(^58) DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 06.09.2019
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QUICK QUIZ
ANSWERS
1 Where will the
Commonwealth
Games be held in
2022? 2 Which League Two side
play their home games at Boundary
Park? 3 Who held the 100m men’s
world record before Usain Bolt?
4 Which two cities have two clubs in
the group stages of this season’s
Champions League? 5 In which
sport do teams compete for the
Stanley Cup?
1880: The Kennington Oval became
the first cricket ground in England to
host a Test match. England beat
Australia by five wickets, with WG
Grace scoring the first Test century on
the ground.
1990: England’s first professional
cricket captain, Sir Len Hutton, died at
the age of 74.
1991: James Warring took only 24
seconds to knock out James Pritchard
in their world cruiserweight contest,
which was the fastest knockout in
world boxing title fight
history.
2004: Newcastle
appointed Graeme
Souness (left) as
manager.
2006: England beat
Macedonia 1-0 in
Skopje to make it two
wins from two in their Euro
2008 qualifying campaign under
Steve McClaren. The campaign
ultimately ended in failure as a 3-2
defeat at home to Croatia meant they
missed out on a place in the finals.
2010: England batsman Kevin
Pietersen was fined by the England
and Wales Cricket Board for
comments he posted on Twitter after
he was left out of the one-day squad
for the series against Pakistan.
THE
DAILY MIRROR
published a
series of hard-
hitting
allegations
about Don
Revie, saying
he took steps
to fix matches
while in charge of Leeds. Revie, who
controversially quit as England
manager to take charge of the UAE
national team, refused to the
answer the accusations. On the
same day, Kevin Keegan was
replaced as England skipper by
Revie’s successor Ron Greenwood.
Keegan had just moved to Hamburg,
and his former Liverpool team-
mate Emlyn Hughes led England in
their 0-0 draw with Switzerland.
BACK & FRONT PAGE: 1977
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FLYING
DRAGON
WALES v AZERBAIJAN
EURO 2020, QUAL GROUP E
CARDIFF CITY STADIUM, 7.45PM
Northern Ireland 1 Luxembourg 0 Friendly, Windsor Park
Anthony Moris beat Tom Flanagan
to the ball, only to see Malget
divert it into his own net (above).
O’Neill’s side had a shout for two
second-half penalties. Jordan
Thompson was sent tumbling by
Lars Gerson in the 64th minute,
and Gavin Whyte went down
moments later, but Welsh ref Bryn
Markham-Jones wasn’t interested.
O’NEILL’S SPOT OF GOOD LUX
KEVIN MALGET’S own-goal was
enough to hand Northern Ireland
victory in this Belfast friendly.
Luxembourg began well, keeping
the hosts pegged back in their own
half, but Michael O’Neill’s side got a
lucky break in the 37th minute.
The visitors failed to clear a
corner and, after George Saville
headed it towards goal, keeper
bottom corner. But McGoldrick (above)
was to have the last laugh.
And, after Glenn Whelan had rattled
the crossbar with a long-range
piledriver, he rose to
meet James McClean’s
deflected 85th-minute
cross for his first senior
international goal as the
Republic stay top.
IRELAND’S McGOLDEN BOY
DAVID McGOLDRICK’S header rescued
a point to maintain the Republic of
Ireland’s unbeaten record.
Switzerland had led 1-0 with 16
minutes left after Fabian
Schar played a fine
one-two with Breel
Embolo before sliding a
shot past Darren
Randolph and into the
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QUALIFYING GROUP D
(^) P (^) W D L F A Pts
REP OF IRE 5 3 2 0 6 2 11
Denmark 4 2 2 (^0 15 5 8)
Switzerland 3 1 (^2) 0 6 (^4 5)
Georgia (^4 1 0 3 4 8 3)
Gibraltar 4 0 0 4 0 12 0
QUALIFYING GROUP E
(^) P W D L F A Pts
Hungary 4 3 0 1 6 4 9
Slovakia 3 2 0 1 7 2 6
Croatia 3 2 0 1 5 4 6
WALES 3 1 0 2 2 3 3
Azerbaijan 3 0 0 3 3 10 0
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BY JAMES NURSEY
@JamesNursey
15 / 2
Draw and both
teams to score
Giggs loving James’ red-hot start at
United and believes the winger can
ease pressure on Wales legend Bale
and he’s got the right character.
He’s at the right club for keeping
his feet on the ground.”
Giggs (above) needs James
and his team-mates firing for
tonight’s Euro 2020 qualifier.
Wales sit fourth after losing
away to Croatia and Hungary.
But three of their last five games
are at home and Giggs remains
optimistic.
Although once
again without the
injured Aaron
Ramsey, Giggs
added: “With two
defeats, you’re up
against it, but it is
still early. If we have aspirations
to qualify, we now need to win
all our home games.
“We won our first game at
home and our fantastic support
makes a difference. We will be
relying on the fans, but we have
to get the fans going as well.
“Azerbaijan can make it
difficult away from home and we
have to be wary of their
counter-attacking threat.”
hosts, and he said: “The pressure
is always on Gareth, but I want
to bring that off him because we
can’t rely on him in every game.
“We’ve got other talented
players in the squad.
“Dan has got off to a great
start with his Manchester
United career, but he’s also been
brilliant for us in the last few
games, especially
in the summer
under difficult cir-
cumstances.
“I’ve not been
surprised, he’s had
a good pre-season
and, when you sign
for a new club, that’s what you
want.
“When you score, it gives you
a lift. It doesn’t matter who
you are in the world or what
kind of ability you have.
Confidence is everything.
“We all know what he’s
capable of, what he’s done,
especially over the last eight or
nine months, he just keeps
getting better and better.
“He’s at the right club, Ole
Gunnar Solskjaer will know how
to look after him and know
when to play him.
“It’s a club where they love
wingers and players who can
excite fans. I’m pleased for him
RYAN GIGGS is not
surprised by Daniel James’
flying start at Manchester
United and believes he can
continue his red-hot form
tonight for Wales.
James has burst on to the
Premier League scene after
joining Giggs’ old club from
Swansea for £15million.
The 21-year-old winger (left)
has already scored three times
for United and Giggs is
desperate for the attacking
ace to produce the goods
against Azerbaijan.
Giggs believes the
emergence of
players such as
James
can
ease the
pressure on
Wal e s’
record-scorer
Gareth Bale,
who will
captain the
I’LL BEAT
REAL WOE
China. But he stayed at the
Bernabeu to fight for his
place on his £600,000-a-
week contract, despite
intense criticism in Spain.
And Bale, who is now back
in Zidane’s plans, said
initially getting the cold
shoulder from Spurs chief
Harry Redknapp was a lower
point of his career.
He said: “I have kept my
head down. The things that
happened will stay private
with the club.
“It didn’t impact on me too
much. I wouldn’t say it’s the
worst time of my career.
“I remember not playing
for a year under Redknapp at
Spurs. It’s not been ideal but
I have been here before, I
know how to deal with it.”
FROM BACK PAGE
TEAMS
WALES: Hennessey, Roberts,
Mepham, Rodon, Davies, Ampadu,
Allen, Lawrence, Wilson, James, Bale
AZERBAIJAN: Agayev, Medvedev,
Huseynov, Krivotsyuk, Rahimov,
Babayev, Eyubov, Richard,
Abdullayev, Ramazanov, Sheydaev
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