Results Round-Up 09/08/2003

Nationwide League Division One
Sat 09 Aug	Bradford City	(0)	2	Norwich City	(1)	2	13,159
	Burnley	(2)	2	Crystal Palace	(2)	3	12,976
	Derby County	(0)	0	Stoke City	(2)	3	21,517
	Ipswich Town	(0)	1	Reading	(0)	1	24,830
	Millwall	(0)	2	Wigan Athletic	(0)	0	10,898
	Preston North End	(1)	1	West Ham United	(1)	2	18,246
	Rotherham United	(0)	0	Cardiff City	(0)	0	8,176
	Sheffield United	(0)	0	Gillingham	(0)	0	21,569
	Walsall	(3)	4	West Bromwich Albion	(0)	1	11,030
	Wimbledon	(1)	3	Crewe Alexandra	(1)	1	1,145
Natiowide League Division Two
Sat 09 Aug	Barnsley	(0)	1	Colchester United	(0)	0	8,450
	Bristol City	(2)	5	Notts. County	(0)	0	12,050
	Luton Town	(0)	3	Rushden & Diamonds	(1)	1	6,878
	Oldham Athletic	(0)	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	(2)	3	6,522
	Peterborough United	(2)	3	Hartlepool United	(1)	4	5,965
	Plymouth Argyle	(1)	2	Grimsby Town	(1)	2	9,590
	Port Vale	(0)	2	Bournemouth	(0)	1	6,465
	Queens Park Rangers	(2)	5	Blackpool	(0)	0	14,581
	Swindon Town	(1)	2	Sheffield Wednesday	(3)	3	10,573
	Tranmere Rovers	(2)	4	Brentford	(0)	1	7,307
	Wrexham	(0)	0	Chesterfield	(0)	0	5,688
	Wycombe Wanderers	(1)	1	Stockport County	(0)	0	4,826
Nationwide League Division Three
Sat 09 Aug	Carlisle United	(1)	1	York City	(2)	2	7,261
	Huddersfield Town	(1)	2	Cambridge United	(1)	2	10,319
	Hull City	(1)	4	Darlington	(1)	1	14,675
	Kidderminster Harriers	(1)	2	Mansfield Town	(0)	1	3,180
	Leyton Orient	(0)	1	Doncaster Rovers	(1)	3	5,194
	Lincoln City	(0)	0	Oxford United	(1)	1	4,543
	Macclesfield Town	(0)	0	Boston United	(0)	0	2,222
	Northampton Town	(0)	0	Torquay United	(0)	1	5,675
	Rochdale	(1)	1	Yeovil Town	(1)	3	4,611
	Scunthorpe United	(0)	1	Bristol Rovers	(1)	2	4,186
	Southend United	(1)	2	Cheltenham Town	(0)	0	4,403
	Swansea City	(1)	4	Bury	(1)	2	8,826
Nationwide Conference
Sat 09 Aug	Barnet	(0)	2	Telford United	(0)	0	1,319
	Exeter City	(1)	1	Halifax Town	(0)	1	3,723
	Forest Green Rovers	(0)	0	Northwich Victoria	(0)	0	628
	Gravesend & Northfleet	(1)	1	Burton Albion	(0)	2	1,137
	Leigh RMI	(1)	2	Dagenham & Redbridge	(1)	1	419
	Morecambe	(1)	2	Woking	(1)	1	1,772
	Scarborough	(1)	2	Farnborough Town	(0)	1	1,415
	Shrewsbury Town	(1)	1	Margate	(0)	1	4,015
	Stevenage Borough	(0)	0	Chester City	(0)	0	2,502
	Tamworth	(0)	1	Hereford United	(1)	3	2,250

Last game played on Saturday 9th August 2003		Pld		Home						Away						Overall						Pts	GD
				W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A
1	Walsall	1		1	0	0	4	1		0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	4	1		3	+3
2	Stoke City	1		0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	3	0		1	0	0	3	0		3	+3
3	Wimbledon	1		1	0	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	3	1		3	+2
4	Millwall	1		1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	2	0		3	+2
5	Crystal Palace	1		0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	3	2		1	0	0	3	2		3	+1
6	West Ham United	1		0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	2	1		1	0	0	2	1		3	+1
7	Bradford City	1		0	1	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	2	2		1	0
8	Norwich City	1		0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	2	2		0	1	0	2	2		1	0
9	Ipswich Town	1		0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	1		1	0
10	Reading	1		0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	1		0	1	0	1	1		1	0
11	Cardiff City	1		0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		1	0
12	Gillingham	1		0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		1	0
13	Rotherham United	1		0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		1	0
14	Sheffield United	1		0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		1	0
15	Coventry City	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0
16	Nottingham Forest	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0
17	Sunderland	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0
18	Watford	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0
19	Burnley	1		0	0	1	2	3		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	2	3		0	-1
20	Preston North End	1		0	0	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	2		0	-1
21	Crewe Alexandra	1		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	3		0	0	1	1	3		0	-2
22	Wigan Athletic	1		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	2		0	-2
23	West Bromwich Albion	1		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	4		0	0	1	1	4		0	-3
24	Derby County	1		0	0	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	3		0	-3

Firstly could we begin with offering our sympathies to the family and friends of Jimmy Davis who died in a road accident on the M40 while travelling to make his debut for first division Watford whom he joined on a season long loan last month.

Bromsgrove-born Davis made his first team debut for Man Utd two years ago against Arsenal in the Worthington Cup, and scored three teams in a loan spell with second division Swindon last season.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was amongst the first to pay tribute to the youngster.

He said: "You could not meet a nicer and more bubbly character than Jimmy Davis.

"He was a player with real potential, that's why we sent him to Watford this season. At 21 he had great promise. We are all really sad. It's terrible news."

Swindon Town Chairman Willie Carson fought back tears as he recalled Davis' spell at the County Ground last season.

He said: "Swindon fans gave him a standing ovation, he wanted to come back but Manchester United said: `you're a talented lad, you need to be playing in the first division.`

"(It is a) terrific loss to football. e was) so young, so much to offer. I'm sorry for the family because this boy was a lovely kid."

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David Connolly, delighted with his winner against Preston North End

Big results today in the First Division are the 3-1 defeat of Crewe by Wimbledon, Stoke's 3-0 away win at Derby County and of course not forgetting Paul Merson's double in his sides 4-1 demolition of favourites West Brom.

Crystal Palace got off to a flying start at Turf Moor with Freedman scoring a 6th minute penalty. The lead only lasted for five minutes with Robbie Blake equalising for Burnley.

Lee Roche signed from Manchester United over the summer then made it 2-1 on 19 minutes.

Freedman proceeded to equalise on 32 minutes and completed his hat-trick on 67 minutes.

This result came despite Palace having Routledge and Derry sent off.

Stoke City managed a miracle 3-0 away win at The County Ground. Goals from Noel-Williams, Greenacre and Neal sealed the win for Tony Pulis' team.

Paul Merson celebrates one of his stunning goals today.

Result of the day however came for Walsall. They managed to beat title favourites West Brom 4-1. Paul Merson scored two absolute screamers on 18 and 32 minutes before Leitao and Steve Corica finished the Baggies off on 45 and 57 respectively.

Jason Koumas scored a consolation goal for the Baggies.

Disapointingly Wigan fell to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Millwall at the Den. Full Report on the way shortly.

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