by 0 Birmingham City Manchester United 1
(Van Nistelrooy)
Ruud van Nistelrooy grabbed his 26th goal of the season After the
Dutch striker's 56th- minute winner beat battling Birmingham last
night.United closed the gap on current leaders Arsenal to just three
points.Manager Fergie said: "We've now won six on the trot and it is
going to go down to the wire - and we love it. That's what we are in
it for and this weekend should be interesting because we are playing
Manchester City and Arsenal go to Newcastle."
1 Arsenal
2 Manchester United
3 Newcastle United
4 Chelsea
5 Everton
6 Liverpool
7 Southampton
8 Charlton Athletic
9 Tottenham Hotspur
10 Manchester City
11 Aston Villa
1 Blackburn Rovers
13 Leeds United
14 Middlesbrough
15 Fulham
16 Birmingham City
17 Bolton Wanderers
18 West Bromwich Albion
19 West Ham United
20 Sunderland
(table after Birmingham vs Man Utd match).
F.A.CUP 4TH ROUND REPLAY:
Leeds (1) 2 - 1 (0) Gillingham
Viduka (11) Ipoua (86)
Bakke (58)
Leeds
Robinson; Harte, Kelly, Matteo (Milner), Mills, Radebe (Duberry);
Bakke, Wilcox; Johnson, Okon; Viduka.
Gillingham
; Edge, Hope; Brown, Hessenthaler, Nosworthy, Perpetuini (Ipoua);
Johnson, Sidibe, Southall, Wallace (Johnson); James.
Referee: Dean, M (Wirral)
Attendance: 29,355
Bookings
Leeds: None
Gillingham: Southall (11) Johnson (80)
Sent off
None
Free-kicks
Leeds: 15
Gillingham: 12
Corners
Leeds: 6
Gillingham: 2
Goal attempts
Leeds: 15
Gillingham: 8
On target
Leeds: 13
Gillingham: 4
Hit woodwork
Leeds: 0
Gillingham: 0
Offsides
Leeds: 2
Gillingham: 5
CIS CUP SEMI FINAL:
0 HEARTS RANGERS 1
(De Boer 27)
Hearts (4-4-2): Moilanen; Maybury, Pressley, Webster, Mahe (Kirk, 85);
Stamp (McKenna, 65), MacFarlane, Severim, Valois; De Vries, Wales.
Booked: Pressley, Stamp.
Rangers (4-3-3): Klos; Ross, Moore, Amoruso, Numan; Ricksen, Arteta,
Ferguson; De Boer, Mols (Caniggiia, 72), McCann.
Booked: Ricksen, Arteta.
Referee : M McCurry.
FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS:
DIVISION ONE
Brighton 2 Wimbledon 3
DIVISION TWO
Cheltenham 3 Tranmere 1
Huddersfield 1 Plymouth 0
Mansfield 0 Brentford 0
Northampton 0 Cardiff 1
Notts County 2 Crewe 2
DIVISION THREE
Cambridge Utd 1 Bury 2
Carlisle 1 Lincoln City 4
Kidderminster 1 Bournemouth 0
Oxford Utd 0 Wrexham 2
Swansea 1 Darlington 0
*In other news Woking were knocked out of the F.A trophy 4th round 2-0
by Gloucester City in a replay.Tom Webb gave Gloucester the lead early
in the first-half and a late goal from Adie Harris sealed the win for
the Dr Martens League Western Division side.