Waterford United dropped two valuable points in the race for promotion as both sides finished with 10 men.

An Australian father has offered companies a year's supply of beer if they give his son an apprenticeship.

First Division leaders Longford Town bagged the points at Finn Park last night.

Leeds 1 Burnley 0

Reading moved further clear at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a 2-0 win at Burnley.

Sheffield United closed the gap to Coca-Cola Championship leaders Reading to seven points with a 3-1 win at home to Brighton.

READING extended their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship to nine points, beating Wolves 2-0 in the Black Country while Sheffield United were defeated by Norwich.

Dave Kitson fired a second-half hat-trick as Coca-Cola Championship leaders Reading thrashed Brighton 5-1 at the Madejski Stadium.

Brynjar Gunnarsson scored an 89th-minute winner for Reading at the Madejski Stadium to close the gap on Coca-Cola Championship leaders Sheffield United.

Norwich manager Nigel Worthington has apologised to the club’s supporters for remarks he made after Saturday’s defeat by Reading.

Nigel Worthington will include youngsters Rossi Jarvis, Adam Smith and Danny Crow in his injury-ravaged squad for the trip to Middlesbrough.

Norwich have been rocked by Damien Francis’ broken cheekbone, which could keep the midfielder, the Canaries’ joint top scorer, out for up to two months.

Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez is determined to end a dreadful home record on Wednesday when Austria are the visitors in a World Cup qualifier.

LAWRIE SANCHEZ is expected to name Bristol City captain Tommy Doherty in midfield for Northern Ireland tonight as they take on Azerbaijan in Baku.

Lawrie Sanchez saw his selection options improve dramatically tonight when four of the five players who pulled out of the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan tomorrow became available for the match with Austria on Wednesday.

Lawrie Sanchez’s decision to invoke the four-day rule has prompted an angry reaction on the club circuit.

The Irish Football Association have taken the unusual step of invoking FIFA’s four-day rule after a spate of withdrawals from the Northern Ireland squad.

Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez has been hit by a raft of withdrawals ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan in Baku on Saturday.

Norwich will make at least two changes for the Barclays Premiership game against Portsmouth.

Tottenham 0 Norwich 0

Tottenham are aiming to continue their unbeaten start to the season with a victory which would lift them into third place in the Premiership behind London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea.

Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez looks certain to ring the changes tomorrow for the World Cup qualifier against Wales in Cardiff.

Lawrie Sanchez is determined his Northern Ireland team give the supporters a performance to be proud of against Wales this week.

Norwich 1 Arsenal 4

Norwich will be without on-loan Arsenal midfielder David Bentley for tomorrow’s date with the Premiership champions.

Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer returned from the cold for tonight’s Barclays Premiership clash with promoted Norwich.

Manchester United 2 Norwich 1

Norwich 1 Crystal Palace 1

Sunderland 1 Norwich 0

Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez has been hit by withdrawals ahead of the friendly against Estonia on Wednesday.

Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez is taking a tough stance already when it comes to club-versus-country issues.

Everton 3 Norwich 1

A late Alex Rae equaliser denied Third Division Kidderminster the chance to cause the shock of the FA Cup third round against Barclaycard Premiership strugglers Wolves.

First Division leaders Norwich powered on at the top of the table with an emphatic 4-0 win at Derby today.

NORTHERN IRELAND manager Sammy McIlroy got a real boost yesterday when Keith Gillespie linked up with the squad at their London base.

Norwich pair Phil Mulryne and Paul McVeigh have withdrawn from the Northern Ireland squad to face Greece in a Euro 2004 qualifier on Saturday.

N Ireland 0 Armenia 1

Three youngsters will make their international debut for Northern Ireland in tonight´s friendly against Italy, coach Sammy McIlroy has confirmed.

Sammy McIlroy was left dejected tonight as Northern Ireland slumped to defeat after being reduced to nine men.

Northern Ireland's Stephen Craigan is convinced the team will shake off any feelings of self-pity by Wednesday.

Norwich 0 Ipswich 2

Southampton are through to the sixth round of the FA Cup for the first time in nine seasons after a 2-0 win over Norwich at St Mary's.

A solitary strike from Tommy Mooney gave Sheffield United the advantage over their fellow Division One opponents Walsall.