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1 Philosophy old yogi developed

around energy (8)

5 A change in store at sea? ( 6 )

8 Very tired to start with, one usually

sloshed ( 3 )

9 Ships one by one leaving Spithead

for short time ( 10 )

10 Bad joints reported by those

writing regularly? (8)

11 Frank does cutting-edge work

ahead of time ( 6 )

12 Black separatists initially forming

gang ( 4 )

14 Aim to get fit, being wise ( 10 )

17 Tissue a certain Frenchman

chucked into grave (4,6)

20 College inventor making

contribution to security (4)

23 Set pulsating disc on first audio

device (6)

24 Who’d make good sort of theatre

publicist? ( 8 )

25 Loveless coupling made in the dark

( 10 )

26 Closely follow tailless mammoth

( 3 )

27 Pious figure clothed in most

suitable room? ( 6 )

28 Trading hub located in centre

potentially ( 8 )

1 Type of crime where Jacob keeps

account? (6,3)

2 What might be wide court passage

( 7 )

3 Radical English newspaper

involved in deception ( 6 )

4 Plough through a translation from

Latin (5,4)

5 Heard in dispute: what calls for

blessing? (7)

6 Famed LSD guru, smuggling in

dope, died ( 9 )

7 Sailor, Yankee with girl climbing on

the bed? ( 7 )

13 Singular fruit with perfect flavour

( 9 )

15 Son nudges mum, seen by new

representative ( 9 )

16 Plant detective, getting smart (9)

18 Thrust forward, storming redoubt

( 7 )

19 Leading character in 21 can do

what it does remotely ( 7 )

21 Paris excited about greeting

high-flier ( 7 )

22 WW2 ace crossing loch finds God

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Harry Maguire receives a second yellow card for bringing down Kasper Dolberg and is sent off after just 31 minutes as England slump to a 1-0 defeat by Denmark

Clubs kill off

ambitious plan

Martyn Ziegler, Matt Dickinson,

Matt Lawton

Spencer left in

cold by Jones

Alex Lowe, John Westerby

The Premier League clubs and the FA

yesterday stopped the proposed revolu-

tion of English football in its tracks after

even Liverpool and Manchester

United’s representatives caved in with-

out a fight at an emergency meeting.

Club chairmen who had anticipated

a fiery exchange with Tom Werner, the

Liverpool chairman, and Ed

Woodward, the United executive

vice-chairman, were stunned by their

meek acceptance of a decision to

formally reject the Project Big Picture

(PBP) plan.

Instead the clubs agreed to speed up

a strategy review that Premier League

chiefs insist was already planned and to

ensure that all 20 members are

involved in the discussions. They also

agreed a new £50 million bailout for

Continued on page 63

Eddie Jones will omit Ben Spencer from

his England squad for the Six Nations

finale against Italy and the Autumn

Nations Cup despite the scrum half’s

impressive form since moving to Bath.

Jones, the England head coach, is due

to update his training squad today with

players from Bath, Sale Sharks and

Worcester Warriors, who were unavail-

able for last week’s camp in Teddington.

Spencer won the most recent of his

four caps in the World Cup final after

being flown to Japan as an injury

replacement for Willi Heinz but was

not part of England’s Six Nations squad

in the spring.

Despite being integral to Bath reach-

ing the Gallagher Premiership semi-fi-

nals after joining the club from Sara-

cens in the summer, the 28-year-old is

Continued on page 61

England

lose their

heads

Former England player Tim

Ambrose on beating depression

Mike Atherton, pages 60-61

My greatest innings

6 Maguire and James both sent off in defeat

6 Southgate warning over lack of discipline

Paul Joyce

England 0 Denmark 1

Gareth Southgate warned that

the discipline of his players must

improve after England were

shown two red cards for the

first time ever in a match during

last night’s damaging defeat

by Denmark.

England were reduced to

ten men inside 31 minutes at

Wembley when Harry Maguire

was sent off for two reckless

tackles, and then Reece James,

making his full debut, was

dismissed for dissent after the

final whistle. Both players will

serve suspensions with Southgate,

the England manager, having

already seen eight players miss

matches for off-field indiscretions

over the past 12 months.

A first-half penalty condemned

Continued on page 66