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England wide man Andros Townsend, white kit, fires his side’s third goal of the evening against Montenegro at Wembley on Friday night PICTURES: JONATHAN BRADY/PA

Polish starsdetermined toput on a showRobert Lewandowski haswarned that Poland will be nopushovers for England.

The Poles were left devast-ated by a 1-0 defeat away toUkraine on Friday, endingtheir hopes of qualifying forthe World Cup next summer.

But a trip to London holdssubstantial appeal under anycircumstances for the teamcoached by Waldemar Forna-lik – and Lewandowski is de-termined they do not wastetheir journey.

England need to win tofinish top of the group andreach Brazil 2014 automatic-ally, given second-placedUkraine take on San Marino,and Poland have nothing butpride to play for.

That pride could be a factor,though, with thousands ofPolish fans expected at Wemb-ley and the visiting team eagerto cause an upset.

“We go to England now,” saidLewandowski, BorussiaDor tmund’s Bayern Munich-bound striker.

“We know we have a lot offans out there who will come tothe game. We don’t stand achance of going through, but

RobertLewandowskicould breakEngland heartstomorrow night

BY SIMON STONE

Everton left-back LeightonBaines is desperate to avoidmissing out on another WorldCup with England.

Baines made a late surgeinto the England squad priorto the 2010 World Cup but,despite starting the warm-upgames against Egypt andMexico, Fabio Capello cut thedefender loose, omitting himfrom his 23-man party forSouth Africa.

Baines had said in the run-up to the World Cup that hewas homesick, although the 28-year-old has always main-tained he would have beenmore than happy to representhis country.

He will have a second chanceto play for England at a WorldCup next summer providingthat Roy Hodgson’s men finishthe job on Tuesday by beatingPoland at Wembley.

If England fail to win theywill be condemned to a trickyplay-off and Baines feels thereis no bigger motivation for theteam to get the victory.

“Qualifying for a World Cupis as big a carrot as you couldprobably dangle in front of anyp l aye r, ” he said.

“World Cups don’t comearound too often in a player’scareer. Everyone is hungry forthat opportunity to get thereand we are one game awayfrom there.

“We know what job needs tobe done and hopefully we willdo it. The magnitude of thegame is something we are all

aware of. On Friday we had tomake sure it was in our ownhands and we have to go andfinish the job now.”

Baines was one of the starperformers on Friday night asEngland demolishedMontenegro 4-1 to remain topof Group H.

The 28-year-old is enjoyingthe best form of his life atEverton, but he is still by nomeans guaranteed a startingspot for his country because ofAshley Cole’s recent displays.

Baines admits he is playingwith more freedom because ofthe knowledge he is certain tostart this week.

“You enjoy it a lot morewhen you know you are goingto get a game,” said Baines,who despite his talent has just20 caps to his name.

“It was good to be able toprepare for the game in thatframe of mind, really, ratherthan just waiting in the wings.It’s great to be in and playing.

“There is a significance withevery cap you get and you growinto it more and more.

“It has been good to be in-volved in more qualifiers inthis campaign.

“I’m pleased with howthings are going at the momentand it was great to play onFriday and get the win.”

Baines was by no means theonly decent performer againstthe Montenegrins.

Wayne Rooney became thehighest competitive goalscorer in England’s historywhen he opened the scoringand there were also encour-

aging performances fromDanny Welbeck and, to a lesserextent, Daniel Sturridge.

The Liverpool striker roun-ded-off the victory with a pen-alty, while a Branko Boskovicown goal gave England a two-goal lead before Dejan Dam-janovic replied.

Andros Townsend stole theshow, however, with the thirdEngland goal and an assist ondebut. Baines has been given atorrid time in training by theTottenham winger and has

backed the 22-year-old to puton a repeat performanceagainst Poland.

“It was great for him to scorethat goal and he is now animportant part of the squadwho can produce match-win-ning performances,” Bainessaid. “It was a great perform-ance and it was a massive liftfor us.”

Many were taken aback byRoy Hodgson’s decision tohand Townsend his debut andthe England manager’s gen-

eral positivity in the build-upto the game.

Ex-professionals came out inforce to denounce Englandafter their drab 0-0 draw inKiev, but Baines sees plenty ofreason for optimism shouldthe team get to Brazil.

“We have fresh blood andexcitement – combined withthe experience of other players– and that mix puts us in agreat position to go there andtry and do something there,”Baines said.

England have to finish the job ofqualification off now, says Baines

England left-back Leighton Baines, right, moves in to tackle Montenegro's Elsad Zverotic at Wembley on Friday

we want to go to Wembley andat least allow our supporters alittle fun. For sure we won’t bef avourites.”

Poland captain JakubBlaszczykowski added: “Itd o e s n’t matter that we onlyhave honour to play for.Matches at Wembley arealways very important to us.

“There are sure to be manyPolish fans there and we wantto thank them with a goodgame and the right result.”

Lewandowski, one ofE u ro p e ’s most-feared strikers,has been troubled by Poland’sfailings in Group H.

“Sometimes I wonder ex-actly what we are missing,”Lewandowski said.

“I am thinking in particularof a few draws in the matcheswe should be winning. Thereare moments when it seemsthat everything is going in theright direction.

“I don’t have the right wordabout what should be changed.Against Ukraine it seemedthat we created more chancesand we played well, but it is notimportant. In qualification,victories and points are themost important things, not thestyle of play.”

Fornalik is coming to theend of his contract, with mediaspeculation he could be re-placed by Dick Advocaat, theformer Holland and Russiaboss who retired from clubmanagement after spendinglast season at PSV Eindhoven.

Wembley could be Forna-lik’s last stand, and he iseyeing a famous result.

“This will be our main goal.We would like to cause a sur-p r i s e, ” he said.

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Wallace is out of the Scotland squadLee Wallace has withdrawn asexpected from the Scotlandsquad for the final World Cupqualifier against Croatia atHampden Park tomorrow.

The Rangers left-back hasleft the Scots’ camp after fail-ing to overcome a knee injury.

National manager GordonStrachan pre-empted Wallace’sdeparture on Saturday by call-ing in Stevie Hammell ofM o t h e r we l l .

Meanwhile, Robert Snod-grass, who scored the winnerwhen Scotland beat Croatia inJune, has rejoined the squad.

He was given leave byStrachan to attend the birth of

his baby daughter, Leonie. Hispartner, Denise, gave birth latelast week and Snodgrass is de-

� Northern Ireland coachMaik Taylor has called for theIrish Football Association tohand Michael O’Neill a newcontract despite the side’stroubling run of results.

Taylor believes O’Neillneeds to stay on when his dealexpires at the end of the year.

His record – played 13, wononly one – does the formerShamrock Rovers boss few fa-vours, with defeats in Luxem-bourg and Azerbaijan in thelast two World Cup qualifiersparticularly disappointing.

But Taylor said: “I stronglybelieve the way forward is withMichael at the helm.”

Simon Church celebrates scoring for Wales against Macedonia on Friday night PICTURE: DAVID DAVIES/PA

Chris Coleman feels Wales canstrike a blow for their futureinternational aspirations bybringing World Cup-boundBelgium down to earth with apositive result in Brussels.

Wales head to the KingBaudouin Stadium for whatcould be Coleman’s last com-petitive fixture in charge of theDragons, as talks over a con-tract extension have stalled,with hopes of their own col-lective progression as a squaddented following another frus-trating qualifying campaign.

Victory over Macedonia inCardiff on Friday at leastmoved Wales off the bottom ofGroup A, a point above Scot-land, and Coleman would loveto see hope for a brighterfuture on the back of anotherpromising display against animpressive Belgian squadwhich includes PremierLeague talents such as EdenHazard, Romelu Lukaku, Mar-ouane Fellaini, Kevin DeBruyne and Kevin Mirallas.

“Alright, there is nothing on

it for them as it (World Cupqualifying) is done, but we stillhave a point to prove,” saidColeman.

“We can’t go there thinking,‘Nobody expects anythingfrom us’ – we have to expectsomething from ourselves.”

Coleman has looked to in-tegrate the likes of LloydIsgrove, Declan John and 16-year-old Harry Wilson into thesquad for their first taste ofsenior international football, amove which the formerFulham boss thinks points toan increasingly bright futurefor Wales.

“When you see that display(against Macedonia) from aninexperienced squad, then it isreally pleasing,” Colemansaid, “But we will need thatand more in Belgium if we areto do anything.”

It was not that long ago Cole-man seemed to have all butsecured a new two-year dealwith the Football Associationof Wales, but September de-feats to Macedonia and Serbia

saw the contract put on holduntil after the Group A cam-paign has been completed.

Coleman, who took overfrom the late Gary Speed inJanuary 2012, accepts it wasalways going to be a big ask tomake an impact among sideswith so much more depth.

“There was a time where Ithought we could have nickedthird spot, but Belgium, Croa-tia and Serbia have been toostrong for us,” he said.

Charlton forward SimonChurch scored the winner inthe 1-0 triumph against Mace-donia and hopes he can profitagain tomorrow, when veteranCraig Bellamy will play hislast Wales international beforere t i re m e n t .

“It was nice to play up front,that is my position. I am acentre-forward, not a winger.Obviously I have been pickedto do a job for the team in thepast, but I don’t think I play mybest there, so I was glad to getmy chance as a striker,”Church said.

RobertSnodgrasswants tomake thismonthevenbetter

termined to deliver more goodnews. “I think the adrenalineof fatherhood alone will get methrough it,” he said.

Coleman is lookingfor a performance

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ROTHERHAM 0SWINDON TN 4

BY NEILGOULDING

Alex Pritchard’s tremendous free-kick flies beyond Rotherham United goalkeeper Scott Shearer to give Swindon Town the lead at the New York Stadium PICTURE: ROB NOYES

Cooper hails ‘fantastic’ Pritchard asSwindon outplay miserable Millers

Debut goals for Krans and Dyer are not enough to earn Hereford their win

Ecstatic Swindon boss MarkCooper singled out AlexPritchard after they thrashedRotherham to seal their firstaway win of the season.

The attacking midfielder, onloan from Tottenham, starredthroughout as the Robins re-corded their ninth victory inthe last 11 meetings betweenthe two sides.

Pritchard began the rout bycurling in a 25-yard free kickjust after the half-hour mark.

Cooper, who recalled Wes Fo-deringham, Nathan Thompson,Jay McEveley, Yaser Kasim andNile Ranger, said: “We knowAlex has got that in his locker

and he should do it more, but hewas back to something like weexpect.

“He’s got fantastic abilityand he showed what he’sabout. He played with a smileon his face and I thought hewas really good today – as werethe rest of the team.”

Goals either side of half-timefrom Pritchard, MassimoLuongo, Nicky Ajose and DanyN‘Guessan ensured Swindonclaimed their third successivewin in all competitions.

“I thought we were very, verygood,” Cooper added. “I thinkit has been coming. We putsomething in place a couple ofweeks ago with this game inmind and the players have car-ried it out fantastically. Theywere outstanding.

“We put another defender onand we asked one of our full-

backs to stay at home ratherthan both going forward at thesame time, we did it and stillcreated numerous chances.

“Rotherham put us undersome pressure early on, but wewithstood that. Some of ourfootball was outstanding.

“We questioned them (theplayers) after the Prestongame and they have bouncedback and gone on another littlerun. There will be plenty ofpats on the back and they willget a little bit of time to them-selves now before we playagain on Friday.”

Rotherham controlled theopening 20 minutes and thefinal outcome could have beenso different if they had con-verted one of the multiplechances they created.

Alex Revell volleyed overfrom close range after a lovely

cross from Daniel Nardiello,Ben Pringle clipped a shotinches wide, while Pablo Mills’powerful header struck thec ro s s b a r.

As the half wore on, however,Swindon grew into the contestand although Shearer got ahand to Pritchard’s fine setpiece in the 33rd minute, hecould not keep it out.

The visitors doubled theiradvantage when Luongo’sright foot strike deflected offLee Frecklington and loopedover Scott Shearer.

After the break, Pritchardcapped off a fine display bycrossing for Ajose to tap in thethird after 65 minutes.

Pritchard then flashed a shotinches wide after a clever backheel from Nile Ranger.

But the Robins, who will faceWycombe at home in the next

round of the Johnstone’s PaintTrophy, deservedly bagged afourth in added-time whensubstitute Louis Thompsonfed N’Guessan.

Cooper said: “Dany hascome from the Championshipand his attitude has been good.He has obviously not played alot, so I think there will bemore to come from him.”Rotherham: Shearer, Bradley, Morgan, Mills,Skarz, Agard, Frecklington, Milsom (Tidser 62),Pringle, Revell, Nardiello (Tubbs 56). Not Used:Brindley, O’Connor, Hylton, Collin, Rowe.Booked: Frecklington, Milsom, Bradley,Pringle.Swindon: Foderingham, N Thompson, Hall,Ward, McEveley, Luongo, Pritchard, Kasim,Ajose (N’Guessan 75), Ranger (L Thompson87), Byrne. Not Used: Barthram, Cox, Belford,Branco, El-Gabbas.Booked: Kasim, Luongo, McEveley.Goals: Pritchard 33, Luongo 45, Ajose 65,N’Guessan 90.Attendance: 8,103.Referee: Andy Haines (Tyne & Wear).

SALISBURY CITY 1GRIMSBY TOWN 0

Dan Fitchett continued hisrich vein of form as he nettedtwo minutes after the restart tomove Salisbury back into theSkrill Premier play-off zone.

The striker, who scoredagainst the Mariners in theWhites’ famous FA Cup winalmost two years ago, sealedhis fifth goal of the season afterconnecting with Elliott Frear’scross, dummying his man andunleashing a left-footed strikeinto the roof of the net.

The goal brought the affairto life after a dismal first halfand the tempo increased.

It could have been two inquick succession for the hostshad Miles Storey not lifted hisheader over the bar from BenWr i g h t ’s cross.

However, the final half-hourwas dominated by the visitors,who stifled the hosts in the

DanFitchettgrabbedthewinninggoalagainstGrimsby

Fitchett firesSalisbury intofourth place

final third, but lacked com-posure in front of goal.

Theo Lewis made two vitalinterceptions – firstly makinga goalline clearance and thenlunging to block Andy Cook’sferocious drive.

Cook went close again from alooping header, but a crackingsave from Will Puddy kept thescore at 1-0.

Chris Doig smashed aneffort off the crossbar andFitchett went solo for Salis-bury, but was foiled by the longright-arm of Grimsby goal-keeper James McKeown.

Four minutes of stoppage-time were played andMcKeown went up front andhad a couple of touches, butthey were not enough to earnthe visitors a point as theysuffered back-to-back defeats.

Salisbury manager MikeyHarris, leading his side intofourth position, said: “I thinkthe way we have respondedfrom the defeat at Barnet isf antastic.”

“T hat’s seven points fromnine now and, on another day,we would have got three pointsat Dartford.

“We managed to stay res-olute and hold on.”

HEREFORD UNITED 2DARTFORD 2

Bristol City striker KevinKrans and Mansfield’s RossDyer both scored on theirdebuts for Hereford – but it wasnot enough to get the Bullsback on the winning track.

Krans and Dyer, who bothjoined Hereford on month’sloan late on Friday, snapped uptheir goals in an 11-minutespell in the second half afterLee Noble had put the visitors

in front in the Skrill Premier atEdgar Street.

However, the Darts foughtback to level with five minutesremaining when substituteUche Ibemere forced home thee q u a l i s e r.

Martin Foyle’s men havenow gone four games without awin and remain anchored in16th place in the table, justthree points clear of the re-legation places.

“We got a point, but we de-served all three,” cl a i m e d

Foyle after his side missed achance to wrap up the gameafter Krans and Dyer had putthe Bulls in front.

“Like the last few games, Id o n’t think we have playedbadly, but today I am disap-pointed because we shouldhave scored four.”

Foyle, however, was pleasedwith Krans’ contribution onhis Skrill Premier debut atEdgar Street.

“Kevin hadn’t played a lot offootball, but he showed a bit of

quality at times, which waspleasing.”

Krans was quickly in theaction, sweeping a cross pastthe Dartford goalmouth in thesecond minute.

The visitors took the lead inthe 11th minute when Noblebeat goalkeeper Rhys Evanswith a low shot following across by Matt Godden.

Hereford levelled after thebreak when Krans lashed his25-yard drive past goalkeeperAlan Julian into the roof of the

net after latching on to a ballfrom Rob Purdie.

Following Krans’ s t r i ke,Dyer released the ball to ChrisSharp, but the striker failed tofind the target before Dyer putHereford in front on the hour.

He received a pass from DanWalker before beating Julianfor his first goal in United’sc o l o u r s.

With 17 minutes remaining,Foyle made his second sub-stitution of the game when hereplaced Krans with Jonathan

Brown and, shortly after-wards, United skipper LukeGraham made a timely clear-ance from a cross by RyanHayes before man of the matchSam Gwynne hit the foot of theDartford post.

The ball rebounded toWalker, who missed the chanceto put Hereford further infront, before Dartfordsnatched their equaliser.

Substitute Ibemere forcedthe ball home following a free-k i ck

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MANSFIELD TN 1BRISTOL ROVERS 1

BY JAMESMCNAMARA

Boss O’Driscolladmits he maybe vulnerableHead coach Sean O’Driscollaccepts that he could become acasualty of Bristol City’s trans-ition process.

While a majority of City fansare prepared to be patient andgive O’Driscoll the time heneeds to rebuild at AshtonGate, a vociferous minority arealready calling for change.

City have failed to win any oftheir ten games in League Oneso far and now find themselveslodged in the relegation zoneafter results elsewhere wentagainst them at the weekend.

That is too much for somefans, who believe O’Driscoll isliving on borrowed time.

Even the Midlander himselfacknowledges the possibilityof losing his job if City’s dis-appointing start to the cam-paign is not arrested soon.

“This isn’t about me, it’sabout Bristol City FootballC l u b, ” said O’Driscoll, whotook over as head coach inJanuary and was unable tostave off relegation from theC h a m p i o n s h i p.

In a brutally honest assess-ment he added: “I’ve said allalong that, football being foot-ball, I could end up being avictim of this transition pro-cess. The wholesale culturechange at the club was nevergoing to be easy, and not win-ning a game in the League sofar has understandably onlyserved to heighten nervous-ness and cynicism amongsome sections of the fan base.

“I can’t bury my head in thesand as to the disappointmentsand anger that the fans of thisfootball club have experiencedover the past few years, just asI can’t be arrogant enough tothink that not winning aleague game so far this seasonis acceptable to anyone.

“It’s not acceptable to thecoaching staff and the playersso there’s no way it’s going tobe acceptable to fans whoh ave n’t had much to cheerabout for three years.

“Managing a football clubi s n’t a popularity contest andyou accept there will always bepeople who cannot see past thefinal score. Last week’s per-formance at Port Vale was aperfect case in point, but pos-itive things that have occurredsince the start of the season.”

David Clarkson is first to congratulate Bristol Rovers goalscorer Alefe Santos PICTURES: MATT BUNN/JMP

The form table may have madefor grim reading if BristolRovers manager John Wardtook a look at it – but thatshould not detract from theoptimism he will be feeling ashe arrives for training today.

Only bottom-of-the-leagueAccrington Stanley have beenwaiting longer for a victorythan Rovers following thisdraw at the One Call Stadium –yet Ward’s side produced a per-formance that was far from inkeeping with a run that sawthe number of league gameswithout a win extended to six.

Rovers left it late to secure ashare of the spoils after anAlefe Santos shot nestled inthe corner of the net followinga helpful deflection off the legof Mansfield midfielder KeiranMurtagh – but had that effortfailed to puncture a stubbornrear-guard action the resultwould have been a travesty.

Only ten minutes hadelapsed before efforts from LeeBrown and Ryan Brunt made itclear that Rovers meant busi-ness and even though theysuffered early setbacks – a goaloff the head of Mansfield’s LeeStevenson after a moment ofhesitancy by goalkeeper SteveMildenhall, immediately fol-lowed by the withdrawal ofBrown because of injury – theycontinued to take the game bythe scruff off the neck insearch of an equaliser.

Had Rovers’ shooting notbeen, as Ward described it, ‘alittle bit straight’ or had theynot run into an in-form goal-keeper in the shape of AlanMarriott, they would, quiteeasily, have been celebrating avictory for the first time sincea Tom Lockyer goal secured a1-0 success over Northamptonon August 31.

Few would have had cause tocomplain had Rovers endedthe game celebrating a victory– even a Mansfield supporter

Display givesWard causefor optimism

who accosted Ward at the finalwhistle sympathised with theinjustice of the outcome.“Wa rdy, ” he said. “Your teamdeserved to win today.” It wasin stark contrast to the lasttime ‘Wa rdy ’ was confrontedby fans at the end of the game.

That came just over a monthago as Ward headed down thetunnel after witnessing alargely lethargic performanceat Dagenham & Redbridge.

Colourful expletives wereused to express exactly whatsome supporters felt that day.

On Saturday, however, therewas a noticeable change in thedemeanour of a manager whohas appeared to be carryingthe weight of the world on hisshoulders recently.

It was little surprise afterWard watched his side turnout a performance that was athrowback to some of thosethat lit up the latter part of lastseason. It was Rovers’ best dis-play of the season so far.

That a team accused over theopening weeks of a season asbeing one dimensionalachieved it by passing andmoving the ball – aided andabetted by a slick playing sur-face – will no doubt have been asource of further pleasure forthe manager to take home withhim on Saturday night.

While the performance ofothers may have caught the eyeof supporters, meanwhile,Br unt’s willingness to chaselost causes or offer a willingtarget for the more direct passwas the starting point bywhich Rovers were able to getthe ball down and play it on theground higher up the pitch.

It was a tactic that suitedout-of-favour striker DavidClarkson after a combinationof injuries and internationalcall-ups served to facilitate hisreturn to the side after a five-week absence.

Many have questionedwhere or if the former BristolCity striker fits into the style ofplay Ward prefers to deploy,but, in response, Clarkson, agraceful footballer, produced adisplay that suggested he can

Santos itching to force his way into the Rovers starting line-up

Rovers’ Pat Keary heads for goal

Youngster Alefe Santos hopeshis first senior goal will boosthis hopes of becoming a moreregular fixture in the BristolRovers starting line-up.

Santos, 18, from Southmeadin Bristol, has mostly madefleeting appearances from thebench since being handed adebut by former managerMark McGhee last November –but enjoyed his most signific-ant moment in a Bristol Roversshirt by scoring a late levellerin a 1-1 draw at Mansfield onS at u rd ay.

“It was the best moment ofmy career so far and I just wantto keep progressing now,” said

Santos, who has nine appear-ances to his name.

“The shot took a wicked de-flection, but I’ll be claiming it!It all happened very quickly. Ijust jinked around the full-back and saw the chance for ashot. I didn’t think it was goingin, but it was great to see it hitthe net and then I was justjumped on by everyone.

“I have to keep working ashard as I can and one day Imight just start in the line-up.

“I feel like I am progressingquite quickly and the managerhas helped me a lot since hehas come in. I’ll just keepworking hard to try to score

more goals and see what hap-pens from there.”

Patchway-raised defenderPat Keary, meanwhile, com-pleted a massive turnaroundby making his senior debut forthe club after initially beingtold he would not make it at theMemorial Stadium as little astwo years ago.

“It’s mad really,” said Keary,who played at the heart of de-fence for almost 80 minutesafter replacing the injured LeeBrown early in the first-half.“I’ve played for Rovers since Iwas eight years old, but I wasreleased when I was 16.

“I went to Team Bath and

was re-signed a year later. Acouple of years ago I was look-ing for a job and could neverhave predicted I would end upmaking my debut for Rovers.”

He added: “I didn’t expect togo on even when Lee Brownwent down. I ran out to warm-up and was very surprisedwhen I heard the gaffer callingme back and telling me to getready. I didn’t have any nervesbecause I have been trainingwith the first-team for a longtime and Tom Parkes reallyhelped me out. We would havepreferred to get three points,but on a personal note the daywas great for me.”

be an asset if the ball is playedinto his feet.

Supporters, meanwhile,showed their appreciation forthe efforts of their team with araucous rendition of ‘Good-night Irene’ at the final whistle– no doubt buoyed by the factthat over a quarter of the sidethat finished the game wereraised in and around Bristol.

Brazilian-born Santos, whospent his formative yearsgrowing up in Southmead,

provided an instant source ofexcitement on his introduc-tion from the bench beforeplundering his first goal forthe Rovers, while there was acompetent senior debut forPatchway-raised defender PatKeary after he was called in toreplace Brown. Portishead-raised Ollie Clarke completedthe trio of local talents whenplaying his first game of theseason to suggest that theremay actually be some sub-

stance in Ward’s musings thatthe future looks bright.Mansfield: Marriott, Sutton, Dempster, Riley,Beevers, Murtagh, Stevenson (Meikle 72),Howell, Daniel (Palmer 87), Clucas, Andrew(Rhead 59). Not Used: Jennings, Hutchinson,Mitchell, Poku.Goals: Stevenson 22.Rovers: Mildenhall, Brown (Keary 23),Lockyer, Parkes, Smith, Norburn (Richards 56),Clarke, O’Toole, Bond (Santos 72), Clarkson,Brunt. Not Used: Gill, Gough, Goddard,Southway.Goals: Santos 84.Attendance: 3,275.Referee: Scott Duncan (Tyne & Wear).

Allen is sackedby GillinghamGillingham have sacked bossMartin Allen after just 11games of the season.

Allen guided the club to theLeague Two title last term andS at u rd ay ’s defeat at Shrews-bury, which followed back-to-back wins, left them 17th withnine points.

However, it was not goodenough for Gills chairmanPaul Scally, who has axed the48-year-old former Brentfordand Notts County chief after 16months in charge.

Scally said: “It is always ahugely-difficult time when amanagerial change occurs andthis moment is no exception.

“The decision was an excep-tionally difficult one, but onewhich after long deliberationwas felt absolutely necessary.”

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DAG/RED 1CHELTENHAM 2

BY JON PALMER

A special Jamie Cureton goalhelped earn Cheltenham theirthird victory of the season andeased the strain on Mark Yates.

Dagenham & Redbridge’sVictoria Road ground was thescene of Yates’ first victory asRobins boss in December 2009and on Saturday it witnessedone of his most important.

With the help of a scoutingreport from first-team coachDave Kevan, Yates set up histeam to stifle the threat of Da-g enham’s play-maker BillyBingham and it worked well.

Bingham was taken off justafter the hour and by that timeCheltenham were in control.

Dagenham mounted a latepush, but a much-improveddefensive display ensured theDa g g ers’ unbeaten homerecord this season was ended.

Yates made three changes tothe team beaten 2-0 at Scun-

That’s why I signed Jamie, beams Yates after away-day victory

Heath back ontrack thanks toHuxley doubleTOOLSTATION LEAGUE

Cadbury Heath moved up twoplaces to fifth in the PremierDivision with a well-deserved3-0 home win over Sherborne.

Matt Huxley gave the hostsan early lead, but they did notmake the game safe until thefinal 20 minutes when IvanSalas and Huxley again wereon the mark.

Bristol Manor Farm are oneplace behind Heath followingtheir 3-2 victory at home toBridport with Jordan Mettersgiving the home side a 12th-minute lead.

Ryan Dovell soon equalised,but George Brimson and AronRobbins gave Manor Farm atwo-goal advantage at thebreak, so Darren Watts’ goalfor Bridport was academic.

Dan Hunt fired a hat-trick asLongwell Green beat Hengrove3-1, his first-half openercoming after 30 minutes.

Jenson Manning levelled onthe hour, but Hunt restored thelead ten minutes later and thencompleted his treble from thepenalty spot.

Hallen went down 2-1 athome to Buckland, Andy Cookheading an own goal winnerafter Asa Corrick had can-celled-out the Devon side’sopening goal.

Bishop Sutton climbed awayfrom the foot of the table with a4-2 victory at fellow-strugglersSlimbridge, who took the leadthrough Adam Mace.

Joe Bishop equalised andLance Gingell put Sutton infront before Lloyd Mills addeda third goal after the break.

Mace pulled the Swans backto within one, but Joe Dakwasecured the win with a fourth.

Radstock beat Willand 3-1,while at the top Gillinghamthumped Ilfracombe 6-0 andfourth-placed Odd Down beatStreet, in third, 1-0 with a KyeSimpson goal.

In the First Division, strug-gling Portishead surprisedhigh-flying Barnstaple with a2-1 home win as goalkeeper-manager Lee Ballard led bye x a m p l e.

Kieran Marsden and NickSteadman scored second-halfgoals for the hosts and Ballardwas only beaten by Jed Harper-Pe n m a n’s late spot-kick.

Ashton & Backwell collecteda much-needed victory too,beating visiting Corsham 2-0with strikes from Ricky Briggsand Conor Biggins.

The basement battlebetween Oldland and Keyn-sham ended 1-1, while RomanGlass St George came frombehind to beat AlmondsburyUWE 4-2.

Wellington moved up tosecond place with a 3-1 homewin over Welton, Ollie Cham-berlain, Alexis Piper and LukeRedrup on target before JamesCooper replied.

Cribbs went down 3-1 atWincanton, Jordan Yeo givingthe visitors a first-minute lead,but Danny Golden, DaveO’Hare and Matt Peters hitback for the hosts.

Cheddar, meanwhile, tri-umphed 2-1 at Chard, CallumHam winning the game fromthe spot after Sam Clark hadcancelled-out Sam Jones’opener for the visitors.

Cheltenham Town striker Jamie Cureton fires his 250th career goal against Dagenham & Redbridge on Saturday PICTURES: ANTONY THOMPSON/TWM

Cureton reaches a milestone withone of his best in Robins triumph

It’s 250 goals for Jamie Cureton

Cheltenham boss Mark Yateshailed ‘model professional’Jamie Cureton after theve t e r a n’s 250th career strikehelped set up the 2-1 success atDagenham & Redbridge.

The 38-year-old dispatched ameasured volley over JordanSeabright to put Cheltenhamahead in the 31st minute.

Dagenham levelled beforehalf-time through skipper AbuOgogo, but Keith Lowe’sheader on the hour won it.

The opening months of Cure-

t o n’s time at Cheltenham havebeen disrupted by a dislocatedshoulder and a calf strain, buthe has still managed threeg o a l s.

“It was pure opportunismand that’s why I signed him,”Yates said of Cureton’s spec-tacular strike.

“He should have scored inthe first minute when he tookan air shot from a corner, butnothing bothers him and he isa great professional.

“He may be getting on a bit,

but we’ve missed him andLeague Two defenders arealways wary of him. His move-ment is different class and todo that from 30 yards when theball was up around his waistwas a great strike.”

Cureton was not happyabout being substituted in thesecond half, with Terry Gor-nell sent on in his place, butYates said it only highlightshis appetite for goals.

“Strikers want to be on thepitch doing what they do best

and Jamie was disappointed tobe taken off,” he said.

“But once he had got histantrum out of the way, he un-derstood we needed to dosomething different.

“He is a good footballer andif we give him chances he willtake them.”

Cheltenham play Rochdaleat home in League Two nextSaturday before welcomingMorecambe to the AbbeyBusiness Stadium for anotherleague game three days later.

thorpe a week earlier, withCureton picked ahead of TerryGornell up front.

There was no recall for SteveElliott at the back in the ab-sence of James Wilson, whowas on international duty withWales. Instead, Keith Lowemoved to centre-half and SidoJombati came in at right-back.

The other change saw fit-again Craig Braham-Barrettreturn at left-back, with MattRichards pushed into midfieldand David Noble dropped tothe bench.

Jermaine McGlashan playedat the top of a midfield dia-mond, occupying Bingham,while Richards shone in hisdeep-lying role, pulling manyof the strings in the centre ofthe pitch for Cheltenham.

Richards forced JordanSeabright into a diving savewith a free-kick inside the firstminute after Brian Saah fouledByron Harrison, who causedproblems throughout.

Harrison smashed one overon the turn in the 15th minute

and Cheltenham’s shape waseffective, with Russ Penn andJason Taylor doing the donkeywork, allowing Richards to dic-tate play with his quality andcomposure on the ball.

The breakthrough came inthe 31st minute when a throw-in was touched on by Harrisonand McGlashan nodded it intothe path of Cureton.

Without a moment’sthought, he clipped an effort-less volley over Seabright andinto the net from 30 yards.

It was a fitting way to reach250 goals and he revealed a t-shirt emblazoned with ‘250b aby ! ’ earning a yellow cardfor his celebration.

It was his third goal of theseason from two starts andthree substitute appearances,an impressive strike rate evenby Cureton’s own standards.

Cheltenham looked to be intotal control, but Dagenhamlevelled five minutes before thebreak with the sort of untidygoal that has been their un-doing so many times this

season. Lowe’s attemptedclearance hit McGlashan andDagenham had playersanxious to capitalise.

Rhys Murphy’s header waswell saved by Scott Brown, butAbu Ogogo followed up fromclose range to give Cheltenhamthat sinking feeling again.

Their response was admir-able on this occasion howeverand they started the secondhalf as strongly as the first.

Harrison went close with aheader from Richards’ f re e -kick before Cheltenham re-gained the lead in the 59thminute. Another Richards’free-kick was met by Cureton,but Seabright beat it away asfar as Troy Brown, who didwell to direct back towardsgoal from a tight angle and itlooked on its way in beforeLowe made sure, heading infrom almost on the goalline.

Dagenham changed theirshape and Cheltenham wereforced to withstand sustainedpressure for the first time,with Brown saving well from

Murphy and making a finedouble stop from Ogogo andMurphy in the 68th minute.

But the goalkeeper was for-tunate not to be penalised forhandball outside his box in the72nd minute.

He raced out to meet ZavonHines and the ball did appearto strike his arm, but play wasallowed to continue and Chel-tenham scrambled clear.

However, this show willstand Cheltenham in goodstead as they bid to mount acharge up the table.Dag & Red: Seabright, Doe, Saah, Wilkinson,Connors, Howell, Ogogo, Bingham (Elito 64),Obafemi (Dickson 46), Murphy (Scott 84),Hines. Not Used: Ilesanmi, Saunders, Dennis,Anderson.Booked: Wilkinson, Hines, Connors.Goals: Ogogo 40.Cheltenham: S Brown, Jombati, T Brown,Lowe, Braham-Barrett, McGlashan, Taylor,Richards, Penn, Cureton (Gornell 77), Harrison.Not Used: Elliott, Deering, Kotwica, Vincent,Noble, Rivers.Booked: Cureton, Penn, Braham-Barrett,Harrison.Goals: Cureton 31, Lowe 59.Attendance: 1,727.Referee: Keith Hill (Hertfordshire).

WESTERN DAILY PRESS MONDAY OCTOBER 14 2013 FOOTBALL 7WDP-E01-S3

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bristol city .................. P crawley town ............. Pcarlisle......................... P Wolves ......................... Pcolchester ............... (1) 1 Walsall .....................(0) 1Sears 7 Taylor 90Att 2,945leyton Orient .......... (1) 2 Mk Dons ..................(1) 1Odubajo 42 Bamford 30Lisbie 67Att 6,359Notts county ............... P Oldham ........................ PPort Vale .................. (0) 0 Peterboro ................(0) 1Att 6,311 Barnett 86Preston .................... (0) 0 crewe ......................(1) 2Att 9,268 Moore 27 Inman 64rotherham ............... (0) 0 Swindon ..................(2) 4Att 8,103 Pritchard 33 Luongo 45 Ajose 65 N’Guessan 90Shrewsbury ............. (1) 2 Gillingham ...............(0) 0Jacobson 17 Att 5,129McAlinden 81Stevenage................ (2) 2 brentford .................(1) 1Zoko 15, 26 Donaldson 13Att 3,225

Yesterday bradford .................. (0) 0 tranmere .................(0) 1 Lowe 69Att 14,674coventry .................. (2) 3 Sheff Utd .................(0) 2L Clarke 6, 49 Taylor 62, 80Wilson 32Att 2,078

AFc Wimbledon ...... (0) 1 Accrington Stanley (1) 1Bennett 86 Odejayi 17Att 4,585burton Albion .......... (0) 0 Southend .................(0) 1Att 2,555 Eastwood 90bury ......................... (0) 0 Morecambe .............(0) 2 Williams 62 Diagne 90Att 3,082Dag & red ............... (1) 1 cheltenham .............(1) 2Ogogo 40 Cureton 31Att 1,727 Lowe 59exeter....................... (0) 0 hartlepool ...............(1) 3Att 3,615 Baldwin 21 James 50 Compton 62Fleetwood town...... (0) 1 chesterfield ............(0) 1Parkin 89 Cooper 55Att 4,521Mansfield ................. (1) 1 bristol rovers .........(0) 1Stevenson 22 Santos 84Att 3,275Oxford Utd ............... (2) 2 Northampton ...........(0) 0Constable 44Rose 45 (pen) Att 6,177Plymouth ................. (1) 1 Portsmouth .............(1) 1Hourihane 21 Wallace 39Att 8,742rochdale ................. (2) 3 Newport county .....(0) 0Vincenti 5Cummins 38Hery 72 Att 2,530Wycombe ................. (1) 3 torquay ...................(2) 2Kuffour 28 Azeez 27Cowan-Hall 53, 77 Pearce 37Att 3,466 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsChesterfield .....11 4 0 1 7 2 3 2 1 11 7 23Fleetwood T .....11 3 1 2 13 9 4 0 1 7 3 22Oxford Utd .......11 2 2 2 7 7 4 1 0 14 5 21Morecambe......11 3 2 0 11 7 3 1 2 8 7 21Rochdale .........11 5 1 0 13 4 1 1 3 3 7 20Exeter ..............11 4 0 2 9 8 2 2 1 5 5 20Mansfield .........11 2 3 1 10 7 3 1 1 5 4 19Scunthorpe ......10 3 2 0 7 2 1 3 1 6 6 17Wycombe .........11 3 1 2 8 7 2 1 2 9 7 17Southend .........11 2 1 2 5 5 3 1 2 7 5 17AFC Wimble ....11 4 1 1 10 6 1 1 3 3 6 17Newport C .......11 3 1 1 10 6 1 3 2 5 8 16Dag & Red .......11 3 2 1 9 5 1 2 2 6 10 16Burton Albion ...11 1 2 3 6 9 3 1 1 9 8 15Portsmouth ......11 2 0 3 7 7 1 4 1 11 12 13Hartlepool ........11 1 0 4 4 8 2 3 1 9 6 12Cheltenham .....11 1 3 1 8 9 2 0 4 6 13 12York .................10 2 1 2 6 6 1 1 3 7 8 11Plymouth..........11 2 2 2 3 6 1 0 4 5 8 11Bristol Rvrs ......11 2 2 1 7 7 0 2 4 3 8 10Bury .................11 2 2 2 8 6 0 1 4 5 9 9Torquay ............11 1 2 2 6 9 1 1 4 7 12 9Northamptn ......11 1 2 2 6 6 1 0 5 2 9 8Accrington S ....11 0 1 4 4 8 0 2 4 3 11 3

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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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banbury ...............................1 truro city .......................... 2chippenham ........................0 chesham ........................... 3Frome town ........................4 bedford town ................... 4redditch ..............................1 hitchin ............................... 0

Farnboro ..............................1 hayes & Yeading .............. 2havant and W ......................4 basingstoke ...................... 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtEastleigh .............. 11 4 2 0 7 2 3 0 2 8 6 23Bromley ...............10 5 0 0 17 4 2 1 2 7 6 22Sutton Utd ...........10 4 1 1 15 6 1 2 1 6 2 18Hayes & Yeading .10 1 0 2 4 3 5 0 2 10 6 18Bishop’s Stortford ..9 3 0 1 8 3 2 2 1 10 10 17Eastbourne Boro .10 3 2 0 12 5 2 0 3 3 8 17Weston-S-Mare ...10 2 1 2 4 7 3 1 1 7 4 17Staines Town .......10 5 0 0 10 4 0 1 4 5 13 16Ebbsfleet United .. 11 1 4 1 5 5 2 2 1 13 6 15Dover ...................10 2 0 3 4 5 3 0 2 4 2 15Havant and W...... 11 3 0 3 10 11 1 3 1 6 5 15Concord Rangers 10 2 1 2 8 6 1 3 1 5 6 13Basingstoke .........10 3 1 1 8 5 1 0 4 5 10 13Maidenhead Utd ....9 1 1 2 6 9 2 2 1 7 5 12Whitehawk ...........10 1 2 2 3 6 2 0 3 8 10 11Farnboro ................8 3 0 1 6 2 0 1 3 8 13 10Chelmsford ............9 2 1 2 7 8 1 0 3 3 8 10Bath City ................9 1 2 2 6 7 1 1 2 3 4 9Tonbridge Angels ...9 1 2 1 4 5 1 1 3 6 12 9Boreham Wood....10 1 2 2 6 9 1 1 3 3 8 9Gosport Borough ...9 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 4 3 11 5Dorchester .............9 1 0 4 6 15 0 1 3 1 4 4

calor lge Premiercinderford ...........................1 Godalming town .............. 0evesham ..............................2 Swindon Supermarine ..... 2Fleet town ...........................2 Paulton .............................. 2Guildford city .....................2 Merthyr town .................... 3Mangotsfield .......................1 North leigh ....................... 2taunton ................................3 bishops cleeve ................ 1tiverton ...............................4 Stratford town .................. 3

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtNorth Leigh .......... 11 5 0 0 21 3 4 0 2 10 6 27Swindon Super ....12 5 0 0 14 4 2 3 2 11 11 24Paulton ................ 11 4 1 1 20 9 3 1 1 16 9 23Merthyr Town .......10 4 1 0 14 6 3 0 2 12 11 22Bridgwater Town ....8 2 2 0 9 3 4 0 0 11 3 20Tiverton ................ 11 4 0 2 12 9 2 2 1 12 11 20Cirencester ............8 3 0 1 8 7 3 0 1 8 5 18Wimborne Town ... 11 3 2 0 21 7 1 2 3 5 7 16Taunton ................12 2 3 2 11 10 1 1 3 9 12 13Cinderford ............ 11 2 0 4 8 10 1 3 1 8 8 12Stratford Town .....10 1 1 2 4 9 2 2 2 17 15 12Thatcham Town ...10 1 2 2 3 7 2 1 2 8 8 12Bishops Cleeve ... 11 2 0 3 11 11 2 0 4 11 16 12Yate .......................8 2 0 2 8 8 1 2 1 7 8 11Mangotsfield ..........9 2 1 2 9 8 1 1 2 5 8 11Godalming Town ..10 2 1 2 6 9 1 0 4 4 14 10Shortwood Utd .......8 1 2 1 11 11 1 1 2 7 5 9Evesham................9 1 3 1 12 11 0 1 3 3 12 7Fleet Town ........... 11 1 2 2 5 7 0 2 4 5 16 7Guildford City ....... 11 2 1 3 11 16 0 0 5 5 24 7Clevedon Town ......8 1 1 2 4 6 0 1 3 2 8 5Didcot Town ...........8 1 1 2 5 8 0 1 3 3 10 5

calor lge South & Westchester Fc ..........................0 cambridge Utd ................. 0Forest Green .......................2 Macclesfield ...................... 3Gateshead ...........................3 Alfreton town ................... 0hereford...............................2 Dartford ............................. 2lincoln city .........................0 Aldershot .......................... 1luton ....................................4 hyde .................................. 1Nuneaton .............................1 braintree town ................. 1Salisbury .............................1 Grimsby ............................. 0Southport ............................1 kidderminster ................... 2Welling .................................2 tamworth .......................... 0

FiFA World cup european QualifyingFriday

croatia ..................... (0) 1 belgium ...................(2) 2Wales ....................... (0) 1 FYr Macedonia ......(0) 0Church 67Att 5,000 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsBelgium..............9 3 1 0 6 2 5 0 0 11 1 25Croatia ...............9 3 0 2 6 3 2 2 0 6 4 17Serbia ................9 2 1 1 9 5 1 1 3 4 5 11Wales .................9 2 0 3 4 8 1 0 3 4 11 9Scotland.............9 0 2 2 2 5 2 0 3 4 7 8FYR Macedonia .9 2 0 3 5 7 0 1 3 1 4 7

FridayArmenia ................... (1) 2 bulgaria ...................(0) 1Denmark .................. (1) 2 italy ..........................(1) 2Malta ........................ (0) 1 czech republic ......(2) 4 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsItaly ....................9 4 0 0 8 2 2 3 0 9 5 21Bulgaria .............9 2 2 0 10 3 1 2 2 4 5 13Denmark ............9 0 3 1 3 7 3 1 1 8 5 13Czech Republic .9 1 2 2 4 6 2 1 1 8 3 12Armenia .............9 1 0 4 3 9 3 0 1 7 2 12Malta ..................9 0 0 5 3 11 1 0 3 2 11 3

FridayFaroe islands .......... (1) 1 kazakhstan .............(0) 1Germany .................. (1) 3 rep of ireland .........(0) 0Khedira 12Schurrle 58Ozil 90 Att 46,237Sweden .................... (0) 2 Austria .....................(1) 1 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsGermany ............9 4 1 0 17 5 4 0 0 14 2 25Sweden..............9 3 1 0 6 1 3 1 1 10 8 20Austria ...............9 4 0 1 14 3 0 2 2 3 7 14Rep of Ireland ....9 1 1 2 7 10 2 1 2 6 6 11Kazakhstan ........9 1 1 3 3 7 0 1 3 2 11 5Faroe Islands .....9 0 1 3 3 10 0 0 5 1 16 1

Fridayengland ................... (0) 4 Montenegro .............(0) 1Rooney 49, Boskovic 62 (og) Damjanovic 72Townsend 78, Sturridge 90 (pen) Att 83,807Moldova ................... (0) 3 San Marino ..............(0) 0Ukraine .................... (0) 1 Poland .....................(0) 0 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsEngland .............9 3 1 0 14 2 2 3 0 15 2 19Ukraine ..............9 3 1 1 12 2 2 2 0 8 2 18Montenegro .......9 1 2 1 6 7 3 1 1 10 5 15Poland ...............9 2 2 1 10 5 1 2 1 8 5 13Moldova .............9 1 2 2 4 7 1 0 3 3 8 8San Marino ........9 0 0 4 1 21 0 0 5 0 25 0

FridaySpain ........................ (0) 2 belarus ....................(0) 1 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsSpain .................7 1 2 0 4 3 4 0 0 8 0 17France ...............7 2 0 1 6 3 2 2 0 6 3 14Finland ...............7 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 0 3 2 9Georgia ..............7 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 2 6 5Belarus ..............8 1 1 2 5 9 0 0 4 2 7 4

hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsSwitzerland ........9 2 2 0 8 5 4 1 0 8 1 21Iceland ...............9 3 0 2 8 7 2 1 1 8 7 16Slovenia .............9 3 0 2 7 5 2 0 2 7 5 15Norway ..............9 2 0 2 4 4 1 2 2 5 8 11Albania...............9 2 1 2 7 6 1 0 3 2 5 10Cyprus ...............9 1 1 2 2 5 0 0 5 2 10 4

FridayAlbania..................... (0) 1 Switzerland .............(0) 2iceland ..................... (0) 2 cyprus .....................(0) 0Slovenia ................... (2) 3 Norway ....................(0) 0

FridayAzerbaijan ............... (0) 2 Northern ireland .....(0) 0Dadasov 58, Shukurov 90 Att 7,000luxembourg ............ (0) 0 russia .....................(3) 4Portugal ................... (1) 1 israel ........................(0) 1 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsRussia................9 5 0 0 11 2 2 0 2 8 2 21Portugal .............9 2 2 0 6 2 3 1 1 11 7 18Israel ..................9 1 2 1 7 8 2 2 1 11 5 13Azerbaijan..........9 1 2 1 4 4 0 3 2 2 6 8Northern Ireland 9 1 2 2 5 8 0 1 3 3 8 6Luxembourg.......9 1 1 3 4 14 0 2 2 3 9 6

Fridaybosnia-herz............. (4) 4 liechtenstein ..........(0) 1Greece ..................... (1) 1 Slovakia ...................(0) 0lithuania .................. (1) 2 latvia .......................(0) 0 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsBosnia-Herz .......9 4 0 1 14 4 3 1 0 15 2 22Greece ...............9 3 1 0 4 0 4 0 1 6 4 22Slovakia .............9 2 1 2 6 5 1 2 1 3 3 12Lithuania ............9 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 3 4 8 11Latvia .................9 2 0 2 5 8 0 1 4 3 10 7Liechtenstein .....9 0 2 3 3 13 0 0 4 1 10 2

FridayAndorra .................... (0) 0 romania ..................(1) 4estonia..................... (0) 0 turkey ......................(1) 2holland .................... (4) 8 hungary ...................(0) 1 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsHolland ..............9 5 0 0 20 1 3 1 0 12 4 25Turkey ................9 2 1 1 9 2 3 0 2 7 5 16Romania ............9 2 0 2 8 6 3 1 1 9 6 16Hungary .............9 2 1 1 11 8 2 1 2 8 12 14Estonia...............9 1 1 3 4 7 1 0 3 2 11 7Andorra ..............9 0 0 5 0 14 0 0 4 0 14 0

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hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ............11 5 1 0 16 5 4 1 0 11 3 29Peterboro ........11 4 0 1 7 4 5 1 0 16 4 28Wolves .............10 4 0 1 11 4 4 1 0 9 2 25Bradford ...........11 4 1 1 14 4 2 2 1 7 5 21Preston ............11 3 2 1 9 6 2 2 1 8 6 19Rotherham .......11 2 2 2 8 10 3 2 0 8 5 19Swindon ...........11 4 1 0 12 4 1 1 4 8 9 17MK Dons ..........11 3 2 0 11 5 1 2 3 7 9 16Crawley Town ..10 3 1 1 9 7 1 3 1 8 7 16Walsall .............11 1 2 2 5 8 3 2 1 7 3 16Brentford ..........11 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 2 9 11 15Port Vale ..........11 2 2 2 8 9 2 0 3 5 7 14Shrewsbury......11 2 3 1 7 4 0 3 2 5 9 12Colchester .......11 1 3 2 5 8 1 3 1 5 6 12Carlisle.............10 2 0 3 4 11 1 3 1 6 8 12Coventry ..........11 4 1 1 16 13 2 1 2 10 7 10Gillingham........11 1 2 2 5 6 1 1 4 8 13 9Crewe ..............11 1 2 2 7 12 1 1 4 3 13 9Oldham ............10 1 2 2 5 5 1 0 4 8 11 8Stevenage .......11 1 1 4 7 11 1 1 3 2 8 8Tranmere .........11 0 2 3 6 13 2 0 4 4 8 8Notts Co ..........10 2 0 3 8 6 0 1 4 5 13 7Bristol City .......10 0 3 2 5 9 0 3 2 10 12 6Sheff Utd..........11 1 2 2 4 5 0 0 6 4 14 5*Coventry deducted 10 points for entering administration

Yesterday barnet ..................................1 Wrexham ........................... 1

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtCambridge ...........15 7 0 0 16 2 3 5 0 7 4 35Kiddermnstr .........15 5 1 1 14 6 4 1 3 10 10 29Luton....................15 5 3 0 17 7 2 3 2 9 6 27Salisbury ..............15 6 1 1 13 5 2 2 3 7 10 27Nuneaton .............15 4 3 1 14 9 3 2 2 8 10 26Welling .................15 4 3 1 13 7 3 1 3 13 12 25Braintree Town.....15 3 1 3 9 9 4 3 1 12 6 25Grimsby ...............15 4 1 2 14 8 3 2 3 6 7 24Barnet ..................15 3 3 1 13 8 2 4 2 11 10 22Lincoln City ..........15 5 1 2 9 3 1 3 3 7 9 22Gateshead ...........15 4 1 3 14 12 3 0 4 7 8 22FC Halifax ............15 6 2 0 17 7 0 2 5 8 18 22Alfreton Town .......15 6 1 1 18 10 1 0 6 5 15 22Forest Green .......15 4 1 2 17 7 1 2 5 11 19 18Macclesfld............15 3 1 3 8 8 2 2 4 9 11 18Hereford...............15 3 3 1 7 6 1 2 5 8 11 17Southport .............15 4 2 1 10 7 1 0 7 4 13 17Wrexham .............15 3 2 2 10 9 1 2 5 9 14 16Tamworth .............15 2 2 3 7 9 2 2 4 6 12 16Dartford................15 3 1 3 8 7 1 2 5 6 17 15Woking .................15 1 4 3 7 12 2 1 4 9 11 14Chester FC ..........15 1 4 3 3 7 2 0 5 8 14 13Aldershot .............15 4 2 2 14 11 2 2 3 4 4 12Hyde ....................15 0 1 7 3 14 0 1 6 6 24 2*Aldershot deducted 10 points for entering administration

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtHemel Hempst ..... 11 6 0 0 24 2 4 0 1 13 3 30Chesham ............. 11 4 1 0 14 5 4 0 2 13 7 25Bideford ............... 11 4 2 0 16 4 2 3 0 9 6 23Poole Town .......... 11 2 3 0 9 7 4 1 1 13 10 22Stourbridge .......... 11 4 0 2 13 8 3 0 2 12 6 21Cambridge City .... 11 3 1 1 9 5 3 2 1 8 5 21Hungerford Town .10 3 0 2 7 5 3 0 2 9 4 18Banbury ............... 11 3 0 3 9 9 3 0 2 11 10 18St Albans ............. 11 3 0 2 7 5 2 2 2 16 11 17Biggleswade Tn ...10 2 2 1 7 4 1 3 1 8 8 14Weymouth .............9 3 1 1 8 5 1 1 2 6 6 14Arlesey.................10 1 2 1 7 7 3 0 3 9 8 14Redditch ..............12 1 1 4 7 19 3 0 3 9 21 13Hitchin..................10 3 2 1 11 5 0 1 3 2 6 12Burnham ..............10 1 1 3 8 12 2 2 1 7 4 12Chippenham ........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 ............. 11 0 2 4 6 16 2 1 2 9 11 9St Neots Town .....10 1 0 3 5 7 1 0 5 4 11 6AFC Totton...........10 1 0 4 9 16 1 0 4 5 13 6Bashley ..................9 0 1 4 5 14 0 1 3 3 10 2

FA cup budweiser third round QualifyingAFC Hornchurch 6, Wealdstone 1 — Atherstone Town 0, Barrow 4 — Biggleswade Town 5, Leatherhead 1 — Brackley 2, Boston Utd 0 — Bradford P A 2, Penrith 1 — Bridgwater Town 0, Bath City 3 — Bromley 1, Heybridge 2 — Canvey Island 2, North Greenford Utd 1 — Carlton Town 1, Vauxhall Motors 3 — Chipstead 1, Bishop’s Stort-ford 6 — Cirencester 1, Weymouth 2 — Colwyn Bay 2, Ossett Town 1 — Concord Rangers 2, Histon 1 — Corby 4, Trafford 2 — Didcot

Town 0, Shortwood Utd 1 — Dover 3, AFC Rushden & Diamonds 1 — Eastleigh 2, Oxford City 3 — Ebbsfleet United 2, Eastbourne Borough 0 — Guisborough Town 1, Workington 4 — Hampton & Rich’d 5, Arlesey 1 — Hartley Wintney 1, Clevedon Town 1 — Hednesford 2, West Auckland 2 — Hemel Hempstead 3, Dulwich 1 — Horsham 0, Chatham Town 1 — Lewes 0, Sutton Utd 1 — Maidstone Utd 0, Boreham Wood 2 — Marske Utd 3, Halesowen 2 — Needham Market

2, AFC Sudbury 1 — North Ferriby Utd 2, Runcorn Linnets 0 — Poole Town 2, Hungerford Town 0 — Solihull Moors 4, Worksop 0 — St Albans 2, Tonbridge Angels 1 — Staines Town 4, Sittingbourne 1 — Stamford 4, Ashton Utd 2 — Stourbridge 3, Curzon Ashton 0 Weston-S-Mare 2, Brislington 3 — Worcester 0, Rugby Town 0 — Yate 2, Gloucester 2 — Stockport County 0, Rushall Olympic 1

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Cirencester Town’s Lee Smith, right, runs at the Weymouth defence during Saturday’s FA Cup third qualifying round tie PICTURE: MIKAL LUDLOW

Injury-time winner adds tothe misery at Forest Green

Flurry levellerearns a replay

CINDERFORD TOWN 1GODALMING TOWN 0

Cinderford ended their eight-game winless streak to moveback into the top half of theCalor Southern League Divi-sion One South & West table.

Having won their openingtwo games of the season inAugust, the Foresters had nottasted victory in eight sub-sequent league outings.

However, that sorry run wasended on Saturday as DaleEvans grabbed the only goal ofthe game against visitingGodalming midway throughthe second half.� Cinderford host Cirencesterin the Red Insure Cup roundone on Wednesday (7.45pm).

United keepright on trackDIDCOT TOWN 0SHORTWOOD UNITED 1

Shortwood moved comfortablyinto the fourth qualifyinground of the FA Cup despitethe narrow margin of victory.

With Tom King unavailabledue to the imminent birth ofhis son, Ashton Herbert playedin goal, but was rarely calledinto serious action.

The visitors almost made anearly breakthrough, but TimHaddock was adjudged offsidewhen converting a free-kick.

Shortwood continued topress throughout the first halfwithout creating any clear-cutchances, while the home sidecould only offer a few long-range efforts.

However, the second half be-longed entirely to the visitorsas the Railwaymen completelyhit the buffers.

Haddock again had the ballin the net, but again he wasruled to have been offside.

The deserved breakthrougharrived on 73 minutes whenAdam Mann picked up a loosepass and fed Duncan Culley,who neatly lifted the ball overthe advancing goalkeeper.

Having nosed ahead, Unitedeased off a little, but Didcotwere a spent force and neverreally looked likely to deny thevisitors their place in the drawfor the fourth qualifyingro u n d .� Shortwood visit Merthyr inthe first round of the RedInsure Cup tomorrow(7.45pm).

Evans endswinless run

MatthewBarnes-Homerscoredagainsthis oldclub

HARTLEY WINTNEY 1CLEVEDON TOWN 1

Clevedon needed a late goalfrom Joe Flurry to take theirFA Cup third qualifying roundtie against ten-man HartleyWintney to a replay.

Town goalkeeper DannyGreaves had to look sharp todeny Sammy Saunders on twooccasions, but the game took acrucial twist on the half-hour.

After Hartley goalkeeperCraig Atkinson turned aFlurry effort wide, the hosts’Tom Walsh handled on the linefrom the resulting corner andwas shown a red card.

Scott Murray was given theresponsibility from 12 yards,but the former Bristol Cityman saw his spot-kick saved byAtkinson.

Ten minutes into the secondhalf, Hartley forced a cornerand the resultant kick wentinto the net via Greaves withthe visitors appealing for a foulon the goalkeeper.

Clevedon responded withRoss McCormack striking thewoodwork and Lewis Seeleyfailing to test Atkinson afterbeing set up by Reeko Best.

Eight minutes from time,though, Flurry finally found away past Atkinson to take theCombined Counties Leagueside to a replay.� The sides meet again at theHand Stadium this evening(7.30pm).

Yate denied byEdwards strike

FOREST GREEN ROVERS 2MACCLESFIELD TOWN 3

Six defeats in seven SkrillPremier matches cannot beblamed on misfortune, but thislast-gasp kick to ForestG re e n’s guts suggested LadyLuck has one foot in theburgeoning ‘Hockaday Out’c a m p.

Substitute Paul Lewispounced in the 93rd minute toinflict Rovers’ third straightloss, a cruel blow after YanKlukowski had stepped off thebench to cancel-out DanielW h i t a ke r ’s strike and seem-ingly rescue a point.

Matthew Barnes-Homer hadearlier netted against a formerclub for the second time in fivedays, only to see another leadsquandered as Steven Willi-ams levelled for Macclesfieldbefore the break.

The match saw Barnes-Homer up against the outfit heserved last season – and hedelivered a decent early cross

that was headed wide byDanny Wright.

The deadlock was brokenwhen Macclesfield’s PeterWinn saw a shot blocked andChris Stokes led a tremendousbreak out on the left, pullingthe ball back for Barnes-Homer to take aim and defeat

goalkeeper Rhys Taylor inunhurried fashion.

Andy Mangan was only nar-rowly off target, while at theother end Winn produced anenticing delivery that washeaded wide at the far post bythe diving Chris Holroyd.

Rove r s ’ initial keenness to

press home their advantageseemed to wear off, though,and Connor Jennings servedanother reminder of the Silk-m e n’s threat with a piledriverfrom distance that fizzed justover Sam Russell’s crossbar.

Home nerves would only besettled with a second goal, butfour minutes before half-timeWinn burst clear on the leftand picked out Williams in acrowded penalty area for aclinical finish.

Another good chance wentbegging for the hosts at thestart of the second period whenMang an’s miscued shot spuninto the path of Magno Vieirasix yards out, but he contrivedto hit his shot against defenderJoe Connor on the line.

Macclesfield were left sim-ilarly frustrated when Holroydwas put through the middlewith only Russell to beat, theRovers goalkeeper dashing offhis line to make a fine save.

It looked like a big momentin the game, but Russell was

left powerless and exposed twominutes later when anotherWinn cross narrowly evadedHolroyd and dropped for Whi-taker to lash home.

Marcus Kelly saw an effortcleared off the line by JamesBolton before Rovers wereoffered an even clearer routeback into the game.

Substitute James Norwoodwas put clear by Wright’ssuperb pass and upended bygoalkeeper Taylor.

Klukowski made no mistakefrom 12 yards, sending Taylorthe wrong way.

Winn narrowly missed thetop corner for the visitors, butTaylor was the busier of thetwo goalkeepers, flinging outhis left glove to stop Wright’sheader from a Kelly corner.

However, the dagger was de-livered in added-time whenDanny Andrew’s left-wingcross was steered into the farcorner of the net by Lewis, andthe final whistle prompted acacophony of jeers.

YATE TOWN 2GLOUCESTER CITY 2

Former Yate front man DarrenEdwards despatched an injury-time penalty at Lodge Road toearn Gloucester an FA Cupthird qualifying round replay.

Edwards converted from 12yards after another ex-Yateman, Matt Groves, was felledin the box by Mike Bryant.

Until then, Jake Cox’s long-range blast had looked likegiving Town another famousvictory after Darren Mullingshad cancelled-out Bryant’sdeflected opener.

Bryant broke the deadlocktwo minutes before half-timewhen Gloucester failed to cleara free-kick and the midfielder’sshot beat City goalkeeper MikeGreen via a deflection.

The visitors levelled justshort of the hour mark whenTyler Weir centred andMullings arrived to beatHorsell with a deft header.

Yate went back in front 12minutes from time when Cityagain failed to clear from a setpiece and Cox rifled a tremend-ous shot into the top corner.

Horsell frustrated Mullingswith a fine save soon after-wards, but he could do nothingabout Edwards’ spot-kick afterGroves went down underB r ya n t ’s challenge.

Gloucester may even havesnatched a winner right at thedeath, but Joe Parker headedwide of the target.� The replay takes place atWhaddon Road on Wednesday(7.45pm).

Price is rightfor BrimscombeHELLENIC LEAGUE

Brimscombe leapfrogged overopponents Binfield in thePremier Division table aftertheir 1-0 away victory courtesyof an Adam Price goal.

Cheltenham Saracens lost3-1 at Ascot with the visitors’goal coming from the penaltyspot as Josh Swales netted.

With Shortwood Reservesheld to a 1-1 draw at Lydney,Tytherington took over at thetop of Division One West with a1-0 victory at home to OldWoodstock with Justin Bishopon target.

Fairford, meanwhile,thrashed Easington 4-1 withJack Allan hitting a hat-trickand Dan Bailey scoring once.

Yetton missile dumps Cirencester out of the cupCIRENCESTER TOWN 1WEYMOUTH 2

Stewart Yetton struck a superbwinner as Weymouth endedC i re n c e s t e r ’s interest in theFA Cup at the third qualifyinground stage.

Yetton fired the crucial goalon the hour mark, rifling theball past Glyn Garner from theedge of the box after bringing itdown superbly.

The former Plymouth andTruro front man had earlier

given the Terras the lead witha more straightforward finishmidway through the openingperiod.

However, Cirencester drewlevel four minutes after half-time when Lee Smith sent acorner into the box and ChrisHolland powered the ball intothe net.

Yetton, though, conjured theperfect response a little overten minutes later and the homeside were unable to carve out alate leveller. Cirencester manager Brian Hughes watches his side go out of the FA Cup

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Brislington, of the Toolstation League, celebrate their FA Cup victory over Skrill South high-flyers Weston-super-Mare PICTURE: EMILY STONE

Bridgwater are blown out ofthe water by rampant Bath Hero to zero

for Bennett

TAUNTON TOWN 3BISHOP’S CLEEVE 1

Taunton reacted to criticismby their chief executive andchairman Kevin Sturmey bygaining only their third win ofthe season in Division OneSouth & West of the CalorSouthern League.

In his programme notes,Sturmey had said the playersshould stop coming up withexcuses for their poor displaysand stop blaming others.

However, Taunton did notappear to have taken muchnotice early on as Cleeveweathered some pressurebefore striking on the quarter-hour through Joe Hanks.

However, two goals in aminute from Nat Pepperellmidway through the first halfturned the match and SteveMurray added a third late on.� Taunton visit Bideford inthe Red Insure Cup first roundtomorrow (7.45pm).

Taunton reactin the right way

FROME TOWN 4BEDFORD TOWN 4

Football was the winner asFrome and Bedford sharedeight goals in a scintillatingmatch in the Premier Divisionof the Calor Southern League.

Aaron Ledgister gave theRobins the lead in the 15thminute with a superbly-struckshot from the edge of the area.

Andrew Philips equalisedfrom the penalty spot in the25th minute as Dean Flocktonwas adjudged to have takenhim down and Bedford thentook the lead on the stroke ofhalf-time as Kerron Birch blas-ted a left-foot shot past DarrenChitty after the Frome defencehad failed to clear.

Frome made it two-all in the51st minute as Ben Wood pokedhome from close range after amove involving six players, butBedford regained the lead inthe 65th minute as Birch shotin from just inside the box.

Frome levelled again in the81st minute as Wood wasfouled and Ledgister scoredfrom the spot and Wood thenscored with a 25-yard screamerto make it 4-3 to Frome withthree minutes to go.

However, Bedford threwplayers forward late on and theequaliser arrived in the secondminute of injury-time asEugene Asante got a touch to aCurtis Shaw shot and deflectedit past the helpless Chitty.� Frome host Chippenham inthe Red Insure Cup first roundon Wednesday (7.45pm).

Paulton heldby lowly Fleet

ChrisAllenscoredtwiceforBath

MANGOTSFIELD UNITED 1NORTH LEIGH 2

Ryan Bennett went from heroto zero as leaders North Leighcame from behind to beatMangotsfield in Division OneSouth & West of the CalorSouthern League.

Bennett was booked earlyon, but then opened the scor-ing midway through the firsthalf when converting aftergoalkeeper Paul White failedto hold onto a corner.

North Leigh equalised tenminutes later when a cross wasturned into his own net byUnited’s Tom Parinello.

Ten minutes from time, Ben-nett fouled Conor McDonoughinside the penalty area andStuart Hole despatched the res-ultant spot-kick.

Bennett’s afternoon wascompleted late on when heearned his second yellow cardof the match and was duly sentof f.

Roberts treblebeats Bluebirds

BRIDGWATER TOWN 0BATH CITY 3

Bath reached the FA Cupfourth qualifying round and soavoided the dreaded bananaskin which had been lying inwait for them at Fairfax Park.

City knew they had to buckup their ideas after three suc-cessive defeats – and they hadthis tie virtually wrapped upin just over half an hour.

Bridgwater, who staged a tre-mendous fightback in the pre-vious round against BristolManor Farm, never seriouslylooked capable of a repeat per-formance, although it mighthave been a different story ifWallingford referee JohnBusby had awarded a spot-kickto the home side when theywere two goals down.

Kristian Miller appeared tobe brought down in the penaltybox, but Mr Busby decided he

went down too easily andbooked him.

Bath got off to a flying startby taking the lead in the ninthminute when David Pratt

scored with a header followinga corner by Chris Allen.

The Skrill South sidesnapped up a second from adubious penalty in the 29thminute when Miller was ad-judged to have brought downAdam Connolly and Allenstepped up to make it two.

Bath made it a three-goal

lead after 32 minutes whenAllen netted with a sweatvolley after Pratt pulled theball back from the byline.

Bridgwater, unbeaten in 15matches this season, playedbetter in the second half andtop scorer Joe Bushin missed achance to reduce the arrears.

However, towards the end,Bridgwater goalkeeper ChrisWright came to his side’srescue by making two smartsaves from the lively RossStearn as Bath completed a jobwell done and pocketed £7,500in prize money.

Bath head coach Lee Howellsadmitted the win had easedsome of the financial pressureon the club.

“The FA Cup ranks reallyhighly for us because it’sm o n e y, ” said Howells .

“A couple of years ago wewon a few games and got£100,000-plus. That helps the

club and the board of directors,helps me get better players andbetter players bring better res-ults. It’s very important to us.

“I’m pleased with (a 3-0 win),especially with the first-halfperformance. Bridgwater didpretty well in the second halfand got the ball in the box, butwe defended well.”

City will find out theirfourth qualifying round op-ponents when the draw takesplace live on Ta l k S p o r t at10.30am today. They could bepaired with a ConferencePremier club, but boss Howellsdoes not have a preference.

“You either want a homegame that you can win or agame where you’re going tomake lots of money,” he said.

“It’s nice to be in the hatbecause Bridgwater had gone20-odd games without gettingbeat, so it was a tough game,but we came through it okay.”

CHIPPENHAM TOWN 0CHESHAM UNITED 3

Chippenham’s suspect defenceagain let them down as theyconceded a penalty for thethird game in succession aswell as gifting the opposition asecond goal in the PremierDivision of the Calor SouthernLea gue.

However, in Drew Roberts,the Bluebirds came up againsta striker who has rejected nu-merous approaches to play at ahigher level – and he duly re-corded a hat-trick.

Chippenham might havetaken a tenth-minute leadwhen Joe Lennox’s lob leftgoalkeeper Shane Gore stran-ded, but the ball came down onthe crossbar.

Two minutes later, the firstof several controversial refer-eeing decisions gave the Gen-erals a free-kick that Robertscurled over the home wall andbeyond the reach of Ben John.

Chippenham conceded asecond goal on the half-hourmark when a defence-splittingpass from Steve Wales causedhesitancy at the back allowingRoberts to beat John again.

Chesham wrapped the gameup early in the second halfwhen Luke Murden needlesslytripped Roberts in the area andhe converted from the spot.

Roberts might have added tohis tally, while substitute InihEffiong drew a near-post savefrom John in stoppage-time.

For the Bluebirds, TomK n i g h t o n’s headed effortlanded on the roof of the net.

FLEET TOWN 2PAULTON ROVERS 2

Pa u l t o n’s progress in the CalorSouthern League Division OneSouth & West promotion racetook a knock as they were heldto a draw at lowly Fleet.

The home side took the leadon the half-hour when RobCarr crossed for Danilo Cadeteto turn the ball home.

However, ten minutes intothe second half, Dan Cleverleyfired Paulton level and a JoshKlein-Davies header then putthe visitors in front on thehour mark.

Just eight minutes later,though, Fleet dragged them-selves level as Cadete returnedthe earlier favour to Carr, whomade no mistake.� Pa u l t o n’s Red Insure Cup tieat home to Yate tomorrownight has been postponed dueto the Bluebells’ FA Cup thirdqualifying round replay atG l o u c e s t e r.

Thriller endsup all square

WESTON-SUPER-MARE 2BRISLINGTON 3

B r i s l i n g t o n’s record-breakingFA Cup run continued as theydumped Weston out in a gamedominated by penalties.

There were also six cautions,a sending-off and contentiousrefereeing decisions in thethird qualifying round tie.

Weston controlled the play,but the visitors packed theirdefence, making life difficultfor the home attack.

Tristan Plummer had a lowcross cut out well by goal-keeper Chris Humphries, who

also blocked Ashley Kington’seffort with his legs and pulledoff an acrobatic save to turnanother Plummer effort over.

Weston were denied a pen-alty when a Brislington handknocked Brett Trowbridge’sfree-kick away.

In an isolated Brislingtonattack on 24 minutes, strikerNeikell Plummer, brother ofWe s t o n’s Tristan, was broughtdown and Mike Rimmeropened the scoring from thepenalty spot.

Two minutes before thebreak, Brislington’s AlexLambert, who was lucky to be

still on the field after a two-footed challenge, finished aspeedy run on the right byfiring across Weston goal-keeper Luke Purnell for thesecond goal.

Four minutes into thesecond half, Weston were backin the game when Ben Kirkheaded in Kington’s corner.

There was an ugly brawlnear the visitors’ dugoutwhich saw Weston’s JamieLaird get his marching ordersand yellow cards were shownto Purnell and substitute JakeHarris. A yellow card was alsoshown to Brislington’s Plum-

mer and boss Jeff Meachamwas ordered from the dugout.

Kane Ingram had the ball inthe Brislington net on 75minutes, but was denied by there f e re e ’s assistant.

However, Ingram did betteron 86 minutes when he wasbrought down and equalisedfrom the penalty spot.

The game looked to be head-ing for a replay when Bris-lington were awarded anotherpenalty when Kirk handledand Rimmer obliged from thespot to sent the visitors, fromthree divisions below Weston,home triumphant.

Rimmer stays cool as Brislington stun Weston

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HEINEKEN CUP

POOL ONEP W D L F A B Pts

Leinster ................ .... 1 1 0 0 19 9 0 4Castres ................ .... 1 1 0 0 19 13 0 4Northampton ....... .... 1 0 0 1 13 19 1 1Ospreys ................ .... 1 0 0 1 9 19 0 0

POOL TWOP W D L F A B Pts

Toulon ................. .... 1 1 0 0 51 28 1 5Exeter .................. .... 1 1 0 0 44 29 1 5Cardiff Blues ........ .... 1 0 0 1 29 44 1 1Glasgow .............. .... 1 0 0 1 28 51 1 1

POOL THREEP W D L F A B Pts

Toulouse .............. .... 1 1 0 0 38 5 1 5Saracens .............. .... 1 1 0 0 23 17 0 4Connacht ............. .... 1 0 0 1 17 23 1 1Zebre ................... .... 1 0 0 1 5 38 0 0

POOL FIVEP W D L F A B Pts

Montpellier .......... .... 1 1 0 0 27 10 0 4Ulster ................... .... 1 1 0 0 22 16 0 4Leicester .............. .... 1 0 0 1 16 22 1 1Benetton Treviso .. .... 1 0 0 1 10 27 1 0

POOL SIXP W D L F A B Pts

Edinburgh ............ .... 1 1 0 0 29 23 0 4Gloucester ........... .... 1 1 0 0 27 22 0 4Munster ............... .... 1 0 0 1 23 29 1 1Perpignan ............ .... 1 0 0 1 22 27 1 1

Holders showthey mean tokeep the trophyTOULON 51GLASGOW WARRIORS 28

Jonny Wilkinson’s Toulon sideshowed they are in no mood tosurrender their Heineken Cuptitle as they scored six triesagainst the hitherto unbeatenRaboDirect PRO12 leadersGlasgow Warriors at StadeFelix Mayol.

Opening their defence of thetitle they won for the first timein Dublin in May, the Frenchside had bagged a bonus pointwithin 32 minutes.

However, with the gameseemingly won by half-timethe champions then had toweather a spirited fightbackfrom Glasgow, who ran in fourtries of their own in 22 minutesto ensure they headed homewith a bonus point.

Given how hopelessly over-run they had been in the firsthalf it was an amazing turn-around by Gregor Townsend’steam, especially as Toulon hadonly conceded seven tries innine games in the Top 14 thisseason.

However, it was not enoughto deny the hosts who reacheda half-century of points late onto seal an impressive victory.

Chiefs prevailafter holdingoff a revivalExeter Chiefs head coach RobBaxter admitted his side’s ill-discipline almost cost themdear before they secured a 44-29 victory over Cardiff Blues intheir Heineken Cup opener atSandy Park.

Exeter ran riot in the firsthalf against Cardiff as fivetries – including three in a five-minute spell from DeanMumm, Matt Jess and Fetu’uVainikolo – earned the Chiefs acomprehensive 36-3 intervallead.

The Blues mounted asecond-half comeback, secur-ing a try-scoring bonus pointfor their efforts, after theChiefs had to play with just 13players in the final quarterafter having two players sent tothe sin bin by French refereeJerome Garace.

“I think it doesn’t matterwho you play, when you godown to 13 men you put your-self under a bit of pressure andwe got ourselves down to 13men pretty unnecessarily,”said Baxter. “That flipped thewhole game. Going down to 13men, you are going to strugglea little.”

Baxter was thankful, there-fore, for the efforts of his play-ers before the break, as theypicked up where they left offafter last weekend’s AvivaPremiership victory atG l o u c e s t e r.

“In the first half we playedwith real intent and the at-titude that we took on to thepitch following last week wasabsolutely fantastic – not just agood attitude to attack thegame but also the physicalityand strength of the carries.

“Obviously the battle for usis to keep the quality for longerperiods and when you end upon the defensive side, you don’tend up conceding a couple ofrelatively soft penalties for aknock-on and an across-the-chest tackle.

“To give up a couple of thosewhen you don’t need to is a bitfr ustrating.”

While Exeter travel to face

Glasgow next weekend, Cardiffhost reigning Heineken Cupchampions Toulon and theBlues’ director of rugby PhilDavies will be keen to avoid arepeat of the first-half horrors h ow.

“We talked at half-time,” hesaid. “We didn’t do anythingthat we said we would do, par-ticularly for our kicking gameand, that gave them too manyopportunities to come back atu s.

“I think we had to make 100tackles and we missed 20 andthat is not good enough at thislevel. We have to give Exetercredit for the way that theyplayed but in the second halfwe were a bit more like it.

“They are a good attackingside but we came back secondhalf to score those four tries.

“The first half was gone andwe had to something about it –which we did and got somepoints back on the board.

“We had far more control onthe game in the second half, farmore field position. To get fourtries was pleasing to get thatpoint in the end to give us somemomentum.”

May lifts Kingsholm spirits to sky-high levels with late try

Wing Jonny May’s late try gaveGloucester a dramaticHeineken Cup victory as Per-pignan had their former Mun-ster centre Lifeimi Mafi sentof f.

May struck five minutesfrom time during an intensePool Six encounter, whilescrum-half Jimmy Cowan alsoscored and his half-back part-ner Billy Twelvetrees kicked17 points in a 27-22 success.

It was rough justice on Per-p i g n a n’s Wales internationalfull-back James Hook, whoscored an early try, convertedit, kicked a drop-goal andbooted four penalties, but Per-pignan are left still seeking afirst Heineken victory on Eng-lish soil.

For Gloucester, though, itlifted the early-season gloomsurrounding a poor start to Jimmy Cowan scores the first try for Gloucester against Perpignan at Kingsholm PICTURE: MIKAL LUDLOW

their Aviva Premiership cam-paign, and they will now visitMunster next Saturday aftergiving themselves a timely in-jection of confidence.

Perpignan led for most of thecontest, but their night unrav-elled during the closingsta g es.

May firstly had a try dis-allowed following a Mike Tin-dall forward pass, but he didnot waste his second oppor-tunity shortly afterwards,while Tonga internationalMafi was dismissed by Welshreferee Leighton Hodges for atip-tackle on Gloucester centreRyan Mills.

Gloucester were forced intoa key late change when illnesssidelined their England inter-national fly-half and principalgoalkicker Freddie Burns.Twelvetrees wore the number10 shirt in Burns’ ab s e n c e,with Mills called up as Tin-dall’s midfield partner.

Perpignan, meanwhile,fielded former Gloucesterback-row forwards Luke Nar-

raway and Alasdair Strokosch,while Hook continued in thefull-back role he has filled formost of this season.

And it took the Wales in-ternational just 57 seconds tomake his mark as Perpignanstunned their hosts by scoringa try that was clinically ex-ecuted.

Fly-half Camille Lopezkicked behind the Gloucesterdefence and Perpignan wingWandile Mjekevu gatheredpossession brilliantly beforeoff-loading with one hand andHook crossed wide out.

Hook then converted fromthe touchline, putting Perpig-nan seven points clear andleaving Gloucester reeling lessthan a week after they werehumbled at home by Premi-ership rivals Exeter.

Gloucester could hardly gettheir hands on possessionduring the opening 10 minutes,and it took a couple of Per-pignan handling errors beforethey threatened their oppon-ents’ 22 – but two Twelvetrees

penalties during a seven-minute spell cut the deficit.

Hook then kicked a 45-metrepenalty to make it 10-6 beforeGloucester suffered a front-row injury blow when tight-head prop Shaun Knight wentoff and was replaced by DanMur phy.

Gloucester hustled andbustled in the close-quarter ex-changes, but apart from an oc-casional glimpse of JamesSimpson-Daniel magic theylacked composure to threatenPer pignan’s defence until justbefore half-time.

Lock James Hudsonsmashed through Perpignan’sdefence in midfield, andGloucester rifled possessionwide to May, but he was held upjust inches short by a stunningHook tackle, which preservedhis team’s seven-point advant-a g e.

Gloucester had another op-portunity in injury-time whenCowan muscled his way towithin touching distance ofPer pignan’s line, only for his

opposite number NicolasDurand to halt his progress.

Twelvetrees had an oppor-tunity to complete his penaltyhat-trick, though, and he de-livered the goods as Gloucestertrooped off 13-9 adrift, stillfirmly in contention.

Per pignan’s second periodopening proved in stark con-trast to that of the first half, asDurand collected a yellow cardfor deliberate offside and thenGloucester made them pay im-m e d i at e ly.

Durand had barely left thepitch before Cowan took aquick tap penalty and divedbetween two Perpignan de-fenders for an opportunist45th-minute try that Twel-vetrees converted.

The game’s ebb and flow con-tinued at pace, andGloucester’s lead lasted barely10 minutes as two more Hookpenalties edged Perpignan 19-16 ahead, his second strikecoming after home flanker andEngland international MattKvesic was sin-binned for an

offence at the breakdown.Hook continued his master-class by booting a 63rd-minutedrop-goal, only for anotherTwelvetrees penalty to keepGloucester in the hunt and setup an enthralling finale thatsaw May strike gold and Mafisee red.Gloucester: Cook, May, Tindall, Mills,Simpson-Daniel, Twelvetrees, Cowan, Y.Thomas, Edmonds, Knight, Stooke, Hudson,Savage, Kvesic, Kalamafoni. Replacements:Robson for Cowan (62), George for Edmonds(55), Murphy for Knight (22), Qera for Kvesic(63), Evans for Kalamafoni (63). Not Used:Harden, Sharples, M. Thomas. Sin Bin: Kvesic(52).Scorers: Tries – Cowan, May. Cons –Twelvetrees. Pens – Twelvetrees 5.Perpignan: Hook, Mjekevu, Benvenuti, Mafi,Guitoune, Lopez, Durand, S. Taofifenua,Guirado, Ion, Leo, R. Taofifenua, Purll,Strokosch, Narraway. Replacements: Duvenagefor Mjekevu (49), Marty for Lopez (55), Pulu forS. Taofifenua (55), Terrain for Guirado (62),Jgenti for Ion (41), Charteris for R. Taofifenua(62), Perez for Narraway (67). Not Used:Michel.Scorers: Tries – Hook. Cons – Hook. Pens –Hook 5.Sin Bin: Durand (42).Sent Off: Mafi (76).Attendance: 11,937.Referee: Leighton Hodges (RFU).

Gloucester wing Jonny May makes a break to score his try during the Heineken Cup match against Perpignan at Kingsholm PICTURE: TIM IRELAND/PA Billy Twelvetrees, who kicked 17 points, left, discusses the win with player-coach Mike Tindall PICTURE: MIKAL LUDLOW

GLOUCESTER 27PERPIGNAN 22

BY ANDREWBALDOCK

TABLES SO FAR

JonnyWilkinsongotToulon onthe frontfoot

Wilkinson returned to thestarting line-up and orches-trated a brilliant openingperiod in which the home sidescored 17 points in as manym i nu t e s.

He then converted ChisMasoe’s try to make it 24-0, butthen left the field with an icepack on his right hand. Such isthe strength in depth of theToulon squad, though, thatWi l k i n s o n’s departure led tothe arrival of FredericM i ch a l a k .

There were four tries for thehome side by the break, withFrance centre MaximeMermoz grabbing two of themand Delon Armitage andMasoe notching the others,and they led 34-0.

Glasgow edged the secondhalf 28-17.

Canada wing DTH van derMerwe was introduced at half-time and Niko Matawalumoved off the wing to scrum-half. They made a massiveimpact and scored three of thefour tries between them.

Van der Merwe crossedwithin two minutes of comingon. Matt Giteau grabbed oneback for Toulon, but then itwas all Glasgow with Mat-awalu, Jonny Gray and Vander Merwe again crossing fortries, all of which RuaridhJackson converted to cut thegap from 34 points at the breakto 13 with 20 minutes to go.

A Michalak penalty steadiedthe ship for the home side andthen Giteau, who started atcentre and ended up at outsidehalf, scampered over again.Exeter’s Ben White celebrates a try PICTURE: PHIL MINGO/PINNACLE

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HEINEKEN CUP

POOL ONEP W D L F A B Pts

Leinster ................ .... 1 1 0 0 19 9 0 4Castres ................ .... 1 1 0 0 19 13 0 4Northampton ....... .... 1 0 0 1 13 19 1 1Ospreys ................ .... 1 0 0 1 9 19 0 0

POOL TWOP W D L F A B Pts

Toulon ................. .... 1 1 0 0 51 28 1 5Exeter .................. .... 1 1 0 0 44 29 1 5Cardiff Blues ........ .... 1 0 0 1 29 44 1 1Glasgow .............. .... 1 0 0 1 28 51 1 1

POOL THREEP W D L F A B Pts

Toulouse .............. .... 1 1 0 0 38 5 1 5Saracens .............. .... 1 1 0 0 23 17 0 4Connacht ............. .... 1 0 0 1 17 23 1 1Zebre ................... .... 1 0 0 1 5 38 0 0

POOL FIVEP W D L F A B Pts

Montpellier .......... .... 1 1 0 0 27 10 0 4Ulster ................... .... 1 1 0 0 22 16 0 4Leicester .............. .... 1 0 0 1 16 22 1 1Benetton Treviso .. .... 1 0 0 1 10 27 1 0

POOL SIXP W D L F A B Pts

Edinburgh ............ .... 1 1 0 0 29 23 0 4Gloucester ........... .... 1 1 0 0 27 22 0 4Munster ............... .... 1 0 0 1 23 29 1 1Perpignan ............ .... 1 0 0 1 22 27 1 1

Holders showthey mean tokeep the trophyTOULON 51GLASGOW WARRIORS 28

Jonny Wilkinson’s Toulon sideshowed they are in no mood tosurrender their Heineken Cuptitle as they scored six triesagainst the hitherto unbeatenRaboDirect PRO12 leadersGlasgow Warriors at StadeFelix Mayol.

Opening their defence of thetitle they won for the first timein Dublin in May, the Frenchside had bagged a bonus pointwithin 32 minutes.

However, with the gameseemingly won by half-timethe champions then had toweather a spirited fightbackfrom Glasgow, who ran in fourtries of their own in 22 minutesto ensure they headed homewith a bonus point.

Given how hopelessly over-run they had been in the firsthalf it was an amazing turn-around by Gregor Townsend’steam, especially as Toulon hadonly conceded seven tries innine games in the Top 14 thisseason.

However, it was not enoughto deny the hosts who reacheda half-century of points late onto seal an impressive victory.

Chiefs prevailafter holdingoff a revivalExeter Chiefs head coach RobBaxter admitted his side’s ill-discipline almost cost themdear before they secured a 44-29 victory over Cardiff Blues intheir Heineken Cup opener atSandy Park.

Exeter ran riot in the firsthalf against Cardiff as fivetries – including three in a five-minute spell from DeanMumm, Matt Jess and Fetu’uVainikolo – earned the Chiefs acomprehensive 36-3 intervallead.

The Blues mounted asecond-half comeback, secur-ing a try-scoring bonus pointfor their efforts, after theChiefs had to play with just 13players in the final quarterafter having two players sent tothe sin bin by French refereeJerome Garace.

“I think it doesn’t matterwho you play, when you godown to 13 men you put your-self under a bit of pressure andwe got ourselves down to 13men pretty unnecessarily,”said Baxter. “That flipped thewhole game. Going down to 13men, you are going to strugglea little.”

Baxter was thankful, there-fore, for the efforts of his play-ers before the break, as theypicked up where they left offafter last weekend’s AvivaPremiership victory atG l o u c e s t e r.

“In the first half we playedwith real intent and the at-titude that we took on to thepitch following last week wasabsolutely fantastic – not just agood attitude to attack thegame but also the physicalityand strength of the carries.

“Obviously the battle for usis to keep the quality for longerperiods and when you end upon the defensive side, you don’tend up conceding a couple ofrelatively soft penalties for aknock-on and an across-the-chest tackle.

“To give up a couple of thosewhen you don’t need to is a bitfr ustrating.”

While Exeter travel to face

Glasgow next weekend, Cardiffhost reigning Heineken Cupchampions Toulon and theBlues’ director of rugby PhilDavies will be keen to avoid arepeat of the first-half horrors h ow.

“We talked at half-time,” hesaid. “We didn’t do anythingthat we said we would do, par-ticularly for our kicking gameand, that gave them too manyopportunities to come back atu s.

“I think we had to make 100tackles and we missed 20 andthat is not good enough at thislevel. We have to give Exetercredit for the way that theyplayed but in the second halfwe were a bit more like it.

“They are a good attackingside but we came back secondhalf to score those four tries.

“The first half was gone andwe had to something about it –which we did and got somepoints back on the board.

“We had far more control onthe game in the second half, farmore field position. To get fourtries was pleasing to get thatpoint in the end to give us somemomentum.”

May lifts Kingsholm spirits to sky-high levels with late try

Wing Jonny May’s late try gaveGloucester a dramaticHeineken Cup victory as Per-pignan had their former Mun-ster centre Lifeimi Mafi sentof f.

May struck five minutesfrom time during an intensePool Six encounter, whilescrum-half Jimmy Cowan alsoscored and his half-back part-ner Billy Twelvetrees kicked17 points in a 27-22 success.

It was rough justice on Per-p i g n a n’s Wales internationalfull-back James Hook, whoscored an early try, convertedit, kicked a drop-goal andbooted four penalties, but Per-pignan are left still seeking afirst Heineken victory on Eng-lish soil.

For Gloucester, though, itlifted the early-season gloomsurrounding a poor start to Jimmy Cowan scores the first try for Gloucester against Perpignan at Kingsholm PICTURE: MIKAL LUDLOW

their Aviva Premiership cam-paign, and they will now visitMunster next Saturday aftergiving themselves a timely in-jection of confidence.

Perpignan led for most of thecontest, but their night unrav-elled during the closingsta g es.

May firstly had a try dis-allowed following a Mike Tin-dall forward pass, but he didnot waste his second oppor-tunity shortly afterwards,while Tonga internationalMafi was dismissed by Welshreferee Leighton Hodges for atip-tackle on Gloucester centreRyan Mills.

Gloucester were forced intoa key late change when illnesssidelined their England inter-national fly-half and principalgoalkicker Freddie Burns.Twelvetrees wore the number10 shirt in Burns’ ab s e n c e,with Mills called up as Tin-dall’s midfield partner.

Perpignan, meanwhile,fielded former Gloucesterback-row forwards Luke Nar-

raway and Alasdair Strokosch,while Hook continued in thefull-back role he has filled formost of this season.

And it took the Wales in-ternational just 57 seconds tomake his mark as Perpignanstunned their hosts by scoringa try that was clinically ex-ecuted.

Fly-half Camille Lopezkicked behind the Gloucesterdefence and Perpignan wingWandile Mjekevu gatheredpossession brilliantly beforeoff-loading with one hand andHook crossed wide out.

Hook then converted fromthe touchline, putting Perpig-nan seven points clear andleaving Gloucester reeling lessthan a week after they werehumbled at home by Premi-ership rivals Exeter.

Gloucester could hardly gettheir hands on possessionduring the opening 10 minutes,and it took a couple of Per-pignan handling errors beforethey threatened their oppon-ents’ 22 – but two Twelvetrees

penalties during a seven-minute spell cut the deficit.

Hook then kicked a 45-metrepenalty to make it 10-6 beforeGloucester suffered a front-row injury blow when tight-head prop Shaun Knight wentoff and was replaced by DanMur phy.

Gloucester hustled andbustled in the close-quarter ex-changes, but apart from an oc-casional glimpse of JamesSimpson-Daniel magic theylacked composure to threatenPer pignan’s defence until justbefore half-time.

Lock James Hudsonsmashed through Perpignan’sdefence in midfield, andGloucester rifled possessionwide to May, but he was held upjust inches short by a stunningHook tackle, which preservedhis team’s seven-point advant-a g e.

Gloucester had another op-portunity in injury-time whenCowan muscled his way towithin touching distance ofPer pignan’s line, only for his

opposite number NicolasDurand to halt his progress.

Twelvetrees had an oppor-tunity to complete his penaltyhat-trick, though, and he de-livered the goods as Gloucestertrooped off 13-9 adrift, stillfirmly in contention.

Per pignan’s second periodopening proved in stark con-trast to that of the first half, asDurand collected a yellow cardfor deliberate offside and thenGloucester made them pay im-m e d i at e ly.

Durand had barely left thepitch before Cowan took aquick tap penalty and divedbetween two Perpignan de-fenders for an opportunist45th-minute try that Twel-vetrees converted.

The game’s ebb and flow con-tinued at pace, andGloucester’s lead lasted barely10 minutes as two more Hookpenalties edged Perpignan 19-16 ahead, his second strikecoming after home flanker andEngland international MattKvesic was sin-binned for an

offence at the breakdown.Hook continued his master-class by booting a 63rd-minutedrop-goal, only for anotherTwelvetrees penalty to keepGloucester in the hunt and setup an enthralling finale thatsaw May strike gold and Mafisee red.Gloucester: Cook, May, Tindall, Mills,Simpson-Daniel, Twelvetrees, Cowan, Y.Thomas, Edmonds, Knight, Stooke, Hudson,Savage, Kvesic, Kalamafoni. Replacements:Robson for Cowan (62), George for Edmonds(55), Murphy for Knight (22), Qera for Kvesic(63), Evans for Kalamafoni (63). Not Used:Harden, Sharples, M. Thomas. Sin Bin: Kvesic(52).Scorers: Tries – Cowan, May. Cons –Twelvetrees. Pens – Twelvetrees 5.Perpignan: Hook, Mjekevu, Benvenuti, Mafi,Guitoune, Lopez, Durand, S. Taofifenua,Guirado, Ion, Leo, R. Taofifenua, Purll,Strokosch, Narraway. Replacements: Duvenagefor Mjekevu (49), Marty for Lopez (55), Pulu forS. Taofifenua (55), Terrain for Guirado (62),Jgenti for Ion (41), Charteris for R. Taofifenua(62), Perez for Narraway (67). Not Used:Michel.Scorers: Tries – Hook. Cons – Hook. Pens –Hook 5.Sin Bin: Durand (42).Sent Off: Mafi (76).Attendance: 11,937.Referee: Leighton Hodges (RFU).

Gloucester wing Jonny May makes a break to score his try during the Heineken Cup match against Perpignan at Kingsholm PICTURE: TIM IRELAND/PA Billy Twelvetrees, who kicked 17 points, left, discusses the win with player-coach Mike Tindall PICTURE: MIKAL LUDLOW

GLOUCESTER 27PERPIGNAN 22

BY ANDREWBALDOCK

TABLES SO FAR

JonnyWilkinsongotToulon onthe frontfoot

Wilkinson returned to thestarting line-up and orches-trated a brilliant openingperiod in which the home sidescored 17 points in as manym i nu t e s.

He then converted ChisMasoe’s try to make it 24-0, butthen left the field with an icepack on his right hand. Such isthe strength in depth of theToulon squad, though, thatWi l k i n s o n’s departure led tothe arrival of FredericM i ch a l a k .

There were four tries for thehome side by the break, withFrance centre MaximeMermoz grabbing two of themand Delon Armitage andMasoe notching the others,and they led 34-0.

Glasgow edged the secondhalf 28-17.

Canada wing DTH van derMerwe was introduced at half-time and Niko Matawalumoved off the wing to scrum-half. They made a massiveimpact and scored three of thefour tries between them.

Van der Merwe crossedwithin two minutes of comingon. Matt Giteau grabbed oneback for Toulon, but then itwas all Glasgow with Mat-awalu, Jonny Gray and Vander Merwe again crossing fortries, all of which RuaridhJackson converted to cut thegap from 34 points at the breakto 13 with 20 minutes to go.

A Michalak penalty steadiedthe ship for the home side andthen Giteau, who started atcentre and ended up at outsidehalf, scampered over again.Exeter’s Ben White celebrates a try PICTURE: PHIL MINGO/PINNACLE

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BORDEAUX 6BATH 15

BY TOMBRADSHAW

Herbert andDobie are hurtCHELTENHAM 20MAIDENHEAD 31

Cheltenham had hoped to getback to winning ways after lastwe e k ’s disappointing defeat toGrove, but they suffered an-other reverse in South WestOne East after injuries to twokey players.

The home side started welland after three minutes centreAdam Dobie went over for atry, converted by Josh Her-ber t.

Maidenhead came back welland in their first real attack,scrum-half Mark Childer-house grabbed a try, convertedby Dave Hodgson, to level aftereight minutes.

Cheltenham’s chances werehit by an injury to top try-scorer Dobie who was helpedfrom the field, to be replaced by17-year-old Tom Ratcliffe, sonof Cheltenham chairman SteveRatclif fe.

Maidenhead continued tohave the upper hand and after22 minutes scored an uncon-verted try from hooker JamieTownsend, but Herbert re-duced the deficit to 12-10 with a30-metre penalty.

Maidenhead soon extendedtheir lead when Townsend ranthrough sloppy Cheltenhamtackling for his second try anda 17-10 lead after 35 minutes.

From the restart Maiden-head’s Ross Evans fielded thekick in his own half and ran itback 60 metres unopposed for atry, with Hodgson adding theextras for a 24-10 lead at thehalf-time break.

After 46 minutes Karl Kemp-ton crossed for another try andHodgson added the conversionto lead 31-10.

Cheltenham’s scoring poten-tial was severely dented againwhen leading points scorerHerbert was carried from thefield with a leg injury.

But Cheltenham came backwith a fine unconverted tryfrom Ollie Young.

They continued to rally andafter 65 minutes Ryan Hillscored a unconverted try toreduce the deficit to 31-20.

The game ended on a be-musing note as referee ChrisRidley blew for time at leastfive minutes early, according tothe stadium clock.

Cleve keep upcharge at topCleve maintained their 100 percent record in South West OneWest with a 27-19 away victoryover Cullompton.

It enabled them to stay threepoints clear of North Pether-ton who moved up to second inthe table following an impress-ive 27-19 away victory overWadebridge Camels.

Chard, one of the pre-seasonfavourites for the title, crashedto their second defeat of theseason when they went down36-7 away to Hornets whileBridgwater and Albionbounced back to winning formwith a 41-0home victory overbottom side Coney Hill.

Thornbury and St Austellfought out a 22-22 draw, Bide-ford were 35-15 home winnersagainst Sidmouth and Cam-borne won 33-20 against vis-iting Clevedon.

Bath fly-half George Ford sealed the win in the Amlin Challenge Cup opener PICTURE: CLARE GREEN

Hartpury hold off late Chinnor challenge to go secondCHINNOR 37HARTPURY COLLEGE 47

Hartpury withstood a fear-some late fight-back fromChinnor to inflict a first homedefeat of the season on theKingsey Road outfit in SSE Na-tional Two South.

The Gloucestershire sidewere outstanding for an hourand appeared home and drywhen they led 47-20 with 65minutes on the clock.

But Chinnor roared backwith three tries in the finalquarter-of-an-hour as Hart-

pury wobbled, with the vis-itors eventually thankful tohear the final whistle andescape with maximum points.

The visitors made the bestpossible start when AlexWoodburn crossed in thecorner after only 68 seconds.

Will Millett reduced the ar-rears with a penalty beforeconverting centre partner LeoFielding’s try off a scrum moveto edge Chinnor in front for theonly time in the match.

The lead lasted less than aminute as Steph Reynoldsscored a fantastic solo effort

from a quickly taken lineout 75metres out, converted byfellow Gloucester Academymember Billy Burns.

Reynolds then turned pro-vider for Sam Pitchford, withJaike Carter finishing a flow-ing counterattack threeminutes later to put Hartpury26-10 ahead with Burns’ con-ve r s i o n s.

Millett slotted another pen-alty but Reuben Haile’s power-ful finish on the stroke of halftime took the visitors 20 pointsclear at the break.

A rampant Hartpury exten-

ded their advantage furtherfour minutes after the restartwhen Andy Chesters went overfrom a catch-and-drive.

Liam Gilbert skipped insidesome weak tackles to claw oneback for Chinnor, which wasswiftly cancelled out by Haile,who scored from close range,with the hour-mark approach-ing.

But the home side, a notori-ously tricky proposition intheir own backyard, were de-fiant and winger Joe Marstoncrashed over out wide.

Replacement Tristan Corpe

touched down for the four-trybonus point two minutes laterafter some bullish carryingfrom replacement prop IanStock, with Fielding complet-ing a brace after Will Tanner’syellow card for Hartpury.

Chinnor almost snatched alosing bonus point as Millettshot at goal from 40 metres, butthe effort was scuffed and thevisitors survived to leapfrogtheir opponents in the table.

Hartpury lie second onpoints difference over Cam-bridge and are a point behindleaders Bournemouth.

Ford hails hisBath side fora clinical win

pivotal factor, winningturnovers and frustrating theopposition to the extent theybegan to swing punches in hisdirection as the game woreon.

Bath took the lead in an en-gaging if low-scoring opening,with Ford slotting two penal-ties following dangerousbreaks by Semesa Rokoduguniand the fit-again Ben Willi-a m s.

The visitors has early suc-cess with the catch-and-drivebut looked suspect at thescrummage as the Bordeauxpack – led by their powerfuland magnificently namedloosehead Jefferson Poirot –rallied to the sound of thethumping home drums.

Bordeaux had five playerssin-binned in last week’s uglyTop 14 encounter at ClermontAuvergne but it was Bath whosaw yellow first.

Spencer was sent to thecooler in the 32nd minute – aharsh-looking sanction forkilling the ball after the younglock made a thumping tackle –and scrum-half EmmanuelSaubusse pulled three pointsback for the French side.

But Bath manfully with-stood Bordeaux’s ensuingpressure and came close to theg ame’s opening try when TomBiggs gathered George Ford’schip inside the home 22. Ref-eree Neil Paterson went to theTMO following Biggs’ effort onthe stroke of half time, whojudged that the wing hadknocked on.

But Bath weren’t to comeaway empty-handed, with Fordstroking over his third simplepenalty for an earlier Bor-deaux infringement.

That gave Bath, beatenquarter-finalists in lasts e a s o n’s Amlin Cup, a 9-3 leadat the break, and the visitorshad an immediate chance toincrease their cushion whenBordeaux entered a maul fromthe side.

Ford missed that penalty at-tempt but was back on songminutes later when Bath won apenalty at their own scrum.

The 20-year-old missed two

The Stade Chaban Delmasproved a happy huntingground for Bath Rugby 15years ago when they lifted theHeineken Cup here – and so itproved again on Saturdaynight.

Bath missed a clutch of first-half chances to score tries butfive George Ford penalties ul-timately proved enough to seethem home and deny Pool 2rivals Bordeaux a losing bonuspoint.

Head coach Mike Ford said:“For 80 minutes I thought theteam was outstanding. We hadto take the sting out of thegame with a passionate crowd,and I thought we did that.

“To win anywhere awayfrom home is pleasing but inEurope it is doubly pleasing.

“We ’ve had no injuries at alltonight so to come through un-scathed is good.

“We gave Bordeaux nothingand that just showed our men-tality. In that second half, theynever looked like scoringagainst us.”

Playing on a greasy surface,Bath could have done with afull complement of second-rowforwards against a Top 14 packnot known for taking prison-e r s.

But injuries to Dave At-twood, Stuart Hooper andDominic Day meant that theuntested partnership of young-ster Will Spencer and flankerMatt Garvey had to do battle.

And Bath coped well, pro-tecting 100 per cent of theirown lineout ball in the openinghalf and using the catch-and-drive to potent effect.

Francois Louw was plungedstraight back into action byBath following his part in lastwe e ke n d ’s rousing finale toThe Rugby Championship –plunged being the operativeword, with the pitch soddenfollowing a day of persistentrain.

And the Springbok was a

speculative drop goals andBordeaux tested the visitingdefence with a willingness tothrow the ball around andcounter from deep.

Saubusse landed a penaltywith seven minutes left on theclock to reduce Bordeaux’s de-

ficit to six points but whencentre Felix Le Bourhis wassin-binned in the dying mo-ments for killing the ball, it fellto man-of-the-match Ford toknock the final nail in thecof fin.

Next up for Bath is a homematch on Saturday (3pm)against Newport GwentDragons, who thrashed Italianside Mogliano 50-8.Bordeaux-Begles: Domvo, Carballo, LeBourhis, Brousse, Connor, Lonca (Sanchez 50),

Saubusse, Poirot (Toetu 50), Auzqui (Maynadier50), Florea (DelBoulbes 50), Treloar, Jaulhac,Gibouin (capt.), Luafutu, Tuifua. Not used:Marais, Tauleigne, Queheille, Lamotte.Scorer: Pens – Saubusse 2.Sin Bin: Le Bourhis (79).Bath Rugby: Henson, Rokoduguni, Joseph,Williams (Devoto 56), Biggs, Ford, Roberts(Stringer 64), Perenise (James 50), Batty(Guinazu 43), Wilson (Orlandi 60), Garvey(Skuse 66), Spencer (Caldwell 56), Fa‘osiliva,Louw (capt.), Fearns. Not Used: Heathcote.Sin Bin: Spencer (32), James (64).Scorer: Pens – Ford 5.Referee: Neil Patterson.Attendance: 23,693.

AMLIN CUP POOL TWOP W D L F A B Pts

N G D’gons .......... .... 1 1 0 0 50 8 1 5Bath .................... .... 1 1 0 0 15 6 0 4Bordeaux-Begles .. .... 1 0 0 1 6 15 0 0Mogliano Rugby... .... 1 0 0 1 8 50 0 0

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Cinderford got on the scoresheet with a well-taken try from scrum-half Danny Pointon in the National League One match against Henley

Pats can’t haltrampant Rams

Mackay’s late narrow misssees fortune favour Lydney

Avonmouth aregetting closerAVONMOUTH 0B 14BRIXHAM 16

Avonmouth were denied theirfirst league victory of theseason after wing Billy Reyn-olds made a clean break in theclosing minutes with the lineat his mercy only to be pulledback by referee Karl Gibson forcrossing in midfield.

The home side gave debuts toprop Jay Sweeting and centreElliot Nightingale whilehooker Craig Britton was backin the Avonmouth coloursafter starting the season withNational Two side Dings Cru-s a d e r s.

The Fishermen led 6-0 at theinterval after a dropped gaolfrom scrum-half Andy Sander-cock after five minutes and apenalty from his half backpartner Ben Lovell twentyminutes later.

Ties from Charlie Reynoldsand Tom Davies, both conver-ted by full back Joe Wearne,were split by a secodn Lovellpenalty to put Avonmouth in tothe lead for the first time in thegame leading 14-9 with 15minutes to play.

But shortly after Mouth con-ceded a scrum in their own 22which led to outside centreTom Goodman, converted byLovell, leaving with the homehaving to settle for a losingbonus point for a second weekin a row.

REDINGENSIANS 29OLD PATESIANS 0

Old Patesians suffered anotherNational Three South Westdefeat as the Rams scored fivetries at Sonning Park.

Pat s ’ scrum was alwaysunder pressure and while thelineout functioned reasonablywell, scrum-half JamesAherne was nearly alwaysback-pedalling when he tookthe ball and his hurried clear-ance kicks were far too oftendown the throats of the Ramsrecievers and invited counter-at t a ck s.

Left wing Sean McDermo-troe cracked the Pats defencefor a try in his corner after 30m i nu t e s.

Pats had a brief purple patchin the final minutes of the halfwith full-back George Hughes,back for his first game of theseason, up to his usual trickswith a delightful chip andchase and devastating breakthrough the midfield.

But both fizzled out and atthe break Rams led 5-0.

Rams forced a penalty tryafter the break, converted byJames Brooks.

Full-back Andy Bryansscored the next try.

Rams hooker Rory Paxtonfinished the demolition jobwith a fourth try.

Rams lost No 8 Ian Jeffreysand scrum-half Brooks to thesin bin and they were joined byJosh Stevens for Pats whoalways seems to catch the ref-e re e ’s eye for no apparentre a s o n .

Rams rounded it off with atry for centre Andy Amor con-verted by Spike Chandler andPats had been well beaten.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE 33LYDNEY 35

A Tony Wicks penalty threeminutes from time saw Lydneyearn a win they scarcely de-served after Weston-super-Mare put in an outstandingdisplay to push the league lead-ers every inch of the way.

Three Lydney tries in 10 blis-tering second-half minuteshad turned the game on itshead but still Weston hung onand led until the final fewminutes when Wicks’ bootstole the win.

The Seasiders nearlysnatched the game with thelast kick but James Mackayput a 45-metre penalty attemptnarrowly wide.

The winning kick came froma contentious penalty awardand Weston deserved morethan a losing bonus point.

But for the finishing of re-placement Jack O’Connell,who scored two electric tries,and Wicks’ kicking, the home

side would have won. Despiteclearly not being fully fit, thefull-back booted two touchlineconversions and kept his nervefor the match-winning strike.

Weston raced into a 15-0 leadin the first quarter afterDanny Trigg missed a first-minute kick at goal.

Mackay slotted a penaltybefore Chris Webber intercep-ted Sam Arnott’s short pass onthe home 22 for Harry Jones toscore the first of his two tries.

Four minutes later, a quickscrum heel and break fromflanker Paul Morrissey endedwith Sam Smee finishing well

in the corner. Wicks slotted apenalty to get Lydney on theboard but this was immedi-ately cancelled out by Mackay.

Nine minutes before thebreak, Charlie Vine finishedLyd n e y ’s first real attack witha try converted by Wicks.

Even with Andrew Glen inthe sin bin, Weston finishedthe half on top and they ex-tended their lead to 21-10 threeminutes into the second periodwith a Mackay penalty.

Wicks pulled three pointsback but Jones danced roundVine to score from the Lydney10-metre line and Mackay puttwo scores between the sideswith the conversion.

Then came the dramaticchange in fortunes.

O’Connell had been on thefield barely five minutes whenhe was set free from halfwayand arrowed into the corner,Wicks adding the extras.

From the restart,springheeled Jack O’Connellburned the defence on the

right again and when the ballwas fed left, Brett Scrivenreached over to score. Wicks’conversion put Lydney in frontfor the first time 27-26.

The lead was extended im-mediately afterwards whensmart passing set O’Connellfree again and he made nomistake, finishing well.

Weston grabbed the leadback with six minutes remain-ing.

After eight phases in theLydney 22, Smee went over,Mackay adding the extras for a33-32 lead.

However, Weston trans-gressed as they tried to maultheir way downfield from therestart and Wicks nailed the35-metre penalty.

Lydney then could only lookon with relief as Mackay hadthe distance but not the ac-curacy from close to thehalfway line to end a remark-able game of rugby which fin-ished as it had started, with amissed penalty.

Owen doublelifts Old RedsOLD REDCLIFFIANS 34OLD CENTRALIANS 18

Old Redcliffians’ fitness andpowerful backplay in the finalquarter eventually wore downstill winless Old Centralians’defence in this NationalLeague Three South match.Reds full-back Craig Owencame into the line at speed andcrashed through in the cornerin the 16th minute for the open-ing score.

Cents’ forwards were morethan holding their own in theset pieces, forcing Reds to col-lapse, enabling scrum-halfConnor Gwilliam to hit backwith a penalty.

With Cents depleted by a sin-bin, Owen squeezed in thecor ner.

Cents centre Mark Marwoodbroke through and outpacedthe opposition to score nearthe posts and give Gwilliam aneasy two points and a 10-10half-time score.

Gwilliam gave Cents the leadwith another penalty. JamesElliott boosted it to 18-10, cap-ping a strong attack down wingwith a kick ahead and winningthe race for the touchdown.Re d s ’ scrum half RichardStevens found a gap for a well-worked try, converted by flyhalf Jack Steer to narrow thegap to 18-17. Another sweepingRe d s ’ move seemed containedbut a slick inside pass slippedcentre Dave Harris through toregain the lead for Reds at 22-18.

Reds had to hang on for awhile but they broke away andlaid siege to Cents’ line. Withevery player putting his bodyon the line, it seemed Centswould hold out for the losingbonus point. But in the finalfive minutes the effort told andfirst centre Henry Bird andthen hooker Jed Hooper brokethrough with Steer improvingone to hoist the final score to34-18.

Once again Cents had comesecond best to one of the topteams in the league but thistough baptism will stand themin good stead in the easiergames to come.

Taunton battleback for winTAUNTON 36 CANTERBURY 34

Titans maintained their 100per cent home record in SSENational Two South thisseason – but it was a mightyclose thing.

The home side lookeddestined for their fourth defeatwhen trailing 24-7 in the firsth a l f.

But they changed up a gearin the second half to recordtheir third win at Hyde Park,while Canterbury went homewith two deserved bonusp o i n t s.

In total Titans scored fivetries – through Dan Lee, TomPopham, Sam Skinner, PaulDavis and Oli Claxton withGary Kingdom kicking fiveconversions and a penalty.

C a n t e r bu r y ’s try scorerswere Asiedu, Filton, Harding,Cadman and Furneax whileFilton added three conversionsand Mackintosh landed a pen-a l t y.

Cinderford fight back to earn draw against HawksCINDERFORD 34HENLEY HAWKS 34

In a game of hugely contrast-ing halves, Cinderford foughtback from a 10-29 deficit at theinterval to earn a draw againstHenley in a high tempo Na-tional League One match thatproduced ten tries.

The visitors began at acracking pace and JamesComben kicked a penaltybefore converting a try fromLuke Carter.

Cinderford finally got theirhands on the ball and respon-ded with a well-taken try fromscrum-half Danny Pointon.

Winger Jaryd Robinsoncrossed for Henley’s secondtry, before the home side re-sponded through MikeWi l c ox .

The Hawks looked to havetaken control of the matchwith two further tries beforehalf-time through Hugo Mil-ford-Scott and a breakawayeffort from Ryan Long, both of

which were converted byComben.

The home side were quicklypressing forward at the start ofthe second-half and JoeGarner had a try disallowedbefore Stef Hawley toucheddown with Wilcox converting.

Chris Hawkins was next toscore with Wilcox again con-verting, before Cinderfordwent ahead for the first timewhen George Mills forced hisway over from close range.Wilcox landed the conversion

and then kicked a penalty toput his team 34-29 in front with15 minutes to go.

Henley surged back up fieldand No 8 Rob Stapley stoleaway from an attacking maulto level the scores, butC o m b e n’s conversion attempthit the upright and came out.

Both sides had chances toclaim victory in the closingstages but the match finishedlevel with both sides claimingthree points. Cinderfordremain second from bottom.

TonyWickskickedthedecisivepenalty

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Brash securesthe World Cupseries openerEQUESTRIAN

BY ANDREW BALDOCK

British star Scott Brash hascontinued his rich vein of formby winning the LonginesWorld Cup series opener inO s l o.

Brash, a member of GreatB r i t a i n’s showjumping teamthat won Olympic gold inLondon last year and the 2013European title, delivered amasterclass on the brilliantHello Sanctos.

The last to go in a nine-horsejump off, Scotsman Brash wasunfazed by a sparkling per-formance from reigningOlympic individual championSteve Guerdat aboard hisLondon 2012 horse Nino desB u i s s o n e t s.

Swiss rider Guerdat wentmore than a second inside thetime of Germany’s MarcusEhning, but 27-year-old Brashwas not to be denied.

Displaying his customaryice-cool nerve under pressure,Brash guided Sanctos aroundthe jump-off course in 34.29seconds – 2.23 seconds quickerthan Guerdat - to land the£30,000 top prize.

And it completed an Oslodouble for the world number 10and European individualbronze medallist, who scooped£28,000 for winning the grandprix feature class with Sanctoson Saturday.

It follows another bumperpay-day in Barcelona twoweeks ago when Brash shareda £170,000 jackpot with 2008Olympic champion EricLamaze for jumping two clearrounds in the Furusiyya FEINations Cup final.

A delighted Brash paid trib-ute to Sanctos, the 13-year-oldbay gelding owned by LadyKirkham and Lord and LadyHar ris.

“He is an absolute horse of alifetime, not just for me, but hisowners and everyone connec-ted with him,” said Peebles-based Brash. “He jumped un-believably well on Saturdayand again today.”

Brash will now head to theHelsinki World Cup event withSanctos before a short breakahead of the Global Champi-ons’ Tour final in Doha.

Djokovic keeps Shanghai title after edging final over Del PotroTENNIS

BY ELEANOR CROOKS

Top seed Novak Djokovic re-tained the Shanghai Masterstitle yesterday by edging sixthseed Juan Martin Del Potro inan entertaining three-set finalwhich lasted more than twoand a half hours.

The Serbian toppled his Ar-gentinian opponent 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(7-3) for his seventh ATP crownof the year, giving his hopes ofoverhauling Rafael Nadal forthe end-of-year world numberone spot a slight boost.

Djokovic dominated the34-minute first set, breakingthe Del Potro serve in games

two and four, and at that pointlooked firmly in control.

However, Del Potro respon-ded well in the second set andstormed into a 3-0 lead thanksto a string of stunning win-n e r s.

He then overcame a 0-40 de-ficit in game seven by winningfive straight points and wenton to close out the set by hold-ing to love.

Del Potro saved two matchpoints at 5-4 in the decider toforce the tie-break, but worldnumber two Djokovic held hisnerve and clinched his 12thconsecutive match win with abackhand winner down thel i n e.

Del Potro, who booked his

place at next month’s ATPWorld Tour Finals in Londonby beating world number oneNadal in the semi-finals on Sat-urday, was disappointed to see

really close and I think Novakplayed some unbelievablepoints in the tie-break.

“The match was so exciting.At Wimbledon we played an-other fantastic match againsteach other.

“It’s a really bad loss for menow. I was really close to beat-ing him after beating Nadal.”

Djokovic was equally gra-cious in victory after securinghis 15th Masters 1,000 title. “Ihave to start by congratulatingDel Potro and his team for thefantastic week,” the 26-year-old said after receiving thetrophy. “Yo u ’re a great personand even a better player, I’msorry that you lost today. Youdeserve this trophy equally.”

He added: “He’s a fantasticplayer and a great person. Heshowed that again.

“He has a really likeable per-sonality and he’s a big fighter.All the way up to the last point,I didn’t know if I was going towin the match.”� Former world number oneRoger Federer has split withcoach Paul Annacone afterthree and a half years.

The Swiss has slipped to sev-enth in the world – his lowestranking for over a decade – andsaw his hopes of reaching nextmonth’s end-of-season ATPWorld Tour Finals dented byhis third-round exit from theShanghai Masters at the handsof Gael Monfils.

his eight-match winningstreak come to an end butfound kind words for his op-ponent.

He said: “The match was

Serbia'sNovakDjokovicenjoysthe latestvictory

Lynn surgesthrough fieldto take titleGOLF

BY PHIL CASEY

England’s David Lynn surgedthrough the field to claim hissecond European Tour titleand climb back into the world’stop 50 in the Portugal Mastersye s t e rd ay.

Lynn, whose only previouswin in almost 400 events camein the KLM Open in 2004,carded a superb closing 63 tofinish 18 under par at OceanicoVictoria Golf Course in Vil-amoura.

The 39-year-old, who turns40 next Sunday, started the daysix shots off the lead butcharged into contention withfive birdies in a front nine of 30and, after a bogey at the 10th,picked up further shots at the11th, 14th, 15th and 17th to set aclubhouse target that wasnever matched.

An emotional Justin Wal-ters, who began the week 126thin the Race to Dubai, holed a40ft par putt on the 18th toclaim outright second on 17under and secure his card fornext season, the South Africanbreaking down in tears follow-ing the death of his mother twoweeks ago.

Lynn, who struggled to a 73on Saturday, said: “I was reallydisappointed when I walked offthe course yesterday, I justd i d n’t hole any putts and madeseven at 17 and thought maybeI had played myself out of it.

“Today was just a case of I’vegot to go out there and make asmany birdies as I can. I mustadmit I was thinking of ScottJa m i e s o n’s 60 (in the thirdround). If I could do somethinglike that, who knows? Thewind was up quite a bit todayso eight under is a really goods c o re.

“I really caught fire on thefront nine, I was makingeverything I looked at, al-though I hit it to one foot at thefirst which got me off to areally good start. After that I

made a couple of great putts forpar to keep the momentumgoing and then I was makingthe birdie putts.”

Lynn – who began the week52nd in the world rankings –held a two-shot lead playingthe last but admitted his heartwas in his mouth as his ap-proach looked set to find thewater short of the green. Itended up clearing the hazardby a matter of feet and twoputts later he had completedwhat proved to be the winningro u n d .

Au s t r i a ’s Bernd Wiesbergerhad been just one behind withtwo to play but found the waterwith his second shot to the17th, where playing partnerWalters made his fourth birdiein a row to move to 17 under.

Walters looked certain todrop a shot on the last afterfinding a fairway bunker withhis tee shot, but holed amassive par putt and punchedthe air in delight before thetears began to flow.

“I don’t know if I can talkmuch right now,” the 32-year-old from Johannesburg said.“Coming into the week I reallyd i d n’t have any goals or am-bitions, I just wanted to playand honour my mum and makeher proud. The putts kept drop-ping and I kept hitting somedecent shots and the last one atthe end, she made it for sure. Itwas probably the best momentof my career. It was so coolbecause I had a lot on the line.

“I hadn’t looked at a lead-erboard all day so didn’t knowwhere I stood in terms of keep-ing my card and for it to go inon the last, all the emotions hitm e.

“I don’t think I have thewords for it just yet. Maybeafter a drink with my dad whois here with me we can fullytake it all in, but at first glanceI don’t know how I did it. I amsuper proud and so happy Icould honour my mum. Thatfeels the best for me rightn ow. ”

Bristol’s Chris Wood fin-ished nine shots behind Lynnon 275 after a final round 71.S w i n d o n’s David Howell was afurther three shots back after a71 and a 70.

England's Paul Waring helda two-shot lead going into the

final round but saw his hopesdisappear with a double-bogeyfive on the 16th, although bird-ies on the last two holes gavehim a share of third with ScotStephen Gallacher (66) andWiesberger (67).

Scott Jamieson, who came

agonisingly close to the firstever 59 on the European Touron Saturday, led by one whenhe birdied the second and fifth,but dropped three shots in fourholes from the 14th to card aclosing 72 and finish joint13th.

Britain’s David Lynn holds the trophy after winning the Portugal Masters with a closing 63

1878Two local teams took part in the first footballmatch under floodlights

Horse racing’s Brendan Powell, won GrandNational on Rhyme ‘n’ Reason in 1988, 1959.Athletics’ Steve Cram, former world 1,500metres champion, now a commentator, 1960.Football’s Matthew Le Tissier, formerSouthampton and England forward, now atelevision pundit, 1968.

1 What nationality is tennis star Juan MartinDel Potro?2 New Zealand batsman Kane Williamsonplayed for which county this summer?3 Scotland manager Gordon Strachan ended hisplaying career at which club?4 Which individual event did cyclist Laura Trottwin at London 2012?5 Name Los Angeles’ two Major LeagueBaseball teams.

Answers: 1 Argentinian, 2Yorkshire, 3Coventry, 4Omnium, 5The Dodgers and theAngels.

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1.50 MAIDEN AUCTION STAKES(Class 5) 7f 2yo Only Winner £2,911

1 (3) 553 BAKER MAN (11) (T) S Kirk 9-1 R Hughes2 (10) 332583 SOLO HUNTER (12) P Evans 9-1 R L Moore3 (8) MR WICKFIELD J Best 9-0 R Havlin4 (5) 3 MARMARUS (45) C Cox 8-13 S Drowne5 (11) 65 ROLLING DICE (17) D F Davis 8-13 L Keniry6 (9) THYLYER P Makin 8-12 S Pearce(3)7 (12) NORSE LEGEND D Kubler 8-11 M Barzalona8 (13) 96 FENELLA FOGHORN (13) J Portman 8-10 M Lawson(3)9 (7) JANET’S LEGACY H Dunlop 8-9 D Probert10 (2) 723 TULLIA (13) (BF) W Knight 8-9 N Callan11 (6) 67 DIVINE BAY (13) G L Moore 8-8 H Bentley12 (4) 708 MY SECRET DREAM (70) R Hodges 8-7 W Carson13 (1) RAPUNZAL H Candy 8-6 Cathy Gannon2012: Noble Gift 2-8-13, W Buick 7-2 (J Dunlop), drawn 7, 9 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 7-4 Tullia, 7-2 Marmarus, 5 Baker Man, 8 Solo Hunter, 10 Rapunzal, 16 Rolling Dice, 25 Mr Wickfield, Thylyer, Divine Bay, Norse Legend, Janet’s Legacy, 33 Others.

2.20 E.B.F. MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (DIV 1)(5) 7f 2yo Only Winner £3,234

1 (1) ALLEGRIA J Gosden 9-0 W Buick2 (6) BERTIE BABY R J Smith 9-0 D Cremin(7)3 (10) DARTING A Balding 9-0 D Probert4 (5) 0 JUST RUBIE (106) M Blanshard 9-0 H Bentley5 (4) KATE KELLY J Hughes 9-0 S Hitchcott6 (8) LOBSTER POT H Palmer 9-0 S Drowne7 (3) 09 LUNA SUNRISE (31) A Jarvis 9-0 Kirsty Milczarek8 (11) 3 NISSAKI KASTA (24) H Morrison 9-0 R L Moore9 (7) 08 PICANIGHT (77) Eve J-Houghton 9-0 N Callan10 (9) 4223 TEA IN TRANSVAAL (23) R Hannon 9-0 R Hughes11 (2) 7 WHITE RUSSIAN (23) H Candy 9-0 Cathy Gannon2012: Trapeze 2-9-0, W Buick 7-2 (J Gosden), drawn 3, 5 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 11-4 Allegria, 7-2 Tea In Transvaal, 5 Nissaki Kasta, 11-2 Darting, 10 Lobster Pot, 12 Kate Kelly, 14 Luna Sunrise, 16 White Russian, Bertie Baby, 25 Others.

2.50 E.B.F. MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (DIV 2)(5) 7f 2yo Only Winner £3,234

1 (1) 8 AERTEX (19) R Hannon 9-0 R Hughes2 (3) ALUMINA A Balding 9-0 D Probert3 (8) 0 BE MY ICON (26) R Charlton 9-0 N Callan4 (5) 4 DUTCH ROMANCE (23) C Hills 9-0 R L Moore5 (6) 4 JOOHAINA (117) M Botti 9-0 P Hanagan6 (2) 9 LIDDLE DWIGGS (11) D Coakley 9-0 Cathy Gannon7 (9) 06 LIEFIE (63) J Hughes 9-0 H Burns(7)8 (4) MINISKIRT R Guest 9-0 W Buick9 (7) 0 TRILLIAN ASTRA (21) C Cox 9-0 S Drowne10 (10) VERA LOU Pat Eddery 9-0 R Havlin2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 9-4 Dutch Romance, 10-3 Joohaina, 5 Aertex, 6 Alumina, 13-2 Be My Icon, 10 Miniskirt, 20 Liddle Dwiggs, Liefie, 50 Others.

3.25 BATHWICK TYRES BOURNEMOUTH HANDICAP(6) 7f 3yo plus Winner £2,5881 749477 PERFECT PASTIME (6)(P) 5-9-7 ................W Carson(7) Runs: 37 Wins: 2(S,F) Places: 9 £18,887 Trainer: J Boyle Owner: Country Friends2 373 NATALIA (58) 4-9-7 ....................................... W Buick(6) Runs: 3 £1,395 Trainer: A Hollinshead Owner: Mr Robert Heathcote3 326497 DELIGHTFUL SLEEP (38) 5-9-5 ............ E J Walsh(7)(4) Runs: 29 Wins: 2(A) Places: 7 £7,363 Trainer: P Evans Owner: Mrs E Evans4 880 BIGGER PICTURE (118) 3-9-5 ......................N Callan(5) Runs: 3 Trainer: J Butler Owner: R S Cockerill (Farms) Ltd5 116717 JUST ISLA (6)(P,D3) 3-9-4 ..........................S Drowne(3) Runs: 11 Wins: 3(F,G) Places: 1 £6,408 Trainer: P Makin Owner: Mr D A Poole6 22/40- HOOLIGAN SEAN (350)(H) 6-9-4 ...............D Probert(12) Runs: 11 Places: 4 £2,985 Trainer: M Usher Owner: The Swell Racing Partnership7 360310 WHO’S THAT CHICK (20) 4-9-4 ..............D Cremin(7)(2) Runs: 11 Wins: 1(S) Places: 1 £3,017 Trainer: R J Smith Owner: Piper, Harris, Churchill8 302378 STRATEGIC ACTION (12)(H) 4-9-3 ..............S Golam(9) Runs: 22 Wins: 2(F,A) Places: 4 £5,679 Trainer: Mrs L Jewell Owner: Mr M J Boutcher9 616387 LIGHTNING SPIRIT (25)(P) 5-9-3 .............. R L Moore(13) Runs: 28 Wins: 3(F,A) Places: 2 £6,151 Trainer: G L Moore Owner: Heart of the South Racing10 869265 DIAMOND VINE (14)(V) 5-9-2 .............Cathy Gannon(15) Runs: 65 Wins: 4(A,GS,G) Places: 13 £18,829 Trainer: R Harris Owner: Ridge House Stables Ltd11 -65231 SAKASH (61)(D) 3-9-2 ................................R Hughes(10) Runs: 6 Wins: 1(F) Places: 2 £2,807 Trainer: J R Jenkins Owner: Mr & Mrs C Schwick12 337564 ADMIRABLE ART (6)(P) 3-9-2 ..................... R Tate(5)(8) Runs: 9 Places: 2 £914 Trainer: A Carroll Owner: Longview Stud & Bloodstock13 569849 CAMACHE QUEEN (11)(P,T,C) 5-9-2 Kirsty Milczarek(1) Runs: 27 Wins: 2(S,A) Places: 5 £12,111 Trainer: J Tuite Owner: Mr Andrew Liddiard14 234533 TAKITWO (45)(CD2) 10-9-2 ...................C Bennett(7)(11) Runs: 71 Wins: 8(A,F,G) Places: 15 £29,635 Trainer: G Deacon Owner: Mr P D Cundell

15 232664 WISHFORMORE (28)(P,D) 6-8-13 .............R Thomas(14) Runs: 37 Wins: 3(F,A) Places: 8 £13,637 Trainer: Miss Z Davison Owner: Mr Paul Mannion

2012: Bassett Road 4 9 6, W Buick 11-2 (W Musson), drawn (3), 12 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 4 Sakash, 7 Just Isla, 15-2 Admirable Art, 8 Others.

4.00 E.B.F. CONDITIONS STAKES(3) 7f 3yo plus Winner £9,0571 -80336 THE CHEKA (30)(P,D3) 7-9-7 ..................... R L Moore(3) Runs: 33 Wins: 4(S,F,GS,G) Places: 10 £285,977 Trainer: Eve J-Houghton Owner: A Pye-jeary2 311159 MAGIC CITY (9)(D4) 4-9-2 ..........................R Hughes(6) Runs: 19 Wins: 5(F,GS,G) Places: 4 £103,899 Trainer: R Hannon Owner: Barker, Ferguson, Mason3 523506 SHAMAAL NIBRAS (9)(CD) 4-9-2 ................N Callan(1) Runs: 24 Wins: 4(S,A) Places: 6 £49,145 Trainer: I Mohammed Owner: Mr Saeed H Altayer4 -01080 ANNA’S PEARL (23) 3-9-0 ..........................H Bentley(7) Runs: 9 Wins: 1(G) Places: 3 £31,362 Trainer: R Beckett Owner: Qatar Racing Limited5 136930 HASOPOP (23) 3-9-0 ................................P Hanagan(4) Runs: 16 Wins: 3(F,S) Places: 4 £63,765 Trainer: M Botti Owner: Mr Giuliano Manfredini6 31-266 I’M BACK (219)(D) 3-9-0 ............................... W Buick(2) Runs: 8 Wins: 3(F,A,G) Places: 2 £27,091 Trainer: S Bin Suroor Owner: Godolphin7 463434 MAR MAR (30)(B,BF) 3-8-9 .................... M Barzalona(5) Runs: 12 Wins: 1(G) Places: 4 £23,108 Trainer: S Bin Suroor Owner: Godolphin

2012: Shamaal Nibras 3 9 0, P Dobbs 11-4 (R Hannon), drawn (1), 4 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 11-4 Hasopop, 7-2 Magic City, 9-2 Mar Mar, 6 Shamaal Nibras, 7 The Cheka, 8 I’m Back, 10 Anna’s Pearl.

4.30 BATHWICK TYRES SALISBURY HCAP (DIV 1)(5) 1m 2f 3yo Only Winner £2,7491 558669 RONALDINHO (31)(B,C) 9-7 .......................R Hughes(2) Runs: 14 Wins: 3(S,A,GS) Places: 2 £12,913 Trainer: R Hannon Owner: Macdonald,wright & Jiggins2 2-3668 SQUEEZE MY BRAIN (33)(T) 9-6 ...............H Bentley(11) Runs: 7 Places: 3 £1,809 Trainer: R Beckett Owner: Qatar Racing Limited3 3467 MUNHAMER (31)(BF) 9-4 .........................P Hanagan(8) Runs: 4 Places: 1 £577 Trainer: J Gosden Owner: Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum4 144485 ECHO BRAVA (20) 9-3 ...................................J Quinn(1) Runs: 12 Wins: 2(F,A) £5,587 Trainer: L Dace Owner: Mr Mark Benton5 -67750 PEARL STREET (26) 9-2 ....................Cathy Gannon(6) Runs: 6 £241 Trainer: H Candy Owner: Pearl Bloodstock Ltd6 17 WELSH SUNRISE (20) 9-2 ............................N Callan(7) Runs: 2 Wins: 1(A) £1,941 Trainer: Ed Walker Owner: Seize The Day Racing7 5847-9 NIGHT’S WATCH (21) 9-2 ...........................S Drowne(4) Runs: 6 £120 Trainer: W Jarvis Owner: Dr J Walker

CAPTAIN WESSEX 1.50 — Marmarus 2.20 — Darting 2.50 — Dutch Romance 3.25 — Sakash 4.00 — The Cheka (nap) 4.30 — Knight Charm 5.00 — Kastini 5.30 — Centred (nb)

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SaliSbuRy8 06605 HALLINGHAM (27) 9-0 ............................ S Hitchcott(12) Runs: 5 Trainer: J Portman Owner: The Ladies Of The Manor9 735723 KNIGHT CHARM (12)(P) 8-11 ..........................J Fahy(10) Runs: 12 Wins: 1(S) Places: 2 £3,533 Trainer: Eve J-Houghton Owner: Fairweather Friends10 593448 HERO’S STORY (14)(BF) 8-10 ...................... W Buick(5) Runs: 8 Places: 1 £722 Trainer: Mrs A Perrett Owner: Recitation Partnership11 314551 LADY LUNCHALOT (11)(P,D) 8-9 Charlotte Jenner(7)(3) Runs: 13 Wins: 2(F,A) Places: 1 £7,916 Trainer: J S Moore Owner: Mr M Briddon12 550-89 NEWTOWN CROSS (51) 8-7 ..................M Lawson(3)(9) Runs: 5 Trainer: J Fox Owner: Mrs Anne Coughlan

2012: Grand Liaison 9 4, I Mongan 5-2 (J Berry), drawn (5), 9 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 7-2 Munhamer, 4 Ronaldinho, 6 Echo Brava, 13-2 Pearl Street, 8 Squeeze My Brain, 10 Welsh Sunrise, 12 Knight Charm, Lady Lunchalot, 14 Others.

5.00 BATHWICK TYRES SALISBURY HCAP (DIV 2)(5) 1m 2f 3yo Only Winner £2,7491 9-8217 UNISON (30)(D) 9-7 ....................................S Drowne(11) Runs: 9 Wins: 1(S) Places: 1 £2,711 Trainer: P Makin Owner: Mr J P Carrington2 735 STOMACHION (31) 9-5 .............................. R L Moore(8) Runs: 3 Places: 1 £481 Trainer: Sir M Stoute Owner: Niarchos Family3 2-8960 HARWOODS STAR (19)(P) 9-4 ..................... W Buick(7) Runs: 6 Places: 1 £963 Trainer: Mrs A Perrett Owner: Harwoods Racing Club4 328365 MESMERIZED (26) 9-3 .............................P Hanagan(1) Runs: 8 Places: 3 £1,790 Trainer: M Botti Owner: Immobiliare Casa Paola Srl5 423143 KASTINI (33) 9-2 .........................................R Hughes(5) Runs: 10 Wins: 1(F) Places: 3 £3,620 Trainer: D Coakley Owner: West Ilsley Racing6 03486 CALLING (17) 9-2 .......................................H Bentley(12) Runs: 5 Places: 1 £385 Trainer: B Meehan Owner: Mr D J Burke7 1-6776 PADDY’S SALTANTES (32)(B,D) 9-1...............J Fahy(4) Runs: 10 Wins: 2(A) Places: 1 £5,032 Trainer: J S Moore Owner: Wall To Wall Partnership8 747636 SIGNATURE DISH (10) 8-13 .......................D Probert(6) Runs: 10 Places: 3 £1,876 Trainer: A Balding Owner: Brook Farm Bloodstock9 6576 STOCKHILL DIVA (27) 8-11 ...................M Lawson(3)(2) Runs: 4 Trainer: B Powell Owner: Mrs M Fairbairn & E Gadsden10 463950 STAR OF MAYFAIR (32) 8-10 ...........Kirsty Milczarek(3) Runs: 9 Places: 1 £1,029 Trainer: A Jarvis Owner: Cedars Partnership11 754359 CARRERA (16) 8-7 ........................Shelley Birkett(5)(9) Runs: 10 Places: 1 £770 Trainer: J Hills Owner: Gary And Linnet Woodward

12 357880 EXIT CLAUSE (14)(P,T) 8-7 .................... J McDonald(10) Runs: 13 Places: 1 £289 Trainer: M Gillard Owner: Orbit Performance

2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 9-4 Stomachion, 5 Kastini, Mesmerized, 7 Unison, 10 Calling, Paddy’s Saltantes, Harwoods Star, 16 Signature Dish, Stockhill Diva, 20 Others.

5.30 BATHWICK TYRES ‘SEASON FINALE’ HANDICAP(3) 1m 6f 3yo plus Winner £7,763

1 221573 DUKE OF CLARENCE (19)(P,D) 4-10-0 ......R Hughes(8) Runs: 16 Wins: 5(S,A,G) Places: 5 £33,547 Trainer: R Hannon Owner: D Dixon J Stunt J Fiyaz2 1043D0 HIGHLAND CASTLE (51)(CD) 5-9-13.........W Carson(11) Runs: 15 Wins: 4(F,GS,G) Places: 3 £72,398 Trainer: D Elsworth Owner: Mr J Wotherspoon3 31-590 SAYTARA (23)(C) 4-9-12 .............................. W Buick(6) Runs: 10 Wins: 3(S,GS,G) £23,488 Trainer: S Bin Suroor Owner: Godolphin4 342417 PRINCESS CAETANI (16)(C) 4-9-9 ......... S Hitchcott(1) Runs: 18 Wins: 3(S) Places: 4 £27,543 Trainer: David Dennis Owner: Favourites Racing5 3704-8 SAMBA KING (24) 4-9-8 ........................ M Barzalona(5) Runs: 12 Wins: 2(S,GS) Places: 4 £17,693 Trainer: C Appleby Owner: Godolphin6 19-505 SIGNED UP (24) 4-9-8 .................................S Drowne(4) Runs: 7 Wins: 2(S) £8,606 Trainer: Mrs A Perrett Owner: Mr K Abdullah7 217815 SULA TWO (10) 6-9-6 ...............................P Prince(5)(9) Runs: 36 Wins: 8(S,F,GS,G) Places: 8 £35,045 Trainer: R Hodges Owner: Mr Richard Prince8 111140 BEACON LADY (23)(H) 4-9-5 .......................N Callan(14) Runs: 20 Wins: 6(F,GS,G) Places: 3 £31,929 Trainer: W Knight Owner: The Pro-Claimers9 841137 SILVER SAMBA (23)(D) 4-9-0 ................ O Murphy(5)(10) Runs: 17 Wins: 3(F,GS,G) Places: 4 £15,435 Trainer: A Balding Owner: BA Racing10 62-121 CENTRED (105) 3-9-0 ................................ R L Moore(7) Runs: 6 Wins: 2(F,G) Places: 3 £18,824 Trainer: Sir M Stoute Owner: Ballymacoll Stud11 143841 SIZZLER (60)(CD) 3-8-13 ..........................P Hanagan(3) Runs: 8 Wins: 2(A,G) £9,570 Trainer: R Beckett Owner: Heseltine, Henley & Jones12 12 BUCHANAN (68) 3-8-7 .......................Cathy Gannon(12) Runs: 2 Wins: 1(A) £4,238 Trainer: H Candy Owner: Mr T Barr13 2-5131 CHOCALA (30)(D) 3-8-7 .............................D Probert(13) Runs: 7 Wins: 2(S) Places: 1 £10,789 Trainer: A King Owner: High 514 324192 SNOWY DAWN (11)(P,D) 3-8-5 ......................J Quinn(2) Runs: 13 Wins: 1(F) Places: 4 £16,966 Trainer: A Hollinshead Owner: Mrs Christine Stevenson

2012: The Betchworth Kid 7 9 7, H Turner 11-2 (M Bell), drawn (2), 12 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 11-4 Centred, 5 Sizzler, 13-2 Duke Of Clarence, 10 Highland Castle, Buchanan, 12 Samba King, 14 Chocala, Sula Two, 16 Others.

Weekend Results FFOS laS: good to soft

2.15—Joanne One (B J Powell, 11-4 2nd Fav) 1; Indian Stream (6-1) 2; Tenmoku (33-1) 3. 11 ran. 9l, 1l. (J Snowden; 6-4 Fav Midnight Minx). Tote: £4.40; pl £1.80, £2.00, £9.80. Ex: £21.30. Trifecta: £551.60. CSF: £18.74.

2.45—Mister grez (H Skelton, 7-1) 1; Taffy Thomas (11-4 2nd Fav) 2; Ring Bo Ree (8-1) 3. Hcap 8 ran. 18l, 17l. (D Skelton; 5-2 Fav Material Boy). Tote: £6.60; pl £2.00, £1.90, £2.80. Ex: £44.40. Tricast: £157.45. Trifecta: £326.30. CSF: £27.26. Non-runner: Bendant.

3.20—Scales (M G Nolan, 25-1) 1; Finding Your Feet (7-1) 2; Nicky Nutjob (16-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 3/4l, 21/2l. (R Lee; 5-4 Fav Frontier Vic). Tote: £26.90; pl £5.70, £2.20, £4.40. Ex: £259.60. Tricast: £2914.10. Trifecta: £1062.70. CSF: £192.10. Non-runner: Here Comes Moss.

3.55—Sivola De Sivola (P Brennan, 6-5 Fav) 1; Hansupfordetroit (8-1) 2; What An Oscar (7-2) 3. Hcap 4 ran. 3/4l, 42l. (T R George). Tote: £2.00; Ex: £9.00. Trifecta: £27.70. CSF: £9.01. Non-runner: Victor Leudorum.

4.30—bombadero (S Twiston-Davies, 11-10 Fav) 1; Escort’men (11-1) 2; Toubab (9-1) 3. Hcap 7 ran. 9l, 41/2l. (Dr R Newland). Tote: £1.80; pl £1.10, £5.30. Ex: £13.90. Trifecta: £94.10. CSF: £12.84.

5.00—Jump up (Michael Byrne, 5-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 1; Captain Moonman (3-1 Fav) 2; Tribal Dance (6-1) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 23/4l, 1l. (P Bowen). Tote: £6.60; pl £2.90, £1.40, £2.70. Ex: £34.80. Tricast: £93.97. Trifecta: £153.40. CSF: £21.41. Non-runners: All Hope, Catch The Fire, Macra Na Feirme.

5.30—Solstice Son (Rachael Green, 6-4 JtFav) 1; Driving Well (20-1) 2; Mission To Mars (11-4) 3. Relentless Dreamer (6-4 JtFav) 3. 7 ran. 13l, 16l; dht. (A Honeyball). Tote: Solstice Son £3.30; pl Solstice Son £1.80, Driving Well £6.60. Ex: Solstice Son, Driving Well £26.10. Trifecta: Solstice Son, Driving Well, Mission To Mars £89.20. CSF: Solstice Son, Driving Well £31.38. Non-runners: Back By Midnight, Rouquine Sauvage, You Too Pet.

Placepot: £383.10Quadpot: £107.00

gOODWOOD: Soft2.00—Harry Hunt (W Hutchinson, 14-1) 1; Opera Buff

(7-1) 2; Spice Fair (6-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. nk, 9l. (G McPherson; 10-3 Fav Our Folly). Tote: £12.10; pl £3.00, £2.00, £2.30. Ex: £58.60. Tricast: £657.15. Trifecta: £217.50. CSF: £106.03. Non-runners: Bridgehampton, Eshtyaaq, Ethics Girl, Kashgar, Meetings Man.

2.30—night Of Thunder (R Hughes, 9-2 Fav) 1; Nakuti (11-2 2nd Fav) 2; Penny Drops (13-2) 3. 12 ran. 6l, 2l. (R Hannon). Tote: £4.40; pl £2.40, £2.00, £2.50. Ex: £35.10. Trifecta: £221.60. CSF: £28.35. Non-runner: Elsie Partridge.

3.05—laugharne (G Baker, 5-2 2nd Fav) 1; Carthage (13-8 Fav) 2; Vent De Force (12-1) 3. 11 ran. 2l, 9l. (R Charlton). Tote: £4.00; pl £1.50, £1.20, £2.80. Ex: £8.60. Trifecta: £59.30. CSF: £6.20. Non-runners: Confucius Legend, Danjeu, Storm Rider.

3.40—cuckoo Rock (Mr J Harding, 20-1) 1; Admirable Duque (20-1) 2; Frosty Berry (50-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. hd, nk. (J Portman; 7-4 Fav While You Wait). Tote: £23.80; pl £4.10, £4.60, £5.50. Ex: £611.50. Tricast: £17948.66. Trifecta: £1182.10. CSF: £350.26. Non-runners: Commissar, Swift Blade.

4.15—Pretty Flemingo (K O’Neill, 7-1) 1; Nova Champ (8-1) 2; Black Caesar (7-2 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 8 ran. 7l, 11/2l. (R Hannon; 5-2 Fav Never To Be). Tote: £8.70; pl £2.40, £3.00, £1.90. Ex: £43.80. Tricast: £230.24. Trifecta: £319.10. CSF: £61.96. Non-runners: Alquimia, Headlong, Thewandaofu, Zeshov.

4.45—ashpan Sam (R Hughes, 9-2 JtFav) 1; Naabegha (14-1) 2; Joe Packet (9-2 JtFav) 3. Hcap 12 ran. 31/4l, Sh Hd. (J Spearing). Tote: £5.80; pl £1.70, £5.20, £2.10. Ex: £71.60. Tricast: £312.12. Trifecta: £352.80. CSF: £71.38. Non-runners: Baddilini, Corporal Maddox, Forest Edge, Kimberella, Taajub, Take Cover, Trinityelitedotcom, Zhiggy’s Stardust.

5.15—Thomas Hobson (W Buick, 7-2 JtFav) 1; Glorious

Protector (9-2) 2; Empress Adelaide (7-2 JtFav) 3. Hcap 8 ran. 31/4l, hd. (J Gosden). Tote: £4.50; pl £1.80, £1.60, £1.60. Ex: £20.90. Tricast: £58.12. Trifecta: £32.80. CSF: £19.50. Non-runners: Evangelist, Plutocracy, Quest For More, Squire Osbaldeston.

5.45—First Post (D O’Neill, 5-1 Co 2nd Fav) 1; Myboyalfie (5-1 Co 2nd Fav) 2; Ogbourne Downs (10-1) 3. Hcap 15 ran. hd, 4l. (D Haydn Jones; 9-2 Fav Naaz). Tote: £6.20; pl £2.40, £2.60, £3.60. Ex: £34.10. Tricast: £252.12. Trifecta: £445.20. CSF: £28.60. Non-runners: George Baker, Lunar Deity, Magistral, The Cayterers, Verse Of Love.

Jackpot: not won, pool of £163,665.38 carried over to Windsor.

Placepot: £1,598.10Quadpot: £303.60

SaTuRDay'S ReSulTScHePSTOW: good

2.25—Keltus (D Jacob, 10-11 Fav) 1; Wooly Bully (9-2 2nd Fav) 2; Akdam (7-1) 3. 5 ran. 5l, 21/4l. (P Nicholls). Tote: £1.60; pl £1.10, £2.10. Ex: £5.40. Trifecta: £19.60. CSF: £5.26. Non-runners: Brave Helios, Innoko.

3.00—Killala Quay (N Fehily, 8-11 Fav) 1; Perfect Candidate (16-1) 2; Twice Returned (8-1) 3. 9 ran. 6l, 2l. (C Longsdon). Tote: £1.70; pl £1.10, £2.40, £2.30. Ex: £11.10. Trifecta: £41.80. CSF: £16.56. Non-runners: Champagne Rian, Jigsaw Puzzle, L Frank Baum.

3.35—Tijori (Rob Williams, 20-1) 1; Berkeley Barron (evens Fav) 2; Potters Cross (11-4 2nd Fav) 3. 11 ran. nk, hd. (B J Llewellyn). Tote: £18.30; pl £3.30, £1.10, £1.70. Ex: £67.20. Trifecta: £669.60. CSF: £42.65.

4.15—balder Succes (R Thornton, 5-2 Jt 2nd Fav) 1; The Romford Pele (7-1) 2; Double Ross (5-2 Jt 2nd Fav) 3. 5 ran. 3/4l, 9l. (A King; 7-4 Fav Easter Day). Tote: £4.30; pl £1.60, £2.40. Ex: £19.80. Trifecta: £63.90. CSF: £17.47. Non-runner: Sandanski.

4.45—Handazan (R Thornton, 5-1) 1; Another Hero (6-4 Fav) 2; For Two (11-4 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 6 ran. 11l, 6l. (A King). Tote: £5.70; pl £2.40, £1.50. Ex: £13.10. Tricast: £22.13. Trifecta: £34.50. CSF: £12.93. Non-runners: Bob’s World, Lac Sacre, Leo Luna.

5.15—Hidden identity (A Coleman, 14-1) 1; Open Day (9-2 2nd Fav) 2; Cloudy Bob (20-1) 3. Hcap 12 ran. nk, 8l. (T Vaughan; 7-2 Fav God’s Own). Tote: £18.30; pl £4.70, £1.80, £5.70. Ex: £167.30. Tricast: £1281.20. Trifecta: £426.00. CSF: £74.82. Non-runner: Jolly Roger.

5.45—al co (T J O’Brien, 12-1) 1; What A Warrior (20-1) 2; Storm Survivor (14-1) 3. Court By Surprise (11-4 JtFav) 3. Hcap 14 ran. 1/2l, nk; dht. (P Bowen; 11-4 JtFav Pete The Feat). Tote: Al Co £14.20; pl Al Co £4.10, What A Warrior £5.80, Storm Survivor £1.30. Ex: Al Co, What A Warrior £343.50. Tricast: Al Co, What A Warrior, Storm Survivor £1691.45, Al Co, What A Warrior, Court By Surprise £428.79. Trifecta: Al Co, What A Warrior, Storm Survivor £612.10, Al Co, What A Warrior, Court By Surprise £612.10. CSF: Al Co, What A Warrior £226.52. Non-runners: Ace High, Well Refreshed.

6.10—Oscarteea (A Coleman, 7-2 Fav) 1; Hello George (6-1) 2; Trevaylor Boy (25-1) 3. 15 ran. 1l, 21/4l. (A Honeyball). Tote: £4.30; pl £1.80, £2.60, £5.30. Ex: £26.60. Trifecta: £157.50. CSF: £23.65. Non-runner: Stafford Jo.

Placepot: £33.20Quadpot: £18.10

HeXHaM: good2.15—Streams Of Whiskey (B Harding, 9-1) 1; Highbury

High (6-1) 2; Agricultural (5-1 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 3l, 6l. (N Richards; 4-1 Fav Ballycool). Tote: £14.70; pl £3.70, £1.60, £2.00. Ex: £57.40. Tricast: £301.26. Trifecta: £492.90. CSF: £61.30.

2.45—Sultana belle (P Buchanan, 7-4 2nd Fav) 1; Rathvawn Belle (8-15 Fav) 2; Jordans Day (100-1) 3. 4 ran. 10l, 77l. (S Crawford (IRE) ). Tote: £2.40; Ex: £3.70. Trifecta: £9.80. CSF: £3.15. Non-runner: Push Me.

3.20—Rossini’s Dancer (Mr K Alexander, 12-1) 1;

Allanard (15-2) 2; Etxalar (5-1) 3. Hcap 7 ran. 8l, 3/4l. (N Alexander; 3-1 Fav Ultra Du Chatelet). Tote: £10.60; pl £5.70, £3.80. Ex: £84.00. Trifecta: £214.70. CSF: £85.83.

4.00—Hartforth (C Whillans, 10-1) 1; Silver Dragon (5-2 Fav) 2; Symphonick (14-1) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 13/4l, 13/4l. (D Whillans). Tote: £9.50; pl £3.30, £1.50, £3.10. Ex: £55.10. Tricast: £357.58. Trifecta: £430.20. CSF: £35.72.

4.30—i’ll be Frank (S Mulqueen, 9-2 Fav) 1; Saddlers Mot (6-1) 2; Flying Doctor (5-1 Co 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 8 ran. 3/4l, 41/2l. (M Barnes). Tote: £3.60; pl £1.70, £1.90, £1.80. Ex: £37.10. Tricast: £137.92. Trifecta: £49.30. CSF: £30.64. Non-runner: Saville Row.

5.00—ballyben (Craig Nichol, 5-2 Fav) 1; Milano Magic (5-1) 2; Shimla Dawn (9-2 2nd Fav) 3. 11 ran. 13/4l, 1l. (Miss L Russell). Tote: £3.40; pl £1.70, £1.60, £2.20. Ex: £16.60. Trifecta: £59.40. CSF: £14.63. Non-runners: Cloudy Deal, Mister D.

5.30—local Present (F Keniry, 10-1) 1; Prince Tam (6-1) 2; Morning Time (11-4 Fav) 3. Hcap 9 ran. 21/4l, 3/4l. (J R Turner). Tote: £15.00; pl £2.20, £2.00, £1.70. Ex: £73.60. Tricast: £211.36. Trifecta: £176.70. CSF: £68.38.

6.00—line D’aois (J Sherwood, 15-8 Fav) 1; Royal Ripple (8-1) 2; You’resomedreamer (14-1) 3. 12 ran. 33/4l, 14l. (M Scudamore). Tote: £3.40; pl £1.80, £4.80, £1.50. Ex: £29.90. Trifecta: £225.10. CSF: £16.98. Non-runner: Vodka Moon.

Placepot: £440.90Quadpot: £87.10

neWMaRKeT: good to soft-good in places2.05—Fiesolana (W J Lee, 3-1 Fav) 1; Amarillo (8-1) 2;

Libranno (20-1) 3. 9 ran. 2l, 21/2l. (W McCreery (IRE) ). Tote: £3.30; pl £1.30, £1.90, £3.60. Ex: £27.00. Trifecta: £381.30. CSF: £26.75. Non-runner: Darwin.

2.35—astaire (N Callan, 8-1) 1; Hot Streak (5-1) 2; Justice Day (22-1) 3. 10 ran. 1/2l, 11/2l. (K Ryan; 2-1 Fav Great White Eagle). Tote: £8.30; pl £2.30, £2.00, £5.20. Ex: £44.10. Trifecta: £547.80. CSF: £44.99. Non-runners: Bahamian Heights, Saayerr, Shamshon.

3.10—War command (J P O’Brien, 10-11 Fav) 1; Cable Bay (20-1) 2; Outstrip (15-8 2nd Fav) 3. 6 ran. 11/4l, 11/2l. (A P O’Brien (IRE) ). Tote: £1.60; pl £1.10, £5.20. Ex: £14.40. Trifecta: £26.60. CSF: £19.77.

3.50—Scatter Dice (S De Sousa, 66-1) 1; Waterclock (20-1) 2; Lieutenant Miller (10-1) 3; Chiberta King (20-1) 4. Hcap 33 ran. 3l, 1/2l, 3/4l. (M Johnston; 7-1 Fav Tiger Cliff). Tote: £73.40; pl £14.20, £7.40, £3.10, £4.80. Ex: £1542.50. Tricast: £13406.60. Trifecta: £6822.20. CSF: £1145.46. Non-runner: Thecornishcockney.

4.25—al Thakhira (M Harley, 5-1 2nd Fav) 1; Blockade (33-1) 2; Valonia (7-1) 3. 8 ran. 31/4l, 3/4l. (M Botti; 8-11 Fav Lightning Thunder). Tote: £6.00; pl £1.60, £5.70, £1.60. Ex: £165.40. Trifecta: £1248.60. CSF: £138.01. Non-runner: Ifrika.

4.55—Kingston Hill (A Atzeni, 15-2) 1; Oklahoma City (6-5 Fav) 2; Truth Or Dare (16-1) 3. 8 ran. 2l, 1l. (R Varian). Tote: £8.30; pl £2.00, £1.10, £3.60. Ex: £20.60. Trifecta: £360.40. CSF: £15.80. Non-runner: Sir Jack Layden.

5.25—Highland Knight (D Probert, 25-1) 1; Tales Of Grimm (16-1) 2; Chapter Seven (14-1) 3. 13 ran. Sh Hd, 1l. (A Balding; 9-4 Fav Short Squeeze). Tote: £38.90; pl £9.70, £3.80, £4.90. Ex: £1166.80. Trifecta: £2182.80. CSF: £364.70. Non-runners: Afonso De Sousa, Boom And Bust, Fantastic Moon, Farraaj, Feuerblitz.

Jackpot: not won, pool of £106,074.23 carried over to goodwood.

Placepot: £906.80Quadpot: £87.40

WOlVeRHaMPTOn: Standard5.50—greek Spirit (S Sanders, 7-2 Fav) 1; Logans Lad

(4-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 2; Whipphound (15-2) 3. Hcap 12 ran. 11/2l, 3/4l. (J Noseda). Tote: £4.40; pl £2.40, £2.50, £2.60. Ex: £26.50. Tricast: £101.01. Trifecta: £98.30. CSF: £16.85. Non-runner: Hamis Al Bin.

6.20—Tautira (W Twiston-Davies, 18-1) 1; Tanojin (5-1)

2; Black Geronimo (20-1) 2; Hcap 10 ran. 11/4l; dht. (M Bell; 7-2 JtFav Sukari Gold, 7-2 JtFav Tez). Tote: Tautira £14.70; pl Tautira £4.30, Tanojin £1.60, Black Geronimo £7.00. Ex: Tautira, Tanojin £53.50, Tautira, Black Geronimo £251.90. Tricast: Tautira, Tanojin, Black Geronimo £934.64, Tautira, Black Geronimo, Tanojin £1051.75. Trifecta: Tautira, Tanojin, Black Geronimo £309.20, Tautira, Black Geronimo, Tanojin £309.20. CSF: Tautira, Tanojin £51.54, Tautira, Black Geronimo £161.73.

6.50—Shyron (Jordan Vaughan, 4-6 Fav) 1; Stoney Quine (25-1) 2; Clapperboard (9-1) 3. Hcap 9 ran. 2l, 1/2l. (G Margarson). Tote: £1.90; pl £1.10, £4.20, £2.50. Ex: £24.50. Tricast: £96.18. Trifecta: £101.60. CSF: £27.48.

7.20—look Here’s al (S Sanders, 13-8 Fav) 1; Jolly Red Jeanz (12-1) 2; Aurelia Cotta (3-1 2nd Fav) 3. 8 ran. 11/4l, 11/2l. (E McMahon). Tote: £2.70; pl £1.40, £3.10, £1.30. Ex: £15.70. Trifecta: £39.20. CSF: £22.56. Non-runners: Buy And Sell, Frankthetank.

7.50—cantor (P Donaghy, 3-1 Fav) 1; Kyle Of Bute (25-1) 2; Count Ceprano (28-1) 3. Hcap 12 ran. 23/4l, 11/4l. (G Bravery). Tote: £3.40; pl £1.70, £4.80, £3.70. Ex: £60.90. Tricast: £1797.86. Trifecta: £1154.00. CSF: £88.58. Non-runner: Trulee Scrumptious.

8.20—lawyer (A Kirby, 5-6 Fav) 1; More Aspen (7-2 2nd Fav) 2; Sullivan Street (12-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 1/2l, 13/4l. (L Cumani). Tote: £2.20; pl £1.10, £1.30, £3.70. Ex: £4.20. Tricast: £20.27. Trifecta: £27.60. CSF: £3.19. Non-runner: Oriental Relation.

8.50—Talqaa (C Bishop, 11-4 2nd Fav) 1; Borough Boy (10-3) 2; Busy Bimbo (15-2) 3. 8 ran. 1l, 11/2l. (M Channon; 5-2 Fav Redalani). Tote: £4.30; pl £1.10, £1.80, £3.00. Ex: £11.90. Trifecta: £98.80. CSF: £12.10.

9.20—Hurricane John (A Nicholls, 5-1) 1; Our Golden Girl (6-1) 2; See And Be Seen (2-1 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 8 ran. nk, Sh Hd. (D Nicholls; 7-4 Fav Ana Shababiya). Tote: £5.10; pl £2.00, £2.40, £1.10. Ex: £28.00. Tricast: £79.97. Trifecta: £81.10. CSF: £35.06.

Placepot: £77.20Quadpot: £3.40

yORK: good-good to soft in places1.50—Seek again (R Havlin, 3-1 Fav) 1; Gabrial’s Kaka

(16-1) 2; Centurius (12-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 13/4l, 3/4l. (J Gosden). Tote: £4.00; pl £1.90, £3.50, £5.70. Ex: £31.50. Tricast: £525.01. Trifecta: £114.40. CSF: £54.58.

2.20—Seussical (A Kirby, 6-1) 1; Area Fifty One (16-1) 2; Strictly Silver (8-1) 3. Hcap 13 ran. 4l, 1/2l. (L Cumani; 4-1 Fav First Mohican). Tote: £7.10; pl £2.80, £4.20, £3.00. Ex: £117.00. Tricast: £780.41. Trifecta: £1526.50. CSF: £93.28. Non-runners: Hi There, King’s Warrior.

2.55—Mushir (D O’Neill, 11-2) 1; No Leaf Clover (20-1) 2; Brave Boy (7-1) 3. 10 ran. hd, 41/2l. (R Varian; 7-2 Fav Outer Space). Tote: £6.00; pl £2.00, £4.90, £2.80. Ex: £155.60. Trifecta: £861.60. CSF: £108.32. Non-runner: Mystique Rider.

3.30—Mass Rally (P McDonald, 14-1) 1; Seeking Magic (10-1) 2; Hallelujah (7-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 3; Jimmy Styles (33-1) 4. Hcap 19 ran. 11/2l, ns, 3/4l. (M Dods; 9-2 Fav Baccarat). Tote: £18.40; pl £3.90, £3.50, £1.90, £7.70. Ex: £326.60. Tricast: £1109.14. Trifecta: £2292.60. CSF: £139.38. Non-runner: Ninjago.

4.10—Patentar (A Kirby, 3-1 2nd Fav) 1; Supersta (7-1) 2; Premium Pressure (5-2 Fav) 3. 14 ran. 23/4l, Sh Hd. (M Botti). Tote: £4.80; pl £1.90, £2.30, £1.80. Ex: £28.10. Trifecta: £86.30. CSF: £24.59.

4.40—be Perfect (C D Hayes, 20-1) 1; Theology (20-1) 2; Valid Reason (9-1) 3; Caledonia (9-1) 4. Hcap 17 ran. 11/2l, 11/4l, ns. (D Nicholls; 3-1 Fav Kelvingrove). Tote: £25.70; pl £4.90, £5.30, £2.40, £2.80. Ex: £431.60. Tricast: £3850.42. Trifecta: £1225.70. CSF: £363.33.

5.10—Running Deer (L Steward, 16-1) 1; Flow (11-4 Fav) 2; War Poet (9-1) 3; Hefner (14-1) 4. Hcap 20 ran. hd, 1l, nk. (Lady Cecil). Tote: £22.60; pl £4.80, £1.50, £2.50, £3.90. Ex: £104.70. Tricast: £455.11. Trifecta: £1112.00. CSF: £51.90.

Placepot: £2,468.70Quadpot: £128.30

1.50 – Mamarus2.20 – Nissaki Kasta2.50 – Dutch Romance (nb)3.25 – Admirable Art4.00 – Magic City4.30 – Munhamer5.00 – Kastini5.30 – Sizzler

Going: Good to soft (GoingStick 7.7).

20 SPORT MONDAY OCTOBER 14 2013 WESTERN DAILY PRESS WDP-E01-S3

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel throws the trophy on the podium after winning the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit. Second-placed Mark Webber is on the left

I still get excited every time I walkon the grid, says champ-elect Vettel

Marquez takessecond place toincrease leadMOTOGP

Dani Pedrosa clinched histhird win of the MotoGPseason at the Malaysian GrandPrix while Marc Marquez fin-ished second to extend hischampionship lead to 43p o i n t s.

Repsol Honda rider Pedrosabeat team-mate and compat-riot Marquez by 2.757 seconds,and reigning world championJorge Lorenzo made it an all-Spanish podium in Sepang byplacing third for Yamaha Fact-ory Racing. Pedrosa has nowshortened the standings gap to11 points on second-placedLorenzo with three races re-maining.

Lorenzo was 6.669secs offPe d ro s a ’s winning time of 40minutes 45.191secs, withI t a ly ’s Valentino Rossi(Yamaha Factory Racing) pip-ping Alvaro Bautista (HondaGresini) to fourth spot.

British duo Cal Crutchlowand Bradley Smith were sixthand seventh for MonsterYamaha Tech 3.

Andrea Dovizioso (DucatiTeam), Aleix Espargaro(Power Electronics Aspar) andYonny Hernandez (IgnitePramac Racing) completed thetop 10. Lorenzo made thestrongest start on the outskirtsof Kuala Lumpur but he wasovertaken by Pedrosa at theend of the first lap.

FORMULA ONE

FROM IAN PARKESin Suzuka

Sebastian Vettel has revealedthat victories rather than aplace in Formula One’s historybooks are his motivatingfo rc e.

Vettel is now on the cusp ofbecoming only the third driverin F1 to win a fourth consec-utive world title, standingalongside two of the greats inMichael Schumacher andJuan Manuel Fangio.

Setting a personal bestrecord of five successive wins,and a fourth in the last fiveyears at Suzuka, Vettel is now90 points clear of the only manmathematically capable ofcatching him.

With Fernando Alonso fin-ishing fourth, it means thechampagne is on ice for an-other fortnight until theIndian Grand Prix where RedBull should also celebratetheir fourth straight con-str uctors’ c row n .

For Vettel, standing on top ofthe podium at Suzuka summedup why he is in F1 becauseafter the boos at Monza and inSingapore, there were nothingbut cheers and adoration fromthe knowledgeable Japanesef ans.

Offered a choice betweengoing down in history withSchumacher and Fangio, orstanding on top of everypodium on the calendar, Vettelreplied: “I prefer the secondthing.”

The 26-year-old Germanadded: “When I was small Idreamed about F1, and hon-estly never thought one day Iwould be able to test one ofthese cars.

“The first time I did I s***myself the first couple of lapsand I thought ‘All right, that’sfor real men, not for me’, butthen I got used to it and ob-viously wanted to do more.

“A couple of years later RedBull gave me the chance at

Toro Rosso to get some races,and it’s incredible what’shappened over the last coupleof years.

“But nothing has changed inthe way I still love racing.

“I love the challenge, I’m stillnervous when I wake up onSunday, still excited when Iwalk on the grid and tense,looking forward to the race.

“I enjoy – not the numbers –but the fact I’m racing, and agreat crowd today, a fantasticd ay.

“It would be a shame if youwere too tense and if you triedto force things too much, soyou have to allow yourself toenjoy it because this (the job) isnot normal.

“It doesn’t happen to every-o n e.

“I’m very fortunate I’m oneof 22 guys in Formula One, thatwhen we leave our hotels weget great respect from the fanswho are cheering, shoutingour names, and it’s just great.

“T hat’s what I look forwardto most, and obviously tryingto do it again – and I lovetrophies so I don’t mind col-lecting a few either.”

On a circuit Vettel has madehis own over the years, hesuffered a rare poor startbehind polesitter and team-mate Mark Webber.

That allowed Mercedes’Lewis Hamilton a chance tosqueeze between them, only tosustain a right-rear punctureafter the merest of toucheswith the left end of Vettel’sfront wing.

Hamilton was eventuallyforced into retirement withsevere damage to the floor ofhis car after he had limpedback to the pits.

Instead, from fourth on thegrid, Lotus’ Romain Grosjeangrabbed the early lead, andfrom that moment it became abattle of strategies.

On a two-stop, and exer-cising patience over the open-ing laps, Vettel made his workto perfection to finish sevenseconds ahead of Webber, who

stopped three times, and Gros-jean who changed tyres twice.

“I’ve now won four timeshere at Suzuka, which is in-c re d i bl e, ” added Vettel.

“Regarding the champion-ship we have a very, very goodgap. It looks very good at thisstage, but we will still keeppushing. It’s not over until it’sove r. ”

As far as Alonso is con-cerned, the Spaniard knows“it’s only a matter of timebefore he (Vettel) will be cham-pion”.

Alonso, who finished 45seconds down, added: “Wehave different goals now. Wewill continue to try to do outbest on Sundays, and when it ismathematically settled we willcongratulate him.”

Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen wasfifth, followed by the Saubersof Nico Hulkenberg andEsteban Gutierrez, the latterin the points for the first timein his rookie year.

M e rc e d e s ’ Nico Rosberg,given a drive-through penaltyfor an unsafe release afteralmost colliding withM c L a re n’s Sergio Perez, waseighth.

M c L a re n’s Somerset-borndriver Jenson Button andFelipe Massa in his Ferraricompleted the top 10, with PaulDi Resta 11th for Force India.

RACE RESULTS & LATEST CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Redding seeslead trimmedScott Redding saw his lead inthe Moto2 championship re-duced to nine points by titlerival Pol Espargaro after theMalaysian Grand Prix.

The Quedgeley racer fin-ished seventh in the race wonby Spain’s Esteve Rabat atSepang, allowing second-placed Espargaro to gainground with three races andmaximum of 75 points up forg rabs.

Redding had moved up fromtenth on the starting grid tofourth spot when a crashforced the race to be stopped.

After the race was restartedthe 20-year-old looked to be setto take sixth place, but he wasovertaken by FrenchmanJohann Zarco near the finish.

SPEEDWAY

Somerset Rebels produced anamazing turnaround in Fridayeve n i n g ’s Premier Leagueplay-off group match againstvisiting Newcastle Diamondsto win 51-39 after finding them-selves 34-32 down with justfour heats to go.

The Oaktree Arena outfitscored three successive 5-1heat wins and a 4-2 heat ad-vantage in the final race totake all three match points.

Reserve Charles Wright waspaid for 14 points from his sixrides, combining with NickMorris in heat 12 and AlexDavies in heat 14 to secure 5-1w i n s.

Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka), final positions(53 laps): 1 S Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1hr 26mins49.301secs, 2 M Webber (Aus) Red Bull1:26:56.430, 3 R Grosjean (Fra) Lotus1:26:59.211, 4 F Alonso (Spa) Ferrari1:27:34.906, 5 K Raikkonen (Fin) Lotus1:27:36.626, 6 N Hulkenberg (Ger) Sauber-Ferrari1:27:40.916, 7 E Gutierrez (Mex) Sauber-Ferrari1:28:00.931, 8 N Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes1:28:01.324, 9 J Button (Gbr) McLaren1:28:10.122, 10 F Massa (Bra) Ferrari1:28:18.564, 11 P di Resta (Gbr) Force India1:28:27.873, 12 J-E Vergne (Fra) Scuderia ToroRosso at 1 lap, 13 D Ricciardo (Aus) ScuderiaToro Rosso at 1 lap, 14 A Sutil (Ger) Force Indiaat 1 lap, 15 S Perez (Mex) McLaren at 1 lap, 16P Maldonado (Ven) Williams at 1 lap, 17 VBottas (Fin) Williams at 1 lap, 18 C Pic (Fra)Caterham at 1 lap, 19 M Chilton (Gbr) Marussiaat 1 lap. Not classified: 20 L Hamilton (Gbr)Mercedes 7 laps, 21 G van der Garde (Ned)

Caterham 0 laps, 22 J Bianchi (Fra) Marussia 0laps.World Championship standings,Drivers: 1 S Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 297pts, 2 FAlonso (Spa) Ferrari 207, 3 K Raikkonen (Fin)Lotus 177, 4 L Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes 161, 5M Webber (Aus) Red Bull 148, 6 N Rosberg(Ger) Mercedes 126, 7 F Massa (Bra) Ferrari 90,8 R Grosjean (Fra) Lotus 87, 9 J Button (Gbr)McLaren 60, 10 N Hulkenberg (Ger) Sauber-Ferrari 39, 11 P di Resta (Gbr) Force India 36,12 A Sutil (Ger) Force India 26, 13 S Perez(Mex) McLaren 23, 14 D Ricciardo (Aus)Scuderia Toro Rosso 18, 15 J-E Vergne (Fra)Scuderia Toro Rosso 13, 16 E Gutierrez (Mex)Sauber-Ferrari 6, 17 P Maldonado (Ven)Williams 1.Manufacturers: 1 Red Bull 445pts, 2 Ferrari297, 3 Mercedes 287, 4 Lotus 264, 5 McLaren83, 6 Force India 62, 7 Sauber-Ferrari 45.

Rebels securecrucial victory