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Football: Round Up

Tuesday 11 February 1997 00:02 GMT
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Dale Gordon, AFC Bournemouth's player-coach, has been forced to retire from playing because of a knee injury.

David Kipiani has replaced his former Dynamo Tbilisi team-mate Alexander Chivadze as coach of Georgia, following Chivadze's resignation yesterday. Kipiani will continue to coach Dynamo Tbilisi.

NATIONWIDE FOOTBALL LEAGUE Re-arranged fixtures: Tue 25 Feb: Southend v Norwich (from 11 Jan). Wed 26 Feb: Swindon v Birmingham (from 15 Feb). Tue 4 Mar: Peterborough v Watford (from 4 Feb); Brighton v Northampton (from 11 Jan). Wed 5 Mar: West Bromwich v Southend (from 4 Mar). Tue 18 Mar: Preston v Wrexham (from 1 Jan); Walsall v Blackpool (from 4 Feb). Tue 8 Apr: Cambridge Utd v Northampton (from 5 Feb); Barnet v Scunthorpe (from 11 Feb). Tue 15 April: Stockport v Watford (from 28 Dec); Wycombe v Burnley (from 4 Feb).

FA UMBRO TROPHY Third-round draw: Colwyn Bay v St Leonard's Stamcroft; Ashton Utd v Bromsgrove Rovers or Hyde; Stevenage Borough v Welling or Guiseley; Gloucester v Runcorn; Salisbury or Dorchester v St Albans or Woking; Altrincham v Bishop Auckland; Morecambe v Dagenham & Redbridge; Heybridge Swifts v Kidderminster Harriers or Emley. (Ties to be played Saturday 1 March).

ENGLAND UNDER-18 SQUAD (Friendly v Scotland, Gigg Lane, Bury, Tuesday 18 February): Weaver (Leyton Orient), Simonsen (Tranmere Rovers), Ferdinand (West Ham), Curtis (Manchester Utd), Clement (Chelsea), Ball (Everton), O'Brien (Bradford City), Perry (Queen's Park Rangers), Gower (Tottenham), Dyer (Ipswich), Morris (Chelsea), Nicholls (Charlton), Platts (Sheffield Wednesday), Forbes (Norwich), Owen (Liverpool), Bridges (Sunderland), Noel-Williams (Watford), Lisbie (Charlton). Stand-by players: Heritage (Sheffield Utd), Stewart (Blackburn), Crowe (Arsenal), Griffin (Stoke), Haslam (Sheffield Wednesday), Brown (Manchester Utd), Williams (Mansfield), Brightwell (Manchester Utd), Wright (Leeds), Melton (Nottingham Forest), Staton (Blackburn), Campbell (Middlesbrough), Wilson (Manchester Utd), Wood (Manchester Utd), Davies (Sheffield Utd), Bunn (Tottenham).

BELGIUM SQUAD (International friendly v Northern Ireland, Windsor Park, Belfast, tonight): Goalkeepers: De Wilde (Sporting Lisbon), Vande Walle (Germinal Ekeren). Defenders: Albert (Newcastle), Claeys (Feyenoord), Crasson (Napoli), De Boeck (Anderlecht), De Roover (Lierse), Medved, Staelens (both Club Bruges). Midfielders: Lemoine (Mouscron), Pierre (RWD Molenbeek), Schepens (Standard Liege), Scifo (Monaco), Van der Elst, Verheyen (both Club Bruges). Forwards: Jbari (Ghent), L Mpenza (Mouscron), Nilis (PSV Eindhoven), Wilmots (Schalke 04).

SUNDAY'S LATE RESULTS: Spanish League: Espanyol 2 (Raducioiu pens 14, 50) Barcelona 0; Tenerife 2 (Jokanovic pen 74, Llorente 78) Logrones 0; Atletico Madrid 4 (Caminero, Bejbl 38, Esnaider 55, pen 68) Compostela 1 (M Garcia 29); Real Zaragoza 2 (Higuera 26, K Gonzalez 80) Seville 1 (Ramis 56); Santander 2 (Beschastnykh 14, Torre 83) Sporting Gijon 0; Oviedo 1 (Maqueda 60) Valladolid 1 (Soto 18); Rayo Vallecano 1 (Moreau 16) Athletic Bilbao 1 (Urzaiz 71); Real Betis 3 (Alfonso 67, George 72, Pier 83) Extremadura 1 (Dure 81); Hercules 2 (Alfaro 6, Miljanovic 34) Real Madrid 3 (Mijatovic 12, Seedorf 19, Raul 54); Deportivo La Coruna 2 (Rivaldo 40, Renaldo 55) Celta Vigo 2 (Sanchez 20, Mostovoi 64).

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