Premier League
Non-League, Women, Scotland and Europe
Papa John’s EFL Trophy final
Rotherham 4 Sutton Utd 2
Wiles 42
Osei-Tutu 90+6
Ogbene 96, Ihiekwe 112Wilson 30
Eastmond 48
30,688
(aet; 2-2 after 90min; at Wembley Stadium)
Buildbase FA Trophy semi-finals
Bromley^3 York^1
Cheek 61, 81
Alabi 90’+2Willoughby 2
4,423
Wrexham^2 Stockport Co^0
Mullin 90+1, 90+5 8,703
Buildbase FA Vase: Semi-finals Littlehampton 4
Loughborough Students 0; Newport Pagnell 1
Hamworthy Utd 1 (Newport won 6-5 on pens).
Vanarama National League
Aldershot 0 Eastleigh 2
1,590 Camp 22, Barnett 45+9
Barnet 2 Yeovil 2
Mason-Clark 23
Marriott 70Knowles 8
Reid 82
Boreham Wood 0 Woking 1
901 Kretzschmar 75 (pen)
Sent off: R Ince (Woking) 68
Chesterfield 1 Grimsby 4
Maguire 6
7,819McAtee 27, Holohan 31
Clifton 50, Taylor 78
Dover Athletic 1 Kings Lynn Town 1
Arthur 28
511Barrett 66Halifax Town 2 Wealdstone 0
Waters 60, 75 1,850
Solihull Moors^3 Maidenhead United^1
Dallas 12, 40
Boyes 90Kelly 52
1,458
Southend^0 Notts County^3
6,338 Rodrigues 19, 61, 80
P W D L F A GD Pts
Stockport County...35 25 4 6 74 29 45 79
Halifax......................... 3521 6 8 53 28 25 69
Wrexham...................34 20 8 6 65 36 29 68
Solihull Moors.......... 35 19 10 6 65 39 26 67
Chesterfield.............. 3718 13 6 62 39 23 67
Notts County............ 36 18 10 8 64 42 22 64Grimsby...................... 3619 5 12 55 3520 62
Boreham Wood....... 33 16 10 7 40 25 15 58
Dagenham & R......... 35 17 4 14 62 45 17 55
Bromley...................... 33 15 9 9 47 37 10 54
Torquay...................... 35 15 8 12 55 48 7 53
Yeovil.......................... 36 13 10 13 36 38 -2 49
Southend................... 36 13 8 15 38 51 -13 47
Woking....................... 3714 419 51 51 0 46
Altrincham................ 36 13 7 16 54 56 -2 46
Barnet......................... 35 11 9 15 4561 -16 42
Eastleigh.................... 36 11 7 18 38 56 -18 40
Wealdstone...............35 10 9 16 39 55 -16 39
Maidenhead Utd.....36 10 8 18 39 62 -23 38
Aldershot................... 35 8 7 20 33 60 -27 31
Kings Lynn Town.... 36 6 7 23 35 66 -31 25
Weymouth................ 35 5 7 23 32 69 -37 22
*Dover Athletic........ 35 1 6 28 29 83 -54-3
* deducted 12pts for breaching league rules
North AFC Fylde 3 Farsley Celtic 1; AFC Telford 2
Gloucester 1; Boston 1 Blyth Spartans 1; Brackley 1
Gateshead 0; Bradford Park Avenue 0
Kidderminster 0; Chorley 2 Guiseley 0; Curzon
Ashton 0 Spennymoor 3; Hereford 1 Alfreton 2;
Leamington 0 Darlington 1; Southport 0 Kettering 1.
P W D LF A GD Pts
Gateshead.................35 24 5 6 77 37 40 77
Brackley Town.........34 23 8 3 48 19 29 77
AFC Fylde..................35 20 6 9 58 32 26 66
Kidderminster.......... 3418 8 8 59 29 30 62
Chorley....................... 33 15 10 8 53 38 15 55
York............................. 32 15 6 11 48 39 9 51
Southport.................. 34 13 11 10 5141 10 50
Darlington................. 3514 8 13 54 48 6 50
Boston United.......... 3414 7 13 50 49 1 49
Hereford..................... 35 13 9 13 43 42 1 48
Kettering Town....... 33 13 8 12 47 43 4 47
Spennymoor Town 34 13 8 13 47 46 1 47
Curzon Ashton 33 11 10 12 42 49 -7 43
Alfreton Town.......... 33 11 8 14 44 53 -9 41
Leamington..............35 10 10 15 33 41 -8 40
Chester.......................34 10 8 16 59 61 -2 38
Bradford PA..............34 10 816 41 56-15 38
Gloucester City........ 35 8 12 15 37 53 -16 36
AFC Telford Utd...... 36 712 17 43 58-15 33
Blyth Spartans......... 35 9 4 22 32 67 -35 31
Farsley Celtic............ 34 7 819 31 69 -38 29
Guiseley...................... 33 7 6 20 24 51 -27 27
South Bath 0 Dulwich 0; Billericay 0 Chippenham 1;
Braintree 0 Hampton & Richmond 1; Dorking 5
Slough 0; Eastbourne 2 Concord Rangers 0;
Ebbsfleet 1 Hungerford 2; Hemel Hempstead 2
Chelmsford 2; Maidstone 4 Havant & Waterlooville
0; Oxford City 1 Dartford 1; Tonbridge 1 Welling 0.P W D L F A GD Pts
Maidstone United...34 22 6 6 66 32 34 72
Dorking Wands........ 34 21 5 8 82 4636 68
Dartford...................... 33 17 10 6 56 36 2061
Eastbourne............... 34 17 7 10 65 48 17 58
Ebbsfleet United..... 3318 3 12 63 45 18 57
Oxford City................ 33 15 10 8 59 3920 55
Hungerford Town... 3315 3 15 55 54 1 48
Dulwich Hamlet....... 34 12 11 11 56 48 8 47
Chippenham Town. 33 12 10 11 50 41 9 46
St Albans City........... 3313 6 14 48 46 2 45
Havant & We............. 3312 9 12 46 51 -5 45
Hemel Hempstead.. 3312 7 14 45 60-15 43
Hampton & R............ 32 11 7 14 48 49 -1 40
Slough Town............33 10 1013 43 56-13 40
Braintree.................... 34 9 11 14 33 46-13 38
Concord Rangers....32 10 8 14 41 57 -16 38
Tonbridge Angels... 32 9 9 14 36 46 -10 36
Bath City....................34 10 4 20 35 61 -26 34
Chelmsford City...... 33 7 11 15 36 44 -8 32
Billericay Town........ 33 7 9 17 35 57 -22 30
Welling........................ 33 8 6 19 33 69 -36 30
Pitching In Northern League: Premier division
Ashton 0 Hyde 3; Bamber Bridge 2 Witton 0; Buxton
0 Lancaster 0; FC United of Manchester 2 Atherton
Collieries 0; Gainsborough 1 South Shields 1; Matlock
0 Morpeth 0; Nantwich 2 Scarborough 1; Stafford 4
Grantham 1; Stalybridge 0 Radcliffe 2; Warrington 0
Mickleover 1; Whitby 0 Basford 0.
Pitching In Southern League: Premier division:
Central AFC Rushden & Diamonds 3 Leiston 3;
Banbury 1 Tamworth 1; Bromsgrove 1 Redditch 0;
Coalville 0 Hednesford 0; Hitchin 3 Lowestoft 2;
Needham Market 1 Nuneaton 2; Royston 1
Peterborough Sports 2; St Ives Town 3 Rushall
Olympic 2; Stourbridge 0 Alvechurch 1; Stratford
Town 2 Barwell 0. South Farnborough 0 Hayes &
Yeading 0; Hendon 2 Beaconsfield 0; Kings Langley
0 Gosport 0; Merthyr Town 5 Salisbury 0; Met
Police 1 Harrow 1; Poole 0 Yate 2; Swindon
Supermarine 0 Truro 1; Taunton 3 Weston-super-
Mare 2; Tiverton 0 Hartley Wintney 2; Walton
Casuals 0 Chesham 1; Wimborne 0 Dorchester 1.
Pitching In Isthmian League: Premier division
Bishop’s Stortford 3 Folkestone Invicta 0; Bowers &
Pitsea 0 Cheshunt 3; Brightlingsea 0 Corinthian-
Casuals 1; East Thurrock 2 Merstham 0; Enfield
Town 1 Horsham 0; Hornchurch 3 Bognor Regis 3;
Kingstonian 1 Carshalton 1; Leatherhead 2 Cray 1;
Lewes 2 Wingate & Finchley 3; Margate 0 Potters
Bar 1; Worthing 1 Haringey 0.
Women’s Super League Chelsea 5 Reading 0;
Leicester 0 Arsenal 5; Man Utd 1 Brighton 0;
Tottenham 0 Aston Villa 1; West Ham 0 Man City 2.RESULTSBrighton 0 Norwich City 0
31,245
Burnley 0 Manchester City 2
Gündogan 25
De Bruyne 5
Chelsea 1 Brentford 4
Rüdiger 48
39,061Eriksen 54, Janelt 50,
60, Wissa 87
Leeds United 1 Southampton 1
Harrison 29
36,580Ward-Prowse 49Liverpool 2 Watford 0
Jota 22
Fabinho 89 (pen)
Manchester United 1 Leicester City 1
Fred 66
73,444Iheanacho 63Tottenham 5 Newcastle United 1
Davies 43, Doherty 48
Son 54, Emerson 63
Bergwijn 83Schär 39
57,553West Ham United 2 Everton 1
Cresswell 32
Bowen 58Holgate 53
59,953
Sent off: M Keane (Everton) 65
Wolverhampton 2 Aston Villa 1
Young (og) 36
Castro Otto 7Watkins 86 (pen)
31,012
Today Crystal Palace v Arsenal (8.0).Home Away
PWDL FAWDL FAGDPts
W 1 Manchester City................................. 30 11 1 2 40 10 12 3 1 30 8 52 73
W 2 Liverpool............................................... 30 12 3 0 39 7 10 3 2 38 13 57 72
W 3 Chelsea.................................................. 29 7 5 2 29 14 10 3 2 29 9 35 59
Y 4 Tottenham Hotspur.......................... 30 10 1 4 31 17 7 2 6 21 20 15 54
Z 5 Arsenal................................................... 28 10 2 3 24 12 7 1 5 20 19 13 54
Y 6 West Ham United................................ 31 9 3 4 29 21 6 3 6 22 19 11 51
Z 7 Manchester United............................ 30 8 4 4 25 19 6 5 3 24 22 8 51
W 8 Wolverhampton Wanderers............ 31 7 2 7 18 16 8 2 5 15 11 6 49
Y 9 Leicester City....................................... 28 7 3 4 24 19 3 4 7 19 28 -4 37
Z10 Aston Villa............................................ 30 5 3 6 24 21 6 0 10 18 21 0 36
W 11 Southampton...................................... 30 5 7 3 20 14 3 5 7 17 32 -9 36
W 12 Crystal Palace...................................... 29 4 7 4 22 17 3 6 5 17 21 1 34
W 13 Brighton & Hove Albion.................. 30 3 6 7 10 20 4 7 3 16 16 -10 34
Y14 Brentford................................................ 31 5 2 8 16 19 4 4 8 21 29 -11 33
Z 15 Newcastle United............................... 30 4 6 4 20 25 3 4 9 13 29 -21 31
W16 Leeds United......................................... 31 4 5 7 18 30 3 4 8 17 38 -33 30
W 17 Everton.................................................. 28 6 1 7 19 19 1 3 10 11 30 -19 25
W18 Watford.................................................. 30 2 1 11 14 34 4 3 9 15 23 -28 22
W19 Burnley................................................... 28 2 6 6 10 18 1 6 7 12 22 -18 21
W20 Norwich City........................................ 30 2 3 10 10 31 2 3 10 8 32 -45 18TOP SCORERS
20 Salah (Liverpool, below)
14 Jota (Liverpool)
14 Son (Tottenham)
12 Ronaldo (Man Utd)
12 Kane (Tottenham)
12 Mané (Liverpool)
TOP ASSISTSTOP SAVES11 Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
10 Salah (Liverpool)
10 Robertson (Liverpool)
9 Pogba (Man Utd)
8 Bowen (West Ham)
7 Antonio (West Ham)117 Meslier (Leeds)
107 De Gea (Man Utd)
103 Sá (Wolves)
101 Schmeichel
(Leicester)
89 Pickford
(Everton)
87 Fabianski
(West Ham)20
TOMORROW
Manchester City v Atletico
Madrid, Champions League
quarter-final, first leg, 8pm,
BT Sport 2 Three English teams
left in the competition, and City get
their last-eight tie under way. The
second leg is next Wednesday —
and the winners face either
Chelsea or Real Madrid.WEDNESDAY
Chelsea v Real Madrid,
Champions League quarter-final,
first leg, 8pm, BT Sport 2
Defending champions Chelsea
hope to repeat last seasons 2-0
home semi-final victory over Real.THURSDAY
West Ham United v Lyons, Europa
League quarter-final, first leg,
8pm, BT Sport 1 West Ham’s
European adventure continues
against Lyons, who were beaten
semi-finalists in the Champions
League two seasons ago.TV HIGHLIGHTS14 1GG Monday April 4 2022 | the times
Bill Edgar on MacDougall’s new
rival and Wembley’s long waitGAME IN
NUMBERS
Scoreline wait: it’s
all overWhen Rotherham United beat
Sutton United in the Papa John’s
Trophy final yesterday it was the
first senior cup final to finish 4-2
at Wembley since England beat
West Germany in the 1966 World
Cup final. It was the 247th cup
final match since 1966 (counts the
FA Cup, League Cup, Football
League Trophy, Full Members’
Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, FA
Trophy, FA Vase, FA Amateur
Cup, European Championship and
the main European club
competitions). Rotherham
emulated Alf Ramsey’s team by
conceding the first and recovering
to be level at 2-2 after 90 minutes
before scoring twice in extra time.England late show
If England reach the World Cup
final this year it would be their
latest match in a calendar year —
December 18, compared with the
present latest of December 15, the
date they faced Luxembourg in- If Ukraine emerge
from the play-offs they will join
England in the World Cup’s first
all-vowel-initial group, along with
Iran and the United States.
Liverpool sequences
Liverpool are the first team in top-
flight history to have recorded —
all in the same season — two 1-0s
in a row, two 2-0s in succession,
two consecutive 3-0s, two 4-0s in
a row and two 5-0s in succession.
Jürgen Klopp’s team won 2-0 at
home to Watford, whose manager,
Roy Hodgson, is the first since
Sheffield Wednesday’s Jack
Marshall in 1968 to have faced as
many as seven away games
among his first ten top-flight
fixtures of a spell.Highs on five
London teams sit third to sixth in
the Premier League table; the
division’s three Midlands sides are
eighth to tenth; and the three
most southerly clubs
(Southampton, Crystal Palace
and Brighton & Hove Albion) are
11th to 13th. Manchester City’s first
league goals of March and April
were both a fifth-minute strike by
Kevin De Bruyne; their first
league goals in August and
November this season were both a
seventh-minute own goal. The
36-year-old Ashley Young’s
36th-minute own goal when
facing Wolverhampton
Wanderers on Saturday left his
Aston Villa team stuck on 36
points. It was the Premier
League’s earliest goal by a
substitute for eight years.Ashley Young of Villa scores his
first-half own goal against WolvesHitting back again
Before the weekend no team since
January 2016 had conceded the
opening goal of a Premier League
game in the 39th minute or later
yet recovered to win by at least a
three-goal margin — then
Brentford did so against Chelsea
on Saturday and Tottenham
Hotspur repeated the trick against
Newcastle United yesterday. It was
the sixth time in the past seven
seasons that Spurs have scored
five or more goals in a top-flight
match despite conceding first
(they also recorded that feat
against Bournemouth, Leicester
City, Everton, Southampton and
Manchester United) — no other
team have done so more than
twice in that period.Fool steam ahead
Friday was April Fool’s Day
because the date was 1/4 (1st of
April); Saturday seemed like April
Fool’s Day because one game
finished 1-4: Chelsea 1, Brentford- In 12 of the 43 seasons from
1966 to 2009, the question: “which
league tiers are those two west
London clubs in this year?” would
have brought the answer: “Chelsea
1, Brentford 4.” Brentford’s head
coach, Thomas Frank, and his
Chelsea counterpart Thomas
Tuchel, share a six-letter first
name, are based six miles apart
and were born six weeks apart; on
Saturday Brentford took the lead
six minutes after falling behind
to Chelsea.
Mitrovic a marvel
Having scored 13 more league
goals than any other player in the
four divisions this season,
Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic is
on course for the biggest lead in
the league goalscoring chart over
one campaign since 1970-71, when
Ted MacDougall’s 42 goals for
Bournemouth put him 14 ahead of
West Bromwich Albion’s Tony
Brown. Mitrovic has scored 37,
with Bournemouth’s Dominic
Solanke and Newport County’s
Dominic Telford next on 24.