Saturday Aug 12
Barnsley (0) 1 Norwich (0) 0
Barnsley, beaten in the
play-offs, claimed the first man to be sent off this season when
Carl Regan, on his debut after joining from Everton, was shown
the red card for a professional foul in only the 18th minute against
Norwich. But the 10 men soldiered on and Lee Jones, on
his debut after leaving Tranmere, notched the winner after 65
minutes.
Barnsley: Miller, Regan,
Appleby, Moses, L. Jones (Dyer 71), Shipperley, Barnard, Sheron
(McClare 87), Morgan,Kay (O'Callaghan 28), Chettle.
Subs Not Used: Thomas, Turner.Sent
Off: Regan (18).
Booked: Chettle. Goals: L. Jones
64.
Norwich: A. Marshall, Sutch,
Derveld, L. Marshall, Fleming, Bellamy, Roberts, Mulryne, Russell
(Giallanza 65), Kenton (De Waard 76), Llewellyn (Forbes 76).
Subs Not Used: Green, McGovern.
Att: 15,640 Ref: P Richards (Preston).
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Saturday Aug 12
Blackburn (2) 2 Crystal Palace
(0) 0
Division One title
favourites Blackburn had a flying start to the new season,
running Alan Smith's Crystal Palace ragged at Ewood Park.
David Dunn was tormentor-in-chief for Graeme Souness's side, making
two goals in three minutes for Nathan Blake and former Palace
striker Matt Jansen.
Blackburn: Kelly, Curtis,
Dailly, McAteer, Bjornebye, Short, Flitcroft, Dunn (Gillespie
76), Duff, Blake, Jansen.
Subs Not Used: Ward, Johnson, M.
Taylor, Filan.
Booked: Duff. Goals: Blake 41,
Jansen 44.
Crystal Palace: Taylor,
Smith (Black 80), Fullarton, Austin, Zhiyi, Ruddock, Mullins,
Morrison (Carlisle 75), Forssell, Pollock (Gray 78), Harrison.
Subs Not Used: Thomson, Hankin.
Booked: Harrison, Pollock, Smith,
Pollock.
Att: 18,733 Ref: C Wilkes (Gloucester).
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Saturday Aug 12
Bolton (1) 1 Burnley (0) 1
In the Lancashire derby Bolton,
missing four men through suspension after the stormy play-off
at Ipswich, went in front through Per Frandsen's 28th-minute penalty
against newly-promoted Burnley, who grabbed a point with
debut boy Phil Gray's 56th-minute header.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, O'Kane
(Richardson 83), Bergsson, Fish, Frandsen, Hansen (Marshall 62),
Farrelly, Barness, Charlton,Passi, Rankin.
Subs Not Used: Banks, Wheatcroft,
Norris.
Booked: Farrelly, Frandsen. Goals:
Frandsen 28 pen.
Burnley: Crichton, Mullin
(Little 47), Thomas, Cox, Davis, Cook, Cooke (Branch 57), Briscoe,
Weller, Ball, Gray.
Subs Not Used: Mellon, Jepson,
Armstrong.
Booked: Cooke.Goals: Gray 56.
Att: 20,662 Ref: W Burns (Scarborough).
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Saturday Aug 12
Fulham (0) 2 Crewe (0) 0
Fulham struggled to subdue
Crewe and it wasn't until sub Barry Hayles came on to score
in the 66th minute the deadlock was broken. Then £2.1million
signing Louis Saha netted a beauty to seal the points for Jean
Tigana's side.
Fulham: Taylor, Finnan,
Brevett, Melville, Coleman, Clark (Fernandes 84), J. Collins,
Goldbaek, Saha (Betsy 77), Boa Morte (Hayles 60), Lewis.
Subs Not Used: Hahnemann, W. Collins.
Goals: Hayles 64, Saha 73.
Crewe: Kearton,
Wright, S. Smith, Macauley, Sodje, Street (Hulse 73), Lunt, Sorvel,
Jack, Rivers (Collins 82), Little (Tait 36).
Subs Not Used: Bankole, Foster.
Booked: Macauley.
Att: 11,157 Ref: R Styles (Waterlooville).
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Saturday Aug 12
Gillingham (1) 1 Stockport (2)
3
Gillingham
netted the fastest goal in the division when Guy Butters struck
after three minutes but Stockport hit back with Ian Moore
equalising after 24 minutes. Layton Maxwell, on a season's loan
from Liverpool, made it 2-1 to the visitors after 39 minutes and
Moore claimed his second three minutes from time.
Gillingham: Bartram, Southall,
Edge, Smith, Ashby, Butters (King 70), Hope, Hessenthaler, Asaba,
Shaw (Thomson 40), Gooden (Saunders 82).
Subs Not Used: Patterson, Lewis.
Goals: Butters 3.
Stockport: Jones, Fradin,
Bryngelsson (Wif 36), Flynn, Clark, Cooper, Moore, Maxwell (Smith
81), Gibb, Dinning,Gray (Woodthorpe 59).
Subs Not Used: Dibble, Daley.
Booked: Gibb, Woodthorpe, Clark.
Goals: Moore 24, Maxwell 39, Moore 84.
Att: 9,429 Ref: D Elleray (Harrow-on-the-Hill).
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Saturday Aug 12
Grimsby (0) 1 Preston (1) 2
Preston, the other new boys,
took a 35th-minute lead at Grimsby when Michael Appleton
rammed home a rebound and Jon Macken doubled the lead three minutes
from the end. Steve Livingstone's effort at the death was no consolation.
Grimsby: Coyne, McDermott,
Donovan, D. Smith, Jeffrey, Groves, Livingstone, Raven, Black,
Clare (Allen 54), Pouton.
Subs Not Used: Butterfield, Buckley,
Chapman, Croudson.
Goals: Livingstone 90.
Preston: Moilanen, Alexander,
Edwards, Murdock, McKenna, Appleton, Gregan, Rankine, Macken,
Basham (Eyres 89),Anderson (Robinson 78).
Subs Not Used: Lucas, Wright, Murthy.
Booked: Macken. Goals: Appleton
35, Macken 87.
Att: 5,755 Ref: R Pearson (Peterlee).
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Saturday Aug 12
Huddersfield (1) 1 Watford (1)
Huddersfield
went in front against relegated Watford when Steve Palmer
put Martin Smith's cross into his own net after 16 minutes. But
the Hornets, who managed only one win away last season, equalised
on the stroke of half time through Neil Cox, went in front immediately
after the break through Tommy Smith and held on for all three
points.
Huddersfield: Vaesen, Jenkins,
Vincent, Armstrong, Lucketti, Holland, Gallen (Thornley 86), Irons
(Baldry 84), Smith, Gorre, Wijnhard (Hay 70).
Subs Not Used: Edwards, Margetson.
Goals: Palmer 16 og.
Watford: Baardsen, Cox,
Robinson, Page, Palmer, Mooney, Wooter, Smith (Gibbs 88), Ward,
Perpetuini (Ngonge 45), Nielsen.
Subs Not Used: Chamberlain, Easton,
Foley.
Booked: Wooter, Robinson. Goals:
Cox 45, Smith 47.
Att: 13,018 Ref: G Frankland (Middlesbrough).
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Saturday Aug 12
Nottm Forest (0) 1 West Brom
(0) 0
Nottingham Forest had Jon
Olav Hjelde's 82nd-minute header to thank for giving them the
points over West Brom, who only beat the drop last season
by three points.
Nottm Forest: Beasant, Brennan,
Rogers, Scimeca, Hjelde, Prutton, Johnson (Louis-Jean 37), Bart-Williams,
Jones, Harewood (Lester 56), Doig.
Subs Not Used: Roche, Freedman,
Vaughan.
Goals: Hjelde 78.
West Brom: Jensen, Lyttle,
Clement, McInnes (Oliver 81), Butler, Carbon, Sneekes, Hughes,
Roberts, Quinn (Taylor 67), Van Blerk (J. Chambers 83).
Subs Not Used: Burgess, Adamson.
Att: 21,209 Ref: P Taylor (Cheshunt).
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Saturday Aug
12
QPR (0) 0 Birmingham (0) 0
Queen's Park Rangers and
Birmingham played plenty of pretty football but there was
no finishing power and simply couldn't score. Neal Ardley was
the chief culprit missing two sitters and hitting the cross bar
against a Tranmere side who had Sean Flynn sent off after 58 minutes
for a second bookable offence.
QPR: Harper, Baraclough
(Perry 88), Darlington, Ready, Morrow, Carlisle, Langley, Wardley,
Peacock, Crouch, Kiwomya.
Subs Not Used: Miklosko, Connolly,
Graham, Koejoe.
Booked: Ready.
Birmingham: Bennett, Eaden,
M. Johnson, Purse, Holdsworth, Hughes, Sonner, Grainger, Lazaridis
(Marcelo 87), Ndlovu, Horsfield.
Subs Not Used: Poole, Robinson,
Williams, Gill.
Booked: Horsfield, Hughes, Ndlovu.
Att: 13,926 Ref: G Barber (Tring).
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Saturday Aug 12
Sheff Utd (1) 2 Portsmouth (0) 0
Sheffield United
continue to have the Indian sign over Portsmouth - who
have lost 17 of 18 visits to Bramall Lane after Paul Devlin's
13th-minute penalty and Linvoy Primus's 81st-minute own goal.
Sheff Utd: Tracey, Quinn,
Murphy, M. Brown (Woodhouse 68), Bent, Devlin, Ford, Santos, Kelly
(Newby 67), Uhlenbeek, Webber.
Subs Not Used: Kozluk, Woodward,
Jagielka.
Goals: Devlin 13 pen, Primus 81
og.
Portsmouth: Hoult, Edinburgh,
Derry, Harper, Bradbury, Hughes (Quashie 70), Curtis (Rudomja
70), Awford (Waterman 19), Thogersen, Primus, Mills.
Subs Not Used: Flahavan, O'Neil.
Booked: Edinburgh.
Att: 15,816 Ref: D Pugh (Bebington).
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Saturday Aug 12
Wimbledon (0) 0
Tranmere (0) 0
Wimbledon
swamped Tranmere but simply couldn't score. Both squads
played plenty of pretty football but there was no finishing power
Wimbledon: Davis, Kimble,
Hreidarsson, Ardley, Gayle, Andersen, Leaburn, Williams, Jupp,
Francis (Selley 74),Agyemang (Robinson 86).
Subs Not Used: Feuer, Willmott,
Hawkins.
Booked: Williams.
Tranmere: Achterberg, Yates,
Roberts, Allison, Challinor, Hill, Gill, Henry (Hinds 29), S.
Taylor (Aldridge 89), Rideout, Flynn.
Subs Not Used: Barlow, Murphy,
Allen.
Sent Off: Flynn (58). Booked: Flynn.
Att: 8,266 Ref: A Hall (Birmingham).
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Sunday Aug 13
Wolverhampton (1) 1 Sheff Wed
(0) 1
A late header from
Andy Booth earned ten-man Sheffield Wednesday a 1-1 draw against
Wolves at Molineux. With the visitors' goalkeeper Kevin Pressman
being dismissed inside the first minute the Sheffield team did
well to draw
Wolverhampton:
Oakes, Muscat, Naylor, Pollet, Emblen, Bazeley, Osborn, Ketsbaia,
Branch, Sinton, Lescott.
Subs Not Used: Robinson, Sedgley,
Taylor, Camara, Murray.
Booked: Sinton. Goals: Ketsbaia
18.
Sheff Wed: Pressman, Haslam,
Hinchcliffe (Sibon 65), Jonk, Grayson, Walker, Quinn, Booth, De
Bilde (Di Piedi 60), Cresswell (Stringer 4), Westwood.
Subs Not Used: Hamshaw, Humphreys.
Sent Off: Pressman (1). Booked:
Booth, De Bilde, Quinn, Grayson, Jonk.
Goals: Booth 79.
Att: 19,086 Ref: M Halsey (Welwyn
Garden City).
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