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The six-yearold girl was with her family on the play- comments speculating on the circum- not to make ‘distressing’ and ‘unhelpful’ ground when she was momentarily lured into a nearby wooded stances of the incident. He said: “This arrest is a significant area. development as our “The boy was arrested earlier in Birmingham, investigation continues at pace. and he’s in our cus- Police have arrested a teenage boy after a six-year-old girl was lured from a playground and sexually assaulted. The child was out with her family at Rowheath Park in Bournville when she was ‘momentarily lured’ into a nearby wooded area. It happened around midday on Saturday, and police immediately launched a hunt to find the suspect. In an update, police said a boy aged 16 was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in Birmingham. He remained in custody for questioning yesterday. The statement issued by West Midlands Police read: “A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. “Earlier, we appealed for your help after a child reported a sexual assault in Today’s TODAY’S Weather WEATHER Stoke-on-Trent Derby Sunrise Sunset Sun & Moonrise Sunrise Today’s Weather Birmingham 6:50 a.m. Coventry Nottingham Burton-on-Trent Leicester Northampton I thank people for sharing our appeal... I would ask that people do not speculate on the circumstances. DI Matt Stone tody for questioning. “Our investigation is ongoing and we continue to support the little girl and her family. They have, of course, been kept updated with this development.” Police said they have deployed extra officers in the area to speak to local residents and parkgoers to offer reassurance. Detective Inspector Matt Stone, from Skies will be partly cloudy to cloudy today. Afternoon highs will range from 18 to 21C. Stoke-on-Trent Derby Cambridge “I’d still urge anyone with any information, who hasn’t yet contacted us, to do as soon as possible. “There have been lots of comments on social media. I thank people for sharing our appeal, and those who got in touch with information. “However, I’d ask that people do not speculate on the circumstances, it’s unhelpful to our investigation and distressing for those involved.” Four-Day Outlook Four-Day Outlook Tuesday Sun & Moon °C °F °C °F 6:50 a.m. 7:10 p.m. River Levels overcast 17 63 overcast 16 61 rain 19 67 sunny 26 78 Skies will be partly cloudy to cloudy today. Afternoon highs will range from 18 to 21C. Moonset Birmingham Coventry Nottingham Burton-on-Trent Leicester Northampton Cambridge 7:31 p.m. 5:43 a.m. Sep. 20 Sep. 28 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 The attack happened in Rowheath Park, Bournville Cloudy. Tuesday Cloudy. Wednesday Tuesday 19°C/ 66°F 12°C/ 54°F Cloudy. 19°C/ 66°F 12°C/ 54°F Wednesday Cloudy. 19°C/ 66°F 12°C/ 54°F 19°C/ 66°F 12°C/ 54°F Thursday Cloudy. 16°C/ 61°F 9°C/ 48°F Cloudy. Cloudy. Thursday 16°C/ 61°F 9°C/ 48°F Friday Friday 17°C/ 63°F 10°C/ 50°F Cloudy. 17°C/ 63°F 10°C/ 50°F Current (m) Flood Current (m) Flood River Trent River Leen Bucknall 0.08 0.39 Bulwell 0.43 1.10 Gang chased and stabbed schoolboy, 15 down a schoolboy before stabbing him in the chest in a violent street attac. The 15-year-old victim was in Burtons Way, near the Spar and Smith’s Wood Academy, when he was set upon by the gang shortly before 9pm on Saturday. Police said five teenagers, all wearing black balaclavas and armed with baseball bats, got out of a large black vehicle before the chase. As they caught up with the victim, he was stabbed in the chest. The gang then ran off from the scene. The boy was taken to hospital for his injuries, which are thankfully not deemed life-threatening. West Midlands Police said it was ‘thoroughly investigating’ the incident and was supporting the young victim. Sergeant Lawrence Shannon, from Force CID, insisted that reducing violence among under-25s is a ‘priority for the force’ as he urged anyone with information to come forward. He added: “We are thoroughly investigating this incident and will continue to support the 15-year-old boy. “Reducing violence among under-25s is a priority for the force, which includes understanding the root causes of why children are being violent towards each other. “Unfortunately, knife crime is an issue which affects many communities across the West Midlands and we are working to tackle this violence.” SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS Every day we’ll keep you bang up to date with the latest breaking Birmingham news www.birminghamlive.co.uk/signup

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 3 70 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, TRAGIC BLACK country MINER is hailed... JIGGER’S KING OF THE RINGS Brownhills roundabout voted No 1 in UK JORDAN REYNOLDS News Reporter They are the ideal gift for the “mundane” man – but roundabouts are never a case of ever decreasing circles for obsessed Kevin Beresford. His calendars celebrating the humdrum and everyday have become firm favourites across the Midlands and beyond but – whisper it quietly – things may have just got interesting. Because his 2022 offering features a landmark Brownhills roundabout on the front cover – with the Jigger The Brownhills Miner statue chosen as the number one by the UK Roundabout Appreciation Society. It will also give buyers something to look forward to – because the A NEW aparthotel has been proposed for Birmingham’s main entertainment district, with hopes of creating dozens of jobs. Plans are underway to build the new 12-storey development on the site of the former Lee Longlands furniture store car park, just off Broad Street in Westside. The Lead Works project, to be located at the junction of Tennant Street and Granville Street, will provide more accommodation within easy reach of New Street station and the Bullring. The aparthotel will comprise of a total of 198 apartments together with a bar, restaurant, lounge and additional amenity areas. It is being developed by the Soller Group, which is expecting the approval of planning permission from Birmingham City Council. Construction is then anticipated Kevin Beresford and above, Jigger The Brownhills Miner to take between 12 and 18 months, with the first apartments hoping to be ready by late 2023 or early 2024. Nick Treadaway, founder and CEO of the Soller Group, said: “Once completed, the aparthotel will provide new accommodation within easy reach of New Street Station, the Bullring and the city centre.” Mike Olley, general manager of Westside BID, welcomed the development and said it was great news for jobs in the area. He added: “We would welcome this new development and look forward to working with the Soller Group once this is approved and under way. “The great news, assuming it all goes ahead, is that this will provide jobs for scores of construction workers during the build and then for dozens of staff once it opens.” island also features as the December page picture. The 40ft statue that stands on the roundabout is named after the miner Jack ‘Jigger’ Taylor, who was killed when the Walsall Wood pit collapsed in 1951. Society founder, Kevin, from Redditch, said copies of the calendar sold to customers across the world each year. The 69-year-old, who calls himself the ‘Lord of the Rings’, said: “We get roundabout enthusiasts from all across the world. “We sell a couple of thousand copies each year. “In 2003 I used to have a small printers in Redditch and each year we gave calendars to customers and the one year I wanted to give a calendar that appertained to Redditch and we have copious amounts of roundabouts so we made this calendar. “It was on Graham Norton’s show and that year it sold 20,000 copies.” Kevin adds: “I like the quirky types of roundabouts with something that grabs your attention and that’s what this one is. “It’s got a poignant story too. I’m a big admirer of miners as I think it was probably the hardest job that existed. “Anything can go on a roundabout, that’s what makes them special. “I like to take pieces of England that nobody bothers with for the calendars such as car parks and prisons. I make no apologies for my mundane calendars.” ■■The calendar is £10 and is available on Amazon, eBay, Etsy or roundaboutsofbritain.com New aparthotel on Lee Longlands site will be jobs boom The planned aparthotel News Murder probe arrest after death of OAP A murder investigation has been launched after an elderly man died following an incident in a Wolverhampton house. Emergency services were called to Hordern Road at around 11.30pm on Saturday. The victim, a 73-year-old man, was taken to hospital with a head injury. He died from his injuries yesterday. Police have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of murder and he was being held in custody. It is believed to be a domestic incident and officers are not looking for any other suspects. Detective Inspector Ranj Sangha, from the homicide team, said: “My thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who has tragically lost his life. “Sadly, we believe that it is domestic-related and we’re not looking for anyone else at this stage. “We’re carrying out a forensic examination of the scene, speaking to potential witnesses and viewing CCTV in the area.” Anti-vaxxer dies of Covid Anti-vaxxer Alan Steel has died from Covid hours after being put on ventilator. In a tragic final message to friends, he reportedly wrote to pals, ‘fingers crossed I make it’. The 74-year-old died on Wednesday after battling the virus for a month. He tweeted: “You may wonder why I’ve been so quiet. For the best part of two weeks, I fought a losing battle with Covid. “Been on oxygen in hospital since. Moving to intensive care today. This is one nasty illness. Fingers crossed I make it through.” The personal finance guru was best known in his industry for being the first to expose the problems at Equitable Life – where the insurer’s policyholders lost billions of pounds in savings. He quickly gained a reputation in the financial services sector and managed his own firm with more than £1 billion worth of client assets. He leaves behind his wife Fran and two children, Malcolm and Catherine.

4 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live News True legend on and TRIBUTES POUR IN TO JIMMY GREAVES, WHO MADE HIS NAME AS A FOOTBALL PUNDIT HERE IN THE MIDLANDS ON 12 CRAFT WINES Plus 2 FREE wine glasses worth £18, & FREE delivery direct to your door! Luxury Craft Wine Selection 12 CRAFT WINES NOW £65.88 WAS £136.38 Plus FREE WINE GLASSES AND DELIVERY! To order, visit virginwines.co.uk/VE2221 or call 0343 224 1001 quoting VE2221 JUST £5.49 Terms and Conditions: Please allow between 1-3 working days for delivery, however 85% of orders are arriving next working day. Also available as an all-red or all-white case. New customers only. UK Delivery only. You must be 18 years of age or over to buy alcohol. Strictly one case per customer. Not to be combined with any other promotion. By redeeming this offer you agree to try the Virgin Wines WineBank. WineBank uses easy monthly top-ups to save for your wine and rewards you with £1 for every £5 you deposit, plus free delivery on all future purchases. There’s no obligation to buy any more wine. Your default monthly payment is £25 which you can change on Virgin Wines' website. You can cancel your WineBank membership at any time and withdraw any funds you’ve added. Offer is unavailable to existing WineBank members. Calls may be monitored or recorded for training purposes. Images for illustration purposes only. For full terms and conditions, visit www.virginwines.co.uk/terms DRINKING IS ONLY FUN WHEN YOU DON’T OVERDO IT Jimmy Greaves in action on and off the pitch, opposite with Ian St John SOCCER legend Jimmy Greaves, who has died at the age of 81, enjoyed two fantastic careers – on the football field and then as a high-profile television personality whose broadcasting career was made in Birmingham. Former Midlands sports presenter Gary Newbon was a key part of the team that recruited Greavsie in 1980 to become a pundit for ITV’s Star Soccer. Viewers immediately fell in love with Jimmy’s Cockney wit and he went on to present the hugely popular Saturday afternoon show Saint and Greavsie with Liverpool forward Ian St John. Gary remained a close friend of the star, who suffered a stroke in May 2015 which had left him wheelchair-bound, to the end. In all, the pair worked together in television for 19 years. “We got lucky,” said Gary, “we didn’t know how funny Jimmy could be. “Of course, I’ve taken the credit for it. Most kids watching didn’t know he used to be a footballer. He was just this funny bloke on telly. “My good friend Bev Bevan, the drummer for the ELO, told me that when they were recording in Munich they would take recordings of the show to watch Jimmy as he was so entertaining.” In fact, he was one of Britain’s greatest forwards, although overlooked for the 1966 World Cup Final. Hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst stole his place – in the match and football folklore. Off the pitch, he won another important victory – against alcoholism. As a pundit, he made millons howl, trotting out such memorable lines as: “Marco Tardelli [the Italian midfielder] is responsible for more scar tissue than Harefield Hospital.” Of one poor defender, bamboozled by Coventry City’s winger, he said: “They’ll have to unravel him at half-time to show him where he was.” Gary admitted he didn’t realise how funny Greavsie was when he hired him. He soon found out, however, as Jimmy’s sharp humour would always stop him in his tracks. He recalled: “Soon after he became established as a pundit at ATV, I insisted, against his will, that he spoke at a lunch my big bosses were staging for would-be advertisers. “Surrounded by wine bottles, Jimmy told them: “I know you wonder if I still drink. Well, I assure you that I am a drunk who does not drink. “‘Having said that, I have been with ATV for three months and I have only just discovered that I am the only member of the Sports Department without a drink problem!” “Touche! I never asked him again. How Jimmy broke into TV is an amazing story in itself. He nearly blew the chance. “When ITV went live at 10.15pm on Saturday nights with recorded match highlights, I was presenting the Midlands version Star Soccer. “We spent hours trying to find the perfect pundit to join me in the studio. The great Billy Wright, Trevor East, Tony Flanagan and myself were wracking our brains. “Eventually, Tony said what about Jimmy Greaves as he read Jimmy’s ghosted column in the Sun. I said: “Yes, I saw his documentary on his drinking problems. Worth a go.” “At first Jimmy turned down the job, but the next day he rang, saying: “Is it too late? My missus Irene says I have to take it.” Gary remembered: “At the time I took a lot of stick over it. I remember the Birmingham Evening Mail asked, ‘Why is a Londoner doing it, not someone from the Midlands?’ “He was 19 years with me up here and Birmingham was always his spiritual home. “It was the making of him on-air, combined with him giving me a hard time. We became great friends.”

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 5 off the pitch News John Challis with David Jason and below, more recently Former players compare him to Messi Footballing greats past and present have hailed Jimmy Greaves as “the best goalscorer to ever play” and compared him to Lionel Messi. Former Spurs team-mate Alan Mullery said: “He was a wonderful, wonderful footballer, the best goalscorer to ever play. “He had to play (in an era) to stop people kicking lumps out of him, scored goals for fun, you’d be irritated that he’d not touched the ball and then bang, back of the net. “I just don’t know how much more I can give (than) to say he was the best goalscorer I have ever seen.” Former England team-mate Terry Paine said: “You have to remember the conditions he had to play in, his balance was absolutely first class... some of the pitches, you were up to your knees in mud and there he is skating like a ballerina. “Think of the goals he would have scored today, particularly with the offside rules as they are. There were so many times when Jimmy was well onside but because of his quickness and sharpness he was always beyond the back four and given offside. “Today he would have been untouchable as far as the goal ratio is concerned.” Ossie Ardiles, who played for Spurs throughout the 1980s, tweeted: “RIP Jimmy. Great player, great man. Very funny. Humble. Jimmy epitomises what Spurs is: ‘To dare is to do’... “When you come to meet the great goalscorer in heaven it matters not if you win or lose but how you played the game. My prayers and thoughts with his family and friends.” A minute’s applause took place before kick-off in Spurs’ Premier League game against Chelsea on Sunday afternoon, with the players wearing black armbands. Former Spurs and England striker Martin Chivers said the modern-day player he would compare him to is Argentina star Messi. “You’d have to look at Messi, how he jinks in and out. Jimmy was like that. They’d fly out at him, but he’d tap the ball in the net,” he told Sky Sports. “He was a cheeky chappy, one that always put me into trouble, all pranks and jokes. But on the field he was deadly.” Farewell to Fools and Horses legend Boycie ‘DEL Boy’ Sir David Jason led tributes to Only Fools and Horses star John Challis following his death from cancer aged 79. The Midlands-based actor was an integral part of the iconic comedy as second-hand car dealer Terrance ‘Boycie’ Boyce. Challis, a regular columnist in our sister paper the Sunday Mercury for many years, lived in a former 12th-century abbey in the Herefordshire village of Adforton. He also performed regularly at Malvern Theatres, including a recent role as the baddie in its Aladdin panto at the end of 2019. It was as loudmouth secondhand car salesman Boycie that Challis left an indelible mark on British popular culture. The character, usually found at the Nag’s Head pub with a cigar in one hand and a large cognac in the other, was instantly recognisable by his mocking laugh – which often followed a cutting remark about one of the Trotters. Challis played Terrance Aubrey “Boycie” Boyce from the first series of Only Fools And Horses in 1981, right the way through to the final Christmas special in 2003. His father was a civil servant from Sheffield while his mother, who harboured dreams of becoming an actress, oversaw plays for youth clubs. One of his early roles was as Sergeant Culshaw in police procedural Z-Cars, which he thought was of no interest to his father. It was only years later that he found out from a family friend how proud his father was. They later shared a rare moment of personal affection. Challis said: “The only time he let his guard down was when he was quite pissed and he’d watched me in Tom Stoppard’s play Dirty Linen. “We were sitting at the kitchen table and he suddenly said ‘I was so proud of you’, and I burst into tears because he’d never, ever said that. And then he said ‘How do you do that? How do you get up there on stage and do that?’ “I said ‘It’s my job, dad’. ‘Fantastic’, he said. It was an unbelievable breakthrough, but then the doors closed and he never mentioned it again.” Challis was in his late 30s when he landed the role of Boycie after impressing Only Fools creator John Sullivan in Citizen Smith, the show he made before making the Trotters household names. The part was just one scene but the unscrupulous car salesman became an ever-present. Paying tribute, Sir David said: “It is with much sadness to hear that John Challis, a dear friend, has passed away. “He was a wonderful actor, a gentleman in the true sense of the word and I know he will be missed by so many.” Sue Holderness, who played his on-screen partner Marlene, said: “Marlene without Boycie, it’s unthinkable. John Challis was my partner on screen and stage for 36 years and my beloved friend. I will miss you every day.”

6 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live News Sacrifice of The Few remembered The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall, helped lead a service of thanksgiving yesterday marking the 81st anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Paying tribute to those who took to the skies above southern England in 1940, a congregation at Westminster Abbey heard the comparison between the “collective hope” given by the heroism of The Few and the recent evacuation of Afghanistan. Chaplain in Chief, the Venerable Air Vice Marshal John Ellis, said the RAF had carried “the collective hope of a nation” amid a “continual onslaught of enemy planes”. With PM Boris Johnson also present, the chaplain turned to Afghanistan, saying: “Even more recently, we were witness to the largest Royal Air Force airlift since 1948. An effort that highlighted the skill, courage and resilience of everyone involved.” Members of the Living History group walk past a Spitfire during the Battle of Britain Air Show at IWM Duxford Food boss: Christmas could be cancelled! STAFF REPORTER The boss of one of the UK’s biggest chicken producers has warned that Christmas could be cancelled – due to a lack of CO2. Ranjit Singh Boparan, the owner of Bernard Matthews and 2 Sisters Food Group based in West Bromwich and Wolverhampton, says the decision by the US owner of two of Britain’s biggest CO2 producers to halt production was “irresponsible and catastrophic for our sector.” CO2 is used in packaging to extend the shelf life of meat and is vital in the cooling systems used for refrigeration purposes. Mr Boparan, known as the Chicken King, wants the Government to intervene – or claims we will have ‘another cancelled Christmas’. He warned: “There are less than 100 days left until Christmas and Bernard Matthews and my other poultry businesses are working harder than ever before to try and recruit people to maintain food supplies. “Nothing has fundamentally changed since I spoke about this issue in July. “In fact, I take no pleasure in pointing out that the gaps on the shelves I warned about then are getting bigger by the day. “The supply of Bernard Matthews turkeys this Christmas was already compromised as I need to find 1,000 extra workers to process supplies. “Now, with no CO2 supply, Christmas will be cancelled. “The C02 issue is a massive bodyblow and puts us at breaking point, it really does – that’s poultry, beef, pork, as well as the wider food industry. “Without CO2, the bottom line is there is less throughput and with our sector already compromised with lack of labour, this potentially tips us over the edge.” A commercial decision by CE Industries to halt fertiliser production at two plants in the UK (at Stockton-on-Tees and Ince in Cheshire) – where CO2 is the main by product – means food processing and production plants owned by Mr Boparan will lack the ability to produce at normal levels. “When poultry cannot be processed, it means they must be kept on farms where there are potential implications for animal welfare, so the overall effect is welfare compromised and greatly reduced supply. Ready meals lose that vital shelf life. There is potential for massive food waste across the board.”

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 7 Doctors said if I had waited for one more day, I would be dead News Help for veterans A brand new Armed Forces veteran centre has been hailed as “amazing”. The site opened at Dordon Village Hall, near Polesworth, last week and is already earning plaudits. Tam Webster, from The Veterans Contact Point, said: “The opening day was a massive success and we met some great veterans, all an absolute pleasure. “It aims to support veterans throughout the area. There are veteran-based meetings, brew and banter sessions, plus access to services.” Whatever’s ahead, our advisers can help with your investments. Patrick Hill in hospital and with wife Karen ANDY RICHARDSON News Reporter A dad was told he had just 24 hours to live before receiving a life-saving heart transplant. Doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital told Patrick Hill he would have been dead if he had left treatment a day longer. The 52-year-old had been suffering from extreme tiredness and was getting out of breath when he went for a simple walk so he went to the doctors to be checked out. Tests revealed problems with his heart, including an extreme and irregular heartbeat, so he was immediately sent to hospital for treatment before being referred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for specialist heart treatment. Patrick told the Birmingham Mail: “Doctors at the QE Hospital told me if I had left it a day later, I would be dead. It was that close. “I had been suffering from extreme tiredness and was out of breath at times simply going on a walk. I had always kept myself very fit so I knew there was something not right. “I spent 10 weeks at the QE and during that time I received a heart transplant for which I and my family will be forever grateful. Doctors at the hospital helped to save my life. I feel so lucky.” Patrick, who is married to wife Karen and has two grown-up step-children, is now raising money in aid of University Hospitals Birmingham Intensive Care Unit patient support. He has set up a GoFundme site which has already raised more than £700. He posted: “I’m raising money in aid of University Hospital Birmingham Intensive Care Unit patient support and every donation will help. “They provide support to patients and families by providing services outside of NHS funding, as well as being able to purchase life-saving equipment, such as the heart in a box to keep a donated heart beating while outside the body, allowing surgeons more time.” Now Patrick wants other people to be aware of the signs of heart conditions, urging anyone who may be concerned to get checked out. “If you do get symptoms like feeling extremely tired or feeling out of breath simply through walking, please get checked out by a doctor. It could just save your life like it did with me.” ■■To donate, go to www.gofundeme. com and search for Patrick Hill. Life happens, and when it does, Fidelity’s advisers are here tohelp. They’ll listen and flex their advice to you, including: •ongoing orone-off support with managing your investments •saving and planning for retirement •investing aninheritance orother lump sums Whatever your needs are… it all starts with aconversation. Important information: Terms apply. Please remember that the value ofinvestments can go down as well as up, soyou may get back less than you invested. Forafree, no obligationdiscussion, call us on 0800 3581488 or visit fidelity.co.uk/advice ISAs Pensions Funds Shares Advice Issued by Financial Administration Services Limited, authorised and regulated bythe Financial Conduct Authority. Fidelity, Fidelity International, the Fidelity International logo and Fsymbol are trademarks ofFIL Limited. Trustpilot rating based on2,085 reviews asat24.08.21. UKM0821/36526/CSO10565/0822 A.

8 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live What makes this school Brum’s most popular? Pupils Muqtada Arrazi, Daniel Knight-Reid, Musa Shabib and Umer Ahmed with their anti-bullying pledge National Holidays is part of the JG Travel Group and is a leading specialist in great-value coach holidays across the UK, Ireland and Europe. UK Breaks WE MEET THE INSPIRATIONAL HEAD TEACHER & TAKE A LOOK INSIDE MOST IN-DEMAND SCHOOL DURHAM & BEAMISH AT CHRISTMAS TIME 2 DAYS BY COACH ONLY £89 Departing Sat 11 Dec ‘21 Durham is always worth a visit, but it’s especially magical during the countdown to Christmas with its dazzling lights and market stalls. With an overnight stay included, we also have the chance to discover Beamish, beautifully decorated for the festive season. What’s Included z Return coach travel from Birmingham & Solihull z Overnight stay at a selected 2 or 3-star hotel with dinner & breakfast z Included visits to Durham Christmas Markets & Beamish Open Air Living Museum Single Supplement £15 Operated by Just Go Holidays Ltd trading as National Holidays. Coach package holidays and short breaks are subject to National Holidays terms and conditions. Your booking is protected by Bonded Coach Holidays (BCH) and the Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust Limited (ABTOT); this is a government approved consumer protection scheme. Tours offered subject to availability and government guidelines. Errors and omissions excepted. Prices per person, based on two people sharing a double/twin room. Calls to 033 numbers are free within inclusive minutes packages otherwise standard rates apply. Call 03332 342 515 (quoting RCH) or visit nationalholidays.com/RCH 033 numbers are free within inclusive minutes packages otherwise standard rates apply. ZOE CHAMBERLAIN News Reporter WHEN it comes to secondary schools in Birmingham, Eden Boys’ School is the most popular, according to Birmingham Mail exclusive research compiled using Department for Education data. Two-thirds of parents didn’t get their first choice of a place at the Perry Barr school this year. Our study shows just 35 per cent of those who put Eden Boys’ School as their first choice secondary secured a place for this September. This is particularly remarkable as the Muslim faith-based school only opened its doors in September 2015. Its principal, Asiyah Ravat, was given an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours 2021 in recognition of her 30-year career in education, during which she has helped to improve outcomes for thousands of pupils. We asked her just what it is that makes her school so popular with families in Birmingham. “Eden Boys’ School is very much a school of its people,” said Mrs Ravat, whose school is rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. She added: “Our school specialises in developing pupils’ leadership qualities. As such, we have many projects to nurture character development. “For example, pupils autonomously deliver charitable projects, completing many hours of volunteering and raising thousands for charity each year. “We are also dedicated to ensuring that our pupils experience many varied enrichment opportunities to facilitate their character development and leadership qualities. “We want our pupils to participate in activities that support their local communities or causes close to their hearts. “Last year, we raised over £30,000 for good causes and distributed thousands of hot meals and food hampers to local families during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our pupils feel a sense of belonging and are empowered to make a positive and lasting difference to their local communities and greater society.” Some 929 children in Birmingham applied to go to Eden Boys’ School for September 2021, including 313 who put it as their number one choice. There were just 124 accepted, making it a ratio of 7.5 applications per space available. Applications are not judged on faith, according I have worked in education for nearly three decades and still enjoy every day. The achievements of our pupils never fail to astonish. to Mrs Ravat, who said: “The school is inclusive to pupils from all faiths and none, ensuring a tailored education. All applications are considered equally without reference to faith. “Thanks to the school’s excellent reputation, we attract pupils from far and wide. “Each year we receive more applications than places, and some parents do appeal through Birmingham City Council’s process.” Asiyah Ravat

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 9 News Big Wheel and ice rink set to return Birmingham’s Big Wheel and ice rink are to make a return this year alongside the German market, it has been revealed. Dates for this year’s German Christmas Market have been announced – with it opening earlier than ever on November 4 and running through until January 9. The huge seasonal attraction was absent in 2020 for the first time in its history because of coronavirus restrictions, but will return to New Street and Victoria Square for 2021. And it will be accompanied by other festive events to enjoy in Birmingham city centre. Birmingham City Council has confirmed that the Big Wheel and ice rink will also due to return to Centenary Square throughout the same period, from 10am to 10pm. Voted one of the best outdoor ice skating rinks in the UK, Ice Skate Birmingham usually attracts thousands of visitors to the city over the festive period. The owners of the two attractions last year said they were “absolutely gutted” at not being able to open for 2020, having only just returned to the showpiece site in 2019 after Centenary Square’s renovation. Asiyah Ravat is principal at Eden Boys’ School in Perry Barr ASIYAH Ravat was inspired to go into education by her father. “I was incredibly fortunate to have a father who really championed education,” said Mrs Ravat, who previously helped Waverley School in Small Heath become one of the UK’s first ‘National Challenge Schools’ to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating. “He fervently encouraged me to work hard, and most importantly, to not allow my gender to be a barrier to my education. “His aspirations became my aspirations, and thanks to this, I have had a very fulfilling career. “I have personally experienced the transformative power of a wholesome school education, and its potent means of increasing social mobility for the less fortunate. “I have worked in education for nearly three decades and still enjoy every single day. Year on year, the achievements of our pupils never fail to astonish. “I was always, and still am, keen to help children, because they are our imminent future.” Eden Boys’ School is run by Star Academies multi-academy trust, which has 30 schools across the country, including seven schools in Birmingham. “Being part of this network gives us both greater strength and flexibility to cater for our pupils’ needs in a personalised manner,” said Mrs Ravat. “Our values are passionately upheld by the entire school community. Each and every member of our staff is committed to ensuring that our pupils achieve their very best. “We have very high ambitions for all of our learners. We wholeheartedly believe that every pupil – regardless of their background, beliefs, or ability – is capable of achieving excellent results. “Our pupils follow a rigorous, academic curriculum and we offer intensive intervention sessions to pupils who are not making expected progress, thereby enabling every single pupil to reach the height of their potential. “All our students deliver a community project during their time at the school, study Citizenship as a GCSE and deliver an oratory to their peers on a topic that intrigues them.” She added: “They are also encouraged to participate in programmes that promote volunteering or active citizenship, such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award. “We believe that by participating in such a broad range of activities, our pupils are able to learn vital skills to help them in all walks of life, and learn not to shy away from life’s innumerable opportunities.”

10 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live News Suburb wins cash to make streets safer Tom Dare Local Democracy Reporter A BIRMINGHAM suburb hit by yob behaviour and crime is set to receive a package of safety measures totalling almost £450,000. Stockland Green has been handed £432,000 from the Government’s Safer Streets Fund to improve the area thanks to a successful bid by Birmingham City Council and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner’s office. The cash will be used to upgrade street lighting in the Erdington district, pay for six redeployable CCTV cameras and to provide a ‘‘crime prevention assessment’’ for every home. Stockland Green recorded the ninth-most violent and sexual crimes in February across the entire West Midlands, with MP Jack Dromey recently claiming that residents did not feel safe in the area. Mr Dromey said that he hoped the new funding would help the area ‘‘finally get to grips’’ with some of the crime and anti-social behaviour it has seen in recent times. “There have been growing problems with crime and anti-social behaviour in Stockland Green for some time,” he said. “The police are doing their best, and they have had some success recently, but the scale of the problem demands increased resources if we are to finally get to grips with the issues that are blighting the local community. “The additional funding will provide a muchneeded boost to help tackle those who commit crime and regularly cause problems for local residents.’’ Sally Orange (left) features in One Hundred Reasons to Hope Captain Tom’s book of hope CAPTAIN Sir Tom Moore was in awe of people who were “inspired to do incredible things” amid the Covid-19 pandemic and spoke with his family about celebrating them in a book, which has now been written. The children’s illustrated non-fiction book One Hundred Reasons To Hope tells 100 stories from the last 18 months, from the dancing binmen of Wolverhampton to students volunteering on the frontline. Sir Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said her father, who died in February aged 100, would have loved the book. Ms Ingram-Moore, who wrote the book’s foreword and did the reading for the audiobook, said she hoped the book would show that “anybody can make a difference”. She said the stories that brought her father the “greatest joy” were of children “going above and beyond the difficulties that they had and doing spectacular things”. The book goes on sale on Thursday, with a £1 donation to the Captain Tom Foundation for all hardback print sales. Rahul’s edible garden explodes Cambridge Analytica scandal. From The Great British Bake Off to Channel 4 News

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 11 News Former council leader is back from the brink Gurdip Thandi Local Democracy Reporter A FORMER Walsall council leader whose depression almost led to him taking his own life is standing to become deputy mayor to show others there is “hope”. Cllr Sean Coughlan has been selected by Walsall’s Labour group to be their nomination for the civic role, to replace Cllr Harbans Sarohi, who died suddenly in May. Councillors will vote on the issue tonight. It represents a huge turnaround for Cllr Coughlan (pictured) who talked about his struggles in October 2019. He revealed the pressures of being Labour group leader and the collapse of Palfrey Community Association due to financial problems became too much and resulted in him trying to kill himself. But he says he is now in a ‘‘good position’’ and received a boost when he held his Willenhall South seat in the local elections in May. Cllr Coughlan said: “Obviously, this isn’t how I would have wanted it to happen following the sad death of Harbans. “And in the past, I have never taken it because I much preferred to keep a position of leadership. “But I wanted to show people there is light at the end of the tunnel. After three years of medication and support, I’m now back in a good position. “Whatever I went through, I wanted to turn it into a positive and help other people and I just think there is always hope, there is always opportunity. “You can still have mental health problems but get back to a place where you can carry on with the things you have always done. “The election was a massive boost to my confidence because leading up to it I was a nervous wreck and convinced we were going to lose.” Babbs Mill Call for ranger at beauty spot A DEDICATED park ranger is needed at Solihull beauty spot Babbs Mill, where current levels of maintenance are “wholly inadequate”, a councillor said. Cllr Pablo Sultana, a member of Kingshurst Parish Council, expressed exasperation with Solihull Council and said there were only a handful of park rangers for all the parks and local nature reserves across the borough. He said Babbs Mill, which is used by hundreds of people in Kingshurst every week, needed a dedicated park ranger. He accused borough bosses of “relying” on the public and volunteers to do the work for them, pointing to issues including banners that needed repairing, graffiti, fly-tipping and damaged equipment. Solihull Council was contacted for comment. Whether we’re baking exploding cakes or breaking explosive stories, we’re here to challenge the way things are. And if we’ve got to break a few eggs along the way, so be it.

12 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live OUR DAILY DELVE INTO THE PAST Sandwell’s Pat Jones and Johnny Collins get the hump Karen Dumpleton and Mervyn Green helping Sandwell to victory over Wolverhampton and Redditch Sandwell team members Colin Dewis and Pete Reynolds have a laugh in one of the Knockout monsters A Sandwell team member gets a soaking in Italy GAME FOR Former Birmingham Mail editor PAUL COLE was a young cub reporter when a team FORGET Birmingham’s forthcoming Commonwealth Games showpiece; forget the golden glow of the city’s Euro 96 host success. And park, just for now, memories of Aston Villa’s remarkable 1982 European Cup win. Turn the clock back a little further to 1978, and relive the great adventure that put the Black Country borough of Sandwell on the map. Yes, we’re talking It’s A Knockout. Specifically, Sandwell’s success in the show’s Jeux Sans Frontières big brother. Because, in those heady days, a bunch of amateur athletes, tradesmen, pub quiz pals, and the rest of Joe Public, took on Europe. And so nearly won (although it sparked an international incident, a furious row about council spending, and a broken leg in the process). I was a young reporter on the now defunct Sandwell Evening Mail, newly arrived at its HQ in Shaftesbury House on West Bromwich High Captain Geoff Bennett receives a kiss from Mayoress Linda King after Sandwell become GB champions Street. And amid the crime stories, the Albion reports and the obligatory shots of ‘bikini babes’ in the park, an unlikely item headed the newslist – the Sandwell It’s A Knockout team. Sandwell had just become champions of Great Britain. It’s easy to forget just how big It’s A Knockout was in the ‘70s – the late Eddie Waring and since shamed Stuart Hall were television heroes. And in Sandwell, a Black Country bolt-hole still seeking to carve out an identity – there was a huge campaign to get the name on M5 signs – anything that furthered the fledgling borough’s drive for recognition was lapped up by the newspaper. We’d receive almost daily calls from the team’s self-appointed press officer, a young man named Tony Stephens out at Haden Hill Leisure Centre. Born in Handsworth, he’d been a Sunday league footballer and he seemed to have a knack for this sort of thing. Actually, that’s an understatement. He’d go on to become Aston Villa’s commercial boss, David Beckham’s agent, the head of the SFX agency and Wembley Stadium’s marketing director. Back then he’d ring in with news of gala events, fete openings, team members and groin strains. But on the eve of the great adventure he broke his leg. It was, of course, front page news. An ill omen. First up, on Wednesday, July 12, was heat four of the competition, on the shores of the River Danube in Yugoslavia. And if Tony’s misfortune was bad news, then even worse awaited the Black Country campaign upon arrival. First reserve Mick Lockwood – one of the stars of the squad, and a secret weapon of sorts – was involved in an accident during rehearsals. The 26-year-old had been taking photographs from a high scaffolding rig when the ground gave way beneath him. “The wooden plank I was sitting on just went,” he lamented. “I don’t really know what happened. What a way to end a Knockout trip!” He’d fallen all of 25 feet and, like Tony, suffered a broken leg. But the team was made of sterner stuff than to worry about two broken legs. Team captain Geoff Bennett reckoned they’d win, regardless. “One of the eight games is pure chance and we’re not happy about some of the others, but we will still win,” he said. With games such as Chariot Race, Leap Frog, Lassoing Bishops, Pawns To Queens, Chess Basketball, Knights Spearing Rings, Collecting Water and Building A Pawn, anything could happen, and most probably would. It was to be topped by the Fil Rouge event, Catching Balls On Boats. The teams entered the arena to the strains of The Blue Danube – subtlety was a stranger to the competition – and it soon became a two-horse race with Sandwell and the French team from Fontainebleau dominating the field. It wasn’t until Game 7, when both teams were level on 34 points each, that Sandwell took charge. That Fil Rouge earned Sandwell seven points,

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 13 ON THIS DAY 1258: Salisbury Cathedral was consecrated. 1842: Sir James Dewar, Scottish physician and chemist, and inventor of the vacuum flask, was born in Kincardineon-Forth. 1854: The Battle of Alma, fought by the British against the Russians in the Crimean War, produced six winners of the Victoria Cross. 1885: Jelly Roll Morton, pianist, composer and singer and one of the first jazz musicians, was born in New Orleans. 1917: The first RSPCA animal clinic was opened in Liverpool. 1931: Britain came off the gold standard to stop foreign speculation against the pound. The devaluation brought strikes and even a near mutiny on 15 navy ships berthed in Scotland. Sandwell team members Steve Millard, Pat Jones, Ann Keighley and John Collins during the dress rehearsal in Italy A LAUGH from Sandwell took on Europe in television’s It’s A Knockout.... whilst Fontainebleau could only muster four. Sandwell went into the final game with a three-point lead, and the French could do nothing to close the gap. The Sandwell team was so determined to win that they took seven points from the last game, demolishing the competition. Fontainebleau, Altdorf, Zemun, Lahnstein, Tolfa and Silly (yes, there is a Belgian town of that name) eat your heart out! The team and supporters massed in triumph. Sandwell hadn’t just won, they’d pulverised the Continentals with the highest score by a British side in seven years. Everyone cried, delirious supporters lifted captain Geoff Bennett aloft with the winners’ trophy, while the mayor, Councillor Cyril Farmer, danced a lap of joy around the stadium. Farmer had refused to join other dignitaries in special seats reserved for them, staying in the middle of the swaying Sandwell fans with mayoress Cllr Linda King. The final of the competition now beckoned, and the opposition looked tough. Home side Abano Terme were hot favourites. From France came old foe Fontainebleau; Czech side Arosa looked good; Kragujevac (how Stuart Hall laughed as he tried to pronounce that one!) represented Yugoslavia. From Belgium came Willebroek, and from Germany Bad Sobernheim. Still, there were high hopes as the team set out for the International Final on Wednesday, September 6, at Parco Terme, Montecatini Terme, in Italy – but was there a dark conspiracy afoot? Sandwell faced something of a problem. There had been a smallpox scare in the Midlands and, initially, the Italian authorities demanded that they would have to submit to smallpox immunisation jabs before jetting out to Montecatini Terme. After much diplomatic to-ing and fro-ing at the highest level, it was finally decided that it would be unsafe for the competitors to have jabs and then engage in demanding physical activity, so the team was able to travel without immunisation. That was one in the eye for Johnny Foreigner. The games were up to the usual standard – Aladdin’s Lamp, Crocodiles And Plates, Roses, Collecting Jewels, Ostriches, Camels, Lion, Rhinoceros and Orang-utan and Ostriches, Genies and Camels, plus the Fil Rouge – Building The Palace. It didn’t start well. Sandwell scored a duck in the first game and appeared average. But halfway through, that stubborn streak re-emerged. Even Mick Lockwood hobbled on to the field, clutching the British Joker to double the points while pursued by two doctors. A strong finish ensured that the team notched up a credible 41 points. Sadly, it wasn’t enough. They were pipped at the post by Abano Terme, who scored just two points more. You could hear the groans all the way back in the Black Country, where families the length and breadth of the borough had gathered around their TV sets. The adventure was over, although the argument was not. In the aftermath of the final, the Sandwell campaign came in for criticism when Labour councillor John Edwards complained about the decision to send a seven-member civic party with the team to Montecatini Terme. Finance director William Astbury responded that the cost of sending the party had been in the region of £1,000, and the civic presence had helped foster a considerable amount of goodwill with European neighbours, and that congratulations were in order.” On the whole, Sandwell agreed with Astbury. So did the Sandwell Evening Mail. It was the borough’s biggest boost – until the long-awaited day that, yes, those motorway signs finally got the go-ahead. Sandwell was, at long last and quite literally, on the map. 1944: Guy Gibson, British pilot and Victoria Cross winner for his “Dambusters” action against the Mohne and Eder dams, was killed when his aircraft crashed in Holland on its way back to base. 1946: The first Cannes film festival opened. 1961: The first non-stop swim across the Channel and back was started by Argentinian Antonio Albertondo. He successfully completed the feat after 43 hours 10 minutes. 1984: A suicide bomber drove a lorry load of explosives at the US embassy in Beirut, killing 40 people. 2020: A Baltic Sea passenger ferry with nearly 300 people on board ran aground in the Aland Islands archipelago between Finland and Sweden. BIRTHDAYS Sophia Loren, actress, 87; Sir Jeremy Child, actor, 77; Jose Rivero, golfer, 66; Gary Cole, actor, 65; Kristen Johnston (pictured) actress, 54; Julian Joachim, former Aston Villa footballer, 47.

14 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live News 140,000 immigrants apply to stay in Brum An Flora Thompson News Reporter NEARLY five million people have been allowed to continue living and working in the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme so far, according to the latest official estimates. Home Office figures show that, as of the end of June, 4,908,760 people had been granted an immigration status to remain in the country after freedom of movement ended following the Brexit We buy any house! transition period. EU citizens – as well as people from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – and their families had been asked to apply to the scheme by the June 30 deadline. By council area, Birmingham had the second highest number of applications (138,490). Newham, in east London, received the most (142,120). The figures are far higher than the latest official estimate of how many EU nationals are living in the WE BUY HOUSES FOR CASH Sell in days – or in your timescale No fees & no obligation Any condition or location NAPB approved & RICS regulated GET UP TO £30,000 CASH ADVANCE Call us FREE today for a cash offer available 24/7 0800 031 9071 goodhousemove.co.uk BEST PRICE PAID UK. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicated that in mid-2020 it was 3.5 million. More than six million applications (6,050,860) were submitted between the launch of the scheme in March 2019 and the June 30 2021 cut-off date. Some 2.8 million were granted settled status, allowing them permanent leave to remain (2,846,820). A further 2.3 million (2,327,850) were granted pre-settled status, meaning they need to reapply after living in the country for five years to gain permanent residence. Of those, an immigration status was granted for 295,890 people from countries such as India, Pakistan and Brazil under the scheme, which allows family members who are not EU or European Economic Area nationals to also apply. The Home Office bulletin said: “Across all nationalities, the highest numbers of applications received were from Polish, Romanian and The Duke of Edinburgh died in April Italian nationals. This has been the trend throughout the life of the scheme.” There were 109,430 applications refused and 80,600 withdrawn or void, while 79,730 were deemed invalid, where the Home Office decides someone is not eligible to apply or has failed to provide sufficient proof of residence. It is still not known how many people in the UK are eligible for the scheme, but could remain in the country undocumented. Philip’s will to remain secret THE Duke of Edinburgh’s will is to remain secret to protect the “dignity” of the Queen because of her constitutional role, the High Court has ruled. Philip died aged 99 on April 9. After the death of a senior royal, it has been convention that an application to seal their will is made to the President of the Family Division of the High Court. It means the wills of senior members of the royal family are not open to public inspection in the way a will would ordinarily be. The current president, Sir Andrew McFarlane, heard legal argument from lawyers representing Philip’s estate and the Attorney General – who represents the public interest in such matters – at a private hearing in July. The judge said: “I have held that, because of the constitutional position of the Sovereign, it is appropriate to have a special practice in relation to royal wills. There is a need to enhance the protection afforded to truly private aspects of the lives of this limited group of individuals in order to maintain the dignity of the Sovereign and her family.” Hunt for bogus police officer urgent appeal has been issued to find a man wanted in connection with a series of distraction burglaries in Sutton Coldfield. West Midlands Police are hunting Richard Cartwright, who is alleged to have posed as an officer to get into people’s homes in the town and steal money. The 37-year-old is also wanted in connection with a car key burglary on September 12. A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: “We’re urgently trying to find him in connection with lots of distraction burglaries over the last months. “On two occasions it is alleged he posed as a police officer to get into people’s homes and then stole cash.” TV star faces cancer battle TV’s Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury is to undergo surgery to remove her left breast after being diagnosed with cancer. In an interview, the 51-year-old broadcaster said she would have a mastectomy next month in order to remove a six-centimetre tumour. Surgeons will also take tissue from her lymph nodes to establish whether the disease has spread. Bradbury said she was sticking to the positives: “It is quite good on the scale on cancers. But as with all tumours, until you are in there you never know. “As it is, I am going to lose my breast. I trust one day I will look down on it and think that was the fight of my life and I have the ultimate battle scar to prove it.” The Countryfile presenter urged other women to regularly Stop and search yields dividends A West Midlands Police stop and search operation on Friday night resulted in a dangerous combat knife, drugs and a car all being seized, as well as one arrest. The Project Guardian team, which specialises fighting knife crime in the Midlands, was despatched to Sutton town centre and Alum Rock following a recent spate of robberies and disorder incidents. West Midlands Police tweeted at 11.38pm: “Fair use of stop and search resulted in a male being arrested for carrying a combat knife and an amount of cannabis. “Also a car seized and further searches completed.”

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www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 17 Children broke bones in police chase crash Stephanie Balloo News Reporter AN unqualified driver who left two young children injured after a highspeed police chase ended in a crash avoided jail as he was told: “You made a bad choice.’’ Connor Tustin, who has autism and learning difficulties, had the youngsters unrestrained in the back of a Kia when he crashed on The Radleys, Sheldon. Tustin, 20, left the two-year-old and another child, aged five, hurt in the vehicle. The youngest sustained a broken leg and the second broke his collar bone in the smash on June 17 last year, but both have since recovered from their injuries, Birmingham Crown Court heard. Tustin, of Bincomb Avenue, Yardley, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving causing injury, and was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for a year. He was also banned from driving for three years and must take an extended test if he intends to drive again. In addition, he was given a threemonth curfew, restricting him from leaving his home between 9pm and 6am daily and ordered to pay £425 costs. Alex Barnfield, prosecuting, said the police chase began after a disturbance at the home address of the mother of the two-year-old. Tustin was present at the address, where there was an “evergrowing crowd”. Mr Barnfield said Tustin had spent a lot of time with the mother of the fiveyear-old, who was also at the address. She had a Kia Sportage which she drove Tustin around in when requested. Police were called to a disturbance at the house and the mother of the fiveyear-old decided to take the children away to a “safer place”. She put her child and the two-yearold-boy in the rear seat of the car and Connor Tustin went back into the property to get two other children and car seats. But Tustin jumped into the vehicle and drove off when police officers arrived. Mr Barnfield said Tustin had neither a licence nor insurance and there were no child restraints in the Kia. The mother of the older child “reported to the police there were children in the car and the police followed the vehicle for obvious reasons”. Recorder Jennifer Johns told Tustin she understood he was “scared” and “made a bad choice” due to his autism. She said: “I know you are an adult, but you are still young. As a judge, we have to recognise that when you have autism in the way that you do, it can affect how you make decisions. “Children were injured but recovered. Because nobody died, although I have to give a prison sentence, it’s going to be a short sentence and when there is a short sentence, I can suspend it. You won’t go to prison today, but if you commit any other crimes in a given time period, then you will have to go to prison.” Snakes alive in the bedroom! A couple were given the fright of their lives after discovering a five-foot python hiding in the bedroom of their Quarry Bank, Dudley, home. Police were called to the scene last Wednesday just after 10.00pm to remove tackle the exotic reptile. The couple had received a delivery of a large item the day before and can only think that the snake may have been hiding in the box. Student officers Pcs Bethan Pinnock, Lucy Corles and Riane Hazel from Brierley Hill were directed to a front bedroom in which the snake had been contained. A police spokesman said: “After a long, nervy search, the snake was located on top of a cabinet wrapped around a vanity mirror. They used batons to carefully lift the yellow snake and put it in a shoe box with holes in. “Manor Vets in Halesowen took the snake in overnight until the RSPCA could attend. It was a female python of a mature age. It had a few lumps and old injuries, but was very friendly and was generally in good health.” driver sped off with young kids unrestrained in back PLAYERS CAN WIN 20-500 FREE SPINS ON GATES OF FISHIN REELS & RELEASE THE KRAKEN EVERY QUALIFYING £20+ FUND THIS MONTH. PLAY NOW AT WWW.FREESPINSBINGO.CO.UK/MONTH T&Cs - £20 min fund, T&Cs and 65x Wagering Requirements apply, £8 max win per 10 spins, max bonus conversion equal to lifetime deposits (up to £250) Full T&Cs Apply News Cancer breakthrough The trial of a new drug to treat a form of breast cancer has been hailed as “groundbreaking”, with results said to show a strong trend towards improved overall survival. Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Enhertu demonstrated a 72% cut in the risk of disease progression or death in women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer compared to a different medicine. Susan Galbraith, executive vice president, Oncology R&D, said: “Today’s results are ground-breaking.”

18 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live News Hook-a-duck out of a dog! vets use their fairground skills after bulldog gulped down rubber bath toy PEOPLE’S PET AWARDS An uplifting celebration of Britain’s most inspirational pets NOMINATE NOW THEPEOPLESPETAWARDS.CO.UK We were obviously really concerned that it might block his airway or something, but he didn’t appear to be bothered at all Owner Joe A TEAM of vets successfully performed a fairground-like procedure on a British bulldog after he swallowed a rubber duck whole. The vets, from Pride Veterinary Centre in Derby, used methods not unlike the “hook-a-duck” fairground game on one-year-old bulldog Ronnie. Afte passing a video camera down the mischievous dog’s aesophagus into his stomach, the team used a simple loop to pull the toy out. Owner Joe Fisher, 38, a dad-ofthree, said: “I came down to get Ronnie in the morning and when I opened the stairgate he shot past me and up the stairs. “He ran right into my nine-yearold daughter Edie’s room, picked up the rubber duck that was lying on the floor and ran back down with it in his mouth. I never for a minute thought he’d swallow it. It was so big I couldn’t believe what he’d done. “We were obviously really concerned that it might block his airway or something, but he didn’t appear to be bothered at all.” Debs Smith, a senior vet at Pride Veterinary Centre, said: “We sedated Ronnie so we could get an X-ray and it showed the duck really clearly. It was still in his stomach and hadn’t passed into the intestines, but we were obviously concerned about it causing an obstruction. “We thought we might have to operate but we tried an endoscopy first, passing down a camera and using it to guide us. “It really was like playing ‘hook-a -duck’ and after about half an hour we got the loop around it and pulled it out.” Ronnie the Bulldog is on the operating table as vets remove the rubber duck he swallowed An X-ray shows the rubber duck in Ronnie’s stomach The duck was hooked out

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 19 News 1 Dog followed suspect’s scent for 2 mile TWO teenagers were arrested over a stabbing in Handsworth after a police dog’s sniffing skills led him to the suspect’s front door. PD Viper used his super sense of smell to track down two boys who had fled the scene in the early hours last week. It came after disorder in Stockwell Road at around 3am that left a man with multiple knife wounds. The 30-year-old remains in hospital in a serious condition although his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. Dog handler PC Dave Short attended the scene and Viper (right) followed a scent over several streets and to an address about half a mile away. Officers then arrested a teenager – who was found with injuries – on suspicion of involvement in the disorder. He was taken to hospital for treatment. It is believed another youth fled from the address but later self-presented to emergency services and was arrested. National Holidays is part of the JG Travel Group and is a leading specialist in great-value coach holidays across the UK, Ireland and Europe. UK BREAKS Yoyo and Cooper found cannabis with a street value of £200,000 Drugs and illegal cigs are sniffed out in raids Isabelle Bates News Reporter POLICE found more than they bargained for when they joined forces with Trading Standards on an illegal tobacco raid in Walsall. Elite sniffer dogs Yoyo and Scamp found a huge haul of cannabis with an estimated street value of £200,000. The drugs were concealed in a metal container which needed to be unlocked by a specialist locksmith. West Midlands Police removed several large and ‘ready to buy’ bags of dried cannabis from the premises. As part of the pre-planned Trading Standards operation, several premises thought to be trading in illicit tobacco and dodgy vapes were raided, and illegal tobacco and ‘bang vapes’ were seized from two shops. For legal reasons the locations cannot be disclosed. 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20 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live News Crackdown on e-scooters Police are planning a fresh crackdown on e-scooters – and have warned those using them illegally could face penalty points on their licence. Sgt Jon Butler, from West Midlands Police, says that anyone using a private scooter in public will have it seized by cops. They will also be liable to six points on their licence as the private chargeable devices are uninsured for public use. It is legal to purchase an e-scooter and use it on private land, but any use in public is forbidden. Sgt Butler said: “We are seeing anti-social behaviours and inappropriate use which is being dealt with by us. We are seeing a rise in collisions from private e-scooter use.” War chest to fight developer’s plans for 1,800 homes Birmingham YOU COULD SAVE £216 ON ENERGY BILLS Are you one of the millions of UK households currently overpaying on their energy bills? On behalf of our loyal readers, we’ve partnered with one of the UK’s most trusted energy switching brands to create the Mirror Energy Campaign - built with our readers in mind and designed to find you the best new deals, we could save you up to a huge £216* on your energy bill. We do all the hard work for you... so why not start saving today? FIND OUT HOW EASY IT IS TO SWITCH AND SAVE... READER OFFER VISIT BIRMINGHAMLIVE.CO.UK/ENERGYSWITCH OR CALL 0800 049 2435 Birmingham IN PARTNERSHIP WITH *Between 1 July 2020 and 31 December 2020, people who switched energy supplier for both gas & electricity with Uswitch saved an average of £216. An artist’s concept for Fulford Green’s high street, with Earlswood Station visible at the far end of the parade David Irwin News Reporter CAMPAIGNERS in Solihull are fighting back against plans to “dump a load of concrete” on local countryside and pave the way for a 1,800-home settlement. Locals fighting the major “garden village”, near Earlswood Station, recently set up a war chest to fund a planning expert to argue their case. The Tidbury Green Development and Flooding Action Fund is almost two thirds of the way towards its £1,500 target. More than 1,000 objectors have signed a petition against the sprawling scheme, christened Fulford Green, which first came to light last month. Summix, the London-based housebuilder behind the concept, argues the location could be an ideal place to create a modern, green community. Cllr Mark Reohorn, of Tidbury Green Parish Council, says the proposals pose a threat to what remains of “our green and pleasant land”. “Summix is proposing to dump a load of concrete and turn it into an ‘eco-friendly’ village with 1,800 houses – which we do not need,” he claimed. “But of course this is cheap agricultural land and they make more margin than if they were developing brownfield sites.” He said it was down to the local community to mobilise and “call out” the attempt to lay claim to the fields. monday £1,000 BA4 5QB BB1 5QT BB12 8HN BB18 6NA BN21 1XF BN27 4DA CF38 1UJ CF72 8JE CT7 0NR CT11 7DU for every ticket in these winning postcodes CV47 0LB DG3 4HH EX1 3SB LL30 1PS PL1 3EZ The group’s online crowdfunding page spells out fears about overdevelopment causing different villages to effectively merge together and the danger that drainage issues in the area could be made worse. “The impact of the build period alone could be severe: how will the small lanes cope with all the heavy goods vehicles and machinery required for construction?” Kim Peckover, who has signed the Change.org petition, said: “I am devastated at the loss of green areas that provide clean air and natural habitats. “Having moved here several years ago for the semi-rural aspects, I now feel my choices and our hard work to provide the home we worked hard to get is being taken from us.” Speaking recently, Cllr Ken Hawkins said there had been no formal consultation and that the site didn’t feature in the council’s Draft Local Plan – a blueprint for the next 15 years of housebuilding. This part of the borough has already been earmarked for a number of new estates. Should another development, on the scale of nearby Dickens Heath, be thrown into the mix then it would stoke further controversy. A Summix spokesman recently said the area offered the potential to “create an exemplary and sustainable new development” but indicated that its ambitions were at a preliminary stage. “Over the coming months Summix SA4 3XB TA11 7BQ TR4 8BQ WA4 4QG WA4 3LH will be developing its vision for Fulford Green. “The site does not benefit from any planning status and there are no plans to submit a formal planning application at this stage.” The first of the public hearings into the Draft Local Plan is due to take place at the Civic Suite, Solihull, next Monday.

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22 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live OPINION Brexit highlighted lorry issue, not caused it DYED in the wool Remainers are unable to see the wood for the trees on the subject of lorry driver shortages causing delivery problems to our shops. Brexit has just highlighted the problem, not caused it. Our membership of the EU invited Eastern European countries with much poorer economies to join and then introduce freedom of labour across Europe. It meant that workers in those countries came to the UK and worked for a pittance by our standards, but what was a very attractive wage to them. Who can blame them when the EU rules allowed them to do so? The result however, was to drive down wages over many years in this country whilst employers were able to use cheap immigrant labour. No wonder many in the north of England and other areas outside the “cosy” south voted for Brexit as they witnessed their jobs, livelihoods and living standards fall to rock bottom. My message to those employers is that the gravy train is over! The goose has laid its final golden egg and now you will need to start paying a decent living wage to British workers. There is a record number of job vacancies out there all waiting to be filled. Even arch Remainer K D Key, who blindly blames Brexit for everything, touched on the problem when he said lorry driving has become a low wage industry without even asking why that is. The Remaindominated TV media like the BBC conveniently fail to ask the same question either. Prolonged membership of the EU is the answer. It is time to start paying the going rate. British workers will only then be prepared to fill those jobs and solve the problem. It’s the same with the lack of fruit pickers. Increase the pay and those jobs will be filled. That is part of what Brexit should be all about. Giving opportunities to British people to fill British jobs at a fair day’s pay Les Barlow, Erdington Smith deserves time to let new Villa adapt IT is worrying that rumours of Aston Villa sacking boss Dean Smith are Notices Find the latest information on planning proposals, traffic notices, goods vehicle operator licences, licences to sell alcohol and probate notices, from page 30 PICTURE OF THE DAY going the rounds. The indifferent start to the season is not a big issue, as the team has been turned upside down. Jack Grealish leaving was a major loss, and the new players coming in have yet to settle. Villa have also lost John Terry who, as defensive coach, made the club hard to beat as they adapted to life in the Premier League. With backroom staff and players having changed over the close season, it is never going to be a matter of instant improvement. The fixture list that Villa have faced in the opening weeks is demanding, and there can be no easy pickings from the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United. The Liverpool result last season, winning 7-2, was a fluke. If the heirarchy are thinking Smith has to pull rabbits out of the hat before the next international break, they are out of order. Trevor Fisher, Stafford “Marlene without Boycie, it’s unthinkable.” Sue Holderness pays tribute to Only Fools And Horses co-star John Challis “Going off to Afghanistan he was very matter of fact and just said, ‘Make sure you come back alive’.” The Duke of Sussex reveals what the Prince Philip said to him “Being scared of a diagnosis could be the thing which kills you. So learn what to look for and check, check, check.” TV presenter Julia Bradbury on being diagnosed with breast cancer TIME OUT Give us some positive news, not all doom I AM getting a little tired of NHS chiefs telling us ad nauseum about what a tough winter it is going to be. All they are doing is spreading alarm and despondency and lowering morale with thoughts of us dying untended in hospital car parks. We know that the population is now so large that the NHS can barely cope and there is nothing we can do about that,so let’s have some focus on what can be done and hear some positivity for a change. Bill Platt, Selly Oak Don’t let Shamima back into our country I watched Shamima Begum being interviewed on TV and I don’t believe a word she says. How she can expect to be let back into our country after what she has Blu Sky, by melodysurf, Flickr www.birminghammail.co.uk/flickr Get in touch: Email letters@birminghammail.co.uk QUOTES OF THE DAY “Parkinson’s is incurable, so you’re stuck with it. And that is hard. Very hard to know you’re not going to get better. You hope you will, but you don’t.” Jeremy Paxman “It’s better to be a weirdo as a kid, because you have to develop a personality quickly.” Actress Anna Maxwell-Martin done? She must be joking. 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I was unfortunate enough to have my car break down in a country lane with just me and my 10-month-old daughter in it. I was about to have a breakdown myself when two men in a recovery vehicle pulled up behind me and towed me to my mother’s house, which was about five miles away. I asked how much I owed them, and they said nothing, as they were on their way to another breakdown. M Eckersley, Halesowen Welcome whingers I welcome J Baker and his wife to the pensioners’ club (You Say, February 20) It is nice to hear them ‘whingeing’ so early in retirement. We look forward to them being active members in 10 years’ time, when the honeymoon of having money is over after their savings have been eroded, and they are trying to keep up a standard of life and dignity. L S Thornton, Weoley Castle Bishop must say sorry It is my belief that the Bishop of Coventry should apologise, not to the German people, but to the British civilians who were being killed and injured by the V2 rockets fired indiscriminately by the Germans, on the south coast during the period, October, 1944 to March 27 1945 (You Say, February 20) Over 1,000 rockets caused thousands of deaths and injuries to civilians who had already been under fire during most of the war. To talk of reconciliation, as if it was just beginning is out of order, as that was started 50 years ago by the occupying British troops. They were always the best diplomats. R Scivener, Marston Green ORDER PHOTOS ■■If you want to order photographs from today’s Birmingham Mail or any classic images from our archives, please go online to reachphotosales.co.uk/Reach

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 23 Great escape Throughout to save lives! ESCAPE Live, located in Constitution Hill, Birmingham, a dedicated supporter of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, is donating one day’s profits from its Birmingham escape rooms to help make future missions possible and save local lives. During the pandemic, Escape Live created online virtual escape games that could be played online. Rogue Agent and Sherlock Holmes: The Grand Debut were two games, which would create donations for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity’s pre-hospital emergency service. Now that restrictions have eased and more of us can get out and about, Escape Live is encouraging those in and around Birmingham to try out the city’s Covid-secure location on Saturday, September 25, and any sales of physical games purchased will be donated directly to Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. Escape rooms at Escape Live Birmingham include science themed, The Lab, a horror room with blood and gore, Room 13 and a trip through the decades with Time Machine. In addition, another location nearby houses four rooms decorated like the set of Peaky Blinders to offer a ‘Brummie’ experience with two games called Double Cross and The Raid. Pam Hodgetts, corporate partnerships manager for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, said: “The generous support of local businesses, like Escape Live, within the communities we serve is always hugely appreciated by all at the charity. “We are so grateful that Escape Live has decided to continue supporting our vital, pre-hospital emergency service with a whole day’s profits, meaning donors can help to fund future lifesaving missions, whilst having a fun day out.” Kim Thorpe, partnerships manager for Escape Live, added: “We are delighted to be working with Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. As a Midlands-based business, we are always looking at ways in which we can support local charities. As restrictions have now eased, we hope to continue making meaningful donations to Midlands Air Ambulance Charity.” All profits from bookings made online or physically in-person for Escape Live Birmingham for the date of Saturday, September 25 will Will Meadows (left) and Jack Lewis (right), critical care paramedics for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, attempt to escape from Escape Live assistant manager, Guy Seabrook The Birmingham Mail and BirminghamLive are backing a new initiative to support Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC). We have launched our Heli Heroes project to take readers into the lives of its life-saving, critical care crews, charity staff team and family of supporters. Each week we will be telling their evolving story, bringing you all the adrenaline-pumping drama they are involved in and explaining go towards funding lifesaving missions across the West Midlands and wider Midlands region. ■ ■To find out more about Midlands Air Ambulance Charity’s vital, lifesaving work in your local area, visit midlandsairambulance.com and follow the organisation on social media. ■ ■ To find out more about Escape Live Birmingham and to book your visit, go to: www.escapelive.co.uk SUPPORTS OUR HELI HEROES HOW YOU CAN DONATE... Please text MISSIONBHAM (as one word), followed by your chosen donation amount, to 70085. For example, text MISSIONBHAM 5 to 70085 to donate £5 or text MISSIONBHAM 10 to 70085 to donate £10. Texts cost your chosen donation amount plus one standard network rate message. Alternatively, you can scan the QR code and donate via the website. Air Ambulance campaign how their hard work, advanced medicines and equipment save lives and help some of the most seriously injured and ill in our region. Most importantly, we will show how YOU can support and encourage them. So fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride as we introduce you to some of the most inspirational emergency service and medical personnel and the people whose lives they have helped save... Charity celebrates 30th anniversary 2021, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is celebrating its 30th anniversary of saving lives across the Midlands. The official date of the charity’s 30th ‘birthday’ fell on May 21, 2021. AIR30 is the campaign name used for any activity relating to celebrating the 30th year. During the continuing coronavirus pandemic, it has been working with the regional NHS community, including West Midlands Ambulance Service, providing clinical resource and specialist medical equipment to support frontline services. Midlands Air Ambulance serves the largest air ambulance region in the UK. This includes the communities of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire; representing a population in excess of six million. The charity responds to an average of 4,500 missions each year. It is a helicopter-led service with over 2,000 of deployments being air missions. It also has a fleet of Rapid Response Vehicles and two critical care cars. On average Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is one of the longest established and busiest air ambulance operators in the UK. The three air ambulance helicopters are based at Cosford airbase, near Shifnal Shropshire (covering Shropshire and the West Midlands), Tatenhill airbase, near Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire (covering Staffordshire and the West Midlands), and Strensham Services on the M5 in Worcestershire (covering Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire). The charity’s three aircraft each carry a crew comprising a pilot, two paramedics or flight doctors plus full life-support medical equipment. The two critical care cars are based in Oldbury (serving the Birmingham and Black Country areas) and the charity’s Worcestershire airbase at Strensham. The charity’s cars each have one critical care paramedic on-board with full life-support medical equipment. The sooner a patient receives enhanced pre-hospital emergency care on-scene, the greater their chances of survival and the better their outcome. It aims to bring that level of care to them, wherever they are, as soon as possible. All areas of the region are accessible in 19 minutes and 90% of the region is accessible within 15 minutes. Each year it costs in excess of £10 million just to keep the three charity helicopters and two critical care cars operational. Each air ambulance mission costs £2,500 on average and each critical care car mission costs £224, which is entirely funded by the generosity of the general public and local businesses.

24 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live Puzzles & stars TIME Cryptic crossword Quick crossword Gogen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 17 22 23 24 Stuck on today’s puzzle? Call 0905 789 4220 to hear individual clues or the full solution. Calls cost 80p per minute plus network extras. Service Provider: Spoke Ltd, helpline 0333 202 3390 SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS 20/09/2021 Across: 1 Commerce; 5 Reef; 9 Stir; 10 Dreadful; 11 Juror; 12 Expanse; 13 Lepidopterist; 18 Tenement; 19 Slug; 20 Elevate; 21 Viper; 22 So-so; 23 Stagnate. Down: 2 Obtrude; 3 Marconi; 4 Correspondent; 6 Effendi; 7 Fullest; 8 Dapple; 13 Letters; 14 Punters; 15 Demean; 16 Russian; 17 Sourest. SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Burst; 6 As for; 9 Torment; 10 Eclat; 11 Guilt; 12 Asked; 13 Goulash; 15 Tab; 17 Alps; 18 Gemini; 19 Dated; 20 Uneven; 22 Oral; 24 Tar; 25 Pillage; 26 Ladle; 27 Pivot; 28 Ovens; 29 Seaside; 30 Beats; 31 Dross. Insert letters to form the listed words, moving between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction. Insert all the remaining letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all the listed words are spelt out in this way. 1 G H O S Y J L T B M C A U R F X Q D E P ACROSS 1. Army of workers providing socialist power (6,5) 9. The old boy takes the spectacle to be indecent (7) 10. Portuguese possession in Baltimore (5) 11. Are such odds really credible? (5) 12. Unlimited goal given to inferior (7) 13. Artist on the lathe? (6) 15. Emphasise shop initially should have lock (6) 18. Does he help waiters to win on the horses! (7) 20. Girl is given ring – a rope with a noose! (5) 22. Antelope gets among poor ibises (5) 23. Boasted redhead was in the bag (7) 24. Attending every happening in any case (2,3,6) ACROSS 1. Fleet of ships (6) 7. Punish (4,4) 8. Hospital room (4) 10. Counting frame (6) 11. Defeated competitors (6) 14. Pen part (3) 16. Employs for wages (5) 17. Info (4) 19. Cause the ruin of (2,3) 21. Drying cloth (5) 22. Tendon (5) 23. Bygone (4) 26. Timorous (5) 28. Petty lie (3) 29. Handsome youth (6) 30. Choose (6) 31. Inform (4) 32. Stretch (8) 33. Looking glass (6) DOWN 2. We hear I shall shortly be in church (5) 3. Be in charge, but get too much of an eyeful? (7) 4. A jacket for the pot smoker? (6) 5. Chose to work with Edward (5) 6. Strive to make the favourite come round (7) 7. Disturbing place for subterranean burrower (11) 8. Have a fight because of letter in puzzles like this (5,6) 14. It enables the reader to get a new impression (7) 16. Cultivation up to advanced years (7) 17. Three times the singing voice (6) 19. An experiment in court, perhaps (5) 21. Sound place for building is something to look at (5) DOWN 1. Frightened (6) 2. Shrub or small tree (6) 3. Appends (4) 4. Booze (7) 5. Frogman (5) 6. Board game (5) 8. Desire (4) 9. Chafe (3) 12. Knight’s title (3) 13. Peruses writing (5) 15. Cringe (5) 18. Pungent (5) 19. Put on (3) 20. Hardly any (3) 21. News (7) 22. Transgression (3) 23. Slender supporting column (6) 24. Biblical murder victim (4) 25. Walk unsteadily (6) 26. Stories (5) 27. Engine (5) 28. Charge (3) 30. Plant part (4) Down: 2 Uncool; 3 Stalls; 4 Tot; 5 Smash; 6 Angered; 7 Stud; 8 On loan; 12 Asian; 13 Gamut; 14 Upper; 15 Tiara; 16 Bible; 18 Genie; 19 Debates; 21 Native; 22 Oliver; 23 Agents; 25 Plush; 26 Lost; 28 Odd. W BOLTS CLUB FEUD GHOST JADE LACQUER PRUDE TAXIDERMY VERBS WINK A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y I N K V 2 G D V F Y B N I W M X O L R E Codeword This puzzle has no clues. Instead, every number printed in the grid represents a letter, with the same number always representing the same letter. For example, if 8 turns out to be a V, you can write in V wherever a square contains 8. Using your knowledge of words, complete the puzzle. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 D 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 E Need a little help getting started? Then call 0901 293 6261 to hear four random extra letter clues. Or text CODE and send to 64343 to receive 4 clues. Calls and texts cost £1 plus any network extras. Service Provider: Spoke Ltd, helpline 0333 202 3390 SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 L A N D C W U Y V F E M I 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 H Z O S T J X Q P B K R G Split Decision Cross out one of the two letters in each divided square to reveal a completed crossword grid. S T W L I A R C T E K J A P T K I N M C V Q U H C S R B A I C B L E E R I A W S G P U E T N D N N T B R BOAR BOX CHARM JAR JOB LONG QUALIFY SPARE SPRINGBOK STEWING VIOLA WIND A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS U N C U T S H H U N I T E R P R P A S T E SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS J W L Y S G M J X Y X O T E V O N I H R M B F N R Q W V T C K U A I G S U E L A Q D P H C K B D F P

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www.birminghamlive.co.uk PICK OF THE DAY Martin Clunes as DCI Colin Sutton MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 27 BY Sara Wallis Tonight’s TV Manhunter 73rd PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS Sky Max/NOW, 10.50pm It’s goodbye to the excruciating video format and a welcome return to all the glamour of in-person red carpet events. Broadcast from Los Angeles, hosted by comedian Cedric the Entertainer, above, this will be a star-studded event as the ceremony celebrates the best in the year’s television. The Apple TV+ feelgood comedy Ted Lasso, starring Jason Sudeikis, is the most-nominated series with a record breaking 20 nominations. Also heavily featured are Netflix’s The Crown and The Queen’s Gambit, Disney+ offerings Hamilton and WandaVision, as well as Kate Winslet’s HBO drama Mare of Easttown. Tune in to find out who gives the long speeches and who has the best gracious loser face… DEPARTURE 5Star, 10pm You might not be keen to get on a plane for a while after watching the first ten minutes of this high-octane US thriller. Tense from the off, the opening episode follows Maddie (Rebecca Liddiard) as she misses her scheduled flight to reunite with her fiance, so boards the fateful British Global Air Flight 716. There’s no long build up here, it’s all fast and furious as the warning signs begin. The pilot seems distracted, an overhead locker pops open and a little girl clutches her teddy... then the captain locks the first officer out of the cockpit and recklessly takes control of the aircraft, which then partly explodes. Back in London, air crash investigator Kendra Malley (Archie Panjabi), above, is called in to find the plane and see if any of its passengers survived. MARTIN Clunes reprises his role as a veteran police detective on the hunt for a notorious serial burglar and rapist in this gripping real-life drama. The story is told over four consecutive nights, as police track the man whose 17-year reign of terror left thousands of elderly people in London living in fear. In the first series, Manhunt, Clunes took the role of DCI Colin Sutton, who tenaciously pursued serial killer Levi Bellfield. Based on Sutton’s real diaries, this sequel begins with shocking scenes. manhunt: the night stalker ITV, 9pm An 82-year-old woman with dementia has been robbed and attacked, and is discovered cowering in her wardrobe, absolutely terrified. The man the press dubbed the Night Stalker committed his first offence in 1992, but it’s ten years on and he’s become active again. He’s never left a fingerprint or let a witness see his face, and now hunting him down is a priority. His attacks are unique and bear similar hallmarks – light bulbs taken out to ensure darkness, entire panes of glass removed from windows. Dressed entirely in black, and masked by a balaclava, he targets elderly victims and subjects them to frightening ordeals, whilst also robbing them. Colin is brought in to look at the case to see if any avenues of the investigation have been missed over the years. There must be a schoolboy error or a clue to the criminal’s location? Colin examines the evidence hoping to get the first glimpse of a man who has eluded police for a decade. SOAPWatch EMMERDALE ITV,7pm Paddy can’t believe it when Marlon not only accepts Al as a potential investor into the pub but offers to sell him his entire stake. Paddy asks Kim if she will help him to get rid of Al. She realises that she can take advantage of his desperation. Elsewhere, Will’s loyalty is rewarded as Kim appoints him as her new Estate Manager, while Diane’s uneasy when her date, Michael, pictured above, is more interested in his jigsaw than he is in her. CORONATION STREET ITV, 7.30pm & 8.30pm Zeedan is trying to play happy families and offers Alya a loan of £50,000. But when Zeedan attacks Ryan for cheating on Alya, she’s furious, pointing out that he was nowhere to be seen during Geoff’s reign of terror and he should shove his money. There’s disaster over a typo when George shows Freda the Order of Service for Norris’s funeral. She points out that he got Norris’s date of birth wrong. And Kelly, above, feels rejected by a new ally. EASTENDERS BBC1, 8.05pm Linda is determined that Mick will be the baby’s legal father when the birth certificate is signed. Convinced she knows the truth, Rainie goes to drastic lengths, while Mick tries to protect Linda. Rocky, below, overhears Ethan and Sonia talking about their date, with a giddy Sonia telling Ethan that he definitely has potential. But later Rocky sees something that sends him into a rage. And Jean visits Stacey in prison to let her know that she’s been charged over drug possession.

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Jackpot meeting Round Acre 1.00 Blaast Mythical Dancer 1.30 Mythical Dancer Thunder Lily 2.00 Thunder Lily Country Pyle (nb) 2.35 Angel Amadea First Edition (nap) 3.10 First Edition Roman Power 3.45 We’re Reunited Royal Prospect 4.20 Manumission Eastern Star 4.50 Defilade 1.00 JOIN RACING TV NOW FILLIES’ NURSERY (5) (2-Y-O) 6f Winner £3,240 (12 run) RTV 1 (2) 063 Blaast (34) A Watson 9-10........................................H Doyle 64 2 (10) 613 Meydan Rose (68) R Hughes 9-7 (D).........................W Buick 60 3 (5) 412 Amiga Meu (10) R Hannon 9-7 (D)............................ A Atzeni 52 4 (11) 102 Flash Betty (10) M Channon 9-5 (D2)...............T Marquand 73 5 (9) 522 Round Acre (33) E Bethell 9-4........................ P J McDonald 60 6 (8) 321 Rhinoplasty (12) K Burke 9-3 (D)...........................S James 45 7 (6) 338 Quel Kaima (19) W Knight 9-1...............................S W Kelly 55 8 (4) 625 Build Me Up (19) A Balding 9-0............................O Murphy 63 9 (3) 697 Mist Of The Deep (47) A Wintle 8-13....................D Probert 52 10 (7) 139 Mount Rainier (26) R Hannon 8-10 (D).T Hammer Hansen (3) 67 11 (1) 895 Roystan Girl (11) J S Moore 8-9..............Josephine Gordon 63 12 (12) 846 Glasstrees (66) M Appleby 8-4............................T Ladd (3) 57 BETTING: 4 Blaast, 5 Rhinoplasty, 6 Meydan Rose, Flash Betty, 15-2 Round Acre, 8 Amiga Meu, 10 Build Me Up, 16 Roystan Girl, Quel Kaima, Mist Of The Deep, 20 Others. 2020: FIRST LOTT 9 5, Richard Kingscote 11-2 (T Dascombe), drawn (6), 9 ran. 1.30 NOVICE STAKES (GBB RACE) (3) (2-Y-O) 7f Winner £8,100 (8 run) RTV 1 (2) 1 Mythical Dancer (16) C Appleby 9-8 (D)................W Buick 67 2 (1) 87 Al Baahy (43) Sir M Stoute 9-2............................... J Crowley 61 3 (4) 0 Appearing (17) D Menuisier 9-2...........................D Probert — 4 (8) 632 Carbon (13) R Varian 9-2......................................... A Atzeni 71 5 (3) 2 Mr Stanley (14) R Hannon 9-2.............................O Murphy 69 6 (6) My Boy Jack Tom Clover 9-2.................................... N Callan — 7 (7) Racing Royalty S bin Suroor 9-2..........................M Ghiani — 8 (5) Rumourmonger M Meade 8-11.....................T Marquand — BETTING: 13-8 Mythical Dancer, 5-2 Carbon, 5 Mr Stanley, 10 Rumourmonger, Racing Royalty, 12 Al Baahy, 20 My Boy Jack, 33 Appearing. 2020: SHINE FOR YOU 9 0, Pat Dobbs 4-9 Fav (R Hannon), drawn (2), 7 ran. FORM GUIDE: MYTHICAL DANCER 9-4 Close up, wide and headway approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on strongly to lead close home, won at Thirsk 7f 2yo nov stk (4) gd beating Tuscan by hd, 11 ran. CARBON 11-4 Led, edged right and ridden over 1f out, stayed on, edged left and headed close home, 2nd of 10, hd behind New Dimension at Leicester 7f 2yo nov stk (4) gf. MR STANLEY 9-2 Hung left start, led, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 4, nk behind Devasboy at Brighton 7f 2yo nov stk (5) gf. RACING ROYALTY Fast Company colt out of Patent Joy. RUMOURMONGER Galileo Gold filly out of Village Gossip. AL BAAHY 9-2 Led nearside, ridden and headed over 2f out, gradually faded, 7th of 10, 12l behind Cresta at Leicester 7f 2yo nov stk (4) gs in Aug. MY BOY JACK No Nay Never colt out of Great Court. APPEARING 33-1 Slowly away, held up, pushed along 3f out, soon beaten, last of 10, 13l behind Altraif at Kempton 7f 2yo nov stks (4) pol. 2.00 WATCH ON RACING TV FILLIES’ HANDICAP (5) 1m Winner £3,240 (14 run) RTV 1 (10) -90 Neptune’s Wonder (16) H Palmer 3 9-9............ L Steward — 2 (9) 531 Thunder Lily (21) S Durack 3 9-8 (D)....................D Probert 74 3 (13) 443 Evening Song (18) R Guest 3 9-8.............................W Buick 71 4 (1) -44 Asamosa (25) A Balding 3 9-8................................O Murphy — 5 (11) 355 Mashkoorah (34) R Varian 3 9-6........................... A Atzeni 70 6 (7) 234 Imperial Eight (12) D O’Meara 3 9-5....................M Harley 76 7 (2) 145 Rhyme Scheme (7) M Appleby 4 9-1..................T Marquand 73 8 (3) 121 Hurricane Helen (25) B Millman 3 9-0 (D2).......R Coakley 76 9 (14) 383 Just Amber (33) C Cox 3 9-0................................... H Crouch 55 10 (8) 858 Janie Jones (47) M Channon 3 8-12..........................H Doyle 65 11 (6) 808 Finery (38) M Appleby 4 8-8 (D)................Erika Parkinson (7) 67 12 (12) 643 Ask The Wind (46) A Carroll 3 8-7.............Josephine Gordon 66 13 (4) 510 Lady Monica (83) M Appleby 5 8-7....................... R Ffrench 70 14 (5) 315 Available Angel (20) J Mackie 3 8-5 (D)...............M Ghiani 74 BETTING: 3 Thunder Lily, 11-2 Hurricane Helen, 13-2 Evening Song, 8 Asamosa, 10 Imperial Eight, 12 Just Amber, 14 Ask The Wind, Neptune’s Wonder, Mashkoorah, 16 Others. 2020: TORONADO QUEEN 4 9 8, Paul Hanagan 11-4 JtFav (R Fahey), drawn (6), 10 ran. FORM GUIDE: THUNDER LILY 7-4fav Raced keenly in rear, switched right 3f out, pushed along and smooth headway 2f out, led and ridden well over 1f out, kept on strongly, comfortably, won at Chepstow 1m fll hcp (5) fm in Aug beating Luxy Lou by 3l, 5 ran. HURRICANE HELEN 5-1 Bumped start, held up in rear, switched left and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, pushed out, won at Ffos Las 1m hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Aug beating Spirit Level by 3 1/2l, 10 ran. EVENING SONG 11-1 Went left start, mid-division, headway out wide over 1f out, 3rd and one pace final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Piselli Molli at Salisbury 1m all hcp 0-70 (5) gf. ASAMOSA 13-2 Led, ridden and headed entering final furlong, no extra, 4th of 7, 6l behind Purple Ribbon at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Aug. IMPERIAL EIGHT 5-2 Led early, tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Velocity at Wolverhampton 7f flls nov auc stk (6). JUST AMBER 9-1 In touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway entering final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 13, 4 1/2l behind Vitalline at Kempton 7f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Aug. ASK THE WIND 9-2 Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, in touch entering final furlong, faded close home, last of 3, 4 1/2l behind Super Proud at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Aug. MASHKOORAH 15-2 Keen disputed lead until led 2f out, soon ridden, hung left and headed approaching final furlong, no extra, 5th of 6, 7l behind Dickens at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) in Aug. NEPTUNE’S WONDER 8-1 Held up, ridden at 3f, never a factor, last of 10, 46l behind Motawaafeq at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol. AVAILABLE ANGEL 10-3 Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 12l behind Dreamseller at Ripon 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Aug. JANIE JONES 150-1 Midfield, ridden along 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 20l behind Mo’assess at Kempton 1m nov stk (4) pol in Aug. LADY MONICA 10-3 Mid-division out wide, headway chasing leaders 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f, 12th of 13, 17l behind Iva Reflection at Brighton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Jun. RHYME SCHEME 16-1 Slowly away, in rear, ridden under 3f out, not much room well over 1f out, kept on inside last, 5th of 9, 7l behind Key Look at Thirsk 1m flls hcp 0-75 (5) gf. FINERY 18-1 Chased leaders, ridden and weakened quickly inside final 2f, last of 8, 14l behind Glorious Rio at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Aug. 2.35 BREEDERS BACKING RACING EBF MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (4) 1m 2f Winner £5,940 (10 run) RTV 1 (7) 2- Quiet Evening (285) S bin Suroor 4 9-5 (BF)..........O Murphy — 2 (9) 332 Angel Amadea (28) W Haggas 3 9-0 (BF)..........T Marquand 89 3 (5) 42 Blazeon Five (24) R Teal 3 9-0.............................. T Whelan 77 4 (8) 4 Clarakhani (13) M Murphy 3 9-0...............................R Tate — 5 (6) 23 Country Pyle (24) Muir & Grassick 3 9-0 (BF).........M Dwyer 87 6 (1) Danita H Main 3 9-0............................................... H Crouch — 7 (10) 57 Falmouth Queen (39) J Tickle 3 9-0.....................S W Kelly 51 8 (3) Jammrah R Varian 3 9-0......................................... A Atzeni — 9 (4) 54 Loving Kiss (38) D Menuisier 3 9-0...........................W Buick 70 10 (2) 44 Stella Maris (24) J & T Gosden 3 9-0.....................M Harley 67 BETTING: 3 Angel Amadea, 7-2 Quiet Evening, 9-2 Country Pyle, 11-2 Blazeon Five, 7 Jammrah, 8 Stella Maris, 10 Loving Kiss, 33 Clarakhani, Danita, 66 Falmouth Queen. FORM GUIDE: ANGEL AMADEA 3-10fav Soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Liberation Point at Ripon 1m mdn stks (5) gd in Aug. QUIET EVENING 11-10fav In touch, headway to chase leader 2f out, ridden to lead briefly inside final furlong, soon outpaced by winner, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Wait For The Lord at Lingfield 1m 2f nov stk (5) pol in Dec. COUNTRY PYLE 5-4fav Chased leader, led 3f out, ridden 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Bartzella at Goodwood 1m 2f 3yo fll mdn (4) gd in Aug. BLAZEON FIVE 22-1 Led early, chased leaders, driven over 2f out, stayed on, went 2nd close home, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Bartzella at Goodwood 1m 2f 3yo fll mdn (4) gd in Aug. JAMMRAH Sea The Stars filly out of Nahrain. STELLA MARIS 5-1 Soon led, headed 3f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 5l behind Bartzella at Goodwood 1m 2f 3yo fll mdn (4) gd in Aug. LOVING KISS 16-1 Raced keenly, off the pace in 6th, pushed along over 2f out, soon unable to quicken, hung left and plugged on from over 1f out, went 4th close home, 4th of 10, 6l behind Bashkirova at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Aug. CLARAKHANI 40-1 Slowly away, always last, ridden over 4f out, soon lost touch, last of 4, 41l behind Flaunt at Windsor 1m 3f fll nov stks (5) gf. DANITA Fountain Of Youth filly out of Anya. FALMOUTH QUEEN 100-1 Towards rear, ridden over 2f, never on terms, 7th of 10, 21l behind Unique Cut at Salisbury 7f nov mdn stks (5) gd in Aug. 3.10 EVERY RACE LIVE ON RACING TV HANDICAP (3) 5f Winner £6,281 (7 run) RTV 1 (3) 038 First Edition (15) C Cox 3 9-9 (D).......................... H Crouch 100 2 (6) 207 Nomadic Empire (15) D O’Meara 3 9-9 (D)..............W Buick 104 3 (4) 145 Newyorkstateofmind (5) Muir & Grassick 4 9-1 (D2).......M Dwyer 98 4 (2) 070 Ishvara (55) R Cowell 4 8-13 (D2)..........................O Murphy 103 5 (7) 641 Ginger Jam (9) N Tinkler 6 8-11 (D7).........F McManoman (3) 98 6 (5) 123 Faustus (18) R Cowell 3 8-11 (BF, D2)........................H Doyle 99 7 (1) 694 Celsius (16) Tom Clover 5 8-10 (D5).......................... A Atzeni 104 BETTING: 5-2 Faustus, 3 Ginger Jam, 5 First Edition, 11-2 Newyorkstateofmind, 7 Nomadic Empire, 8 Celsius, 20 Ishvara. 2020: DARK SHOT 7 8 10, David Probert 11-1 (S Dixon), drawn (5), 7 ran. FORM GUIDE: FAUSTUS 4-1fav Slight lead on rail, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd on line, 3rd of 11, 2 1/4l behind Saluti at Newcastle 5f hcap (3). GINGER JAM 2-1fav Led, headed over 3f out, led again 2f out, rider dropped whip entering final furlong, ran on, won at Bath 5f hcp 0-80 (4) fm beating Nibras Again by nk, 5 ran. FIRST EDITION 9-1 Raced keenly in mid-division, ridden well over 2f out, pressed leaders 1f out, kept on, weakened close home, 8th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Bergerac at York 6f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf. NEWYORKSTATEOFMIND 12-1 Chased winner until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 5, 7l behind King Of Stars at Yarmouth 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gs. NOMADIC EMPIRE 14-1 Chased leaders, ridden well over 1f out, kept on, not pace to challenge, 7th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Bergerac at York 6f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf. CELSIUS 12-1 Held up towards rear, ridden under 2f out, stayed on, no extra final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Mine’s A Double at Ascot 5f hcp 0-95 (3) gf. ISHVARA 22-1 Towards rear in centre of track, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 12, 14l behind Lord Riddiford at Goodwood 5f hcp 0-105 (2) sft in Jul. 3.45 INTERNATIONAL RACING CLUB HANDICAP (5) 6f Winner £3,240 (9 run) RTV 1 (8) 680 Little Brown Trout (65) W Stone 4 9-10 (D2)......H Doyle 55 2 (6) 653 Amathus (24) P Chamings 4 9-10 (D2)....................D Probert 75 3 (4) 6-6 Baileys Afterparty (64) R Fahey 3 9-7 (CD).......C Murtagh (3) 62 4 (5) 733 We’re Reunited (8) R Harris 4 9-7 (D)......................... T Whelan 73 5 (9) 332 Winnetka (18) A Carroll 4 9-5....................Mollie Phillips (5) 78 6 (1) 584 Roman Power (14) Tom Clover 3 9-3...................... A Atzeni 70 7 (3) -24 Blades Equal (23) J L Eyre 3 9-3.........................L Edmunds 71 8 (2) 178 Peachey Carnehan (21) M Mullineaux 7 8-13 (CD)............. ..................................................................F McManoman (3) 72 9 (7) 580 Dodgy Bob (49) M Mullineaux 8 8-5 (D5).Laura Coughlan (5) 47 BETTING: 11-4 We’re Reunited, 3 Winnetka, 9-2 Amathus, 8 Baileys Afterparty, 10 Blades Equal, Little Brown Trout, 12 Roman Power, 14 Peachey Carnehan, 20 Dodgy Bob. 2020: ABLE KANE 3 9 9, Rob Hornby 11-8 Fav (B Millman), drawn (3), 8 ran. FORM GUIDE: WE’RE REUNITED 18-1 Chased leaders on rail, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 2 1/4l behind Chipstead at Bath 6f hcp (2) fm. WINNETKA 14-1 Raced keenly, chased winner throughout, kept on final furlong, always held, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Piselli Molli at Salisbury 1m all hcp 0-70 (5) gf. AMATHUS 11-2 Tracked leaders, switched right 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Epsom Faithfull at Goodwood 6f all hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Aug. BAILEYS AFTERPARTY 14-1 Short of room start, held up in rear, niggled along under 3f out, some headway over 1f out, ran on steadily final furlong but never dangerous, 6th of 10, 4l behind Tamaska at Redcar 7f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jul. BLADES EQUAL 33-1 Tracked leader in 2nd, pushed along 2f out, kept on same pace until lost ground entering final furlong, weakened closing stages, 4th of 5, 6l behind Fireworks at Beverley 7f nov mdn stks (4) gf in Aug. LITTLE BROWN TROUT 25-1 Dwelt in rear, never on terms, last of 10, 14l behind Devil’s Angel at Newmarket 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jul. ROMAN POWER 18-1 Steadied start, held up in rear, switched left over 2f out, headway on inside over 1f out, went 4th close home, 4th of 6, 2 1/2l behind Libertine Belle at Brighton 6f flls hcp 0-75 (5) gf. 4.20 BET AT RACINGTV.COM APPRENTICE HANDICAP (DIV 1) (6) 7f Winner £2,700 (15 run) RTV 1 (5) 221 Manumission (7) P Evans 4 9-10........................B Harris (3) 63 2 (6) 484 Voltaic (21) A Carroll 5 9-9.............................. Emma Taff (5) 68 3 (14) 256 Inner Circle (21) M Loughnane 7 9-9 (CD)........................... ......................................................Mr Cameron Hillhouse (5) 68 4 (13) 037 Fast Emma (26) M Bell 3 9-7 (D)..............................A Jary (5) — 5 (8) 945 Spanish Mane (22) J Feilden 6 9-7 (CD)........ Rose Dawes (3) 63 6 (4) 093 Foreseeable Future (7) R Carr 6 9-7............A Brookes (3) 72 7 (3) 341 Royal Prospect (25) L Mullaney 6 9-7 (D)......S Mooney (3) 65 8 (10) 946 Global Hope (22) G Kelleway 6 9-6...................S Feilden (5) 66 9 (15) 864 Winklemann (21) J Flint 9 9-5 (CD).......Imogen Mathias (3) 65 10 (11) 406 Plastic Paddy (36) M Appleby 3 9-4.......... Ryan Sexton (5) 34 11 (9) 443 Amal (14) J R Jenkins 3 9-1 (D)................................. L Browne 66 12 (2) 903 Ruby Lily (28) S Lycett 3 9-0................................ O Lewis (3) 54 13 (7) 697 Fact Or Fable (19) J S Moore 4 8-10 (D).......Sophie Jones (7) 60 14 (12) 030 Miss Trixie (28) Steph Hollinshead 3 8-9........ Tia Phillips (7) 68 15 (1) 006 Cammy (21) Simon Whitaker 3 8-9....................C Howarth (5) 37 BETTING: 4 Foreseeable Future, 9-2 Manumission, 6 Royal Prospect, 7 Voltaic, 8 Winklemann, 10 Inner Circle, 12 Spanish Mane, Fast Emma, 14 Others. 2020: SPANISH MANE 5 9 8, Saffie Osborne(5) 7-2 Fav (J Feilden), drawn (10), 13 ran. 4.50 BET AT RACINGTV.COM APPRENTICE HANDICAP (DIV 2) (6) 7f Winner £2,700 (15 run) RTV 1 (12) 7-3 Melakaz (24) R Stephens 3 9-9...............................A Jary (5) 63 2 (14) 035 In The Cove (14) R Hannon 5 9-9 (D3).................... L Browne 65 3 (7) 056 No Diggity (6) J Butler 5 9-9 (D)...............................A Keeley — 4 (2) 271 Defilade (21) Mrs S Leech 5 9-7 (D)......Mr Cameron Hillhouse (5) 59 5 (8) 797 English Spirit (26) H Main 3 9-7..............................M Tabti (3) 62 6 (1) 408 Hi Ho Silver (22) C Wall 7 9-7 (D3)......................Kaiya Fraser (7) 66 7 (3) 325 Mostallim (14) M Appleby 4 9-7 (BF, D2)........... Ryan Sexton (5) 65 8 (13) 258 Million Reasons (11) P Evans 3 9-6........................B Harris (3) 68 9 (11) 414 Eastern Star (47) A Carroll 5 9-5 (C2).................. Emma Taff (5) 64 10 (9) 714 Priscilla’s Wish (2) P McBride 3 9-2 (D).................. O Lewis (3) 66 11 (10) 661 Grandstand (14) R J Price 5 9-1 (CD).....................C Howarth (5) 66 12 (15) 582 Rinty Maginty (27) P Chamings 5 8-12 (D)......S Mooney (3) 66 13 (4) 558 Firmdecisions (27) N Tinkler 11 8-10 (CD2)....... Rose Dawes (3) 64 14 (6) 309 Fast Deal (5) M Chapman 4 8-10.................Shariq Mohd (7) 55 15 (5) 800 Hot Desert (52) A Carroll 3 8-7................Molly Presland (3) — BETTING: 11-2 Defilade, 6 Rinty Maginty, Melakaz, 7 Grandstand, Eastern Star, Mostallim, 10 In The Cove, Firmdecisions, 12 Others. CAPTAIN BECHER THE MARQUIS HAMILTON TODAY WARWICK TODAY Going: Soft-good to soft in places Draw: Low to middle numbers best in sprints, especially on soft ground. Going: Good-good to firm in places Commandment 1.45 Commandment Kilconquhar 2.17 Absolute Dream Ventura Flame 2.50 Ventura Flame The Navigator 3.22 Where’s Jeff Chinese Spirit 3.55 Chinese Spirit Rain Cap 4.30 Mac Ailey Under Fox 5.00 Cosmos Raj Detective 5.35 Detective Van Meegeren 1.50 First Street Onehundredpercent 2.25 Beholden Pink Eyed Pedro 3.00 Vision Des Flos Morraman 3.35 An Tailliur Kapsize 4.10 Three Bullet Gate Presenting Yeats 4.45 Bean In Trouble 1.45 EBF MAIDEN STAKES (GBB RACE) (4) (2-Y-O) 6f Winner £5,400 (6 run) RTV 1 (1) Claret Club K Ryan 9-2........................................... K Stott — 2 (3) 44 Matvei Platov (25) R Fahey 9-2........................T Hamilton 59 3 (4) 00 Nrgize (25) I Jardine 9-2......................................... A Mullen 41 4 (6) Samurai Sneddz K Scott 9-2................................ P Dennis — 5 (2) 32 Commandment (27) E Dunlop 8-11................P Mulrennan 70 6 (5) Espressoo M Johnston 8-11.................................J Fanning — BETTING: 5-4 Commandment, 3 Espressoo, 4 Matvei Platov, 9-2 Claret Club, 25 Samurai Sneddz, 100 Nrgize. 2020: No corresponding race. 2.17 RACINGTV.COM HANDICAP (6) 6f Winner £2,322 (9 run) RTV 1 (8) 956 After John (44) Harvey Bastiman 5 9-10 (D2)...........D Allan 68 2 (4) 624 Ustath (20) R Fell 5 9-7 (D2).........................................J Hart 80 3 (6) 582 Stallone (44) M Dods 5 9-6 (D).............................. C Beasley 73 4 (7) 920 Rose Bandit (4) I Jardine 4 9-6 (C2, D).................... A Mullen 73 5 (9) 200 Quanah (34) Liam Bailey 5 9-2 (CD)............................ K Stott 77 6 (1) 132 Absolute Dream (23) R Fahey 5 9-0 (BF, D3).......P Mathers 73 7 (2) 001 Kilconquhar (19) Ewan Whillans 4 9-0 (CD)............. R Scott 73 8 (5) 425 Lord Of The Glen (8) J Goldie 6 8-12 (BF).Miss A Waugh (5) 65 9 (3) 920 Garnock Valley (9) R M Smith 4 8-12............... JP Sullivan 62 BETTING: 10-3 Stallone, 4 Absolute Dream, 9-2 Kilconquhar, 5 Ustath, 7 Rose Bandit, 8 After John, 12 Quanah, 16 Lord Of The Glen, 25 Garnock Valley. FORM GUIDE: STALLONE 5-1 Dwelt, mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden into 3rd over 1f out, kept on well into 2nd close home, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Captain Jameson at Ayr 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Aug. ABSOLUTE DREAM 13-8fav Mid-division, headway over 2f out, edged right and every chance inside final furlong, held close home, 2nd of 18, 1/2l behind She’s A Deva at Redcar 6f hcp 0-55 (6) gf in Aug. KILCONQUHAR 9-2 Midfield, pushed along 2f out, ridden for effort over 1f out, ran on strongly to lead inside final furlong, won at Hamilton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gd beating Rose Bandit by 1 3/4l, 8 ran. USTATH 17-2 Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Wade’s Magic at Ripon 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Aug. ROSE BANDIT 22-1 Prominent towards near side, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 15, 5l behind Thrilla In Manila at Ayr 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf. AFTER JOHN 12-1 Mid-division, niggled along and waiting for room well over 2f out, not clear run under 2f out, kept on same pace until no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 6l behind Captain Jameson at Ayr 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Aug. QUANAH 15-2 Prominent and wider than rest towards far side, pushed along over 2f out, hung right and weakened inside final 2f, last of 10, 10l behind Melody King at Hamilton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Aug. 2.50 FOLLOW HAMILTONPARKRC ON TWITTER HAND- ICAP (5) 5f Winner £2,862 (6 run) RTV 1 (3) 105 The Bell Conductor (38) Phillip Makin 4 9-9 (D2).. R Scott 85 2 (1) 301 Ventura Flame (23) K Dalgleish 4 9-9 (CD3)..... C Rodriguez 84 3 (6) 240 Jordan Electrics (8) Ewan Whillans 5 9-7 (C2, D)......J Hart 86 4 (4) 572 Good Luck Fox (8) P Midgley 5 9-7 (D4).......................G Lee 85 5 (5) 011 The Cola Kid (59) Alice Haynes 4 9-5.......................K O’Neill 89 1.50 NOVICES’ HURDLE (GBB RACE) (4) 2m 5f Winner £4,084 (5 run) RTV 1 01- The Brimming Water (199) S Drinkwater 6 11-5..................... ..........................................................................S Twiston-Davies 133 2 221 First Street (35) N Henderson 4 11-2.................. N De Boinville 118 3 5-6 Fitz The Brief (124) R Dickin 5 10-12....................L Murtagh (3) — 4 09- Mistertommyshelby (424) R Potter 5 10-12.............. B Poste — 5 -U2 Van Meegeren (32) D Bridgwater 5 10-12..................B J Powell 135 BETTING: 5-4 First Street, 7-4 Van Meegeren, 3 The Brimming Water, 33 Fitz The Brief, 50 Mistertommyshelby. 2020: ESPECIALLY SO 5 10 5, Tom Scudamore 66-1 (K Woollacott), 10 ran. 2.25 NOVICES’ HANDICAP HURDLE (GBB RACE) (4) 2m Winner £3,159 (8 run) RTV 1 136 Peaked Too Soon (37) K Bailey 4 11-13 (D2)....................D Bass 128 2 0-1 Pencreek (27) B Pauling 8 11-12...................................K Woods 124 3 -13 Master Artist (60) Henry Oliver 6 11-7 (D2)..........B Godfrey (5) 124 4 321 Beholden (20) J Snowden 5 11-4.............................. G Sheehan 130 5 P-4 Thorn J Gallagher 5 11-2.........................................D Hiskett (3) 122 6 2-1 Onehundredpercent (25) B Ellison 5 11-1...S Twiston-Davies 121 7 25- Captain Jack (182) S Drinkwater 8 10-11 (BF).............. A Wedge 133 8 751 Lady Reset D Pipe 5 10-4 (D)..................................T Scudamore 125 BETTING: 11-4 Lady Reset, 4 Pencreek, Beholden, 5 Onehundredpercent, 8 Peaked Too Soon, 10 Captain Jack, 12 Master Artist, 16 Thorn. 2020: No corresponding race. 3.00 MANSIONBET’S FALLER INSURANCE HANDICAP CHASE (3) 2m 4f Winner £8,169 (6 run) RTV 1 1P5 Lock’s Corner (32) Jonjo O’Neill 7 12-0 (D3).......Jonjo O’Neill Jr. 146 2 322 Pink Eyed Pedro (21) D Brace 10 11-12 (D2)..................C Brace 146 3 351 Vision Des Flos (19) C Tizzard 8 10-13 (D)...................B J Powell 143 4 3-2 Zoffee (19) P Hobbs 5 10-11........................................T J O’Brien 150 5 P-3 Vinnie The Hoddie (68) Miss G Haywood 7 10-10 (D2).D Noonan 137 6 F-7 Templehills (137) N Twiston-Davies 10 10-8 (CD).S Twiston-Davies — BETTING: 15-8 Vision Des Flos, 3 Pink Eyed Pedro, 7-2 Zoffee, 7 Lock’s Corner, 8 Vinnie The Hoddie, 14 Templehills. 6 (2) 446 Global Humor (4) J Goldie 6 9-2 (C)................P Mulrennan 85 BETTING: 5-2 Good Luck Fox, 11-4 Ventura Flame, 5 The Cola Kid, 6 Global Humor, The Bell Conductor, 7 Jordan Electrics. 2020: ECONOMIC CRISIS 11 8 10, Harrison Shaw(3) 9-2 (A Berry), drawn (6), 6 ran. FORM GUIDE: GOOD LUCK FOX 11-4 Chased leaders, headway on outside 2f out, every chance final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Glory Fighter at Musselburgh 5f hcp 0-90 (3) gs. VENTURA FLAME 5-1 Tracked leaders, waiting for room from under 2f out, gap opened inside final furlong and quickened well to challenge, led near finish, won at Beverley 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Aug beating Son And Sannie by nk, 13 ran. THE COLA KID 3-1fav Waited with and in touch towards rear on far side, headway from halfway, challenged and on terms from 1 1/2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Cork 6f hcap gf in Jul beating She’s In The Game by 1 1/4l, 12 ran. 3.22 VETERANS’ HANDICAP (4) 1m 4f Winner £4,347 (13 run) RTV 1 (13) 654 Watersmeet (17) M Johnston 10 9-7 (D4).............J Fanning 90 2 (1) 997 Koeman (11) M Channon 7 9-5 (D6)........................ C Beasley 87 3 (2) 233 Where’s Jeff (24) M & D Easterby 6 9-3 (C2, D).Joanna Mason (3)92 4 (6) 097 Multellie (45) T Easterby 9 9-2 (CD3)........................D Allan 78 5 (4) 2-6 Akamanto (9) R M Smith 7 9-0 (D)....................... JP Sullivan — 6 (11) 834 Daawy (7) R Fell 7 8-13 (CD)..........................................J Hart 84 7 (9) 684 Taxmeifyoucan (12) K Dalgleish 7 8-11 (C2, D).B Garritty (3) 38 8 (7) 355 The Navigator (33) D Sayer 6 8-9...............................G Lee 92 9 (5) 651 Smart Lass (31) I Jardine 6 8-8 (D4)....................... A Mullen 89 10 (10) 446 Glan Y Gors M Weatherer 9 8-7 (D4)............................ C Lee 91 11 (3) 507 Flood Defence I Jardine 7 8-4 (D2)......................J Gormley 80 12 (12) 614 Lord Torranaga (21) P Kirby 6 8-4 (D2).............P Mathers 93 13 (8) 067 Sarvi (8) J Goldie 6 8-2 (C)........................... Miss A Waugh (5) 68 BETTING: 11-4 Smart Lass, 9-2 Where’s Jeff, 7 Daawy, 8 Watersmeet, 10 Lord Torranaga, The Navigator, 12 Multellie, Koeman, 14 Others. 2020: DAAWY 6 9 2, Ben Curtis 9-2 (R Fell), drawn (2), 10 ran. 3.55 HANDICAP (DIV 1) (6) 1m Winner £2,322 (10 run) RTV 1 (10) 970 Canford’s Joy (114) Liam Bailey 6 9-9............B Garritty (3) 42 2 (7) 364 Hildenley (25) T Easterby 4 9-7................................D Allan 62 3 (2) 956 Bawaader (9) D Thompson 6 9-4........................... A Mullen 67 2020: TEMPLEPARK 7 11 3, Max Kendrick(3) 11-4 Fav (F O’Brien), 10 ran. FORM GUIDE: VISION DES FLOS 5-4fav Made all, joined after 3 out, holding 2nd flat, driven out, won at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd beating Zoffee by 2 1/4l, 3 ran. PINK EYED PEDRO 10-3 Chased leaders, hit 3rd, went 2nd 9th, challenged going well last, ridden and beaten before final bend, well held final 150 yards, 2nd of 6, 18l behind Roi De Dubai at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp chs 0-140 (3) gd in Aug. ZOFFEE 15-8 Chased winner, not fluent 5th or 6th, challenged after 3 out, driven approaching last, held flat, 2nd of 3, 2 1/4l behind Vision Des Flos at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd. LOCK’S CORNER 9-1 Raced wide chasing leaders until lost place and behind 4th, struggling before 10th, never on terms after, tailed off, 5th of 7, well behind Cracking Destiny at Stratford 2m 3f hcap ch (2) gd in Aug. VINNIE THE HODDIE 16-1 Led 1st until 2nd, chased leaders, close up 4 out, carried right 3 out, well held in 3rd when awkward 2 out, 3rd of 8, 12l behind Neville’s Cross at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in Jul. TEMPLEHILLS 33-1 Led, ridden after 4 out, headed before 3 out, weakened before 2 out, 7th of 9, 36l behind Jac Brown at Worcester 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gd in May. 3.35 FOLLOW MANSIONBET ON TWITTER HANDICAP HURDLE (4) 2m 5f Winner £3,159 (8 run) RTV 1 -74 Daybreak Boy (16) M Gates 8 11-12........................... C Ring (3) 139 2 0-7 Neverbeen To Paris (35) P G Murphy 6 11-11 (D3).H Bannister 134 3 95- Howling Milan (178) S Drinkwater 7 11-10 (BF).. L Harrison (5) 130 4 -64 Morraman (35) D McCain 8 11-8 (D)............... Miss A McCain (5) 123 5 111 An Tailliur (124) Jonjo O’Neill 5 11-8 (D).............Jonjo O’Neill Jr. 125 6 427 Faint Hope (68) G Harris 9 11-7 (D2).............................B R Jones 125 7 35- Searching G Harris 9 10-13 (D)........................................C Brace — 8 222 Seaborough (12) D Shaw 6 10-2........................ A Anderson (7) 125 BETTING: 4-5 An Tailliur, 6 Morraman, 7 Howling Milan, 10 Seaborough, 12 Searching, 14 Faint Hope, Neverbeen To Paris, 25 Daybreak Boy. 2020: OUTONPATROL 6 11 8, Adrian Heskin 10-1 (A King), 14 ran. FORM GUIDE: AN TAILLIUR 1-2fav Chased leader, led after 3 out, shaken up to assert last, clear flat, readily, won at Southwell 2m 4f nov hcp 0-115 (4) gd in May beating Getthepot by 11l, 3 ran. MORRAMAN 13-2 Midfield, travelled strongly to chase leaders after 3 out, ridden after 2 out, faded flat, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Calum Gilhooley at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gd in Aug. HOWLING MILAN 9-4fav Led until after 2nd, prominent, ridden after 3 4 (8) 052 Chinese Spirit (9) Miss L Perratt 7 9-3 (CD)..................G Lee 64 5 (1) 363 Shine On Brendan (9) H Bastiman 4 9-2.......P Mulrennan 65 6 (3) 246 Retirement Beckons (3) Miss L Perratt 6 9-1 (CD2)........... ............................................................................. JP Sullivan 64 7 (9) 628 One Last Hug (12) J Goldie 6 8-12............. Miss A Waugh (5) 63 8 (6) 090 Irish Eileen (9) M & D Easterby 4 8-12..... Joanna Mason (3) 70 9 (4) 678 Perfect Soldier (24) W Storey 7 8-12 (D)..................J Hart 55 10 (5) 8/9 New Rhythm (24) Ewan Whillans 6 8-12................... R Scott 21 BETTING: 5-2 Chinese Spirit, 4 Shine On Brendan, 5 Hildenley, 6 Bawaader, 7 Retirement Beckons, 10 Irish Eileen, 14 One Last Hug, 16 Perfect Soldier, Canford’s Joy, 50 New Rhythm. 2020: FLYING MOON 4 9 2, Patrick Mathers 5-4 Fav (R M Smith), drawn (1), 14 ran. 4.30 HANDICAP (DIV 2) (6) 1m Winner £2,322 (9 run) RTV 1 (7) 675 Tefnut (24) K Dalgleish 4 9-7............................. C Rodriguez 62 2 (6) 216 Rain Cap (9) J Riches 4 9-4..............................K Schofield (5) 62 3 (9) 443 Mac Ailey (4) T Easterby 5 9-4....................................D Allan 65 4 (3) -88 Smart Connection (27) Alice Haynes 4 9-3..........K O’Neill 43 5 (5) 358 Selecto (28) M Channon 4 9-2...............................J Fanning 65 6 (8) 867 Lucky Violet (3) Miss L Perratt 9 8-13 (D4)...................G Lee 61 7 (2) 791 Deconso (25) C Kellett 5 8-12 (D)............................ C Beasley 67 8 (4) 900 Sienna Dream (34) Ewan Whillans 6 8-12................ R Scott 55 9 (1) 800 Rail Dancer (17) W Storey 9 8-12...............................J Hart 49 BETTING: 9-4 Mac Ailey, 9-2 Deconso, 5 Tefnut, Rain Cap, 8 Selecto, 12 Lucky Violet, Smart Connection, 14 Sienna Dream, 33 Rail Dancer. 5.00 RACINGTV HD ON SKY 426 HANDICAP (5) (3-Y-O) 1m Winner £2,862 (7 run) RTV 1 (1) 112 Cosmos Raj (24) D O’Meara 9-10 (D3)..........................S Gray 77 2 (6) 246 Mayelf (50) M & D Easterby 9-7................. Joanna Mason (3) 52 3 (2) 328 Tromso (38) K Ryan 9-5............................................. K Stott 73 4 (4) 058 Chase The Dollar (21) M Johnston 9-5...............J Fanning 84 5 (3) 414 Havana Party (51) I Jardine 9-4 (CD).................... A Mullen 79 6 (5) 370 First Greyed (24) M Dods 9-3 (C).......................... C Beasley 81 7 (7) 243 Under Fox (31) T Easterby 8-11 (D)............................D Allan 79 BETTING: 5-2 Cosmos Raj, 3 Under Fox, 4 Havana Party, 7 Tromso, Chase The Dollar, 10 Mayelf, 14 First Greyed. 2020: BREGUET BOY 9 6, Shane Gray 4-1 (K Dalgleish), drawn (3), 8 ran. 5.35 OPEN APPRENTICE HANDICAP (5) 1m 1f Winner £2,862 (8 run) RTV 1 (1) 222 Detective (12) D Sayer 5 9-7 (BF, D3)......................H Russell 73 2 (7) 158 Equidae (16) I Jardine 6 9-5........................... Joanna Mason 75 3 (2) 412 Paddyplex (24) K Dalgleish 8 9-3 (BF, C).................Doubtful 80 4 (5) 849 Ralphy Boy Two (87) Ewan Whillans 4 9-1..........P-L Jamin 88 5 (6) 718 Temper Trap (3) T Easterby 4 9-1 (CD3)..........Ella McCain (3) 75 6 (4) 536 Hot Team (19) R Fahey 5 9-0 (CD)...........................B Garritty 76 7 (8) 486 Flying Moon (3) R M Smith 5 8-12 (C3)...............K Schofield 76 8 (3) 468 Tarnhelm (21) W Storey 6 8-2....................... Miss A Waugh 70 BETTING: 6-4 Detective, 3 Temper Trap, 6 Hot Team, 7 Flying Moon, 10 Equidae, 14 Tarnhelm, Ralphy Boy Two. out, beaten before last, weakened flat, 5th of 8, 13l behind Jarveys Plate at Newbury 3m hcp hdl 0-145 (2) gs in Mar. SEABOROUGH 6-1 Held up in rear, not fluent 5th, headway from 3 out, went 2nd flat, no impression on winner, 2nd of 16, 6l behind Treasured Company at Uttoxeter 2m hcp hdl (5) gd. 4.10 MANSIONBET WATCH AND BET HANDICAP CHASE (5) 2m Winner £2,505 (5 run) RTV 1 2-4 Go As You Please (122) P Webber 8 11-12 (BF, CD).. R McLernon 108 2 464 Court Jurado (37) D McCain 7 11-5 (D).......................B Hughes 109 3 -4F Three Bullet Gate (108) R Dickin 8 11-2....................J Quinlan 82 4 652 Royal Plaza (70) Mrs K Stephens 10 10-8 (C, D2)..... N Scholfield 112 5 P51 Kapsize (20) P Bowen 7 10-5 (D2).................................. S Bowen 105 BETTING: 6-4 Three Bullet Gate, 2 Kapsize, 4 Go As You Please, 10 Court Jurado, Royal Plaza. 2020: GO AS YOU PLEASE 7 10 13, Richie McLernon 7-2 Fav (P Webber), 12 ran. 4.45 DOWNLOAD THE MANSIONBET APP HANDICAP HURDLE (4) 3m 1f Winner £3,159 (6 run) RTV 1 25- Winter Getaway (170) P Hobbs 8 11-12 (C)...............T J O’Brien 120 2 73- Bean In Trouble (173) Jonjo O’Neill 7 11-10......Jonjo O’Neill Jr. 126 3 5-6 Victarion (35) Mrs N Evans 9 11-10............................J M Davies 81 4 -21 Not At Present (29) B Pauling 6 11-9..........................K Woods 117 5 214 White Walker (19) G Hanmer 6 10-10 (BF).................. S Bowen 117 6 133 Presenting Yeats (18) M Harris 5 10-0 (BF)............. P Brennan 117 BETTING: 15-8 Not At Present, 10-3 Presenting Yeats, 4 Bean In Trouble, 5 Winter Getaway, 6 White Walker, 25 Victarion. CAPTAIN BECHER THE MARQUIS CAPTAIN BECHER THE MARQUIS WOLVERHAMPTON TODAY Going: Standard Draw: Little effect. Kingsholm 5.30 Hyde Park Barracks Brides Bay 6.00 Augmentarium Another Angel 6.30 Storm Melody Big Boy Bobby 7.00 Basic Beauty Blue Beret 7.30 Blue Beret With The Moonlight 8.00 ePhrata Willy Nilly 8.30 Velocity 5.30 CAZOO SEARCH DRIVE SMILE HANDICAP (5) 5f Winner £3,240 (10 run) SSR 1 (9) 473 Mutabaahy (21) A Brittain 6 9-11 (CD6)..................C Hardie 83 2 (7) 076 Duke Of Firenze (12) D C Griffiths 12 9-9 (D10).................... ...................................................................Laura Pearson (3) 85 3 (2) -01 Hyde Park Barracks (9) M Wigham 3 9-8.......... F Norton — 4 (1) 121 True Hero (18) D Brown 5 9-8 (CD)....................... R Dawson 81 5 (8) 216 Expert Opinion (47) H Spiller 3 9-7 (D2)................H Turner 73 6 (3) 464 Kingsholm (18) J Fanshawe 4 9-7 (CD).....................C Fallon 79 7 (10) 225 Wings Of A Dove (10) R Spencer 3 9-4...............A Villiers (3) 63 8 (6) 937 Tantastic (9) B Ellison 3 9-1............................... B Robinson 81 9 (5) 475 Kim Wexler (30) D Loughnane 3 9-0 (D)..............P Cosgrave 85 10 (4) 511 Street Life (8) P Morris 4 8-9 (D3)............... Morgan Cole (7) 87 BETTING: 9-2 Mutabaahy, 5 Kingsholm, 6 True Hero, Street Life, 13-2 Hyde Park Barracks, 8 Wings Of A Dove, 10 Kim Wexler, Expert Opinion, 12 Others. 6.00 MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (GBB RACE) (5) (2-Y-O) 6f Winner £3,510 (13 run) SSR 1 (10) 7 Al Tilal (7) J Butler 9-0..............................................T Eaves 23 2 (11) 3 Augmentarium (107) D Loughnane 9-0............P Cosgrave — 3 (8) Benefit C Cox 9-0........................................................J Fahy — 4 (3) Braulia H Spiller 9-0................................................L Jones — 5 (13) 2 Brides Bay (27) R Hughes 9-0................................. P Dobbs — 6 (12) 33 Chorus Girl (17) J Osborne 9-0.......................S Osborne (5) — 7 (4) 0 Falmouth Ballerina (33) J Tickle 9-0............ G Rooke (3) — 8 (1) Forgetmenever R Fahey 9-0.............................B McHugh — 9 (6) 23 Rose Barton (35) K P De Foy 9-0 (BF).................. D Muscutt — 10 (9) Saliteh R Hannon 9-0.......................................James Doyle — 11 (5) Share The Profits W Knight 9-0.................... C Shepherd — 12 (2) Sixth Street R Hannon 9-0..................................S M Levey — 13 (7) Washraa Owen Burrows 9-0................................ R Dawson — BETTING: 7-2 Augmentarium, 5 Rose Barton, 6 Sixth Street, Washraa, 7 Brides Bay, 8 Chorus Girl, Benefit, 10 Saliteh, 14 Others. 6.30 READ HOLLIE DOYLE’S COLUMN ON ATTHERACES. COM HANDICAP (6) 6f Winner £2,700 (13 run) SSR 1 (10) 486 Good Earth (16) J Osborne 4 9-12 (D)...............S Osborne (5) 74 2 (6) 567 Freedom Flyer (21) R Carr 4 9-12 (CD)......................T Eaves 78 3 (1) 689 Jackstar (37) M Loughnane 5 9-12 (C2).............S Cherchi (3) 74 4 (3) 831 Iconic Knight (21) A Carroll 6 9-11 (CD)............... R Dawson 82 5 (7) 777 Another Angel (143) A Brittain 7 9-11..................C Hardie 69 6 (2) 116 Portelet Bay (28) P Evans 3 9-10 (D3)................P Cosgrave 60 7 (12) 221 Storm Melody (11) A Stronge 8 9-10 (CD).............. R Havlin 70 8 (11) 043 Zamjar (30) P Morris 7 9-9 (D5).............................B McHugh 69 9 (8) 529 Tomshalfbrother (98) R Cowell 5 9-8 (CD)..G McEntee (5) 72 10 (13) 157 Champagne Supanova (147) R Spencer 4 9-7 (D2)........A Villiers (3) 68 11 (5) -44 Another Dawn (85) G Boughey 3 9-7..................... B Curtis 56 12 (4) 000 Axel Jacklin (21) C Banham 5 8-13 (C)....................J Haynes 76 13 (9) 080 Archimedes (22) D C Griffiths 8 8-7 (D).....................L Morris 46 BETTING: 7-2 Storm Melody, 4 Another Dawn, 5 Zamjar, 7 Iconic Knight, 10 Portelet Bay, 12 Tomshalfbrother, Freedom Flyer, 14 Another Angel, Champagne Supanova, Good Earth, 16 Others. 2020: No corresponding race. 7.00 SKY SPORTS RACING SKY 415 HANDICAP (4) 1m 4f Winner £4,590 (8 run) SSR 1 (1) 134 Genesius (15) Sir M Prescott 4 9-12 (CD)....... Morgan Cole (7) 83 2 (4) 390 Central City (16) I Williams 6 9-9 (C2, D).......Bradley Furniss (7) 85 3 (7) 217 Basilicata (10) M Johnston 3 9-8 (D)............................ F Norton — 4 (2) 329 Onesmoothoperator (39) D M Simcock 3 9-5.......J P Spencer 91 5 (8) -32 Basic Beauty (19) S bin Suroor 4 9-5................... R Dawson 76 6 (5) 213 Big Boy Bobby (32) R Charlton 3 9-4.................R Kingscote — 7 (6) 615 The Thunderer (40) C Wall 3 9-3 (BF)..............James Doyle 79 8 (3) 224 Thunder Ahead (44) H Dunlop 3 9-2....................R Hornby 83 BETTING: 3 Basic Beauty, 9-2 Big Boy Bobby, 5 Thunder Ahead, 6 Genesius, 13-2 The Thunderer, 7 Central City, 10 Basilicata, 12 Onesmoothoperator. 2020: AQUASCAPE 3 9 5, Cieren Fallon 10-1 (H Dunlop), drawn (3), 7 ran. 7.30 DOWNLOAD THE AT THE RACES APP HANDICAP (6) 2m 120yds Winner £2,700 (11 run) SSR 1 (7) 740 Root Sixty Six (125) A Brittain 4 10-3.....................C Hardie 51 2 (2) 066 Williamwilberforce (17) J Norton 4 9-10........J Garritty 47 CAPTAIN BECHER THE MARQUIS 3 (6) 840 Barca (6) A Forbes 7 9-8...............................C Hutchinson (5) 50 4 (3) 553 Blue Beret (9) S Dow 3 9-7................................. J Duern (3) 56 5 (9) 168 Scheherazade (35) H Morrison 3 9-6................R Kingscote 46 6 (11) 7-0 Sahhab (110) G Deacon 4 9-5..................................R Hornby — 7 (1) 95- Snow Leopard A Carroll 5 9-5............................ R Dawson — 8 (8) -04 Mood For Mischief (34) J Bennett 6 9-5..........Jane Elliott 24 9 (5) 956 Izar (19) J Butler 3 9-2...............................................G Wood 15 10 (4) 548 Dancing Master (42) R Teal 3 8-9.................... G Rooke (3) — 11 (10) 795 Lobo Del Mar (20) J Stimpson 3 8-9....................... P Prince 25 BETTING: 5-2 Blue Beret, 3 Scheherazade, 6 Williamwilberforce, Izar, 8 Mood For Mischief, 12 Dancing Master, 14 Snow Leopard, 25 Root Sixty Six, Lobo Del Mar, Sahhab, 33 Barca. 8.00 EBF FILLIES’ NOVICE STAKES (GBB RACE) (5) (2-Y-O) 1m 1f Winner £3,780 (8 run) SSR 1 (8) 41 With The Moonlight (48) C Appleby 9-7.......James Doyle 58 2 (1) 1 Beautiful Surprise (21) H Palmer 9-4.................C Fallon — 3 (2) 6 Cromarty (27) D M Simcock 9-0..........................J P Spencer — 4 (3) 832 Ephrata (27) J & T Gosden 9-0................................. R Havlin — 5 (4) More Diamonds R Hughes 9-0............................. P Dobbs — 6 (6) Muminamillion R Teal 9-0.............................. G Rooke (3) — 7 (7) 0 Rechercher (39) R Beckett 9-0.............................R Hornby — 8 (5) 347 Rouge Et Noir (53) C Fellowes 9-0.....................R Kingscote 60 BETTING: 5-2 With The Moonlight, 3 Ephrata, 9-2 Beautiful Surprise, 13-2 Rouge Et Noir, 8 Cromarty, 12 More Diamonds, 14 Muminamillion, 16 Rechercher. 8.30 CAZOO HANDICAP (6) 1m 1f Winner £2,700 (13 run) SSR 1 (6) 865 Traveller (26) A Brittain 7 9-12 (CD2).....................C Hardie 71 2 (11) 242 Parikarma (16) E Dunlop 4 9-12..................... M Crehan (3) 71 3 (2) 454 Never Said Nothing (33) M Loughnane 4 9-9 (CD).......L Morris 75 4 (4) 672 Azets (8) J Chapple-Hyam 5 9-9 (CD)...................... C Noble (3) 70 5 (5) 663 Willy Nilly (12) D McCain 4 9-8................................D Nolan — 6 (9) 628 Headora (26) J Portman 3 9-6............................R Kingscote 73 7 (7) 531 Velocity (12) J Osborne 3 9-5 (C).......................S Osborne (5) 67 8 (10) 756 Romulan Prince (11) R Hughes 3 9-5................... P Dobbs 75 9 (13) 828 Helluvaboy (27) A Stronge 3 9-5........................... R Havlin 68 10 (12) 488 Hunters Step (11) H Spiller 5 9-3.............................L Jones 71 11 (1) 558 Party Rebel (11) M Johnston 3 9-2........................ F Norton 62 12 (8) 758 Go Oscar Go (32) M Loughnane 3 9-2...................... P Prince 77 13 (3) 806 Sweet Expectation (54) C Wall 3 9-2............... C Shepherd — BETTING: 4 Azets, 5 Velocity, Parikarma, 7 Never Said Nothing, 8 Romulan Prince, 10 Others.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 35 www.birminghamlive.co.uk Sport FOOTBALL Tributes pour in after death of Greavsie FOOTBALLING greats have hailed Jimmy Greaves as "the best goalscorer to ever play" and compared him to Lionel Messi as tributes continue to pour in following the death of the former Tottenham, England and Chelsea striker. Greaves (right), who died at home on Sunday morning aged 81, suffered a stroke in May 2015 which had left him wheelchairbound and with severely impaired speech. He had struggled with alcoholism and quit drinking in 1978. His former Spurs team-mate Alan Mullery said: "He was a wonderful, wonderful footballer, the best goalscorer to ever play." Greaves spent a season with AC Milan between his prolific spells with Chelsea and then Tottenham. Former England team-mate Terry Paine, a fellow member of the 1966 World Cup-winning side, said Greaves would be even more prolific if he played in the modern era. "The word is maybe used too much but with him, he was an absolute natural," Paine said. "Any ball in the area, any chance provided to him, he wasn't a thumper of the ball, he was a placer. "You have to remember the conditions he had to play in, his balance was absolutely first class... some of the pitches, you were up to your knees in mud and there he is skating like a ballerina. "Think of the goals he would have scored today, particularly with the offside rules as they are. There were so many times when Jimmy was well onside but because of his quickness and sharpness he was always beyond the back four and given offside." Tottenham hailed Greaves' goal return for the club during a successful near-decade at White Hart Lane, saying his "strike rate was phenomenal". He scored 266 times across 379 Spurs appearances between 1961 and 1970. Spurs and Chelsea held a minute’s applause when they faced each other in the Premier League yesterday and the players wore black armbands. A number of Greaves' former team-mates were at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to pay their respects and among them was Martin Chivers, who said the modern-day player he would compare him to is Argentina star Messi. "You'd have to look at Messi, how he jinks in and out. Jimmy was like that.” results and fixtures FOOTBALL FA CUP, Second Qualifying Round (Midlands clubs): AFC Telford United 1 Stamford 2; Bedworth United 1 Long Eaton United 3; Belper Town 0 Tamworth 5; Boston United 6 Corby Town 0; Brackley Town 0 Coalville Town 0; Bromsgrove Sporting 6 Worksop Town 0; Buxton 4 Rushall Olympic 0; Halesowen Town 1 Handsworth 3; Henley Town 2 Chasetown 1; Leamington 3 Stone Old Alleyenians 1; Lymington Town 2 Hereford 2; Mickleover 1 Basford United 3; Nantwich Town 1 Banbury United 2; Sporting Khalsa 1 Kidderminster Harriers 3; Spalding United 1 Kettering Town 1; Stratford Town 4 Nuneaton Borough 0. SOUTHERN LEAGUE, PREMIER CEN- TRAL: Redditch United 1 Barwell 1. DIVISION ONE SOUTH: AFC Totton 0 Slimbridge 3; Barnstaple Town 0 Cinderford Town 7; Evesham United 1 Bristol Manor Farm 1; Highworth Town 4 Bideford AFC 1; Plymouth Parkway 5 Paulton Rovers 1; Willand Rovers 1 Mangotsfield United 1. NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE, PRE- MIER DIVISION: Gainsborough Trinity 1 Stalybridge Celtic 0; Stafford Rangers 2 Matlock Town 0. MIDLANDS: Carlton Town 1 Ilkeston Town 1; Coleshill Town 4 Yaxley 1; Daventry Town 0 Wisbech Town 2; Shepshed Dynamo 3 Histon 1. MIDLAND LEAGUE, PREMIER DIVISION: AFC Wulfrunians 2 Stourport Swifts 1; Highgate United 2 Bewdley Town 2; Lichfield City 2 Worcester City 0; Racing Club Warwick 3 Hanley Town 0; Shifnal Town 2 Walsall Wood 1; Tividale 1 Haughmond 0; Uttoxeter Town 0 Lye Town 0; Whitchurch Alport 0 Romulus 2. P W D L F A GD Pt Boldmere St M 7 5 2 0 13 5 8 17 Shifnal Town 7 4 2 1 19 7 12 14 Lichfield City 6 4 2 0 12 4 8 14 Lye Town 8 4 2 2 13 8 5 14 Worcester City 9 4 2 3 12 12 0 14 Hanley Town 5 4 1 0 14 4 10 13 Romulus 6 4 1 1 13 3 10 13 Tividale 7 3 2 2 12 9 3 11 AFC Wulfrunians 7 3 2 2 15 14 1 11 Stone Old A 4 3 1 0 10 7 3 10 Highgate United 8 2 4 2 9 7 2 10 Walsall Wood 7 2 3 2 10 10 0 9 Whitchurch Alport 8 2 2 4 18 22 -4 8 Uttoxeter Town 7 1 3 3 9 14 -5 6 Wolves Casuals 7 2 0 5 7 19 -12 6 RC Warwick 7 1 1 5 7 14 -7 4 Stourport Swifts 7 0 3 4 10 18 -8 3 Bewdley Town 7 0 2 5 6 21 -15 2 Haughmond 8 0 1 7 10 21 -11 1 DIVISION ONE: AFC Bridgnorth 1 Paget Rangers 0; Ashby Ivanhoe 3 Cradley Town 2; Atherstone Town 2 Khalsa Football Federation 0; Bilston Town Community 0 Nuneaton Griff 1; Coventry Copsewood 3 Wednesfield 0; OJM Black Country 3 Heath Hayes 0; Stapenhill 1 Chelmsley Town 0; Wolverhampton Sporting Community 4 Shawbury United 0. P W D L F A GD Pt Atherstone Town 12 10 1 1 34 11 23 31 Stapenhill 9 8 1 0 23 7 16 25 Darlaston Town 11 7 3 1 36 7 29 24 Bilston Tn Comm 10 6 2 2 20 14 6 20 Ashby Ivanhoe 10 5 3 2 33 16 17 18 Dudley Town 8 6 0 2 15 8 7 18 Heath Hayes 12 5 2 5 19 15 4 17 Wolves Sporting 11 5 1 5 22 17 5 16 Chelmsley Town 12 4 4 4 17 18 -1 16 OJM Black Cntry 9 4 2 3 24 16 8 14 Wednesfield 12 4 2 6 16 21 -5 14 Paget Rangers 11 4 2 5 13 20 -7 14 Nuneaton Griff 11 4 1 6 14 33 -19 13 Cov Copsewood 11 4 0 7 21 24 -3 12 Cradley Town 10 4 0 6 14 19 -5 12 Dudley Sports 10 2 1 7 14 21 -7 7 AFC Bridgnorth 11 1 2 8 8 35 -27 5 Shawbury United 9 1 1 7 13 27 -14 4 Khalsa FF 9 1 0 8 8 35 -27 3 DIVISION TWO: Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 0 Alcester Town 0; Bolehall Swifts 0 Cadbury Athletic 10; Coventry Alvis 2 Lane Head 0; Fairfield Villa 3 Kenilworth Sporting 2; Inkberrow 1 Hampton 2; Knowle 1 Barnt Green Spartak 0; Redditch Borough 2 Earlswood Town 1. P W D L F A GD Pt Fairfield Villa 8 7 1 0 25 11 14 22 Knowle 7 6 0 1 19 6 13 18 Coton Green 7 5 1 1 18 9 9 16 Cadbury Athletic 7 4 3 0 22 3 19 15 Kenilworth Spting 7 4 0 3 17 12 5 12 Alcester Town 7 2 4 1 12 11 1 10 Coventry Alvis 8 3 1 4 12 16 -4 10 Bolehall Swifts 8 3 1 4 9 27 -18 10 Boldmere S&S 8 2 2 4 14 12 2 8 Hampton 7 2 2 3 11 16 -5 8 Inkberrow 7 2 0 5 14 17 -3 6 Barnt Grn Spartak 7 1 2 4 11 16 -5 5 Lane Head 7 1 2 4 8 16 -8 5 Earlswood Town 8 1 2 5 10 21 -11 5 Redditch Borough 7 1 1 5 7 16 -9 4 DIVISION THREE: AFC Coventry Rangers 5 DSC United 1; Balsall and Berkswell 6 Bartley Reds 1; Birmingham Tigers 4 WLV Sport 1; Castle Vale Town 0 AFC Solihull 6; Continental Star 1 Upton Town 8; Enville Athletic 2 AFC Birmingham 1; Leamington Hibernian 4 Coventrians 4; Sutton United 2 Central Ajax 1. P W D L F A GD Pt Coventrians 7 6 1 0 42 12 30 19 AFC Solihull 6 6 0 0 42 8 34 18 AFC Cov Rngrs 7 6 0 1 34 11 23 18 Sutton United 6 5 0 1 24 7 17 15 AFC Birmingham 7 5 0 2 24 10 14 15 Upton Town 7 5 0 2 28 17 11 15 Central Ajax 6 4 0 2 20 15 5 12 Balsall and B 6 4 0 2 15 10 5 12 B’ham Tigers 6 2 1 3 19 18 1 7 DSC United 7 2 0 5 22 22 0 6 Enville Athletic 5 2 0 3 7 13 -6 6 Leamington Hib 7 1 2 4 14 23 -9 5 Castle Vale Tn 7 1 1 5 10 30 -20 4 Bartley Reds 8 0 1 7 8 60 -52 1 WLV Sport 5 0 0 5 6 26 -20 0 Continental Star 7 0 0 7 5 38 -33 0 RESERVE DIVISION: Gornal Colts Res 2 Walsall Wood Res 0; Gresley Rovers Res 1 Stratford Town Res 2; Kidderminster Harriers Res 1 Solihull Sporting 1; Leamington Res 15 Redditch Borough Res 0; Redditch United Res 3 Racing Club Warwick U23 0; Sutton Rangers 4 Bewdley Town Res 1; Worcester City Res 0 Boldmere St Michaels Res 3. P W D L F A GD Pt Leamington Res 5 4 1 0 26 3 23 13 Stratford Tn Res 5 4 1 0 19 5 14 13 RC Warwick U23 5 3 1 1 23 7 16 10 Boldmere SM Res 5 3 1 1 11 4 7 10 Walsall Wood Res 5 2 2 1 16 12 4 8 Worcester C Res 5 2 1 2 13 11 2 7 Redditch Utd Res 5 2 1 2 11 9 2 7 Solihull Sporting 5 2 1 2 11 11 0 7 Gornal Colts Res 5 2 0 3 4 10 -6 6 Sutton Rangers 5 1 2 2 8 13 -5 5 K’minster H Res 5 1 2 2 10 16 -6 5 Gresley Rvrs Res 5 1 0 4 10 22 -12 3 Redditch Boro Res 5 0 3 2 2 23 -21 3 Bewdley Tn Res 5 0 0 5 4 22 -18 0 UNDER-21 NORTH WEST: Allscott Heath 3 Lichfield City 4; Rushall Olympic 4 Boldmere St Michaels 2; Shrewsbury Development Centre 8 Birmingham Tigers 0; Stafford Town 2 Chasetown 0; Sutton Coldfield Town 3 Brocton 2. P W D L F A GD Pt Sutton C Tn 5 5 0 0 29 3 26 15 Lichfield City 5 5 0 0 28 4 24 15 Rushall Olympic 4 4 0 0 21 5 16 12 Boldmere St M 5 3 0 2 26 9 17 9 Allscott Heath 5 3 0 2 22 13 9 9 Brocton 4 3 0 1 13 6 7 9 Chasetown 5 2 0 3 19 12 7 6 Stafford Town 5 1 0 4 4 14 -10 3 Stafford Rangers 4 1 0 3 3 16 -13 3 Shrewsbury DC 5 1 0 4 8 30 -22 3 Dream Chaser Yth 4 0 0 4 4 32 -28 0 Birmingham Tigers 5 0 0 5 3 36 -33 0 UNDER-21 SOUTH WEST: AFC Birmingham 0 Redditch United 1; Gloucester City 6 Redditch Borough 2; Hampton 1 Droitwich Spa BG 3; Kidderminster Harriers 3 Stourbridge 5; Silhill 4 Halesowen Town 4; Stourport Swifts 2 Gornal Youth 1. P W D L F A GD Pt Stourbridge 5 5 0 0 24 10 14 15 Gloucester City 5 4 0 1 21 8 13 12 Halesowen Town 4 3 1 0 21 8 13 10 Stourport Swifts 4 3 0 1 12 7 5 9 Droitwich Spa BG 5 3 0 2 9 8 1 9 AFC Birmingham 5 2 0 3 9 8 1 6 Redditch United 4 2 0 2 6 13 -7 6 Silhill 4 1 2 1 14 13 1 5 Gornal Youth 5 1 0 4 6 12 -6 3 Kidderminster H 4 1 0 3 6 15 -9 3 Hampton 4 0 1 3 5 10 -5 1 Redditch Borough 5 0 0 5 4 25 -21 0 WEST MIDLANDS (REGIONAL) LEAGUE, DIVISION ONE: AFC Bentley 3 Bustleholme 3; Gornal Athletic 2 Sikh Hunters 0; Team Dudley 3 Gornal Colts 2; Tipton Town 3 FC Darlaston 1; Wellington Amateurs 2 Droitwich Spa 3; Willenhall Town 0 Old Wulfrunians 2; Wrens Nest 2 Bromyard Town 3; Wyrley United 1 Allscott Heath 6. P W D L F A GD Pt Droitwich Spa 7 5 2 0 18 7 11 17 Gornal Athletic 6 5 1 0 16 4 12 16 Bromyard Town 6 4 1 1 13 9 4 13 Wrens Nest 7 3 2 2 21 11 10 11 Allscott Heath 7 3 2 2 21 18 3 11 Team Dudley 6 3 2 1 15 14 1 11 Wellington Ams 5 3 0 2 11 9 2 9 Sikh Hunters 6 2 2 2 9 8 1 8 Bustleholme 7 2 2 3 13 15 -2 8 Old Wulfrunians 7 2 2 3 10 13 -3 8 Willenhall Town 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 7 Wyrley United 6 2 0 4 10 16 -6 6 Tipton Town 7 1 2 4 11 16 -5 5 Gornal Colts 7 1 1 5 11 16 -5 4 AFC Bentley 6 1 1 4 10 25 -15 4 F C Darlaston 7 0 3 4 6 14 -8 3 DIVISION TWO: Bilbrook Santos 0 Kidderminster Harriers U23s 8; Dudley Athletic 3 Saltley Stallions 5; Sikh Hunters Development 1 Bloxwich Governors 0; Warstone Wanderers 6 Edgbaston Spartans 3; Wednesfield Res 7 Gornal Athletic Res 1; Wyre Forest 1 Norton Canes 4. P W D L F A GD Pt K’minster H U23 4 3 0 1 20 4 16 9 Saltley Stallions 5 2 2 1 20 16 4 8 Wednesfield Res 5 2 1 2 18 14 4 7 Sikh Hunters Dev 4 2 1 1 10 8 2 7 Bilbrook Santos 5 2 1 2 13 18 -5 7 Bloxwich Govrnrs 4 2 0 2 16 10 6 6 Warstones Wndrs 2 2 0 0 9 4 5 6 Norton Canes 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 6 Dudley Athletic 3 2 0 1 9 9 0 6 Edgbaston Sprtns 3 0 2 1 7 10 -3 2 Wyre Forest 4 0 1 3 6 17 -11 1 Punjab United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wellington Am Dev 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 Gornal Ath Res 3 0 0 3 4 21 -17 0 BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE, INTERMEDIATE CUP, First Round: Bartley Reds 2 Northfield Town 2; Bluepool FC 0 Sky Force 2; Castlecroft Rangers 0 Cresconians 2; Claverdon 2 Solihull Moors 3; Doe Bank Rangers 3 Real Aston 2 (AET); FC Premier 1 Kingston Alliance 2; Galore v Armada P; HGU 0 Sutton Select 4; Hillyfields Athletic v Bournville P; Hopwood Swifts 6 Kings Heath Rangers 4 (AET); Kingshurst Pavillions Sports 2 Birmingham Tigers 0; Kingstanding Phoenix 21 Red Lion United 0; Leafield 1 Oldbury United 2; Olton Ravens 2 Handsworth GSOB 1; Nechells Athletic 6 Lodgefield Park 5; St Johns Rangers 2 Sportsco 0; Sporting Futures 1 BRS 2. VETS LEAGUE: Old Smethwick 4 Bearwood 0; Sutton United 2 Hales Hawks 1. PREMIER DIVISION: AFC Somers 7 Polesworth North Warwick 1; Birmingham Medics 2 Boldmere Sports & Social 2; Crown CR 2 BNJS 3; Naija 1 Village 2; Old Wulfrunians 1 Silhill 1; Wake Green Ams 5 Amanah 0. P W D L GD Pt Village A 3 3 0 0 7 9 Wake Green Am A 3 2 1 0 7 7 Boldmere S&S 3 2 1 0 3 7 AFC Somers 3 1 1 1 5 4 CPA 2 1 1 0 1 4 BNJS 2 1 0 1 0 3 Naija 3 1 0 2 -1 3 Crown CR 3 1 0 2 -1 3 Amanah 3 1 0 2 -4 3 Sporting Elite B’ham 1 0 1 0 0 1 Silhill A 2 0 1 1 -1 1 B’ham Univ Medics A 2 0 1 1 -2 1 Old Wulfrunians A 2 0 1 1 -3 1 Polesworth NW A 2 0 0 2 -11 0 DIVISION ONE: Birmingham Irish 6 Silhill B 1; St Georges Warriors 2 Sutton United 6; Uni of Birmingham 3 Village B 0. P W D L GD Pt Sutton United 2 2 0 0 7 6 Birmingham Irish 3 2 0 1 5 6 Sportsco 2 2 0 0 5 6 Silhill B 3 2 0 1 -1 6 Birmingham Tigers 2 1 1 0 1 4 Village B 3 1 1 1 -1 4 Solihull Moors 2 1 0 1 1 3 Univ of Birmingham 2 1 0 1 1 3 Wake Green Am B 2 1 0 1 -2 3 Human Code Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Premier 2008 A 2 0 0 2 -3 0 Cresconians 2 0 0 2 -4 0 St Georges Warriors 3 0 0 3 -9 0 DIVISION TWO: Desi 4 South Redditch Eagles 1; Flamengo 0 Old Wulfrunians B 2. P W D L GD Pt Northfield Town 2 2 0 0 6 6 Desi 2 2 0 0 5 6 Kingshurst Pavilions 2 2 0 0 4 6 Sth Redditch Eagles 3 1 1 1 0 4 Old Wulfrunians B 1 1 0 0 2 3 Henley Forest of Arden 2 0 2 0 0 2 Sutton Select 1 0 1 0 0 1 Real Aston A 2 0 1 1 -1 1 Lodgefield Park 2 0 1 1 -2 1 HGU 2 0 0 2 -7 0 Flamengo 3 0 0 3 -7 0 DIVISION THREE: Silhill C 0 Kings Heath Shooters 3; Wake Green Ams C 1 Sutton United B 2; Warstones Wanderers 4 Birmingham Medics B 1. P W D L GD Pt Kings Heath Shooters 3 2 1 0 4 7 Claverdon 2 2 0 0 14 6 St Johns Rangers 2 2 0 0 5 6 Sutton United B 3 2 0 1 3 6 Leafield Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 3 Warstones Wndrs 3 1 0 2 0 3 Bilston Town Comm 2 1 0 1 -2 3 Wake Green Am C 3 0 2 1 -1 2 Doe Bank Rangers 2 0 1 1 -2 1 MOTD 0 0 0 0 0 0 Silhill C 3 0 0 3 -8 0 B’ham U Medics B 2 0 0 2 -15 0 DIVISION FOUR: Glades 3 FC Premier B 0; Village C 3 Wake Green Ams D 3. P W D L GD Pt Glades 3 2 1 0 9 7 Oldbury United 2 2 0 0 3 6 K’standing Phnix A 1 1 0 0 12 3 Hillfield AFC 2 1 0 1 8 3 Kings Heath Rngrs A 2 1 0 1 0 3 Wake Green Am D 3 0 2 1 -12 2 Village C 1 0 1 0 0 1 Bartley Reds 1 0 1 0 0 1 Castlecroft Rngrs 1 0 1 0 0 1 Dynamo Billesley 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kingston Alliance 1 0 0 1 -2 0 FC Premier 2008 B 3 0 0 3 -18 0 DIVISION FIVE: Cannock United 4 Village D 1; Polesworth North Warwick 4 Sutton United C 4; Silhill D 1 North Solihull 4. P W D L GD Pt North Solihull 3 3 0 0 18 9 BRS United 2 2 0 0 8 6 Hopwood Swifts 2 1 1 0 4 4 Sutton United B 2 1 1 0 1 4 Cannock United 3 1 1 1 0 4 Polesworth NW B 3 1 1 1 -2 4 Nechells Athletic 2 1 0 1 1 3 Silhill D 3 1 0 2 -2 3 Handsworth GSOB 2 1 0 1 -3 3 Village D 1 0 0 1 -3 0 Armada A 2 0 0 2 -4 0 Real Aston B 2 0 0 2 -6 0 Bahal 1 0 0 1 -12 0 DIVISION SIX: Armada B 1 Kingstanding Phoenix B 1; Village E 3 Kings Heath Rangers B 5; Wake Green Ams E 3 Warstones Wanderers B 2. P W D L GD Pt Kings Heath Rngrs B 3 2 1 0 7 7 Wake Green Am E 3 2 1 0 3 7 Warstones W Nth 3 2 0 1 5 6 K’standing Phnix B 2 1 1 0 2 4 Armada B 3 1 1 1 0 4 Bournville 1 1 0 0 3 3 Bluepool 1 1 0 0 2 3 Sky Force 2 1 0 1 -1 3 Galore 0 0 0 0 0 0 Human Code Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sporting Futures 2 0 0 2 -3 0 Village E 2 0 0 2 -4 0 Olton Ravens 2 0 0 2 -7 0 Red Lions United 2 0 0 2 -7 0 RUGBY UNION GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP: Leicester 34, Exeter 19; Northampton 34, Gloucester 20; Sale 20, Bath 19; Worcester 36, London Irish 24, Newcastle Falcons 20 Harlequins 26. P W D L F A B Pts Leicester 1 1 0 0 34 19 1 5 Northampton 1 1 0 0 34 20 1 5 Worcester 1 1 0 0 36 24 1 5 Harlequins 1 1 0 0 26 20 1 5 Saracens 1 1 0 0 26 9 0 4 Sale 1 1 0 0 20 19 0 4 Bath 1 0 0 1 19 20 1 1 Newcastle 1 0 1 0 20 26 1 1 London Irish 1 0 0 1 24 36 1 1 Wasps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gloucester 1 0 0 1 20 34 0 0 Exeter 1 0 0 1 19 34 0 0 Bristol 1 0 0 1 9 26 0 0 GREENE KING IPA CHAMPIONSHIP: Cornish Pirates 33, Richmond 18; Coventry 39, Doncaster 22; Ealing Trailfinders 54, Hartpury RFC 20; London Scottish 7, Jersey Reds 48; Nottingham, Ampthill (P) P W D L F A B Pts Jersey Reds 1 1 0 0 48 7 1 5 Ealing Trail 1 1 0 0 54 20 1 5 Coventry 1 1 0 0 39 22 1 5 Cornish Pirates 1 1 0 0 33 18 1 5 Nottingham 1 1 0 0 36 26 1 5 Ampthill 1 0 0 1 26 36 1 1 Bedford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richmond 1 0 0 1 18 33 0 0 Doncaster 1 0 0 1 22 39 0 0 Hartpury RFC 1 0 0 1 20 54 0 0 Lon Scottish 1 0 0 1 7 48 0 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE ONE: Blackheath 23, Darlington Mowden Park 14; Caldy 0, Birmingham Moseley 24; Cambridge, Old Elthamians (P); Chinnor 28, Cinderford 33; Leeds Tykes 33, Bishop’s Stortford 25; Plymouth Albion 19, Rams 26; Taunton Titans 14, Rosslyn Park 40; Tonbridge Juddians 30, Sale FC 21 P W D L F A T B Pts Rosslyn Park 3 3 0 0 137 32 20 3 15 Rams 3 3 0 0 84 60 13 3 15 Cinderford 3 3 0 0 80 64 10 2 14 Bham Moseley 3 3 0 0 69 42 8 0 12 Taunton Titns 3 2 0 1 93 101 13 2 10 Chinnor 2 1 0 1 62 54 7 3 7 Bishop’s Stort 3 1 1 1 75 70 7 1 7 Tonbridge Jud 3 1 1 1 61 63 8 1 7 Blackheath 3 1 0 2 58 54 6 2 6 Leeds Tykes 3 1 0 2 72 126 8 1 5 Sale FC 3 1 0 2 57 71 7 0 4 Darlington MP 3 0 0 3 68 84 9 3 3 Cambridge 2 0 0 2 35 49 5 2 2 Plymouth Alb 3 0 0 3 46 95 6 1 1 Caldy 2 0 0 2 21 53 2 0 0 NATIONAL TWO NORTH: Loughborough Students 29 Hull Ionians 24, Hull 29 Sheffield Tigers 0, Rotherham 48 Bournville RFC 46, Chester 27 Stourbridge 36, Harrogate RUFC 17 Blaydon 12, Huddersfield 15 Fylde 22, Tynedale 18 Luctonians 10, Wharfedale 26 Sedgley Park 43 P W D L F A B Pts Fylde 3 3 0 0 99 56 2 14 Stourbridge 3 3 0 0 86 71 2 14 Sedgley Park 3 2 1 0 116 69 2 12 Rotherham Tns 3 2 1 0 105 73 2 12 Hull Ionians 3 2 0 1 103 57 3 11 Hull 3 2 0 1 73 27 3 11 Bournville 3 2 0 1 117 87 3 11 Loughboro Stu 3 2 0 1 73 76 1 9 Huddersfield 3 1 0 2 63 57 3 7 Sheffield Tigrs 3 1 0 2 50 75 1 5 Harrogate 3 1 0 2 58 110 0 4 Tynedale 3 1 0 2 56 108 0 4 Blaydon 3 0 0 3 46 73 2 2 Wharfedale 3 0 0 3 46 101 1 1 Chester 2 0 0 2 41 65 0 0 Luctonians 2 0 0 2 18 45 0 0 MIDLANDS PREMIER: Broadstreet 7 Syston 14; Bromsgrove 34 Bridgnorth 22; Burton 29 Sheffield 15; Doncaster Phoenix 8 Scunthorpe 15; Dudley Kingswinford 17 Sandbach 38; Newport (Salop) 64 Paviors 7; Nuneaton v Oundle P. MIDLANDS ONE WEST: Hereford 56 Worcester 0; Kenilworth 59 Droitwich 17; Lichfield 42 Wolverhampton 22; Ludlow 19 Whitchurch 12; Malvern 36 Sutton Coldfield 31; Newbold on Avon 29 Stratford-upon-Avon 15; Old Halesonians 13 Stoke on Trent 28. MIDLANDS FOUR WEST (NORTH): Yardley & District 17 Warley 15. CRICKET T20 BLAST (at Edgbaston) SEMI-FINAL Kent 168-8 (D J Bell-Drummond 82) v Sussex 147 (F J Klaassen 4-17) Kent beat Sussex by 21 runs Hampshire 150 (J J Weatherley 71, J H Davey 4-34) v Somerset 153-8 (T B Abell 50) Somerset beat Hampshire by 2 wkts FINAL Kent 167-7 (J M Cox 58 no) v Somerset 142-9 Kent beat Somerset by 25 runs FIXTURES (7.45 unless stated) FOOTBALL Scottish Cup, First Round: Berwick Rangers v Gretna 2008 Premier League 2 Division 2 Nottm Forest U23 v Birmingham U23 (7.00), Wolverhampton U23 v Fulham U23 (7.00) Birmingham Senior Cup, First Round: Romulus v Walsall. racing RESULTs HAMILTON Going: Soft-heavy in places 1.45 (1m, £3,510): 1, SHARVARA (B Curtis) 3-1; 2, Dark Mystery 15-2; 3, Qitaal 13-8 Fav. 6 ran. 4l, 1½l. (R Hannon). Tote: Win £3.60; Pl £1.70, £3.30. Exacta: £22.00. Trifecta: £49.20. CSF: £23.77. 2.20 (1m, £4,347): 1, ALPHA CRU (B Curtis) 2-1 Fav; 2, Voice Of Wisdom 3-1; 3, Urban Violet 9-4. 4 ran. 1l, nk. (D O’Meara). Tote: Win £2.50; Exacta: £6.80. Trifecta: £11.10. CSF: £7.95. 2.50 (1m 1f, £4,347): 1, TRUSTY SCOUT (O Murphy) 16-5; 2, Caballero 3-1; 3, Lexington Force 11-8 Fav. 9 ran. 1¾l, 3l. (D O’Meara). Tote: Win £4.80; Pl £1.30, £1.30, £1.10. Exacta: £15.10. Trifecta: £30.90. CSF: £12.83. 3.20 (6f, £2,862): 1, ELLADORA (J Hart) 14-1; 2, Kats Bob 9-2; 3, Patsy Fagan 16-1. Also: 4-1 JtFav Iris Dancer, 4-1 JtFav The Thin Blue Line. 10 ran. nk, nk. (K Scott). Tote: Win £13.50; Pl £4.40, £1.60, £3.10. Exacta: £94.90. Tricast: £1036.17. Trifecta: £1115.80. CSF: £76.08. NR: Sixcor. 3.50 (5f, £2,322): 1, ALBEGONE (D Allan) 6-4 Fav; 2, Mews House 2-1; 3, Shesadabber 10-1. 9 ran. 3l, 1¼l. (T Easterby). Tote: Win £2.50; Pl £1.30, £1.20, £2.20. Exacta: £6.50. Tricast: £19.22. Trifecta: £27.20. CSF: £4.48. 4.20 (1m 4f, £2,322): 1, DE MAZZARO (P Dennis) 5-4 Fav; 2, Port Or Starboard 33-1; 3, G For Gabrial 7-1. 13 ran. 1½l, 1½l. (T Davidson). Tote: Win £1.90; Pl £1.10, £7.50, £1.90. Exacta: £52.70. Tricast: £236.39. Trifecta: £393.00. CSF: £67.02. NR: Havana Go. 4.50 (1m 4f, £2,862): 1, HAVEYOUMISSEDME (A Mullen) 11-4 JtFav; 2, Liberated Lad 4-1; 3, Hellenista 4-1. Also: 11-4 JtFav Doctor Parnassus. 6 ran. shd, 3l. (I Jardine). Tote: Win £3.60; Pl £1.90, £1.90. Exacta: £13.60. Trifecta: £49.70. CSF: £13.94. NR: Carn A Chlamain. JACKPOT: £10,000.00, with £1,860.54 carried over PLACEPOT: Dividend: £100.30. PLUMPTON Going: Hurdle: good-good to firm in places; chase: good to firm-good in places 2.10 (2m 2f, £4,084): 1, GALATA BRIDGE (S Twiston- Davies) 2-7 Fav; 2, Alioski 33-1; 3, Splinter 9-2. 8 ran. 3¾l, 26l. (Dr R Newland). Tote: Win £1.10; Pl £1.02, £3.20, £1.40. Exacta: £11.70. Trifecta: £32.80. CSF: £18.74. 2.40 (2m, £7,951): 1, GLORY AND FORTUNE (S Sheppard) 5-2 JtFav; 2, Constancio 5-2 JtFav; 3, Manor Park 5-1. 6 ran. 4¾l, 11l. (T Lacey). Tote: Win £3.10; Pl £1.80, £1.80. Exacta: £8.40. Trifecta: £33.00. CSF: £9.20. 3.10 (2m 1f, £4,275): 1, AWAY FOR SLATES (M Bastyan) 15-2; 2, Dogon 2-1; 3, Romanor 7-4 Fav. 5 ran. 1½l, 3l. (M Harris). Tote: Win £6.10; Pl £2.90, £1.60. Exacta: £31.10. Trifecta: £55.20. CSF: £23.19. 3.40 (2m 2f, £4,357): 1, IMPULSIVE ONE (J Bowen) 11-4; 2, The Yellow Mini 9-2; 3, Babajan 40-1. Also: 13-8 Fav Fred Bear. 11 ran. 12l, 3¾l. (N Henderson). Tote: Win £3.40; Pl £1.30, £1.70, £5.40. Exacta: £18.90. Trifecta: £260.50. CSF: £15.64. NR: Epic Pass. 4.10 (2m 4f 114yds, £2,832): 1, STRIKE THE FLINT (H Bannister) 7-1; 2, Sixties Secret 8-1; 3, Andapa 13-2. Also: 13-8 Fav Imphal. 12 ran. 5l, 12l. (Miss Suzy Smith). Tote: Win £8.40; Pl £2.20, £2.20, £2.00. Exacta: £70.90. Tricast: £391.65. Trifecta: £396.40. CSF: £62.12. NR: Kilchreest Moon, Mr Yeats. 4.40 (2m 4f, £3,050): 1, PIRATE SAM (M Bastyan) 9-1; 2, Hold Me Tight 4-1; 3, Air Hair Lair 5-2 Fav. 6 ran. 9l, nk. (D Bridgwater). Tote: Win £10.40; Pl £4.40, £2.40. Exacta: £51.20. Trifecta: £167.90. CSF: £44.23. 5.10 (2m 2f, £2,178): 1, STRENSHAM COURT (D Burton) 8-15 Fav; 2, Sister Sophie 15-2; 3, Noahthirtytwored 15-2. 5 ran. 6l, 12l. (S Drinkwater). Tote: Win £1.40; Pl £1.10, £2.30. Exacta: £4.70. Trifecta: £11.70. CSF: £5.59. PLACEPOT: Dividend: £176.10. Kent Spitfires celebrate during the Vitality Blast final at Edgbaston

36 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live Stat Pack Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts Chelsea 5 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 0 6 1 11 13 Liverpool 5 2 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 6 0 11 13 Man Utd 5 2 0 0 9 2 2 1 0 4 2 9 13 Brighton 5 2 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 3 1 3 12 Man City 5 2 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 1 10 10 Everton 5 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 1 4 5 3 10 Tottenham 5 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 3 -3 9 West Ham 5 1 1 1 7 5 1 1 0 4 2 4 8 Brentford 5 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 1 3 8 Aston Villa 5 2 1 0 6 1 0 0 2 2 6 1 7 Watford 5 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 2 3 4 -2 6 Leicester 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 7 -3 6 Arsenal 5 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 7 -7 6 Crystal Pal 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 8 -3 5 Southampton 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 5 -2 4 Wolves 5 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 -3 3 Leeds 5 0 1 1 2 5 0 2 1 3 7 -7 3 Newcastle 5 0 2 1 5 7 0 0 2 1 6 -7 2 Burnley 5 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 2 1 5 -6 1 Norwich 5 0 0 3 2 8 0 0 2 0 6 -12 0 fixtures tomorrow 7.45pm unless stated Carabao Cup - Third round Brentford v Oldham; Burnley v Rochdale; Fulham v Leeds; Man City v Wycombe; Norwich v Liverpool; Preston North End v Cheltenham; QPR v Everton; Sheff Utd v Southampton; Watford v Stoke; Wigan v Sunderland. Sky Bet League One Crewe v Morecambe; Gillingham v Charlton; Portsmouth v Plymouth. Sky Bet League Two Crawley Town v Harrogate Town. papa john’s trophy - Northern Group E Doncaster v Man City U21 (7pm). Northern Group F Bradford v Man Utd U21 (7pm). Southern Group H Cambridge Utd v Tottenham U21 (7pm). Aston Villa (0) 3 Everton (0) 0 Cash 66 Att 41,888 Digne 69 (og) L Bailey 75 56% Possession 44% 3 Shots on target 1 12 Shots off target 10 0 Offsides 2 7 Fouls 10 5 Corners 4 Martinez, Cash (Traore 86), Konsa, Tuanzebe, Mings, Targett (L Bailey 61 (Young 82)), Ramsey, Douglas Luiz, McGinn (Nakamba 40), Ings, Watkins. Subs not used: Buendia, Steer, El Ghazi, Hause, Archer Booked: L Bailey. Begovic, Godfrey (Kenny 80), Mina, Keane, Digne, Townsend, Doucoure, Allan (Gordon 73), Iwobi (Davies 81), Gray (Andre Gomes 63), Rondon. Subs not used: Holgate, Lonergan, Branthwaite, Simms Booked: Godfrey. Man. City (0) 0 Southampton (0) 0 Att 52,698 65% Possession 35% 1 Shots on target 2 15 Shots off target 8 4 Offsides 0 5 Fouls 10 8 Corners 5 Ederson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Joao Cancelo, Gundogan, Fernandinho (De Bruyne 65), Bernardo Silva (Foden 72), Gabriel Jesus (Mahrez 67), Sterling, Grealish. Subs not used: Torres, Carson, Mbete-Tabu, Palmer, Lavia, Wilson-Esbrand Sent-off: Walker. Referee: Craig Pawson Referee: Jonathan Moss McCarthy, Livramento (Perraud 86), Stephens (Salisu 37), Bednarek, Walker-Peters, Romeu, Elyounoussi, Ward-Prowse, Adams (Broja 68), Redmond, Armstrong. Subs not used: Lyanco, Djenepo, Tella, Diallo, Valery, Forster Booked: Livramento, Walker- Peters. Burnley (0) 0 Arsenal (1) 1 43% Possession 57% 3 Shots on target 3 15 Shots off target 10 4 Offsides 2 9 Fouls 8 8 Corners 3 Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Gudmundsson (Cornet 57), Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil, Barnes (Vydra 57), Wood (Rodriguez 82). Subs not used: Cork, Hennessey, Lennon, Collins, Pieters, Bardsley Booked: Barnes, Westwood. Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney (Tavares 78), Thomas (Maitland-Niles 75), Pepe, Smith-Rowe (Sambi Lokonga 61), Odegaard, Saka, Aubameyang. Subs not used: Leno, Lacazette, Holding, Cedric, Pablo Mari, Martinelli Booked: Tavares. Norwich (1) 1 Watford (1) 3 49% Possession 51% 5 Shots on target 8 7 Shots off target 4 1 Offsides 0 9 Fouls 14 4 Corners 8 Krul, Aarons, Kabak, Hanley, Williams, Gilmour, Normann (Cantwell 70), McLean, Sargent (Tzolis 70), Pukki, Rashica (Idah 88). Subs not used: Gibson, Rupp, Lees-Melou, Gunn, Giannoulis, Omobamidele Booked: Williams. Odegaard 30 Referee: Anthony Taylor Pukki 35 Bonaventure 17 Att 26,649 Sarr 63, 80 Referee: Robert Jones Foster, Femenia (Ngakia 59), Troost-Ekong, Cathcart, Rose, Kucka, Sissoko, Sarr, Cleverley (Etebo 83), Bonaventure (Sema 73), King. Subs not used: Louza, Masina, Fletcher, Bachmann, Kabasele, Hernandez Booked: Cathcart. Liverpool (1) 3 Crystal Pal (0) 0 Mane 43 Salah 78 Keita 89 60% Possession 40% 10 Shots on target 2 15 Shots off target 11 1 Offsides 3 16 Fouls 9 10 Corners 5 Alisson, Milner, Konate, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Henderson (Origi 88), Fabinho, Thiago (Keita 62), Salah, Jota (Jones 76), Mane. Subs not used: Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Minamino, Robertson, Phillips, Kelleher Booked: Henderson, Salah, Tsimikas. Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Gallagher, Kouyate (Olise 82), McArthur (Riedewald 65), Ayew, Benteke (Edouard 65), Zaha. Subs not used: Butland, Milivojevic, Tomkins, Hughes, Clyne, Kelly Booked: Ward. Wolves (0) 0 Brentford (2) 2 Att 29,724 63% Possession 37% 0 Shots on target 3 11 Shots off target 6 2 Offsides 2 10 Fouls 6 4 Corners 2 Jose Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss (Hwang 46), Nelson Semedo (Silva 82), Neves, Joao Moutinho, Marcal (Daniel Podence 72), Trincao , Jimenez, Traore. Subs not used: Hoever, Ait Nouri, Mosquera, Boly, Ruddy, Dendoncker Booked: Coady, Jose Sa, Neves, Saiss. Referee: Andrew Madley Toney 28 (pen) Mbeumo 34 Referee: Darren England Raya, Ajer, Jansson (Jorgensen 82), Pinnock, Canos (Onyeka 68), Baptiste, Norgaard, Janelt, Henry (Roerslev 75), Mbeumo, Toney. Subs not used: Thompson, Jensen, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Fernandez Booked: Baptiste, Henry, Jansson. Sent-off: Baptiste. Newcastle (1) 1 Leeds (1) 1 Brighton (1) 2 Leicester (0) 1 Tottenham (0) 0 Chelsea (0) 3 West Ham (1) 1 Man. United (1) 2 Saint-Maximin 44 Raphinha 13 Att 50,407 Maupay 35 (pen) Vardy 61 Welbeck 50 Att 31,078 Att 60,059 Thiago Silva 49 Kante 57 Rudiger 90 Benrahma 30 Ronaldo 35 Lingard 89 37% Possession 63% 7 Shots on target 9 10 Shots off target 13 1 Offsides 1 9 Fouls 11 4 Corners 5 125 YEARS Darlow, Manquillo (Krafth 81), Hayden, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie, Almiron (Fraser 62), Willock, Longstaff, Joelinton (Murphy 90), Saint-Maximin. Subs not used: Schar, Lewis, Hendrick, Fernandez, Gillespie, Gayle Booked: Almiron, Ritchie. Referee: Mike Dean Meslier, Dallas, Ayling (Shackleton 89), Cooper, Firpo, Phillips, Raphinha (Summerville 67), Rodrigo, Klich, James (Roberts 61), Bamford. Subs not used: Klaesson, Cresswell, McKinstry, Greenwood, McCarron, Kenneh Booked: Firpo, Rodrigo. 36% Possession 64% 5 Shots on target 3 7 Shots off target 11 3 Offsides 2 7 Fouls 9 4 Corners 9 Sanchez, Veltman, Duffy, Dunk, March (Mwepu 62), Lallana, Bissouma (Moder 79), Cucurella, Trossard, Welbeck (Burn 70), Maupay. Subs not used: Lamptey, Connolly, Mac Allister, Alzate, Steele, Richards Booked: Sanchez, Veltman. Referee: Stuart Attwell Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Bertrand (Castagne 68), Tielemans, Ndidi, Soumare (Iheanacho 75), Maddison (Lookman 46), Vardy, Barnes. Subs not used: Albrighton, Ward, Amartey, Choudhury, Dewsbury-Hall, Daka Booked: Ndidi. 48% Possession 52% 2 Shots on target 9 6 Shots off target 11 0 Offsides 1 4 Fouls 15 5 Corners 11 Lloris, Emerson, Romero (Sanchez 83), Dier, Reguilon, Ndombele (Skipp 62), Hojbjerg, Alli, Lo Celso (Gil Salvatierra 62), Kane, Son. Subs not used: Doherty, Winks, Rodon, Gollini, Davies, Scarlett Referee: Paul Tierney Arrizabalaga, Christensen, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Mount (Kante 46), Havertz (Werner 70), Lukaku. Subs not used: Bettinelli, Chalobah, Saul, Hudson-Odoi, Chilwell, Ziyech, James Booked: Werner. 39% Possession 61% 3 Shots on target 10 9 Shots off target 7 2 Offsides 0 5 Fouls 6 2 Corners 11 Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Fornals, Soucek, Rice, Vlasic (Yarmolenko 68), Bowen (Noble 90), Benrahma (Lanzini 88). Subs not used: Areola, Dawson, Diop, Fredericks, Masuaku, Kral Referee: Martin Atkinson de Gea, Wan Bissaka, Varane, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Fred (Matic 88), Greenwood (Sancho 73), Bruno Fernandes, Pogba (Lingard 73), Ronaldo. Subs not used: Bailly, Mata, Martial, Dalot, Heaton, van de Beek Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts Bournemouth 8 2 2 0 9 5 3 1 0 5 1 8 18 Fulham 8 2 1 1 7 3 3 0 1 11 4 11 16 West Brom 8 2 2 0 8 3 2 2 0 6 4 7 16 Coventry 8 4 0 0 7 2 1 1 2 2 4 3 16 Stoke 8 3 1 0 7 4 1 1 2 4 6 1 14 Blackburn 8 2 1 1 7 5 1 3 0 4 3 3 13 Huddersfield 8 2 0 2 6 7 2 1 1 7 4 2 13 QPR 8 1 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 10 7 4 12 Bristol City 8 0 3 1 2 3 3 0 1 8 6 1 12 Cardiff 8 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 1 6 4 2 11 Birmingham 8 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 7 4 0 11 Derby 8 1 3 0 4 3 1 1 2 2 4 -1 10 Luton 8 1 2 1 6 8 1 2 1 6 6 -2 10 Reading 8 2 1 1 10 8 1 0 3 5 10 -3 10 Sheff Utd 8 1 1 2 9 7 1 2 1 3 5 0 9 Middlesbro 8 1 1 2 6 7 1 2 1 3 3 -1 9 Preston 8 2 1 1 6 6 0 2 2 3 5 -2 9 Millwall 8 1 2 1 5 5 0 3 1 3 5 -2 8 Barnsley 8 1 2 1 2 2 0 3 1 4 7 -3 8 Blackpool 8 1 0 3 1 6 1 2 1 6 6 -5 8 Swansea 8 0 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 6 8 -4 7 Peterborough 8 2 1 1 7 4 0 0 4 3 13 -7 7 Hull 8 0 1 3 1 7 1 1 2 4 5 -7 5 Nottm Forest 8 0 0 4 3 8 1 1 2 4 4 -5 4 pools check Barnsley (0) 0 Blackburn (0) 0 Att 13,640 Barnsley: Collins, Halme, Helik, Moon, Sibbick (Hondermarck 46), Brittain, Gomes (Adeboyejo 60), Styles, Oduor, Iseka (Frieser 46), Woodrow. Subs not used: Vita, Walton, Sraha, Cole. Blackburn: Kaminski, Nyambe, Lenihan, Ayala, Pickering, Travis, Buckley, Poveda-Ocampo (Clarkson 67), Rothwell (Edun 71), Dolan (Khadra 67), Brereton. Subs not used: Davenport, Pears, Butterworth, Carter. Booked: Dolan. Referee: Andy Woolmer Cardiff (0) 0 Bournemouth (0) 1 Billing 54 Cardiff: Phillips, Sang (Colwill 61), Morrison, Flint, Nelson, Brown (Bagan 73), Bacuna, Vaulks, Pack, Harris (Collins 61), Moore. Subs not used: McGuinness, Smithies, Bowen, Ng. Booked: Bacuna, Harris, Nelson. AFC Bournemouth: Travers, Smith, Cahill, Kelly, Zemura, Lerma, Pearson, Billing, Christie (Rogers 80), Solanke (Lowe 89), Anthony (Mepham 90). Subs not used: Nyland, Brooks, Marcondes, Stacey. Booked: Christie, Lerma, Smith. Referee: Josh Smith Derby (2) 2 Stoke (0) 1 Bird 31 Ince 58 Davies 34 Att 20,545 Derby: Roos, Byrne, Jagielka, Davies, Buchanan, Bird, Shinnie, Sibley (Jozwiak 74), Morrison (Knight 67), Lawrence, Baldock (Stearman 84). Subs not used: Allsop, Stretton, Ebosele , Williams. Booked: Shinnie, Sibley. Stoke: Bursik, Ostigard, Souttar, Wilmot, Ince, Sawyers (Doughty 73), Vrancic, Clucas, Tymon, Surridge (Brown 59), Sima (Powell 59). Subs not used: Duhaney, Davies, Batth, Thompson. Booked: Ince, Ostigard, Sawyers. Referee: Jeremy Simpson Fulham (0) 1 Reading (1) 2 Rodrigo Muniz 86 Ejaria 19, 53 Att 18,901 Fulham: Gazzaniga, Odoi (Onomah 71), Adarabioyo, Ream, Robinson, Seri (Kebano 71), Chalobah, Wilson, Reid (Rodrigo Muniz 55), Ivan Cavaleiro, Mitrovic. Subs not used: Quina, Rodak, Hector, Mawson. Booked: Odoi, Ream, Seri, Wilson. Reading: Southwood, Yiadom, Holmes (Drinkwater 20), Morrison, Baba, Laurent, Swift, Halilovic (Puscas 88), Dele-Bashiru, Ejaria, Hoilett (Tetek 89). Subs not used: Boyce-Clarke, Ehibhationham, Stickland, Clarke. Booked: Baba, Hoilett, Swift. Referee: Stephen Martin Huddersfld (0) 0 N Forest (1) 2 Att 17,462 Grabban 22 Nicholls 48 (og) Huddersfield: Nicholls, Pearson (Turton 46), Lees, Colwill, Thomas, Hogg, O’Brien, Toffolo, Sinani, Koroma (Holmes 58), Ward (Odubeko 58). Subs not used: Vallejo, Campbell, Sarr, Bilokapic. Booked: Turton, Ward. Nottm Forest: Samba, Worrall, Tobias Figueiredo, McKenna, Spence (Richardson 79), Yates, Garner, Lowe, Lolley (Mighten 61), Johnson (Colback 79), Grabban. Subs not used: Horvath, Mbe Soh, Cafu, Taylor. Booked: Garner. Referee: Chris Kavanagh Hull (0) 1 Sheff United (1) 3 Lewis-Potter 74 Sharp 17 Att 14,451 Egan 50, 61 Hull: Ingram, Coyle, Bernard, Greaves, Elder, M Smith (Cannon 46), Smallwood, Wilks, Moncur (T Smith 70), Lewis-Potter, Magennis (Honeyman 46). Subs not used: Emmanuel, Baxter, Longman, McLoughlin. Booked: Greaves, Honeyman, Smallwood. Sheff Utd: Olsen, Baldock, Egan, Davies (Basham 85), Norrington-Davies, Hourihane (Guedioura 65), Fleck, Brewster, Gibbs-White, Osborn, Sharp (McBurnie 76). Subs not used: Norwood, Foderingham, Bogle, Ndiaye. Booked: Guedioura, Norrington-Davies. Referee: Dean Whitestone Luton (3) 3 Swansea (0) 3 Berry 7 Paterson 63 Adebayo 15 (pen), 23 Ntcham 86 Att 9,721 Piroe 90 Luton: Sluga, Lockyer, Burke, Naismith, Bree, Berry (Clark 61), Lansbury, Mpanzu, Osho, Adebayo (Rea 90), Cornick (Jerome 76). Subs not used: Shea, Mendes Gomes, Pereira, Francis-Clarke. Booked: Lansbury, Naismith. Swansea: Hamer, Bennett, Naughton, Williams (Cabango 46), Laird, Downes (Piroe 46), Grimes, Manning, Walsh (Ntcham 46), Paterson, Obafemi. Subs not used: Benda, Fulton, Smith, Latibeaudiere. Booked: Manning. Referee: Tony Harrington Middlesbro (1) 1 Blackpool (0) 2 Tavernier 8 Ekpiteta 63 Att 21,022 Hall 78 (og) Middlesbrough: Lumley, Dijksteel (Jones 56), Hall, Fry, Peltier, Howson (Ikpeazu 88), Lea Siliki (Payero 79), Tavernier, Crooks, Hernandez, Sporar. Subs not used: Olusanya, Watmore, Bamba, Daniels. Booked: Crooks, Fry. Blackpool: Maxwell, Sterling, Ekpiteta, Keogh, Garbutt, Bowler (Lawrence-Gabriel 90), Wintle, Dougall, Anderson, Lavery (Yates 86), John-Jules (Madine 71). Subs not used: Connolly, Husband, Carey, Grimshaw. Booked: Lawrence-Gabriel. Referee: David Webb Millwall (1) 1 Coventry (1) 1 Saville 21 Gyokeres 9 Att 12,516 Millwall: Bialkowski, Ballard, M Wallace, Cooper, Leonard, Kieftenbeld (Mahoney 81), Saville, Malone, J Wallace, Smith (Mitchell 69), Bradshaw (Bennett 81). Subs not used: Long, Hutchinson, Thompson, Pearce. Booked: Saville, M Wallace. Coventry: Moore, Hyam, McFadzean, Clarke-Salter (Rose 62), Kane, Hamer, Sheaf, Maatsen, O’Hare (Allen 82), Gyokeres, Godden (Walker 81). Subs not used: Jones, Waghorn, Wilson, Da Costa. Referee: Keith Stroud Peterboro (2) 3 Birmingham (0) 0 Dean 1 (og) Att 12,199 Clarke-Harris 35 (pen) Grant 50 Peterborough: Cornell, Thompson, Edwards, Kent, Butler, Taylor (Coventry 72), Norburn, Grant (Szmodics 83), Ward, Clarke-Harris, Dembele (Burrows 82). Subs not used: Knight, Kanu, Tomlinson, Blackmore. Booked: Butler, Kent. No FT 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 2 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 10 1 11 1 12 1 13 1 14 3 15 1 16 3 17 1 18 3 19 1 20 1 21 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 3 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 3 31 1 32 3 33 1 34 3 35 1 36 1 37 3 38 1 39 2 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 3 46 1 47 3 48 3 49 2 Birmingham: Sarkic, Colin, Roberts (Sanderson 46), Dean, Pedersen, Chong, Woods, Gardner, Bela (Sunjic 46), Deeney, Jutkiewicz (Aneke 59). Subs not used: Friend, Hogan, McGree, Trueman. Booked: Aneke, Woods. Sent-off: Gardner. Referee: Jarred Gillett Preston (1) 1 West Brom (1) 1 Whiteman 26 Phillips 45; Att 13,850 Preston North End: Iversen, Storey, Bauer, Hughes, van den Berg, Ledson, Whiteman (McCann 65), Earl, Johnson, Maguire (Wickham 65), Jakobsen (Murphy 83). Subs not used: Rudd, Cunningham, Lindsay, Potts. Booked: van den Berg. West Brom: Johnstone, Ajayi, Bartley, Townsend, Furlong, Livermore, Mowatt, Reach, Phillips (Robinson 69), Diangana (Ahearne-Grant 63), Hugill. Subs not used: Molumby, Kipre, Snodgrass, Button, Taylor. Booked: Bartley. Referee: Andy Davies QPR (0) 1 Bristol City (1) 2 McCallum 54 Martin 45 Att 14,922 Wells 90 QPR: Dieng, Dickie, De Wijs, Barbet, Johansen, Odubajo (Adomah 65), Chair, Willock, McCallum, Gray (Austin 64), Dykes (Ball 80). Subs not used: Thomas, Dozzell, Dunne, Walsh. Booked: Ball, Barbet, Gray, Johansen. Bristol City: Bentley, Kalas, Atkinson, Baker (Dasilva 46), Tanner, James, Bakinson, Pring (Semenyo 71), Massengo, Martin (Wells 62), Weimann. Subs not used: Simpson, Williams, O’Leary, Palmer. Booked: Bakinson. Referee: Leigh Doughty 11 Score Draws 4 No Score Draws 15 Home Wins 19 Away Wins Dividend Forecast is TBC

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 37 Stat Pack SCOTTISH RESULTS AFC W’don (0) 0 Plymouth (0) 1 Hardie 47 Accrington (0) 1 Wigan (2) 4 Nottingham 53 Whatmough 7 Att 4,517 Keane 18 Wyke 58, 90 Bolton (0) 0 Rotherham (2) 2 Att 20,877 Wiles 18, 21 Cheltenham (0) 1 Oxford Utd (0) 0 May 68 Att 5,004 Crewe (1) 2 Burton A (0) 0 Bostwick 10 (og) Bennett 87 Doncaster (0) 1 Morecambe (0) 0 Rowe 81 Fleetwood (0) 2 Sunderland (1) 2 Morton 81 Stewart 19 G Garner 90 (pen) McGeady 76 (pen) Att 4,250 Gillingham (1) 1 MK Dons (2) 4 Oliver 20 Twine 28, Kioso 39 Ehmer 82 (og) Watters 88 Lincoln City (0) 0 Ipswich (1) 1 Att 9,874 Bonne 30 Portsmth (0) 1 Cambridge (1) 2 Curtis 76 Ironside 38 Att 15,330 O’Neil 69 Sheff Wed (1) 1 Shrewsby (1) 1 Berahino 6 Bowman 37 Att 21,976 Wycombe (1) 2 Charlton (0) 1 McCleary 43, 72 Lavelle 90; Att 5,832 P W D L F A Pts Wigan...................7 5 1 1 12 5 16 Sunderland...........7 5 1 1 12 7 16 MK Dons................8 4 3 1 16 10 15 Plymouth..............7 4 2 1 10 4 14 Wycombe..............7 4 2 1 10 7 14 Rotherham............8 4 1 3 10 8 13 Wimbledon...........8 3 3 2 15 13 12 Bolton...................8 3 3 2 14 12 12 Cheltenham..........8 3 3 2 11 11 12 Burton Albion.......8 3 3 2 6 8 12 Accrington.............8 4 0 4 8 11 12 Sheff Wed..............7 3 2 2 6 5 11 Cambridge............7 3 2 2 10 10 11 Oxford Utd.............8 3 2 3 9 9 11 Portsmouth...........7 3 1 3 5 4 10 Fleetwood.............7 2 2 3 11 11 8 Lincoln City...........8 2 2 4 10 10 8 Morecambe...........7 2 1 4 9 10 7 Ipswich.................7 1 3 3 11 15 6 Gillingham............7 1 3 3 7 11 6 Crewe....................7 1 2 4 4 8 5 Shrewsbury...........8 1 2 5 4 11 5 Charlton................7 1 1 5 6 10 4 Doncaster..............7 1 1 5 3 9 4 Bradford (0) 1 Barrow (1) 1 Vernam 59 Kay 21 Att 15,403 Bristol R (0) 1 L Orient (3) 3 Pitman 90 (pen) Smith 17 Att 6,172 Archibald 33, Drinan 41 Carlisle (0) 2 Scunthorpe (2) 2 Gibson 81 Jarvis 3 Dickenson 90 Onariase 44 Att 4,499 Colchester (0) 0 Crawley (1) 1 Att 2,640 Payne 22 Exeter (0) 2 Sutton Utd (0) 0 Goodliffe 68 (og) Att 4,511 Nombe 84 Mansfield (0) 1 Rochdale (0) 1 Johnson 73 Cashman 50 Att 4,336 Newport (1) 2 Walsall (1) 1 Demetriou 9 Shade 45 Clarke 87 Att 3,825 N’hampton (0) 1 Swindon (0) 1 Horsfall 83 Simpson 57 Att 5,863 Oldham (0) 0 Hartlepool (0) 0 Att 3,934 Port Vale (1) 2 Harrogate (0) 0 Worrall 27, Wilson 47 Att 5,435 Stevenage (0) 0 Forest Gn (1) 4 Att 3,111 Wilson 2, Stevens 50 Matt 58, Young 81 Tranmere (1) 2 Salford City (0) 0 Morris 13 (pen), Nevitt 48 Att 5,854 P W D L F A Pts Forest Green..........8 6 1 1 18 8 19 Leyton Orient........8 4 3 1 16 7 15 Harrogate Town.....7 4 2 1 13 9 14 Northampton........8 4 2 2 7 5 14 Exeter....................8 3 4 1 11 5 13 Hartlepool.............8 4 1 3 8 6 13 Port Vale................8 3 3 2 9 6 12 Rochdale...............8 3 3 2 12 10 12 Bradford................8 3 3 2 11 9 12 Swindon................8 3 3 2 9 7 12 Tranmere...............8 3 2 3 4 3 11 Newport................8 3 2 3 9 11 11 Carlisle..................8 2 4 2 9 9 10 Crawley.................7 3 1 3 8 10 10 Barrow..................8 2 3 3 11 10 9 Colchester.............7 2 3 2 7 7 9 Salford City............8 2 2 4 7 8 8 Sutton Utd............7 2 2 3 6 8 8 Walsall..................8 2 2 4 8 11 8 Mansfield..............8 2 2 4 10 14 8 Stevenage.............8 2 2 4 7 13 8 Bristol Rovers........8 2 1 5 6 13 7 Scunthorpe...........8 1 4 3 6 13 7 Oldham.................8 1 1 6 4 14 4 Bromley (1) 2 Barnet (0) 0 Cheek 19 (pen) Bush 62 FC Halifax (1) 3 Stockport (0) 0 Warburton 41 Att 2,661 Bradbury 78 Waters 90 Grimsby (1) 2 Eastleigh (0) 0 Efete 45 Att 6,051 Fox 74 Notts Cnty (0) 1 Maidenhead (0) 0 Lacey 48 Att 5,748 Solihull M (2) 3 Boreham W (1) 1 Sbarra 8 Mendy 36 Newton 29, 48 Att 1,021 Torquay (0) 1 Southend (0) 0 Lemonheigh-Evans 90 Att 2,301 Wealdstone (1) 2 Aldershot (0) 2 Jackson 26 Andrews 48, 68 Umerah 62 Att 1,106 Weymouth (1) 1 Dover (1) 1 McQuoid 42 Arthur 22 Att 1,028 Wrexham (1) 1 Dag & Red (0) 0 Mullin 8 Att 8,033 Yeovil (0) 0 Chesterfld (2) 2 Att 2,356 Oyeleke 19 Tshimanga 36 WELSH PREMIER Caernarfon (1) 2 Cardiff Met (0) 0 Gossett 28 Hayes 54 Cefn Druids (0) 0 Penybont (2) 3 Harling 12 Waite 33, 46 Connah’s Quay (0) 0 Bala Town (1) 1 Edwards 28 Haverfordwest (1) 2 Flint Town (0) 0 Touray Sisay 15, 85 TNS FC (1) 3 Barry Town (1) 1 Williams 19 Abbruzzese 29 Baker 50 McManus 90 P W D L F A Pts Chesterfield...........7 5 2 0 14 4 17 Dag & Red.............7 5 1 1 17 9 16 Grimsby.................6 5 1 0 13 5 16 Notts County.........7 4 3 0 15 7 15 Boreham Wood.....7 4 2 1 10 7 14 FC Halifax..............7 4 1 2 14 8 13 Wrexham..............7 3 3 1 10 8 12 Solihull Moors.......6 3 2 1 13 10 11 Yeovil....................5 3 0 2 7 5 9 Weymouth............7 2 2 3 11 13 8 Stockport..............7 2 2 3 4 9 8 Bromley................5 2 1 2 11 9 7 Torquay.................7 2 1 4 9 16 7 Woking.................4 2 0 2 8 5 6 Altrincham............4 2 0 2 6 6 6 Maidenhead Utd...6 2 0 4 8 11 6 Wealdstone...........7 1 3 3 8 11 6 Eastleigh...............6 1 2 3 8 12 5 Southend..............7 1 2 4 6 10 5 King’s Lynn Town...5 1 1 3 6 9 4 Aldershot..............7 1 1 5 9 14 4 Barnet...................7 0 2 5 7 19 2 Dover....................6 0 2 4 4 11 -1 P W D L F A Pts TNS FC...................6 5 1 0 15 6 16 Flint Town Utd.......6 4 0 2 14 5 12 Bala Town..............6 3 3 0 10 4 12 Caernarfon Town...6 3 1 2 11 8 10 Barry Town Utd.....6 3 1 2 10 8 10 Connah’s Quay.......6 2 2 2 5 4 8 Cardiff Met Uni......6 2 2 2 5 9 8 Penybont..............6 1 4 1 10 8 7 Newtown..............6 2 1 3 11 11 7 Aberystwyth Tn.....6 2 0 4 4 6 6 Haverfordwest C....6 1 1 4 6 12 4 Cefn Druids............6 0 0 6 1 21 0 P W D L F A Pts AFC Fylde..............6 5 1 0 14 6 16 Brackley................7 5 1 1 8 5 16 Curzon Ashton.......6 4 1 1 12 5 13 Spennymoor Tn.....6 4 0 2 15 8 12 K’minster...............6 3 2 1 11 6 11 Gateshead.............6 3 2 1 13 10 11 Kettering...............6 3 2 1 8 5 11 Chorley..................5 3 0 2 14 5 9 Blyth Spartans......6 2 3 1 7 6 9 Leamington..........5 3 0 2 7 7 9 York.......................5 2 0 3 9 11 6 Alfreton Town........6 2 0 4 8 10 6 Boston Utd............5 2 0 3 5 7 6 Farsley Celtic.........6 1 3 2 7 14 6 Guiseley................6 1 2 3 6 10 5 Chester FC.............6 1 2 3 8 15 5 Darlington.............5 1 1 3 9 10 4 AFC Telford............4 1 1 2 4 5 4 Bradford P A..........5 1 1 3 4 7 4 Gloucester.............6 1 1 4 8 17 4 Southport.............6 0 3 3 9 12 3 Hereford FC...........5 0 2 3 2 8 2 P W D L F A Pts Dartford................6 5 1 0 15 4 16 Maidstone Utd......6 4 2 0 13 7 14 Concord Rangers...6 3 2 1 10 8 11 Oxford City............6 2 3 1 14 11 9 Havant and W.......5 3 0 2 8 5 9 Bath City...............6 3 0 3 10 11 9 Dulwich.................5 2 2 1 12 6 8 Hampton & Rich....6 2 2 2 12 6 8 Chippenham.........5 2 2 1 6 5 8 Dorking Wand.......6 2 2 2 10 10 8 Chelmsford............6 2 2 2 8 8 8 St Albans...............5 2 1 2 12 9 7 Ebbsfleet United...5 2 1 2 9 7 7 Braintree Town......5 1 3 1 9 8 6 Hungerford Tn.......4 2 0 2 8 8 6 Eastbourne Boro....6 1 3 2 12 16 6 Tonbridge Angels..5 1 2 2 6 9 5 Slough..................5 1 1 3 5 9 4 Welling.................5 1 1 3 5 15 4 Billericay...............5 0 1 4 5 13 1 Hemel Hempstd....6 0 1 5 5 19 1 FA CUP SECOND ROUND QUALIFYING Chorley 2 Southport 2, York City 3 Hebburn Town 0, Marine 3 Warrington Town 0, Squires Gate 2 Pontefract Collieries 3, Gateshead 6 Bradford P A 2, Colne 0 Guiseley 1, Darlington 0 Chester FC 0, Curzon Ashton 4 Stockton Town 0, AFC Fylde 1 Spennymoor Town 1, City of Liverpool 3 Farsley Celtic 0, Morpeth Town 4 Lancaster City 1, Mossley 1 Radcliffe 2, Prescot Cables 0 Whitby Town 3, Runcorn Linnets 3 Bamber Bridge 1, Marske Utd 3 South Shields 0, Leamington 3 Stone Old Alleynians 1, Belper Town 0 Tamworth 5, Bromsgrove Sporting 6 Worksop Town 0, Brackley 4 Coalville Town 2, Sporting Khalsa 1 Kidderminster 3, Boston Town 6 Corby Town 0, Nantwich Town 1 Banbury Utd 2, AFC Telford 1 Stamford 2, Spalding Utd 1 Kettering 1, Bedworth Utd 1 Long Eaton Utd 3, Halesowen Town 1 Handsworth FC 3, Mickleover 1 Basford Utd 3, Stratford Town 4 Nuneaton Borough 0, Braintree Town 1 Billericay 2, Bishop’s Stortford 0 Bowers & Pitsea 2, Norwich Utd 3 Hallen 2, East Thurrock Utd 2 Needham Market 2, AFC Sudbury 0 Stowmarket Town 0, Concord Rangers 0 St Albans 0, Chelmsford 2 Little Oakley 1, Kings Langley 1 Leiston 1, Ware 2 Hemel Hempstead 2, Hitchin Town 0 Cheshunt 3, Great Wakering Rovers 3 Peterborough Sports 5, Ashford Town (Middx) 2 Folkestone Invicta 7, Abbey Rangers 0 Marlow 1, Carshalton Ath 1 Ebbsfleet United 2, Chichester City 1 Maidstone Utd 3, Burgess Hill Town 0 Dorking Wanderers 4, Hanwell Town 0 Eastbourne Borough 2, Sutton Common Rovers 2 Jersey Bulls 2, Slough 1 Whitehawk 3, Dartford 5 Hythe Town 1, Met Police 1 Farnborough 1, Hayes & Yeading Utd 5 Tonbridge Angels 0, Walton Casuals 0 Hampton & Richmond 3, Welling 0 Harrow Borough 2, Aylesbury Utd 5 Bishops Cleeve 1, Longlevens P Gloucester P, Tiverton Town 1 Sholing 3, Basingstoke Town 3 Wimborne Town 4, Frome Town 2 Oxford City 1, Poole Town 1 Chippenham 1, Hungerford Town 1 Truro City 0, Yate Town 2 Gosport Borough 0, Lymington Town 2 Hereford FC 2, Blyth Spartans 1 FC United of Manchester 1, Atherton Collieries 3 Witton Albion 1, Buxton 4 Rushall Olympic 0, Hanley Town 0 Chasetown 2, Cleethorpes Town 1 Alfreton Town 0, Wingate & Finchley 3 Baldock Town 0, Hornchurch 4 Walthamstow 1, Bedford Town 1 Welwyn Garden City 3, Leatherhead 0 Corinthian Casuals 0, Merstham 4 Margate 1, Chertsey Town 1 Chesham Utd 0, Beaconsfield Town 3 Havant and W 5, Broadfields Utd 2 Hastings Utd 3, Cirencester 3 Hamworthy Utd 1, Weston-S-Mare 5 Taunton Town 1, Enfield Town 1 Hadley 1, Phoenix Sports 1 Redhill 3, Kingstonian 1 Horsham 1, Dulwich Hamlet 0 Bedfont Sports 1, Shaftesbury 0 Bath City 1, Barking 1 AFC Dunstable 3. Yesterday: Longlevens 1 Gloucester 3. Matty Cash of Aston Villa celebrates after scoring their team’s first goal at Villa Park Premiership Aberdeen (0) 0 St Johnstone (0) 1 Att 13,007 May 84 Hibernian (0) 2 St Mirren (1) 2 McGinn 57 Brophy 42 Boyle 61 (pen) Shaughnessy 88 Att 13,501 Ross Co (2) 2 Hearts (1) 2 Spittal 10, 45 Boyce 9 Att 3,802 Kingsley 66 Yesterday Dundee Utd (0) 1 Dundee (0) 0 Harkes 81 Livingston (1) 1 Celtic (0) 0 Shinnie 25 Rangers (1) 1 Motherwell (0) 1 Sakala 12 Woolery 66 P W D L F A Pts Rangers.................6 4 1 1 11 5 13 Hibernian..............6 3 3 0 12 6 12 Hearts...................6 3 3 0 9 5 12 Motherwell...........6 3 2 1 9 6 11 Dundee Utd...........6 3 1 2 3 4 10 Celtic.....................6 3 0 3 16 4 9 Aberdeen..............6 2 2 2 6 6 8 St Johnstone.........6 1 3 2 3 4 6 Livingston.............6 1 1 4 3 9 4 St Mirren...............6 0 4 2 5 12 4 Ross County...........6 0 3 3 5 13 3 Dundee.................6 0 3 3 4 12 3 Championship D’fermline (0) 0 Inverness (0) 0 Att 3,158 Hamilton (0) 0 Ayr (0) 2 Att 1,365 Bradley 64 Adeloye 78 Morton (0) 0 Raith (1) 1 Att 1,420 Zanatta 33 Partick (0) 0 Kilmarnock (0) 2 Att 4,315 Holt 52 (og) Shaw 65 Queen of Sth (0) 0 Arbroath (1) 2 Att 1,174 O’Brien 16 Nouble 79 P W D L F A Pts Inverness CT..........6 5 1 0 7 1 16 Kilmarnock............6 5 0 1 8 1 15 Arbroath................6 4 1 1 14 4 13 Partick...................6 3 0 3 11 10 9 Raith.....................5 2 1 2 7 6 7 Ayr........................6 2 1 3 7 8 7 Queen of South.....6 2 0 4 7 10 6 Morton..................6 1 1 4 5 10 4 Hamilton...............6 1 1 4 6 14 4 Dunfermline..........5 0 2 3 3 11 2 League 1 Airdrie (1) 3 East Fife (0) 0 Gallagher 4, 80 McGill 59 Clyde (1) 2 Queen’s Pk (0) 2 Goodwillie 36, 90 Longridge 55 Att 651 Gillespie 58 (pen) Falkirk (0) 1 Dumbarton (0) 2 Telfer 90 Orsi 60 Wilson 68 Montrose (0) 0 Alloa (2) 2 Att 532 Niang 26 King 45 Peterhead (0) 0 Cove R (0) 1 Att 625 McAllister 79 (pen) P W D L F A Pts Queen’s Park..........7 3 4 0 10 4 13 Dumbarton...........7 4 1 2 15 10 13 Cove Rangers.........7 3 2 2 12 9 11 Montrose...............7 3 2 2 10 7 11 Airdrieonians........7 3 2 2 11 10 11 Alloa.....................7 3 1 3 10 8 10 Falkirk...................7 3 1 3 9 8 10 Clyde.....................7 2 2 3 10 15 8 Peterhead.............7 2 0 5 8 12 6 East Fife.................7 1 1 5 7 19 4 League 2 Edinburgh C (1) 2 Stirling (1) 2 Murray 40 Leitch 13 Hilton 60 Mackin 69 Att 479 Albion (0) 0 Kelty H (2) 3 Att 427 Austin 11, 20, 63 Cowdenbth (0) 1 Forfar (1) 1 Thomson 82 Aitken 24 Att 323 Elgin (0) 0 Annan Ath (1) 2 Att 467 Moxon 3 Douglas 85 Stranraer (1) 2 S’housemuir (0) 0 Yates 6 Att 280 Watson 49

38 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live Kent Spitfires lift the trophy after winning the Vitality T20 Blast final at Edgbaston Jor the man insists Sam as Kent have Edg in Blast cricket By David Charlesworth Sam Billings was full of praise for the “magic” interventions of Jordan Cox, who inspired Kent to victory in the Vitality Blast final with an unbeaten fifty and a sensational piece of athleticism in the field. Having taken 17 balls to get his first 20 runs against Somerset at Edgbaston on Saturday evening, Moseley shut-out was brilliant, says Balding RUGBY CALDY 0 BIRMINGHAM MOSELEY 24 By David Lawrence A THIRD straight win, a raft of impressive debuts and a Herculean defensive effort – but for director of rugby Adam Balding, it was something else that pleased him most about Moseley’s victory on the Wirral. “The win was great but the fact that we didn’t concede a point was even more positive,” he announced after seeing his side shut out their Merseyside opponents. And the scoreline also had supporters reaching for the record books before revealing that you have to go back to the 2014/15 season for the last time Moseley ‘nilled’ the opposition – a 29-0 victory that sent Plymouth Albion crashing out of the Championship. Moseley’s opening two victories had been tense affairs with the outcome hanging in the balance right up Cox injected some impetus into proceedings to finish on 58 not out from only 28 deliveries, with three fours and as many sixes. Cox’s efforts helped Kent add 49 runs in their last three overs as they posted 167 for seven before the 20-year-old took centre stage in Somerset’s chase, leaping over the boundary rope to palm Lewis Gregory’s blow to Matt Milnes. Milnes completed the catch as Somerset lurched to 94 for six before eventually settling on 142 for to the final whistle. This time it was different with an early try settling the nerves and a vital third score coming at the start of the second period. The only disappointment was the lack of a bonus point even though it took a questionable decision to deny them. Balding said: “At times we were heroic in defence and we left a few points out on the pitch. Being denied a winning bonus point right at the death was frustrating.” Young centre Rekeiti Ma’asi-White was one of those drafted into the side for his debut and the dual-registered Wasps powerhouse made the perfect start with a try after just three minutes, Jack Jolly slotting over the conversion. Prop Ethan Priest claimed the second Moseley try in the corner, again converted by Jolly, and although Caldy pressed for a way back into the contest they could find no way through. A Jolly penalty soon after the restart opened up a 17-point lead and any hopes of the visitors launching a second-half fightback were ended when Mason Tonks gathered an offload from Ma’asi-White before dotting down. The frustration over the fourth ‘bonus’ try came with the last play of the game when Benjamin ran on to Tonks’ kick to score beneath the posts only for the referee to decide that he had been ahead of the kicker. The win was great but the fact that we didn’t concede a point was even more positive. At times we were heroic in defence. Adam Balding nine to lose by 25 runs and ensure Kent were crowned champions for a second time, 14 years after their maiden success. Their triumph owed much to Cox, who has grasped his opportunity to impress this season with 367 runs in the competition at a hugely impressive average of 52.42 and strike-rate of 142.24, to the delight of Billings. The Kent captain said: “He’s been our best player this year in the T20 Blast. At times he’s played a CALDY: Hayes, Cartmill, Titherington, Barlow, Jones, Bennett, Thomas; Rushton, Stagg, Parker, Gerrard, Sanders, S Dickinson, Crowe, J Dickinson. Reps: Hearn, Clarke, Aigbokhae, Ridgway, Gourlay. MOSELEY: Benjamin, Smith, Ma’asi-White, Allsopp, Tonks, Pointon, Jolly; Priest, McNulty, Langley, Fuller, Kiff, Hutchinson, Ali, Safe. Reps: Foreman, Johnson, Tideswell, Le Roux, Dight. completely different knock where he’s just needed to get his head down and then you’ve seen his raw ability that we all see. “To do it on a big stage like that is truly special, not to mention his fielding as well. He does practice a lot and he’s our gun fielder. He works hard at every aspect of his game. Moments like that change the game, Lewis Gregory is incredibly dangerous and a bit of magic with the bat and in the field has been the difference.” Moseley boss Adam Balding Sport rugby Heinz hailed by boss after superb debut worcester 36 london irish 24 By paul bolton Warriors made a flying start to the new Gallagher Premiership with a bonus point victory in high-octane contest that entertained supporters on their return to Sixways after 18 months of Covid-19 restrictions. It may have not been a perfect performance but it was the result that mattered most and Warriors thoroughly deserved the win for showing ambition in attack and bravery in defence which was tested by a tough Irish side. There was no better way to banish the memories of last season than to start the new one with victory with a bonus point the cherry on the top. Worcester head coach Jonathan Thomas saluted an “exceptional” performance by scrum-half recruit Willi Heinz. England international Heinz scored a try on his league debut for Worcester, having arrived alongside more than a dozen newcomers at Sixways this summer. And the 34-year-old wasted little time making an impact, claiming Worcester’s second touchdown and then creating Worcester’s bonus-point try for number eight Matt Kvesic. “I thought Willi was exceptional,” Thomas said. “He is a really experienced player, with his Crusaders background in New Zealand and international rugby. His personality is one that he wants to help people grow. “He is invaluable to us as a player and as a person.” Worcester’s 36-24 victory was their first on-pitch Premiership win since beating Irish in November last year, with all of their other league victories last season being coronavirus-related forfeits. Flanker Sam Lewis, full-back Melani Nanai and wing Perry Humphreys also crossed for Worcester, with Wales international fly-half Owen Williams kicking four conversions and a penalty. Thomas added: “First and foremost, at the start of a season, a win is very important, and a bonus point is the cherry on the cake. “It was a start. We are not getting carried away with that at all. There is much more to come as a team.”

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 39 THE VERDICT: SOLIHULL MOORS 3 BOREHAM WOOD 1 Finishing touch would be clean sheet –Ardley By Andy Mitchell BOSS Neal Ardley lauded the cool heads and crisp finishing that saw Solihull Moors trump previously unbeaten Boreham Wood – despite clean sheets remaining “elusive”. Moors bagged a third National League win in a row by forcing and then ruthlessly punishing defensive errors, seizing control through Joe Sbarra and Danny Newton. The visitors got back in it through Jacob Mendy nine minutes before half-time and to threatened level in the build up to the break only for Newton’s expertly taken second within two minutes of the restart to settle the verdict. “We are still looking for that elusive clean sheet but I think it is really important for teams to know they have goals,” said Ardley. “It was the same against Torquay (in midweek), they hadn’t threatened but then all of a sudden scored. Then the mentality shifts. “My half-time message to the boys was to not take a backwards step or worry about losing the game, go out and win the second I think we have been very strong going forward and hopefully that will stand us in good stead across the season. Neal Ardley half and chase it like it was 0-0. They did that, came out of the blocks quickly and did exactly what I asked. The boys saw out the game well, we have good heads on the pitch in Callum Howe and Kyle Storer and Ryan Boot made a great save when we needed him to. “Put those things together with good players and it helps you to see it out more comfortably than you otherwise might. “You can keep clean sheets and if you don’t you can work on that but it can be hard work if you don’t have that natural ability to score in the team. “We have that and could have had four or five. I think we have been very strong going forward and hopefully that will stand us in good stead across the season.” Sbarra’s unlikely opener – his seventh goal in six matches – arrived eight minutes in when visiting keeper Nathan Ashmore misjudged a ball over the top, his attempted adjustment while being chased down causing him to slip and offer up an empty net. Strike partners Newton and Andrew Dallas ruffled feathers from every ball that came forward and it paid dividends again in the 28th minute. A Will Evans header ricocheted off the back of Dallas’s head and Newton reacted, nudging inside Ashmore’s near post while Jamal Fyfield dallied. Wood steadily recovered and scored when Scott Boden pinched the ball in the middle and stroked out Mendy who drilled low inside the far post from the left corner of the box. Tyrone Marsh and Josh Rees went close as Wood piled on the pressure late in the first half but the bubble burst within two minutes of the restart, Callum Maycock driving forward to find Newton who ran across the box and somehow cut back a shot that squeezed into the bottom far corner. Boot was forced into a wonder save from Boden’s powerful downward header on the hour but Moors astutely managed the rest of the game. MOORS: Boot, Cranston, Howe, Gudger, Preston, Sbarra (Ball 79), Storer, Maycock, Donawa (Williams 79), Dallas (Rooney 85), HNEWTON. Subs: Boyes, Maynard. BOREHAM WOOD: Ashmore, Ilesanmi, Evans, Fyfield, Mendy, Kane Smith, Ricketts, Rees (Clifton 72), Raymond (Connor Smith 60), Boden, Marsh. Subs: Stephens, Mafuta, Munns. Goals: Sbarra (8), Newton (29, 48) – Moors; Mendy (36) – Boreham Wood. Bookings: Raymond, Marsh, Ricketts – Boreham Wood. Referee: Adrian Quelch (Berkshire). Attendance: 1,021. Next up: Dover (a) tomorrow, 7.45pm. Danny Newton celebrates scoring for Moors against Boreham Wood. Inset, Solihull boss Neal Ardley PICTURE: RICHARD KING

40 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live THE VERDICT: WOLVES 0 BRENTFORD 2 Home hell goes on for Wolves as Bees sting Lage’s men By ALEX DICKEN Ivan Toney inspired Brentford to their first away win in the top flight for 74 years with a 2-0 victory at Wolves. Toney almost moved to Molineux from Northampton as a teenager in 2014, the transfer collapsing when he failed a medical, so it was perhaps inevitable he would star as Wolves slumped to a fourth straight home Premier League defeat. The 25-year-old had a goal, an assist and two disallowed in the first half alone as a clinical Brentford side got their first topflight win since beating Leeds 2-1 in 1947, with Bryan Mbeumo also on target. A second-half red card for Shandon Baptiste threatened to spoil Brentford’s afternoon, but, even though Wolves finished on top, they failed to score for a fourth league match out of five this season. WHAT THE BOSS SAID Bruno Lage said: “I think we gave them one goal. It was a penalty, no arguments about that, but then you have the situation when Adama (Traore) shoots just wide of the post, we can see one defender grabbing (Francisco) Trincao and nothing happened. “I’m not complaining and I’m happy to be honest, but after these five games some decisions against us are very disappointing. “Against Tottenham they had one penalty and then the same situation in their box against Raul (Jimenez) and nothing happened. “Man United, everyone saw what they did to Ruben (Neves). Today, another penalty and then in their box nothing happened. “The last 45 minutes I need to understand how many minutes we played because I saw too many players on the floor from the opponent. Even the goalkeeper changed his gloves. “For now we stick to complaining about what we did and the way we offered the goals to the opponent.” HOW THE FANS REACTED @gregrichardsuk: Shocking today. Toney absolutely bullied Coady and Kilman. Ref was a disgrace but we have bigger issues closer to home. @jakaban: Well that was a poor performance from Wolves. Brentford worked us out and their front two was excellent today. Didn’t like the time wasting but that’s ANALYSIS part of the game, well done. MrPauloGoodman: Poor performance against a well organised team. Can’t play well every week. On to the next one. @witdawit: Now Boly and the Columbian are fit it’s time to pick 2 centre halves and go 4 at the back. An extra bloke in a forward area will make all the difference. Extra player pressing. @TimHough2011: That was appalling nothing else to say really. Ivan Toney scores for Brentford The last 45 minutes I need to understand how many minutes we played because I saw too many players on the floor. Bruno Lage Wolves striker Adama Traore is challenged by Brentford’s Shandon Baptiste during the Premier League clash Let’s not let the painful time wasting or the refs willingness to let them do it cloud the fact they were just better than us today. Time for Bruno to get Boly back out there with a back 4 and a man forward. OPPOSITION VIEW Brentford manager Thomas Frank said: “First of all I want to praise Bruno for his fantastic coaching career and the job he has done with Wolves. He is an excellent coach and I hope you write that with what is coming next. “I could ask him what he would have done if he was leading a newlypromoted team. We are just a bus stop in Hounslow, playing against Wolves, established in the Premier League and with 10 times our budget, leading 2-0 away, 10 versus 11. I think his players would lose a bit of time also. But I could also ask him how the first half went. “You look at the game and did we deserve to win? Yes. Expected goals, big chances, everything. When it was 11 versus 11 and when it was 10 versus 11. You don’t use excuses, just say you lost to the better team on the day.” ANALYSIS In fairness to Brentford head coach Thomas Frank he got his tactics spot on. It was easy to lose count of the number of times Brentford played the ball around at the back in the first half, waiting for Wolves to press, before a defender clipped it over the top of them all to Toney. Toney was the perfect foil for Frank’s game-plan because his hold up play was exceptional and Brentford reaped the rewards. While Bruno-Ball is entertaining, it isn’t infallible and Brentford found a way to get around the relentless Wolves press in a way their four previous opponents couldn’t. Lage responded in the only way he knows how with three fearless, attacking changes – replacing defenders with forwards. The Wolves head coach won’t change, it isn’t in his nature. He will just try to find ways to avoid the mistakes that occurred in this game from happening again. But this is a sign of things to come. Wolves are far from the finished article so there will be more days like this, but equally there willll be others where we’re all thoroughly entertained. NEXT UP Tottenham (h) Wednesday, 7.45pm. Wolves will welcome former boss Nuno Espirito Santo back to Molineux for the second time this season when he leads his Spurs side to the Black Country for the Carabao Cup clash. WOLVES: Jose Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss (Hwang 46), Nelson Semedo (Silva 82), Neves, Joao Moutinho, Marcal (Podence 72), Trincao, Jimenez, H TRAORE. Subs: Hoever, Ait Nouri, Mosquera, Boly, Ruddy. BRENTFORD: Raya, Ajer, Jansson (Jorgensen 82), Pinnock, Canos (Onyeka 68), Baptiste, Norgaard, Janelt, Henry (Roerslev 75), Mbeumo, Toney. Subs not used: Thompson, Jensen, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos. Goals: Toney (28 pen), Mbeumo (34) – Brentford. Bookings: Jose Sa, Saiss, Neves, Coady – Wolves; Henry, Baptiste, Jansson – Brentford. Red card: Baptiste (64) – Brentford. Referee: Darren England (South Yorkshire). Attendance: 29,724.

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 41 THE VERDICT: PRESTON 1 ALBION 1 Football Matt Phillips heads Albion’s equaliser against Preston What we have seen is that we need to work more on the last third. The problem is quality of the last pass, the quality of the cross. Valerien Ismael Albion’s Grady Diangana challenges Preston’s Emil Riis for the ball Boss Ismael wants Baggies to develop a killer instinct By JOSEPH CHAPMAN ALBION and Preston held each other to their third consecutive Championship draw as they battled out a 1-1 stalemate at Deepdale. Valerien Ismael’s visitors created the better chances as they bid to remain in the early running for promotion – but the visitors scrapped out an important point for underpressure boss Frankie McAvoy. A Matt Phillips goal leaves the Baggies still unbeaten after eight games, but they have managed only three points from as many matches and this was another less than palatable performance. Phillips’ header in first-half stoppage time cancelled out a deflected Ben Whiteman opener and, despite a rally at the end, it was all the Baggies could manage. Albion came away with another point to add to their tally, but disgruntlement would appear to rumbling on based on audible boos at the final whistle. WHAT THE BOSS SAID Valerien Ismael said: “I think it was the same picture as against Derby – it’s as simple as that. “The opponent had two shots on target and scored a deflected goal. “They took the lead, we came back into the game just before halftime which was really important – it gave us some momentum. In the second half it was exactly like Derby. “We tried everything, we showed the right mentality and that is the good thing. “What we have seen is that we need to work more on the last third. The problem is quality of the last pass, the quality of the cross – it was not good enough, and when you get a chance to score you have to take it – we have to develop that killer instinct. “That is the last step that we need to do working with the guys – to win games you need to score. We create chances, we had a big chance to score and we need to develop that killer instinct. “This is the Championship. You see the results today, surprise results. It’s one of the toughest leagues in the world. Just because you have dropped from the Premier League, you’re not going to drive on the motorway and it’s a freeway for promotion. “It’s a fight, we need to take the fight. It’s early in the season but we have a clear picture of what is going on against us.” ANALYSIS HOW THE FANS REACTED @burnmurphy: HRK would have nailed that Hugill chance. @kt1465: Another draw, same old Valerien Ismael applauds Albion fans again. Better second half, but still unbeaten, somehow. @BromBreakdown: We haven’t played well and we haven’t lost, that has to mean something. @danerlive: Still undefeated. But, I can now begin to agree with the grumble of some fans. We are not taking our chances here. This will cost us. @AllAlbion: We are not Barnsley, teams will not play on the front foot against us. Val needs to adapt quickly. OPPOSITION VIEW Frankie McEvoy: “The players have done what I asked them to do today and I am pleased with that. The guys have absolutely worked their socks off right from the start. “They gave everything out there today and because of that, thankfully we have kept our unbeaten run going, “We knew what was coming from West Brom after the break and the team reacted brilliantly to it. “I’m delighted by the way we stood up to the challenge in front of us - we knew the second half would be a tough battle against a good side, and thankfully we have managed to keep our unbeaten run going. “If you lose two and win one you still have three points. The most important thing is psychologically, we have come back from losing those first three games. “We now have nine points on the board from a possible 15 and we’re looking okay so far this season.” ANALYSIS It feels a little bit like Groundhog Day at the moment. After catching the Championship off guard for four matches, the following four have suggested quickly that opponents are growing wise to the ways in which Albion approach games. Worryingly, they’ve made it appear relatively easy to defend against this set-up – it’s a case of dragging the Baggies down to their level in the scrap. Taking those four games as eight halves, seven eighths – all but the second period against Derby – have been ugly affairs. The chances appear to have dried up. Much is made of the press, or a lack of, in recent times but once again at Deepdale it was a case of Preston sitting tight, allowing Albion to dominate the ball and inviting them to break their defensive barriers down. You can’t press effectively over 90 minutes if you have the ball yourself. Many of the goals scored by Albion this season – some of them excellent, like Callum Robinson at Bournemouth, Alex Mowatt against Sheffield United and Karlan Grant against Luton – have been as a result of winning the ball high and catching defenders off guard, as they struggle to return to their shape. We’ve 38 games ahead of us – an entire Premier League season, that would be – and Valerien Ismael must now correct what it is he views as a problem. Albion need to start scoring again. PRESTON: Iversen, Storey, Bauer, Hughes, van den Berg, Ledson, Whiteman (McCann 65), Earl, Johnson, Maguire (Wickham 65), Jakobsen (Murphy 83). Subs not used: Rudd, Cunningham, Lindsay, Potts. ALBION: HJOHNSTONE, Ajayi, Bartley, Townsend, Furlong, Livermore, Mowatt, Reach, Phillips (Robinson 69), Diangana (Ahearne- Grant 63), Hugill. Subs not used: Molumby, Kipre, Snodgrass, Button, Taylor. Bookings: Bartley. Goals: Whiteman (26) – Preston; Phillips (45)– Albion. Bookings: van den Berg – Preston; Bartley – Albion. Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire). Attendance: 13,850.

42 BIRMINGHAM MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 @birmingham_live THE VERDICT: VILLA 3 EVERTON 0 Leon looks Greal deal as Toffees are hit by Villa blitz They were certainly lapping (Bailey) up. He’s one who’s going to be a crowd favourite that’s for sure. He’s got great ability. Dean Smith By ASHLEY PREECE Aston Villa’s second-half blitz downed Everton as the hosts ran riot to clinch an impressive 3-0 win. They scored three times in nine minutes with Matty Cash, Lucas Digne’s own goal and Leon Bailey easing them to victory at Villa Park. The hosts could even afford the luxury of keeping record buy Emi Buendia on the bench after he arrived back from Croatia, where he had been training to avoid quarantining following international duty with Argentina, just hours before. It helped highlight the lack of depth at Everton, who could only name eight substitutes, as they crashed to a first defeat under Rafa Benitez. Cash got the party well and truly started with a fine left-footed finish into the corner of Asmir Begovic’s net as the Holte End went nuts behind the goal. Then, just three minutes later, substitute Leon Bailey whipped in a dangerous corner which was glanced in at the front post by Everton’s Lucas Digne. Bailey, who replaced Matt Targett on the hour, wasn’t done there though as he raced through after latching on to Danny Ings’ ball before heading the ball ahead of him as he unleashed sheer hell with his strike rocketing in the back of the net as Villa floored the Toffees. WHAT THE BOSS SAID Dean Smith said: “They were very good and well-worked goals. We perhaps had an edgy spell prior to that first goal as well so I was really pleased we got that. “My message to the players at half-time was that our outside centre-halves, Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konsa, never broke the line enough and we did it better in the second half. We started the second half really well but they had a spell of pressure for five minutes before we scored which made everybody a little bit edgy but the goal certainly lifted the roof. But they were certainly lapping (Bailey) up. He’s one who’s going to be a crowd favourite that’s for sure. He’s got great ability and he scored a great goal today and helped with the ball in for the second. He gets bums off seats and that’s what supporters at this club want to see.” HOW THE FANS REACTED @DanOAvfc: Has there ever been any player as exciting as @leonbailey for Villa. Jack who? Bailey is another level of explosive speed, skill and an attacking good finisher. @gskull_: Leon bailey is better than Sterling. @CBarker81: Bailey is a serious signing. Already looking forward to the pain of him leaving us for a Champions League side in 2023. ANALYSIS Matty Cash, centre, celebrates with Axel Tuanzebe after scoring Villa’s first goal Leon Bailey fires home Villa’s third goal to cap a brilliant cameo role from the bench @amancalledcaleb: Leon Bailey has been perennially underrated by most football fans because he played in the Bundesliga, but now he’s in the PL I hope he puts himself on the map. @JakeAll17: Leon Bailey comes on to embarrass Everton for 20 minutes then said, ‘Nah, I’m done boys. @RichieTeaa: Leon Bailey.. “Hold my beer”, rips it up for 20 mins. “Cheers, I’ll have that back now”. @ThatMetalNessie: Bailey’s come on, sealed the match, left again. Quite an appearance from the new signing. OPPOSITION VIEW Rafa Benitez said: “What we cannot forget about us is that we are a team who finished 10th last season with a new manager,” said Benitez. “What we did in the window was for reasons everyone knows, we need time to improve, time to work together and I am happy because the commitment of the players is there for everyone to see. “It’s too early for me as a manager, you have to adapt, change things and improve. “If you win everyone will have more confidence but our starting point is what it is. Today is an example we can complete, even missing players, but we have to always do right if we want to stay there (near the top of the table). “We will have situations where we will do better and situations where maybe we cannot. I’m confident we can do it but the players will do their best and hopefully we can cope. ANALYSIS Dean Smith was asked if star of the show Leon Bailey was signed to fill Jack Grealish’s boots last night, but the boss hit back and said: “No, Jack Grealish’s boots are too big to fill because he’s a unique player.” Bailey, though, is two years younger than Villa’s former captain and, in his 85 minutes in the Premier League, he’s done more in a Villa shirt (two assists, one goal) than Grealish has for City (one assist, one goal) – that’s despite the winger playing 350 minutes less than the £100million man. Villa have a serious player on their hands here. Fans witnessed it after just 10 minutes at Watford while, at Chelsea last week, Bailey’s electric feet and razor-sharp control was there for all to see. Bailey turned the game on its head against Everton, assisting within nine minutes after coming on before unleashing hellfire to smack home his first Premier League goal. The £30million looks to be a snip even at this early stage of his Villa career. Bailey’s just born for the big stage and Smith could well go back on those comments he made referencing Grealish’s boots being too big to fill. The Jamaican’s going to make a real statement at Villa Park, just you wait and see. NEXT UP Chelsea (a) Wednesday, 7.45pm. It’s Chelsea next in the Carabao Cup when it will be a much-changed Villa team to the one that lost 3-0 eight days ago. VILLA: Martinez, Cash (Traore 86), Konsa, Tuanzebe, Mings, Targett (H BAILEY 61 then Young 82), Ramsey, Douglas Luiz, McGinn (Nakamba 40), Ings, Watkins. Subs: Buendia, Steer, El Ghazi, Hause, Archer. EVERTON: Begovic, Godfrey (Kenny 80), Mina, Keane, Digne, Townsend, Doucoure, Allan (Gordon 73), Iwobi (Davies 81), Gray, Rondon (Andre Gomes 63). Subs: Holgate, Lonergan, Branthwaite, Simms. Goals: Cash (66), Digne (69 og), Bailey (75). Bookings: Bailey – Villa; Godfrey – Everton. Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire). Attendance: 41,888.

www.birminghamlive.co.uk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 BIRMINGHAM MAIL 43 THE VERDICT: PETERBOROUGH 3 BLUES 0 Football Lee Bowyer cuts a frustrated figure on the touchline Gary Gardner leaves the pitch after being shown the red card We couldn’t physically do any of the things we’re good at. It wasn’t just one or two players either – it was near on all of them. Lee Bowyer Bowyer blames tiredness as Blues are blown away By JOHN TOWNLEY Ten-man Birmingham City were destroyed by Peterborough United at London Road as the hosts snapped a four-match losing streak in the Championship in stunning style. On the day that Darren Ferguson broke the record for the most games managed by a Posh boss, his 492nd match at the helm was certainly among the happiest as it came complete with a 222nd win – and few of the previous 221 have been as emphatic. The form book went out of the window as Posh dominated a City team only recently tipped to push for the play-offs this season. The hosts made the perfect start inside the opening minute – albeit with a helping hand from the visitors as stretching City skipper Harlee Dean could only steer a Siriki Dembele cutback past his own goalkeeper Matija Sarkic with 58 seconds on the clock. Ferguson handed a first league start to David Cornell in goal but the Welshman was rarely pressed into action by a City side featuring full debutant Troy Deeney in their attack. The former Watford man did force Cornell into a routine stop with the second of two headed efforts around the midway point of the opening period but there was considerably more threat posed at the other end. Posh didn’t have to wait long to double their advantage as referee Jarred Gillett pointed to the spot when Jorge Grant was brought down by Ryan Woods after being sent clear by a fine Dembele pass. Jonson Clarke-Harris had no trouble in tucking away his second penalty in three games in the 35th minute. Birmingham boss Lee Bowyer rolled the dice with a double change at the break and it almost reaped instant reward with Woods being denied by Cornell from a tight ANALYSIS angle. But City were again on the receiving end as the crucial third goal arrived five minutes into the second half. Dembele tricked his way inside and picked out Grant, who claimed his first Posh goal with a precise finish in the 50th minute. The outcome was put beyond doubt when City midfielder Gary Gardner saw red in the 65th minute for a shocking challenge on Nathan Thompson. WHAT THE BOSS SAID Lee Bowyer said: “Peterborough had the extra 24 hours rest with playing on Tuesday and us playing on Wednesday against a really good Fulham side – and it showed. Blues skipper Harlee Dean is dejected “They were first to everything whereas we were just a yard off in everything we tried to do. “We couldn’t physically do any of the things we’re good at. It wasn’t just one or two players either – it was near on all of them. “All day nothing went our way. We couldn’t score in the first half to get level at 1-1 and then they got a penalty for 2-0 10 seconds later. “We started well in the second half after changing things around and created chances but then a pass from one of our players hit another one on the heel and Peterborough broke to score the third. “But we can’t make excuses as they were the better side and fully deserved their win. We’ve now got a full week of training in which we can recharge our batteries and work on getting things right again.” HOW THE FANS REACTED @mirak_eel: Back down to Earth @MWFitnessPro: Never is there a sure thing when you support #bcfc – Let’s see how we bounce back from this. Seems teams have figured out if they get it off us in the middle it’s easy to play in behind us. @T_oxland276: Aneke has been the only positive from this game @RGarrehy86: Absolutely awful today!! Think our lads thought they just had to turn up today to beat these. OPPOSITION VIEW Darren Ferguson said: “It’s not an easy thing to do to manage that many games and surpass a record that belonged to someone like Barry, who is a legend in the game. It’s a proud moment. “It was definitely our best performance of this season – and you could argue our best for quite some time too. It was full of conviction and one I really enjoyed watching.” ANALYSIS Peterborough’s rigid 4-4-2 shape off the ball meant Blues struggled to find any joy down the flanks as both Posh wingers Siriki Dembele and Joe Ward remained defensively disciplined throughout. After the hosts forced an early advantage, both wingers formed solid partnerships with their fullbacks, Nathan Thompson and Dan Butler, who were hard to pass. With neither Deeney or Jutkiewicz willing to offer a run into wide areas and peel off into vacant space down the wings, both wing-backs Jeremie Bela and Maxime Colin struggled to make an impact going forward. This meant service to Birmingham’s big forwards was limited. Going the other way, Colin was caught out for Peterborough’s first goal, as Dembele proved a tricky customer not only in the opening stages but throughout, in fairness. Bela, who we know isn’t a natural defender, dealt well with Peterborough’s right winger Joe Ward for the most part. But with his performance and contribution to Bowyer’s team heavily reliant on the attacking aspect of his role, Bela was nullified. NEXT UP Preston North End (h) Saturday, 3pm. Lee Bowyer will be aiming to get Blues back on track when they host Preston. PETERBOROUGH: Cornell, Kent, Thompson, Edwards, Ward, Taylor (72), Norburn, Grant (Szmodics 83), Butler, Clarke-Harris, Dembele (Burrows 82), Blackmore. Subs: Knight, Kanu.. BLUES: Sarkic, Roberts (Sanderson 45), Dean, Pedersen, Colin, Woods, Gardner, Bela (Sunjic 45), H CHONG, Deeney, Jutkiewicz (Aneke 58). Subs: Trueman, Friend, McGree, Hogan. Goals: Dean (1, og), Clarke-Harris (35 pen), Grant (50) - Peterborough. Bookings: Kent, Butler – Peterborough; Woods, Aneke – Blues. Red Card: Gardner (65). Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia). Attendance: 12,199.

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ADVERTISING FEATURE Luxury Canaries cruise aboard STELLAR CAREER Russell’s performed for royalty RUSSELL WATSON Russell is one of the world’s greatest classical singers and has famously been described as a performer “who sings like Pavarotti and entertains the audience like Sinatra”. His career began when he found success as the winner of a local radio talent competition. Since then, he has gone on to release 10 albums, as well as performing for the likes of the Queen, the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and even the late Pope John Paul II, who requested a private audience with the singer. When he’s not performing, he’s also a patron for a plethora of charities and has raised millions of pounds for The Prince’s Trust, the Katy Holmes Trust and The Kirsty Club. LULU VIVACIOUS Lulu started as a teenage singing star She is a music icon, having been in the business for 57 years. Still as vivacious and energetic as ever, Lulu rose from humble roots in Glasgow to worldwide stardom, starting as a teenager. Her career is jam-packed with incredible moments including the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 (where she was a joint winner), recording the Bond theme The Man with the Golden Gun, taking to the stage at Glastonbury and joining Take That on their Greatest Hits Live Stadium tour. As well as her musical career, Lulu has hosted a Saturday night light entertainment TV show, acted in films, and appeared on television and in West End theatre. She was also formerly married to Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees. Queen Mary 2 Soak up the sunshine on this no-fly cruise on Cunard’s magnificent flagship with top stars providing the entertainment IT feels as if we blinked and summer was over – but the good news is that there’s still ample opportunity to enjoy plenty of sunshine. Imagine Cruising is on hand to help with a brand new no-fly 12-night Canaries Sailcation, boasting a sun-soaked cruise on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 with ports of call including Lisbon, Cadiz, Lanzarote, Tenerife and Madeira. But that’s not all. As part of Imagine’s signature enhanced entertainment, the cruise will boast a star-studded line-up of entertainment, including exclusive live appearances from beloved tenor Russell Watson, music icon Lulu and comedian Jimmy Tarbuck OBE. Russell Watson, one of the world’s greatest classical singers, will be performing in a special concert for guests. The tenor boasts an impressive career which so far has included 10 studio albums as well as performing for the likes of the Queen and the late Pope John Paul II, who requested a private audience with Russell at the Vatican. There will be another powerhouse performance on the cards too courtesy of music icon Lulu, who has been in the business for over 50 years, including performances at Eurovision and Glastonbury, as well as recording Bond theme The Man with The Golden Gun. Meanwhile, passengers will also The Canaries Sailcation round-trip from Southampton aboard Queen Mary 2 will feature exclusive appearances from Russell Watson, Lulu and Jimmy Tarbuck OBE among other top entertainment features be treated to a night of laughter courtesy of Jimmy Tarbuck OBE, who has been working the stand-up comedy circuit for almost 60 years. Having started his career as a TV entertainer in the 1960s, Jimmy is famed for his distinctive comedy style. The stars’ exclusive performances will happen alongside the ship’s existing entertainment spanning singers, illusionists and aerial performances, as well as Cunard’s famously glamorous gala balls and themed evenings. The no-fly cruise holiday will also include plenty of beautiful destinations to explore, sailing round-trip from Southampton. For a start there will be the breathtaking Canary Islands of Tenerife and Lanzarote, where intrepid explorers can expect beautiful beaches, dramatic volcanic landscapes and an abundance of marine life. It’s not just the Canaries on offer either, as the cruise will include chances to discover vibrant cities from Portugal’s Lisbon to Spain’s Cadiz to Madeira’s Funchal. Then, of course, there’ll be ample opportunities to enjoy Book now at www.imaginecruising.co.uk/cunard-canaries or call 01793 547 621

ADVERTISING FEATURE LEGEND Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck OBE FINE DINING A selection of excellent restaurants on board SONG AND DANCE Relax with a choice of entertainment BOOK IT: Prices start from £1,399pp for the 12-night Canaries Sailcation visiting Lisbon, Cadiz, Lanzarote, Tenerife and Madeira. Based on a December 1, 2021 departure. Book at imaginecruising.co.uk/ cunard-canaries JIMMY TARBUCK OBE Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck OBE has been working the stand-up comedy circuit for over 50 years, having started his career as a TV entertainer in the 1960s. Famed for his distinctive comedy style, he grew up in Liverpool as a schoolmate of John Lennon and made his first TV appearance as the host of It’s Tarbuck 65! before going on to host quiz shows including Winner Takes All, Full Swing and Tarby’s Frame Game. Focusing on stand-up comedy, Jimmy has since hosted a number of variety and comedy shows including Live From Her Majesty’s and Live at the Palladium. In 1994, he was awarded an OBE for his services as a comedian but also for his charitable contributions. Nowadays, he continues to appear on television as a comedian and entertainer. ISLAND IN THE SUN Fuerteventura is the first stop in the Canaries SHIP FACTS Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 is a truly astonishing liner – we take a look at some facts about the impressive ship. 13 - total number of decks 1,132ft - length 151,400 - gross tonnage 2004 - year it became Cunard’s flagship 6 - number of restaurants 4 - pools including two outdoor options 3 - exclusive acts onboard; Russell Watson, Lulu and Jimmy Tarbuck OBE Cunard’s luxurious Queen Mary 2 cruise ship, courtesy of some days at sea during the holiday. Hailed as the most magnificent ocean liner ever built, the Queen Mary 2 has everything you could want for a fabulous holiday thanks to its modern facilities, entertainment and enrichment opportunities, radiating the opulence, charm and glamour of cruising’s Golden Era. We’re talking some ridiculously elegant cabins with all the home comforts you could want, as well as perks such as king-size beds and nightly turndown service. On the culinary side, fine dining will be on the cards complete with multi-course gourmet meals. The ship offers some of the best dining at sea from the finest steak and seafood at The Verandah, to British and European dishes in the main dining room. Other highlights include classic pub fare at the Golden Lion, as well as a delectable afternoon tea to be found in the chic Queens Rooms, served up by whitegloved waiters. As well as the exclusive performances from Russell Watson, Jimmy Tarbuck OBE and Lulu, guests can enjoy dazzling shows, including Cunard’s glitzy gala balls, complete with themed evenings, ballroom dancing and live musicians. Need a rest after all of the excitement? The ship’s poolside ELEGANT Superb cabins with home comforts loungers could be just the place, or for an extra spot of pampering you won’t want to miss out on the treatments at the Mareel Spa, which takes inspiration from the oceans on which you sail to indulge your senses – mind, body and soul (available at a supplement). Want to be on board? Prices for Imagine Cruising’s 12-night Canaries Sailcation start from £1,399pp, based on a December 1, 2021 departure. You can find out more and book at www.imaginecruising. co.uk/cunard-canaries or by calling 01793 547 621. SEE BACK PAGE FOR ITINERARY Book now at www.imaginecruising.co.uk/cunard-canaries or call 01793 547 621

ADVERTISING FEATURE IMAGINE Cruising is offering an escape to some winter sun in the Canaries this December, so we take a look at exactly what’s on offer for the 12-night Canaries Sailcation, alongside exclusive performances from Russell Watson, Lulu and Jimmy Tarbuck OBE. Day 1: Embark Queen Mary 2 Arrive in Southampton and step onboard the regal Queen Mary 2, with ample opportunity to explore the decks from the elegant cabins to the bars, shops and dining venues. Sun, sand and a sensational cruise holiday Days 2-3: At Sea There’ll be plenty of time to enjoy the ship’s lavish perks whether you’re tucking into the delectable Afternoon Tea served by white-gloved waiters, opting for a luxurious treatment at the spa, or enjoying some of the live evening entertainment. Day 4: Lisbon The Portuguese capital will be your first port of call. Wander through the cobbled streets and take in the colourful buildings with their terracotta roofs. Make the most of the city’s vibrant atmosphere and make sure to stop off at one CHARMING Explore the streets of Lisbon of the traditional restaurants where plates are piled high with olives, baskets of bread and bowls of arroz de feijão, rice and beans. Day 5: Cadiz This ancient port city is steeped in history, home of the Spanish naval fleet and famously raided by Sir Francis Drake in 1587. There’s incredible gothic architecture, winding medieval lanes and lively tapas bars, plus amazing flamenco performances HISTORIC Ancient port of Cadiz to be found throughout the city. Day 6: At Sea Foodies won’t be disappointed with cuisines ranging from Mexican delicacies at Aztec, to prime cuts of beef at the Steakhouse. Looking for something a little more casual? There’s a selfservice option in Kings Court that will do just the trick. Day 7: Lanzarote Lanzarote’s volcanic landscapes have long drawn intrepid explorers, but one highlight has to be Cueva de los Verdes, a famous tunnel made from a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. Local architect César Manrique moulded his home into five hardened underground lava bubbles and the best part is that nowadays it’s open to the public. Day 8: Tenerife Beautiful beaches? Check. Volcanic landscapes? Check. Bustling bars and restaurants? Check. It’s no wonder Tenerife has been a firm favourite with holidaymakers for years. And now you can get a taste of the spectacular scenery and keep an eye out for the abundant marine life as you explore this breathtaking island. Day 9: Funchal, Madeira Backed by hills, the capital city of Portugal’s Madeira archipelago is famed for its harbour, gardens and Madeira wine cellars. Wander round the spectacular Botanical Garden, with its rich and DIVERSE Madiera has something for everyone PARADISE Tenerife is known for its stunning sandy beaches diverse sub-tropical flora. The western edge of the garden affords captivating views across Funchal Bay. Days 10-12: At Sea There’s plenty to keep you entertained onboard Queen Mary 2, from the lavish spa to activities including painting classes and stargazing sessions. Then, of course, there are Cunard’s famed gala balls where you can don your glitziest outfits and dance the night away in a ballroom. Day 13: Disembark Queen Mary 2 in Southampton Sadly your holiday comes to an end today, but you can be consoled by the fact you’ll have made some incredible memories. BOOK NOW: Scan the QR code Visit www.imaginecruising.co.uk/cunard-canaries Or call 01793 547 621 in partnership with Imagine Cruising