Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) back issues from October 2009:
Magpies stay top of table.
Oct 04, 2009 ... NEWCASTLE remained three points clear of Albion at the top of the Championship despite a goalless draw at home to Bristol City. Middlesbrough eased some pressure on manager Gareth Southgate with a 2-0 victory over Reading at the Madejski Stadium. Sean St Ledger's ...
Ridge-hell for Eck; 24 PAGES PACKED WITH ALL THE WEEKEND'S ACTION.
Oct 04, 2009 ... BIRMINGHAM City's Liam Ridgewell rues a missed chance at Turf Moor as Alex McLeish's team went down 2-1 to Burnley in the Barclays Premier League. After a goalless first half, Steven Fletcher's first Premier League goal in the 53rd minute broke the deadlock for the Clarets and ...
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Oct 04, 2009 ... BURNLEY ... ... ... .... 2 BIRMINGHAM ... .....1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... PAGES 2-3 WOLVES ... ... ... ... ... 0 PORTSMOUTH ... ....1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... PAGES 4-5 PRESTON ... ... ... .... 0 WEST BROM ... ..... 0 ...
Poor United rescue point in late show.
Oct 04, 2009 ... MANCHESTER UTD 2 SUNDERLAND 2 MANCHESTER United delved into their much-used box of late comebacks to rescue a point against Sunderland. Two weeks after Michael Owen's last-gasp winner against Manchester City, Anton Ferdinand could not get out of the way of an off-target effort ...
ALEX HAS TO FLASH THE CASH; Sorry Blues exposed by Burnley.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: ANDY WALKER BURNLEY 2 Fletcher 53 mins, Bikey 62 mins BIRMINGHAM 1 Larsson 95 mins BLUES' need for reinforcements was laid bare during a terrible afternoon at fortress Turf Moor. Alex McLeish's side became the latest victims of Burnley's 100 per cent home ...
Jan's just the man for Tigers.
Oct 04, 2009 ... HULL CITY 2 WIGAN 1 HULL manager Phil Brown admitted his side had claimed a "big three points" by beating Wigan. The Tigers claimed only their second win of the Barclays Premier League season as second-half goals from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Geovanni secured a 2-1 win at ...
THREE JEERS FOR WOLVES; No penalty, James heroics, Sylvan shocker.
Oct 04, 2009 ... WOLVES 0 PORTSMOUTH 1 Yebda 19 mins From BILL HOWELL at Molineux ROCK-BOTTOM Portsmouth ended their miserable run of seven straight league defeats as Mick McCarthy's men were left to rue a blatant penalty shout and the injury-time double whammy of a sublime David James save and shocking ...
We're hot to Trott, insists happy Gary.
Oct 04, 2009 ... BOLTON 2 TOTTENHAM 2 GARY Megson believes Bolton deserve praise for the brand of football they are now playing. Even though his side had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Tottenham at the Reebok Stadium, Megson was thrilled with some of the football on display. "There ...
IT'S GRIM UP NORTH FOR ROB; We should've won insists boss.
Oct 04, 2009 ... be replaced by Robert Koren. Alan Irvine, meanwhile, unleashed the Beast of Preston, Jon Parkin. The burly striker replaced Chris Brown and made his presence felt straight away when he pulled an Albion defender out of the way and gave Billy Jones a free header. ...
RAMS RESPOND IN GREAT STYLE.
Oct 04, 2009 ... DERBY COUNTY 3 SHEFFIELD WEDS 0 INJURY-hit Derby bounced back from their midweek mauling at Cardiff to go into the international break with a morale-boosting victory. Following the 6-1 thrashing in the Welsh capital, Rams boss Nigel Clough demanded a response from his players ...
FOREST MAKE IT A POSH PARTY!
Oct 04, 2009 ... PETERBOROUGH 1 NOTT'M FOREST 2 TWO goals in the space of five minutes saw Nottingham Forest come from behind and claim victory in a tight encounter. After dominating much of the first half, Posh took the lead in the 50th minute when Aaron McLean headed home. But ...
Joss blows hot 'n' cold.
Oct 04, 2009 ... MORECAMBE 1 SHREWSBURY 1 WEST Bromwich Albion youngster Joss Labadie endured a mixed afternoon as Shrewsbury extended their unbeaten run to five games. Labadie, on loan from the Hawthorns until at least January, scored to give the visitors a seventh minute lead but was then ...
Micky takes heart from bore draw.
Oct 04, 2009 ... PORT VALE 0 BOURNEMOUTH 0 From ANTHONY MUNDAY at Vale Park PORT Vale boss Micky Adams will step up his search for new players this week after a frustrating draw stretched his team's win-less run to five matches. Adams placed his entire squad on the transfer list last week and ...
Elvis calls the tune.
Oct 04, 2009 ... CHELTENHAM 1 NOTTS COUNTY 1 ELVIS Hammond hit the right note for Cheltenham to deny big-spending Notts County a third straight win. The striker's fourth goal of the season arrived in the 75th minute to cancel out Luke Rodgers' first-half opener. Rodgers was under ...
Bulls are Daggered.
Oct 04, 2009 ... HEREFORD 1 DAGENHAM & RED. 1 JAMES Walker, a loan signing from Southend, netted his first goal for Hereford to give them an 80th-minute lead - but the Bulls' joy was short-lived as substitute Wesley Thomas equalised three minutes later. A blustery wind made ball control ...
HARD LESSON FOR COLEMAN; Sky Blues are out-foxed by aerial threat.
Oct 04, 2009 ... COVENTRY 1 Clingan 38 mins LEICESTER 1 Waghorn 68 mins ball would berammed down their terms of overall performance and From DAN DONOVAN at The Ricoh Arena CHRIS Coleman admitted practice does not always make perfect after watching rivals Leicester snatch a draw at the Ricoh ...
Tamworth's fightback is too late.
Oct 04, 2009 ... LUTON TOWN 2 TAMWORTH 1 TWO goals in five minutes put the Hatters in the driving seat by half-time at Kenilworth Road. Early chances fell for Ben Wright and Rossi Jarvis, who forced Danny Alcock to make a close-range save in the opening minutes. A usually mean ...
Super Kiddy throw down the gauntlet.
Oct 04, 2009 ... AFC WIMBLEDON 0 KIDDERMINSTER 1 From RORY MILLS at Kingsmeadow A CRACKER from Matthew Barnes-Homer secured Kidderminster their second away win of the season at high-flying AFC Wimbledon. Having previously picked up just six of their 21 points on their travels, Harriers' boss ...
CLYDE'S HEADER BEATS LEADERS.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Worcester ... ... ... ... ... .... 1 Dover Athletic ... ... ... .... 0 MARK Clyde scored the decisive goal as Worcester City defeated league leaders Dover Athletic at St George's Lane. The former Northern Ireland international defender headed the hosts ahead in the 34th minute and they ...
Styche gets dream start for Scholars.
Oct 04, 2009 ... PRELIMINARY ROUND Lincoln United ... ... ... .... 1 Chasetown ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 NEW signing Reece Styche made a dream debut for Chasetown as they overcame Lincoln United 2-1 in an FA Trophy tie. Styche could not have got off to a better start for the Scholars, as a goal kick ...
SADDLERS DENIED AT THE DEATH; Cruel blow for wasteful Walsall.
Oct 04, 2009 ... WALSALL 2 Byfield 33 mins, Jones 74 mins CARLISLE 2 Robson 44 mins, Keogh 90 mins From MAT KENDRICK at The Banks's Stadium WASTEFUL Walsall were denied a second successive home victory after more late drama at the Banks's Stadium. Greg Abbott's Carlisle twice came from behind to ...
Unbeaten Leeds fail to find net.
Oct 04, 2009 ... LEEDS remain top of Coca-Cola League One after a goalless home clash with second-placed Charlton. Leading scorer Jermaine Beckford twice went close for the Yorkshire side who are the only unbeaten team in the top four divisions. Bristol Rovers missed out on the chance ...
STOKE ALL FIRED UP FOR EVERTO ON BY SIGHT OF FROTHING PULIS.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: HARRY NOBLE STOKE winger Liam Lawrence is confident the sight of manger Tony Pulis "frothing at the mouth" will fire the team up at Everton tomorrow. Lawrence said Pulis "went ballistic" after his team leaked a late equaliser in their last Barclays Premier ...
Terrier Teemu ready to slip leash for Eck; LOAN RANGER TAINIO IS HAPPY TO PU UT BITE INTO BLUES PREM BATTLE.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: ANDY WALKER TEEMU Tainio insists Blues won't be lacking bite in the Premier League this season as he aims to live up to his Finnish nickname. Bluenoses have already grown used to one terrier in the team in Christian Benitez, whose pet name 'Chucho' translates ...
CARSON'S CASH CAN HELP US CATCH UP THE VILLA.
Oct 04, 2009 ... LIAM Ridgewell wants to see Carson Yeung take Blues out of the shadow of Villa and make the club as big as their Second City neighbours. Tuesday marks a significant date in Yeung's takeover at St Andrew's. It's the deadline for remaining Blues stakeholders to sell their shares ...
Hutchings' hard time on sideline.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: BILL HOWELL CHRIS Hutchings will continue to kick every ball inside his head on the sidelines for Walsall - and he expects all his backroom staff and the fans to do the same. The Walsall gaffer has managed to turn around a tricky start to the season with two ...
Desire to be in team lifts Moyes.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: CARL MARKHAM Moyes says more competition within his squad is bringing the best out of his players. Right-back Tony Hibbert is the latest to raise his game with an impressive performance in an unfamiliar role in the centre of defence against BATE Borisov in ...
KEN KEEPS COOL IN GSA SIX-CESS.
Oct 04, 2009 ... MIDLAND COMBINATION GSA SPORTS went joint top with a 6-0 triumph over Nuneaton Griff, keeper Kenny Sanders recording his third consecutive clean sheet at the fortress that is Abbey Park. Aaron Gray celebrated a double strike for the new front runners who opened when Ade Neil ...
LATE WOE FOR SLICK NUNEATON; Town fail to finish off Brackley.
Oct 04, 2009 ... PREMIER DIVISION Nuneaton Town ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 2 Brackley Town ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 HIGH-FLYING Nuneaton had to settle for a share of the spoils despite dominating much of this windswept clash against visitors Brackley. The Liberty Way outfit had an early ...
LUDLOW CRACK OPEN SIX-PACK.
Oct 04, 2009 ... WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL IT was a day for away wins in the Premier Division. Ludlow Town were the day's top scorers, winning 6-2 at Shawbury United. Lewis Ayres set them on their way in the 12th minute with Dale Williams doubling their lead on the halfhour. Nathan ...
MATT'LL DO AS ACE GARDNER DIGS DEEP; MIDLAND ALLIANCE.
Oct 04, 2009 ... MARVELLOUS Matt Gardner had a dream debut for Alvechurch, helping the Lye Meadow side to a 2-0 victory over Cradley Town. The striker was signed in midweek from rivals Causeway United and made an instant impact for his new club. Naveed Arshad had handed Church a ...
Home comfort as Tipton send Kirby packing; F.A. VASE.
Oct 04, 2009 ... TIPTON Town cruised into the next round of the competition with a convincing 3-1 victory over fellow MFA side Kirby Muxloe. Ross Brown headed the opener midway through the first half, his looping effort soaring over the visiting keeper. Chris Morris doubled the lead ...
GRAY DAY FOR POOR TELFORD; Keeper's blunder loses game at the death.
Oct 04, 2009 ... AFC Telford ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1 Droylsden ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 2 IT was agony for AFC Telford United as a goalkeeping error gifted Blue Square North leaders Droylsden victory in the fourth minute of injury time. Keeper Ryan Young let Tony Gray's 35-yard ...
Olympic suffer a mauling.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Goole AFC ... ... ... ... ... ...4 Rushall Olympic ... ... ... 0 A SHOCKING display saw Rushall Olympic slump to their heaviest defeat for almost two years as they suffered a four goal mauling against a Goole AFC outfit that they had comprehensively beaten by a 5-0 margin in the reverse fixture ...
Scottish too hot for Nuns.
Oct 04, 2009 ... LONDON SCOTTISH 22 NUNEATON 7 NUNEATON tasted defeat in their windswept National One clash at London Scottish. They went behind when Frankie Neale Slotted a penalty on eight minutes and the game turned decisively in the hosts' favour when Nuneaton centre Tim Douglas was yellow ...
Stour sour after break.
Oct 04, 2009 ... STOURBRIDGE 17 ESHER 48 A CONVINCING second-half display handed Esher the spoils at Stourton Park, but only after they were given a scare by the home side. Stour dominated early proceedings and ran in a brace of first-half tries to lead 17-11 at the break. Skipper ...
Russell blasts absent players.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: BRIAN DICK RUSSELL Earnshaw launched a withering attack on his stay-away stars who opted out of what could be Bees' last Championship match. The cash-strapped Solihull outfit have not been able to pay their players for two months and unless steps are taken ...
HINCKLEY'S UNBEATEN RUN ENDS; JUNIOR RUGBY ROUND-UP.
Oct 04, 2009 ... AMPTHILL ended Hinckley's unbeaten start to the National Division Three Midlands season with a 24-19 victory. Bromsgrove moved into second after scraping past South Leicester 21-20 thanks to Ben Copson's conversion with the last kick of the game. Substitute James ...
ALL'S WEL FOR TOUGH TIGERS; But coach Cockerill's still unhappy at ref.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: MARTYN BLAIR LEICESTER head coach Richard Cockerill criticised referee Chris White for his handling of his side's win over Worcester at Welford Road. Although the Tigers maintained their year-long unbeaten home record, Cockerill was frustrated that White did ...
Street slip up at home.
Oct 04, 2009 ... BROADSTREET 13 MACCLESFIELD 34 BROADSTREET slipped to their second successive home defeat against a well organised and more experienced Macclesfield side. Flanker Dan Baines broke from a maul to open the scoring for Macclesfield on seven minutes. Fly half Danny Richards ...
Lions finish off Kendal.
Oct 04, 2009 ... KENDAL 6 RUGBY LIONS 36 RUGBY Lions chalked up their third successive win with another very impressive display. The key was surviving the first half, trailing by just three points before running amok. Rugby were playing into a gale for the first half plus heavy rain. ...
The meddling matchmaker.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Maxine's a desperate housewife - PAGE 3 Strictly's Ian reveals what ...
Cupid or just stupid? 7 heaven treat of the week.
Oct 04, 2009 ... AFTER Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Beckinsale, Romola Garai is the latest actress to play Emma, Jane Austen's sassy matchmaker. Although she lives in the 19th century, she is a very contemporary cupid. The makers say we should think of Emma more like Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the ...
WHO'S GOT IN?
Oct 04, 2009 ... WHO'S GOT IN? THIS is the moment we find out who is in the final 12 and going through to the live shows starting on Saturday - if you haven't already seen the spoilers. Even if you have, it's ...
MOVING TO ONE.
Oct 04, 2009 ... the ONE of our best chat show hosts makes a welcome return to TV, with a promotion from BBC2 to BBC1. He may not be a really incisive interviewer, but he has ...
CHEAP AS CHIPS.
Oct 04, 2009 ... CHEAP AS CHIPS a incisive LOOK very closely at this man and you'll spot it's Alexander Armstrong! He plays Sir Clive Sinclair in a brilliant one-off drama, which tells of the ...
PICK OF THE FLICKS 7 TO WATCH.
Oct 04, 2009 ... SUNDAY: Monsters, Inc (Five, 6.15pm). This charming and witty animation centres on monsters who are softies at heart but who generate their city's power by scaring children. They're the ones who are scared, though, when a little girl comes into their world. With the voices of John Goodman ...
Carol's proud to fly the flag.
Oct 04, 2009 ... IT'S the most star-studded awards ceremony in Britain and the most emotional. Nowhere else can you get Prince Charles, David Beckham, Simon Cowell, Girls Aloud, Dame Shirley Bassey, David Hasselhoff, Dame Vera Lynn and Sir Richard Branson all choking back the tears as they ...
BORIS & DAVE.
Oct 04, 2009 ... THIS highly watchable drama starts with a photo of Boris Johnson and David Cameron at Oxford University and turns it into the story of their ...
HEAVEN & HILL.
Oct 04, 2009 ... HURRAY! Let's all cheer for the return of one of the most sharply-observed, laugh-out-loud shows on TV. Harry Hill is back to cast his eye over what's on ...
KIDS TAKE OVER.
Oct 04, 2009 ... WE know from shows like the largelyimprovised Outnumbered that children can come out with brilliant things without a script. In Chris Tarrant's new ...
US DRAMAS 7 TO WATCH.
Oct 04, 2009 ... TRUE BLOOD, Channel 4, Wednesday, 10pm: Just as this smart and sexy series ends on FX, it arrives on terrestrial screens. In it, vampires are open about their existence and accepted into society, although treated as second-class citizens, probably because some still kill humans. Though not ...
7 TO WATCH SPORT; second round.
Oct 04, 2009 ... w SUNDAY: Live Super Sunday (Sky Sports 1, 3.30pm). Chelsea and Liverpool lock horns at Stamford Bridge as they meet for the 25th time in the last six seasons. In the four meetings last term, Liverpool enjoyed a double success in the league but Chelsea were victorious in the Champions ...
A stab in the dark; 7 things you never knew about... MAXINE PEAKE.
Oct 04, 2009 ... 1 Maxine was born on July 14, 1974 in Bolton, the daughter of a lorry driver and careworker. 2 She joined Bolton Octagon Youth Theatre at 13 and also performed at Manchester's Royal Exchange, then was amazed to be given a scholarship to RADA after applying "for a joke". ...
this week home & away.
Oct 04, 2009 ... w RUBY is still desperate to find out about her past. She tracks down a picture of the man she believes is her real father in Charlie's yearbook and tries to find him. When Leah spots Kirsty having a tearful conversation with Justin, she thinks they're having an affair and tells ...
CORONATION STREET.
Oct 04, 2009 ... CONGRATULATIONS to Brummie comedienne Janice Connolly, aka Barbara Nice, aka the wonderfully-named Sheila Wheeler in Corrie. She's been great for the last few episodes, but sadly Norris fires her on Friday because she talks too much. And for once, she's speechless. Kevin takes ...
EMMERDALE.
Oct 04, 2009 ... THE chemistry is still there between Cain and Charity, so it won't be long until they fall into each other's arms again. But not just yet, as he leaves her stranded in the middle of nowhere, then tells Debbie she'll have to choose between her parents. Chas comes back from ...
I QUIT! MAYBE.
Oct 04, 2009 ... TALK is cheap, Michael Le Vell ... The Corrie star has claimed he will quit the soap if Kevin does not end his affair with Molly when he finds out his ...
BINGOA CALLER.
Oct 04, 2009 ... PITY poor Roxanne Pallett. She would have us believe that she's just huge now she's not in training for Dancing On Ice. The former soap star claims that, ...
RICKY'S DILEMMA.
Oct 04, 2009 ... IT'S no wonder that Ricky looks confused. It's not often he has two women fighting over him, but he's going to have to choose between his ex-wives Sam and Bianca. Actor Sid ...
Don't leave me; eastenders the one to watch.
Oct 04, 2009 ... ALL credit to Lacey Turner, who proves what a great actress she is this week as Stacey's bipolar condition reaches crisis point. She has a full breakdown and her mother Jean finally has to admit defeat by calling the police and having her sectioned. I'm just surprised ...
CLARISSA Dickson Wright is surely.
Oct 04, 2009 ... CLARISSA Dickson Wright is surely some kind of alien, living a completely different life to the rest of us. The posh cook from Two Fat Ladies appeared last week on Channel 4 quiz The Big Food Fight (yes, I am obsessed with food shows). She was able to name nine ways of cooking ...
I've got an appetite for these kitchen dramas; telly talk.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: Roz laws I'VE been trying to wean myself off it, but the craving won't go away. I can't stop gorging on episodes of the BBC2 series MasterChef: The Professionals, though the good news is the calories I'm consuming are only virtual. Far better to watch all the ...
Ian's tripped up by names.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: Ian waite IAN Waite may be super speedy as he glides across the dance floor - but quiz him on names, and he's not quite so quick on the uptake. The Strictly Come Dancing star confesses he got into a bit of a pickle with the name of one of his previous ...
DRACULA IS IN DACRE'S BLOOD; Bram Stoker's relative resurrects tale of the famous vampire.
Oct 04, 2009 ... Byline: Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt DRACULA was one of the most ruthless blood-suckers imaginable. Luckily his nefarious plan to turn the human race into one giant milkshake straw that he could schlurp through never came to fruition. Probably because he was only a ...