Issue 2, 9th November 1995: SPORTING ROUNDUP
By Charles Hirst.
Bolton deny Arsenal(31/10/95)
Rangers get thumped by Juventus wizards(18/10/95)
Plucky Bolton deny Arsenal(31/10/95)
Bolton 1 Arsenal 0
Bruce Rioch was given a warm welcome back to Burnden Park last night, but his classy Arsenal outfit could not take the heat out of a passionate Bolton display.
Arsenal failed to make the most out of their many scoring opportunities, wasting good positions with poor finishing. Ian Wright might have opened the scoring in the first minute but dragged his shot wide.
The reds poured forward and looked certain to score before long, but it was not to be. It was Bolton who made the first breakthrough and it proved enough to win them the match. McGinlay found space between Bould and Keown and received Thompson's pass well, enabling him to fire home to silence Arsenal's guns. It was the first goal conceded by Arsenal in five games.
Arsenal began the second half in much the same way as they had the first. Glenn Helder particularly catching the eye as they ran at the Bolton defence. Bolton held firm against the onslaught scrambling the ball away as Arsenals chances came and went.
The introduction of David Platt, the England captain, with 12 minutes remaining, could not bring Arsenal the luck that they deserved. Bolton bravely locked out the advancing red shirts and held on for their second win of the season. The result raises them above Coventry, to third from bottom in the table.
Rangers get thumped by Italian wizards
Juventus 4 Glasgow Rangers 1(18/10/95)
Glasgow Rangers were taken apart last night in Turin by a rampant Juventus team.Rangers looked lost from the opening seconds as Juve turned on a pulsating performance which once again outlined the bleak reality of just how far behind the British game is from its continental rivals. Within the first 45 seconds Andy Goram was forced into a reflex double save which set the tone for the night.
By the 14th minute Juve could have been several goals up, when the inevitable strike finally came. Ravanelli drilled a crisp shot from a free kick just outside the area, low into the bottom left of the Rangers goal. A slight deflection on the way made sure Goram would have no chance to reach it.
Within a minute Juventus had gone two up as the Rangers defence collapsed. Ravanelli picked out Conte at the back post, standing unmarked among a clutch of blue shirts. Conte made no mistake in dispensing his gift. Worse was to come for the Scottish champions as Juve set the field alight with their deft touches and relentless pressure. From a free kick out wide to the left of the area, Del Piero curled in a magnificent shot from a tight angle, 30 meters from goal.
Rangers were dead and buried with only twenty two minutes of the game gone. They grafted hard , but their artisan perfomance was never going to make an impression on the wizardry of the Italian masters. The midfield domination of the home side was never in question. Their movement and distribution was a lesson to all. Rangers sorely missed Gascoigne and Laudrup to provide creative movement in midfield. Only after Ravanelli had helped himself to his second of the night and Juve's fourth, were Rangers allowed the one moment of consolation on a night they will want to forget in a hurry. It came in the 77th minute when Richard Gough took charge of a run by Olensko that was going nowhere, to thump home the ball from 30 yards, via a deflection.
This night though, belonged to the Italian princes.
UEFA Cup Results
Tuesday 31st October
PSV Eindenhoven 3 Leeds 0
Monday 6th November
Notts Forest 4 Wimbledon 1
Everton 1 Blackburn 0
Saturday 4th November
Arsenal 1 Man Utd 0
Bolton 1 Arsenal 0
Sunday 29th October
Tottenham 1 Newcastle 1
Saturday 28th October
Aston Villa 1 Everton 0
English Coca Cola Cup 3rd Round Results
Wednesday 25th October
Aston Villa 2 Stockport 0
Tuesday 24th October
Barnsley 0 Arsenal 3
Arsenal Call Off Ince Move(10/11/95)
Arsenal have shut the door on a Paul Ince move following lengthly discussions
with Inter Milan representatives.
It is thought that Ince was demanding too high a salary. Recent pay structures
at the club had to be renewed after the arival of Dutch international Denis
Bergkamp. However Arsenal were not interested in extending their pay structure
any further in order to accommodate "The Guvnor", Ince. Chelsea and Newcastle
are amongst the clubs keeping an eye on him.
Ince's Future to be Decided(8/11/95)
Pual Ince, the Inter Milan midfielder will know today whether he is to stay
with the Italian giants or return home after just four months with the club.
Arsenal are reputed to have lodged a bid of 6.5 million pounds in an effort to
repatriate the England international.
Ince has struggled to impress in Italy where his physical style has not gone
down well with the local pundits.
. The deadline for Italian transfers expires today, hence the urgency
of the Arsenal bid. The Inter Chairman has admitted that he may have to let
Ince go in order to fund his search for a striker.
Arsenal are also purported to be interested in signing Roberto Mancini of
Sampdoria. The deal may be finalised when Sampdoria play Arsenal on Thursday
night (9/11/95), in a testimonial match for Alan Smith.
Shearer For Newcastle(6/11/95)
Newcastle are said to be in the hunt for England's number one striker Alan
Shearer. A 10 million pound price tag has not scared off the Magpies boss Kevin
Keegan, who has plenty off cash to spare after record marketing proffits for
the club and also the recent sell of Ruel Fox to Spurs for 4.3 million.
Shearer has a spoken agreement that he can leave Blackburn if he feels
unhappy with the team setup. Certainly he has not been enjoying Blackburn's
recent slump in form. Even though he is still regularly slotting home the
goals, the general team performance is not showing the sort of ambition that
would keep him at the club.
Liverpool draw Newcastle in 4th Round Coca-Cola cup.
Liverpool have drawn Newcastle at home for a giant clash in the fourth round of the Coca-Cola cup. Arguably the two best teams in the country will meet at Anfield for what will be billed as the biggest domestic game of the season so far.
Other fascinating ties for the next round of the Coca-Cola cup include a showdown between Aston Villa and QPR, and a repeat of the 1993 final as Arsenal take on Sheff Wednesday. All eyes will be on the contest between top strikers Yeboah and Shearer when Blackburn travel to Leeds, in what will be another tough clash.
Coca-Cola Cup 4th round draw: Aston Villa v QPR, Arsenal v Sheff Wednesday, Wolves or Charlton v Coventry, Reading or Bury v Southampton, Norwich or Bradford v Bolton or Leicester, Leeds v Blackburn, Liverpool v Newcastle,
Crystal Palace or Middlesbrough v Birmingham or Tranmere.
100 million to be spent on Rugby Union Upheavals(9/11/95)
New proposals were announced yesterday, unveiling the future outlook of the new
proffesional setup of Rugby Union. The report presented by Tony Hallet, the
Chairman of the RFU Commission, expressed the need for major upheavals in the
running of the game, especially in the top end of the structure.
Commercial
enterprise and sponsorship through television rights and the media were
expressed to be paramount to the future of the game. Hence the short term
changes must shape the RFU to be as attractive as possible to these possibilities. One of the major changes to be instigated is shifting the Five Nations
Championship to May. It is admitted that this could not be applied before 1997,
when the current Five Nations TV contracts expire.
The ruling for players to be layed off for 130 days between transfers, will be
replaced with a 7 day lay off for national league players form the end of the
1996-7 season.
Latest scores from Englands tour of South Africa
Scoreboard
England vs South Africa A
OPPENHEIMERS XI
M Yachad b Malcom 2
R pienaar lbw b Illingworth 25
G Toyana c Watkinson b Illingworth 28
D Benkenstein b Gough 1
H Gibbs c Stewart b Illingworth 0
H Page c Russell b Illingworth 22
S Elworthy run out 6
J Teeger c&b Watkinson 8
J Oppenheimer not out 21
H Williams b Watkinson 13
A Kourie c Gough b Illingworth 1
Extras 3
Total 130
Result: England bt Oppenheimers XI by 112 runs.
England v Invitation XI match drawn.
England ace Devon Malcolm has been given his last chance to adjust his bowling action by the England management. Ray Illingworth has become increasingly disenchanted with the strike bowler for failing to heed the instructions of the coaching staff.
Peter Lever, England's guru bowling coach, has been working hard with Malcolm to develop his action. Lever believes the adjustments would force the batsmen to play the ball more often. But Malcolm has given no signs of responding to managements wishes, preferring to revert to his old style action.
The split of opinion virtually rules Malcolm out of any chances of claiming a Test place for Pretoria. Malcolm has called for more support from the management, but they don't look likely to give way.
Ramprakash Stakes Claim For England Place
Mark Ramprakash made an early claim for the England number 3 spot, lashing a silky 48 against the diamond billionaire, Oppenheimer's XI. John Crawley, the other main contender for the spot, could only manage 14 in this friendly encounter.
Ramprakash has struggled in recent seasons to make the step up from county level to International consistency. His most recent involvement in the England set up was last summer against the West Indies, where he failed to score in either innings of the fourth test.
Ramprakash must prove to the selectors that he can perform at the highest level, he must show that he has the ability to put together a big innings, rather than falling short in the 20's and 30's, which is too often the case.
Richard Illingworth also had a fine start to his tour, with bowling figures of 5 for 48, Watkinson took 2 for 24. Sterner tests are to come.
Hakkinen in Horror Crash(10/11/95)
Mika Hakkinen, the popular Finnish Formula One racing driver, has been involved
in an horrific crash during race practice on the Adellade circuit. Hakkinen has
suffered serios head injuries and is reported to be in a critical condition.
Hakkinen's Maclaren left the ground after being catipulted from the track when
a rear tyre blew. Debris on the track is thought to have caused the tyre to
have exploded. Critisism has been thrown at the race officials for the state of
the track.
Damon Hill has put in a series of poor performances, culminating in his crash in the recent Japanese Grand Prix. To add to Hill's misery he has seen arch rival, Michael Schumacher clinch his second Championship title and equal Nigel Mansell's record of nine victories in a season, with the Australian GP still to come. Also he has been consistently out performed lately by his number two driver, David Coulthard.
Hill appears to be losing support from within his own camp as Patrick Head refused to confirm that he would have the number one seat next season. Rumours are abound that Williams have been in negotiation with the Benneton team, to swap Hill for Gerhard Berger, who will race for them next season. Heinz-Harold Frentzen has also been linked with the Williams seat.
Thousands mourn Red Rum
Red Rum, the greatest ever steeple chaser died yesterday at the grand old age of 30(a centurian in human years). He was put down after suddenly losing his health. Red Rum was buried under the finish line at Aintree, home of the Grand National, which Rummy won three times and was runner up twice(all in consecutive years between 1973-77).
Red Rum shot to fame after beating the long time leader, Crisp, on the line in the 1973 National. From then he was always a sure bet, and became a racing institution in the UK. It is a tribute to the horse that he has been buried under the finish line of the famous course and some have even talked of renaming the race after him. Whatever, all future winners will cross the line over the greatest ever champion for as long as the race is ran at Aintree.
Thousands are expected to turn up today at Aintree to pay their last respects
to the great horse. Farewell Rummy!
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(PSV win 8-3 on aggregate)
Liverpool 0 Brondby 1
(Bronby win 1-0 on aggregate)
Notts Forest 0 Auxerre 0
(Forest win 1-0 on aggregate)
FA Carling Premiership Results
Sunday 5th November
Chelsea 0 Sheff Wed 0
Coventry 2 Tottenham 3
Man City 1 Bolton 0
Middlesbrough 1 Leeds 1
Newcastle 2 Liverpool 0
Southampton 2 QPR 0
Weast Ham 1 Aston Villa 4
Monday 30th October
Blackburn 3 Chelsea 0
Leeds Utd 3 Coventry 1
Liverpool 6 Manchester City 0
Man Utd 2 Middlesbrough 0
QPR 1 Nottm Forest 1
Sheffield Wed 0 West Ham 1
Wimbledon 0 Southampton 2
Coventry 3 Tottenham 2
C Palace 2 Middlesbrough 2
Derby 0 Leeds 1
Liverpool 4 Man City 0
Millwall 0 Sheff Wed 2
Norwich 0 Bradford 0
QPR 2 York 1
Southampton 2 West Ham 1
Stoke 0 Newcastle 4
Wolves 0 Charlton 0
Birmingham 1 Tranmere 1
Bolton 0 Leicester 0
Reading 0 Bury 2 (match abandoned, waterlogged pitch)
Watford 1 Blackburn 2
FA Carling Premiership League Table
Newcastle 13 7 0 0 18 3 4 1 1 12 6 34
Man Utd 12 5 1 0 13 4 3 1 2 10 8 26
Arsenal 12 4 2 0 10 4 3 1 1 6 2 24
Liverpool 12 5 1 0 16 2 2 1 3 9 8 23
Aston Villa 12 4 1 1 8 3 3 1 2 9 6 23
Middlesbrough 12 4 2 0 8 2 2 2 2 4 5 22
Nottm Forest 11 3 2 0 10 5 2 4 0 9 7 21
Leeds 12 4 0 2 9 7 2 3 1 9 7 21
Tottenham 11 2 1 3 7 8 3 3 0 12 8 19
Chelsea 12 2 3 1 7 6 2 1 3 4 8 16
Blackburn 13 4 1 1 13 5 0 1 6 3 12 14
West Ham 12 1 2 3 7 12 2 2 2 4 4 13
Everton 12 2 1 3 7 9 1 2 3 6 7 12
Sheff Wed 12 1 1 4 3 8 2 2 2 6 5 12
Southamton 12 2 2 2 8 8 1 1 4 5 12 12
QPR 12 1 1 4 6 13 2 0 4 4 6 10
Wimbledon 11 2 1 3 9 11 1 0 4 6 14 10
Bolton 12 2 2 2 6 7 0 0 6 6 16 8
Coventry 12 1 2 3 5 9 0 2 4 5 15 7
Man City 12 1 2 3 2 5 0 0 6 2 16 5
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FA Carling Premiership Leading Goalscorers
L F C E O T
Ferdinand (Newcastle) 14 0 3 0 0 17
Shearer (Blackburn) 10 0 5 0 0 15
Fowler (Liverpool) 10 0 2 0 0 12
Sheringham (Tottenham) 9 0 3 0 0 12
Yeboah (Leeds) 8 0 0 3 0 0
Wright (Arsenal) 7 0 4 0 0 11
Scholes (Man Utd) 6 0 2 1 0 9
Holdsworth (Wimbledon) 4 0 4 0 0 8
Dichio (QPR) 6 0 1 0 0 7
Yorke (Aston Villa) 4 0 3 0 0 7
L=League, F=FA Cup, C=Coca Cola Cup,
E=European, O=Other, T=Total.
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Malcolm's Action Gets Disapproval
Ramprakash Stakes Early Claim for England Place
Latest Scores from South Africa
South Africa A - 1st Innings
P Steyn c Thorpe d Gough 17
A Bacher c Watkinson b Gough 116
J Kallis b Hick 93
J Commins c Russell b Fraser 27
L Wilkinson c Thorpe b Malcolm 16
L Klusener not out 19
S Palframan not out 12
Extras 25
Total (5 wkts) 325
England vs Oppenheimers XI
ENGLAND
M Atherton b Page 34
A Stewart retd out 74
M Ramprakash lbw b Williams 48
J Crawley c Oppenheimer b Benkenstein 14
R Smith c Teeger b Williams 12
M Watkinson not out 15
Extras 10
Total 242
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