THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 29, 1987.
FOOTBALL FORM GUIDE Comprehensive Table Shows Form At A Glance
comprehensive guide to the form of all Clubs in the four premier English Football League and the premier Scottish League will be found in the appended table. To assist in com- paring the teams, details of how they fared in their last five matches are given. §
The letters W, L, and D indicate matches won, lost and drawn respectively. Games played at home are shown in capital letters, The figures in while away games are denoted by ordinary type. brackets denote the position held by that team at the conclusion of last season, an asterisk denotes that that team has been promoted, and a dagger that that team has been relegated.
Portsmouth (10) DWILI Grimsby (12) LNWw Preston (7) DWWLw Chelsea (8) HLIW Birmingham (12) DwDIW Stoke (4) Wdw Huddersfield (3) WdlLd
6 33 47 18 49
6 24 33 14 46
5.23 55 17 44 7.21 35 15 44
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AT A GLANCE
Fusiliers
FIRST DIVISION
(Evans 2 and Sullivan)
3. Police
· SECOND DIVISION: Engineers
4 Seaforths (Beal 2, Hurst. (Lindsay)
and Howlett) Fusiliers (Tatler 2 and
Davis)
Club
3. Rifles
(Miller and Boyd)
0 Kowloon ¿THIRD DIVISION. Ordnance 2 Engineers (Cooper and Waters)
FUSILIERS
DEFEAT
THE POLICE
Poor Markmanship Featured
GREEN
FAILS
WITH PENALTY
The Police completed their Sen- ior League football fixtures with a the three clear goals defeat at hands of the Fusiliers, at Prince Edward Road yesterday, but had the Police made use of their open-
SWINDON WIN AT ings, they could have shared the
BRISTOL
YESTERDAY'S HOME FOOTBALL
London, To-day. The following football League 4 24 46 14 41 matches were played yesterday:-
616 36 13 40
9.14 44 11 37 2 23 45 6 37
7.32
THIRD- DIVISION (SOUTH). Bristol City 1 Swinton
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
Hartlepools 5 New Brighton
SCOTTISH, LEAGUE Aberdeen 1
Kilmarnock
First Division
HOME
AWAY
PP W L
Goals D FA Pts
P
Goals Pts. TL Pts W L D F A
M'chester C. (9) WwWww 41 21 16 *Charlton (-) Wiwaw
1
4 56 19 36
20
6' 6
8 41 39 20 56
.41 20 14
1
5 35 10 33
21
7 9
5 21.36 19 52
Arsenal (6) dWlWl
.41 20 10
1
9 43 20.29
21
8
7
6 37 33 22 51
Derby (4) IDIWw
241 21 14
4
3 61 25 31
20
6
8
M'dlesboro' (14) dIWIL...41 20 14
1
5 49 20 23
21
5 13
3 24 35 13 16
Brentford (5) dLIWI Sunderland (1) WILwD
.41 21 14
3
4 47 23 32
20
4.10
..42 21 12
6
3 54 22 27
21
6.10
:.41 21 13
5
3 40 29 29
20
4 9
.41 20 12
5.3 56 30 27
21
5 12
.42 21 9
6
6 39 20 24
21
5 9
7 20 38 17 41
41 21 11
4
6 36 23 28
20
3 11
6 16 32 12 40
41 20
9
5
6 34 21 23
21
4
9
8 27.36 16 40
.41 21 11
4
6 31 24 28
20
3 11
..41 20 11
5
4 37-15 26
21
1 11
Everton. (16) BUDI
.42 21 12
2
7 46 19 31
21
2 17
Wolves (5) IWWwl
.41 20 14
3
3.56 23 31
21
5 12
4 21 42 14 45
W. Brom. (18) ILlwW
.41.20 10
4
6 37 11 26
21
3 14
4 24 53 10 34
Liverpool (19). UWID
41 20
9
4
7 37 35 25
21
3 15
3 23 53 9 34
Bolton (13) IWwDI
..41 21
6
9
6 23 33 18
20
4 9
7 21 29 15 33
Manchester U. (-) wDdWd 42 21 Leeds (11) wWILW
8
4
9 28 24 25
21
2 10
3 20 45
..41 20 12
5
3 36 20 27
21
2 18
1 18 53
5 32
9 10
2 33 31 20
20
1 11
8 20 24 10 30
AWAY
HOME
Goals
PP W L
D F A Pts
P W L
D F A Pts
42 21 13
4
4 46 21 30 21 11
7
3 42 31 25 55
41 20 13
3
4 58 30 30-21 10
7
4 37 54 24 54
42 21 12
5
4 41 20 28 21 11
8
2 23 32 24 52
.41 20 14
4
2 39 23 30
21
6
8
7 28 30 19 49
.42 21 10
8
3 44 23 23
21 12
7
..41 21 13 ..41 21 15
3
5 35 15 29
20
5
8.21 22 18 47
2
4.44 12 34
20
3.11.
6 20 35 12 46
.41 20 11
5
4 45 26 24 21
7 8
6 33 25.20 44
..41 20 11
5
4 37 25 26
21
6.10
5 33 34 17 43
..41 21 12
4 5 36 15 29 20
410
6 21 22 14 43
+Blackburn (-) wWlwL..41 21 11
6.4 50 28 26- 20
Tottenham (5). AWAL
.41 21 12
6
3.50 26-27 20
*Chesterfield (-) dLiLd
.41 21 13
5
3 41 32 29. 20
6 9.5 18 24 17 43 5.10 3. 12
5 28 33 15 42
5 29.52 12 41
Burnley (15) wLIWd
41 21 11
5
5 35 33 27
20
4 11
*Barnsley (0) DwWIW Norwich (11) NWIW Swansea (13) DILLd S'mpton (17) DWIDI Notts F. (10) DIWwl Bradford C. (12) ILIWI Doncaster (15) UDA Third Division South
.41 21 12
3
6 34 29 30
20
3 14
5 19 48 13 40 3.17 34
out
9 39
.41 20
7
7
6 27:27 20
21
6 11
4 23 37 06 36
41 20
&
8
4.24 24 20
21
5 11
5 28 49 15 35
41 20 10
3
7 34 21 27. 21
2 16
3 17.43
7 34
41 21
9
6
6 29 32 24 20
3 13
4 25 48
6 32
one Cup Final
.42 21
8 5
8 30 27 24 21
1 16
4 18 62
6 30
Oceàn.
41 20
6
8.
6 16 29 18 21
HOME
1 16
AWAY
4 12 55
6 24
Wednesday (20) LILwl ..41 21
Second Division
Blackpool (10) ldDwD Leicester (6) LwWwW Bury (14) lwWIW Plymouth (7) dDdWl Newcastle (8) wwWwl West Ham (5) dWwDW Sheffield U. (3) wIWID †A. Villa (-) lapil Fulham (9) wDlwd .. *Coventry (-) WILwl
Notts C. (9) wlWwL Luton (2) dwWIW Brighton (7) IWIWw Waford (15) DWwLd Reading (3) wlWdW B'mouth (8) WwDWa Millwall (12) WWIDI Southend (18) WDIDI Queen's Pk. (4) ILwW Nort'pton (15) WWILw Gillingham (16) LHWI Clapton (11) IwLID Swindon (19) wWIDw *Bristol. R. (-) WWND Cardiff (20) }LwWW Crystal (6) LwDIW Bristol C. (13) LilWa Walsall (-) dWwWL Torquay (10) WALID Newport (21) IWwL! Exeter (22) HWJD Aldershot (11) DILN Third Division North
Goals
Goals Pts. TI.
2 37 40 26: 49
Goals Pts. Ti.
P P W L D F A Pts P W L DFA Pts
41 21 15 .41 20-17
5 3 3 44 20 33 20 8
7.28, 25.23-56-
2 37 38 20 56
7.19 24 21.52 87.28 34 17 50
1 2 47 21 36
21
9 10
.41 20 13
2
5 46 17 31
21
7 7
..41 21 15
3
3 44 16 33
20
5
41 20 13
3
4 46 20 30
21
4 9
.41 21 16
2
3 40 15 35
20
3.11
41 20 12
6
2 34 27 26
21
5 10
.40 20 10
3
7 41 22 26
20
8
9
41 20 11
7 2 39 25 24
21
7
7
.41 20 14 ..41 20 13
3. 3 51 18 31
21
5
13
2. 5 32 19 31
21
4 14
.41 20 9
4
7 25 18 25 21
.41 20 12
.41 21 13
5 3 51 22 27 · 21 6 2 45.20 28 20
41 21 9
.41 21 11
Stockport (5) IWlwd Lincoln (4) WwD]l ̈ Chester (2) IWIwD ́ Oldham (7) lwWh2; Hartlepools (8) WdDWW Wrexham (18) WwLwd Hull (-) IdLDl.... Halifax (18) dLdWW P. Vale (-) DIDDI Carlisle (13) WldDW Accrington (9) WIWw York (16) IDIWW
84 31 21-22 20.5.12
8.21 34 19 49 6 16 35 12 47 6 29 36 20 46
3 23 32 19 45
Reuter.
FA CUP FINAL
Wembley Sold Out:
Seat Values!
spoils.
The Police started in a very pro- mising manner and kept the Fusi- liers on the defence for the greater part of the first half, but Green miss- ed a penalty, and later, when Row- lands brought off a grand save from a point-blank drive from the same dis- player, the Police appeared couraged and fell away badly.
of
any
They had ample opportunities to score, however, but bad shooting 2 was the cause of their failure. Wil- lerton, at centre forward, worked hard and was in the midst
but did not display 0 things,
ball control and seldom shot. Pope, 2 in his new position on the right- wing, was out of place and though he beat Grindley on several occa- sions he was poor in his centring and erratic in his shooting.
PARKER'S TRYING TIME Evans (94) and Sullivan combin- ed well in the Fusilier attack and these two gave Parker, in the pivo-
anxious London, To-day.
tal position, many The tense interest British ments. Parry, on the left wing, football fans in the F.A. Cup Final, was fast and played well in which is to be played at the Empire new position. Stadium, Wembley, this Saturday,
of
Wheeler
covering.
mo-
his
was
the outstanding.
and is shown by the fact that the giant player in their defence, being pro-
his clearances stadium has been completely sold minent with
After the Police had missed se- A newspaper report states that
scoring, opportunities of two tickets for Coronation stands veral are being offered in exchange for Evans placed the Fusiliers in the In the second ticket! Trans-lead with a header.
half Evans (34) and Sullivan, scor- ed.
H.K.F.A. TEAM FOR FINAL OF
Police: Manning; Blackburn, Bone; Britton, Parker, Brookes; Pope, Morri- son, Willerton, Green, Taylor.
Wheeler, Fusiliers: Rowlands;
GOVERNOR'S CUP Keating; Grindley, Wanklyn, Taylor:
The following have been chosen
to represent the Hong Kong Foot- ball Association in the Final of the Governor's Cup Competition to be
played on Sunday on the Kowloon Football Club ground at 4.15 p.m.
Rowlands
(Fusiliers);
Croakly, Sullivan, Evans, Evans, Parry.
JACKIE BROWN'S INJURY
Jackie Brown
(Manchester),
7:20-24 21 45 3- 24 40 13 44 8 45 16 11 42 8 21 32-15 40 .3 10
2 11 8 25 48 12 39
and is now under the management of 3 16 1 18 50 7 35
3-21 43 13 35 Parker (Police); Irwin (Rifles), Land Mr. Harry Levene. When his sep- 5 15 39 7 34 (Engineers), A. V. Gogano (Recreio),tic finger has healed application will be made to Belle Vue, Manchester, Talbot (Fusiliers) and Knox (Kow- loon).
Reserves: E. Strange (Club), S. for a new date for Brown's bantam- (Club), Evans (Fusiliers), weight championship contest with Strange Blake (Kowloon) and Howlett (En the holder, Johnny King. gineers).
Pickering former world-fly-weight champion, (Rifles) and Stevens (Rifles); Williams
(Recreio) Beltrao (Seaforths),
3 7 43 24 27.20 1 14 6 1 36 25 27 20 2 15 2 34 32 24 20.3 11 2 43 34 20 20 8 11 66 35 28. 22
40 20 13 42 21 10 10 41 21-9 10
8 .40 20 .41.20.7
41. 20 4 10
HOME
3 15 467 34 6 25 44 12 34 6 12 36 12 32
3 27 65 9 31
8
5 27 38-19
20 21
3.14
3 12
6 22 28 14 21
2.16
AWAY
6 21 44 12 31 3 18 33 7 21
Goals
Goals Pts. TL PP W L D E A Pts P W L D F A Pts .41 20 15 1 4 54 18 34 21 858 2120 24 58 3 1 60 20 35 20 7 5 8.35 37. 22 57. .41 21 17 .42 21-15 1 5 61 20 33 21 7 11 3.25 37 17:53
Scottish League
Rangers (2) WwWW
40 21 13 35 47 22 31 208 8 436 41 18-49-1: Aberdeen cu
41 21 16 ..42 21 11 .40 20.10 .41 21.10 .41 20 12
4 1 42 20 33 20 3 11 6 21 49 12 45 7 3 43 15 25 21 5 7 9 31 34 19:44 4.6 81 20.26 20 5 8 7-26-40-17 43 6 5 34 15 25 20 7 9426:43 18 43 4 18 98 14 42 35-37 22 28 21 5 12 4 4 46 16 28 21 6 13 2.25 35 14 42
512
Celtic (1) -
Hearts (5) IWwWW Motherwell (4) WwWwW Falkirk (-) LidWi T. Lanark (9) wdIDW. Hamilton (6) LWDd Dundee (12) DDIW, Clyde (16) WWWDL
HOME
Goals
PP W L D. F. A Pts P W 38 19 17 0 2 54 10 36 19 38 19 15 0 4 43 16 34 19 37-19 14 2 3 5 20 31 18 2 0 63 21 34. 19 38 19.17
2 3 56 28 27 199 38 19 14 4 1.51-29 29-19 37 18 13
5 4 35 18 24 19
AWAY
Goals Pts.
33 14 253 30 27 20 54
56 20 21 21 52. 93.30 36 17:51 64 29 22 22 49 59 5 37 39 15 44 982 25 41 20 48 38 1975: 7–134/32 28-1947/748 22 46 16 39 38 19 12 6 1 52 33 25196-939 60 16 41
.38 18 10
38 19 9 7 3 85 29 28 19 6 10 -3 23 39 15 38
6 23 36 18 40 | Kilmarnock (8) WwdDL..38 19 11 2 5 36 25 27 19 4 12 3 22 47 11 38- 4:26:57 10 38
.41 20 12
.41 20 12
41 20 11
6
Mansfield (19) WILwW Gateshead (14) Llwll-
6
5 10 .41 20 10 8 2.48 24 22 21 6 9 2.40 2018
6 342 23 27 21 3.43 25 25 21
4 15.3414 41
6 28 52 16 41
6 47 22 28 21 3 14
N. Brighton (22) WIWil.....42 21 10 Southport (21) [IWIW ....42 21 10 Rotherham (11) WWIWI41 20 10
4
7 34 27 27 21:3 14
4 20-52-10 37
5
6 37 38 26 21 4-14
3 31 52 11 87
4 6 46 23 26: 21
3.16
2 28,57 834
Barrow. (15) WIWIL Rochdale (20) LUWA Tranmere (3) IDDIW Crewe (6) LwdLi
.41 20 9 ..41 20 11
41 21 10 5 6 43 16 26 20 41 20 7 7 6 26 26 20. 21′′ 41 21 6 7 8 41 45 20 20
5 6 47 22.28 21
3 14 7 2-42 28 24 211 13
7:25 54
4 26 57 10 84 9 38
2 17
1:17.47
5 31
3 13
5 30 53 11 31
2 12
Darlington (12) LWdDI
38 19 9 5 5 45 30 23 19 3124 34 41 16 33
St. Johnstone (7) IWILL”. Partick (10) DAILIWAK Arbroath (11) IWND
38 19 13 3 3 45 33 29 19 012-7 17 46
7.36
38 19 9 5 5 44 19 28 19 5 14 0-24 29 8 31 Queen's PR. (14) LIDwd. 98:19 -6 6 7 44 24 19 19 5 13 1 29 22 11 30 "St. Mirren ()-LWIWI 37 189 72-42 22 20 19 2.12 5 28 43 9 29 Hibernian (17) DanDI.38-19 36:10-28 26 16 19-313-21459
8 19 Queen's O'B. (15) ILIID38 19 6 9 4 28 36 16 19 2 13 4:24 50 114 4:10 50. Dunfermline (13) dwLld ..37 18 2 9 7 43 12 11 19 2 13 4 30 22.
.36 19 4 13 2 29:48 10 19 6.24 39 10.30 ·・ Albion (10) Liai
8:24
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