Sporting Digest: Football

DAVID LEWORTHY has joined GM Vauxhall Conference newcomers Dover from Farnborough Town for pounds 50,000 - a record transfer fee between non-League clubs.

PONTINS LEAGUE First Division: Aston Villa 1 Leeds Utd 0; Blackburn Rovers 0 Manchester Utd 1; Derby County 1 Leicester City 3; Liverpool 3 York City 1; Notts County 2 Nottingham Forest 0; Sheffield Utd 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0. Second Division: Blackpool 2 Mansfield Town 1; Middlesbrough 0 Stoke City 1.

BORD GAIS NATIONAL LEAGUE CUP Second round: Athlone 1 Drogheda 2; Shamrock Rovers 1 Bray 3; Sligo 1 Limerick 0.

J LEAGUE: Verdy Kawasaki 3 Nagoya Grampus Eight 1.

WEDNESDAY'S LATE RESULTS: European Cup-Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg: Valur Reykjavik (Ice) 3 MyPa Anjalankoski (Fin) 1; Kosice (Slovak) 2 Zhalgiris Vilnius (Lith) 0. Neville Ovenden Combination Second Division: Cardiff 2 Cheltenham 2; Hereford 3 Plymouth 1. Carling North West Counties League First Division: Nantwich 3 Burscough 3; Penrith 0 Clitheroe 0; St Helens 3 Chadderton 2. Federation Brewery Northern League First Division: Consett 0 Blyth Spartans 4; Durham 3 Brandon 0; Guisborough 3 Billingham Synthonia 0; Hebburn 1 West Auckland 1; Murton 1 Eppleton 3; Northallerton 1 Tow Law 0. West Midlands League Premier Division: Brierley Hill 1 Hinckley Athletic 1; West Bromwich Town 3 Westfields 1. Unijet Sussex County League First Division: Crowborough 1 Oakwood 3; East Grinstead 0 Eastbourne Town 0; Peacehaven 1 Bexhill 1; Whitehawk 1 Littlehampton 0. Friendly match: Benfica 2 Barcelona 1.