – 17-7
Welsh hit Bristol on the counter-attack, with replacement Ollie Stedman diving over to seal the win for his side – 22-7
● Bristol skipper Mark Sorenson carries the ball forward
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London Welsh v Bristol | Kassam Stadium, Sunday, November 10
Bristol fail to make good use of ample possession
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FTER five successive bonus-point victories in the GKIPA Championship, Bristol emerged from their most significant test of the season so far without so much as a bonus-point defeat. Not that they were beaten by a lack of ambition. Although Bristol did not score a point in the final hour of the game, they were the ones who enjoyed the bulk of the possession, territory and opportunities. They again turned down kicks at goal – as has been their preference this season – opting instead to go to touch whenever the opportunity presented itself. Bristol scored one try through this route – but for the rest of the game they either made basic errors in attack or were thwarted by a red wall. Had this been June 4 and the Championship play-off final, rather than November 10 and a bog-standard league game in the 23-match slog that is the regular season, it is difficult to imagine that Bristol would have been as willing to neglect the three-pointers on offer. That they did – turning down a potential 18 points in penalties in order to go for the corners – is, according to director of rugby Andy Robinson, part of their development as an attacking force. “We’re trying to improve the way we’re playing the game – and it’s about being able to take those opportunities,” he said. “We scored a try and missed two others, and that’s the disappointing thing. The decisions were right – we’ve got to improve the accuracy of what we’re doing. “We had a lot of possession – and the disappointing part of the possession and territory we had was that we weren’t able to take the opportunities we wanted to take. That’s something we’ve got to learn. “But we want to put ourselves under that pressure and we’re learning a lot about ourselves by playing this way – it’s important we make the improvements we want to make.” It was difficult to see how yesterday’s game offered any definitive
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Expert analysis London Welsh Bristol pointers regarding the remainder of the season, particularly with seven months still to go. Bristol arguably could have beaten Welsh had they regularly gone for goal; had their set-piece functioned more efficiently; or had their accuracy across the field been sharper. But the fact they did not will undoubtedly give Justin Burnell’s men the belief they have Bristol’s number – even at this early stage of the season. For their part, Welsh were resolute in defence – soaking up whatever Bristol threw at them, even if the visitors were at times their own worst enemies – and sharp as a counterattacking force. Two of their three tries came from Bristol being in possession, but, while Welsh were an accomplished force in most facets, they are clearly not of the same quality as Newcastle, Harlequins, Northampton or some of the other relegated Aviva Premiership teams of recent seasons. Welsh opened the scoring by winning a scrum against the head on the Bristol five-metre line – a scrum Bristol had been given after Welsh had knocked on while stealing a Bristol line-out. Daniel Browne picked up from the base and set up Alex Davies to score from close range. Minutes later, Bristol almost conceded a second try when they were carved open by Seb Stegmann, who should have gone wide but opted instead to cut back in, and Nick Scott eventually knocked on. Bristol enjoyed phase after phase as they hit back – but too often lacked
22 7 penetration as they worked the ball from right to left and back again. They drew level when Nicky Robinson sent a penalty to touch and Ross Johnston was driven over, but fell behind when Ruki Tipuna’s pass was intercepted. The scrum-half worked back to make a tackle – but Welsh hit Bristol quickly, with Carl Kirwan and Davies playing in Stegmann to score. Welsh kept Bristol out again as half-time approached – as they did for the ten minutes while Sonny Parker was in the sin-bin following a succession of Welsh indiscretions at the ruck. Bristol kicked another penalty to touch and drove – but were penalised as they prepared to strike – before George Watkins and Adam D’Arcy had to be alert to deny Rob Lewis on the counter. Davies knocked over a penalty when Bristol infringed at a scrum to give Welsh a ten-point lead, before James Grindal chased Watkins’ chip through, and, despite getting to the ball, was deemed to have knocked on over the line. With Bristol pressing for a losing bonus point, Welsh broke clear and Tom May set up Ollie Stedman to seal the victory. “Credit to Welsh for the way they defended and also the way they put pressure on us in the tackle contest – and they took their chances well,” said Robinson. “For us, we want to expand the way we’re trying to play. I’m pleased with the attitude that’s been shown by the players, but we’ve got to improve our accuracy and our ability to take the chances.”
● Bristol’s George Watkins looks to get a pass
● Bristol’s James Merriman tests the London W
Key incidents BRISTOL failed to collect at least one point in a Championship match for the first time this season, as they were outscored by three tries to one at promotion rivals London Welsh. Bristol did not score a point in the second half as Welsh made the most of their visitors’ failure to capitalise on the vast amounts of possession they enjoyed. Welsh made a flying start – going 7-0 up inside seven minutes and then coughing up an excellent opportunity to double their advantage two minutes later. The home side – although that is a relative term given their ground is 55 miles from their actual home – went ahead when they won a scrum against the head on Bristol’s five-metre line. Bristol were given the scrum after Welsh had
knocked on while stealing a line-out – and, after they had also nicked the scrum ball, Daniel Browne set up Alex Davies to score under the posts. Davies converted his own try for a 7-0 lead – and, shortly after the restart, Welsh opened up Bristol again, but Seb Stegmann delayed the pass wide, opting instead to pass inside to Gordon Ross, and Nick Scott eventually knocked on. Bristol drew level on 20 minutes. Welsh made a hash of their own scrum, then were penalised as they tried to rectify the situation, and Nicky Robinson kicked to touch. Bristol drove the close-range line-out, with Ross Johnston going over and Robinson converting. Welsh led 14-7 at half-time, though, after Stegmann grabbed their second
try of the game. Ruki Tipuna’s pass was intercepted by Ross – and, although Tipuna got back and made the tackle, Carl Kirwan arrived to release Davies, who, in turn, set up Stegmann. Davies converted to see Welsh into a half-time advantage. Bristol, who opted against kicking for goal whenever they were awarded a penalty, were given a numerical advantage when Welsh centre Sonny Parker saw yellow for his team’s persistent infringement. But they could not take advantage, Welsh surviving their ten minutes with 14 men, before closing out victory in the final stages. Davies kicked a penalty to make it 17-7 when Bristol were penalised at a scrum, before replacement Ollie Stedman went over in the dying seconds.
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● Bryan Rennie on the attack for Bristol at the
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pass away against London Welsh during yesterday’s Championship match
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● Nicky Robinson prepares to pass
● Marco Mama is held by two London Welsh players
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● George Watkins Had less impact than he would have liked, given his recent form, but made one try-saving tackle
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● Ben Mosses Shook off the injury he suffered at Plymouth but was unable to provide a constant spark
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● Ryan Edwards Was given limited opportunities to impress but showed typical endeavour in a busy display
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● Nicky Robinson Was unable to unlock a smart Welsh defence as he continues to find his feet as a Bristol player
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● Ruki Tipuna Again, one of Bristol’s standout performers as he looked to lead the attack, but was frustrated by the Welsh defence
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● Kyle Traynor Fell foul of the referee’s interpretations at times but still put in another assured performance
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● Ross Johnston Scored Bristol’s try and gave them some urgency in the phases, but his line-out was not up to his high standards
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● Bruce Douglas Delivered another hard-working 80 minutes and made an industrious contribution around the field
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● Glen Townson Went on a few rampages in midfield and was a key outlet for Bristol when in possession
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● Mark Sorenson (capt) Had a slightly quieter game than normal but still got through a significant amount of work
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● Marco Mama Was well shackled by Welsh, who were clearly aware of the threat posed by Bristol’s in-form back-rower
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● James Merriman Started full of zest with ball in hand and in disrupting Welsh’s flow but his impact faded as the game went on
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● Ben Skirving After his excellent display at Plymouth, the No 8 had a quieter afternoon against the Championship leaders
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Star man ● Bryan Rennie The centre was a constant threat as he made his first start for five weeks – Bristol look a more cohesive side when he plays
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London Welsh
Match facts Home Pens conceded 8 Handling errors 13 Line-outs won 13/15 Successful kicks at goal 3 Missed kicks at goal 1 Attendance
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Away 13 11 10/16 1 1
Seb Jewell 7 Seb Stegmann 7 Tom May 7 Sonny Parker 7 Nick Scott 6
Gordon Ross 7 Alex Davies 6 Alec Hepburn 6 Andy Titterell 7 James Tideswell 6
Mitch Lees 6 Ian Nimmo 7 Richard Thorpe 7 Carl Kirwan 7 Daniel Browne 6
Replacements Welsh: Nathan Morris (for Titterrell, 26-32 & for Kirwan, 80); Ollie Stedman 7 (for Browne, 50); Nathan Trevett 6 (for Hepburn, 52); Peter Edwards 6 (for Tideswell, 52); Rob Lewis (for Jewell, 61); Ben West (for Nimmo, 65); Alan Awcock (for Stegmann, 66). Bristol: Ollie Hayes 6 (for Johnston, 51); Jack Tovey 6 (for Rennie, 55); Mitch Eadie 6 (for Merriman, 58); Tristan Roberts (for Robinson, 62); Iain Grieve (for Skirving, 71); Mark Lilley (for Traynor, 76); James Grindal (for Tipuna, 77).
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● Adam D’Arcy A typically safe display from the full-back, who performed the basics tidily
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Clevedon hit for six Didcot Town
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Clevedon Town
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LEVEL on points before kick-off, Micky Bell’s Clevedon were hit for six by the Railwaymen, after taking an early lead. It all looked good for Clevedon when, with barely two minutes played, they went ahead after Ibz Diallo set up Reeko Best to score. That was about as good as it got, though, for Clevedon. Didcot levelled the scores four minutes later when Kameron Abbassi’s shot took a wicked deflection off Sam Teale to wrong-foot on-loan goalkeeper Joe Woollacott. On 15 minutes, the hosts were in front. A well-flighted corner on the
left by Ben Whitehead was met by Luke Carnell, who headed into the net to score. Four minutes into the second period, Clevedon fell further behind. A slip by Diallo saw Whitehead collect the ball and he fed John Mills, who slipped the ball under the advancing Woollacott. A foul on Abbassi three minutes later by Adams gave Pablo Haysham the chance to extend the home side’s lead from the penalty spot, and he made no mistake. And it was Haysham who grabbed a fifth for Didcot on 78 minutes. Matt Thorne pulled a goal back five minutes from time, converting a penalty after Best had been brought down, but Clevedon’s misery was completed straight from the kick-off, when Whitehead scored a sixth goal for the home side.
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HIGH-FLYING Paulton threw away a two-goal half-time lead against a Taunton side that deserved to win on their second-half performance. in a free-flowing game, home goalkeeper Kyle Phillips saved twice with his feet from Chris Young and Nat Pepperall. Paulton went ahead in the 33rd minute after a Brandon Barnes corner was flicked on by defender Ollie Price and put away by Nick
McCootie. Six minutes later, Paulton made it 2-0 when debutant Darren Jeffries set up Barnes to blast home from close range. Two minutes later, Paulton had penalty appeals turned down after McCootie appeared to be tripped from behind by Ben Mammola. Taunton came out a different side in the second half and dominated for long periods. They were rewarded after 63 minutes when Andy Robertson drove home and, nine minutes later, Steve Murray scored with a superb shot. The visitors continued to press and Kane Ingram hit the winner in the 81st minute.
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Jake’s penalty earns battling Yate a point Yate Town
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Tiverton Town
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HONOURS finished even between two sides who on this showing look capable of having a say in the end-of-season shake-up. The visitors shaded the first half, with Yate defender Joe Chandler getting back to clear an Ed Palmer effort off the line and Max Kowal being denied by a good save from Martin Horsell. Yate started the second half brightly and they were rewarded with a 55th-minute goal, Jake Jackson netting from the penalty spot
after he had been held back by Tiverton goalkeeper Lloyd Irish. After going close with a free-kick, Sam Malsom got the Tiverton equaliser as he beat Horsell with a low drive into the corner of the net. Yate, with Chandler and Mitch Harrison immaculate in the centre of defence, then had the better of the chances as both sides looked for the winner. Jordan Rogers had a goalbound effort blocked and Ross Staley hit the Tiverton crossbar with a swirling corner kick. Defensive enforcer Joe Chandler secured the man-of-the-match award for Yate, who now sit tenth in the Division One South & West table, on 21 points.
More away-day joy for United Wimborne Town
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LEWIS Powell fired home a late goal to give Mangotsfield their fourth Division One South & West win on the road, against a strong Wimborne side, who were previously unbeaten at The Cuthbury. Mangotsfield took the initiative from the start and always looked likely winners. Mangotsfield keeper Kevin Sawyer was called upon to make an import-
ant save around the half-hour mark, but at the other end, Ryan Bath and Josh Egan’s direct running caused Wimbor ne’s defence plenty of problems. Mangotsfield survived a penalty appeal for handball early on and grew stronger as the game progressed. The deciding moment came in the 75th minute, when Ashley Williams and Neil Arndale combined to set up Powell, who crashed home a superb volley from the edge of the area. They almost had a second when Shaun Lamb struck a shot against the bar, as the visitors moved up to 11th in the table.
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home win against Kingswood. In the second round of the Les James Cup, Chipping Sodbury Town reached the semi-finals with a 6-1 win at home to Ellwood. Sodbury’s goals came from James Mackie (3), Alex Fox (2) and Ollie Clark. Patchway Town are also through to the semi-finals after defeating local rivals Henbury 2-1. Patchway took an early lead through Tallen Smith, but missed the chance to go further ahead when Matt Tovey missed a 35th-minute penalty. Jack Mills equalised for henbury with an 85th-minute spot-kick, but a third penalty, scored by James Stephens in stoppage time, won the game for Patchway.
● Yate’s Jake Jackson tries to get past his Tiverton opponent
Somerset County and Hellenic League
Clutton move up to second in the top flight CLUTTON moved to within two points of Premier Division leaders Stockwood Green with a 2-1 home victory against Bridgwater Town Reserves. Fry Club remain sixth in the Premier Division following a 1-0 home success against struggling Street Reserves. Cutters Friday's good run of form ended with a 4-0 defeat away to Watchet Town, Nailsea Town went down 6-1 at Langford Rovers in a mid-table battle, while Berrow were 2-1 winners at home to Bishops Lydeard.
In Division One, leaders Broad Plain House triumphed 3-1 away to Shepton Mallet Reserves. Saltford are still searching for their first league win of the season, but they did well to hold mid-table Keynsham Town Reserves to a 2-2 draw. In Division Two West, Cleeve West Town enjoyed a 7-0 away win against bottom-of-the-table Weston St Johns Reserves, having led 3-0 at the break. Cleeve’s goals came from Troy Budd (3), Grant Evans, George Mallett, Dan Douglas and an own goal.
● Tytherington Rocks slipped to second in the Hellenic League Division One West after a 3-3 draw away to North Leigh. The home side took an early lead, but Rocks soon levelled through Justin Bishop and then went 2-1 up when Joe White finished well following a goalmouth scramble. Tom Andrews scored with a deflected free-kick for Rocks, in between two goals for the hosts, as honours finished even. Rocks thought they had grabbed a late winner from Jack Smyth, but it was ruled out for a foul.
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● Ross Staley fires in a shot for Yate during the Division One South & West clash at Lodge Road
● Yate’s Lewis Haldane gets in a shot against Tiverton
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● Yate’s Jake Jackson bursts past a Tiverton player during the 1-1 draw at Lodge Road
Skrill South
Clean sheet was the most crucial thing, says Bath’s two-goal hero Bell Dorchester Town
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Bath City
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The win was marred by a 58th-minute red card for winger Ross Stearn, with last week’s hat-trick hero sent off for his reaction to a body-check from home centre-half Ashley Vickers. The visitors took the lead after just three minutes when Dave Pratt’s cross was emphatically headed past keeper Alan Walker-Harris by the onrushing Ball. It was a dream start for City and a nightmare for Dorchester, who are bottom of the Skrill South table after losing most of the players who helped them to a best-ever league finish last
season. The reason for the departures is a 60 per cent cut in the playing budget by the controlling community trust, who are keen to encourage the use of more homegrown players. But it was one of those youngsters thrust into the team who was at fault for the second goal, with Tony Rolls being outjumped at the back post as Ball nodded in his second from Stear n’s free-kick. Dorchester, to their credit, tried to get back into the game and Brandon Goodship had a shot well saved by Jason Mellor at his near post, while Jake Smeeton headed narrowly wide
moments later. But Bath were looking comfortably the better team and almost extended their lead, with a bit of help from Dorchester’s defenders. Neil Martin put a back-pass straight out for a corner, which was only cleared as far as Dan Bowman. His chipped cross was deflected towards his own goal by Steve Walker, forcing an excellent reaction save by Walker-Harris. In the closing stages, Goodship’s shot was deflected over the bar by Andy Gallinagh, while Mellor had to save a Walker header from the resulting corner.
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“I think the clean sheet is the most important thing to come out of today,” said Ball after City’s third successive league victory. “I think that’s the first one in the league. If you don’t concede, you don’t lose, so we have to keep more. “We went through a run where we were playing OK but not winning, then a spell of not doing well in the first half but better in the second. “Now we are putting performances together for the whole 90 minutes. I think we’ve worked each other out (as players), we know what we’re good at.”
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● Keynsham’s Ryan Ashwood, right, scores one of his three goals in the win against Portishead
Picture: Artur Lesniak
Aston Villa ...............(0)against 2 cardiff ......................(0) 0 ● Nick Steadman scores a penalty for Portishead Keynsham Bacuna 76 Kozak 84 Att 35,809
Toolstation Western League
chelsea ....................(1) 2
West brom ..............(0) 2
crystal Palace .........(0) 0
everton ....................(0) 0
liverpool .................(3) 4
Fulham ....................(0) 0
Southamptn.............(3) 4
hull ..........................(0) 1
Ashwood does the trick for Keynsham Eto’o 45 Hazard 90 (pen) Att 41,623 Att 25,231
Dan Newman dan.newman@b-nm.co.uk IN an entertaining match in the Toolstation League First Division, Keynsham Town had a 6-4 victory against Portishead Town in a bottom-of-the-table clash. Playing on the 4G surface at Keynsham’s Crown Field, the home side were indebted to goals from Ryan Ashwood (3), Pat Davidson (2) and Syzmon Gromek for securing the three points that lifted them above Portishead at the foot of the table. Davidson was first to score with a fine half-volley flying past the visiting goalkeeper. Ashwood sent his side 2-0 up with a looping shot, but Portishead pulled a goal back when Charlie Aldom scored from the penalty spot just before half-time following a foul by goalkeeper Matt Dunk. Davidson netted his second goal of the game early in the second half, but Portishead hit back with goals from Simon Kelly and Mark Mapstone to make it 3-3. Syzmon Gromek cut in from the right to restore Keynsham’s lead. A mix-up in the Portishead defence
allowed Ashwood to score his second, and he completed his hat-trick soon after with a fine finish. In the closing stages, Nick Steadman scored Portishead’s fourth goal from the penalty spot. Keynsham boss Steve Cains said: “The game was entertaining, but the defending from both sides was awful. It was at times hard to watch with so
many errors creeping in. “It’s great to get the win and gain a vital three points, but we must improve on that showing. I certainly know what we’ll focus on in training this week.” Cribbs moved up to second with a 1-0 home win over Barnstaple Town. Jordan Yeo was the hero for the home side, scoring the only goal of
the game with a cool finish. There was also two sending-offs, with Cribbs player Matt Shaughnessy seing red and a Barnstaple player dismissed for a lunge on Jack Kinnerley. Elsewhere in the First Division, Roman Glass St George moved up to tenth with a 2-1 home win against Chippenham Park. Mark Robinson gave Chippenham the lead early in the second half. But strikes from Drew Hamilton-Dunn and Paul Coles gave Roman Glass the three points and extended their unbeaten run to five matches. Almondsbury UWE sit one place behind Roman Glass in 11th following a goalless draw away to third-placed Wellington. In the Premier Division, Bishop Sutton suffered a 2-0 defeat away to second-placed Gillingham. In a game played in torrid conditions, Steve Smith gave Gillingham a 17th-minute lead and then scored the second from the penalty spot after the break. In other Premier Division matches to beat the weather, leaders Larkhall Athletic won 3-2 at home to Willand Rovers and Odd Down triumphed 2-1 at bottom-of-the-table Slimbridge.
Tn 0 Bradford Tn 3, Keynsham Tn 6 Portishead Tn 4, Roman Glass St George 2 Chippenham Park 1, Wellington 0 Almondsbury UWE 0, Wincanton Tn 4 Corsham Tn 1, other games postponed. UHLsport Hellenic, Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup, rd II: Lydney Tn 1 Shortwood Utd 3, New College Swindon 1 Rayners Lane 3, Penn & Tylers Green 0 Ardley Utd 2. Div I West: Clanfield 2 Easington Spts 1, Letcombe 1 Hook Norton 4, Malmesbury Vic 0 Fairford Tn 2, North Leigh Utd 3 Tytherington Rocks 3, Purton 5 Old Woodstock Tn 0, Tuffley Rov v Carterton pp. David Wilson Homes Gloucestershire County: Frampton Utd 2 Bsl Telephones 2, Gala Wilton 0 Southmead CS Ath 1, Kings Stanley 4 Kingswood 2, other games postponed. Somerset County Junior Cup, rd III: AFC Huish 1 Frome Tn Spts 2, Cleeve West Tn 0 Pensford 1, Ilminster Tn 5 Hutton 8, Pen Mill 1 Victoria Sports 3, Shepton Beauchamp 5 Coleford Ath 2, Stoke Sub Ham 2 Hamilton 1, Trowbridge House 3 Somerton 2, Westhill Spts 2 Staplegrove 4. Somerset County, Premier Div: Berrow 2 Bishops Lydeard 1, Clutton 2 Bridgwater Tn Res 1, Fry Club 1 Street Res 0, Langford Rov 2000 6 Nailsea Tn 2, Watchet Tn 4 Cutters Friday 0, Minehead 4 Odd Down Res 0, other games postponed. Div I: Dundry Ath 2 Wrington Redhill 2, Middlezoy Rov 2 Larkhall Ath Res 0, Saltford 2 Keynsham Tn Res 2, Shepton Mallet Res 1 Broad Plain House 3, Westfield 6 Burnham Utd 1, other games
postponed. Div II East: Chew Magna 1 Stockwood Green Res 4, Cutters Friday Res 4 Farrington Gurney 1, Long Ashton 1 Imperial 1, other games postponed. Div II West: North Curry 4 Churchill Club 70 0, Staplegrove 1 Cheddar Res 0, Weston St Johns Res 0 Cleeve West Tn 7, Glastonbury 2 Combe St Nicholas 1, Wells City Res 3 Nailsea Utd Res 1, other games postponed. Bristol Premier, Premier Div: Mendip Utd 4 Cribbs Life Res 4, Old Sodbury 1 Lebeq 5, other games postponed. Div I: Brimsham Green 1 Lawrence Rov 1, Brislington Cktrs 5 Patchway Tn Res 4, Eden Grove 2 Sea Mills Park 1, other games postponed. District, Senior Div: Bristol Barcelona 3 AEK Boco Res 3, Crosscourt Utd 4 Iron Acton 3, De Veys 4 Portville Warriors 4, Shire Res 8 Warmley Saints 4, other games postponed. Div I: St Pancras 2 Totterdown Utd Res 5, Talbot Knowle Utd 11 Miners 2, other games postponed. Div II: Bendix 1 Cribbs A 1, Frampton Ath Res 1 DRG Frenchay Res 0, Hanham Ath Res 3 Iron Acton Res 3, other games postponed. Div III: Hambrook Res 0 Patchway NE 7, Henbury A 7 Roman Glass St George A 1, Hillfields OB 1 Stapleton 5, Olveston Utd Res 1 Yate Ath 2, other games postponed. Div IV: Fry Club B 1 Old Sodbury Res 1, other games postponed. Div V: Iron Acton A 2 Oldland Abbots A 7, Shireway
10 ● The number of goals scored in the First Division match between Keynsham Town and Portishead
Amorebieta 23 (og) Skrtel 26 Suarez 36, 54 Att 44,768 Schneiderlin 16 Lambert 30 (pen) Lallana 37 S Davis 88 Att 30,022
Long 60 Sessegnon 68
Sagbo 55
hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A Pts Arsenal ............10 4 0 1 11 5 4 1 0 11 4 25 Liverpool .......... 11 5 0 1 13 3 2 2 1 8 7 23 Southamptn ..... 11 4 2 0 11 2 2 2 1 4 3 22 Chelsea ........... 11 5 1 0 14 5 1 2 2 4 5 21 Everton ............11 3 2 0 6 3 2 3 1 8 7 20 Spurs ...............10 3 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 4 1 20 Man City ..........10 5 0 0 20 2 1 1 3 8 9 19 Man Utd ...........10 2 2 1 7 5 3 0 2 10 8 17 West Brom ....... 11 2 1 2 6 4 1 4 1 6 8 14 Aston Villa........ 11 2 0 4 6 9 2 2 1 5 3 14 Newcastle ........10 2 2 1 7 5 2 0 3 7 11 14 Hull ..................11 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 5 5 13 14 Cardiff .............. 11 2 1 2 5 5 1 2 3 4 10 12 Swansea ..........10 1 2 2 8 8 2 0 3 4 4 11 Norwich............ 11 2 2 2 7 7 1 0 4 2 14 11 West Ham ........ 11 1 1 3 5 7 1 3 2 4 4 10 Fulham.............11 1 1 3 5 9 2 0 4 5 10 10 Stoke ...............10 1 3 1 3 3 1 0 4 4 8 9 Sunderland ......10 1 0 4 5 10 0 1 4 2 12 4 Crystal Pal ....... 11 1 1 4 4 10 0 0 5 2 11 4
● Portishead’s Mark Mapstone comes under pressure from Keynsham’s Lewis Morgan, right, during the Toolstation League game at the Crown Field
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Results South West Counties Youth: Andover v Poole pp, Cirencester v Forest Green pp, New College Acad 1 Bristol Academy 1, Newport Co v Bath City pp, Salisbury City v Dorchester Tn pp. FA County Youth Cup, rd II: Cornwall 1 Amateur Alliance 2, Herefordshire v Somerset pp, Middlesex 3 Hertfordshire 1 aet, North Riding 5 Nottinghamshire 2, Sussex v Essex pp, Wiltshire v Devon pp. S&W Counties Championship, Mick Parry Youth Cup: Berks & Bucks 1 Dorset 3. Calor Southern League, Premier Div: Arlesey Tn 1 Frome Tn 2, Banbury Utd 2 Redditch Utd 0, Bashley 1 Burnham 2, Bedford Tn 2 Bideford 4, Chippenham Tn 1 Cambridge City 0, Poole Tn v Hitchin Tn pp, St Neots Tn 4 Hemel Hempstead Tn 1, Truro City 1 Chesham Utd 1, Weymouth 1 Hungerford Tn 3. Div I South & West: Bishop’s Cleeve v Guildford City pp, Bridgwater Tn 1 Evesham Utd 1, Cinderford Tn 1 Thatcham Tn 1, Cirencester Tn 4 Merthyr Tn 1, Didcot Tn 6 Clevedon Tn 2, Fleet Tn 2 Stratford Tn 7, Paulton Rov 2 Taunton Tn 3, Wimborne Tn 0 Mangotsfield Utd 1, Yate Tn 1 Tiverton Tn 1. Toolstation Western League, Premier Div: Gillingham Tn 2 Bishop Sutton 0, Ilfracombe Tn 2 Bridport 4, Larkhall Ath 3 Willand Rov 2, Melksham Tn 4 Sherborne Tn 2, Slimbridge 1 Odd Down 2, other games postponed. First Div: Calne Tn 1 Westbury Utd 1, Chard Tn 2 Warminster Tn 1, Cribbs 1 Barnstaple Tn 0, Devizes
Spts 6 Stanton Drew Res 1, other games postponed. Div VI: Bristol Deaf 5 Cribbs B 4, Stapleton Res 4 Stoke Lane 1, other games postponed. Suburban, Norman Goulding Cup, rd I: Bsl Telephones Res v AFC Hartcliffe pp. Premier Div I: Avonmouth 2 Stoke Gifford Utd 3, Tytherington Rocks Res 0 Ashton Utd 1, other games postponed. Premier Div II: AFC Mangotsfield 5 Bristol Athletic 1, Almondsbury UWE Res 2 Southmead CS Utd 3, other games postponed. Div I: St Aldhelms Res 2 Oldbury 0, other games postponed. Div II: Ridings High Res 12 Almondsbury UWE A 0, other games postponed. Div III: Downend Foresters Res 2 Old Cothamians Res 1, other games postponed. Div IV: Glenside 5 OB Res 2 Old Georgians Res 0, other games postponed. Div V: AFC Mangotsfield A 1 North Bristol Utd 6, Fishponds OB A 1 Lawrence Weston A 6, Lockleaze Comm 1 Real St George 7, other games postponed. Div VI: Fry’s OB Res 2 TC Sports 1, Winford PH Res 2 AFC Mangotsfield B 4, other games postponed Bristol & Avon: Dodington 2 LS Utd 3, Iron Acton B 2 Broad Plain A 6, Westerleigh Spts Res 3 De Veys Res 2, Whitchurch Phoenix 3 AFC Hartcliffe Res 2, other games postponed. Downs, Div I: Ashley 0 Sneyd Park 3, Clifton St
Vinc 0 Lawes Jrs 0, DAC Beachcroft 2 Sporting Greyhound 0, Jamaica Bell 3 Cotswool 0, Portland OB 1 AFC Bohemia 0, Retainers 3 Jersey Rangers 2, Torpedo 2 Saints OB 1. Div II: Ashley Res 2 Sneyd Park Res 2, Clifton Rockets 4 Saints OB 1, Clifton St Vinc Res 1 Old Cliftonians 3, Corinthians 2 Lion FC 4, Easton Cowboys 2 Hare On The Hill 2, Tebby 4 St Andrews 2, Torpedo Res 5 Sporting Greyhound Res 1. Div III: Bengal Tigers 5 Portland OB Res 1, Clifton St Vinc A 0 Old Elizabethans 4, Cotham OB 2 Luccombe Garage 6, Easton Cowboys Res 2 Helios 2, Evergreen 3 Green Park Rgrs 4, Torpedo A 1 Sneyd Park A 1, Wellington Wdrs 6 Retainers Res 2. Div IV: Clifton Rockets Res 4 Sneyd Park B 1, Clifton St Vinc B 5 Retainers A 2, Conham Rgrs 4 NCSF Utd 5, Cosmos UK 2 Lion FC 2, DDAS 3 Jersey Rgrs 4, Warmley Utd 3 Torpedo 2, West Town Utd 0 Tebby 2. Weston-super-Mare & District, KO Cup: Tickenham Utd 4 Worle Res 3, Shipham 4 Churchill Club 70 Res 2. Div I: Yatton Ath Res 1 Winscombe Res 1. Div II: Burnham Utd A 2 Clevedon Utd A 1, Clevedon Dons 2 Draycott 4. Div III: AFC Nailsea 0 Axbridge Tn 3. Div IV: Cleeve West Town A 2 King Alfred SC 1. Div V: Congresbury A 0 Dolphin Ath 8. Div VI: Clevedon Utd B 1 Worle Rgrs Res 7, Wedmore Res 2 Burnham Utd B 1.
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First round Aston Villa ...............(0) 2
Bacuna 76 Kozak 84
chelsea ....................(1) 2 Eto’o 45 Hazard 90 (pen) Att 41,623
cardiff ......................(0) 0 Att 35,809
barnsley ..................(0) 0
Doncaster ................(0) 0
West brom ..............(0) 2
blackpool ................(1) 2
ipswich ....................(0) 3
Long 60 Sessegnon 68
crystal Palace .........(0) 0
everton ....................(0) 0
liverpool .................(3) 4
Fulham ....................(0) 0
Att 25,231
Amorebieta 23 (og) Skrtel 26 Suarez 36, 54
Norwich ...................(0) 3 Hooper 54 (pen) Snodgrass 72 Fer 90 Att 26,824
Southamptn.............(3) 4
Schneiderlin 16 Lambert 30 (pen) Lallana 37 S Davis 88
Att 44,768
West ham ................(1) 1 Morrison 32
hull ..........................(0) 1 Sagbo 55 Att 30,022
Yesterday Man Utd ...................(1) 1 Arsenal ....................(0) 0
van Persie 27 Att 75,138
Att 11,843
Dobbie 23, Davies 90 Att 13,525
bolton ......................(2) 3 brighton...................(1) 3
charlton ...................(1) 2 Stewart 45 Jackson 70
Derby .......................(1) 3
P W Arsenal ............ 11 4 Liverpool .......... 11 5 Southamptn ..... 11 4 Chelsea ........... 11 5 Man Utd ...........11 3 Everton ............11 3 Spurs ...............11 3 Man City .......... 11 5 Newcastle ........ 11 2 West Brom ....... 11 2 Aston Villa........ 11 2 Hull ..................11 3 Swansea .......... 11 1 Cardiff .............. 11 2 Norwich............ 11 2 West Ham ........ 11 1 Stoke ...............11 1 Fulham.............11 1 Sunderland ...... 11 2 Crystal Pal ....... 11 1
A 5 3 2 5 5 3 5 2 5 4 9 1 11 5 7 7 3 9 10 10
W 4 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0
top Scorers
Daniel Sturridge luis Suarez Sergio Aguero robin van Persie loic remy
AWAY D L F 1 1 11 2 1 8 2 1 4 2 2 4 0 2 10 3 1 8 1 1 4 1 4 8 0 3 8 4 1 6 2 1 5 0 5 5 0 3 4 2 3 4 0 4 2 3 2 4 1 4 7 0 4 5 1 4 2 0 5 2
A 5 7 3 5 8 7 1 10 11 8 3 13 4 10 14 4 11 10 12 11
Pts 25 23 22 21 20 20 20 19 17 14 14 14 12 12 11 10 10 10 7 4
(Liverpool) ........................ 8 (Liverpool) ........................ 8 (Man City) ........................ 8 (Man Utd) ......................... 7 (Newcastle) ...................... 7
hyde .....................................1 chester Fc ........................ 2 hOMe AWAY A 5 11 9 8 12 6 10 15 17 12 9 21 14 11 22 15 17 18 15 12 18 13 5 28
Pt 38 32 31 30 30 29 28 28 28 27 26 25 22 22 21 21 19 18 17 17 17 14 13 3
Staines town ..........(0) 0
Oxford Utd...............(0) 2 Smalley 77 Rose 90 Att 3,114
Gateshead ...............(1) 2
Peterboro.................(0) 2
exeter ......................(0) 0
Preston ....................(3) 6
barnet ......................(0) 0
rotherham...............(1) 3
bradford ..................(0) 0
Sheff Wed................(0) 0
Salisbury .................(3) 4
Dartford ...................(0) 2
Att 26,421
St Albans .................(1) 1
Mansfield .................(2) 8
brackley ..................(0) 1
Stevenage................(2) 2
Portsmouth .............(0) 1
Fleetwood town .....(1) 2
Stourbridge .............(2) 4
biggleswade town .(1) 1
tamworth.................(1) 1
cheltenham .............(0) 0
torquay....................(0) 0
rochdale .................(0) 2
Walsall .....................(1) 3
Shrewsbury .............(0) 0
Welling .....................(2) 2
luton .......................(0) 1
Wrexham .................(1) 3
Alfreton town .........(0) 1
Wycombe.................(1) 1
crewe ......................(1) 1
Dag & red ...............(0) 0
bury ............................. P chesterfield .............(0) 2
cambridge Utd ........... P Daventry town........(0) 0
Roberts 69 Ryan 88 Att 5,269
colchester ...............(0) 2
Middlesbrough ........(1) 2
Watford ....................(1) 2
Carruthers 90
Att 30,416
Cox 31, Mackie 43
Deeney 32, Forestieri 73
reading ...................(0) 1
QPr .........................(0) 1
Barton 78
Yesterday Yeovil .......................(0) 0 Wigan.......................(0) 1
P W Burnley ............15 5 Leicester ..........15 6 QPR .................15 6 Blackpool .........15 4 Nottm For ........15 4 Reading ...........15 4 Watford ............15 3 Leeds ...............15 4 Derby ...............15 2 Wigan ..............14 4 Brighton ...........15 3 Ipswich.............15 4 Blackburn.........15 4 Bournemth .......15 4 Huddersfld ......15 3 Middlesbro’ ......15 2 Bolton ..............15 1 Birmingham .....15 2 Charlton ...........14 1 Millwall .............15 2 Doncaster ........14 2 Sheff Wed ........14 1 Barnsley...........15 2 Yeovil ...............15 1
hOMe D L F 3 0 15 1 1 13 1 0 10 3 1 10 2 1 11 4 0 14 2 2 13 1 2 12 3 3 13 3 0 12 3 2 13 1 2 12 1 2 11 0 3 11 3 2 14 5 1 17 5 2 9 1 4 10 3 3 5 2 3 10 1 4 7 3 2 10 4 2 10 1 6 4
concord rangers .............. P Dorchester...........................0 eastleigh..............................1 havant and W..................... P hayes & Yeading ................3 Maidenhead Utd..................0 tonbridge Angels .............. P P Bromley ............... 14 Eastleigh .............. 14 Bishop’s Stortford 12 Basingstoke ......... 14 Hayes & Yeading . 14 Sutton Utd ........... 12 Ebbsfleet United .. 14 Eastbourne Boro . 14 Farnboro .............. 14 Weston-S-Mare ... 13 Bath City .............. 13 Dover ................... 13 Staines Town ....... 12 Havant and W...... 14 Maidenhead Utd .. 14 Whitehawk ........... 14 Concord Rangers 12 Chelmsford .......... 14 Boreham Wood.... 12 Tonbridge Angels . 12 Gosport Borough . 12 Dorchester ........... 13
W 7 6 5 5 2 5 3 4 5 3 2 2 6 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 1
hOMe D 0 2 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 0
l 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 3 5 2 2 3 2 2 2 6
Fortune 78
A 4 8 2 7 6 7 10 6 14 7 9 6 5 10 11 11 9 7 8 12 11 9 16 10
W 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1
AWAY D L F 1 1 12 1 2 11 4 1 7 3 1 9 3 2 12 2 3 9 3 2 14 1 4 10 1 2 16 1 4 5 3 2 5 4 3 11 3 4 9 3 4 10 2 4 5 2 4 8 2 3 7 1 5 7 2 3 7 3 4 8 3 3 5 5 3 7 1 6 6 2 4 5
A 6 7 6 7 10 11 10 12 9 5 5 14 14 20 8 13 12 15 10 19 12 14 15 12
Pts 34 32 32 27 26 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 16 14 14 14 13 11 11 9
eastbourne borough .......P bath city ........................... 2 Farnboro ........................... 0 chelmsford .......................P Whitehawk ........................ 2 basingstoke ...................... 1 ebbsfleet United ...............P
F 26 9 13 11 9 17 11 14 14 9 9 4 12 11 9 6 8 10 6 8 5 6
A W 5 3 2 3 6 3 5 3 8 6 7 1 6 2 9 2 6 1 10 3 8 3 5 4 5 0 12 1 16 2 9 2 6 1 14 1 9 2 9 1 5 0 21 1
D 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 4 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 1
AWAY l 3 2 1 4 3 1 2 4 4 2 2 3 5 2 2 5 3 6 4 4 5 4
F 8 9 13 10 14 6 15 4 13 7 11 8 5 7 7 11 5 4 9 7 5 5
A 7 7 12 10 8 2 9 12 17 8 8 4 14 8 7 16 15 17 9 14 14 9
Pt 31 30 26 25 24 22 21 21 20 20 19 19 19 17 13 13 13 13 12 12 9 7
Att 5,263
bristol city ..............(1) 3
Att 2,509
Zigic 11 Bartley 66, 81
Naylor 50
Sheff Utd .................(2) 3
Bonne 49 Garbutt 64
Maguire 10 Walker 12 (og) Porter 81 (pen)
corby .......................(0) 1
Dover .......................(0) 2 Elder 57 Kinnear 66
Att 1,387
Gillingham ...............(0) 1 Dack 90 Att 3,004
Martin 69 (og)
Gloucester ...............(0) 0
Ball 11 Parkin 84
Att 1,183
Grimsby ...................(0) 0
Scunthorpe .............(0) 0
hartlepool ................(2) 3
Notts county...........(1) 2
Att 8,306
Baldwin 16 James 42, 75 Att 3,313
Walton 18 (og) Murray 84
hednesford..............(0) 1
crawley town .........(0) 2
Durrell 76 (pen)
Campion 61 (og) Sinclair 83
Att 2,231
kidderminster .........(2) 4
Sutton Utd ...............(1) 1
leyton Orient ..........(3) 5
Southport ................(1) 2
Morgan-Smith 13 Gittings 18 Lolley 60 Malbon 90
Clough 10 Att 2,045
Batt 3, 56 Mooney 9 James 45 Cox 67
George 21 Flynn 87 Att 3,014
lincoln city .............(0) 0
Plymouth .................(0) 0
Macclesfield ............(1) 4
Swindon ..................(0) 0
Att 2,924
Jennings 26, 74 Boden 70 Winn 89 Att 1,835
Marwood 12 Chandler 51 Att 3,379
Clarke 18 Garner 36, 82 Gallagher 45, 68, 79
Att 5,217
Agard 13, 71 Revell 62
Att 7,667
Fitchett 13, 77 Wright 18 Frear 45
Burns 68 Cornhill 90 Att 1,313
Locke 8 Att 3,251
Stevenson Howell Daniel Clucas 74, 81, 86, Palmer
Zoko 9, 39 Att 2,829
McLeod 39, 70 Williams 53 (pen), Galloway 90
Fc halifax................(0) 1 Gregory 78 Att 4,049
calor lge Premier
Arlesey.................................1 Frome town ...................... 2 banbury ...............................2 redditch ............................ 0 bashley ................................1 burnham ........................... 2 bedford town......................2 bideford ............................ 4 chippenham ........................1 cambridge city ................ 0 Poole town......................... P hitchin ...............................P St Neots town.....................4 hemel hempstead ............ 1 truro city ............................1 chesham ........................... 1 Weymouth ...........................1 hungerford town ............. 3 hOMe AWAY W 6 7 5 3 4 4 2 4 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 3 3 3 2 2 1 0
D 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 1
l 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 3 4 1 2 4 3 5 4 5 1 2 4 5 5 7
F 20 34 19 9 13 11 9 11 7 10 7 9 8 10 10 5 9 6 14 10 9 11 8
A W 6 6 2 4 6 3 5 5 8 4 9 4 7 4 8 2 7 4 19 4 4 2 8 2 14 3 13 3 20 3 15 4 20 2 5 1 9 0 17 1 16 1 19 1 20 0
D 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 1
l 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 5 1 2 1 3 2 1 5 4 4 4 6 5 4
F 20 16 13 11 21 14 13 16 12 12 11 7 12 11 12 9 9 7 3 12 6 7 3
A 8 9 8 6 6 12 10 11 5 21 8 6 8 10 13 6 15 15 8 24 14 16 20
Pt 38 34 29 27 24 24 22 21 21 19 17 17 17 16 16 15 15 14 13 12 9 7 2
43 45 70 90 77
Connolly 71
Rowe 12, 17 Richards 58 Benbow 85
Key 14 Att 1,605
Chadwick 20 Att 1,566 Att 1,976
Hogan 85 Vincenti 89
Westcarr 29, 59 Sawyers 73
Att 3,004
Clarke 28 Healy 44 Att 1,555
Benson 57
Bishop 24, 49 Harris 72 Att 2,415
Speight 61 (pen)
Cowan-Hall 37 Att 1,929
Grant 4
Yesterday Bishop’s Stortford .. (0) 1 Northampton ...........(0) 2 Emerton 62 Norris 68
burton Albion..........(1) 2
hereford ..................(0) 0
McGurk 37 Palmer 84 Att 2,069
calor lge South & West
bishops cleeve.................. P bridgwater town.................1 cinderford ...........................1 cirencester ..........................4 Didcot town ........................6 Fleet town ...........................2 Paulton ................................2 Wimborne town ..................0 Yate ......................................1 P North Leigh .......... 13 Cirencester .......... 12 Paulton ................ 14 Merthyr Town ....... 12 Swindon Super .... 14 Tiverton ................ 13 Wimborne Town ... 15 Bridgwater Town .. 11 Stratford Town ..... 13 Yate ..................... 13 Mangotsfield ........ 12 Taunton ................ 15 Evesham.............. 14 Cinderford ............ 13 Thatcham Town ... 13 Godalming Town .. 13 Bishops Cleeve ... 13 Didcot Town ......... 13 Shortwood Utd....... 9 Clevedon Town .... 10 Fleet Town ........... 14 Guildford City....... 13
1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1
W 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2
hOMe D 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1
l 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 1 2 4 4
Guildford city ...................P evesham ........................... 1 thatcham town ................ 1 Merthyr town .................... 1 clevedon town ................. 2 Stratford town .................. 7 taunton ............................. 3 Mangotsfield ..................... 1 tiverton ............................. 1
F 25 16 25 15 16 12 26 10 13 12 9 15 14 9 3 7 11 13 11 4 7 11
A W 4 4 11 5 13 4 6 3 8 2 9 3 10 2 7 4 11 3 13 3 8 4 10 2 15 1 11 1 10 2 12 2 16 2 13 0 11 1 6 1 20 0 21 0
D 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
AWAY l 2 1 1 3 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 4 4 2 3 4 5 5 3 4 5 6
F 10 15 19 13 11 15 9 12 24 15 12 12 7 9 10 7 13 5 8 9 5 5
A 6 6 9 15 11 13 11 5 17 9 8 15 16 11 11 15 21 19 7 14 17 28
Pt 33 30 29 25 24 24 22 21 21 21 20 19 14 13 13 13 12 11 9 8 7 7
treble check:
Complete check for Littlewoods, Vernons and Zetters: 3 = Score Draws, 2= No Score Draw or Void 1= Home or Away
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Golbourne 37
Assombalonga 72 Mendez-Laing 79
2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2
FUlltiMe
Straker 7, 9 Leonard 90
Prestedge 81 Att 2,545
Mk Dons ..................(1) 4
P Chesham ............. 16 Hemel Hemp ....... 14 Bideford ............... 13 Cambridge City.... 14 Stourbridge .......... 12 Banbury ............... 13 Poole Town .......... 11 St Albans ............. 13 Hungerford Town . 12 Redditch .............. 16 Biggleswade T ..... 11 Weymouth ........... 11 Burnham .............. 14 Arlesey................. 14 Truro City ............. 15 Frome Town ......... 12 Chippenham ........ 15 Corby ................... 11 Hitchin.................. 13 Bedford Town....... 14 St Neots Town ..... 14 AFC Totton........... 13 Bashley ................ 13
Att 1,475
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
P W D l F A W D l F Cambridge ........... 17 8 0 0 18 2 3 5 1 7 Kiddermnstr ......... 17 6 1 1 18 7 4 1 4 10 Luton.................... 17 5 3 0 17 7 3 4 2 13 Grimsby ............... 17 5 1 2 17 9 4 2 3 8 Salisbury .............. 17 7 1 1 17 6 2 2 4 7 Braintree Town..... 17 4 1 3 12 9 4 4 1 12 Barnet .................. 17 4 3 1 14 8 3 4 2 12 Welling ................. 17 5 3 1 14 7 3 1 4 13 Alfreton Town ....... 17 7 1 1 21 10 2 0 6 8 Nuneaton ............. 17 4 3 2 15 13 3 3 2 10 Gateshead ........... 17 4 2 3 14 12 4 0 4 11 FC Halifax............ 17 7 2 0 20 7 0 2 6 8 Lincoln City .......... 17 5 1 2 9 3 1 3 5 8 Macclesfld............ 17 4 2 3 13 12 2 2 4 9 Forest Green ....... 17 5 1 2 18 7 1 2 6 12 Southport ............. 17 5 2 1 11 7 1 1 7 6 Wrexham ............. 17 4 2 2 12 9 1 2 6 11 Dartford................ 17 4 1 3 12 10 1 2 6 6 Hereford............... 17 3 3 2 7 7 1 2 6 9 Tamworth ............. 17 2 3 4 10 13 2 2 4 6 Chester FC .......... 18 1 5 3 4 8 3 0 6 10 Woking................. 17 1 4 4 8 14 2 1 5 9 Aldershot ............. 17 4 2 3 16 14 2 3 3 5 Hyde .................... 18 0 2 8 6 18 0 1 7 9 *Aldershot deducted 10 points for entering administration
brentford .................(3) 5
Isaac 9 Att 1,004
Nottm For ................(2) 2
Att 6,149
hOMe D L F 0 1 11 0 1 13 2 0 11 1 0 14 2 1 8 2 0 6 1 2 5 0 0 20 2 1 7 1 2 6 0 4 6 2 0 4 3 2 11 1 2 5 2 2 7 1 3 5 3 1 3 1 3 5 0 4 6 1 4 4
Newport county .....(0) 1
Att 901
leicester ..................(0) 0
Stoke .......................(2) 3
Att 19,242
braintree town........(1) 1
Kusunga 2 Att 3,916
Wolves .....................(1) 1
leeds .......................(1) 4
McCormack 17, 48 (pen), 73, 90 Att 17,601
Gerrard 31 Att 14,161
Swansea ..................(0) 3
Walters 8 Ireland 25 Adam 90 (pen)
Oldham ....................(1) 1
birmingham ............(1) 3
McCleary 62 Att 21,497
Bony 56, 86 Dyer 74
carlisle ....................(0) 0
huddersfld...............(1) 1
Man city ..................(0) 0
Bardsley 21 Att 40,137
boreham Wood .......(0) 0
Emmanuel-Thomas 35, 90 Elliott 87 Att 3,763
Rantie 50
Buxton 45, Hughes 49 Martin 58
Southend .................(2) 3
bournemouth ..........(0) 1
Att 27,912
Ings 84 Att 12,221
Morecambe..............(0) 0
Lowe 90
Att 1,711
McCormack 21 (pen) Reeves 35 Harris 38 Trotta 50 Donaldson 90
blackburn ................(0) 0
burnley ....................(0) 1
Sunderland ..............(1) 1
Remy 13
Easter 28 Att 14,830
Barnes 35 (pen), 77 Forster-Caskey 56
Newcastle ................(1) 1
Att 36,042
Millwall ....................(1) 1
Hall 5, Beckford 43 Moritz 89
Adomah 23, Ayala 90 Att 14,344
Spurs .......................(0) 0
Nouble 65, Taylor 84 Murphy 90
tranmere .................(0) 1
Accrington Stanley.(0) 0
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Boxing Haskins has to dig deep to retain his bantamweight title against Booth Andy Stockhausen andy.stockhausen @b-nm.co.uk
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RISTOL’S Lee Haskins spoke of his immense respect for ring veteran Jason Booth after successfully defending his British bantamweight title against the 36-year-old challenger at the City Academy in St George. More than six years his junior and at the peak of his powers, Haskins nevertheless had to weather a storm before overcoming the Nottingham man 118-111, 117-112, 119-111 in front of his home-town fans. Supping in the last chance saloon after losing five of his previous six bouts, Booth proved anything but washed up as he pushed the champion all the way in a 12-round contest that provided rich entertainment for Bristol fight fans and a Eurosport TV audience of thousands. “Before the fight, I wasn’t sure which Jason Booth would turn up – the real thing or one that was over the hill,” revealed Haskins. “He told me he had prepared really well for this fight, because he knew how hard I punched and how hard I was to hit. I told him I had also trained hard for him. “I usually try and wind my opponents up and get underneath their skin, but there was none of that this time. I have so much respect for him, simply because of how long he has been in the sport and what he has achieved. “I usually like to give it to them, but he’s a nice guy and I played fair by him.” Installed as mandatory challenger for the European bantamweight title, Haskins has EBU champion Karim Guerfi in his sights and that fight could be made during the early part of 2014. A high-octane performance full of heart and skill will certainly do the Bristolian’s hopes of landing a big title shot on the international stage no harm at all. He reflected: “It was a fantastic fight for the TV cameras. There was a lot of energy and a lot of skill in that fight, a lot of speed and a lot of power.
● Bristol’s Lee Haskins covers up
● Lee Haskins celebrates his points victory over Jason Booth on Friday night There was also guts and determination and heart. It was a great fight for the crowd and for those watching at home. “I want to have bigger fights and bigger paydays and, hopefully, this will help. I would like to think we gave people real entertainment.” Roared on to his 28th career win by a partisan crowd, Haskins hopes to box for a major title in Bristol next year. He said: “That atmosphere was
wicked and makes me want to fight here all the time. If they offered me a world title fight in Mexico or the chance to defend my British belt in Bristol, I’d probably take fighting at home. “I love fighting in front of the Bristol fans, because they make me feel as though I can’t be beaten. I think we can do very well here in Bristol.” Quicker to the punch and sharper all round, Haskins established his authority in the early rounds, build-
● Haskins goes to work on Booth ing a commanding lead after five rounds. Difficult to hit, the champion worked effectively off his jab, punishing his 36-year-old opponent with telling shots to head and body whenever he missed. With no answer to the Bristolian’s crisp counter-punching, Booth had no choice but to take punishment as he stepped inside in a bid to disrupt the local hero’s rhythm. And the tactic paid handsome dividends in the
sixth round, the 36-year-old Midlander launching a fierce two-handed assault to enjoy his first real success. Drawn into a fight, Haskins was shipping too many head shots and he was relieved when the bell sounded at the end of the session. Supremely fit, Booth cut the ring down in an attempt to pressurise his rival in the seventh, eighth and ninth rounds. But Haskins weathered the storm and increased his work-rate to re-establish his authority during the final quarter of a thrilling contest. Adopting a hit and move policy during the closing rounds, Haskins used his superior footwork and hand speed to pick off the challenger as he pressed for the stoppage that represented his last chance to triumph. Haskins boxed smart down the home straight and came on strong in the 12th and final round to almost force a stoppage himself. Stopped only twice during his long career and bleeding heavily from a cut over his right eye, Booth demonstrated raw courage and remarkable stamina to remain on his feet until the final bell. Haskins said: “I caught him with some great shots in the last round and nearly finished him. “But the most important thing was to stay out of trouble and not do anything stupid. “He was still dangerous and I knew I just had to keep out of his way in that last round to win the fight. “In the end, it was a decisive win, but it took a lot of hard work. I thought he would tire, but he just kept coming at me. “I thought I could stop him, but Jason fought a strong fight and did well. “It felt as though he was getting younger and in his prime and I was the old man who had to keep running! Fair play to Jason, he came at me with everything and I had to fall back on my skill a little bit and work behind my jab. “But I got drawn into a fight and my corner were screaming at me to box him and use the skills that pay the bills. “I had to get back to moving and countering him after the middle rounds and it won me the fight.”
Fury wins, but the news is not so good for two Bristol boys
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Andy Stockhausen andy.stockhausen@b-nm.co.uk HUGHIE Fury had only limited opportunity to show Bristol fight fans what he is all about when racing to an inside-the distance victory over hopelessly-outclassed Georgian David Gegeshidze on the Bristol Sports Academy undercard. Acting as chief support to local hero Lee Haskins on Chris Sanigar’s promotion, unbeaten heavyweight prospect Fury extended his winning record by halting the game but
over-matched Gegeshidze shortly before the halfway stage of a contest scheduled for eight rounds. Victorious in 12 paid outings since turning professional in March, Fury, pictured, won in a manner that suggests he urgently needs to step up in class. But his latest victory was not without incident and he sustained a cut to the side of his left eye in the third round. Looking to get rounds under his belt and learn his ring craft, the 6ft 6in Mancunian took his time sizing up his opponent.
But the writing was on the wall for Gegeshidze once the 19-year-old, who was watched from ringside by more famous cousin, Tyson Fury, began to score with heavy shots to the body. As the Georgian dropped his hands, so Fury went to work upstairs and, when a series of heavy-handed blows went unanswered, the referee stepped in after two minutes and 14 seconds of the fourth round. There was disappointment for Bristol-based debutants Dane Kelly and Kristian Nadolski, both of whom tasted defeat in front of their home
crowd. Kelly was narrowly outpointed 39-38 by heavy-handed journeyman Mitch Mitchell, who just about deserved his success after making the long journey from Lincoln. But fellow light heavyweight rookie Nadolski will have to return to the drawing board after being put down by a three-punch salvo from Newcastle’s Scott Westgarth after two minutes and nine seconds of the second session in a scheduled four-round contest. He failed to recover and the fight was quite rightly waved off.
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Rugby Dings pay the ultimate price for 60 seconds of madness
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John White epsport@b-nm.co.uk CLIFTON dropped down from fifth to seventh in SSE National League Two South, after coming unstuck against a powerful Taunton forward pack at Hyde Park. Time and time again, the Bristol side were sent reeling backwards at the scrum, while the Titans driving line-out gave the visitors plenty of cause for concer n. Once again, the Henbury-based outfit looked dangerous in the wider channels, but the heavy underfoot conditions hampered their progress, and Clifton were reluctantly drawn into a forward battle. The writing was on the wall for Clifton after 21 minutes, when they collapsed a reversing scrum
● Dings’ full-back Jack Hughes goes on the attack during the home defeat by Hartpury College on Saturday
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BATTLING performance by Dings Crusaders saw them come within a lick of paint of toppling SSE National League Two South leaders Hartpury College at Landseer Avenue. The visitors, leading 25-23 as the contest drifted into overtime, were awarded a penalty. But ill-discipline by visiting wing Jakie Carter saw the penalty reversed by referee James Sullivan, and Dings were handed one last chance to steal the victory. But the Lockleaze faithful could only watch as fly-half Mitch Burton’s long-range shot dropped agonisingly short. Former Gloucester centre Terry Fanolua fielded the ball under his posts and hoofed it into touch, to
signal the end of the contest. Crusaders, after a shaky start in which they conceded six points via the boot of full-back Gareth Thompson, responded magnificently. Dings’ tactics were simple during an entertaining and committed first-half – play in the right areas, put pressure on the title favourites, and wait for them to crack. And crack they did, and the home side deservedly went into the interval leading 13-6, with Burton landing two penalties as well as adding the extras after prop Josh Lloyd crashed over for his first of two tries. Burton banged over another penalty after the break to extend Dings’ lead. Hartpury lost back-rowers Lewis Ludlow and Alex Woodburn to the sin-bin either side of half time, but 60-seconds of madness by Dings turned the game on its head, as first wing Ollie Reyland, then hooker Dave Wheeler were yellow carded within a minute of each other, and Hartpury took full advantage. The Gloucester-based side upped the tempo, and ran 13-man Dings
Dings coach Mark Woodrow ● To be fair, they lost a couple to the sin-bin, and we scored points when they were down. But to lose two players within a minute of each other against the top side in the division was a bridge too far for usThey really accelerated the game during that ten minute period, and scored three tries. That was another game that got away from us today, and we only have ourselves to blame. We’ve got to learn to close games out.
Picture: www.johnwhitemedia.co.uk ragged with converted tries by flanker Andrew Chester, lock William Waldron, and a five-pointer by scrum-half Ben Vellacutt, before Dings could draw breath. But this season, Dings are made of sterner stuff, and strong performances by flanker Sam Steer, prop Mike Flook, wing James Oakley and lock Jake Holcombe, saw them force their way back into the match. Lloyd rumbled over from a catch and drive to score his second converted try of the afternoon on 75 minutes, and it was the would-be champions who were hanging on at the end of the contest. But despite Dings’ brave effort, they drop into the SSE National League Two South relegation places. Injured-player coach Mark Woodrow reflected on his side’s narrow defeat, and rued Crusaders double yellow card, which he believes cost his side the game.
Scorers: Dings tries: Lloyd 39, 75. Conversions: Burton 40, 76. Penalties: Burton 29, 36, 44. Hartpury tries: Chester 52, Waldron 55, Vellacutt 67. Conversions: Thompson 53, 56. Penalties: Thompson 8, 25.
Results Ampthill 42, Redruth 38 London Irish WG 28, Shelford 23 Canterbury 12, Southend 14 Cornish AB 17, Taunton 27 Clifton 13. National League Three South West: Amersham & C 27 Newton Abbot 10, Avonmouth OB 25 Old Centralians 3, Barnstaple 16 Old Patesians 7, Bracknell 6 Lydney 30, Brixham 51 Chippenham 15, Weston-s-Mare 29 Old Reds 5, Worcester W 13 Redingensians 26. Tribute South West One West: Bideford v Thornbury pp, Bridgwater & Alb 43 Sidmouth 17, Camborne 23 Chard 17, Cleve 25 North Petherton 6, Clevedon 23 Coney Hill 16, Cullompton 18 St Austell 50, Wadebridge 14 Hornets 19. Western Counties North: Avon 31 Midsomer Norton 7, Barton Hill 8 Drybrook 24, Berry Hill 22 Cirencester 5, Bsl Harlequins 32 Keynsham 14, North Bristol 15 Matson 26, Old Bristolians 19 Chosen Hill 10, Oldfield OB 17 Chew Valley 38. Gloucester Premier: Bsl Saracens 38 St Mary’s OB 10, Dursley 14 Painswick 12, Frampton Cott 20 Gordon League 13, Hucclecote 17 Southmead 10,
Newent 43 Tewkesbury 7, Whitehall 32 Stroud 13. Gloucester One: Bishopston 16 Kingswood 16, Bream 46 Ashley Down 6, Brockworth 6 Gloucester OB 13, Cheltenham Sarac 23 Chipping Sodbury 15, Old Colstonians 38 Longlevens 14, Old Richians 11 Widden OB 13. Gloucester Two: Aretians 15 Old Cryptians 72, BAC 0 Cotham Park 10, Broad Plain 27 Cheltenham CS 17, St Brendan’s 33 Ross-on-Wye 12, Westbury-on-Severn 10 Spartans 32. Gloucester Three: Hardwicke & Quedgeley 0 Cainscross 87, Minchinhampton 8 Tredworth 12, Norton 10 Smiths 13. Somerset Premier: Bsl Barbarians v Tor pp, Gordano 41 Taunton 6, Keynsham 27 Stothert & Pitt 43, Nailsea & B 35 Weston-s-Mare 15, Old Reds 10 St Bernadettes 24, Wiveliscombe 6 Minehead Barb 22, Yatton 8 Winscombe 8. Somerset One: Castle Cary 15 Bridgwater & Alb 8, Chard 45 Wells 10, Clevedon 5 Crewkerne 5, Hornets 19 Imperial 20, Midsomer Norton v Wellington pp, North Petherton 39 Old Sulians 7,
Old Reds 10 Yatton 34. Somerset Two North: Bsl Harlequins 59 Old Culverhaysians 0, Chew Valley 45 Nailsea & Backwell 0, Gordano 29 Keynsham 13, Midsomer Norton v Clevedon pp, Weston-s-Mare 35 Oldfield 29, Winscombe 0 Walcot 21. Somerset Two South: Bridgwater & Alb 0 Somerton 46, Burnham 13 Morganians 29, Cheddar Valley 104 Minehead Bar 0, Hornets v Ivel Barb pp, Wiveliscombe 12 Taunton 20, Wyvern 7 Tor 29. Somerset Three North: Avon v Oldfield OB (home w/o), Bath Old Eds v Old Sulians (home w/o), Midsomer Norton v Imperial pp, Walcot 5 Yatton 15. Somerset Three South: Castle Cary 3 North Petherton 24, Crewkerne 0 Martock 54. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 10 Greene King IPA Championship: London Welsh 22 Bristol 7, London Scottish 29 Jersey 3, Cornish Pirates 16 Bedford 13, Leeds Carnegie 19 Rotherham 10.
2 The number of penalty tries conceded by Clifton against Taunton in front of their posts, leaving referee Nick Williams no option other than to award a penalty try. Jamie Forrester converted. Fly-half Brad Barnes landed a penalty, and gave Clifton the lead – albeit briefly – when he added the extras after hooker Rupert Freestone dived over from close-range. But the home side drew level when Forrester hit another penalty to make it 10-10 at the turnaround. Taunton re-established the lead when full-back Gary Kingdom landed a penalty, before Barnes again levelled the scores. But the home side continued to heap the pressure on Clifton at the set piece, and broke their resistance with their second converted penalty try following another collapsed scrum, before Mark Manton emerged with the ball after another long-range driving maul. Kingdom’s conversion making it 27-13 to the Titans. Clifton head coach Matt Salter said: “We are very disappointed. We need to keep the ball for longer periods. “Trying to deal with the set-piece is difficult when teams threaten with them from near half way. There is plenty to work on, and perhaps we’re not as good as we think we are.” Scorers: Taunton tries: Penalty 21, 68, Manton 77. Conversions: Forrester 21, Kingdom 68, 78. Penalties: Forrester 34, Kingdom 49. Clifton try: Freestone 32. Conversion: Barnes 33. Penalties: Barnes 27, 75.
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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 9 Internationals: England 31 Argentina 12, Ireland 40 Samoa 9, Italy 20 Australia 50, Scotland 42 Japan 17, Wales 15 South Africa 24. LV=Cup: Cardiff 16 Worcester 21 (played Fri), Exeter 19 Harlequins 5, Leicester 39 Ospreys 16 (played Fri), Northampton 33 Gloucester 6, Sale 20 Bath 27 (played Fri), Scarlets 21 Newport Gwent Dragons 23 (played Fri), Wasps 21 Saracens 24 (played Fri). Greene King IPA Championship: Ealing 5 Plymouth Alb 20 (played Fri), Moseley 29 Nottingham 15. SSE National One: Blaydon 22 Doncaster 17, Cinderford 25 Blackheath 0, Coventry 32 Fylde 5, Esher 56 Tynedale 24, Henley 10 Old Albanian 17, Hull Ionians 31 Worthing 20, Richmond 13 Wharfedale 18, Rosslyn Park 31 Loughborough Students 5 (played Fri). National League Two South: Bournemouth 3 Bishop’s Stortford 20, Chinnor 40 Cambridge 17, Dings Crus 23 Hartpury Coll 25, Exmouth 20
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Premier League Van Persie comes back to haunt his former club
● Manchester United’s Robin Van Persie, far left, watches as his header flies into the Arsenal goal to give his side the three points
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ANCHESTER United striker Wayne Rooney praised his side’s performance after they recorded a 1-0 victory over Barclays Premier League leaders Arsenal at Old Trafford. Rooney’s corner set up former Gunners striker Robin van Persie, whose first-half header proved to be the winner against an Arsenal side who suffered their third defeat from their last six matches. Man-of-the-match Rooney said: “We knew we’d have to win today at all costs. I think we defended really well and thankfully Robin got the three points and we got the three points, and I think it was a great effort from everyone.” Chelsea’s home draw on Saturday was followed within 24 hours by shock defeats for Tottenham and Manchester City, meaning United have now closed to within five points of leaders Arsenal, who suffered their first league defeat since the opening day of the season. Rooney added: “We knew we couldn’t afford to lose today and we couldn’t let Arsenal get 11 points ahead of us, and I think the other results today and yesterday...we knew a victory would put us right back in there and we’re in a good position. “We worked on free-kicks and corners as Arsenal have a lot of smaller players in the team and that could give us the opportunity to get a goal, and thankfully it’s paid off.” David Moyes’ Red Devils have won five of the last six games and remain
● United boss David Moyes congratulates match-winner Robin Van Persie unbeaten in their last nine matches in all competitions. Rooney said: “It gives us a massive lift. It’s a great weekend for us going into the international games and we can all go off and play for our country and then come back, and we’ve got a big push then until the New Year and it’s our aim to still be up there.” United boss Moyes admitted he was
worried about captain Nemanja Vidic’s head injury. Just before half-time, Phil Jones and Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny clashed heads, for which Szczesny seemed to come off the worst and Jones received a booking. Serbia defender Vidic then suffered a head injury in a similar incident a few minutes later after he collided with his own goalkeeper David de
Gea’s knee, and remained on the ground for a number of minutes. When he got up he was led down the tunnel holding his head and was replaced by Tom Cleverley at the start of the second half. Moyes said: “He’s gone to hospital. I’ve only just seen it myself. “I didn’t see how bad it was from the touchline, but now I’ve had the chance to look at it again it’s a terrible sort of clash, it’s an accident and hopefully he’ll be okay. “I’ll find out more from the medics later on.” United recorded a goalless draw in their midweek Champions League clash at Real Socieded and Moyes was delighted to get back to winning ways. He said: “This was a big result for us today. Arsenal have been in terrific form this season and we had to play well ourselves today to get the result. “I thought we started the game well and we were very good in the opening 20 to 30 minutes of the game. And I thought, in the end, our whole determination of effort, commitment and good play helped us in the second half when we were under more pressure.” Moyes believes the Premier League title will be a close call this season, and added: “I don’t think anyone’s going to run away with it. “I think there are a lots of ups and downs, it’s a close-run league this year. “I think there will be a few shocks and we’ve think we’ve had one or two at the early part of the season, but I’m pleased we’ve been able to show a little bit more consistency and a bit more momentum, and let’s hope we continue that.”
PREMIER LEAGUE Lloris concussion gives Villas-Boas a headache of his own Tottenham Hotspur
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ANDRE Villas-Boas left Hugo Lloris out of the Tottenham squad to face Newcastle after he failed to adequately come through a post-concussion assessment carried out on Saturday. The Portuguese claimed the 26-year-old goalkeeper looked “ready to play” a week on from being knocked unconscious and in need of lengthy treatment on the pitch after a collision with Everton forward Romelu Lukaku last Sunday, but the medical advice suggested otherwise. FIFA’s medical chief was among those to question the decision not to substitute Lloris at Goodison Park, yet the club’s medical staff said they were “totally satisfied that he was fit to continue playing” in that match. The France captain was rested for Thursday’s Europa League win over Sheriff Tiraspol after the blow, but Villas-Boas claimed after that tie that Lloris would return against Newcastle. However, Brad Friedel once again deputised in the 1-0 defeat after which Villas-Boas revealed Lloris failed to satisfactorily come through Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) – a computerised concussion evaluation system. “The medical department felt that it was a bit too soon,” the Portuguese said. “Probably had the game been on Monday, he would have played. I expect he will play for France (in the World Cup play-offs). “For them, it was a bit too soon although clinically and medically all the signs were that the player was ready to play. “They did a test that they do, that they value a lot, called the ImPACT test, so I had to stick to what they said. “They decided the player wasn’t good enough. That test doesn’t serve as an evaluation tool for an assessment, but they thought so and we’ve gone on from there because we respect them a lot.” Despite the fact Lloris was again unavailable, Villas-Boas stands by his previous stance and rejected the notion that his absence yesterday indicated he had been wrong to leave him on against Everton. “No, not in my opinion, sorry,” he said. “Nothing has come to light, the player is absolutely fine. “The tests that they have, you don’t know because they have made different tests. “I think, if obviously the club agree, it would be welcome for the medical department to speak up their voice about the situation. We followed rules and that’s it.”
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ANUEL Pellegrini has warned that Manchester City’s bout of travel sickness could derail their Barclays Premier League title challenge. City lost 1-0 at Sunderland for the fourth successive season on Sunday afternoon and have now taken only four points from a possible 18 on the road during the current campaign. Pellegrini was at a loss to explain exactly how his team had come away from the Stadium of Light empty-handed after dominating for long periods, but admitted their hopes of glory could be dashed unless they can arrest the trend. He said: “I am concerned because we are losing too many points away and, of course, that’s very difficult if you don’t win away to try to fight for the Premier League. “But I don’t think we are playing badly, so we must have a reaction, we must improve to make sure we are going to win.” Former Manchester United full-back Phil Bardsley’s 21st-minute strike – his second goal in five days – proved enough to claim three priceless points for the Black Cats after he shrugged off James Milner and curled a shot across keeper Costel Pantilimon and inside the far post. The Romanian was once again preferred to England international Joe Hart and Pellegrini refused to be drawn on where he currently ranks his goalkeepers. He said: “At the moment, of course, Pantilimon is playing. He hasn’t had any problems in the three games he has played.” Pellegrini introduced Jesus Navas as a half-time substitute and later added Edin Dzeko to the mix as he
sought a way back into the game. But with Sunderland keeper Vito Mannone and a defence marshalled superbly by Wes Brown – starting his first league game in almost 22-months – holding firm, there was no way through. The City manager said: “The reaction is very similar to the other games that we have lost away. It’s incredible the way we lost this match. “Sunderland played really well also defending. The team is not in a good position, so I understand the way they played. “But they had just one shot on our goal. We had the possession, we had the chances and we didn’t score.” Sunderland boss Gus Poyet was thrilled by a win which gave the Black Cats’ survival hopes a major boost, but did his heart little good. Asked if that was the biggest victory of his managerial career to date, even eclipsing a 2-1 defeat of arch-rivals Newcastle, he said: “Yes, probably. “I know that for the fans, for the club, for the history, it’s always more important to beat the biggest rivals without any doubt. That’s when you have to win. “But in terms of opposition, quality, world-class players, this is the biggest of my career, so it’s going to be a good evening tonight without any doubt. “I don’t know how my heart is right now. I don’t want to check it just in case it’s bad news, but it’s going to be a great evening. “I am so pleased for the players. They need to believe. It’s easy to talk – we can say things and you can write things. “But at the end of the day, it’s the players on the pitch who need to be convinced that this new way of playing football and defending is working, which is great for the future. “So let’s see if we can keep this going. It’s a good time to go into the international break.”
● Sunderland boss Gus Poyet celebrates the 1-0 victory over Manchester City at the Stadium of Light
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was off the field after treatment, when Peter Crouch flicked on a long ball and Ben Davies and Chico Flores got in each other’s way to allow Walters to apply the finish. They fell further behind with 25 minutes gone. Leon Britton was robbed of possession and two lovely passes from Walters and Crouch ripped Swansea apart for Ireland to score the goal. Flores, culpable in both Stoke goals then disgraced himself with an embarrassing attempt to get Nzonzi sent off. The midfielder was involved in an
exchange of words with Bony and pushed out at Flores’ chest, but the Spaniard collapsed in a heap clutching his face and was rightly booked. To compound Swansea frustrations they then spurned a gilt-edged chance to pull a goal back. Erik Pieters’ back pass found a lurking Bony, but Begovic knocked the ball away from the striker as he attempted to score, before saving Routledge’s follow-up. The Ivorian made no such mistake in the 56th minute. Stoke failed to clear a Jonathan de Guzman corner and the Dutchman
did not waste the second chance as he picked out Bony, who powered in his header from close range. Stoke were having to deal with incessant pressure but could not hold out. Routledge surged past Geoff Cameron to the byline and when Walters’ headed clearance dropped to Dyer, the substitute volleyed home with the aid of a slight deflection. Bony then struck what looked like being the winner, slotting home a left-footed shot, but Stoke emerged with a point in the late drama.
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SWANSEA suffered yet more stoppage-time agony as Charlie Adam’s penalty earned Stoke a point in a thrilling 3-3 draw at the Liberty Stadium. Jonathan Walters and Stephen Ireland gave the visitors the half-time advantage. Wilfried Bony got one back early in the second half, before Nathan Dyer
levelled and the Ivorian struck his tenth goal of the season to put Swansea ahead. But Swansea were denied the win again when referee Robert Madley decided Wayne Routledge had handled a Ryan Shawcross header and Adam made no mistake from the spot. Such a result had seemed unlikely after a lacklustre first-half display from Swansea, but the shell-shocked Welsh side will feel aggrieved to not have taken all three points. The visitors had hit the front in just the eighth minute. Ashley Williams
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Bristol Rovers 2013-14 The season so far . . .
Bristol City 2013-14 The season so far . . .
Bristol Rugby 2013-14 The season so far . . .
LEAGUE ONE AUGUST
3 Bradford (H)................................................................................................................ 2-2 6 Gillingham (Capital One, First Round) (A) ................................................................. 2-0 11 Coventry (A) ............................................................................................................ 4-5 17 Wolverhampton (H) ................................................................................................. 1-2 24 MK Dons (A) ............................................................................................................ 2-2 27 Crystal Palace (Capital One, Second Round) (H)................................................... 2-1 31 Gillingham (A) .......................................................................................................... 1-1
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
15 Cornish Pirates (Sandy Park)................................................................... 21-23 22 London Scottish (H) .................................................................................. 31-18 28 Jersey (A) ................................................................................................. 26-17
4 Bristol Rovers (JPT, First Round) (H) ........................................................................ 2-1 14 Peterborough (H) ..................................................................................................... 0-3 17 Shrewsbury (H) ....................................................................................................... 1-1 21 Swindon (A) ............................................................................................................. 2-3 24 Southampton (Capital One) (A)............................................................................... 0-2 28 Colchester (H) ......................................................................................................... 1-1
4 Bristol City (JPT, First Round) (A) .............................................................. 1-2 7 Plymouth (A) .............................................................................................. 0-1 14 Dag & Red (A) ......................................................................................... 0-2 21 Hartlepool (H) .......................................................................................... 2-2 28 Southend (A) ........................................................................................... 1-1
OCTOBER
5 Fleetwood (H) ............................................................................................ 1-3 12 Mansfield (A) ........................................................................................... 1-1 19 Wycombe (H) .......................................................................................... 0-1 22 Accrington Stanley (A) ............................................................................. 1-2 26 Chesterfield (H) ....................................................................................... 0-0
NOVEMBER
2 Oxford Utd (A) ........................................................................................... 1-0 8York City (FA Cup) (H) ............................................................................... 3-3 16 Bury ......................................................................................................... (H) 19 York (FA Cup replay)................................................................................ (A) 23 Burton Albion ............................................................................................(A) 26 Cheltenham ..............................................................................................(A) 30 AFC Wimbledon ...................................................................................... (H)
DECEMBER
14 Morecambe ..............................................................................................(A) 21 Portsmouth .............................................................................................. (H) 26 Torquay ....................................................................................................(A) 29 Rochdale ..................................................................................................(A)
OCTOBER
6 Bedford (H) ................................................................................................. 45-27 12 Leeds B& I Cup (H) .................................................................................. 21-17 19 Aberavon B&I Cup (A)........................................................... abandoned 24-20 27 Nottingham (H) ......................................................................................... 33-18
LEAGUE TWO AUGUST
3 Exeter (A) .................................................................................................. 1-2 6 Watford (Capital One Cup, First Round) (H) ............................................. 1-3 10 Scunthorpe (H) ........................................................................................ 0-0 17 Newport County(A) .................................................................................. 0-1 24 York (H) ................................................................................................... 3-2 31 Northampton (H) ...................................................................................... 1-0
OCTOBER
5 Port Vale (A) .............................................................................................................. 1-1 8 Wycombe (JPT Second Round) (A) .......................................................................... 1-2 19 Crewe (A) ................................................................................................................ 0-1 22 Brentford (H) ............................................................................................................ 1-2 26 Carlisle (A) ............................................................................................................... 4-2
NOVEMBER
2 Plymouth (A)............................................................................................... 38-31 9 London Welsh (A) ......................................................................................... 7-22 17 Rotherham.................................................................................................... (H) 23 Cornish Pirates ............................................................................................. (A)
DECEMBER
1 Leeds .............................................................................................................. (H) 6 Gala B&I Cup .................................................................................................. (H) 10 Aberavon B&I Cup ........................................................................................ (A) 14 Gala B&I Cup ................................................................................................ (A) 21 Ealing ........................................................................................................... (A)
JANUARY 2014
5 Moseley .......................................................................................................... (H) 12 Aberavon B&I Cup........................................................................................ (H) 18 Leeds B&I Cup ............................................................................................. (A) 26 Plymouth ...................................................................................................... (H)
NOVEMBER
2 Oldham (H) ................................................................................................................ 1-1 5 Crawley Town (H) ...................................................................................................... 2-0 9 Dagenham & Redbridge (FA Cup) (H) ...................................................................... 3-0 16 Tranmere .................................................................................................................. (A) 23 Sheffield United ........................................................................................................(H) 26 Leyton Orient ............................................................................................................(H) 30 Preston ..................................................................................................................... (A)
DECEMBER
7 Tamworth (FA Cup) .................................................................................................... (A) 14 Rotherham ................................................................................................................(H) 21 Notts County ............................................................................................................. (A) 26 Walsall ......................................................................................................................(H) 29 Stevenage ................................................................................................................(H)
JANUARY
2 Jersey ............................................................................................................. (H) 8 Bedford ........................................................................................................... (A) 15 Nottingham ................................................................................................... (A)
1 Leyton Orient .............................................................................................................. (A) 4 Coventry .....................................................................................................................(H) 11 Bradford .................................................................................................................... (A) 18 MK Dons................................................................................................................... (H) 25 Wolverhampton ........................................................................................................ (A) 28 Brentford ................................................................................................................... (A)
MARCH
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
1 Rotherham...................................................................................................... (A) 9 Cornish Pirates ............................................................................................... (H) 22 Leeds ............................................................................................................ (A) 30 Ealing ........................................................................................................... (H)
1 Carlisle .......................................................................................................................(H) 8 Oldham ....................................................................................................................... (A) 15 Tranmere.................................................................................................................. (H) 22 Sheffield United ........................................................................................................ (A)
APRIL
MARCH
5 Moseley .......................................................................................................... (A) 12 B&I Cup .......................................................................................... quarter-final 18 London Welsh .............................................................................................. (H) 26 London Scottish............................................................................................ (A)
MAY
3 B&I Cup ................................................................................................ semi-final 10 Championship semi-final ......................................................................... 1st leg 17 Championship semi-final ....................................................................... 2nd leg 23 B&I Cup ....................................................................................................... final 29 Championship final.................................................................................. 1st leg
JUNE
1 Gillingham .................................................................................................................. (H) 8 Shrewsbury ................................................................................................................ (A) 11 Peterborough............................................................................................................ (A) 15 Swindon.................................................................................................................... (H) 22 Colchester ................................................................................................................ (A) 25 Port Vale................................................................................................................... (H) 29 Rotherham ................................................................................................................ (A)
JANUARY
1 Cheltenham ............................................................................................... (H) 4 Scunthorpe .................................................................................................(A) 11 Exeter ....................................................................................................... (H) 18 York .......................................................................................................... (A) 25 Newport County ....................................................................................... (H) 28 Accrington Stanley .................................................................................. (H)
FEBRUARY
1 Chesterfield ................................................................................................(A) 8 Oxford Utd ................................................................................................. (H) 15 Bury ..........................................................................................................(A) 22 Burton Albion........................................................................................... (H)
MARCH
1 Northampton............................................................................................... (A) 8 Plymouth ................................................................................................... (H) 11 Dag & Red............................................................................................... (H) 15 Hartlepool ................................................................................................. (A) 22 Southend ................................................................................................. (H) 25 Fleetwood .................................................................................................(A) 29 Morecambe ............................................................................................. (H)
APRIL
APRIL
5 Preston .......................................................................................................................(H) 12 Walsall ...................................................................................................................... (A) 19 Notts County............................................................................................................. (H) 21 Stevenage ................................................................................................................ (A) 26 Crewe .......................................................................................................................(H)
5 AFC Wimbledon ......................................................................................... (A) 12 Torquay ................................................................................................... (H) 19 Portsmouth ............................................................................................... (A) 21 Rochdale ................................................................................................. (H) 26 Wycombe .................................................................................................(A)
MAY
4 Championship final.................................................................................. 2nd leg
MAY
3 Mansfield ................................................................................................... (H)
3 Crawley Town............................................................................................................. (A)
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Who said my playing days are over? All I need is a couple of weeks to recover ALONG with my pal, Jeff Hazell, I played in an over-35s match a couple of Sunday mornings ago. In our case it really should have been classed as ‘well over-35s’. Jeff is now in his mid-40s, and I am now in my 50s, so just walking to the pitch was a major achievement. However, once on the pitch we are both very competitive, but to be brutally honest we may have both lost a yard of pace, well in Jeff ’s case, ten! People say that although you might not be as fit as in your youth, the experience you have gained down the years should make up for this deficiency. I am not so sure about this. For example, my brain kept telling me to sprint after the ball, but my clapped out body was having none of
Dave Payne Writes for the Green ’Un it. On the positive side though, at least we still attempt to play, and have a bit of fun along the way. Jeff actually came out with a classic comment during this particular game. He was marking our opponent’s centre forward, who during the game became very frustrated because his team-mates hardly ever passed him
the ball. At one point, when a team-mate yet again ignored his shout for the ball to be played to him, we all heard his cry of desperation which was: “What am I? Invisible?” Quick as a flash, Jeff bellowed out: “Who said that?” Although we lost the game by the odd three goals, and ached for days afterwards, we were both delighted to be asked to play again this week. One piece of advice offered to me many years ago which I have always remembered was to play for as long as you can, because one day you will be unable to. Ricky Chandler, another old pal and former team-mate of mine, had a house-warming party last weekend. It had a Hallowe’en theme, and
guests were asked to arrive in fancy dress, resembling a famous dead people. There were several ex-footballers at the bash and one of them, Richard Gardiner, came dressed as George Best, the former Manchester United. legend. I can recall when Rich played, and on the pitch and he never resembled Best in any shape or for m. But at the party I had to do a double take, he was wearing a replica kit, along with Best’s trademark beard, and I have to say there was a true likeness. What really impressed me was Richards’s ability to drink as much as Best. In fact, he showed balance that the great man himself would have been
proud of, walking around all night on a slippery floor holding two pints in his hands and not spilling a drop – what technique! I went as Rod Hull, the late entertainer, who was famous for having an Emu puppet on his arm. I was the envy of a lot of the chaps there, because I was the only one with a bird on my arm all night! Our host, Ricky had offered a prize to the person who in his opinion had made the best effort to look the part that night. Surprisingly, he awarded it to Stuart Hall, the burly ex-Highridge United. centre forward. Unfortunately though he wasn’t wearing fancy dress, and had only arrived at the end to give me a lift home!