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It’s the firsthat-trick I’veever scored insenior football.

It was the perfecthat-trick – a headerand goals with bothfeet – City’s JayEmmanuel-Thomas

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Match reaction

CITY winger Scott Wagstaff had agood feeling about the long trip toBrunton Park even before he scoredhis fourth goal of the season to se-cure a first league win in nearlyeight months.

And no wonder – the Cumbrianoutpost is fast becoming the2 3 - ye a r- o l d ’s lucky ground.

A member of a Charlton side thatcame from behind to beat Carlisle 4-3at the start of his career, Wagstaffexperienced the joy of winning pro-motion from League One when re-turning with the Addicks a yearl at e r.

“I’ve had some good times at thisg round,” said Wagstaff, pic-tured, whose stunning71st-minute strike helpedCity end their long se-quence without aleague win.

“I remember com-ing here with Charl-ton for the first time;we were three up, theypegged us back to 3-3and then we scored alast-minute winner.

“Then we beat them 1-0 attheir place to be promoted a couple of

seasons. There were great celebra-tions that day and the place has

fond memories for me.“It may be a long wayaway, but I love playing

there and the journeywas definitely worth-wh i l e. ”

Match-winner JayEmmanuel-Thomas ded-

icated his first hat-trickin senior football to City’s

travelling fans.Victory lifted the Robins off

the foot of the League One tableand sent 364 hard-core fans home

happy. “That one’s for the fans,” saidEmmanuel-Thomas, who emergedfrom the dressing room clutching thematch ball.

He became the first City player toscore a hat-trick in a competitivematch since Phil Jevons shot downGillingham in an FA Cup tie wayback in 2006.

“This is such a long journey andwe know it is going to take hours forthem to get back home.

“To have that many come all thisway to support us is nothing short ofbrilliant.

“They have backed us all season

Fan’s view byMatthew Withers

and really deserved a win.“We are all so delighted that we

have given them something to shoutabout and that they are going homeh ap py.

“It felt great to be able to go over tothat side of the ground and celebratewith them afterwards.”

Of his hat-trick, the Londoner said:“It’s the first one I’ve ever scored insenior football.

“I got a few in youth football and inreserve games down the years, butnothing like that. It was the perfecthat-trick – a header and goals withboth feet.”

Player Rating (out of 10)

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5

6

7

6

7

6

7

7Star man

R e f e re e

Carlisle United

Scott Duncan (Northumberland) – had a very good game

Match facts

HomeShots on target 4Shots off targetCor ners

Fouls conceded

O ff s i d e s

Attendance

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56 213 151

4,672

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Carlisle: David Symington for Berrett (60 mins), Lee Miller forGuy (60 mins), Prince Buaben for Potts (71 mins)

City:Aden Flint for Dunk (40 mins), Joe Bryan for Reid (78mins), Marlon Harewood for Emmanuel-Thomas (88 mins)

Substitutions

Mark Gillespie – 6Brad Potts – 5Sean O’Hanlon – 6Pascal Chimbonda – 6

David Amoo – 7Lewis Guy – 6Matt Robson – 6

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� Elliot Parish: No chance with either goal, hewas a steadying influence.

� Brendan Moloney: Worked hard in defenceand a superb assist for equaliser.

� Lewis Dunk: Did not have the best of gamesbefore going off injured.

� Derrick Williams: Held his own but questionsremain under the high ball.

� Nicky Shorey: Hugely experienced, he nearlyalways takes right option.

� Marlon Pack: Stood off in first half, thenimproved dramatically in the second.

� Bobby Reid: Ran hard and looked to makethings happen until he ran out of steam.

� Marvin Elliott: He did the ugly things well andhad a steady game.

� Scott Wagstaff: Inexperience still shows, butoverall a positive influence and a great goal.

� Ryan Taylor: Grafted incredibly hard to givehis team a crucial platform up front.

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas: Rewarded for tryingto do the right thing with a superb hat-trick.

� Travelling City fans enjoy their day in Cumbria

BRISTOL City’s talismanicforward, Jay Em-manuel-Thomas, frustratesand delights in equal meas-ure. As if to prove the point,

he missed an open goal and turned ina performance way beneath his ownhigh standards in defeat at Crewe lastweek, prompting some Robins fans toeven question his presence in headcoach Sean O’Driscoll’s startingl i n e - u p.

Seven days later, and the formerArsenal man produces the kind ofemphatic response that really oughtto silence his doubters for some con-siderable time to come. But thenthose are the inconsistencies thatdefine a player who has divided opin-ion throughout his career.

When Emmanuel-Thomas is good,he can be very good. Just ask CarlisleUnited, who were blown away by hishat-trick and a great strike from ScottWagstaff, all four goals deliveredwithin a 34-minute spell in the secondhalf that could yet redefine City’sseason.

Trailing to Sean O’H a n l o n’s24th-minute header and 1-0 down atthe break, the visitors were forced toconfront the unpalatable prospect ofbeing cut adrift at the foot of theLeague One table, potentially fivepoints from safety.

Tentative at times on the opening45 minutes, the Robins failed to winenough second balls to deter a Carl-isle side that enjoyed the upper handin midfield and deserved to be inf ro n t .

Encouraged by O’Driscoll and hisassistant, John Pemberton, City’splayers emerged for the second halfwith an altogether more positivemind-set and set about imposingthemselves on proceedings for thefirst time.

The results were almost instant-aneous, Emmanuel-Thomas stoopingto conquer from a close-range headerlaid on a proverbial plate for him byright-back Brendan Moloney, whoworked wonders to keep the ball inplay and then deliver a tellingc e n t re.

Proving the old adage that goalschange games, Carlisle reacted badlyand the Robins, their tails up, scoredanother goal within two minutes tofundamentally alter the complexionof the game and effect a dramaticswing in the balance of power.

Deployed in an attacking role be-

Attack proves to be the best form of defence for CityCarlisle vs Bristol City | Brunton Park, Saturday, October 26

hind the strikers, Bobby Reidpowered forward and slipped an as-tute pass inside to Em-manuel-Thomas, whose ownparticular version of the soft-shoeshuffle carried him clear of the cov-ering defence and invited him to beatkeeper Mark Gillespie from 15 yardsout.

Confidence now coursing throughtheir veins, City’s young players re-fused to sit back and protect theirlead, something they attempted

without success in previous games atPort Vale and MK Dons. Instead, theykept their foot on the pedal, con-tinued to force the home side onto theback foot and were rewarded whenWagstaff controlled a lofted pass fromthe increasingly influential Em-manuel-Thomas on his chest andfound the far top corner of the netwith a breath-taking half volley thatowed as much to renewed belief as itdid to sound technique.

Even when Liam Noble pulled agoal back 11 minutes from time, thevisitors kept going forward and Em-manuel-Thomas completed his firstsenior treble to put the seal on a firstLeague win in 22 games dating backto March 9.

Having already scored with hishead and right foot, he netted with hisleft foot after being set-up by sub-stitute Joe Bryan and holding offO’Hanlon. His was the completes t r i ke r ’s hat-trick and proved beyond

doubt that a team seemingly incap-able of keeping clean sheets desper-ately needs a maverick influencewithin its ranks.

This long-overdue result not onlylifts City off the foot of the table and towithin three points of safety ahead ofback-to-back home games againstOldham Athletic and Crawley Town,it also relieves some of the pressureon O’Driscoll and City’s board of dir-ectors, who have continued to backhim in the face of poor results.

One win does not make a season,but it is at least a start and offers ayoung team something tangible tobuild on now that they have finallyshed the stigma of the longest winlessrun in the entire Football League.

Although they celebrated wildly atthe final whistle, City’s supportershave suffered for long enough to real-ise the importance of keeping theirfeet on terra-firma this week.

How can they do otherwise whenthe defensive frailties that have doneso much to undermine their teamthis season still persist?

O’Driscoll has sought to perfect thebalance between defence and attack,yet his team continues to concede softgoals. Without a clean sheet inLeague One this term, the Robinswere again found wanting when con-fronted by set-piece routines.

This persistent failing re-emergedwith calamitous results when JamesBerrett swung over a corner andO’Hanlon rose unchallenged to headin at the far post.

And Carlisle’s second goal was alsothe product of a momentary loss ofconcentration, Noble being allowedtime and space to pick his spot from22 yards out.

But then this was one of thoseoccasions when the result was moreimportant than the performance andCity can be forgiven their shortcom-ings in defence this once. � City’s hat-trick hero Jay Emmanuel-Thomas lets fly to score his side’s first goal Pictures: Dougie Allward

� City’s Scott Wagstaff celebrateshis goal against Carlisle

� City’s head coach Sean O’Driscoll

� City’s Ryan Taylor tussles withSean O’Hanlon

34� The number of second-halfminutes it took for City to score fourgoals

Andy

Expert analysisStockhausen

Carlisle United 2

Bristol City 4

IT’S taken 13 games this seasonand 22 games in total, but Sat-urday it finally happened asBristol City managed a victoryin the league. Following anothertrying week for Sean O'Driscolland his players, not too manyhad expected City to claim allthree points away from homeagainst Carlisle.

City’s head coach recalledfit-again Ryan Taylor to thestarting line-up and kept faithwith Jay Emmanuel Thomas.JET has been off his game thelast couple of weeks and I'll bethe first to admit that I wouldhave rested the former Arsenaland Ipswich forward, having feltthat accommodating JET wasproving to be too much of acompromise to the team shape.

Let's be clear, one swallowdoes not make a summer, andO'Driscoll's job as head coachmust still be in question.

Following the defeat to Brent-ford in midweek, O'Driscollsomewhat lost his cool whenbeing asked if he was still up forthe fight. Now I find his post andpre-match comments dull to saythe least, but he had spent fiveminutes defending his playersand talking about the positivesfrom the Brentford game and theinterviewer did ask a questionthat was obvious to those thathad listened to what had beensaid before.

I felt it was a stupid questionand O'Driscoll's response in it-self showed that he was up forthe fight and yet he was stillpushed. The interviewer wanteda sound-bite and headline and soI can understand him pressing.

After all was said and done, itonly highlighted the pressurethat O'Driscoll is under and itwas no surprise that assistantcoach John Pemberton came outand handled the media after theCarlisle game.

I would have been really sur-prised to see O'Driscoll in chargenow, despite everything that hasbeen said by Jon Lansdown if wehad not secured the victory onS at u rd ay.

While things may be movingin the right direction off thepitch, we have struggled on itand the fans’ patience is wearingthin. When we conceded in thefirst half, it looked like the writ-ing may be on the wall. Pem-berton came out after the gameand admitted that the team hadnot played well in the first halfand got a verbal volley fromO'Driscoll during the interval.

The team responded andscored four great second-halfgoals, with JET scoring his firstprofessional hat-tick and ScottWagstaff scoring the goal of theg ame.

We need to take the second 45minutes into next week’s homegame and push forward.

Massive praise to all of thosewho made the long trip north,it's a journey I have made and it'srewarding that those fans werethe ones who got to see the teamwin after so long. Congratula-tions to O'Driscoll, his staff andthe players. Now let's see how wetake this forward.

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Match reaction

CITY winger Scott Wagstaff had agood feeling about the long trip toBrunton Park even before he scoredhis fourth goal of the season to se-cure a first league win in nearlyeight months.

And no wonder – the Cumbrianoutpost is fast becoming the2 3 - ye a r- o l d ’s lucky ground.

A member of a Charlton side thatcame from behind to beat Carlisle 4-3at the start of his career, Wagstaffexperienced the joy of winning pro-motion from League One when re-turning with the Addicks a yearl at e r.

“I’ve had some good times at thisg round,” said Wagstaff, pic-tured, whose stunning71st-minute strike helpedCity end their long se-quence without aleague win.

“I remember com-ing here with Charl-ton for the first time;we were three up, theypegged us back to 3-3and then we scored alast-minute winner.

“Then we beat them 1-0 attheir place to be promoted a couple of

seasons. There were great celebra-tions that day and the place has

fond memories for me.“It may be a long wayaway, but I love playing

there and the journeywas definitely worth-wh i l e. ”

Match-winner JayEmmanuel-Thomas ded-

icated his first hat-trickin senior football to City’s

travelling fans.Victory lifted the Robins off

the foot of the League One tableand sent 364 hard-core fans home

happy. “That one’s for the fans,” saidEmmanuel-Thomas, who emergedfrom the dressing room clutching thematch ball.

He became the first City player toscore a hat-trick in a competitivematch since Phil Jevons shot downGillingham in an FA Cup tie wayback in 2006.

“This is such a long journey andwe know it is going to take hours forthem to get back home.

“To have that many come all thisway to support us is nothing short ofbrilliant.

“They have backed us all season

Fan’s view byMatthew Withers

and really deserved a win.“We are all so delighted that we

have given them something to shoutabout and that they are going homeh ap py.

“It felt great to be able to go over tothat side of the ground and celebratewith them afterwards.”

Of his hat-trick, the Londoner said:“It’s the first one I’ve ever scored insenior football.

“I got a few in youth football and inreserve games down the years, butnothing like that. It was the perfecthat-trick – a header and goals withboth feet.”

Player Rating (out of 10)

6

7

5

6

7

6

7

6

7

7Star man

R e f e re e

Carlisle United

Scott Duncan (Northumberland) – had a very good game

Match facts

HomeShots on target 4Shots off targetCor ners

Fouls conceded

O ff s i d e s

Attendance

4

56 213 151

4,672

2

Carlisle: David Symington for Berrett (60 mins), Lee Miller forGuy (60 mins), Prince Buaben for Potts (71 mins)

City:Aden Flint for Dunk (40 mins), Joe Bryan for Reid (78mins), Marlon Harewood for Emmanuel-Thomas (88 mins)

Substitutions

Mark Gillespie – 6Brad Potts – 5Sean O’Hanlon – 6Pascal Chimbonda – 6

David Amoo – 7Lewis Guy – 6Matt Robson – 6

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� Elliot Parish: No chance with either goal, hewas a steadying influence.

� Brendan Moloney: Worked hard in defenceand a superb assist for equaliser.

� Lewis Dunk: Did not have the best of gamesbefore going off injured.

� Derrick Williams: Held his own but questionsremain under the high ball.

� Nicky Shorey: Hugely experienced, he nearlyalways takes right option.

� Marlon Pack: Stood off in first half, thenimproved dramatically in the second.

� Bobby Reid: Ran hard and looked to makethings happen until he ran out of steam.

� Marvin Elliott: He did the ugly things well andhad a steady game.

� Scott Wagstaff: Inexperience still shows, butoverall a positive influence and a great goal.

� Ryan Taylor: Grafted incredibly hard to givehis team a crucial platform up front.

� Jay Emmanuel-Thomas: Rewarded for tryingto do the right thing with a superb hat-trick.

� Travelling City fans enjoy their day in Cumbria

BRISTOL City’s talismanicforward, Jay Em-manuel-Thomas, frustratesand delights in equal meas-ure. As if to prove the point,

he missed an open goal and turned ina performance way beneath his ownhigh standards in defeat at Crewe lastweek, prompting some Robins fans toeven question his presence in headcoach Sean O’Driscoll’s startingl i n e - u p.

Seven days later, and the formerArsenal man produces the kind ofemphatic response that really oughtto silence his doubters for some con-siderable time to come. But thenthose are the inconsistencies thatdefine a player who has divided opin-ion throughout his career.

When Emmanuel-Thomas is good,he can be very good. Just ask CarlisleUnited, who were blown away by hishat-trick and a great strike from ScottWagstaff, all four goals deliveredwithin a 34-minute spell in the secondhalf that could yet redefine City’sseason.

Trailing to Sean O’H a n l o n’s24th-minute header and 1-0 down atthe break, the visitors were forced toconfront the unpalatable prospect ofbeing cut adrift at the foot of theLeague One table, potentially fivepoints from safety.

Tentative at times on the opening45 minutes, the Robins failed to winenough second balls to deter a Carl-isle side that enjoyed the upper handin midfield and deserved to be inf ro n t .

Encouraged by O’Driscoll and hisassistant, John Pemberton, City’splayers emerged for the second halfwith an altogether more positivemind-set and set about imposingthemselves on proceedings for thefirst time.

The results were almost instant-aneous, Emmanuel-Thomas stoopingto conquer from a close-range headerlaid on a proverbial plate for him byright-back Brendan Moloney, whoworked wonders to keep the ball inplay and then deliver a tellingc e n t re.

Proving the old adage that goalschange games, Carlisle reacted badlyand the Robins, their tails up, scoredanother goal within two minutes tofundamentally alter the complexionof the game and effect a dramaticswing in the balance of power.

Deployed in an attacking role be-

Attack proves to be the best form of defence for CityCarlisle vs Bristol City | Brunton Park, Saturday, October 26

hind the strikers, Bobby Reidpowered forward and slipped an as-tute pass inside to Em-manuel-Thomas, whose ownparticular version of the soft-shoeshuffle carried him clear of the cov-ering defence and invited him to beatkeeper Mark Gillespie from 15 yardsout.

Confidence now coursing throughtheir veins, City’s young players re-fused to sit back and protect theirlead, something they attempted

without success in previous games atPort Vale and MK Dons. Instead, theykept their foot on the pedal, con-tinued to force the home side onto theback foot and were rewarded whenWagstaff controlled a lofted pass fromthe increasingly influential Em-manuel-Thomas on his chest andfound the far top corner of the netwith a breath-taking half volley thatowed as much to renewed belief as itdid to sound technique.

Even when Liam Noble pulled agoal back 11 minutes from time, thevisitors kept going forward and Em-manuel-Thomas completed his firstsenior treble to put the seal on a firstLeague win in 22 games dating backto March 9.

Having already scored with hishead and right foot, he netted with hisleft foot after being set-up by sub-stitute Joe Bryan and holding offO’Hanlon. His was the completes t r i ke r ’s hat-trick and proved beyond

doubt that a team seemingly incap-able of keeping clean sheets desper-ately needs a maverick influencewithin its ranks.

This long-overdue result not onlylifts City off the foot of the table and towithin three points of safety ahead ofback-to-back home games againstOldham Athletic and Crawley Town,it also relieves some of the pressureon O’Driscoll and City’s board of dir-ectors, who have continued to backhim in the face of poor results.

One win does not make a season,but it is at least a start and offers ayoung team something tangible tobuild on now that they have finallyshed the stigma of the longest winlessrun in the entire Football League.

Although they celebrated wildly atthe final whistle, City’s supportershave suffered for long enough to real-ise the importance of keeping theirfeet on terra-firma this week.

How can they do otherwise whenthe defensive frailties that have doneso much to undermine their teamthis season still persist?

O’Driscoll has sought to perfect thebalance between defence and attack,yet his team continues to concede softgoals. Without a clean sheet inLeague One this term, the Robinswere again found wanting when con-fronted by set-piece routines.

This persistent failing re-emergedwith calamitous results when JamesBerrett swung over a corner andO’Hanlon rose unchallenged to headin at the far post.

And Carlisle’s second goal was alsothe product of a momentary loss ofconcentration, Noble being allowedtime and space to pick his spot from22 yards out.

But then this was one of thoseoccasions when the result was moreimportant than the performance andCity can be forgiven their shortcom-ings in defence this once. � City’s hat-trick hero Jay Emmanuel-Thomas lets fly to score his side’s first goal Pictures: Dougie Allward

� City’s Scott Wagstaff celebrateshis goal against Carlisle

� City’s head coach Sean O’Driscoll

� City’s Ryan Taylor tussles withSean O’Hanlon

34� The number of second-halfminutes it took for City to score fourgoals

Andy

Expert analysisStockhausen

Carlisle United 2

Bristol City 4

IT’S taken 13 games this seasonand 22 games in total, but Sat-urday it finally happened asBristol City managed a victoryin the league. Following anothertrying week for Sean O'Driscolland his players, not too manyhad expected City to claim allthree points away from homeagainst Carlisle.

City’s head coach recalledfit-again Ryan Taylor to thestarting line-up and kept faithwith Jay Emmanuel Thomas.JET has been off his game thelast couple of weeks and I'll bethe first to admit that I wouldhave rested the former Arsenaland Ipswich forward, having feltthat accommodating JET wasproving to be too much of acompromise to the team shape.

Let's be clear, one swallowdoes not make a summer, andO'Driscoll's job as head coachmust still be in question.

Following the defeat to Brent-ford in midweek, O'Driscollsomewhat lost his cool whenbeing asked if he was still up forthe fight. Now I find his post andpre-match comments dull to saythe least, but he had spent fiveminutes defending his playersand talking about the positivesfrom the Brentford game and theinterviewer did ask a questionthat was obvious to those thathad listened to what had beensaid before.

I felt it was a stupid questionand O'Driscoll's response in it-self showed that he was up forthe fight and yet he was stillpushed. The interviewer wanteda sound-bite and headline and soI can understand him pressing.

After all was said and done, itonly highlighted the pressurethat O'Driscoll is under and itwas no surprise that assistantcoach John Pemberton came outand handled the media after theCarlisle game.

I would have been really sur-prised to see O'Driscoll in chargenow, despite everything that hasbeen said by Jon Lansdown if wehad not secured the victory onS at u rd ay.

While things may be movingin the right direction off thepitch, we have struggled on itand the fans’ patience is wearingthin. When we conceded in thefirst half, it looked like the writ-ing may be on the wall. Pem-berton came out after the gameand admitted that the team hadnot played well in the first halfand got a verbal volley fromO'Driscoll during the interval.

The team responded andscored four great second-halfgoals, with JET scoring his firstprofessional hat-tick and ScottWagstaff scoring the goal of theg ame.

We need to take the second 45minutes into next week’s homegame and push forward.

Massive praise to all of thosewho made the long trip north,it's a journey I have made and it'srewarding that those fans werethe ones who got to see the teamwin after so long. Congratula-tions to O'Driscoll, his staff andthe players. Now let's see how wetake this forward.

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� Relieved Bristol City fans enjoy winning their first league game of the season after beating Carlisle 4-2 at Brunton Park on Saturday Pictures: Dougie Allward

� City defenders prepare to face a Carlisle free-kick

� City’s Lewis Dunk gets in a sliding shot against Carlisle

� City’s mascot for the day

� City’s Marvin Elliot wins an aerial battle against Carlisle on Saturday � City substitute Aden Flint

� More than 300City fans madethe ten-hourround trip toCumbria towatch their sidewin in the leaguefor the first timethis season

� Bristol City’s Bobby Reid challenges Carlisle’s Conor Townsend for the ball

� City’s Lewis Dunk in pain after a tackle in the game against Carlisle

� City’s players go into a huddle before the game against Carlisle

� City’s warm-up shirt commemorating 150 years of the FA

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� Relieved Bristol City fans enjoy winning their first league game of the season after beating Carlisle 4-2 at Brunton Park on Saturday Pictures: Dougie Allward

� City defenders prepare to face a Carlisle free-kick

� City’s Lewis Dunk gets in a sliding shot against Carlisle

� City’s mascot for the day

� City’s Marvin Elliot wins an aerial battle against Carlisle on Saturday � City substitute Aden Flint

� More than 300City fans madethe ten-hourround trip toCumbria towatch their sidewin in the leaguefor the first timethis season

� Bristol City’s Bobby Reid challenges Carlisle’s Conor Townsend for the ball

� City’s Lewis Dunk in pain after a tackle in the game against Carlisle

� City’s players go into a huddle before the game against Carlisle

� City’s warm-up shirt commemorating 150 years of the FA

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Gary Roberts – 7Eoin Doyle – 4Armand Gnanduillet – 7

Ritchie Humphreys – 7Jamie Devitt -6Sam Morsy -6James Ryan – 7

ALEFE Santos providedstrong evidence that Roversare building the right men-tality into their young play-ers, as well as nurturing

some exciting talent.Known as Alfie within the club, the

18-year-old winger found himself upagainst a veteran of more than 600League games in 35-year-old Chester-field left-back Ritchie Humphreys.

The former Hartlepool United stal-wart is still a formidable player atLeague Two level and emerged froman intriguing duel with plenty ofc re d i t .

What impressed about Santos wasthat he never got disappointed if hisend product was less than threat-ening and remained ready to take onan opponent nearly twice his age atevery opportunity right up to thefinal whistle.

It would have been easy to shirkthat responsibility and take the op-tion of more safe passes. Instead,

Santos followed to the letter the ad-vice of manager John Ward just be-fore kick-off.

“I told Alfie not to worry if his firstcross flew behind the goal or gotblocked, but to just keep on trying toget balls into the box,” said theRovers boss. “He is a quiet kid, but avery good listener and he showed hehad something about him today.”

Ward was sufficiently impressed to

Battling Rovers showa real fighting spirit

Bristol Rovers vs Chesterfield | Memorial Stadium, Saturday, October 26

leave Santos on for the whole of thegame when it would have been easy tosubstitute him in the effort to protecta point in the closing stages.

Faith in his youngsters is part ofthe experienced manager’s make-upand he is as concerned about de-veloping the right attitudes as im-proving the skills of his rookiep ro f e s s i o n a l s.

There was no questioning the com-mitment of any Rovers player in thisg ame.

What the team lack in quality theymake up for in effort and a clean sheetagainst high-flying Chesterfield wasa just reward.

The visitors looked the more likelyto break the deadlock, particularly inthe second half when Eoin Doylespurned the best chance of the gameand Steve Mildenhall’s long out-stretched left leg kept out a goal-bound shot from Gary Roberts.

But, with Tom Parkes and WillPackwood strong at the heart of thedefence and Ollie Clarke aiding hisback-four from a deep midfield role,Rovers had enough about them tore s i s t .

They might even have nicked allthree points at the end. Clarke’s20-yard shot was well struck andbrought a decent save from TommyLee, diving to his right, as the fansbehind the goal at the BlackthornEnd prepared to celebrate.

Those supporters had again playedtheir part in remaining patient andbehind their team, despite a lack ofcutting edge up front.

R i c h a rdExpert analysisLatham

C l a rke ’s shot was his side’s onlyeffort on target. Yet they were ap-plauded off that the end in a mannerthat must have given the youngermembers of the team a huge lift.

It might have been a different storyhad Doyle not unaccountably electedto try and lob the tall Mildenhallwhen breaking clear on to ArmandGnanduillet’s 48th-minute pass.

The striker got horribly under-neath the ball and sent it sailing overthe crossbar. It wasn’t Doyle's day as asecond caution for a foul on Santos inthe closing stages saw him banishedto the dressing room by referee IainWi l l i a m s o n .

Rovers must improve as an attack-ing force if they are to move clear ofthe League Two drop zone.

Ryan Brunt and Eliot Richardshave both had their injury problemsthis season and not surprisinglylooked rusty as a partnership.

Both need a run of games. The hostsfailed to fashion a clear chance, theirmidfield players often too preoccu-pied with winning the ball, ratherthan using it creatively.

But there were plenty of positivesto take into the tough trip to Oxfordnext Saturday, not least the spirit oftogetherness that still appears toexist between the fans and their en-thusiastic young guns.

Match reaction

OLLIE Clarke admitted his eyes litup at the prospect of a winning goalwhen presented with an opening inthe closing moments.

The 21-year-old midfielder, fromPortishead, who has already had toovercome three serious injuries, letfly from 20 yards, but saw his effortbeaten away by Chesterfield goal-keeper Tommy Lee.

“I looked up and thought I couldfind the top corner,” said Clarke. “Iconcentrated on hitting the targetbecause I don’t do that with enoughof my shots, but it ended up quite agood height for the goalkeeper andhe made a good save.”

Stringing four successive starts to-gether is success in itself for Clarke,

whose fledgling career has been hitby a series of setbacks.

“When I was 18 I ruptured theanterior cruciate ligament in myright knee, which takes six to ninemonths to recover from, and then Idamaged the medial meniscus in thesame knee and was out for about twom o n t h s, ” he said.

“I’ve also had a grade three ham-string tear, which is the worst youcan get, and was sidelined for aroundseven weeks with that.

“Now I have been back in trainingfor a month and everything feelsfine. I’ve always felt that if only Icould get a run of games in the side Iwould be able to prove my fitness tofight for a regular place.

“Luck plays such a big part and sofar I have had the worst sort. It’sgoing to take more than knocks orbruises to keep me out now because Ijust want to keep playing.”

Clarke felt Rovers’ perfor mancewas a step up on the previous homegame against Wycombe Wanderers,which they lost to a late goal.

“I thought we were much better onthe ball today,” he said. “It was hardwork against a good team, but Id i d n’t think Chesterfield looked a lotbetter than us.

“I played a little bit deeper thanusual. The gaffer said he wanted meto protect the back-four, get inamongst their strikers and break upthe play. I enjoy getting in the mix

and making tackles. I’ll do any job themanager asks of me, but that is thepart of the game I enjoy most.

“We worked a lot on our shape as ateam in training this week and thatpaid off. After a couple of defeats adraw feels much better and gives usextra motivation for the next game.”

Clarke is also enjoying the chanceto develop a central midfield part-nership with John-Joe O’To o l e.

“JJ is always talking to me and webounce things off one another,” hesaid. “The more experienced playersare great in that respect.

“They keep offering advice and ifyou do something well will give you apat on the back. If you misplace a passthey tell you that you are better than

that. It is difficult for a young playercoming into a side not doing as well aspeople hoped, but it’s important toremember the gaffer has faith in youand age shouldn’t really be a factor.

“The physical demands of the gameare a lot tougher than in Under-21matches. You don’t get as much timeon the ball and have to work a lotharder to get it back.”

Clarke was impressed by the con-tribution of winger Alfie Santos atthe tender age of only 18. “I thoughthe did really well against an exper-ienced full-back,” he said.

“With a bit of luck we might havegot on the end of one of his crosses.But if we keep defending like that thegoals will come.”

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Fouls conceded

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Attendance

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Chesterfield: Oliver Banks for Morsy (28 mins), Marc Richardsfor Devitt (62mins), Sam Hird for Evatt (74mins).

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� Michael Smith: Sound defensively if not as effectivegoing forward as in some games. A model ofc o n s i s t e n c y.

� Will Packwood: Another accomplished display fromthe Birmingham City loanee, who has slottedeffectively into the back-four.

� Tom Lockyer: Not at his best in what is probably nothis best position, but played his part in a wellorganised defence.

� Alefe Santos: Didn’t always produce an endproduct, but stuck to his task impressively and kepttaking on his full-back.

� Tom Parkes: The skipper led by example with acommitted performance and has quickly formed astrong partnership with Packwood.

� John-Joe O’Toole: A mixed bag from the powerfulmidfielder, who was guilty of giving the ball away onoccasions.

� Ollie Clarke: Seemed to relish a role protecting theback-four and almost came up with a late winner.

� Seanan Clucas: Not particularly comfortable in awide role, but put in a hard-working shift for the team.

� Eliot Richards: Few chances to shine on his returnto the starting line-up. Needs time to regain fullsharpness.

� Ryan Brunt: Got little change out of a solidChesterfield back-line, but as usual was not foundwanting for effort.

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� Bristol Rovers’ Alefe Santos goes past a Chesterfield defender during Saturday’s 0-0 draw at the Memorial Stadium Pictures: Neil Brookman

� Rovers’ Steve Mildenhall takes c o n t ro l � Rovers’ Ollie Clarke is fouled � Rovers’ Eliot Richards turns away from his marker

� The Blackthorn End faithful applaud their team’s appearance against Chesterfield

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IT shows where we are at themoment when our manager waspleased with a 0-0 draw from ahome game.Yes, Chesterfield areone of the promotion-chasingsides, but it was a good time toplay them as they had not wonfor seven games, although I waspleased with the determinationwe showed after the Accringtond e b a cl e.

John Ward had warned theside not to be southern softies ona dark, wet and windy Tuesdaynight in Lancashire, but I’mafraid that is just what we were.Looking around the Accringtonground I thought: “What areBristol Rovers doing here?” Itseemed more like a non-leagueground as we sat in the back rowof the stand, just three rows fromthe front.

I suspect some of our ladsthought they just had to turn upto win. But they sadly underestimated how the bot-tom-of-the-table side was pre-pared for a battle, we were not.

Having gifted us an early goalwe thought the side without awin all season would just foldand was there for the taking. Butwe just sat back and invitedthem on to us. It was a disastroustactic and we could have con-ceded more than two beforehalf-time. The inexperience ofour youngsters showed up badly.They work hard and are reas-onably okay on the ball, but onthe night there were not ballwinners and there were notackles going in.

As the home side pressed for-ward in waves it needed peopleto “put their foot in” just tobreak up play even if it meanttaking a booking, but it justw a s n’t happening.

We improved in the last 20minutes when we switched totwo wingers, but it was too little,too late and a very disappointingre s u l t .

At least against Chesterfieldthose same players showed moredetermination in an entertain-ing second half and could not befaulted for their effort.

But the same shortcomingswere still there for all to see. Theworry is where are the goalscoming from as Ryan Bruntworks had but struggles to holdthe ball up. Even on the occa-sions he did win the ball fromthe usual poor service, he wasmore often than not isolated upfront on his own. That is notgood enough when visiting sidespack their defences.

We need to be more positive inhome games with more peoplepushing forward. On Saturday,particularly in the first half,Eliot Richards and Alefe Santoswere playing too deep. It was thesame old story, just the nameswere different.

At least we did have a go in thelast 20 minutes with Santosshowing great promise down theright.

I am sorry if I am boring youwith the same old point, butunless we can get Matt Harroldfit or get in another striker it isgoing to be another long, hardw i n t e r.

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Ritchie Humphreys – 7Jamie Devitt -6Sam Morsy -6James Ryan – 7

ALEFE Santos providedstrong evidence that Roversare building the right men-tality into their young play-ers, as well as nurturing

some exciting talent.Known as Alfie within the club, the

18-year-old winger found himself upagainst a veteran of more than 600League games in 35-year-old Chester-field left-back Ritchie Humphreys.

The former Hartlepool United stal-wart is still a formidable player atLeague Two level and emerged froman intriguing duel with plenty ofc re d i t .

What impressed about Santos wasthat he never got disappointed if hisend product was less than threat-ening and remained ready to take onan opponent nearly twice his age atevery opportunity right up to thefinal whistle.

It would have been easy to shirkthat responsibility and take the op-tion of more safe passes. Instead,

Santos followed to the letter the ad-vice of manager John Ward just be-fore kick-off.

“I told Alfie not to worry if his firstcross flew behind the goal or gotblocked, but to just keep on trying toget balls into the box,” said theRovers boss. “He is a quiet kid, but avery good listener and he showed hehad something about him today.”

Ward was sufficiently impressed to

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leave Santos on for the whole of thegame when it would have been easy tosubstitute him in the effort to protecta point in the closing stages.

Faith in his youngsters is part ofthe experienced manager’s make-upand he is as concerned about de-veloping the right attitudes as im-proving the skills of his rookiep ro f e s s i o n a l s.

There was no questioning the com-mitment of any Rovers player in thisg ame.

What the team lack in quality theymake up for in effort and a clean sheetagainst high-flying Chesterfield wasa just reward.

The visitors looked the more likelyto break the deadlock, particularly inthe second half when Eoin Doylespurned the best chance of the gameand Steve Mildenhall’s long out-stretched left leg kept out a goal-bound shot from Gary Roberts.

But, with Tom Parkes and WillPackwood strong at the heart of thedefence and Ollie Clarke aiding hisback-four from a deep midfield role,Rovers had enough about them tore s i s t .

They might even have nicked allthree points at the end. Clarke’s20-yard shot was well struck andbrought a decent save from TommyLee, diving to his right, as the fansbehind the goal at the BlackthornEnd prepared to celebrate.

Those supporters had again playedtheir part in remaining patient andbehind their team, despite a lack ofcutting edge up front.

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C l a rke ’s shot was his side’s onlyeffort on target. Yet they were ap-plauded off that the end in a mannerthat must have given the youngermembers of the team a huge lift.

It might have been a different storyhad Doyle not unaccountably electedto try and lob the tall Mildenhallwhen breaking clear on to ArmandGnanduillet’s 48th-minute pass.

The striker got horribly under-neath the ball and sent it sailing overthe crossbar. It wasn’t Doyle's day as asecond caution for a foul on Santos inthe closing stages saw him banishedto the dressing room by referee IainWi l l i a m s o n .

Rovers must improve as an attack-ing force if they are to move clear ofthe League Two drop zone.

Ryan Brunt and Eliot Richardshave both had their injury problemsthis season and not surprisinglylooked rusty as a partnership.

Both need a run of games. The hostsfailed to fashion a clear chance, theirmidfield players often too preoccu-pied with winning the ball, ratherthan using it creatively.

But there were plenty of positivesto take into the tough trip to Oxfordnext Saturday, not least the spirit oftogetherness that still appears toexist between the fans and their en-thusiastic young guns.

Match reaction

OLLIE Clarke admitted his eyes litup at the prospect of a winning goalwhen presented with an opening inthe closing moments.

The 21-year-old midfielder, fromPortishead, who has already had toovercome three serious injuries, letfly from 20 yards, but saw his effortbeaten away by Chesterfield goal-keeper Tommy Lee.

“I looked up and thought I couldfind the top corner,” said Clarke. “Iconcentrated on hitting the targetbecause I don’t do that with enoughof my shots, but it ended up quite agood height for the goalkeeper andhe made a good save.”

Stringing four successive starts to-gether is success in itself for Clarke,

whose fledgling career has been hitby a series of setbacks.

“When I was 18 I ruptured theanterior cruciate ligament in myright knee, which takes six to ninemonths to recover from, and then Idamaged the medial meniscus in thesame knee and was out for about twom o n t h s, ” he said.

“I’ve also had a grade three ham-string tear, which is the worst youcan get, and was sidelined for aroundseven weeks with that.

“Now I have been back in trainingfor a month and everything feelsfine. I’ve always felt that if only Icould get a run of games in the side Iwould be able to prove my fitness tofight for a regular place.

“Luck plays such a big part and sofar I have had the worst sort. It’sgoing to take more than knocks orbruises to keep me out now because Ijust want to keep playing.”

Clarke felt Rovers’ perfor mancewas a step up on the previous homegame against Wycombe Wanderers,which they lost to a late goal.

“I thought we were much better onthe ball today,” he said. “It was hardwork against a good team, but Id i d n’t think Chesterfield looked a lotbetter than us.

“I played a little bit deeper thanusual. The gaffer said he wanted meto protect the back-four, get inamongst their strikers and break upthe play. I enjoy getting in the mix

and making tackles. I’ll do any job themanager asks of me, but that is thepart of the game I enjoy most.

“We worked a lot on our shape as ateam in training this week and thatpaid off. After a couple of defeats adraw feels much better and gives usextra motivation for the next game.”

Clarke is also enjoying the chanceto develop a central midfield part-nership with John-Joe O’To o l e.

“JJ is always talking to me and webounce things off one another,” hesaid. “The more experienced playersare great in that respect.

“They keep offering advice and ifyou do something well will give you apat on the back. If you misplace a passthey tell you that you are better than

that. It is difficult for a young playercoming into a side not doing as well aspeople hoped, but it’s important toremember the gaffer has faith in youand age shouldn’t really be a factor.

“The physical demands of the gameare a lot tougher than in Under-21matches. You don’t get as much timeon the ball and have to work a lotharder to get it back.”

Clarke was impressed by the con-tribution of winger Alfie Santos atthe tender age of only 18. “I thoughthe did really well against an exper-ienced full-back,” he said.

“With a bit of luck we might havegot on the end of one of his crosses.But if we keep defending like that thegoals will come.”

Fan’s view withDennis Payter

Player Rating (out of 10)

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Iain Williamson… did not have the best of days.

Match facts

HomeShots on target 1Shots off targetCor ners

Fouls conceded

O ff s i d e s

Attendance

54 52 89 122

5,667

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Rovers: None

Chesterfield: Oliver Banks for Morsy (28 mins), Marc Richardsfor Devitt (62mins), Sam Hird for Evatt (74mins).

Substitutions

Tommy Lee – 7Tendayi Darwika – 7Ian Evatt – 7Liam Cooper – 8

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I told Alfie not to worry if his firstcross flew behind the goal orgot blocked, but to just keep ontrying to get balls into the box.He is a quiet kid, but a verygood listener and he showedhe had something about himt o d a y.

Rovers boss John Ward............................................................................

� Michael Smith: Sound defensively if not as effectivegoing forward as in some games. A model ofc o n s i s t e n c y.

� Will Packwood: Another accomplished display fromthe Birmingham City loanee, who has slottedeffectively into the back-four.

� Tom Lockyer: Not at his best in what is probably nothis best position, but played his part in a wellorganised defence.

� Alefe Santos: Didn’t always produce an endproduct, but stuck to his task impressively and kepttaking on his full-back.

� Tom Parkes: The skipper led by example with acommitted performance and has quickly formed astrong partnership with Packwood.

� John-Joe O’Toole: A mixed bag from the powerfulmidfielder, who was guilty of giving the ball away onoccasions.

� Ollie Clarke: Seemed to relish a role protecting theback-four and almost came up with a late winner.

� Seanan Clucas: Not particularly comfortable in awide role, but put in a hard-working shift for the team.

� Eliot Richards: Few chances to shine on his returnto the starting line-up. Needs time to regain fullsharpness.

� Ryan Brunt: Got little change out of a solidChesterfield back-line, but as usual was not foundwanting for effort.

Bristol Rovers 0

Chesterfield 0

� Bristol Rovers’ Alefe Santos goes past a Chesterfield defender during Saturday’s 0-0 draw at the Memorial Stadium Pictures: Neil Brookman

� Rovers’ Steve Mildenhall takes c o n t ro l � Rovers’ Ollie Clarke is fouled � Rovers’ Eliot Richards turns away from his marker

� The Blackthorn End faithful applaud their team’s appearance against Chesterfield

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IT shows where we are at themoment when our manager waspleased with a 0-0 draw from ahome game.Yes, Chesterfield areone of the promotion-chasingsides, but it was a good time toplay them as they had not wonfor seven games, although I waspleased with the determinationwe showed after the Accringtond e b a cl e.

John Ward had warned theside not to be southern softies ona dark, wet and windy Tuesdaynight in Lancashire, but I’mafraid that is just what we were.Looking around the Accringtonground I thought: “What areBristol Rovers doing here?” Itseemed more like a non-leagueground as we sat in the back rowof the stand, just three rows fromthe front.

I suspect some of our ladsthought they just had to turn upto win. But they sadly underestimated how the bot-tom-of-the-table side was pre-pared for a battle, we were not.

Having gifted us an early goalwe thought the side without awin all season would just foldand was there for the taking. Butwe just sat back and invitedthem on to us. It was a disastroustactic and we could have con-ceded more than two beforehalf-time. The inexperience ofour youngsters showed up badly.They work hard and are reas-onably okay on the ball, but onthe night there were not ballwinners and there were notackles going in.

As the home side pressed for-ward in waves it needed peopleto “put their foot in” just tobreak up play even if it meanttaking a booking, but it justw a s n’t happening.

We improved in the last 20minutes when we switched totwo wingers, but it was too little,too late and a very disappointingre s u l t .

At least against Chesterfieldthose same players showed moredetermination in an entertain-ing second half and could not befaulted for their effort.

But the same shortcomingswere still there for all to see. Theworry is where are the goalscoming from as Ryan Bruntworks had but struggles to holdthe ball up. Even on the occa-sions he did win the ball fromthe usual poor service, he wasmore often than not isolated upfront on his own. That is notgood enough when visiting sidespack their defences.

We need to be more positive inhome games with more peoplepushing forward. On Saturday,particularly in the first half,Eliot Richards and Alefe Santoswere playing too deep. It was thesame old story, just the nameswere different.

At least we did have a go in thelast 20 minutes with Santosshowing great promise down theright.

I am sorry if I am boring youwith the same old point, butunless we can get Matt Harroldfit or get in another striker it isgoing to be another long, hardw i n t e r.

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� Bristol Rovers manager John Ward salutes the Memorial Stadium crowd before the start of his side’s game against Chesterfield on Saturday Pictures: Neil Brookman

� Bristol Rovers’ Ryan Brunt heads the ball past Chesterfield’s Liam Cooper

� Two Rovers fans await the game against Chesterfield

� Bristol Rovers’ mascot for the day

� Rovers’ Ryan Brunt holds off Chesterfield’s Liam Cooper � Rovers’ chairman Nick Higgs

� Roversboss JohnWard looksexasperatedduring thegame againstChesterfieldat theMemorialStadium onS a t u rd a y

� Rovers’ central defender Will Pack brings the ball forward against Chesterfield

� Rovers’ Alefe Santos brings the ball under control

� Cook Islanders bring some South Pacific style to the Memorial Stadiumahead of their country’s appearance against the USA in the Rugby LeagueWorld Cup on Wednesday

� Rovers fans show their support for the team against Chesterfield

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� Bristol Rovers manager John Ward salutes the Memorial Stadium crowd before the start of his side’s game against Chesterfield on Saturday Pictures: Neil Brookman

� Bristol Rovers’ Ryan Brunt heads the ball past Chesterfield’s Liam Cooper

� Two Rovers fans await the game against Chesterfield

� Bristol Rovers’ mascot for the day

� Rovers’ Ryan Brunt holds off Chesterfield’s Liam Cooper � Rovers’ chairman Nick Higgs

� Roversboss JohnWard looksexasperatedduring thegame againstChesterfieldat theMemorialStadium onS a t u rd a y

� Rovers’ central defender Will Pack brings the ball forward against Chesterfield

� Rovers’ Alefe Santos brings the ball under control

� Cook Islanders bring some South Pacific style to the Memorial Stadiumahead of their country’s appearance against the USA in the Rugby LeagueWorld Cup on Wednesday

� Rovers fans show their support for the team against Chesterfield

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Matthew Jarvis – 6Sean Romans – 5Campese Ma’afu – 6Jon Vickers – 6Michael Holford – 6

W:11.3939cm H:5.6936cm

BRISTOL lost one GKIPAChampionship point lastweek – over what the RugbyFootball Union deemed abreach of regulations in

their recent win over Bedford – bu tthey gained one back within 33minutes against Nottingham.

Flying out of the blocks – onceagain – Bristol’s first-half perform-ance had everything that is goodabout the way Andy Robinson andSean Holley want them to play: pace,speed of thought, invention, move-ment and finishing.

But the way director of rugbyRobinson spoke after the match, hisenduring memory of this – Bristol’sfourth straight bonus-point victoryin the Championship – is more likelyto be of a flat, untidy anderror-riddled second-half displaythan the free-scoring fireworks of theopening 40 minutes.

Both the good and the bad areimportant to understand if Bristolare to win promotion back to theAviva Premiership next June – andboth were on display at the MemorialStadium.

Bristol have improved dramatic-ally since suffering their only defeatof the season against Cornish Pirateson the opening day – but the stand-ards now in place are such that muchmore is still expected.

“It’s something we’ve got to look at,and something we’ve got to address,because it’s right for us to look atourselves when we’ve got a good sco-reline and we’ve got the five points,”said Robinson.

“We ’ve improved since what we didagainst Cornish Pirates, but at timesin that second half, Nottingham madeit difficult for us to play. They stoppedthe momentum of the game, they putbodies around the ball, and wewe re n’t accurate enough.

“T hat’s what teams are going to doagainst us – and we’ve got to be able todeal with it. If that happens in thefirst half, that’s maybe becauseyo u ’re just getting used to the game.But if it happens in the second half,t h at ’s where it becomes slightly dis-ap p o i n t i n g . ”

On the plus side, there was yes-

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t e rd ay ’s first half. Bristol have madeit clear they want to blow teams awayin the opening stages – and they againbacked up their words with a barn-storming start.

The bonus point was safely bankedwithin 33 minutes, with Nottinghampushed onto the back foot as RukiTipuna again inspired Bristol with adisplay of energy and innovation.Bristol’s high-tempo game-plan suitsthe scrum-half down to the ground –and he pulled the strings in brokenp l ay.

An early Matthew Jarvis penaltyproved little more than an incon-venience, as, when the visitorsknocked on from the restart, GeorgeWatkins scored the first of his twotries. He went over after Tipuna andMarco Mama had combined from thescr um.

Watkins, who is now behind onlySean Marsden and David Lemi whenit comes to league tries for Bristol,added a second a few minutes later –and this time it owed everything tohis own anticipation and reading ofthe game.

The winger was in a perfect po-sition to snaffle a pass from Jarvis,intended for one of the Nottinghamfly-half ’s outside backs, but still hadto race in from 45 metres to completethe score. Fewer than 60 seconds later,he was almost in for a second – poun-cing to make another interception –but play was brought back for anearlier Bristol knock-on.

Even though Tom Calladine hitback for Nottingham, going overwhen the visitors caught Bristol nap-

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ping with a short line-out, Bristol’sresponse was urgent and devastating.From a close-range scrum, after Bris-tol had kicked a penalty to touch andthen earned a second penalty, centreBen Mosses went jinking to the line,to open up an eight-point lead for hiss i d e.

That became 15 points when thequick-thinking of Tipuna and pace ofWatkins led to Tristan Roberts divingover to seal the bonus point.

Nottingham lost prop CampeseMa’afu to the sin-bin – and then,shortly after half-time, shipped a fifthtry when Roberts struck again. ButMartin Haag’s side, despite lackingthe overall quality they had last sea-son, showed they are not bereft offight and character as they came backinto the game.

The result was never in doubt onceRoberts had crossed for thebonus-point-clincher – but the stampof complete control Bristol had beenthreatening to put on the game didnot materialise either.

Nottingham gnawed away at theBristol line for five minutes, winninga series of penalties and line-outs,before replacement Alex Shaw – withhis first touch – burrowed over.

Even at that stage, there remained16 minutes plus stoppage time – bu tthe closing stages were unusuallyuneventful, leaving Robinson frus-trated, albeit in a much different wayto how he had been against Piratesback in early September.

That alone is a mark of Bristol’sprogress since – even if much moreremains expected of them.

Key incidents

BRISTOL wrapped up a try-scoringbonus point inside 33 minutes at theMemorial Stadium – and theirbiggest frustration was that theyonly added one more try after that.

The home side were rampant inthe opening stages, with GeorgeWatkins crossing twice, Ben Mossesgoing over and Tristan Roberts alsoscoring as they effectively sealedtheir fourth straight bonus-pointwin in the GKIPA Championshipbefore half-time.

The early exchanges were fierce,with James Merriman recoveringfrom a heavy hit in the first minuteto play a key role in the match.

It was the backs, however, whoscored the tries for Bristol. MatthewJarvis kicked Nottingham into a

fifth-minute lead, but Bristol repliedwhen, from the restart, the visitorsknocked on in their own 22. From thescrum, Ruki Tipuna and MarcoMama combined to send wingerWatkins to the line.

Nottingham had several chancesin the opening stages – but were letdown by some poor handling. Bristolsoon punished their visitors’ waste-fulness when Watkins intercepted apass from Jarvis and raced in from45 metres to score, giving the op-position fly-half no chance of catch-ing him.

Roberts converted to give Bristol a14-3 lead – which became 14-6 on 23minutes when Jarvis knocked over asecond successful penalty of them at ch .

Nottingham then pegged Bristolback even further when they caughtthem out via a short line-out. HookerJon Vickers hit Neilus Keogh at thefront of the line-out – and he darteddown the left wing before findingTom Calladine, who scored.

Bristol hit back twice beforehalf-time, though. A deliberateknock-on set up a spell of dominancefor Bristol, which ended with centreMosses jinking his way to the lineafter smart work from Tipuna at thebase of a five-metre scrum.

Roberts sealed the bonus point on33 minutes – but his score owedplenty to Tipuna and Watkins. Thescrum-half found the winger with animprovised behind-the-back pass,and, when Watkins was stopped

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Nottingham: Ryan Bower (for Holford, 51 mins), Alun Walker (for Vickers, 42mins), Joe Burton (for Cooper, 46 mins), Alex Shaw (for Keogh, 62 mins),Harrison Lee-Everton (for Romans, 77 mins).

Bristol: Ross Johnston (for Hayes, 50 mins), Bruce Douglas (for Hall, 40 mins),Ben Skirving (for Koster, 46 mins), Mitch Eadie (for Mama, 64 mins), JamesGrindal (for Tipuna, 67 mins), Nicky Robinson (for Roberts, 50 mins), Jack Tovey(for Otto, 46 mins).

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Rory Lynn – 5Andrew Savage – 6Ed Styles – 5Joe Munro – 6Tom Chapman – 5

Neilus Keogh – 7Dan Montagu – 6Rupert Cooper – 6Brent Wilson (c) – 6Tom Calladine – 7

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� George Watkins: The way he is going, Watkins willbe Bristol’s all-time leading league try-scorer beforelong – clinical display.

� Fautua Otto: Took another step back to full fitnesswith a solid 46 minutes before making way for thefit-again Jack Tovey.

� Ben Mosses: Finished his try smartly and wasregularly involved in the good things Bristol did in bothattack and defence.

� Ryan Edwards: – Was unfortunate to be denied atry by a last-gasp Nottingham tackle – but workedtirelessly without an awful lot of reward.

� Tristan Roberts: In only 51 minutes on the field, hekicked well and scored two tries – anotheraccomplished display.

� Kyle Traynor: An uncompromising all-roundperformance from the loosehead, who is proving oneof the most resilient members of the squad.

� Ollie Hayes: Hit the few line-outs he had, tackledfiercely and gave an accomplished display in loose andtight.

� James Hall: Was playing well, offering real solidityand work-rate, until suffering an injury shortly beforehalf-time.

� Glen Townson: A tireless display from the lock, whocovered plenty of ground and carried the ball withpurpose.

� Ruki Tipuna: The scrum-half is the fulcrum ofBristol’s all-action attacking style – provided a constantt h re a t .

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� Bristol winger George Watkins races to the line to score his side’s opening try in the victory over Nottingham Pictures: johnwhitemedia.co.uk

� Bristol’s Mark Sorenson surges f o r w a rd � Jack Tovey is stopped in his tracks � Bristol’s Tristan Roberts touches down for a try

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� Mark Sorenson (capt): The big Kiwi is alreadylooking a shrewd bit of summer business – has takenthe captaincy in his stride.

� Nick Koste: Frequently popped up with some keycontributions in both attack and defence as Bristolworked relentlessly.

� James Merriman: Took a hefty blow in the first fewseconds but dusted himself down and covered everyblade of grass.

� Marco Mama: Has really bought in to Bristol’sfree-flowing attacking style, and linked seamlessly withthe backs.

short and released a similar pass,both Mama and Roberts were in sup-por t.

The fly-half was the one whogathered and touched down.

Nottingham lost prop CampeseMa’afu to the sin-bin for persistentlyinfringing, and, five minutes into thesecond half, Roberts capped anotherstrong Bristol move to score again,converting his own try to see theminto a 33-11 lead.

From that point, the game becamerather flat, with a number of errorsbreaking Bristol’s rhythm. Indeed,the only score in the final 35 minutescame from Nottingham replacementAlex Shaw, who capped a sustainedspell of pressure from the visitors byscoring from close range.

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A secondsuccessful Jarvispenalty seesNottingham cutthe deficit to eightpoints – 14-6

Nottinghamexecute a shortline-out, with TomCalladine divingover to score –14-11

Ben Mosses jinkshis way overfollowing aclose-range scrumafter Nottinghamare penalised –19-11

Tristan Robertsfinishes off aftergood work fromRuki Tipuna andWatkins, beforeconverting his owntry – 26-11

Bristol make astrong start to thesecond half, withRoberts goingover for hissecond try of thematch – 33-11

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BRISTOL lost one GKIPAChampionship point lastweek – over what the RugbyFootball Union deemed abreach of regulations in

their recent win over Bedford – bu tthey gained one back within 33minutes against Nottingham.

Flying out of the blocks – onceagain – Bristol’s first-half perform-ance had everything that is goodabout the way Andy Robinson andSean Holley want them to play: pace,speed of thought, invention, move-ment and finishing.

But the way director of rugbyRobinson spoke after the match, hisenduring memory of this – Bristol’sfourth straight bonus-point victoryin the Championship – is more likelyto be of a flat, untidy anderror-riddled second-half displaythan the free-scoring fireworks of theopening 40 minutes.

Both the good and the bad areimportant to understand if Bristolare to win promotion back to theAviva Premiership next June – andboth were on display at the MemorialStadium.

Bristol have improved dramatic-ally since suffering their only defeatof the season against Cornish Pirateson the opening day – but the stand-ards now in place are such that muchmore is still expected.

“It’s something we’ve got to look at,and something we’ve got to address,because it’s right for us to look atourselves when we’ve got a good sco-reline and we’ve got the five points,”said Robinson.

“We ’ve improved since what we didagainst Cornish Pirates, but at timesin that second half, Nottingham madeit difficult for us to play. They stoppedthe momentum of the game, they putbodies around the ball, and wewe re n’t accurate enough.

“T hat’s what teams are going to doagainst us – and we’ve got to be able todeal with it. If that happens in thefirst half, that’s maybe becauseyo u ’re just getting used to the game.But if it happens in the second half,t h at ’s where it becomes slightly dis-ap p o i n t i n g . ”

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t e rd ay ’s first half. Bristol have madeit clear they want to blow teams awayin the opening stages – and they againbacked up their words with a barn-storming start.

The bonus point was safely bankedwithin 33 minutes, with Nottinghampushed onto the back foot as RukiTipuna again inspired Bristol with adisplay of energy and innovation.Bristol’s high-tempo game-plan suitsthe scrum-half down to the ground –and he pulled the strings in brokenp l ay.

An early Matthew Jarvis penaltyproved little more than an incon-venience, as, when the visitorsknocked on from the restart, GeorgeWatkins scored the first of his twotries. He went over after Tipuna andMarco Mama had combined from thescr um.

Watkins, who is now behind onlySean Marsden and David Lemi whenit comes to league tries for Bristol,added a second a few minutes later –and this time it owed everything tohis own anticipation and reading ofthe game.

The winger was in a perfect po-sition to snaffle a pass from Jarvis,intended for one of the Nottinghamfly-half ’s outside backs, but still hadto race in from 45 metres to completethe score. Fewer than 60 seconds later,he was almost in for a second – poun-cing to make another interception –but play was brought back for anearlier Bristol knock-on.

Even though Tom Calladine hitback for Nottingham, going overwhen the visitors caught Bristol nap-

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ping with a short line-out, Bristol’sresponse was urgent and devastating.From a close-range scrum, after Bris-tol had kicked a penalty to touch andthen earned a second penalty, centreBen Mosses went jinking to the line,to open up an eight-point lead for hiss i d e.

That became 15 points when thequick-thinking of Tipuna and pace ofWatkins led to Tristan Roberts divingover to seal the bonus point.

Nottingham lost prop CampeseMa’afu to the sin-bin – and then,shortly after half-time, shipped a fifthtry when Roberts struck again. ButMartin Haag’s side, despite lackingthe overall quality they had last sea-son, showed they are not bereft offight and character as they came backinto the game.

The result was never in doubt onceRoberts had crossed for thebonus-point-clincher – but the stampof complete control Bristol had beenthreatening to put on the game didnot materialise either.

Nottingham gnawed away at theBristol line for five minutes, winninga series of penalties and line-outs,before replacement Alex Shaw – withhis first touch – burrowed over.

Even at that stage, there remained16 minutes plus stoppage time – bu tthe closing stages were unusuallyuneventful, leaving Robinson frus-trated, albeit in a much different wayto how he had been against Piratesback in early September.

That alone is a mark of Bristol’sprogress since – even if much moreremains expected of them.

Key incidents

BRISTOL wrapped up a try-scoringbonus point inside 33 minutes at theMemorial Stadium – and theirbiggest frustration was that theyonly added one more try after that.

The home side were rampant inthe opening stages, with GeorgeWatkins crossing twice, Ben Mossesgoing over and Tristan Roberts alsoscoring as they effectively sealedtheir fourth straight bonus-pointwin in the GKIPA Championshipbefore half-time.

The early exchanges were fierce,with James Merriman recoveringfrom a heavy hit in the first minuteto play a key role in the match.

It was the backs, however, whoscored the tries for Bristol. MatthewJarvis kicked Nottingham into a

fifth-minute lead, but Bristol repliedwhen, from the restart, the visitorsknocked on in their own 22. From thescrum, Ruki Tipuna and MarcoMama combined to send wingerWatkins to the line.

Nottingham had several chancesin the opening stages – but were letdown by some poor handling. Bristolsoon punished their visitors’ waste-fulness when Watkins intercepted apass from Jarvis and raced in from45 metres to score, giving the op-position fly-half no chance of catch-ing him.

Roberts converted to give Bristol a14-3 lead – which became 14-6 on 23minutes when Jarvis knocked over asecond successful penalty of them at ch .

Nottingham then pegged Bristolback even further when they caughtthem out via a short line-out. HookerJon Vickers hit Neilus Keogh at thefront of the line-out – and he darteddown the left wing before findingTom Calladine, who scored.

Bristol hit back twice beforehalf-time, though. A deliberateknock-on set up a spell of dominancefor Bristol, which ended with centreMosses jinking his way to the lineafter smart work from Tipuna at thebase of a five-metre scrum.

Roberts sealed the bonus point on33 minutes – but his score owedplenty to Tipuna and Watkins. Thescrum-half found the winger with animprovised behind-the-back pass,and, when Watkins was stopped

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Match facts

HomePens conceded 13Tur noversLine-outs won

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Nottingham: Ryan Bower (for Holford, 51 mins), Alun Walker (for Vickers, 42mins), Joe Burton (for Cooper, 46 mins), Alex Shaw (for Keogh, 62 mins),Harrison Lee-Everton (for Romans, 77 mins).

Bristol: Ross Johnston (for Hayes, 50 mins), Bruce Douglas (for Hall, 40 mins),Ben Skirving (for Koster, 46 mins), Mitch Eadie (for Mama, 64 mins), JamesGrindal (for Tipuna, 67 mins), Nicky Robinson (for Roberts, 50 mins), Jack Tovey(for Otto, 46 mins).

Replacements

Rory Lynn – 5Andrew Savage – 6Ed Styles – 5Joe Munro – 6Tom Chapman – 5

Neilus Keogh – 7Dan Montagu – 6Rupert Cooper – 6Brent Wilson (c) – 6Tom Calladine – 7

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� George Watkins: The way he is going, Watkins willbe Bristol’s all-time leading league try-scorer beforelong – clinical display.

� Fautua Otto: Took another step back to full fitnesswith a solid 46 minutes before making way for thefit-again Jack Tovey.

� Ben Mosses: Finished his try smartly and wasregularly involved in the good things Bristol did in bothattack and defence.

� Ryan Edwards: – Was unfortunate to be denied atry by a last-gasp Nottingham tackle – but workedtirelessly without an awful lot of reward.

� Tristan Roberts: In only 51 minutes on the field, hekicked well and scored two tries – anotheraccomplished display.

� Kyle Traynor: An uncompromising all-roundperformance from the loosehead, who is proving oneof the most resilient members of the squad.

� Ollie Hayes: Hit the few line-outs he had, tackledfiercely and gave an accomplished display in loose andtight.

� James Hall: Was playing well, offering real solidityand work-rate, until suffering an injury shortly beforehalf-time.

� Glen Townson: A tireless display from the lock, whocovered plenty of ground and carried the ball withpurpose.

� Ruki Tipuna: The scrum-half is the fulcrum ofBristol’s all-action attacking style – provided a constantt h re a t .

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� Bristol winger George Watkins races to the line to score his side’s opening try in the victory over Nottingham Pictures: johnwhitemedia.co.uk

� Bristol’s Mark Sorenson surges f o r w a rd � Jack Tovey is stopped in his tracks � Bristol’s Tristan Roberts touches down for a try

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� Mark Sorenson (capt): The big Kiwi is alreadylooking a shrewd bit of summer business – has takenthe captaincy in his stride.

� Nick Koste: Frequently popped up with some keycontributions in both attack and defence as Bristolworked relentlessly.

� James Merriman: Took a hefty blow in the first fewseconds but dusted himself down and covered everyblade of grass.

� Marco Mama: Has really bought in to Bristol’sfree-flowing attacking style, and linked seamlessly withthe backs.

short and released a similar pass,both Mama and Roberts were in sup-por t.

The fly-half was the one whogathered and touched down.

Nottingham lost prop CampeseMa’afu to the sin-bin for persistentlyinfringing, and, five minutes into thesecond half, Roberts capped anotherstrong Bristol move to score again,converting his own try to see theminto a 33-11 lead.

From that point, the game becamerather flat, with a number of errorsbreaking Bristol’s rhythm. Indeed,the only score in the final 35 minutescame from Nottingham replacementAlex Shaw, who capped a sustainedspell of pressure from the visitors byscoring from close range.

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George Watkinsgoes over to giveBristol the lead,with TristanRoberts converting– 7-3

Watkins interceptsand races in fromclose to thehalfway line toincrease Bristol’slead – 14-3

A secondsuccessful Jarvispenalty seesNottingham cutthe deficit to eightpoints – 14-6

Nottinghamexecute a shortline-out, with TomCalladine divingover to score –14-11

Ben Mosses jinkshis way overfollowing aclose-range scrumafter Nottinghamare penalised –19-11

Tristan Robertsfinishes off aftergood work fromRuki Tipuna andWatkins, beforeconverting his owntry – 26-11

Bristol make astrong start to thesecond half, withRoberts goingover for hissecond try of thematch – 33-11

After a lengthyspell of pressure,Nottinghamrumble over for atry withreplacement AlexShaw scoring withhis first touch –33-18

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Calor Southern League FA Cup | Fourth qualifying round

I’m so proud ofmy players, saysboss MeachamBrislington 0

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FA Cup

Mangotsfield make it three away wins in a row

MANGOTSFIELD recorded a thirdsuccessive away win as they endedB r i d g w at e r ’s unbeaten league recordwith an impressive showing at Fair-fax Park.

Mangotsfield took a second-minutelead when Tom Parrinello swung in afree-kick to the back post, where MattSysum guided a header back across

FOR 67 minutes, Brislington’s play-ers dared to dream of reaching the FACup first round for the first time inthe club’s history.

But then a miscued punch fromotherwise immaculate goalkeeperChris Humphries was nodded intothe net from a few yards out byWe l l i n g ’s Lee Clarke and the dreamsbegan to fade.

Nevertheless, Jeff Meacham’s sidecontinued to defy the four-divisiongap in status between the sides andcame close to putting their name inthe hat for the first rounddraw when right-back TomGodsell swivelled in thepenalty area and caughthis 82nd-minute, left-footvolley sweetly, but unfortu-nately for Brislington, it wentstraight into the arms of goal-keeper Luke Butcher.

Few would argue thatWelling deserved their win,but only just. Brislington’sdefensive discipline andhard graft was such that aside standing ninth in the ConferencePremier were restricted to a handfulof chances.

Much of the credit for that must goto an excellent back-four, with skipperJason Hughes a commanding pres-ence at centre-back. Mike Rimmershowed good composure on the ball inthe a deep-lying central midfield role,while substitute Omari Simms im-pressed out wide after replacing ham-string-victim Alex Lambert.

In the end, Brislington couldn’tpull off another upset, to go alongsidethe wins over Truro and Wes-ton-super-Mare in the previousrounds, but Meacham was under-

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standably proud of his side’s per-for mance.

“I was very pleased and proudabout the way the lads went about it,”said the former Bristol Roversstriker. “To play a team that are fourleagues above us and to give them areal scare, and the way we went aboutit, was very good.

“We were a little unfortunate withthe goal, but we could have pinchedone at the end. Tom Godsall caughthis volley a little too well, if anything.I also thought the free-kick that led totheir goal was a little harsh. Theball’s been blasted at our player andit’s hit his hand, but he didn’t stickhis hand out.”

B r i s l i n g t o n’s fans in a club-recordattendance of 700-strong played theirpart in creating a good atmosphere atIronmould Lane, although the throw-ing of four flares on to the pitch in thesecond half took enthusiasm for theoccasion a tad too far.

Welling had lots of corners in thefirst half, but all of them were

well defended by the hosts.The nearest the visitors

came to scoring in the first45 minutes was when

centre-half Blaine Hudson fireda shot just over the crossbar,while on a couple of other oc-

casions, Brislington were in-debted to goal-saving tacklesfrom Danny Barwood andHughes. At the other end,B r i s l i n g t o n’s only clear open-

ing fell to Frank Gingell,whose shot was blocked by a de-f e n d e r.

Humphries saved well from JakeGalla gher’s low shot early in thesecond half, and Brislington did theirbest to try to summon up an equaliserafter the visitors had taken the lead.

Simms had a shot comfortablysaved, then Gingell fired wide from 25yards and Godsall saw his volleysaved. Brislington had enjoyed stop-page-time winners in the previous tworounds, but there was no fairytaleending this time. Josh Dyer’s 20-yarddrive, which went a few yards wide,was as close as they came.

But while there will have been a

McNab does the trick for Town

ROSS McNab hit a hat-trick as Cleve-don Town gained a stunning win atBishop’s Cleeve to move up to 19th inthe Calor League Division One South& West table.

C l eve d o n’s first real chance cameon the half-hour when an OllieBarnes free-kick from 25 yards outwas parried by Louie Barnfather inthe home goal and cleared away.

Three minutes later, Clevedon tookthe lead when good play between JoeFlurry and Adie Adam down the leftflank got the ball to Ollie Barnes,whose cross was finished off byM a c N ab.

Clevedon went two up shortly be-fore half-time when MacNab nodded

a free-kick back to Matt Thorne,whose shot from just inside the pen-alty area found the net.

On 47 minutes, Andy Venningbrought a good save out of Clevedon’sDanny Greaves.

However, on 66 minutes, the homeside were reduced to ten men whenAlex Hoyle was sent off after bringingdown McNab in the penalty area.Thorne fired home the spot-kick tomake it 3-0.

Four minutes later, Louis Feelymade a good run down the left wingand his cross was finished off byM a c N ab.

Ibz Diallo, Issac Reid and Thorneall went close to scoring for Clevedon,before another goal arrived in 89thm i nu t e.

Thorne chipped the ball over thedefence for McNab to run on to, andhe touched it past the goalkeeperbefore tapping it into the net.

goal and into the bottom right cornerof the net.

After Ben Hunt went close to scor-ing for Mangotsfield on a couple ofoccasions, the visitors extended theiradvantage in the 41st minute.

The ball was worked wide to RyanBath on the right flank and his crosswas headed low into the net byHunt.

Bridgwater nearly pulled a goalback just before half-time, but KevinSawyer did well to tip a free-kick fromAaron Robbins over the crossbar.

Bridgwater had an opportunity to

reduce the arrears six minutes intothe second half when Mitchell Pagelatched on to a high ball over theMangotsfield defence, but he liftedhis shot wide of the left-hand up-right.

Kyle Tooze fired a shot over thecrossbar for Mangotsfield, but vic-tory was secured with a third goal on83 minutes.

Hunt poked the ball home fromeight yards, via the aid of a deflection,after a mix up between home goal-keeper Chris Wright and right-backKristian Miller.

Ba t h ’s hopes ofa good cup runended by Lewis

A THUMPING Theo Lewis headertwo minutes before half-time wasenough for Salisbury City to endB at h ’s hopes of progressing to thefirst round of the FA Cup.

The hosts perhaps paid the pricefor giving too much respect to theConference Premier side, with thestarting XI looking set up to play acontaining game rather than take thetie to their visitors.

Salisbury forward Dan Fitchetthad a sight of goal in the thirdminute, but the striker’s angled driveflew past the near post.

The first goal almost arrived justbefore the half-hour mark whenFitchett managed to get to the bylineand chip the ball back towards mid-fielder Clovis Kamdjo, who rattled aheader against the bar from sixya rd s.

There was a lucky escape for homegoalkeeper Jason Mellor a couple ofminutes later when he started to gofor an Elliott Frear corner, but thenchanged his mind and was relieved tosee the ball fly across the box withoutanyone getting a touch.

But Mellor was beaten a couple ofminutes before half-time when Lewispowered a close-range header into thenet from Frear’s looping cross.

It was a blow to the hosts, whoneeded a bright start to the secondhalf. Andy Watkins almost providedit following a quick break by SekaniSimpson, but the striker’s well-hitshot was straight at former Bath goal-keeper Will Puddy.

Watkins was replaced by ElliottChamberlain in the 56th minute andRoss Stearn was introduced for ChrisAllen just after the hour.

The visitors had a chance to doubletheir lead when Lewis had a shotblocked by Dan Ball, but cleverlyback-heeled the rebound to ChrisMcPhee, who showed rather less com-posure as he blazed his angled driveover the bar.

B at h ’s final change was to send onyoungster Dan Bowman for Simpsonwith ten minutes to go.

However, the hosts were still strug-gling to create clear-cut chances, al-though Puddy was forced into a lowsave by Adelsbury’s strike from theedge of the penalty area.

Bath City 0

Salisbury City 1

PAULTON claimed a hard-fought vic-tory to move up to second in the CalorLeague Division One South & Westt abl e.

Paulton dominated the first half,but had to wait until the 43rd minuteto take the lead. Brandon Barnes’cross was handled by Andy Lewis,and Nick McCootie, playing againsthis former club, tucked away thep e n a l t y.

It became 2-0 in the 48th minute

when Mike Perrott scored followinggood work from Josh Klein-Davies.

C i n d e r fo rd ’s Kieran Thomas had ashot blocked by Paulton’s MikeReaney, before the home side made it3-0 in the 61st minute.

Player-coach Josh Jeffries laid theball off to Barnes, who cut in from theleft and found McCootie.

He took the ball to the byline andcut it back for Klein-Davies to riflethe ball past Cinderford goalkeeperAlex Harris.

The visitors pulled a goal backwhen Lewis Sommers slipped the ballthrough to Thomas, who fired hisshot past Kyle Phillips and into thenet.

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Thatcham Town 1

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Cinderford Town 1

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Dowdell bags the winner as Winterbourne knock Bradford out of the cupCadbury Heath bounced back

from their Vase defeat to Hallen withan impressive 4-0 victory at Radstock.Two goals from Sam Winfield and onefrom Matt Huxley put Heath 3-0 up inhalf-an-hour, and Leon Bentley addedthe fourth late in the game.

Bristol Manor Farm moved up tosixth on the back of a 1-0 home winagainst third-placed Street. The de-cisive goal came in the 85th minutewhen Pete Sheppard volleyed in across from Jordan Metters.

Tom Collett gave Hallen the lead atBitton just after the hour-mark, but

the home side levelled in the closingstages through Craig Wilson.

Bishop Sutton battled well at Wil-land Rovers, but went down 1-0 afterDavid Steele scored a penalty early inthe second half.

In the First Division, bot-tom-of-the-table Keynsham Towngave an improved performance todraw 2-2 at home to Devizes Town.

Keynsham trailed 2-0 at the breakand it stayed that way until the clos-ing ten minutes, when strikes fromPat Davidson and Seb Spiller earnedthe hosts a point.

There was also a 2-2 draw at ChardTown, who had a player sent off mid-way through the first half againstAlmondsbury UWE. Simon McEl-roy netted twice for the visitors.

Ashton & Backwell took asixth-minute lead through LeeDelaney at home to Oldland Ab-botonians, who equalised throughAli Bamford in the second half.

Promotion-chasing C r i bb s we n tone down to a 33rd-minute FrancisRolli strike at Wells City, but DaveGilroy equalised soon after to earnCribbs a point.

Bishop’s Cleeve 0

Clevedon Town 5

� Brislington’s Frank Gingell (red and black shirts) has an aerial battle with Welling’s Jamie Day Pictures: Michael Lloyd

� Brislington’s Dave Peters tries to get past Welling’s Louis Fazakerley

� Brislington’s Luke Meacham challenges Welling’s Blaine Hudson for the ball

Bridgwater Town 0

Mangotsfield United 3

WINTERBOURNE United, strug-gling in the Premier Division, pulledoff an impressive 4-3 win at BradfordTown, the runaway First Divisionleaders, in the preliminary round ofthe Les Phillips Cup.

Winterbourne were trailing 3-2with 20 minutes remaining, but goalsfrom Karim Rendell and Ben Dowdellsent them into the next round.

Earlier, Ash Knight had strucktwice for Winterbourne, while Brad-ford's goals came from Josh Bring-ham, Dan King and Sam Jordan.

Longwell Green were knocked out

of the cup by Odd Down, who tri-umphed 3-2 on penalties at ShellardsRoad following a goalless draw.

Andy Hamilton-Brown scored forRoman Glass St George in a 6-1 defeatat Buckland Athletic, whose goalscame from Mike Booth, who scored ahat-trick of headers, Simon Revell,Gavin Hammonand Liam Drew.

In the Premier Division, L a rk h a l lAthletic went six points clear at thetop with a 5-0 home win against Hen-grove Athletic, thanks tosecond-half goals from Tyler Sibbick(3), Nat Auckland and Jamie Lyons.

tinge of disappointment at missingout on the first round, Brislington’splayers can reflect on a cup run thathas provided them with some greatmemories and the club with a fin-ancial boost.

Tomorrow, though, it will be backto Toolstation League Premier Di-vision business with the visit of Hal-len to Ironmould Lane. “T hey’ll beabout 33 people here for that one,”said Meacham, “but the fans knowour level of football and they’ll enjoythat one as well.”Brislington: Humphries, Godsall, Hughes, Barwood,Peters, Rimmer, Gifford, Peart (Dyer, 77 mins),Gingell, Meacham (Charles, 86 mins), Lambert(Simms, 15 mins).Welling: Butcher, Fazakerley, Hudson, Franks,Oberstellar, Gallagher (Guthrie, 83 mins), Clarke,Day, Healy, Hughes-Mason, Pires. � Frank Gingell fires in a shot for Brislington during the first half

HEAVY pressure during the secondhalf finally paid off when Yategrabbed a stoppage-time winnerthrough Martin Lenihan in this CalorLeague Division One South & Westg ame.

After a mediocre first half, it wasThatcham who went in front on thehour-mark when Tom Gooding

scored at the far post. Yate equalisedin the 65th minute when a fierce shotfrom Jake Cox was not held byThatcham goalkeeper Aaron Carterand Lewis Haldane scored from there b o u n d .

Jordan Rogers then headed overthe crossbar as Yate pressed for thewinner. It finally arrived when Leni-han hammered the ball home afterCarter had failed to deal with a crossfrom Cox.

It gave Yate their fourth league winof the season and lifted Rob Cousins'team up to 11th in the table.

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Shirehampton edge out NailseaSHIREHAMPTON moved up tothird in the Premier Division tablewith a 3-2 home win against NailseaTow n .

Scott Bamford gave Shirehamptona 14th-minute lead, but Matt Pilgrimlevelled soon after and scored hissecond a couple of minutes afterh a l f - t i m e.

Bamford equalised for Shirehamp-ton on the hour-mark, and KyleO'Donovan headed in TonyBeacham's free-kick on 79 minutes towin it for the hosts.

Fry Club are in sixth place fol-lowing an impressive 2-1 win at Mine-head. Paul Worlock put Fry's aheadjust before the break and a penalty

from Matthew Brown early in thesecond half made it 2-0, before JackGroves-Furse pulled a goal back.

Second-placed Stockwood Greenwon 2-1 at Bishops Lydeard, whileCutters Friday continued their im-proved form with a 6-1 win at bot-tom-of-the-table Odd Down Reserves.

Ber row triumphed 5-3 at We s t o nSt Johns, but Yatton went down 2-1at Watchet Town.

Premier Division leaders NailseaUnited eased into the next round ofthe Premier/First Division Cup witha 6-1 home victory against PurnellSports. Clutton also won throughwith a 4-1 win at home to BridgwaterTown Reserves.

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Lenihan wins it for Yatewith stoppage-time goal

Calor Southern League FA Cup | Fourth qualifying round

I’m so proud ofmy players, saysboss MeachamBrislington 0

Welling United 1

FA Cup

Mangotsfield make it three away wins in a row

MANGOTSFIELD recorded a thirdsuccessive away win as they endedB r i d g w at e r ’s unbeaten league recordwith an impressive showing at Fair-fax Park.

Mangotsfield took a second-minutelead when Tom Parrinello swung in afree-kick to the back post, where MattSysum guided a header back across

FOR 67 minutes, Brislington’s play-ers dared to dream of reaching the FACup first round for the first time inthe club’s history.

But then a miscued punch fromotherwise immaculate goalkeeperChris Humphries was nodded intothe net from a few yards out byWe l l i n g ’s Lee Clarke and the dreamsbegan to fade.

Nevertheless, Jeff Meacham’s sidecontinued to defy the four-divisiongap in status between the sides andcame close to putting their name inthe hat for the first rounddraw when right-back TomGodsell swivelled in thepenalty area and caughthis 82nd-minute, left-footvolley sweetly, but unfortu-nately for Brislington, it wentstraight into the arms of goal-keeper Luke Butcher.

Few would argue thatWelling deserved their win,but only just. Brislington’sdefensive discipline andhard graft was such that aside standing ninth in the ConferencePremier were restricted to a handfulof chances.

Much of the credit for that must goto an excellent back-four, with skipperJason Hughes a commanding pres-ence at centre-back. Mike Rimmershowed good composure on the ball inthe a deep-lying central midfield role,while substitute Omari Simms im-pressed out wide after replacing ham-string-victim Alex Lambert.

In the end, Brislington couldn’tpull off another upset, to go alongsidethe wins over Truro and Wes-ton-super-Mare in the previousrounds, but Meacham was under-

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standably proud of his side’s per-for mance.

“I was very pleased and proudabout the way the lads went about it,”said the former Bristol Roversstriker. “To play a team that are fourleagues above us and to give them areal scare, and the way we went aboutit, was very good.

“We were a little unfortunate withthe goal, but we could have pinchedone at the end. Tom Godsall caughthis volley a little too well, if anything.I also thought the free-kick that led totheir goal was a little harsh. Theball’s been blasted at our player andit’s hit his hand, but he didn’t stickhis hand out.”

B r i s l i n g t o n’s fans in a club-recordattendance of 700-strong played theirpart in creating a good atmosphere atIronmould Lane, although the throw-ing of four flares on to the pitch in thesecond half took enthusiasm for theoccasion a tad too far.

Welling had lots of corners in thefirst half, but all of them were

well defended by the hosts.The nearest the visitors

came to scoring in the first45 minutes was when

centre-half Blaine Hudson fireda shot just over the crossbar,while on a couple of other oc-

casions, Brislington were in-debted to goal-saving tacklesfrom Danny Barwood andHughes. At the other end,B r i s l i n g t o n’s only clear open-

ing fell to Frank Gingell,whose shot was blocked by a de-f e n d e r.

Humphries saved well from JakeGalla gher’s low shot early in thesecond half, and Brislington did theirbest to try to summon up an equaliserafter the visitors had taken the lead.

Simms had a shot comfortablysaved, then Gingell fired wide from 25yards and Godsall saw his volleysaved. Brislington had enjoyed stop-page-time winners in the previous tworounds, but there was no fairytaleending this time. Josh Dyer’s 20-yarddrive, which went a few yards wide,was as close as they came.

But while there will have been a

McNab does the trick for Town

ROSS McNab hit a hat-trick as Cleve-don Town gained a stunning win atBishop’s Cleeve to move up to 19th inthe Calor League Division One South& West table.

C l eve d o n’s first real chance cameon the half-hour when an OllieBarnes free-kick from 25 yards outwas parried by Louie Barnfather inthe home goal and cleared away.

Three minutes later, Clevedon tookthe lead when good play between JoeFlurry and Adie Adam down the leftflank got the ball to Ollie Barnes,whose cross was finished off byM a c N ab.

Clevedon went two up shortly be-fore half-time when MacNab nodded

a free-kick back to Matt Thorne,whose shot from just inside the pen-alty area found the net.

On 47 minutes, Andy Venningbrought a good save out of Clevedon’sDanny Greaves.

However, on 66 minutes, the homeside were reduced to ten men whenAlex Hoyle was sent off after bringingdown McNab in the penalty area.Thorne fired home the spot-kick tomake it 3-0.

Four minutes later, Louis Feelymade a good run down the left wingand his cross was finished off byM a c N ab.

Ibz Diallo, Issac Reid and Thorneall went close to scoring for Clevedon,before another goal arrived in 89thm i nu t e.

Thorne chipped the ball over thedefence for McNab to run on to, andhe touched it past the goalkeeperbefore tapping it into the net.

goal and into the bottom right cornerof the net.

After Ben Hunt went close to scor-ing for Mangotsfield on a couple ofoccasions, the visitors extended theiradvantage in the 41st minute.

The ball was worked wide to RyanBath on the right flank and his crosswas headed low into the net byHunt.

Bridgwater nearly pulled a goalback just before half-time, but KevinSawyer did well to tip a free-kick fromAaron Robbins over the crossbar.

Bridgwater had an opportunity to

reduce the arrears six minutes intothe second half when Mitchell Pagelatched on to a high ball over theMangotsfield defence, but he liftedhis shot wide of the left-hand up-right.

Kyle Tooze fired a shot over thecrossbar for Mangotsfield, but vic-tory was secured with a third goal on83 minutes.

Hunt poked the ball home fromeight yards, via the aid of a deflection,after a mix up between home goal-keeper Chris Wright and right-backKristian Miller.

Ba t h ’s hopes ofa good cup runended by Lewis

A THUMPING Theo Lewis headertwo minutes before half-time wasenough for Salisbury City to endB at h ’s hopes of progressing to thefirst round of the FA Cup.

The hosts perhaps paid the pricefor giving too much respect to theConference Premier side, with thestarting XI looking set up to play acontaining game rather than take thetie to their visitors.

Salisbury forward Dan Fitchetthad a sight of goal in the thirdminute, but the striker’s angled driveflew past the near post.

The first goal almost arrived justbefore the half-hour mark whenFitchett managed to get to the bylineand chip the ball back towards mid-fielder Clovis Kamdjo, who rattled aheader against the bar from sixya rd s.

There was a lucky escape for homegoalkeeper Jason Mellor a couple ofminutes later when he started to gofor an Elliott Frear corner, but thenchanged his mind and was relieved tosee the ball fly across the box withoutanyone getting a touch.

But Mellor was beaten a couple ofminutes before half-time when Lewispowered a close-range header into thenet from Frear’s looping cross.

It was a blow to the hosts, whoneeded a bright start to the secondhalf. Andy Watkins almost providedit following a quick break by SekaniSimpson, but the striker’s well-hitshot was straight at former Bath goal-keeper Will Puddy.

Watkins was replaced by ElliottChamberlain in the 56th minute andRoss Stearn was introduced for ChrisAllen just after the hour.

The visitors had a chance to doubletheir lead when Lewis had a shotblocked by Dan Ball, but cleverlyback-heeled the rebound to ChrisMcPhee, who showed rather less com-posure as he blazed his angled driveover the bar.

B at h ’s final change was to send onyoungster Dan Bowman for Simpsonwith ten minutes to go.

However, the hosts were still strug-gling to create clear-cut chances, al-though Puddy was forced into a lowsave by Adelsbury’s strike from theedge of the penalty area.

Bath City 0

Salisbury City 1

PAULTON claimed a hard-fought vic-tory to move up to second in the CalorLeague Division One South & Westt abl e.

Paulton dominated the first half,but had to wait until the 43rd minuteto take the lead. Brandon Barnes’cross was handled by Andy Lewis,and Nick McCootie, playing againsthis former club, tucked away thep e n a l t y.

It became 2-0 in the 48th minute

when Mike Perrott scored followinggood work from Josh Klein-Davies.

C i n d e r fo rd ’s Kieran Thomas had ashot blocked by Paulton’s MikeReaney, before the home side made it3-0 in the 61st minute.

Player-coach Josh Jeffries laid theball off to Barnes, who cut in from theleft and found McCootie.

He took the ball to the byline andcut it back for Klein-Davies to riflethe ball past Cinderford goalkeeperAlex Harris.

The visitors pulled a goal backwhen Lewis Sommers slipped the ballthrough to Thomas, who fired hisshot past Kyle Phillips and into thenet.

Yate Town 2

Thatcham Town 1

Paulton move up to secondPaulton Rovers 3

Cinderford Town 1

Toolstation League

Dowdell bags the winner as Winterbourne knock Bradford out of the cupCadbury Heath bounced back

from their Vase defeat to Hallen withan impressive 4-0 victory at Radstock.Two goals from Sam Winfield and onefrom Matt Huxley put Heath 3-0 up inhalf-an-hour, and Leon Bentley addedthe fourth late in the game.

Bristol Manor Farm moved up tosixth on the back of a 1-0 home winagainst third-placed Street. The de-cisive goal came in the 85th minutewhen Pete Sheppard volleyed in across from Jordan Metters.

Tom Collett gave Hallen the lead atBitton just after the hour-mark, but

the home side levelled in the closingstages through Craig Wilson.

Bishop Sutton battled well at Wil-land Rovers, but went down 1-0 afterDavid Steele scored a penalty early inthe second half.

In the First Division, bot-tom-of-the-table Keynsham Towngave an improved performance todraw 2-2 at home to Devizes Town.

Keynsham trailed 2-0 at the breakand it stayed that way until the clos-ing ten minutes, when strikes fromPat Davidson and Seb Spiller earnedthe hosts a point.

There was also a 2-2 draw at ChardTown, who had a player sent off mid-way through the first half againstAlmondsbury UWE. Simon McEl-roy netted twice for the visitors.

Ashton & Backwell took asixth-minute lead through LeeDelaney at home to Oldland Ab-botonians, who equalised throughAli Bamford in the second half.

Promotion-chasing C r i bb s we n tone down to a 33rd-minute FrancisRolli strike at Wells City, but DaveGilroy equalised soon after to earnCribbs a point.

Bishop’s Cleeve 0

Clevedon Town 5

� Brislington’s Frank Gingell (red and black shirts) has an aerial battle with Welling’s Jamie Day Pictures: Michael Lloyd

� Brislington’s Dave Peters tries to get past Welling’s Louis Fazakerley

� Brislington’s Luke Meacham challenges Welling’s Blaine Hudson for the ball

Bridgwater Town 0

Mangotsfield United 3

WINTERBOURNE United, strug-gling in the Premier Division, pulledoff an impressive 4-3 win at BradfordTown, the runaway First Divisionleaders, in the preliminary round ofthe Les Phillips Cup.

Winterbourne were trailing 3-2with 20 minutes remaining, but goalsfrom Karim Rendell and Ben Dowdellsent them into the next round.

Earlier, Ash Knight had strucktwice for Winterbourne, while Brad-ford's goals came from Josh Bring-ham, Dan King and Sam Jordan.

Longwell Green were knocked out

of the cup by Odd Down, who tri-umphed 3-2 on penalties at ShellardsRoad following a goalless draw.

Andy Hamilton-Brown scored forRoman Glass St George in a 6-1 defeatat Buckland Athletic, whose goalscame from Mike Booth, who scored ahat-trick of headers, Simon Revell,Gavin Hammonand Liam Drew.

In the Premier Division, L a rk h a l lAthletic went six points clear at thetop with a 5-0 home win against Hen-grove Athletic, thanks tosecond-half goals from Tyler Sibbick(3), Nat Auckland and Jamie Lyons.

tinge of disappointment at missingout on the first round, Brislington’splayers can reflect on a cup run thathas provided them with some greatmemories and the club with a fin-ancial boost.

Tomorrow, though, it will be backto Toolstation League Premier Di-vision business with the visit of Hal-len to Ironmould Lane. “T hey’ll beabout 33 people here for that one,”said Meacham, “but the fans knowour level of football and they’ll enjoythat one as well.”Brislington: Humphries, Godsall, Hughes, Barwood,Peters, Rimmer, Gifford, Peart (Dyer, 77 mins),Gingell, Meacham (Charles, 86 mins), Lambert(Simms, 15 mins).Welling: Butcher, Fazakerley, Hudson, Franks,Oberstellar, Gallagher (Guthrie, 83 mins), Clarke,Day, Healy, Hughes-Mason, Pires. � Frank Gingell fires in a shot for Brislington during the first half

HEAVY pressure during the secondhalf finally paid off when Yategrabbed a stoppage-time winnerthrough Martin Lenihan in this CalorLeague Division One South & Westg ame.

After a mediocre first half, it wasThatcham who went in front on thehour-mark when Tom Gooding

scored at the far post. Yate equalisedin the 65th minute when a fierce shotfrom Jake Cox was not held byThatcham goalkeeper Aaron Carterand Lewis Haldane scored from there b o u n d .

Jordan Rogers then headed overthe crossbar as Yate pressed for thewinner. It finally arrived when Leni-han hammered the ball home afterCarter had failed to deal with a crossfrom Cox.

It gave Yate their fourth league winof the season and lifted Rob Cousins'team up to 11th in the table.

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Shirehampton edge out NailseaSHIREHAMPTON moved up tothird in the Premier Division tablewith a 3-2 home win against NailseaTow n .

Scott Bamford gave Shirehamptona 14th-minute lead, but Matt Pilgrimlevelled soon after and scored hissecond a couple of minutes afterh a l f - t i m e.

Bamford equalised for Shirehamp-ton on the hour-mark, and KyleO'Donovan headed in TonyBeacham's free-kick on 79 minutes towin it for the hosts.

Fry Club are in sixth place fol-lowing an impressive 2-1 win at Mine-head. Paul Worlock put Fry's aheadjust before the break and a penalty

from Matthew Brown early in thesecond half made it 2-0, before JackGroves-Furse pulled a goal back.

Second-placed Stockwood Greenwon 2-1 at Bishops Lydeard, whileCutters Friday continued their im-proved form with a 6-1 win at bot-tom-of-the-table Odd Down Reserves.

Ber row triumphed 5-3 at We s t o nSt Johns, but Yatton went down 2-1at Watchet Town.

Premier Division leaders NailseaUnited eased into the next round ofthe Premier/First Division Cup witha 6-1 home victory against PurnellSports. Clutton also won throughwith a 4-1 win at home to BridgwaterTown Reserves.

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Results

Skrill South

Weston undonein second half byclinical finishing

City, Salisbury and Newport Countystriker Tom Bird for Hayes & Yeadingchanged the game.

B i rd ’s pass put Reid through in the52nd minute, and he rounded goal-keeper Luke Purnell to put the vis-itors ahead.

As Weston tried to get back into thegame, Naby Diallo forced a full-lengthsave from Jaimez-Ruiz and Kingtonhad a good effort beaten out by thegoalkeeper. However, Hayes struckagain on 67 minutes when Luke Wil-liams outpaced the defence to firepast Purnell.

Three minutes from time, Reidstruck again, turning susbstituteAllen Bossman’s low cross past Pur-nell from a couple of yards.

� Tytherington Rocks inflicted asecond knockout competition defeaton Highmoor this season with a 4-2away win in the Hellenic League’sBluefin Sports Cup second round.

After a goalless first half, strikesfrom Tom Andrews (2), Justin Bishopand Luke Sperring gave Rocks victory.

South West Counties Youth: Bath City 8 NewCollege Acad 1, Newport County 0 Andover Tn 3FA Cup, fourth qualifying rd: AFC Hornchurch 0Hereford 1, Barnet 3 Concorn Rangers 0, Bath City0 Salisbury 1, Biggleswade Tn 1 Canvey Island 0,Boreham Wood 1 Heybridge Swifts 0, Brackley Tn 0Barrow 0, Brislington 0 Welling Utd 1, Chatcham Tn0 St Albans City 2, Chester 0 Gateshead 1, ColwynBay 1 Corby Tn 3, Dover Ath 3 Oxford City 0,Ebbsfleet 1 Dartford 1, Forest Green 0 Bishop’sStortford 1, Gloucester City 3 Hampton & Richmond1, Grimsby 3 Rushall Olympic 0, Hartley Wintney 1Daventry Tn 6, Hemel Hempstead Tn 3 Sutton Utd3, Macclesfield 7 Vauxhall Motors 0, NeedhamMarket 0 Cambridge 1, North Ferriby Utd 1 Alfreton3, Nuneaton 0 Halifax 2, Shortwood Utd 1 Aldershot1, Southport 6 Marske Utd 2, Staines Tn 0 Poole Tn0, Stamford 0 Hednesford Tn 2, Weymouth 1Braintree 2, Woking 0 Luton 1, Worcester City 1Lincoln City 1, Workington 1 Stourbridge 3,Wrexham 2 Hyde 0.Calor Southern League, Premier Div: AFC Totton2 Arlesey Tn 2, Bashley 2 Banbury Utd 3, Bideford 3 StNeots Tn 2, Chesham Utd 3 Redditch Utd 1, Hitchin Tn1 Burnham 1, Truro City 0 Cambridge City 1.Div I South & West: Bishop’s Cleeve 0 Clevedon Tn5, Bridgwater Tn 0 Mangotsfield Utd 3, Cirencester Tn4 Wimborne Tn 3, Didcot Tn 1 Fleet Tn 0, MerthyrTydfil 1 Taunton Tn 0, North Leigh 2 Evesham Utd 0,Paulton Rov 3 Cinderford Tn 1, Stratford Tn 4Guildford City 0, Swindon Supermarine 1 Tiverton Tn2, Yate Tn 2 Thatcham Tn 1.Toolstation Western League, Les Phillips Cup,prelim rd: Bradford Tn 3v Winterbourne Utd 4,Buckland Ath 6 Roman Glass St George 2, LongwellGreen Spts 0 Odd Down 0 (aet, Odd Down won 3-2on pens), Melksham Tn 0 Bridport 2, Slimbridge 2Warminster Tn 1, Welton Rov 0 Gillingham Tn 2.Premier Div: Bitton 1 Hallen 1, Bristol Manor Farm1 Street 0, Ilfracombe Tn 2 Sherborne Tn 0, LarkhallAth 5 Hengrove Ath 0, Radstock Tn 0 CadburyHeath 4, Willand Rov 1 Bishop Sutton 0.First Div: Ashton & Backwell Utd 1 Oldland Abbots1, Chard Tn 2 Almondsbury UWE 2, Chippenham

Park 1 Barnstaple Tn 2, Keynsham Tn 2 Devizes Tn2, Shepton Mallet 3 Calne Tn 2, Wellington 4Cheddar 2, Wells City 1 Cribbs 1, Westbury Utd 6Corsham Tn 0, Wincanton Tn 3 Portishead Tn 0.Uhlsport Hellenic, Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup,rd I: Bracknell Tn 2 Binfield 2 (aet, Binfield won 5-4on pens).Rd II: AFC Hinksey v Burnham, Ascot Utd 4Kidlington 0, Beversbrook 1 Purton 3, EasingtonSpts 3 Abingdon Tn 1, Finchampstead 3 FlackwellHeath 5 (aet), Highmoor Ibis 2 Tytherington Rocks4, Letcombe 1 Cirencester Tn 5, Milton Utd 1Cheltenham Saracens 1 (aet), Tuffley Rov 2Wantage Tn 3 (aet).Div I West: Clanfield 6 Old Woodstock Tn 3,Fairford Tn 4 North Leigh Utd 0, Hook Norton 3Carterton 1.David Wilson Homes Gloucestershire County:Ellwood 2 Southmead CS Ath 1, Gala Wilton 0Frampton Utd 0, Henbury 2 Hanham Ath 3, KingsStanley 2 Chipping Sodbury Tn 0, Longlevens 2Kingswood 1, Patchway Tn 4 Bristol Telephones 0,Rockleaze Rgrs 1 Bishop’s Cleeve Res 2,Thornbury Tn 4 Bristol Academy 1.Somerset County, Premier Div/Division I Cup:Clutton 4 Bridgwater 1, Nailsea Utd 6 Purnell Sports 1.Premier Div: Bishops Lydeard 1 Stockwood Green2, Ilminster Tn 0 Langford Rov 2000 4, Minehead 1Fry Club 2, Odd Down Res 1 Cutters Friday 6,Shirehampton 3 Nailsea Tn 2, Watchet Tn 2 YattonAth 1, Weston St Johns 3 Berrow 5.Div I: St George (EIG) 1 Brislington Res 5, Banwell1 Frome Coll 6, Burnham Utd 1 Broad Plain House5, Congresbury 3 Dundry Ath 5, Middlezoy Rov 4Shepton Mallet Res 0, Saltford 1 Larkhall Ath Res 4,Westfield 1 Clevedon Utd 2, Wrington Redhill 5Castle Cary 1.Div II East: Chilcompton Spts 2 Bishop Sutton Res2, Cutters Friday Res 1 Imperial 2, FarringtonGurney 0 Radstock Tn Res 0, Hengrove Ath Res 1Ashton & Backwell Utd Res 0, Long Ashton 0 FryClub Res 1, Stockwood Green Res 0 Timsbury Ath2, Tunley Ath 2 Peasedown Ath 5.Div II West: Portishead Tn Res 2 Churchill Club 70

0, Cheddar Res 4 Weston St Johns Res 0, NorthCurry 1 Glastonbury 1, Uphill Castle 0 Cleeve WestTn 2, Winscombe 2 Staplegrove 2, Worle 3 CombeSt Nicholas 3.Gloucestershire FA Senior Amateur Cup, rd II:Patchway Tn 2 Lawrence Weston at LawrenceWeston 3, Hallen Res 2 Highridge Utd 2 (Hallen won3-2 on pens), Torpedo 3 Totterdown Utd 3(Totterdown won 4-2 on pens), Longwell Green SptsRes 12 Lawrence Rov 1, Made For Ever 2 Wick 1,Sea Mills Park 5 Old Sodbury 2, Sneyd Park 2 LittleStoke 3, Mendip Utd 5 Stoke Gifford Utd 0, SeymourUtd 2 Olveston Utd 1, Roman Glass St George Res2 Sporting Greyhound 3, Frampton Ath 0 Clifton StVinc 1, Easton Cowboys Sub 2 Severn Beach 2(Severn Beach won 7-6 on pens), Bristol ManorFarm Res 1 CAB Olympic SC 0, AEK Boco 4 LebeqSaturday 1, Cribbs Res 1 AFC Mangotsfield 0,Fishponds OB 4 Shaftesbury Crus 1.Gloucestershire FA Minor Cup, rd II: ThornburyBaptist 2 Torpedo A 0, Talbot Knowle Res 0 Wick A2, Winford PH 2 Bradley Stoke Tn A 2 (BradleyStoke won 10-9 on pens), Fishponds Ath 7 OasisCairns Rd 1, Old Elizabethans 3 ShaftesburyCrusade Res 1, Mendip Utd A 2 Sea Mills Park Res0, Retainers Res 0 Sneyd Park A 1, Lawrence RovRes 1 Easton Cowboys Res 6, Cesson 4 Clifton StVinc A 2, Woodland Rgrs 4 Staple Hill Orient 1, AFCMangotsfield A 3 Brislington Cktrs Res 3(Mangotsfield won 6-5 on pens), Bengal Tigers 4Old Sodbury Res 3, Severnside 2 Soundwell VicRes 1, Wellington Wdrs 2 Westerleigh Spts 8, AEKBoco Colts 0 VCF Santos 3.Gloucestershire FA Primary Cup, rd II: Real StGeorge 4 West Town Utd 2, Fishponds OB 1Stapleton Res 3, Westerleigh Spts Res 2 LockleazeComm 3, North Bristol Utd 4 Little Stoke Utd 2,Bradley Stoke Tn B 0 Yate Ath Res 2, De Veys Res5 Iron Acton B 2, Stoke Lane Ath 2 Sartan Utd Res2 (Sartan won 6-5 on pens), Greyfriars B 6Wanderers Res 1, Bristol Sports 4 Sea Mills A 2,AFC Mangotsfield B 0 Hanham Ath B 2, AvonmouthA 4 Winford PH Res 4 (Avonmouth won 5-4 onpens), Conham Rangers 3 Brimsham Green Res 4,

Cribbs B 1 Sneyd Park B 3, Bsl Revolutions 1 TCSports 3, Wessex Wdrs A 4 Lawrence Weston A 4.Bristol Premier, Div I: Oldland Abbots Res 2Greyfriars Ath 1.District, Senior Div: Hallen A 1 Henbury Res 4,Iron Acton 1 De Veys 0, Nicholas Wdrs Res 1 BristolBarcelona 4, Portville Warriors 5 Pucklechurch Spts2, Warmley Saints 0 Crosscourt Utd 4.Div I: Bradley Stoke Tn 3 St Pancras 2, ChippingSodbury Tn Res v Lebeq Res aban, Hambrook 4Soundwell Vic 1, Mendip Utd Res 1 Talbot KnowleUtd 1, Miners 5 Stanton Drew 5, Totterdown UtdRes 4 Seymour Utd Res 2, Winterbourne Utd A 3Rangeworthy 1.Div II: Cribbs A 4 Hanham Ath Res 0, DRGFrenchay Res 5 Hartcliffe 1, Frys Club A 3Greyfriars Ath Res 5, Iron Acton Res 2 ChippingSodbury Tn A 0, Nicholas Wdrs A 2 Lloydy CoalpitHeath 0, Real Thornbury 3 Frampton Ath Res 1.Div III: Bristol Barcelona Res 0 Hillfields OB 3,Made For Ever Res 0 Henbury A 3, Patchway NE 5Olveston Utd Res 3, Pucklechurch Spts Res 0 SouthBristol Central 0, Roman Glass St George A 6Hambrook Res 2, Stapleton 0 Horfield Utd 0, YateAth 2 Hallen B 1.Div IV: Bendix Res 0 Highridge Utd Res 1.Div V: Stanton Drew Res 1 Crosscourt Utd Res 1,Oldland Abbots 7 Iron Acton 0.Div VI: Saltford Res 9 Bristol Deaf 0, Seymour UtdA 4 Cutters Friday 1.Suburban, Norman Goulding Cup, rd I: BroadwalkCommunity 8 Coupland Insulation 1.Premier Div I: Mangotsfield Spts 3 Avonmouth 3,Tytherington Rocks Res 1 Ridings High 1.Premier Div II: Cadbury Heath Res 4 Glenside 5OB 0, Wessex Wdrs 1 Lebeq Utd 9.Div I: AFC Hartcliffe 2 St Aldhelms Res 1,Avonmouth Res 6 Ashton & Backwell Colts 4, BroadPlain House Res 0 Filton Ath 3, Parson Street OB 3Cleeve Colts 10, Stoke Gifford Utd Res 4 KellawayRgrs 3, Stoke Rgrs 3 Tyndalls Park Rgrs 0.Div II: Almondsbury UWE A 3 Lawrence Weston Res4, Fry’s Club OB 4 St Annes Tn 1, Hanham Ath Sub 3Ashton Utd Res 1, Wanderers 1 Old Cothamians 3.

Div III: AFC Whitchurch 4 Fishponds OB Res 3,Bristol Bilbao 5 Downend Foresters Res 2, LongAshton Res 5 Corinthian Spts 7, Rockleaze Rgrs A5 Severn Beach Res 1.Div IV: Brandon Sports 4 Old Georgians 3, ParkKnowle 5 Glenside 5 OB 1.Div V: Wessex Wdrs Res 8 Parson Street OB Res0, Whitchurch Spts v Lawrence Weston A pp.Div VI: Brandon Spts Res 2 Bsl Spartak 4.Bristol & Avon: Dodington 1 Broad Plain A 3.Downs, Div I: AFC Bohemia 2 Lawes Jrs 0, Ashley4 Jersey Rgrs 2, Cotswool 3 DAC Beachcroft 5,Portland OB 3 Retainers 0, Saints 1 Jamaica Bell 2.Div II: Ashley Res 1 Old Cliftonians 1, CliftonRockets 3 Lion 4, Clifton St Vinc Res 0 Hare On TheHill 2, Corinthians 0 Easton Cowboys 5, St Andrews1 Sneyd Park Res 4, Tebby 0 Sporting GreyhoundRes 1, Torpedo Res 4 Saints OB Res 0.Div III: Cotham OB 1 Green Park Rgrs 2, LuccombeGarage 0 Helios 4, Portland OB Res 1 Evergreen 7.Div IV: Clifton St Vinc B 3 Lion FC Res 0, TebbyRes 3 Cosmos UK 2, Retainers A 2 Clifton RocketsRes 5, Torpedo B 1 NCSF Utd 2.Weston-s-Mare & District, Atwell Shield, rd I:AFC Nailsea 0 Cleeve West Tn Res 1, Axbridge Tn4 Kewstoke Lions Res 2, Clapton-in-Gordano 5Uphill Castle Res 6, Hutton 8 Portishead Tn A 2,Banwell Res 3 Berrow Res 0, Locking Park 2Langford Rov Res 5 (aet), Pill Utd 0 CongresburyRes 4, Priory Rgrs 1v Tickenham Utd 0, Shipham 3Portishead CT 7, Wedmore 0 Burnham Utd A 0(aet,Wedmore won 4-3 on pens), Westend 4 Dolphin Ath3, Yatton Ath Res 8 Cheddar A 4.Div I: Clevedon Utd Res 6 Churchill Cub 70 Res 1,Winscombe 2 Nailsea Utd 4.Div II: Draycott 7 Clevedon Utd A 1, Nailsea Utd 2St George (EIG) 5.Div III: Portishead Tn B 3 Winscombe A 4.Div IV: Cleeve West Tn A 4 Hutton Res 0, Nailsea UtdColts 5 King Alfred SC 0, KVFC 7 St George (EIG)A 0.Div V: Portishead Tn Colts 2 Congresbury A 0.Div VI: Berrow A 2 AFC Nailsea Res 1, BurnhamUtd B 1 Wedmore Res 1, Clevedon Utd B 0 BanwellA 0, Westend Res 1 Worle Rgrs Res 3.

� Ashley Kington lines up a shot for Weston against Hayes & Yeading

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� New Weston signing Bradley Middleton, left, wins a header against Hayes & Yeading Pictures: Gary Learmonth

Gloucestershire County League

Danny strikes twice in Thornbury’s first victoryTHORNBURY Town gained theirfirst win of the season with a 4-1success at home to BristolA c a d e my .

Danny Thompson gave Thornburya 15th-minute lead, and it stayed thatway until Tyler Finch-Vassell equal-ised in the second minute of thesecond half.

However, Thompson restoredThor nbury’s lead with a 50th-minutegoal, and he set up Luke Franklin forthe third goal a minute later.

The home side rounded the scoringoff in time added-on with a greatstrike from young substitute JoshP i r i e.

Henbury found themselves trail-

ing 3-0 after 30 minutes in their homegame against Hanham Athletic,whose goals came from Jack Tottle,James Shipman and Tolo Taylor. Hen-bu r y ’s woes were compounded by a25th-minute penalty miss from AaronAnglin.

However, Henbury did manage toset up a tense finish with goals fromGary Clarke and Ben Sandle, butHanham held on for victory.

Rockleaze Rangers went down 2-1at home to Bishop’s Cleeve Reserves.

A looping header from TheoCoombs gave Rockleaze a36th-minute lead, but James Pickuplevelled before half-time and scoredthe winner in the second period.

Chipping Sodbury Town suf fereda 2-0 defeat at Kings Stanley, whoscored twice in the closing minutesthrough Liam Gale and Sam Prior.

Patchway Town ran out 4-0 win-ners against Bristol Telephones,thanks to two goals from in-formstriker Matt Davis and strikes fromNicholas Gray and Phil Vice.

Telephones were kept at bay bysome good goalkeeping from JamesKaminski.

Southmead Athletic went down toa 2-1 defeat at Ellwood, who took asecond-minute lead through DarylAddis. Danny Glancy levelled in the80th minute, but Addis grabbed thewinner in the 89th minute.

WESTON were given a lesson in clin-ical finishing by three second-halfsubstitutes who played a part in allthree goals of an entertaining SkrillSouth game.

The home side gave a debut to newsigning Bradley Middleton, who slot-ted in well to the defence in place ofsuspended Jamie Laird.

The Seagulls made a bright start,with Ashley Kington going close inthe first minute and Chas Hemmings’having a deflected effort on 12minutes brilliantly turned over hiscrossbar by goalkeeper MikhaelJaime z-Ruiz.

Later, Hemmings went close on twomore occasions, as did Dayle Grubb,while Martin Slocombe had a dan-gerous low cross cut out by the goal-kee per.

The introduction of former Bath

treble check:Complete check for Littlewoods, Vernons and

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

Aston Villa ............... (0) 0 everton ....................(0) 2Att 35,154 Lukaku 68 Osman 81crystal Palace ......... (0) 0 Arsenal ....................(0) 2Att 20,050 Arteta 47 (pen) Giroud 87liverpool ................. (2) 4 West brom ..............(0) 1Suarez 12, 17, 55 Morrison 66 (pen)Sturridge 77 Att 44,747Man Utd ................... (1) 3 Stoke .......................(2) 2van Persie 43 Crouch 4Rooney 78 Arnautovic 45Hernandez 80 Att 75,274Norwich ................... (0) 0 cardiff ......................(0) 0Att 26,846Southamptn ............. (2) 2 Fulham ....................(0) 0Lambert 20Rodriguez 43 Att 28,631

Yesterday chelsea .................... (1) 2 Man city ..................(0) 1Schurrle 33 Aguero 49Torres 90 Att 41,495Spurs ....................... (0) 1 hull ..........................(0) 0Soldado 80 (pen) Att 36,080Sunderland .............. (1) 2 Newcastle ................(0) 1Fletcher 5 Debuchy 57Borini 84 Att 46,313Swansea .................. (0) 0 West ham ................(0) 0Att 20,455

hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsArsenal ..............9 3 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 11 4 22Chelsea .............9 5 0 0 12 3 1 2 1 4 3 20Liverpool ............9 4 0 1 9 3 2 2 0 8 5 20Spurs .................9 3 1 1 5 4 3 0 1 4 1 19Southamptn .......9 3 2 0 7 1 2 1 1 3 2 18Everton ..............9 3 1 0 6 3 2 2 1 8 7 18Man City ............9 4 0 0 13 2 1 1 3 8 9 16Man Utd .............9 2 2 1 7 5 2 0 2 7 7 14Swansea ............9 1 2 2 8 8 2 0 2 4 3 11Hull ....................9 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 4 4 9 11Newcastle ..........9 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 3 7 11 11West Brom .........9 1 1 2 4 4 1 3 1 4 6 10Aston Villa..........9 1 0 4 4 9 2 1 1 5 3 10Fulham...............9 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 3 5 6 10West Ham ..........9 1 0 3 5 7 1 3 1 3 1 9Cardiff ................9 1 1 2 4 5 1 2 2 4 8 9Stoke .................9 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 4 4 8 8Norwich..............9 1 2 2 4 6 1 0 3 2 7 8Sunderland ........9 1 0 4 5 10 0 1 3 2 11 4Crystal Pal .........9 1 0 4 4 10 0 0 4 2 9 3

hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsBurnley ............13 5 2 0 14 3 5 0 1 10 4 32Leicester ..........13 6 1 0 13 6 3 1 2 8 7 29QPR .................12 5 1 0 8 1 3 2 1 6 5 27Blackpool .........13 4 3 0 8 4 2 3 1 8 7 24Reading ...........13 4 3 0 13 6 2 2 2 7 6 23Nottm For ........13 4 2 0 11 5 2 3 2 10 10 23Watford ............12 3 2 1 13 7 3 1 2 11 7 21Derby ...............13 1 3 3 10 14 4 1 1 15 7 19Huddersfld ......13 3 3 1 13 8 1 2 3 4 6 17Leeds ...............13 3 1 2 10 6 2 1 4 6 10 17Bournemth .......13 4 0 2 11 8 1 2 4 9 19 17Blackburn.........13 3 1 2 10 5 1 3 3 9 11 16Ipswich.............13 4 0 2 11 5 0 4 3 8 12 16Wigan ..............11 3 2 0 10 6 1 1 4 4 5 15Middlesbro’ ......13 2 4 1 15 9 1 2 3 8 12 15Brighton ...........12 2 2 2 9 8 1 3 2 2 4 14Millwall .............13 2 1 3 8 10 1 3 3 7 16 13Doncaster ........12 2 1 3 6 8 1 2 3 5 12 12Charlton ...........12 1 3 2 3 4 1 2 3 6 10 11Birmingham .....13 2 1 3 10 6 1 1 5 4 14 11Bolton ..............13 0 5 2 6 8 1 2 3 5 12 10Yeovil ...............13 1 1 5 4 9 1 2 3 5 10 9Barnsley...........13 2 3 2 10 16 0 0 6 5 14 9Sheff Wed ........12 0 3 2 5 7 0 5 2 7 11 8

bradford .................. (1) 1 Wolves .....................(2) 2De Vita 14 Henry 28Att 18,044 Stearman 33brentford ................. (1) 1 Shrewsbury .............(0) 0Trotta 16 Att 9,783carlisle..................... (1) 2 bristol city ..............(0) 4O’Hanlon 24 Emmanuel-Thomas 51, 52, 84Noble 80 Wagstaff 72Att 4,672colchester ............... (0) 1 Peterboro ................(0) 0Bonne 70 Att 4,149leyton Orient .......... (1) 1 rotherham ..............(0) 0Lisbie 29 Att 5,609Notts county ........... (0) 0 Preston ....................(0) 1Att 4,956 Hume 74Oldham .................... (1) 2 Swindon ..................(0) 1Winchester 32 Tarkowski 56 (og)Philliskirk 77 Att 3,837Port Vale .................. (0) 2 Gillingham ...............(1) 1Robertson 47 Kedwell 13Pope 63 Att 5,690Sheff Utd ................. (2) 3 crewe ......................(0) 1Maguire 18, 29 Clayton 78Flynn 55Att 18,784Stevenage................ (1) 2 crawley town .........(0) 0Hartley 8Doughty 90Att 2,804tranmere ................. (1) 3 Mk Dons ..................(1) 2Lowe 7, 66 (pen) Powell 39Rowe 84 Banton 49Att 4,100Walsall ..................... (0) 0 coventry ..................(0) 1 Moussa 54Att 6,519 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ............14 6 1 0 17 5 5 1 1 16 6 35Wolves .............13 5 1 1 14 5 5 1 0 11 3 32Peterboro ........14 5 1 1 8 4 5 1 1 16 5 32Preston ............14 3 3 1 11 8 4 2 1 11 7 26Brentford ..........14 4 1 2 8 5 3 2 2 11 12 24Bradford ...........14 4 1 2 15 6 2 3 2 9 8 22Walsall .............14 2 2 3 7 10 4 2 1 10 4 22Swindon ...........14 5 1 1 15 7 1 1 5 9 11 20Port Vale ..........14 3 2 2 10 10 3 0 4 9 9 20Rotherham .......14 2 3 2 9 11 3 2 2 10 9 20MK Dons ..........14 4 2 1 14 8 1 2 4 9 12 19Crawley Town ..13 4 1 2 10 10 1 3 2 8 9 19Coventry ..........14 5 1 1 19 14 3 2 2 12 8 17Colchester .......14 2 3 2 6 8 1 4 2 7 10 16Carlisle.............13 2 0 4 6 15 2 3 2 7 9 15Oldham ............13 3 2 2 8 6 1 0 5 8 13 14Stevenage .......14 2 1 4 9 11 2 1 4 6 10 14Shrewsbury......14 2 4 1 8 5 0 3 4 5 11 13Gillingham........14 2 2 3 8 9 1 1 5 9 15 12Sheff Utd..........14 3 2 2 9 7 0 1 6 4 14 12Tranmere .........14 1 2 4 9 19 2 1 4 5 9 12Crewe ..............14 2 2 3 8 15 1 1 5 4 16 12Bristol City .......13 0 3 3 6 11 1 3 3 14 15 9Notts Co ..........13 2 0 4 8 7 0 1 6 6 17 7*Coventry deducted 10 points for entering administration

AFc Wimbledon ...... (0) 0 Oxford Utd ..............(1) 2Att 4,685 Constable 6 Smalley 82 (pen)bristol rovers ......... (0) 0 chesterfield ............(0) 0Att 5,667Dag & red ............... (1) 3 rochdale .................(0) 1Murphy 9 Dicker 64Elito 52, 90 Att 1,742exeter....................... (0) 0 burton Albion .........(0) 1Att 3,658 Edwards 89Mansfield ................. (0) 0 Plymouth .................(0) 1Att 3,379 Trotman 90Morecambe.............. (0) 1 Accrington Stanley (1) 2Sampson 50 Webber 19 (pen)Att 2,175 Murphy 90Newport county ...... (2) 3 Southend .................(1) 1Washington 23 Coker 41A Hughes 45Yakubu 53 Att 3,652Northampton ........... (1) 1 cheltenham .............(1) 1Norris 44 Harrison 10Att 4,033Scunthorpe .............. (0) 1 hartlepool ...............(0) 0Winnall 76 Att 3,613torquay .................... (1) 1 Portsmouth .............(0) 1Chapell 1 Bird 81Att 3,843Wycombe ................. (1) 1 bury .........................(0) 2Stewart 16 Soares 69Att 3,350 Edjenguele 88York .......................... (0) 0 Fleetwood town .....(1) 2Att 3,523 Evans 24 Matt 66 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsOxford Utd .......14 2 3 2 7 7 5 2 0 16 5 26Rochdale .........14 6 1 0 16 6 2 1 4 6 11 26Fleetwood T .....14 3 1 3 13 10 5 0 2 9 5 25Chesterfield .....14 4 1 2 9 6 3 3 1 11 7 25Exeter ..............14 4 0 3 9 9 3 3 1 9 5 24Burton Albion ...14 2 2 3 8 9 5 1 1 12 8 24Newport C .......14 5 1 1 16 7 1 4 2 5 8 23Dag & Red .......14 4 2 1 12 6 2 3 2 9 12 23Scunthorpe ......13 4 2 1 8 6 2 3 1 7 6 23Morecambe......14 3 3 1 13 10 3 1 3 8 10 22Mansfield .........14 2 3 2 10 8 3 3 1 5 4 21Wycombe .........13 3 1 3 9 9 3 1 2 10 7 20Southend .........14 3 1 3 7 6 3 1 3 8 8 20Hartlepool ........14 3 0 4 8 9 2 3 2 9 7 18Wimbledon.......14 4 1 2 10 8 1 2 4 5 10 18Portsmouth ......13 3 0 3 8 7 1 5 1 12 13 17Cheltenham .....14 2 3 2 12 11 2 1 4 7 14 16Plymouth..........14 2 3 2 3 6 2 0 5 6 9 15Bury .................14 2 3 2 8 6 1 1 5 7 11 13York .................13 2 1 3 6 8 1 2 4 9 13 12Bristol Rvrs ......14 2 3 2 7 8 0 2 5 4 10 11Torquay ............14 1 4 2 7 10 1 1 5 7 14 11Northamptn ......14 1 4 2 9 9 1 0 6 4 12 10Accrington S ....14 1 2 4 6 9 1 2 4 5 12 10

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

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AFc totton ..........................2 Arlesey .............................. 2bashley ................................2 banbury ............................. 3bideford ...............................3 St Neots town .................. 2chesham .............................3 redditch ............................ 1hitchin .................................1 burnham ........................... 1truro city ............................0 cambridge city ................ 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtHemel Hmpstd .....12 6 0 0 24 2 4 1 1 15 5 31Chesham .............13 5 1 0 17 6 5 0 2 18 7 31Bideford ...............12 5 2 0 19 6 2 3 0 9 6 26Cambridge City ....12 3 1 1 9 5 4 2 1 9 5 24Poole Town .......... 11 2 3 0 9 7 4 1 1 13 10 22Stourbridge .......... 11 4 0 2 13 8 3 0 2 12 6 21Banbury ...............12 3 0 3 9 9 4 0 2 14 12 21St Albans .............12 3 1 2 9 7 2 2 2 16 11 18Hungerford T .......10 3 0 2 7 5 3 0 2 9 4 18Arlesey.................12 1 3 1 9 9 3 1 3 11 10 16Biggleswade T .....10 2 2 1 7 4 1 3 1 8 8 14Weymouth .............9 3 1 1 8 5 1 1 2 6 6 14Burnham ..............12 1 1 3 8 12 2 4 1 10 7 14Hitchin.................. 11 3 3 1 12 6 0 1 3 2 6 13Redditch ..............13 1 1 4 7 19 3 0 4 10 24 13Chippenham ........12 2 0 4 8 11 2 0 4 9 12 12Frome Town ......... 11 0 2 4 5 15 3 1 1 7 5 12Bedford Town.......12 2 1 3 8 13 1 2 3 12 21 12Corby ...................10 3 0 1 6 5 0 2 4 4 15 11Truro City .............12 0 2 5 6 17 2 1 2 9 11 9AFC Totton........... 11 1 1 4 11 18 1 0 4 5 13 7St Neots Town .....12 1 0 4 5 12 1 0 6 6 14 6Bashley ................10 0 1 5 7 17 0 1 3 3 10 2

Dorchester...........................0 basingstoke ...................... 4Gosport borough ...............2 chelmsford ....................... 1havant and W ......................1 eastbourne borough ....... 1Maidenhead Utd ..................0 bromley ............................. 1tonbridge Angels ...............3 Whitehawk ........................ 1Weston-S-Mare ...................0 hayes & Yeading .............. 3

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtEastleigh ..............12 5 2 0 8 2 3 0 2 8 6 26Bromley ...............12 5 0 0 17 4 3 1 3 8 7 25Bishop’s Stortford 11 4 0 1 11 5 3 2 1 13 12 23Sutton Utd ........... 11 5 1 1 16 6 1 2 1 6 2 21Hayes & Yeading .12 1 0 3 6 6 6 0 2 13 6 21Weston-S-Mare ...12 3 1 3 9 10 3 1 1 7 4 20Dover ...................12 2 1 3 4 5 4 0 2 8 2 19Basingstoke .........12 4 1 1 9 5 2 0 4 9 10 19Ebbsfleet United ..13 2 4 1 7 6 2 2 2 15 9 18Eastbourne Boro .13 3 2 1 12 9 2 1 4 4 12 18Havant and W......13 3 1 3 11 12 1 4 1 6 5 17Farnboro ..............10 4 0 1 8 2 1 1 3 11 14 16Staines Town ....... 11 5 0 0 10 4 0 1 5 5 14 16Concord Rangers 11 2 1 2 8 6 1 3 2 5 11 13Chelmsford ..........12 3 1 2 10 8 1 0 5 4 12 13Maidenhead Utd .. 11 1 1 4 7 13 2 2 1 7 5 12Tonbridge Angels . 11 2 2 2 8 9 1 1 3 6 12 12Whitehawk ...........12 1 3 2 5 8 2 0 4 9 13 12Bath City ..............10 1 2 2 6 7 1 2 2 5 6 10Boreham Wood.... 11 1 2 2 6 9 1 1 4 3 9 9Gosport Borough . 11 2 1 2 5 5 0 1 5 4 13 8Dorchester ........... 11 1 0 5 6 19 1 1 3 4 5 7

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barnsley .................. (1) 1 Sheff Wed ................(0) 1Pedersen 16 Fryatt 60Att 13,268blackpool ................ (2) 2 blackburn ................(1) 2Ince 13 (pen) Rhodes 21 (pen)Gosling 39 Davies 90 (og)Att 15,901bolton ...................... (0) 1 ipswich ....................(0) 1Medo 65 McGoldrick 73Att 15,222burnley .................... (0) 2 QPr .........................(0) 0Ings 65, 88 (pen) Att 16,074Derby ....................... (1) 1 birmingham ............(0) 1Ward 39 Novak 66Att 27,141huddersfld ............... (1) 3 leeds .......................(1) 2Ward 10 Smith 2Lees 63 (og) Blackstock 73Stead 77leicester .................. (1) 2 bournemouth ..........(1) 1Nugent 18 Pugh 38Vardy 64 Att 23,357reading ................... (1) 1 Millwall ....................(0) 1Morrison 9 Trotter 90 (pen)Att 18,245Yeovil ....................... (3) 3 Nottm For ................(1) 1Upson 8, 40 Chalobah 42Webster 43 Att 7,612

Yesterday charlton ................... (0) 0 Wigan.......................(0) 0Att 23,600

AFc hornchurch .................0 hereford ............................ 1barnet ..................................3 concord rangers ............. 0bath city ..............................0 Salisbury ........................... 1biggleswade town .............1 canvey island ................... 0boreham Wood ...................1 heybridge .......................... 0brackley...............................0 barrow ............................... 0brislington ...........................0 Welling .............................. 1chatham town ....................0 St Albans ........................... 2chester Fc ..........................0 Gateshead ......................... 1colwyn bay .........................1 corby ................................. 3Dover ...................................3 Oxford city ....................... 0ebbsfleet United .................1 Dartford ............................. 1Forest Green .......................0 bishop’s Stortford ........... 1Gloucester ...........................3 hampton & rich’d ............ 1Grimsby ...............................3 rushall Olympic ............... 0hartley Wintney ..................1 Daventry town.................. 6hemel hempstead ..............3 Sutton Utd ......................... 3Macclesfield ........................7 Vauxhall Motors ............... 0Needham Market .................0 cambridge Utd ................. 1North Ferriby Utd ................1 Alfreton town ................... 3Nuneaton .............................0 Fc halifax ......................... 2Shortwood Utd ....................1 Aldershot .......................... 1Southport ............................6 Marske Utd ........................ 2Staines town.......................0 Poole town ....................... 0Stamford ..............................0 hednesford ....................... 2tamworth .............................4 Solihull Moors .................. 1Weymouth ...........................1 braintree town ................. 2Woking .................................0 luton ................................. 1Worcester ............................1 lincoln city ...................... 1Workington ..........................1 Stourbridge ....................... 3Wrexham .............................2 hyde .................................. 0

Yesterday bradford P A .......................1 kidderminster ................... 1

bishops cleeve ...................0 clevedon town ................. 5bridgwater town.................0 Mangotsfield ..................... 3cirencester ..........................4 Wimborne town ............... 3Didcot town ........................1 Fleet town......................... 0Merthyr town ......................1 taunton ............................. 0North leigh .........................2 evesham ........................... 0Paulton ................................3 cinderford ......................... 1Stratford town ....................4 Guildford city ................... 0Swindon Super ...................1 tiverton ............................. 2Yate ......................................2 thatcham town ................ 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtNorth Leigh ..........12 6 0 0 23 3 4 0 2 10 6 30Paulton ................12 5 1 1 23 10 3 1 1 16 9 26Merthyr Town ....... 11 5 1 0 15 6 3 0 2 12 11 25Swindon Super ....13 5 0 1 15 6 2 3 2 11 11 24Tiverton ................12 4 0 2 12 9 3 2 1 14 12 23Cirencester ............9 4 0 1 12 10 3 0 1 8 5 21Bridgwater Town ....9 2 2 1 9 6 4 0 0 11 3 20Wimborne Town ...13 4 2 0 26 9 1 2 4 8 11 19Stratford Town ..... 11 2 1 2 8 9 2 2 2 17 15 15Mangotsfield ........10 2 1 2 9 8 2 1 2 8 8 14Yate .....................10 3 0 3 11 12 1 2 1 7 8 14Taunton ................13 2 3 2 11 10 1 1 4 9 13 13Godalming Town .. 11 2 1 2 6 9 2 0 4 7 15 13Cinderford ............12 2 0 4 8 10 1 3 2 9 11 12Thatcham Town ... 11 1 2 2 3 7 2 1 3 9 10 12Bishops Cleeve ...12 2 0 4 11 20 2 0 4 11 16 12Evesham.............. 11 1 3 1 12 11 1 1 4 6 15 10Shortwood Utd .......8 1 2 1 11 11 1 1 2 7 5 9Clevedon Town ......9 1 1 2 4 8 1 1 3 7 8 8Didcot Town ......... 11 2 1 3 7 11 0 1 4 5 15 8Fleet Town ...........12 1 2 2 5 7 0 2 5 5 17 7Guildford City .......12 2 1 3 11 16 0 0 6 5 28 7

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Results

Skrill South

Weston undonein second half byclinical finishing

City, Salisbury and Newport Countystriker Tom Bird for Hayes & Yeadingchanged the game.

B i rd ’s pass put Reid through in the52nd minute, and he rounded goal-keeper Luke Purnell to put the vis-itors ahead.

As Weston tried to get back into thegame, Naby Diallo forced a full-lengthsave from Jaimez-Ruiz and Kingtonhad a good effort beaten out by thegoalkeeper. However, Hayes struckagain on 67 minutes when Luke Wil-liams outpaced the defence to firepast Purnell.

Three minutes from time, Reidstruck again, turning susbstituteAllen Bossman’s low cross past Pur-nell from a couple of yards.

� Tytherington Rocks inflicted asecond knockout competition defeaton Highmoor this season with a 4-2away win in the Hellenic League’sBluefin Sports Cup second round.

After a goalless first half, strikesfrom Tom Andrews (2), Justin Bishopand Luke Sperring gave Rocks victory.

South West Counties Youth: Bath City 8 NewCollege Acad 1, Newport County 0 Andover Tn 3FA Cup, fourth qualifying rd: AFC Hornchurch 0Hereford 1, Barnet 3 Concorn Rangers 0, Bath City0 Salisbury 1, Biggleswade Tn 1 Canvey Island 0,Boreham Wood 1 Heybridge Swifts 0, Brackley Tn 0Barrow 0, Brislington 0 Welling Utd 1, Chatcham Tn0 St Albans City 2, Chester 0 Gateshead 1, ColwynBay 1 Corby Tn 3, Dover Ath 3 Oxford City 0,Ebbsfleet 1 Dartford 1, Forest Green 0 Bishop’sStortford 1, Gloucester City 3 Hampton & Richmond1, Grimsby 3 Rushall Olympic 0, Hartley Wintney 1Daventry Tn 6, Hemel Hempstead Tn 3 Sutton Utd3, Macclesfield 7 Vauxhall Motors 0, NeedhamMarket 0 Cambridge 1, North Ferriby Utd 1 Alfreton3, Nuneaton 0 Halifax 2, Shortwood Utd 1 Aldershot1, Southport 6 Marske Utd 2, Staines Tn 0 Poole Tn0, Stamford 0 Hednesford Tn 2, Weymouth 1Braintree 2, Woking 0 Luton 1, Worcester City 1Lincoln City 1, Workington 1 Stourbridge 3,Wrexham 2 Hyde 0.Calor Southern League, Premier Div: AFC Totton2 Arlesey Tn 2, Bashley 2 Banbury Utd 3, Bideford 3 StNeots Tn 2, Chesham Utd 3 Redditch Utd 1, Hitchin Tn1 Burnham 1, Truro City 0 Cambridge City 1.Div I South & West: Bishop’s Cleeve 0 Clevedon Tn5, Bridgwater Tn 0 Mangotsfield Utd 3, Cirencester Tn4 Wimborne Tn 3, Didcot Tn 1 Fleet Tn 0, MerthyrTydfil 1 Taunton Tn 0, North Leigh 2 Evesham Utd 0,Paulton Rov 3 Cinderford Tn 1, Stratford Tn 4Guildford City 0, Swindon Supermarine 1 Tiverton Tn2, Yate Tn 2 Thatcham Tn 1.Toolstation Western League, Les Phillips Cup,prelim rd: Bradford Tn 3v Winterbourne Utd 4,Buckland Ath 6 Roman Glass St George 2, LongwellGreen Spts 0 Odd Down 0 (aet, Odd Down won 3-2on pens), Melksham Tn 0 Bridport 2, Slimbridge 2Warminster Tn 1, Welton Rov 0 Gillingham Tn 2.Premier Div: Bitton 1 Hallen 1, Bristol Manor Farm1 Street 0, Ilfracombe Tn 2 Sherborne Tn 0, LarkhallAth 5 Hengrove Ath 0, Radstock Tn 0 CadburyHeath 4, Willand Rov 1 Bishop Sutton 0.First Div: Ashton & Backwell Utd 1 Oldland Abbots1, Chard Tn 2 Almondsbury UWE 2, Chippenham

Park 1 Barnstaple Tn 2, Keynsham Tn 2 Devizes Tn2, Shepton Mallet 3 Calne Tn 2, Wellington 4Cheddar 2, Wells City 1 Cribbs 1, Westbury Utd 6Corsham Tn 0, Wincanton Tn 3 Portishead Tn 0.Uhlsport Hellenic, Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup,rd I: Bracknell Tn 2 Binfield 2 (aet, Binfield won 5-4on pens).Rd II: AFC Hinksey v Burnham, Ascot Utd 4Kidlington 0, Beversbrook 1 Purton 3, EasingtonSpts 3 Abingdon Tn 1, Finchampstead 3 FlackwellHeath 5 (aet), Highmoor Ibis 2 Tytherington Rocks4, Letcombe 1 Cirencester Tn 5, Milton Utd 1Cheltenham Saracens 1 (aet), Tuffley Rov 2Wantage Tn 3 (aet).Div I West: Clanfield 6 Old Woodstock Tn 3,Fairford Tn 4 North Leigh Utd 0, Hook Norton 3Carterton 1.David Wilson Homes Gloucestershire County:Ellwood 2 Southmead CS Ath 1, Gala Wilton 0Frampton Utd 0, Henbury 2 Hanham Ath 3, KingsStanley 2 Chipping Sodbury Tn 0, Longlevens 2Kingswood 1, Patchway Tn 4 Bristol Telephones 0,Rockleaze Rgrs 1 Bishop’s Cleeve Res 2,Thornbury Tn 4 Bristol Academy 1.Somerset County, Premier Div/Division I Cup:Clutton 4 Bridgwater 1, Nailsea Utd 6 Purnell Sports 1.Premier Div: Bishops Lydeard 1 Stockwood Green2, Ilminster Tn 0 Langford Rov 2000 4, Minehead 1Fry Club 2, Odd Down Res 1 Cutters Friday 6,Shirehampton 3 Nailsea Tn 2, Watchet Tn 2 YattonAth 1, Weston St Johns 3 Berrow 5.Div I: St George (EIG) 1 Brislington Res 5, Banwell1 Frome Coll 6, Burnham Utd 1 Broad Plain House5, Congresbury 3 Dundry Ath 5, Middlezoy Rov 4Shepton Mallet Res 0, Saltford 1 Larkhall Ath Res 4,Westfield 1 Clevedon Utd 2, Wrington Redhill 5Castle Cary 1.Div II East: Chilcompton Spts 2 Bishop Sutton Res2, Cutters Friday Res 1 Imperial 2, FarringtonGurney 0 Radstock Tn Res 0, Hengrove Ath Res 1Ashton & Backwell Utd Res 0, Long Ashton 0 FryClub Res 1, Stockwood Green Res 0 Timsbury Ath2, Tunley Ath 2 Peasedown Ath 5.Div II West: Portishead Tn Res 2 Churchill Club 70

0, Cheddar Res 4 Weston St Johns Res 0, NorthCurry 1 Glastonbury 1, Uphill Castle 0 Cleeve WestTn 2, Winscombe 2 Staplegrove 2, Worle 3 CombeSt Nicholas 3.Gloucestershire FA Senior Amateur Cup, rd II:Patchway Tn 2 Lawrence Weston at LawrenceWeston 3, Hallen Res 2 Highridge Utd 2 (Hallen won3-2 on pens), Torpedo 3 Totterdown Utd 3(Totterdown won 4-2 on pens), Longwell Green SptsRes 12 Lawrence Rov 1, Made For Ever 2 Wick 1,Sea Mills Park 5 Old Sodbury 2, Sneyd Park 2 LittleStoke 3, Mendip Utd 5 Stoke Gifford Utd 0, SeymourUtd 2 Olveston Utd 1, Roman Glass St George Res2 Sporting Greyhound 3, Frampton Ath 0 Clifton StVinc 1, Easton Cowboys Sub 2 Severn Beach 2(Severn Beach won 7-6 on pens), Bristol ManorFarm Res 1 CAB Olympic SC 0, AEK Boco 4 LebeqSaturday 1, Cribbs Res 1 AFC Mangotsfield 0,Fishponds OB 4 Shaftesbury Crus 1.Gloucestershire FA Minor Cup, rd II: ThornburyBaptist 2 Torpedo A 0, Talbot Knowle Res 0 Wick A2, Winford PH 2 Bradley Stoke Tn A 2 (BradleyStoke won 10-9 on pens), Fishponds Ath 7 OasisCairns Rd 1, Old Elizabethans 3 ShaftesburyCrusade Res 1, Mendip Utd A 2 Sea Mills Park Res0, Retainers Res 0 Sneyd Park A 1, Lawrence RovRes 1 Easton Cowboys Res 6, Cesson 4 Clifton StVinc A 2, Woodland Rgrs 4 Staple Hill Orient 1, AFCMangotsfield A 3 Brislington Cktrs Res 3(Mangotsfield won 6-5 on pens), Bengal Tigers 4Old Sodbury Res 3, Severnside 2 Soundwell VicRes 1, Wellington Wdrs 2 Westerleigh Spts 8, AEKBoco Colts 0 VCF Santos 3.Gloucestershire FA Primary Cup, rd II: Real StGeorge 4 West Town Utd 2, Fishponds OB 1Stapleton Res 3, Westerleigh Spts Res 2 LockleazeComm 3, North Bristol Utd 4 Little Stoke Utd 2,Bradley Stoke Tn B 0 Yate Ath Res 2, De Veys Res5 Iron Acton B 2, Stoke Lane Ath 2 Sartan Utd Res2 (Sartan won 6-5 on pens), Greyfriars B 6Wanderers Res 1, Bristol Sports 4 Sea Mills A 2,AFC Mangotsfield B 0 Hanham Ath B 2, AvonmouthA 4 Winford PH Res 4 (Avonmouth won 5-4 onpens), Conham Rangers 3 Brimsham Green Res 4,

Cribbs B 1 Sneyd Park B 3, Bsl Revolutions 1 TCSports 3, Wessex Wdrs A 4 Lawrence Weston A 4.Bristol Premier, Div I: Oldland Abbots Res 2Greyfriars Ath 1.District, Senior Div: Hallen A 1 Henbury Res 4,Iron Acton 1 De Veys 0, Nicholas Wdrs Res 1 BristolBarcelona 4, Portville Warriors 5 Pucklechurch Spts2, Warmley Saints 0 Crosscourt Utd 4.Div I: Bradley Stoke Tn 3 St Pancras 2, ChippingSodbury Tn Res v Lebeq Res aban, Hambrook 4Soundwell Vic 1, Mendip Utd Res 1 Talbot KnowleUtd 1, Miners 5 Stanton Drew 5, Totterdown UtdRes 4 Seymour Utd Res 2, Winterbourne Utd A 3Rangeworthy 1.Div II: Cribbs A 4 Hanham Ath Res 0, DRGFrenchay Res 5 Hartcliffe 1, Frys Club A 3Greyfriars Ath Res 5, Iron Acton Res 2 ChippingSodbury Tn A 0, Nicholas Wdrs A 2 Lloydy CoalpitHeath 0, Real Thornbury 3 Frampton Ath Res 1.Div III: Bristol Barcelona Res 0 Hillfields OB 3,Made For Ever Res 0 Henbury A 3, Patchway NE 5Olveston Utd Res 3, Pucklechurch Spts Res 0 SouthBristol Central 0, Roman Glass St George A 6Hambrook Res 2, Stapleton 0 Horfield Utd 0, YateAth 2 Hallen B 1.Div IV: Bendix Res 0 Highridge Utd Res 1.Div V: Stanton Drew Res 1 Crosscourt Utd Res 1,Oldland Abbots 7 Iron Acton 0.Div VI: Saltford Res 9 Bristol Deaf 0, Seymour UtdA 4 Cutters Friday 1.Suburban, Norman Goulding Cup, rd I: BroadwalkCommunity 8 Coupland Insulation 1.Premier Div I: Mangotsfield Spts 3 Avonmouth 3,Tytherington Rocks Res 1 Ridings High 1.Premier Div II: Cadbury Heath Res 4 Glenside 5OB 0, Wessex Wdrs 1 Lebeq Utd 9.Div I: AFC Hartcliffe 2 St Aldhelms Res 1,Avonmouth Res 6 Ashton & Backwell Colts 4, BroadPlain House Res 0 Filton Ath 3, Parson Street OB 3Cleeve Colts 10, Stoke Gifford Utd Res 4 KellawayRgrs 3, Stoke Rgrs 3 Tyndalls Park Rgrs 0.Div II: Almondsbury UWE A 3 Lawrence Weston Res4, Fry’s Club OB 4 St Annes Tn 1, Hanham Ath Sub 3Ashton Utd Res 1, Wanderers 1 Old Cothamians 3.

Div III: AFC Whitchurch 4 Fishponds OB Res 3,Bristol Bilbao 5 Downend Foresters Res 2, LongAshton Res 5 Corinthian Spts 7, Rockleaze Rgrs A5 Severn Beach Res 1.Div IV: Brandon Sports 4 Old Georgians 3, ParkKnowle 5 Glenside 5 OB 1.Div V: Wessex Wdrs Res 8 Parson Street OB Res0, Whitchurch Spts v Lawrence Weston A pp.Div VI: Brandon Spts Res 2 Bsl Spartak 4.Bristol & Avon: Dodington 1 Broad Plain A 3.Downs, Div I: AFC Bohemia 2 Lawes Jrs 0, Ashley4 Jersey Rgrs 2, Cotswool 3 DAC Beachcroft 5,Portland OB 3 Retainers 0, Saints 1 Jamaica Bell 2.Div II: Ashley Res 1 Old Cliftonians 1, CliftonRockets 3 Lion 4, Clifton St Vinc Res 0 Hare On TheHill 2, Corinthians 0 Easton Cowboys 5, St Andrews1 Sneyd Park Res 4, Tebby 0 Sporting GreyhoundRes 1, Torpedo Res 4 Saints OB Res 0.Div III: Cotham OB 1 Green Park Rgrs 2, LuccombeGarage 0 Helios 4, Portland OB Res 1 Evergreen 7.Div IV: Clifton St Vinc B 3 Lion FC Res 0, TebbyRes 3 Cosmos UK 2, Retainers A 2 Clifton RocketsRes 5, Torpedo B 1 NCSF Utd 2.Weston-s-Mare & District, Atwell Shield, rd I:AFC Nailsea 0 Cleeve West Tn Res 1, Axbridge Tn4 Kewstoke Lions Res 2, Clapton-in-Gordano 5Uphill Castle Res 6, Hutton 8 Portishead Tn A 2,Banwell Res 3 Berrow Res 0, Locking Park 2Langford Rov Res 5 (aet), Pill Utd 0 CongresburyRes 4, Priory Rgrs 1v Tickenham Utd 0, Shipham 3Portishead CT 7, Wedmore 0 Burnham Utd A 0(aet,Wedmore won 4-3 on pens), Westend 4 Dolphin Ath3, Yatton Ath Res 8 Cheddar A 4.Div I: Clevedon Utd Res 6 Churchill Cub 70 Res 1,Winscombe 2 Nailsea Utd 4.Div II: Draycott 7 Clevedon Utd A 1, Nailsea Utd 2St George (EIG) 5.Div III: Portishead Tn B 3 Winscombe A 4.Div IV: Cleeve West Tn A 4 Hutton Res 0, Nailsea UtdColts 5 King Alfred SC 0, KVFC 7 St George (EIG)A 0.Div V: Portishead Tn Colts 2 Congresbury A 0.Div VI: Berrow A 2 AFC Nailsea Res 1, BurnhamUtd B 1 Wedmore Res 1, Clevedon Utd B 0 BanwellA 0, Westend Res 1 Worle Rgrs Res 3.

� Ashley Kington lines up a shot for Weston against Hayes & Yeading

Weston-super-Mare 0

Hayes & Yeading 3

� New Weston signing Bradley Middleton, left, wins a header against Hayes & Yeading Pictures: Gary Learmonth

Gloucestershire County League

Danny strikes twice in Thornbury’s first victoryTHORNBURY Town gained theirfirst win of the season with a 4-1success at home to BristolA c a d e my .

Danny Thompson gave Thornburya 15th-minute lead, and it stayed thatway until Tyler Finch-Vassell equal-ised in the second minute of thesecond half.

However, Thompson restoredThor nbury’s lead with a 50th-minutegoal, and he set up Luke Franklin forthe third goal a minute later.

The home side rounded the scoringoff in time added-on with a greatstrike from young substitute JoshP i r i e.

Henbury found themselves trail-

ing 3-0 after 30 minutes in their homegame against Hanham Athletic,whose goals came from Jack Tottle,James Shipman and Tolo Taylor. Hen-bu r y ’s woes were compounded by a25th-minute penalty miss from AaronAnglin.

However, Henbury did manage toset up a tense finish with goals fromGary Clarke and Ben Sandle, butHanham held on for victory.

Rockleaze Rangers went down 2-1at home to Bishop’s Cleeve Reserves.

A looping header from TheoCoombs gave Rockleaze a36th-minute lead, but James Pickuplevelled before half-time and scoredthe winner in the second period.

Chipping Sodbury Town suf fereda 2-0 defeat at Kings Stanley, whoscored twice in the closing minutesthrough Liam Gale and Sam Prior.

Patchway Town ran out 4-0 win-ners against Bristol Telephones,thanks to two goals from in-formstriker Matt Davis and strikes fromNicholas Gray and Phil Vice.

Telephones were kept at bay bysome good goalkeeping from JamesKaminski.

Southmead Athletic went down toa 2-1 defeat at Ellwood, who took asecond-minute lead through DarylAddis. Danny Glancy levelled in the80th minute, but Addis grabbed thewinner in the 89th minute.

WESTON were given a lesson in clin-ical finishing by three second-halfsubstitutes who played a part in allthree goals of an entertaining SkrillSouth game.

The home side gave a debut to newsigning Bradley Middleton, who slot-ted in well to the defence in place ofsuspended Jamie Laird.

The Seagulls made a bright start,with Ashley Kington going close inthe first minute and Chas Hemmings’having a deflected effort on 12minutes brilliantly turned over hiscrossbar by goalkeeper MikhaelJaime z-Ruiz.

Later, Hemmings went close on twomore occasions, as did Dayle Grubb,while Martin Slocombe had a dan-gerous low cross cut out by the goal-kee per.

The introduction of former Bath

treble check:Complete check for Littlewoods, Vernons and

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

Aston Villa ............... (0) 0 everton ....................(0) 2Att 35,154 Lukaku 68 Osman 81crystal Palace ......... (0) 0 Arsenal ....................(0) 2Att 20,050 Arteta 47 (pen) Giroud 87liverpool ................. (2) 4 West brom ..............(0) 1Suarez 12, 17, 55 Morrison 66 (pen)Sturridge 77 Att 44,747Man Utd ................... (1) 3 Stoke .......................(2) 2van Persie 43 Crouch 4Rooney 78 Arnautovic 45Hernandez 80 Att 75,274Norwich ................... (0) 0 cardiff ......................(0) 0Att 26,846Southamptn ............. (2) 2 Fulham ....................(0) 0Lambert 20Rodriguez 43 Att 28,631

Yesterday chelsea .................... (1) 2 Man city ..................(0) 1Schurrle 33 Aguero 49Torres 90 Att 41,495Spurs ....................... (0) 1 hull ..........................(0) 0Soldado 80 (pen) Att 36,080Sunderland .............. (1) 2 Newcastle ................(0) 1Fletcher 5 Debuchy 57Borini 84 Att 46,313Swansea .................. (0) 0 West ham ................(0) 0Att 20,455

hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsArsenal ..............9 3 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 11 4 22Chelsea .............9 5 0 0 12 3 1 2 1 4 3 20Liverpool ............9 4 0 1 9 3 2 2 0 8 5 20Spurs .................9 3 1 1 5 4 3 0 1 4 1 19Southamptn .......9 3 2 0 7 1 2 1 1 3 2 18Everton ..............9 3 1 0 6 3 2 2 1 8 7 18Man City ............9 4 0 0 13 2 1 1 3 8 9 16Man Utd .............9 2 2 1 7 5 2 0 2 7 7 14Swansea ............9 1 2 2 8 8 2 0 2 4 3 11Hull ....................9 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 4 4 9 11Newcastle ..........9 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 3 7 11 11West Brom .........9 1 1 2 4 4 1 3 1 4 6 10Aston Villa..........9 1 0 4 4 9 2 1 1 5 3 10Fulham...............9 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 3 5 6 10West Ham ..........9 1 0 3 5 7 1 3 1 3 1 9Cardiff ................9 1 1 2 4 5 1 2 2 4 8 9Stoke .................9 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 4 4 8 8Norwich..............9 1 2 2 4 6 1 0 3 2 7 8Sunderland ........9 1 0 4 5 10 0 1 3 2 11 4Crystal Pal .........9 1 0 4 4 10 0 0 4 2 9 3

hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsBurnley ............13 5 2 0 14 3 5 0 1 10 4 32Leicester ..........13 6 1 0 13 6 3 1 2 8 7 29QPR .................12 5 1 0 8 1 3 2 1 6 5 27Blackpool .........13 4 3 0 8 4 2 3 1 8 7 24Reading ...........13 4 3 0 13 6 2 2 2 7 6 23Nottm For ........13 4 2 0 11 5 2 3 2 10 10 23Watford ............12 3 2 1 13 7 3 1 2 11 7 21Derby ...............13 1 3 3 10 14 4 1 1 15 7 19Huddersfld ......13 3 3 1 13 8 1 2 3 4 6 17Leeds ...............13 3 1 2 10 6 2 1 4 6 10 17Bournemth .......13 4 0 2 11 8 1 2 4 9 19 17Blackburn.........13 3 1 2 10 5 1 3 3 9 11 16Ipswich.............13 4 0 2 11 5 0 4 3 8 12 16Wigan ..............11 3 2 0 10 6 1 1 4 4 5 15Middlesbro’ ......13 2 4 1 15 9 1 2 3 8 12 15Brighton ...........12 2 2 2 9 8 1 3 2 2 4 14Millwall .............13 2 1 3 8 10 1 3 3 7 16 13Doncaster ........12 2 1 3 6 8 1 2 3 5 12 12Charlton ...........12 1 3 2 3 4 1 2 3 6 10 11Birmingham .....13 2 1 3 10 6 1 1 5 4 14 11Bolton ..............13 0 5 2 6 8 1 2 3 5 12 10Yeovil ...............13 1 1 5 4 9 1 2 3 5 10 9Barnsley...........13 2 3 2 10 16 0 0 6 5 14 9Sheff Wed ........12 0 3 2 5 7 0 5 2 7 11 8

bradford .................. (1) 1 Wolves .....................(2) 2De Vita 14 Henry 28Att 18,044 Stearman 33brentford ................. (1) 1 Shrewsbury .............(0) 0Trotta 16 Att 9,783carlisle..................... (1) 2 bristol city ..............(0) 4O’Hanlon 24 Emmanuel-Thomas 51, 52, 84Noble 80 Wagstaff 72Att 4,672colchester ............... (0) 1 Peterboro ................(0) 0Bonne 70 Att 4,149leyton Orient .......... (1) 1 rotherham ..............(0) 0Lisbie 29 Att 5,609Notts county ........... (0) 0 Preston ....................(0) 1Att 4,956 Hume 74Oldham .................... (1) 2 Swindon ..................(0) 1Winchester 32 Tarkowski 56 (og)Philliskirk 77 Att 3,837Port Vale .................. (0) 2 Gillingham ...............(1) 1Robertson 47 Kedwell 13Pope 63 Att 5,690Sheff Utd ................. (2) 3 crewe ......................(0) 1Maguire 18, 29 Clayton 78Flynn 55Att 18,784Stevenage................ (1) 2 crawley town .........(0) 0Hartley 8Doughty 90Att 2,804tranmere ................. (1) 3 Mk Dons ..................(1) 2Lowe 7, 66 (pen) Powell 39Rowe 84 Banton 49Att 4,100Walsall ..................... (0) 0 coventry ..................(0) 1 Moussa 54Att 6,519 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ............14 6 1 0 17 5 5 1 1 16 6 35Wolves .............13 5 1 1 14 5 5 1 0 11 3 32Peterboro ........14 5 1 1 8 4 5 1 1 16 5 32Preston ............14 3 3 1 11 8 4 2 1 11 7 26Brentford ..........14 4 1 2 8 5 3 2 2 11 12 24Bradford ...........14 4 1 2 15 6 2 3 2 9 8 22Walsall .............14 2 2 3 7 10 4 2 1 10 4 22Swindon ...........14 5 1 1 15 7 1 1 5 9 11 20Port Vale ..........14 3 2 2 10 10 3 0 4 9 9 20Rotherham .......14 2 3 2 9 11 3 2 2 10 9 20MK Dons ..........14 4 2 1 14 8 1 2 4 9 12 19Crawley Town ..13 4 1 2 10 10 1 3 2 8 9 19Coventry ..........14 5 1 1 19 14 3 2 2 12 8 17Colchester .......14 2 3 2 6 8 1 4 2 7 10 16Carlisle.............13 2 0 4 6 15 2 3 2 7 9 15Oldham ............13 3 2 2 8 6 1 0 5 8 13 14Stevenage .......14 2 1 4 9 11 2 1 4 6 10 14Shrewsbury......14 2 4 1 8 5 0 3 4 5 11 13Gillingham........14 2 2 3 8 9 1 1 5 9 15 12Sheff Utd..........14 3 2 2 9 7 0 1 6 4 14 12Tranmere .........14 1 2 4 9 19 2 1 4 5 9 12Crewe ..............14 2 2 3 8 15 1 1 5 4 16 12Bristol City .......13 0 3 3 6 11 1 3 3 14 15 9Notts Co ..........13 2 0 4 8 7 0 1 6 6 17 7*Coventry deducted 10 points for entering administration

AFc Wimbledon ...... (0) 0 Oxford Utd ..............(1) 2Att 4,685 Constable 6 Smalley 82 (pen)bristol rovers ......... (0) 0 chesterfield ............(0) 0Att 5,667Dag & red ............... (1) 3 rochdale .................(0) 1Murphy 9 Dicker 64Elito 52, 90 Att 1,742exeter....................... (0) 0 burton Albion .........(0) 1Att 3,658 Edwards 89Mansfield ................. (0) 0 Plymouth .................(0) 1Att 3,379 Trotman 90Morecambe.............. (0) 1 Accrington Stanley (1) 2Sampson 50 Webber 19 (pen)Att 2,175 Murphy 90Newport county ...... (2) 3 Southend .................(1) 1Washington 23 Coker 41A Hughes 45Yakubu 53 Att 3,652Northampton ........... (1) 1 cheltenham .............(1) 1Norris 44 Harrison 10Att 4,033Scunthorpe .............. (0) 1 hartlepool ...............(0) 0Winnall 76 Att 3,613torquay .................... (1) 1 Portsmouth .............(0) 1Chapell 1 Bird 81Att 3,843Wycombe ................. (1) 1 bury .........................(0) 2Stewart 16 Soares 69Att 3,350 Edjenguele 88York .......................... (0) 0 Fleetwood town .....(1) 2Att 3,523 Evans 24 Matt 66 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsOxford Utd .......14 2 3 2 7 7 5 2 0 16 5 26Rochdale .........14 6 1 0 16 6 2 1 4 6 11 26Fleetwood T .....14 3 1 3 13 10 5 0 2 9 5 25Chesterfield .....14 4 1 2 9 6 3 3 1 11 7 25Exeter ..............14 4 0 3 9 9 3 3 1 9 5 24Burton Albion ...14 2 2 3 8 9 5 1 1 12 8 24Newport C .......14 5 1 1 16 7 1 4 2 5 8 23Dag & Red .......14 4 2 1 12 6 2 3 2 9 12 23Scunthorpe ......13 4 2 1 8 6 2 3 1 7 6 23Morecambe......14 3 3 1 13 10 3 1 3 8 10 22Mansfield .........14 2 3 2 10 8 3 3 1 5 4 21Wycombe .........13 3 1 3 9 9 3 1 2 10 7 20Southend .........14 3 1 3 7 6 3 1 3 8 8 20Hartlepool ........14 3 0 4 8 9 2 3 2 9 7 18Wimbledon.......14 4 1 2 10 8 1 2 4 5 10 18Portsmouth ......13 3 0 3 8 7 1 5 1 12 13 17Cheltenham .....14 2 3 2 12 11 2 1 4 7 14 16Plymouth..........14 2 3 2 3 6 2 0 5 6 9 15Bury .................14 2 3 2 8 6 1 1 5 7 11 13York .................13 2 1 3 6 8 1 2 4 9 13 12Bristol Rvrs ......14 2 3 2 7 8 0 2 5 4 10 11Torquay ............14 1 4 2 7 10 1 1 5 7 14 11Northamptn ......14 1 4 2 9 9 1 0 6 4 12 10Accrington S ....14 1 2 4 6 9 1 2 4 5 12 10

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

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AFc totton ..........................2 Arlesey .............................. 2bashley ................................2 banbury ............................. 3bideford ...............................3 St Neots town .................. 2chesham .............................3 redditch ............................ 1hitchin .................................1 burnham ........................... 1truro city ............................0 cambridge city ................ 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtHemel Hmpstd .....12 6 0 0 24 2 4 1 1 15 5 31Chesham .............13 5 1 0 17 6 5 0 2 18 7 31Bideford ...............12 5 2 0 19 6 2 3 0 9 6 26Cambridge City ....12 3 1 1 9 5 4 2 1 9 5 24Poole Town .......... 11 2 3 0 9 7 4 1 1 13 10 22Stourbridge .......... 11 4 0 2 13 8 3 0 2 12 6 21Banbury ...............12 3 0 3 9 9 4 0 2 14 12 21St Albans .............12 3 1 2 9 7 2 2 2 16 11 18Hungerford T .......10 3 0 2 7 5 3 0 2 9 4 18Arlesey.................12 1 3 1 9 9 3 1 3 11 10 16Biggleswade T .....10 2 2 1 7 4 1 3 1 8 8 14Weymouth .............9 3 1 1 8 5 1 1 2 6 6 14Burnham ..............12 1 1 3 8 12 2 4 1 10 7 14Hitchin.................. 11 3 3 1 12 6 0 1 3 2 6 13Redditch ..............13 1 1 4 7 19 3 0 4 10 24 13Chippenham ........12 2 0 4 8 11 2 0 4 9 12 12Frome Town ......... 11 0 2 4 5 15 3 1 1 7 5 12Bedford Town.......12 2 1 3 8 13 1 2 3 12 21 12Corby ...................10 3 0 1 6 5 0 2 4 4 15 11Truro City .............12 0 2 5 6 17 2 1 2 9 11 9AFC Totton........... 11 1 1 4 11 18 1 0 4 5 13 7St Neots Town .....12 1 0 4 5 12 1 0 6 6 14 6Bashley ................10 0 1 5 7 17 0 1 3 3 10 2

Dorchester...........................0 basingstoke ...................... 4Gosport borough ...............2 chelmsford ....................... 1havant and W ......................1 eastbourne borough ....... 1Maidenhead Utd ..................0 bromley ............................. 1tonbridge Angels ...............3 Whitehawk ........................ 1Weston-S-Mare ...................0 hayes & Yeading .............. 3

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtEastleigh ..............12 5 2 0 8 2 3 0 2 8 6 26Bromley ...............12 5 0 0 17 4 3 1 3 8 7 25Bishop’s Stortford 11 4 0 1 11 5 3 2 1 13 12 23Sutton Utd ........... 11 5 1 1 16 6 1 2 1 6 2 21Hayes & Yeading .12 1 0 3 6 6 6 0 2 13 6 21Weston-S-Mare ...12 3 1 3 9 10 3 1 1 7 4 20Dover ...................12 2 1 3 4 5 4 0 2 8 2 19Basingstoke .........12 4 1 1 9 5 2 0 4 9 10 19Ebbsfleet United ..13 2 4 1 7 6 2 2 2 15 9 18Eastbourne Boro .13 3 2 1 12 9 2 1 4 4 12 18Havant and W......13 3 1 3 11 12 1 4 1 6 5 17Farnboro ..............10 4 0 1 8 2 1 1 3 11 14 16Staines Town ....... 11 5 0 0 10 4 0 1 5 5 14 16Concord Rangers 11 2 1 2 8 6 1 3 2 5 11 13Chelmsford ..........12 3 1 2 10 8 1 0 5 4 12 13Maidenhead Utd .. 11 1 1 4 7 13 2 2 1 7 5 12Tonbridge Angels . 11 2 2 2 8 9 1 1 3 6 12 12Whitehawk ...........12 1 3 2 5 8 2 0 4 9 13 12Bath City ..............10 1 2 2 6 7 1 2 2 5 6 10Boreham Wood.... 11 1 2 2 6 9 1 1 4 3 9 9Gosport Borough . 11 2 1 2 5 5 0 1 5 4 13 8Dorchester ........... 11 1 0 5 6 19 1 1 3 4 5 7

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barnsley .................. (1) 1 Sheff Wed ................(0) 1Pedersen 16 Fryatt 60Att 13,268blackpool ................ (2) 2 blackburn ................(1) 2Ince 13 (pen) Rhodes 21 (pen)Gosling 39 Davies 90 (og)Att 15,901bolton ...................... (0) 1 ipswich ....................(0) 1Medo 65 McGoldrick 73Att 15,222burnley .................... (0) 2 QPr .........................(0) 0Ings 65, 88 (pen) Att 16,074Derby ....................... (1) 1 birmingham ............(0) 1Ward 39 Novak 66Att 27,141huddersfld ............... (1) 3 leeds .......................(1) 2Ward 10 Smith 2Lees 63 (og) Blackstock 73Stead 77leicester .................. (1) 2 bournemouth ..........(1) 1Nugent 18 Pugh 38Vardy 64 Att 23,357reading ................... (1) 1 Millwall ....................(0) 1Morrison 9 Trotter 90 (pen)Att 18,245Yeovil ....................... (3) 3 Nottm For ................(1) 1Upson 8, 40 Chalobah 42Webster 43 Att 7,612

Yesterday charlton ................... (0) 0 Wigan.......................(0) 0Att 23,600

AFc hornchurch .................0 hereford ............................ 1barnet ..................................3 concord rangers ............. 0bath city ..............................0 Salisbury ........................... 1biggleswade town .............1 canvey island ................... 0boreham Wood ...................1 heybridge .......................... 0brackley...............................0 barrow ............................... 0brislington ...........................0 Welling .............................. 1chatham town ....................0 St Albans ........................... 2chester Fc ..........................0 Gateshead ......................... 1colwyn bay .........................1 corby ................................. 3Dover ...................................3 Oxford city ....................... 0ebbsfleet United .................1 Dartford ............................. 1Forest Green .......................0 bishop’s Stortford ........... 1Gloucester ...........................3 hampton & rich’d ............ 1Grimsby ...............................3 rushall Olympic ............... 0hartley Wintney ..................1 Daventry town.................. 6hemel hempstead ..............3 Sutton Utd ......................... 3Macclesfield ........................7 Vauxhall Motors ............... 0Needham Market .................0 cambridge Utd ................. 1North Ferriby Utd ................1 Alfreton town ................... 3Nuneaton .............................0 Fc halifax ......................... 2Shortwood Utd ....................1 Aldershot .......................... 1Southport ............................6 Marske Utd ........................ 2Staines town.......................0 Poole town ....................... 0Stamford ..............................0 hednesford ....................... 2tamworth .............................4 Solihull Moors .................. 1Weymouth ...........................1 braintree town ................. 2Woking .................................0 luton ................................. 1Worcester ............................1 lincoln city ...................... 1Workington ..........................1 Stourbridge ....................... 3Wrexham .............................2 hyde .................................. 0

Yesterday bradford P A .......................1 kidderminster ................... 1

bishops cleeve ...................0 clevedon town ................. 5bridgwater town.................0 Mangotsfield ..................... 3cirencester ..........................4 Wimborne town ............... 3Didcot town ........................1 Fleet town......................... 0Merthyr town ......................1 taunton ............................. 0North leigh .........................2 evesham ........................... 0Paulton ................................3 cinderford ......................... 1Stratford town ....................4 Guildford city ................... 0Swindon Super ...................1 tiverton ............................. 2Yate ......................................2 thatcham town ................ 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtNorth Leigh ..........12 6 0 0 23 3 4 0 2 10 6 30Paulton ................12 5 1 1 23 10 3 1 1 16 9 26Merthyr Town ....... 11 5 1 0 15 6 3 0 2 12 11 25Swindon Super ....13 5 0 1 15 6 2 3 2 11 11 24Tiverton ................12 4 0 2 12 9 3 2 1 14 12 23Cirencester ............9 4 0 1 12 10 3 0 1 8 5 21Bridgwater Town ....9 2 2 1 9 6 4 0 0 11 3 20Wimborne Town ...13 4 2 0 26 9 1 2 4 8 11 19Stratford Town ..... 11 2 1 2 8 9 2 2 2 17 15 15Mangotsfield ........10 2 1 2 9 8 2 1 2 8 8 14Yate .....................10 3 0 3 11 12 1 2 1 7 8 14Taunton ................13 2 3 2 11 10 1 1 4 9 13 13Godalming Town .. 11 2 1 2 6 9 2 0 4 7 15 13Cinderford ............12 2 0 4 8 10 1 3 2 9 11 12Thatcham Town ... 11 1 2 2 3 7 2 1 3 9 10 12Bishops Cleeve ...12 2 0 4 11 20 2 0 4 11 16 12Evesham.............. 11 1 3 1 12 11 1 1 4 6 15 10Shortwood Utd .......8 1 2 1 11 11 1 1 2 7 5 9Clevedon Town ......9 1 1 2 4 8 1 1 3 7 8 8Didcot Town ......... 11 2 1 3 7 11 0 1 4 5 15 8Fleet Town ...........12 1 2 2 5 7 0 2 5 5 17 7Guildford City .......12 2 1 3 11 16 0 0 6 5 28 7

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SEPTEMBER15 Cornish Pirates (Sandy Park)................................................................... 21-2322 London Scottish (H) .................................................................................. 31-1828 Jersey (A) ................................................................................................. 26-17

OCTOBER6 Bedford (H) ................................................................................................. 45-2712 Leeds (H) B& I Cup .................................................................................. 21-1719 Aberavon (A) B&I Cup ........................................................... abandoned 24-2027 Nottingham (H) ......................................................................................... 33-18

NOVEMBER2 Plymouth ........................................................................................................ (A)9 London Welsh ................................................................................................ (A)17 Rotherham (H)23 Cornish Pirates ............................................................................................. (A)

DECEMBER1 Leedsv (H)8 B&I Cup ...................................................................................................... Rnd 315 B&I Cup ..................................................................................................... Rnd 421 Ealing (A)

JANUARY 20145 Moseley .......................................................................................................... (H)12 B&I Cup .................................................................................................... Rnd 519 B&I Cup .................................................................................................... Rnd 626 Plymouth ...................................................................................................... (H)

FEBRUARY2 Jersey ............................................................................................................. (H)8 Bedford ........................................................................................................... (A)15 Nottingham ................................................................................................... (A)

MARCH1 Rotherham...................................................................................................... (A)9 Cornish Pirates ............................................................................................... (H)22 Leeds ............................................................................................................ (A)30 Ealing ........................................................................................................... (H)

APRIL5 Moseley .......................................................................................................... (A)12 B&I Cup .......................................................................................... quarter-final18 London Welsh .............................................................................................. (H)26 London Scottish............................................................................................ (A)

MAY3 B&I Cup ................................................................................................ semi-final10 Championship semi-final ......................................................................... 1st leg17 Championship semi-final ....................................................................... 2nd leg23 B&I Cup ....................................................................................................... final29 Championship final.................................................................................. 1st leg

JUNE4 Championship final.................................................................................. 2nd leg

LEAGUE ONEAUGUST

3 Bradford (H)................................................................................................................ 2-26 Gillingham (Capital One, First Round) (A) ................................................................. 2-011 Coventry (A) ............................................................................................................ 4-517 Wolverhampton (H) ................................................................................................. 1-224 MK Dons (A) ............................................................................................................ 2-227 Crystal Palace (Capital One, Second Round) (H)................................................... 2-131 Gillingham (A) .......................................................................................................... 1-1

SEPTEMBER4 Bristol Rovers (JPT, First Round) (H) ........................................................................ 2-114 Peterborough (H) ..................................................................................................... 0-317 Shrewsbury (H) ....................................................................................................... 1-121 Swindon (A) ............................................................................................................. 2-324 Southampton (Capital One) (A)............................................................................... 0-228 Colchester (H) ......................................................................................................... 1-1

OCTOBER5 Port Vale (A) .............................................................................................................. 1-18 Wycombe (JPT Second Round) (A) .......................................................................... 1-219 Crewe (A) ................................................................................................................ 0-122 Brentford (H) ............................................................................................................ 1-226 Carlisle (A) ............................................................................................................... 4-2

NOVEMBER2 Oldham ....................................................................................................................... (H)9 Dagenham & Redbridge (FA Cup) ............................................................................. (H)5 Crawley Town ............................................................................................................. (H)16 Tranmere .................................................................................................................. (A)23 Sheffield United ........................................................................................................ (H)26 Leyton Orient ............................................................................................................ (H)30 Preston ..................................................................................................................... (A)

DECEMBER14 Rotherham ................................................................................................................ (H)21 Notts County ............................................................................................................. (A)26 Walsall ...................................................................................................................... (H)29 Stevenage ................................................................................................................ (H)

JANUARY1 Leyton Orient .............................................................................................................. (A)4 Coventry ..................................................................................................................... (H)11 Bradford .................................................................................................................... (A)18 MK Dons................................................................................................................... (H)25 Wolverhampton ........................................................................................................ (A)28 Brentford ................................................................................................................... (A)

FEBRUARY1 Carlisle ....................................................................................................................... (H)8 Oldham ....................................................................................................................... (A)15 Tranmere.................................................................................................................. (H)22 Sheffield United ........................................................................................................ (A)

MARCH1 Gillingham .................................................................................................................. (H)8 Shrewsbury ................................................................................................................ (A)11 Peterborough............................................................................................................ (A)15 Swindon.................................................................................................................... (H)22 Colchester ................................................................................................................ (A)25 Port Vale................................................................................................................... (H)29 Rotherham ................................................................................................................ (A)

APRIL5 Preston ....................................................................................................................... (H)12 Walsall ...................................................................................................................... (A)19 Notts County............................................................................................................. (H)21 Stevenage ................................................................................................................ (A)26 Crewe ....................................................................................................................... (H)

MAY3 Crawley Town............................................................................................................. (A)

LEAGUE TWOAUGUST

3 Exeter (A) .................................................................................................. 1-26 Watford (Capital One Cup, First Round) (H) ............................................. 1-310 Scunthorpe (H) ........................................................................................ 0-017 Newport County(A) .................................................................................. 0-124 York (H) ................................................................................................... 3-231 Northampton (H) ...................................................................................... 1-0

SEPTEMBER4 Bristol City (JPT, First Round) (A) .............................................................. 1-27 Plymouth (A) .............................................................................................. 0-114 Dag & Red (A) ......................................................................................... 0-221 Hartlepool (H) .......................................................................................... 2-228 Southend (A) ........................................................................................... 1-1

OCTOBER5 Fleetwood (H) ............................................................................................ 1-312 Mansfield (A) ........................................................................................... 1-119 Wycombe (H) .......................................................................................... 0-122 Accrington Stanley (A) ............................................................................. 1-226 Chesterfield (H) ....................................................................................... 0-0

NOVEMBER2 Oxford Utd .................................................................................................. (A)9 York City (FA Cup) .................................................................................... (H)16 Bury ......................................................................................................... (H)23 Burton Albion ............................................................................................ (A)26 Cheltenham .............................................................................................. (A)30 AFC Wimbledon ...................................................................................... (H)

DECEMBER14 Morecambe .............................................................................................. (A)21 Portsmouth .............................................................................................. (H)26 Torquay .................................................................................................... (A)29 Rochdale .................................................................................................. (A)

JANUARY1 Cheltenham ............................................................................................... (H)4 Scunthorpe ................................................................................................. (A)11 Exeter ....................................................................................................... (H)18 York .......................................................................................................... (A)25 Newport County ....................................................................................... (H)28 Accrington Stanley .................................................................................. (H)

FEBRUARY1 Chesterfield ................................................................................................ (A)8 Oxford Utd ................................................................................................. (H)15 Bury .......................................................................................................... (A)22 Burton Albion........................................................................................... (H)

MARCH1 Northampton............................................................................................... (A)8 Plymouth ................................................................................................... (H)11 Dag & Red............................................................................................... (H)15 Hartlepool ................................................................................................. (A)22 Southend ................................................................................................. (H)25 Fleetwood ................................................................................................. (A)29 Morecambe ............................................................................................. (H)

APRIL5 AFC Wimbledon ......................................................................................... (A)12 Torquay ................................................................................................... (H)19 Portsmouth ............................................................................................... (A)21 Rochdale ................................................................................................. (H)26 Wycombe ................................................................................................. (A)

MAY3 Mansfield ................................................................................................... (H)

Bristol City 2013-14The season so far . . .

Bristol Rovers 2013-14The season so far . . .

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DavePayne

Columnist

It’s always good to hear a funny football chant, isn’t it Graham?

Bristol Rugby 2013-14The season so far . . .

IWAS driving along the other

day listening to a sports stationon the radio, where the topic forlisteners to phone in on wasfootball supporters’ ch a n t s.The presenter of the showwanted humorous stories re-

lating to this subject, and he was sooninundated with telephone calls.

The first chap to get through re-layed his experience of a non-Leaguematch he had attended that previousSaturday. There were only a few hun-dred supporters at the game, so anychanting by the fans was easy toh e a r.

He explained that the away goal-keeper, protecting the goal directly infront of where the home mobgathered, was the object of the fans’

cutting chants. The goalkeeper was,by all accounts, a little on the tubbyside, and has probably had to endure afair amount of abuse down the years.The chant, though, that was aimed athim must have brought a smile toeven his face. It went, “T here’s onlytwo James Cordens, two James Cor-dens!”

There have been some classic funny

chants I have heard down the years,many though are not suitable to usein this column (they are too funny).

One chant which I heard whilewatching Liverpool play on the tele-vision a couple of seasons ago mademe chuckle. It went “He’s big, he’sred, his feet stick out the bed – Pe t e rC ro u ch ! ”

I was tempted to call the showmyself, and relay a comment that wasshouted to one of my team-mates by asupporter during my spell at BathC i t y.

We were defending a corner duringthis particular game, when aloud-mouthed supporter of our op-ponents shouted out “Oi, numbersix”.

I was standing near the goal-post,

and knew it wasn’t me he was yellingat, because I wore the number tenshirt (like most of the best playersdo!), so I glanced around to see whichone of our players was wearing num-ber six. It was our very experiencedformer Bristol Rovers defender Gra-ham Day.

This supporter repeated the shout afew times, adding, “Turn around,number six”. Graham, like the old prohe was, totally ignored the remarks.

However, the chap in question wasnot one to give up easily, and thewords he used next to get Graham’sattention are ones that every one ofour players will never let Grahamforg et.

At the top of his voice the frustratedsupporter bellowed, “Oi, number six,

mattress face!” None of us could keepa straight face because, believe it ornot, Graham’s face did kind of re-semble a mattress!

As you can imagine, the moment weall got on our coach for the journeyhome, we burst into song, “T here’sonly one mattress face, only one mat-tress face!”

Staying on the subject of radio, Iwas tuned into one of the local sta-tions this week, when the host of theshow announced that the pop groupOne Direction were hoping to play inBristol.

Within minutes, both City headcoach Sean O’Driscoll and Roversboss John Ward contacted the showand stated that they would definitelysettle for a point!