Sporting Digest: Football

LAWRIE McMENEMY, who resigned as the England assistant manager when Graham Taylor left last month, has been made a director of Southampton, the club he used to manage.

SMIRNOFF IRISH LEAGUE: Ballymena 0 Carrick Rangers 2; Omagh 1 Coleraine 0.

BORD GAIS LEAGUE OF IRELAND Premier Division: Limerick 0 Galway 3.

CARLING NORTH WEST COUNTIES LEAGUE First Division: Kidsgrove 1 Maine Road 1; Prescot 2 Burscough 2.

NEVILLE OVENDEN COMBINATION First Division: Postponed: Charlton v Crystal Palace; Watford v Brighton.

DIADORA LEAGUE Third Division: Postponed: Cove v Cheshunt.

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE First Division: Postponed: Guiseley v Harrogate Town.

UNIJET SUSSEX COUNTY LEAGUE First Division: Postponed: Wick v Arundel.

PORTUGUESE LEAGUE: Salgueiros 3 Farense 2; Setubal 3 Pacos de Ferreira 0; Belenenses 0 Braga 0; Estrela da Amadora 2 Famalicao 0; Sporting Lisbon 1 Maritimo 1; Guimaraes 2 Estoril 0; Boavista 1 Porto 1.

WEDNESDAY'S LATE RESULTS: FA Carling Premiership: Sheffield Wednesday 3 (Bright 8, Watson 67, 70) Swindon Town 3 (Mutch 5, Maskell 19, 90). Press and Journal Highland League: Cove Rangers 1 Huntly 3.