Sport in Short: Football

FRIENDLY MATCHES: Airdrie 1 Coventry City 1; Arbroath 2 Dunfermline 2; Barnsley 0 Bolton Wanderers 2; Bournemouth 2 Aston Villa 2; Brechin 2 Aberdeen 4; Cove Rangers 4 Falkirk 3; Crawley 1 Crystal Palace 6; Crewe Alexandra 4 Bristol City 0; Darlington 0 Blackburn 1; East Fife 1 Raith Rovers 3; East Stirling 2 Chester 5; Elgin 3 Rangers XI 7; Farnborough 1 Oxford United 1; Hamilton 2 Rangers 2; Hartlepool 0 Motherwell 2; Heart of Midlothian 1 Tottenham 2; Keith 0 Clyde 3; Newton Grange Star 2 Hibernian 2; Partick Thistle 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0; Queen's Park 0 Dundee United XI 0; Queen of South 2 Stranraer 2; St Johnstone 1 West Ham 4; Whitley Bay 1 Montrose 2.

DERONVALE TOURNAMENT: Morton 1 St Mirren 4; Deronvale 3 Hibernian 3 (Hibernian won 5-3 on penalties).