THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
1934.
NOT ALL HONEY FOR BIG TEAMS IN SCOTTISH CUP
UPSETS TO BE EXPECTED Our Forecast
ON FOREIGN GROUNDS
RANGERS APPEAR TO BE ABOUT ONLY CERTAIN WINNERS
THE ENGISH LEAGUE: TIT
BITS OF THE DAY
(By "The Pilgrim")
with
The Scottish Cup has now tonishing defeat by Northampton roached the second round proper they will concede more points bo- and a review of the engagements fore they mend again,
However I have forecast a. win. axed for Saturday does not sug-1 geat that the senior teams will for them against the Wolves and have too happy a time of it.
the Derby County, and It is not often that the draw Arsenal fixtures fairly ante for has treated them so badly.
the home clubs the position should Rangers, Motherwell, St. John-romain the same.
Sunderland again' moet Aston Hiberniana, Kilmarnock, stone, Falkirk, and St. Mirron, and Villa and with loss stakes to be Hearts, all have to travel and Iwon I fear that the Villa will be expect one, I not more will be lucky to escape a trouncing. eliminated unless they can force a However they are well satisfied replay.
with themselves over the cup-tle. Fulham are the only Club that appear to me to have a fair chance of garnering away points, Grimsby going to Fort Vale after a strenuous week's play and West Ham travelling to Preston.
Ranger's magnificent form la Indicative of a bough time for Third Lanark and in their case I do not think home advantage will Bave them.
Motherwell have been an un- cortnia quantity recently and their away Axture with Queen's Park is a tester-though not too dimcult a ono,
Grimsby, by the way, now have the biggest margin of safety with six clear points lend of the Second Division.
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GOOD DAY FOR
HOME TEAMS IS INDICATED
Everton Visiting Highbury
(By "The Pilgrim")
Below is the special Telegraph forcast for Saturday's English League and Scottish Cup. foot- ball. Where teams are marked in heavy type they are expected to win, and where no such indication is given a draw is anticipation.
ENGLISH LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION.
Everton (3) ARSENAL (2) BIRM'GĦM (1) New'atlo (2) Chelsea (4)
L'CESTR (1). DERBY (—) .. Stoke (-) HUDD'RSF"LD (3) ▼ Wolves (2) LIVERP''L (→→) ▾ Spurs (~) Manch'tr C, (2) ▼ Middl'bro (3) PORTSM'THI (1) ▼ Sheff U. (0) WEDNESDAY (1) ▼ Blackburn (1), SUND'RLD (1) ▼ A Villa (1) WEST BROM (0) ♥ Leeds (1)
Y
Bradford C. (0)
TO BEAT THE
BOOK.
(By Robia")
HOME/..
5.
Exotor Derby
Chester
Bristol Rovers
Arsenal
Bury
Burnley
Walsall
Brighton
Bradford:
Chelsea
Manchester C.
AWAY,
Motherwell Stockport Reading
DRAWS.-
Aldershot
Portsmouth Ayr United
FIVE MINUTES FOOTBALL..
A GOOD MOVE FROM THROW-IN
(By."Saracen")
It is soldom. that any real ad- vantage is gained from a throw-in A team on the defensive-that when the play is near their goal always deliver the ball straight down the field. Their object is twofold; to make ground and to keep the ball allow it to bo takon into the middle would be risky and possibly put their goal in jeopardy.
I think, the best throw In the case of an attacking side is
FIGURES. WHICH SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES
A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE
The following tabulated league table records of all the diaba in the English League and the first division of the Scottish League show their home and away performances up to and including yesterday's matches.
ono Arsenal mado at right angles to the side Derby County line. The player to take it should Huddersfield be the inside forward and he will be Tottenham
ENGLISH LEAGUE,
FIRST DIVISION.
Home Away
Goals
W. D. L. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.
43 23
..Total
W. D. L
26
14
8 4 0
25
18 7 5
8 4 0
20
12 9 5
26 134 9
in a favourable position if he takes Mancehster City 26 11 8 7
up his place late, trying to take the opposition by surprise.
85
5 8 6 4820-38-
9 3 13 0 4 57 89 88
8 14 58 547 29
8. 3.3 8 6 4 17. 42
Blackburn... 27 18 4 10 11 3 0
25 18 2 10
26 10 7
20 10 6 10
25
0 8
20
D 7 10
When the ball is thrown straight West Bromwich 27 11 79 to him he ought not to attempt to Middlesbro stop it, but turn and with It Portsmouth It runs into the middle. He is sure Wednesday to be challenged by the opposing Wolverhampton wing half and possibly compelled to Sunderland pass. One move is to push the ball Newcastle to the centre-forward lying ahead, Aston Villa but a more effective one is to pass Everton..... without altering the course of the Leeds United ball to his wing half on the opposite Birmingham alde of the field. The half must; have anticipated this pass and have Leicester
Stoke City come up to take it,
27 8 9 10
20 10 4 12
25
20
For as long as I can remember Liverpool.. this method of developing an attack Sheffield United. 27 from a throw in has been practised Cholmen
in Scotland and to lesser extent in
Y
Y
Barnsley (0) Doncaster (0)
Tranpore()
England. To-day, it is splendidly worked by Glasgow
SWINDON (1) V Coventry (2) Torquay (3) Y QU, PARK (1) THIRD DIVISION (NORTH). ACCR'GTN (2) Chester (2) CHESTRELD (-) CREWE (3) DARL'GTN (1) GATESH'D (3) N. Brighton (0) ROTHERHM (2) v 8"THPORT (0) WALSALL (5) York (3)
SECOND DIVISION, With Coventry, Reading, and BRADFORD (3) ▼ Notts F. (1) Aberdeen are fortunate to be drawn at home again, this time to Queen's Park ali etose on the BRENTFORD (1) v Bolton (-) Dundee, and League records cor- heels of Norwich and all four BURNLEY (2) Manch'tr U. (8)
BURY
Hull (~~) tainly seem to favour the home-playing away from home, 1 ex-
FULHAM KO) pect to see some highly interest Lincoln (8) atora.
v_B'th'min (9) Millwall (3) Celtic will not find things easying results.
NOTTS C. (2) Chosterfield have a chance of OLDHAM (5) at Ayr where they have already
Y Plym'th (1) fallon once in a League game increasing their lead in the PORT VALE (4) y Grimsby (2) this season, and Falkirk I think Northern section when. Stockport PRESTON.(4) r West Ham (1) will find themselves in a similar visit. Rotherham as I hope, to lose. Swansea (—), • Blackp'l (-)) position when they arrive at The Salter-lane Club should be
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). Hamilton able to overcome Tranmere and Hamilton's ground. lost 1-0 when they travelled to will then be in a very powerful ALD'RSHOT (1) ▼ Bristol C, (0) Falkirk in the League but I fancy position for promotion:
Brighton (◊)- CLAPTON (0) Walsall, as I prophesied, have BRISTOL I. (2) ▼ Watford (0) the tables will be reversed.,
Huddersfield are cracking up come up strongly and will be rivals Cryst. Pal (-)▼ CHARLTON (Albion firat in the keen tussle for tho with Stockport if their engagement EXETER (1) Cardin (0) championship of the First Division with Carlinie turns out as it and I fear that after their as-should.
SPORTING CHATTER BY "THE PRILGRIM"
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE VARIOUS CAMPS
GRAVESEND United players are ARTHUR Grimsdell and not Tom
having night practico games Parker might now be managing with a bail painted with a luminons Norwich City had the ox-'Spur_ac- substance. A small floodlight will cepted a £600-a-year offer made to be used.
him when he left White Hart-lane.
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LBERT Partridge Boyle,
Town right wing, were together with chairman, has been turning over] Shofield United for six years from in his mind the idea of getting to- gother a party of cricketer-footballers May, 1923, to May, 1920,
A partners on the Northampton SIR Samuel Hill-Wood, the Arsenal
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PHILIP Cartwright, or Bourne-
mouth, has figured.in ihree pro- motion triumphs and one relegation! failure in the last six years,
play both games.
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GILLINGHPM (4) LUTON (1) NORTHMTN (8)
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B'nam'th (0)
v
Norwich (1)
Newport (0) Southend (3) ▼ READING (1)
SCOTTISH
ABERDEEN
E. Burling Allos
Ross County AYR
Th Lanark Brechin
HAMILTON
Qu. Park
w
Y
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T
Rochdale (1) Hartlep❜ls (2) Manstid (2) HALIFAX (3) Stockport (1) Wrexham (0) Carlisle (0) BARROW (1) LEAGUE
♥
Dundee
Arbroath
▾ HIBERNIANS
❤
GALSTON
V Celtic
RANGERS
▼ ST. MIRREN
v Kilmarnock
都
Falkirk
Motherwell
COWDENBEATH 8. Bernards
Valo o Leithen v B. JOHNSTONE
Queen 'South a bye.
to the direction offers usin
left-half, who is unequalled by any half back in the game.
Grimsby
As soon as Brown collects the ball Port Vale he acts as a forward going right up Brentford In attack. Some authorities declare Bolton that this is unsafe, pointing out that
op.
ANAN
49 52
47 40
46 46
32 20
80
61 66
48
38
51 50
52 61
40 41
40 42
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24
22
8-8. 9
86 11
1 8 9
26
5 11 10
2.5 7
27. 29
24
7.7 10
4.4 4
8 8 6
34 86
20
7 7 12
1 4
4
1 8 8
80
48
26
76 18
5
A
0
46 69
7 5 16
1 0 12
86 3
72 · 19
25
6 6 14
6 2.5
0 3.9
36 48
SECOND DIVISION,
Total
Home
Away
Goals
P
W. D. L.
W. D. L. W. D. L
F. Ai
Pts.
26 19 0 7
11 0 3 8 0 4
66 86
38
26 14 4
8
1
Б 2 7
89 82
32
26 13 5 8
#
2
4 3. 6
59 48
91
20 14
210
49 30
30
26 11
64
48
25 11 6 8
46 02
26 11 6 27 10 8
3 6
38 82
2.2 8
45.35
-3 0
84 87
61 40
9
48 44
10
·46 58
89
43
36
39
8441
83 32
89 37
9
30 46
3 1 9
25 09
Swansen: Manchester U.. Lincoln
25
6
0.10 6 € 1
3 9
87
26
8.3 15
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6 5 14 G
if the attack breaks down and the Plymouth ball comes back quickly the back will Blackpool be left to deal with two or more Preston N.E. ponents. But the Rangers have A Bury safeguard against this, as soon as Fulham Brown advances McPhail, the inside West Ham left, falls back and is, in an emer- Bradford City gency, ready to act as a half back.
Bradford
One good point about this attack Burnley
is that it is launched quickly and
from an unexpected quarter and
Oldham
it
may happen that the defence, ha Hull City ing concentrated on the side where Southampton the throw-in took place, and not in a Notts Forest position to meet it,
Notts County Millwall
WHAT DO THE FOOTBALL PUBLIC WANT FOR THEIR SHILLINGS?
INTERESTING QUESTION DEALT WITH BY THE
LATE MR. HERBERT CHAPMAN
Norwich Coventry Reading
good enough to tour the world and I make take this opportunity to from the same angle, and the men it does not matter if the ball goes into Torquay
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FEW people know that Cufford
Bastin, as a boy player at Exe- ter, algned forms for the 'Spurs, which were cancelled some time be fore the Arsenal got on his track.
26 11 10 26 9 8 8
26 11 3 12
26
12 1 18
-26 30 4 12
25 9 6.10
25 8 8 9
25
9
9 5 11 25 8 117
26 8 6 12 -5
20 8 .6 12 G 5.3
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH),
Total
Home Away
P. W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L
24 12 7.9
-25-115...9
NOAHAANUNON
Goale
20 16 6 5 10
2 1 5 4 4
68 86
26 13 7 6 10
2.2
9 6 4
64 36
25 13 0 6 11
2 0
2 4 6
G4 31
24 14 4.6 10
1 1
48 5
46 29
24 14 8. 7
D
1 1
6 2 6
55 05
20 184 9 10
.50 36
26 12 6 8
54 44
51 83
25 9 9 7
6 4 3
81-81
Swindon ve
3741
25 8 7 9
39. 41
26. 0.5 12
10
38 48
28
8 6 9
6
*48 · 44
24
7 7 10
B
86 36
25
9 3 13
31 55
25
7 6 12
8
29 44
9
40 55
25
5
42 45
25
4 11 10
3
25 41
6 6 18
5 4 B 1 2 10
45 64
7 3 1G
5
10 87 69 17
4 8 11 8
32 53
16
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH),
Total
19 2.6 11 0 2 8 2 B
69 26
25
4
72 29
05 45
54 38
47 54
49 27
44 42
62 00
46 42
| Queen's Park
Charlton he wrote that it is dangerous to the root of football management.
Such is the state of football to-day; because I believe that it goes to probably be decided that the man Exeter criticise without this inner knowledge.
really to blame was the one who¦ Luton In view of this opinion, can there forced it, and that it was a triumph Bristol Rovers There was never a time in the be any doubt as to what Mr. Hodge for defence rather than a failure in Aldershot history of the game when team would tell his players before they attack. tactics wero no closely studied and came to Highbury, and how bo would But what do the crowd really want Crystal Palace such thorough preparations were try to inspire the fighting spirit to see? Ninety-five per cent, made for a match.
of among them. So far as the Arsenal are concerned,
their interest is expressed in their Clapton Qrient. Laurie Edwards, the trainer, as his hope that a particular team will win. Northampton no secret of this, and I am Houtenant, would approach the match There is no doubt about this, and Brighton pleased -to
that man may easily be mis- would have faith in themselves the net off a player's eyebrow if it Southend judged because, in the interests of through what they had accomplished counts as a goal. the team, he plays a part which has at Aston Villa and Liverpool.
Bournemouth- no spectacular, side to it, but which,
When wo played at Blackburn the Watford according to the plans laid down, is ponse was stressed by a remark by the start when the ball was about
How magnificent was their res-referee blew his whistle soon after Newport vitally important.
Gillingham Jimmy Dunne in the Arsenal drek-threo yards outside the What are a player's orders? What sing-room at the finish, is the role he has been called on to
penalty area. "He wasn't off-side," Cardiff He said, "I wouldn't have believed the spectators shouted. "Keep your Bristol City PRNEST Hart, the Loods long-sor fill? Unless these matters are ap that a Leicester City side could fight eyes open, rof."
vice centre half, has been with preciated and a little imagination is like that. They never did when I the club in three successful fights for shown, it is quite likely that a man played against them for Shefeld, and when every one was mystified But when there had been no appeal MR. J. W. Welham, of Teignmouth, promotion from the Second to the may be done an injustice,
United."
as to what offence had been commit- tells me that he played for the First Division.
There is also the illuminating re- ted the referos gave a free kick to 'Spurs forty-three years ago, when
mark of David Jack, who watched the the Rovers and Imrie fired the ball Chesterfield the forwards were all small and the ARSENAL defeated Middlesbrough The fairness defence all over six foot.
of the Press may match from the stand. Coming into into the not.
Stockport by six goals to none on Septem- never be questioned, and I do not the dressing-room at half-time, ho bor 30. Since then the Borough have quarrel with the views they express,
Instantly the crowd broke Into Barnsley
Walsall cheers. They did not consider the macrit of the goal. Blackburn Ro- Halifax, vers were one up and on the way Tranmere to winning the match. That was Doncaster.
WEST Bromwich
Albion
has
aigned another player on their
doorstep---John Hickman Inside ERN
right).
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APT SUMMING UP.
SEVERAL League clubs are interest-made but ono change-Ferguson for but I would urge them to try to get Ho "You were right about Maw.
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UTON are congratulating them- |LV
selves on another "And" in a Preston signed genial Tom young amateur contro forward named WHEN
Pritchard, the former Wolver- Cook, who comes from the Notting hampton and Charlton contro half, ham country, and who, playing for they added to their golf stars a scratch the first time in professional football, man who can hit a drivo which even] scored two goals against Chelsea ro- professionals would envy.
HOW TO WINI
Arsenal
Barrow Wrexham Accrington
Goals
Home Away
W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L. ·F. A. Pta.
15 0 4 11 2 0 26 16 4 7 10 20
26 15 8 8 11
25 14 2 9 10 12 & 6 26 12:59
2000
8
24 11 8 10
deserves to have two men watch- ed in a brilliant young centre Williams at outside right—and have beyond the things that are obvious ing
him." half in the Swanson Town nursery scored 20 goals.
before Jumping to conclusions.
This statement lets the cat out of team John Chalk, a former Swansea
After the match with. Leicester the bag by revealing that our study schoolboy.
City
the thing that mattered. a visiting affelal remarked, of the match had suggested that Maw "Morally we've won technically, was a dangerous member of the City we've lost." What ho meant was team and that he would have to be that they had been beaton in the closely covered by John and James.
This is the anglo from which the Hartlepools technique of the game, and I think
26 spectator watches a match, and al- Southport ... it was an apt summing up.
Maw is a very fine player, one of though it may be a tribute to his Gateshead
25 87.10 the best inside forwards in the loyalty and enthusiasm, I think he York City game at the present time, and his would rather his side won badly than Crewe Alex. cloverness in constructive work has that they lost well. played a notable part in the splen- did revival of the Leicester club.
VITAL CHANGES.
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ALLY" Duncan seems assured).
"DALLY
serves.
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The general view taken of the match was probably influenced by the fact that the Arsenal did not had been anticipated.
of another cas for Scotland M. Bob Hewison, of Bristol City, show the pronounced superiority that
haa algned a promising inside na outside left. He has not been forward in Robert Brino, who this sea-| scoring no freely this season, but his son has scored a lot of goals for a swerving centres are as dangerous Bristol League club.
as over.
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MANAGER George Jobey, of Derby,
two seasons ago was extremely annoyed when Alax Jackson got a goal from Crawford's corner, för ho] remarked, "Fancy being beaten from a corner kick. But his Duncan obliged at Cholson a month ago.
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: EVERTON strongly fancy Carter,
the Sunderland inside forward, who played a trial last season for England. But there is even less -chance of bla being transferred then
Gurney.
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ARTHUS Hydes, Leeds centre for ward, is one of many promising young players let slip by London clubs. He worked for some into at a toffeo factory in London,
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ARGYLE reservas, in defeating Tor- quay United by 1-0, secured their thirteenth victory in fitoen
gamos, the other two being drawn.
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COOKSON, the Argyle teador, has a remarkably good, goal average.
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Darlington
Watch, too, how the crowd eagerly Chester await the half-time scores in other games. Listen to the talk in board Carlisle rooms. Because they are not win-N. Brighton Another important factor has been ning as many matches as they would Mansfield the remarkable way in which the monike, directors complain that the Rochdale have thrown off the demoralisation training is wrong. which crippled them last season.
The players do not practing en
On the Continent they call it "goal getting." They did not play the "clover stuff" for the reason that they were never permitted to do so.
Leicester City were too good to al low it. As a matter of fact, the only day is when they have established a view of the game, to try to appreciate hours a day, ne in other clubs. Their time a team may play "cleverly" to-
I would urge the public, in their ough. They ought to be at it sixteen two goals' lead and the morale of the the vital changes which have taken one concern is how to win. opposition is broken,
place in the tactical side during the the present time it is insisted that In one section of North London at past two or three years.
I would also stress the fact that) no match in these days can bo
Rotherham
There has been a marked tighten- Tottenham Hotspur are enjoying all Motherwell counted easy to win Should it ing of defensive measures. In most the luck of the game, playing against Rangers happen to be won easily it is an casos, where old, players have boon ton men, referees decisions In their Hearts accident.
appointed team managers and favour, and so forth.
But it is all very silly and it won't Aberdeen trainers, systems to bring about clos
help the Arsenal. I have chosen this match to illus- aer covering have been introduced.
The Arsenal can Kilmarnock trate the modern side of the game, In these circumstances, if a man only help themselves and by their Ayr ...
are St. Johnstone and I propose to give you an inside with the bail is to evade a tackle, he high-spirited play opponents view of it. Early
Queen o'South the season Bir. in compelled to part with it hurriedly, making this exceedingly difficult. Peter Hodge, the Leicester City If he holds it and loses it ho is sub-
Falkirk But we expect nothing ices, and Celtic manager, visited Highbury and after jected to ridicule and told to "get rid
I suspect that Tottenham Hotspur, the game he said that he did not of it,"
Hamilton whom I congratulate`most warmly known team which contained no Possibly it is all a matter of split many workera as the Arsenal.
on their splendid achievements, will Hibernians seconds, but the speed which has to
begin to and their matches getting Clyde. Later, in a lecture in Scotland, he be exercised to-day does not make for
Queen's Park declared that the success of the alde accuracy in passing. In fact, it is
St. Mirren PLACKPOOL pald nearly £2,000 was not due to the fact that they responsible for many passes going the public could be taken into Dundee for Doherty, the Olentoran in were more skilful than other teams, badly astray, and probably creating the confidence of the clubs and al-Partick
but that they were better disciplined the Impression that the play is poor lowed to know the tactles they had alde-forward, while Charltou have n
calculated player of the same name capped and played with more
But the next time an ill-directed decided to adopt and what they hope Third Lanar by Ireland last season, who could method.
diske pase is given, note the conditions un to accomplish by them I think thoy Airdrie be had at a much lower figure,
It was a tributo that pleased me, der which it was made, and it will m (Continued on Page 7) Cowdenbeath
THERE is a suggestion that Birming- THE present Walsall team cost £15. Its value in the transfor market ham might try out Leallo Stoker, their international right halt. in the would probably be something like a front ling. Ho plays a good up-with- hundred times that sun. tho-attack sort of game.
CHELSEA might do worse than con. the nonsibilities, of Ariuo
as an inside right for their first elevon,
Me in a rare forager, and puts plenty of power into his shooting
stemer,
DODANAAD 12 10 20 00 00 01 00 CNN-OONE
40 58
46 54.
20 10 6 11
26 10 4 11
6 12 8
49 GO
20
8 & 10
8 8
35 45
20 8 & 13
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2 2 10 +44 61
28 7 7.14
6.4.4
8 10
48 66
25 8 4 13
6.4 4
09
67 47
25 25
7. 6 12
1 10
83 48
7 0 12
4 8
80 58
26
4 8 88 50
26
9 82
4
7 31 01
FONON-
3.4
5 10 11 8.8 14 75 18
SCOTTISH LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION. Total
P. W. D. L.
.20 23 8:3
27 21 4 2
Home Away W. D. L. W. D`L,
12 1 2 112 1 12 2. 0
28 14 9 G 10 41
9 2 2 4 5.4
28 16 5 8 10 2 2 6 3 6
29 14 6 10 8 2 46
29 12 9,88 4:3
28 18 6 0
8. 8
28 15 2 11
20 18 5-11
26 10 7 8
20 10 6 10
6 1.6
10 28 41
28 10 8 16 72 5
7.8.12
Goals F.A.Pte.
70 20
58 51
06. 73
49
95 31
:72: 86
46 37
69 39 35
33
33
· 65-88-
82
0.12
56 63
888 3 8 7
54 40-37
31
0.2 0
267 44 55
102 16
7.8.18
5.4.6
289 818
28
247 8-110
27-07-14 16-
1037
7 15
418
4:20
4.0.0 40 65
-3630 46.54
43 59
2:12 47.80
1-1/12 42 62
21012 10.48
84