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BOWYER IS BUOYANT AS HIS ADDICKS KEEP CLIMBING

Albie and Omar add to Blues’ misery...

MARINERS READY TO TAKE SHIP

MARINE chairman Paul Leary says the Step 4 club are on a magical FA Cup journey that has put a smile on all their faces.

Rout takes pressure off Harris

CARDIFF boss Neil Harris hailed his players after they crushed Luton to ease growing speculation surrounding his future.

LINNETS HOLD HEADS HIGH DESPITE ROUT

KING’S LYNN TOWN’S history-making adventure in the competition may have ended with a bump, but it served as a timely reminder of how far the Norfolk club has come.

Pulis: Owls need a goalscorer

SHEFFIELD Wednesday manager Tony Pulis is desperate to find a player capable of “sniffing out a goal” after a stalemate with Stoke City.

CLUBS VITAL TO THE COMMUNITY

BASFORD UNITED chairman Chris Munroe says there needs to be greater understanding of what Non-League clubs mean to their communities.

KARANKA: GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME

Blues boss in plea to fans after stalemate

CHEERS FOR PEERS AS ALTY SHINE

ALTRINCHAM continue to confound the pre-sea-son predictions with a sublime display over an in-form Maidenhead to climb into the top half of the table for the first time this season.

FERGUSON: IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE!

DARREN Ferguson was furious with his Peterborough side after they crashed out of the FA Cup at the hands of Non-League Chorley.

EVEN EL TEL DIDN'T HAVE 3G SO GOOD!

I FIRMLY believe that the best way for Non-League clubs to position themselves at the heart of their local communities is to install 3G artificial pitches.

Crafty Canaries gain from the long game

ONLY five sides in Premier League history have collected fewer points than Norwich managed last season.

CARDS LET THE DROG OUT!

Golden boy Max on the crest of a wave

ASMIR SAVES THE CHERRIES

Keeper stars to secure a key draw

Ivic: I Want More From Hornets

TROY Deeney’s inspired display saw Watford ease past Preston, but manager Vladimir Ivic demanded his Hornets play better.

Scott wants to see Wales' nasty side

SCOTT Quinnell has described Wayne Pivac’s Wales as “too nice” and told the side to quickly find a hard edge or risk sliding further down World Rugby’s rankings.

Safety-first France book place in final

AN experimental France side ran in five tries against a dogged Italy in Paris to book their place in the Autumn Nations Cup final against England at Twickenham next weekend

Please can we have more Ali and less Mayweather

FOR someone like me who watches boxing occasionally, I do it for the attacking boxers. It’s not that I don’t appreciate great defensive boxers and counter-punchers like Floyd Mayweather, but Mohammed Ali was always the main attraction for me.

The control freaks will stifle rugby fans' interest

“Borthwick also appeared to have a problem answering questions from the media”

Dominici, so strong on pitch, so fragile off

“‘Domi’ had been fighting his demons virtually since childhood”

Cole relying on Wiggy to drive Tigers standards

LEICESTER prop Dan Cole is backing veteran scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth to help his side surge to their best Premiership start in five years.

Championship consider return to playoff system

NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow says he would welcome plans for a shorter, conference-based Championship season with the title decided by play-offs.

The Lone Ranger rides again with Gorgadze

Watching Beka Gorgadze play England and Wales on his own was an interesting experience, the young Georgian No.8’s carrying and tackling and organising and all-round stand-up-to-be-countedness confirming him as a back rower of undisputed international quality. Which is good news for Georgia. One down, just the 14 to go.

Flood's Late Winner Nicks It For Falcons

TOBY Flood scored a match-winning try in added time to secure Falcons’ second win on the trot to start the new season.

Kepu's hungry to tick that final box

DANIEL GALLAN finds out what keeps Wallaby great Sekope Kepu motivated

Much improved, but Italy can't stop Scots

THE Scotland bandwagon continued to gather pace with a fifth consecutive win but this will count as one of their harder fought triumphs over an Italian side who hinted at better times ahead.

Red Roses on top of the world after France win

THE RED Roses got their 2020 Autumn Internationals off to winning ways with a powerful showing against France in Grenoble.

Lewies will lean on Quins leaders to drive title bid

WITH few Test call-ups hampering preparations, new Harlequins captain Stephan Lewies believes a fast start will underpin a charge towards the top four.

Clermont shock call for Cov's No10 Rory

RORY Jennings admits he can’t believe his luck after signing for Clermont Auvergne, calling his surprise move to the two-time Top 14 champions “a great honour”.

This dash for cash could end in a crash

If you fancy undertaking a basic English language challenge this Sunday morning – it really shouldn’t take long, so you won’t miss church – rearrange the following words to make a well-known phrase or saying:

Big Billy was like a pig in muck again

I suspect most of us could have written the match report for England v Georgia on Friday morning over a cup of coffee. You didn’t need to be Mystic Meg.