Daily Post (3 a.m. ed.) from Liverpool, Merseyside, England • 25

November 29 1982 25 Wigan erase Cup memories Rovers deliver quick one-two Gillingham 0 Wigan 2: Wigan came up with the best possible result to wipe out those memories of the midweek FA Cup exit at the hands of non-League Telford Their first ever visit to Gillingham coincided with the debut of 17-year-old schoolboy Mark Shaw and the gaining of three points which were thoroughly deserved Making light of the absence of seven first team players injured Wigan improved more and more as tne game progressed and in the end won as comfortably as the scoreline suggested Their defence bravely weathered early pressure and a 15th minute goal from Kevin Langley provided just the confidence booster they needed The nearest Gillingham came to scoring was after 62 minutes when a header from Neil Grewcock struck a post Three minutes later John Butler set up the chance for David Lowe to hit home a 25 yards shot That goal clinched the issue in favour and only a fine save by Ron Hillyard prevented Shaw from registering a debut goal Same old Chester problems Hull City 2 Chester 0: problems in front of goal continued at Booth Ferry Park where Hnll were rarely extended as they banked three more points towards their promotion challenge The Seals had little to offer in attack apart from a first half cross by Martin Lane which rapped the angle of bar and post But they defended strongly with Trevor Stor-ton and Lane prominent and a lacklustre first half seemed to be a hangover from both exit from the FA Cap in midweek Hull sprang to life after the interval and roused a 5047 crowd with excellent goals by Brian Marwood and Steve McClaren in the 48th and 55th minutes Chester missed chances when John Thomas twice blazed wide with only the goalkeeper to beat and Paul Needham twice finished weakly from good positions The Seals had Clive Wilson booked in the second half for a foul on Gareth Roberts showed the forwards how with a speculative 30 yards shot which Scott Endersby reached but could not 'revent sneaking inside is left hand post at a crucial stage on the stroke of half-time As the second half ticked away one began to sense Rovers in their moment of need could get something out of the match even though the Hereford back four looked so solid The break came in the 67th minute when John Aspinall switched play from left to right with a searching ball which just eluded Danny Bartley Mark Ferguson nipped round the fullback and his powerful shot was helped on its way into the net by Gary Plumley Hereford were suddenly all at sea Rovers attacked again straight from the restart Ferguson found Ian Griffiths on the left and his low cross was driven home by Aspinall Tranmere Rovers 2 Hereford 1: It seemed no matter how hard Tranmere Rovers tried at Pren-ton Park on Saturday they were not going to succeed Hereford still without an away league win looked so safe so sure and so determined for so long Then in the space on 90 seconds Rovers turned the match inside out with two goals The 3194 crowd suddenly produced a roar the Birkenhead ground has not enjoyed for many a day and after Rovers leg weary troops hung on dourly in the face of a late Hereford onslaught there was a standing ovation and the singing of support you ever Rovers would not claim they were at their best on Saturday Indeed they were often outplayed by a Hereford side which adapted well to the heavy conditions Tranmere player-manager Brian Hamilton Blues reach third round Everton 3 Stoke City 1: Everton are through to the third round of the FA Youth Cup but it took some desperate defensive play late on to hold on The Blues got an early fright when Lennox hit the bar but gradually got into their stride Waken-shaw scored at 18 minutes and then took control Stoke equalised at 61 Bryan Hamilton admitted were awful in the first but then he added the second half we battled and we deserved the points in the Hereford failed because they did not take their goalmouth chances to back up some sound mid-field work by Ian Bray Jim Harvey and Dixie McNeil Indeed it was fullback Chris Price who finally dearly the fight for survival is only just beginning The vital talks will begin next weekend when businessman Bill McAteer arrives from America He has come up with one offer Wirral Council has iced another The ranmere board must now find a solution for it is Fans answer distress calls RESULTS Youth Cup TRANMERE youth side has an important date this evening They will be in action in the Midlands against Birmingham City in the second round of the FA Youth Cup and expect to field the side which disposed of Doncaster in round one CROSSWORD Choose which way you tackle this crossword according to the time you can afford cryptic clues are on the left high speed ones on the right The same diagram will do for either set of dues but solutions are different so clues are not Interchangeable clear Wirral wants to retain its league dub and help it to achieve greatness Said Tranmere general manager Jack Butterfield: is heartened by the latest support and every survival proposal will be Kj-- 12 Extracted metal (7) i Organ of vision (3) 16 Easy task siang (5) 17 White heron (5) 19 Large flightless bird (7) 20 Kingdom (5) 21 Pressed (5) 23 Sideways (7) 24 Brought up (6) 25 Go wrong (3) 27 Weird (5) 28 Weapon (5) 30 Performed (5) 32 Eyelid inf lamination (4) 33 Rocky peak (3) bird (5) (4) (6) section (5) minutes when Hughes could only partly stop a Maskery drive and Lennox hit home the rebound Everton took the lead again three minutes later when Pritchard dropped the slippery ball and Farrington netted They made the game safe at 74 minutes when Rimmer picked up a through pass and scored 0 Ford Motor Res 3 Lucas Sports 1 Plessey 2 Yorks Imperial 3 DIV II: Lpi Trans 1 Garswood Utd Res 1 GEORGE MAHON CUP (Round I): Uniasco 6 Ayone 3 (Round )- Earle 3 Crawfords 1 Royal Seaforth 1 St Dominies 0 South Lpl Res 0 Waterloo Dock 4 LORD WAVEKTREE CUP (Ranad 2): BRNESC 2 Aintree SS 0 Dun-lops 0 Evans 0 I Cl Widnes 1 Ward BlenkinsoD 2 LIVERPOOL LEAGUE: Sawyer Cap tad round: 8 Breckside Engineers 2 DIv Leyfield 1 Lark Lane 2 Red Rum 2 Thirimere 3 DIv II: Harlech Villa 3 Wellington Road 1 DIv III: Woodcraft 1 Lyme Cross 8 Houston 1 Valencia 2 West Cheshire League: Cadbury 3 Newton 2 Christleton Vauxhalls 2 Heswall 1 General Chemicals 5 Port Sunlight 0 Cammell Laird 0 Poulton Vies 4 Bromborough Pool 1 Stork 1 Ashville 1 Van Leer 0 West Kirby 1 Wirral Combination: St Laurences 4 Brighton Bapt 2 Wood-church 1 Mallaby 4 A I1IVCI vuticut KBBOUUUUJ Vfa Unit BCOB 1 Liverpool Nalgo 4 St COB I DIv Aintree Villa 3 Warbreck 0 Merseyside Police 0 Elm Han Odyssey 1 Old Xaveriana 4 Resayca utd 1 Waterloo GSOB 1 Quarry Bank OB 3 DIv II: Collegiate OB 1 Mossley Hill 3 Stoneycroft 2 Liobians 1 I-Zingari League: Div Old Xave-rians 1 Inter (Orient) 3 Mossley HiH 2 Aintree Vina 2 Quarry Bank OB 3 Florence Albion 1 Sefton and District 3 Essemmay OBI Div II: Dove and Olive 1 Aigburth PH li Elm Hall Odyssey 1 East Villa 2 Old Holts 4 Waterloo CSOB I Warbreck 4 Roma 4 Div III: Edge Hill BCOB 2 Selbac Utd 1 Liobians 1 English Rose 5 Rockville Old CathinTans 1 Liverpool Tec Students 1 Southport Triatar 1 I-zTagari Cup 2nd round: Bluecoat OB 3 Live Telecoms 1 Unity BCOB 2 South End Vies 8 Business Houses League: Div Horn House 3 Trustee SB 2 Schweppes 2 Home Office 1 Yorkshire IMP (res) 2 Albany 5 Eston Celtic (Real 3 Grain Terminal 8 Synthetic Resins 2 Brentford Utd 3 Morgan Roofing 3 Meters 6 Merseyside Xoafne: Div Shrewsbury 3V Springfield 0: Speke BCOB 1 St Phuonenas 1 LMT 1 Sundowner 8 Div II: English Electric 4 Faxakerley RBL I Birds Eye 1 Ples-fc BICC Melting 1 Kraft 4 Action Thirimere 1 fica 1 Beesix I Liverpool Shipping League Melly Cap: DRG Envelopes 1 Kodak I Div It Jabisco 2 Portcullis 3 MDHC 0 Metal Box 2 Div II: Electricity Supply 4 Lpool Medics 2 Good lass 0 DUG Envelopes 8 Lussac 6 AP Speke 0 Dtv III: InstaHation 0 Peter Walker 8 Lpool Dentists 1 Royal Insurance 3 DIVISION THREE MlllwaH 1 Readrim Chatterson (pen) Alt: 3578 DIVISION FOUR 3 Masaey (2 rrr Today Walsh i fjnmln (730) FA Tenth Challenge Cap Second Round: Bolton Wanderers Liverpool EASY PUZZLE 31 Means of communications (5) 32 Slight wound (7) 34 Foam (5) 35 Negative (3) 36 Holy writ (5) 37 Propeller (5) 38 Bordered (5) THE Wirral public responded to the Tranmere Rovers distress calls on Saturday A crowd of 3194 was at Prenton Park to follow up a 2836 gate for an FA Cup tie 7 days previously It augurs well for the future for the 100-year-old Birkenhead club but 4 Tigerish girl? (4) 5 Ringing sounds that make little difference to chimps (6) 6 The points I get sent up about (5) 7 Kills madly not just by luck (5) 9 It can give you a bit of a scare (3) 12 Translate phrases forTibe-tens (7) 14 Green or blue liquid (3) 16 A giant bound (5) 17 As a woman points out odd (5) 19 Wise little girl with a dimple (7) 20 School subject much omitted (5) 21 extra good for us (5) 23 Let me adore you darling! (7) 24 The old way on the river (6) 25 Lion the French love (3) 27 KO shot? (5) 28 Food had its days (5 30 Like the servitude of a convicted penman (5) 32 Try just one round (4) 33 When dad gets cross peace needed (3) ACROSS 3 Ink stains (5) 8 Soothes (5) 10 Open land (5) 11 Pep (3) 12 Undress (5) 13 Gets out of pawn (7) 15 Mother-of- Sarl (5) real crop (3) 19 Watching amorously (6) 21 Vain (7) 22 Ireland (4) 23 Pain (4) 24 Revive (7) 26 Smirked obscenely (6) 29 Annoy (3) DIVISION ONI Arsenal 2 Watford 4 Blrmghm 2 Sundrlnd 1 Brighton 0 Notts Co 2 Ipswich Swansea I Liverpool 3 Tottenhm 0 Luton 3 Sthmptn 3 Man Utd 3 Norwich 0 Nottm 3 Man City 0 Stoke Aston 3 Brom 2 Coventry 0 Ham 2 Everton 0 DIVISION TWO Barnsley 2 Leeds Bolton 3 Leicester Burnley 1 Derby Co Crystal 3 Wolves 4 Fulham 1 Sheff 0 Middlsbro 1 Blackbrn 5 Nwcastle 2 Cmbrdge 0 Oldham 1 Grimsby 1 8PR 1 Carlisle 0 therhm 1 Chelsea 0 Shrwsbry 0 Charlton 0 DIVISION THREE Brnmth 2 Bradford Cardiff Chestrfld Exeter 2 Orient i 0 Wigan 3 Bristol Gillnghm Hudrsfld Oxford A Lincoln A Portsmth 2 Doncster Preston 2 Plymouth Sheff I Brntford Walsall Southend Wrexham 1 Newport DIVISION FOUR Aldrshot 2 Blckpool 1 Bristol 0 Colcnstr 2 Hartlpt I Halifax 2 Hull 2 Chester 0 Peterbro 0 Port Vale 0 Scnthrpe 0 Bury I Torquay 3 Rochdale 2 Tranmere 2 Hereford 1 Wimbldn Crewe York 6 Mansftd 1 SCOTTISH LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION Dufidgt I tvtt 3 Kflmmck Hlbrnian 2 Celtic Mothrwll3 Morton Rangers 0 Aberdeen St Mirren 0 Dundee DIVISION ONE Clydebnk Airdrie Ayr Clyde Dumbrtn Falkirk Raith St Jhnstn Oris Park 2 Partick 3 DIVISION TWO Arbroath 0 Stnhsemr 0 Berwick 1 Forfar Cwdnbth Brechin Mdwbnk 3 SUrllna 1 Montrose 0 East Fife 2 wof Sth 3 Albion tranraer Stirlng FA CHALLENGE TROPHY Second qualifying round: Consett 2 South Liverpool 2 Southport 2 Gateshead 0 Matlock Town 5 Hyde United 2 Workington 0 Burscough 0 Rhyl 3 GIosoop 1 Eastwood Town 2 Col wyn Bay 2 Corby Town 2 Carson Ashton 0 Ilkeston Town 2 Nantwich Town 0 ALLIANCE PH Altrincham 2 Frickiey 2 Bangor City 1 Telford 1 Boston 3 Trowbridge 0 Dagenham 1 Weymouth 2 Kettering 1 Maidstone 3 North-wich Vies 1 Barrow 0 Nuneaton 5 Bath 0 Runcorn 2 Wealds tone 1 Scarborough 0 Enfield 2 Worcester 4 Barnet 2 Yeovil 2 Stafford 0 NORTHERN PREMIER Burton 0 Moseley 2 Buxton 4 Gainsborough 6 Chorley 3 Grantham 1 Macclesfield 3 Oswestry 2 Marine 0 Witton 2 Morecambe 5 Tam worth I Worksop 0 Nether-field 0 COUNTIES LEAGUE DIV Darwen 1 Leyland Motors 0 Horwich RMI 1 Bootle 0 Lancas-- VS 2 Leek 1 Tl Prea- Form by MV II: Caernarfon 2 Radcliffe Ellesmere Port A I East-wood Hanley 1 Irlam 6 Lytham Wren Rovers 4 Fleetwood 1 DIV III: Magbuil 3 Ashton 2 Newton 1 Clitheroe 2 Oldham Dew 8 Nelson 0 Warrington 5 Athor-ton CoUf I LIVERPOOL COUNTY COMB DIV 1: AC Sparks 2 Maghull Res DOWN Black Dip (7) Many Items Flower (5) Forbidding CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Choose a delectable extract (5) 8 It may be attractive in a ducky way (5) 10 no city slickers (5) 11 Garment for mother to see (3) 12 Dead snail? (5) 13 Of the type 31 having a job to chuck it (4-3) 15 They sustain various males (5) 18 Shelter from terrible excesses (3) 19 used with mortar (6) 21 Suffering porters? (7) 22 A medical forename (4) 23 Low place for servicemen 24 Might they add less variation to burdens? 26 safe and superior in new shoes (6) 29 Free love is too much for this swimmer (3) 31 She starts sailing in the sun (5) 32 Curious fellow who may have no pores (7) 34 Slightly reduced in weight? (5) 35 The vehicle of Virginia North (3) 36 London police man of iron sny (5) 37 The state in (5) 38 Dealt differently with a letter (5) DOWN 1 Fiend with his own way of working in the study (5) 2 Shellfish with a male name (7) 9 Cover (3) PRIZE SOLUTION November 29 ACR088: 8 Re-pairs 9 Concluded 13 Ta-S-te 14 1-deal 15 Re-lease 16 Landing 17 Cop-se(cops) 18 Ample(rev) 20 Sh-rug 22 Heeled( heated) 23 Parrot 25 P-resume 27 Co-were-d 30 Spur-(Bea)ns 31 Co-MP-eL 32 M-Ida-S 35 T-heta 36 A-V-ert 37 Out-come 39 En-do-we-d 41 AD-ele 42 Refer (rev) 43 Re-count-ed 44 Dam-aged DOWN: 1 Re-a-son 2 Wavering 3 Crying shame 4 Col-lapse-d 5 Scarlet 6 Fully aware 7 Lena 10 Stalls 11 Pea-che(ese)-s 12 Re-peat 19 Port-end 21 Re-rou-te 24 Do all one can 26 Sandal-wood 28 Rose-w-ater 29 Spatter 30 Sitter 32 Material 33 Sh-err-y 34 adding 38 Off set 40 Drew November 29 DOWN: 1 Decide 2 Threaten 3 Appointment 4 Depriving 5 Console 6 Attributes 7 Grin 10 Trusts 11 Stirrup 12 Leaden 19 Evasive 21 Explode 24 Alternative 26 Antiseptic 28 Consented 29 Fitting 30 Soccer 32 Chatting 33 Matter 34 Pop-star 38 Eating 40 Cane winners: Mr Evans 41 Stanley Park Avenue North Liverpool Mrs Hughes 106 Holt Lar side Mrs Maloney 1 Swan Birkenhead EASY SOLUTION ACROSS: 8 Perhaps 9 Reporters 13 Raise 14 Outer 15 Strange 16 Sweeten 17 Rival 18 Bread 20 Sheen 22 Mourns 23 Strain 25 Sprains 27 Elastic 30 Shouts 31 Polite 32 Cream 35 Cress 36 Onset 37 Nearest 30 Eacapes 41 Nonet 42 Title 43 Intimates 44 Evening POBox No Office Coort V4e Fleet Street London BC4A 2BU Tei 01-363 7866 Reg No 82548 England Registered ae newspaper at the Poet Office Letters should be addressed to the paper and department.