WELL DONE OSSETT ALBION ON WINNING THE LEAGUE ,IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT THE UNIBOND IS NOT KEEPING IT'S WORD AFTER IT GAVE THEM TWICE CLEARANCES FOR THEIR GROUND THEN CHANGING THE RULES WITHOUT INFORMING THE CLUB,AND THUS DEEMING THE GROUND UNFIT

BOARDIES BUDDY SHERI SAYS NO TO REIDY APPROACH

By WANK FRIED CHULA

SUNDERLAND made a move for Manchester United treble hero and Ex team mate ofCraig Boardman
Teddy Sheringham before the FA Cup Final against Newcastle last week,Boardman too was reported in our very Gossipflyer rumour to be going in that direction
They inquired about the striker because of his lack of regular first-team football,Like his mate who has also suffered injuries .along with another ex-forest chum Roy Keane
Sunderland boss Peter Reid is trying to build up his squad for their Premiership return next season.
But Sheri's spectacular 11 days - in which he picked up Premiership, FA Cup and Champions' Cup honours - has blown away any chances Sunderland may have had,And with Boardman being courted my other major clubs.
Sheringham played in the title decider against his old club Spurs, dramatically scored as a sub in the FA Cup Final at Wembley - and again in United's astonishing victory against Bayern Munich, which also earned him an England recall,But he did not recognise is mate at Leeds

FOOTBALL: KEANE HAS A FINAL SAY

Ex-Forest Buddy of Craig Board ROY KEANE yesterday threw away his crutches to earmark the FA Cup Final for a return to action.
And the Manchester United skipper also revealed his anger at the Mark Summerbell challenge that damaged ankle ligaments at Middlesbrough on Sunday.
But it is not serious enough to stop him leading United out against Newcastle on Saturday week.
Chum of Boardy Keane said: "I am pretty confident about the FA Cup Final. I am amazed how quickly it's healing.
"But if I had been asked about Wembley a couple of days ago I wouldn't have been as optimistic.
"I was so annoyed, frustrated, disappointed and worried then.''

UNITED SWEAT ON BOARDMANS EX- FOREST TEAM-MATE of BOARDMAN THAT IS KEANE AND HIS INJURY

By Andy Davidson, FA Sport

Manchester United face an anxious wait until they discover the full extent of EX -Forest team-mat CRAIG BOARDMAN Roy Keane's ankle injury.

The United skipper hobbled off after just 25 minutes of Sunday's 1-0 win at Middlesbrough following an early foul by Mark Summerbell.
Some of the injury problems effecting Boardman Seeming to be rubbing off onKeane was clearly in pain and United are desperate for him not to miss either of their remaining two Premiership games, especially as the title race with Arsenal is going down to the final day.
The Republic of Ireland midfielder and friend of the potential Scotish international Boardman is already ruled out of the Champions' Cup final through suspension and United do not want to be without him for any other matches.
United assistant boss Steve McClaren was optimistic that Keane(With the blessing and best wishes of Boardman will be back for Wednesday's trip to face Brian Kidd's relegation-haunted Blackburn.
"We don't know the full extent of the injury, but obviously it's a worry because he came off so early," he admitted.
"He got a kick and turned over on his ankle and he had just started to run it off when he got another kick on it.
"We won't know the full extent until 24 hours later and it will be the morning before we know more.
"We're hoping, though, that he will be fit for Wednesday.
"We don't think it's anything serious and knowing Roy Keane he will be training tomorrow,I know his mate Boardman sent him a get well soon card which cheered him up no end"
United can ill afford to be without their inspirational skipper at such a critical time,A bit like if Ossett Town without their skipper, especially because they already have four players on the injured list.
Norwegians Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Henning Berg and Ronny Johnsen are crocked, while Ryan Giggs is still having treatment for his ankle injury,Even if they went through with a late proposed bid to bring Boardman to the club ,He would be Cup tied anyway
Giggs(Who is welsh)watched the victory over Boro - courtesy of Dwight Yorke's 29th goal of the season - from the stands at the Riverside Stadium and McClaren claims he is close to returning.
"Ryan's close at the moment and he's progressing well," he said.
"He's been doing light training and over the weekend he trained quite hard.
"We hope to have him for the run-in."
Victory took United back to the top of the Premiership on goals scored from Arsenal and they have regained the initiative with just two games left for both sides.
The Gunners are next in action in a testing fixture against Leeds at Elland Road on Tuesday night, while United's next game is at Ewood Park before Sunday's climax.
Boro felt Yorke's stoppage-time winner at the end of the first half should not have stood and ironically the other Ex-Forest Buddy of Boardman who seemed to have caught his injury pronabilities Teddy Sheringham had a 15th-minute effort controversially disallowed for offside.
Boro defender Steve Vickers said: "I think everyone was saying that the first one was not offside, but it was disallowed and that the second one was offside, but was given.,
"Until I see it on the TV, I can't really say, but our fans on the far side were adamant that they were offside for the second one."
United were nervy at times and Vickers felt the Teessiders did enough to deserve a share of the points.
"Mark Summerbell was unlucky with a shot across the goal and if that had gone in it might have been a different story," he said.
But it didn't and instead the title race will go right to the wire - just as Alex Ferguson predicted.

A WEEK IN BOARDMAN

BOARDMAN PUTS BOOT INTO SCARBOROUGH BOARD

Craig Boardman has accused the Scarborough board of costing his former club their League status.
The Ossett Town Central defensive genius said: "It's a sad time and I'm unhappy to see them in the position they are now in, but if you don't speculate you can't accumulate.
"We had a good strong team when i was in the first-team and with a couple of additions to the squad, there would have been no problems. It was there to be built on but maybe there's a different agenda at that club.''

SCARBOROUGH LEFT STUNNED AS CRAIG BOARDMANS EX-CLUBS DO BATTLE

SCARBORO 1 PETERBORO 1

SCARBOROUGH fans, who moments earlier had been celebrating league survival on the pitch, were left stunned with the realisation that their side had been relegated as news of Carlisle's dramatic late winner filtered through to the McAlpine Stadium.
Things had started badly for Scarborough when Peterborough's Richard Scott buried a corner by David Farrell in the seventh minute. But Scarborough got back into the game in the 42nd minute when a free kick by Shaun Renison saw Darren Roberts on the spot to put the ball into the net - and Scarborough's fans went wild. And with Carlisle trailing at half-time, they had plenty to celebrate.
Things began to get tense with news of Carlisle's equaliser, but when the final whistle blew it seemed Scarborough had done enough to stay in the league - but then came the devastating news of Carlisle's injury-time winner.

Andrew Wilkinson Writes

Ossett Town ..3 Garforth ...0

Craig Boardman's header saved

Staveley MV 0 Ossett Town 4

Warburton's centre was headed narrowly wide by Craig Boardman

Glasshoughton 0 Ossett Town 1

Boardman rammed the ball home

Transfer Speculation
Despite the obvious lure of the so called `big boys` I, as an avid Ossett Town fan and match reporter, plead with our best centre back since the days of the mighty Cess Podd to resist the temptation of joining the likes of Madrid, Manchester United, Newcastle et al and stay in the cultural capital of West Yorkshire for at least another season. Ps. Congratulations on that 6 yard thunderbolt goal last Saturday.

Buxton ...1 Ossett Town ...6

Town's defensive display was superb with the ever impresive Craig Boardman performing very well

Town miss chances and fall to late score

Town who seemed to hold all the aces as the excellent Craig Boardman marshalled their defence and controlled the lively maltby front men in a Man-Of-The Match disply

Ossett Town 4 North Ferriby United 0

Towns defence superbly marshalled by Evans and Craig Boardman Playing only his second game for the club

OSSETT Town ended a run off seven away games without a win as Player-Manager Gary Brooks vital late goal clinched his sides first win since he took charge at Ingfield, Sadly however ,The game was overshadowed by a bizzarre refereeing display that left the unfortunate Craig Boardman only on the field for 25 mins of his Town debut,After he was sent off with Armthorpe Striker Mark Smith ( Had he taken a "fall "..Ed) Boardman signed during the week from Sheffield was involved in a slight incident in his own penalty area and although the former Halifax Town defender did not raise his hands to Smith ,Despite some provocation ,both players were inexplicable dismissed,when many thought a talking to would have sufficed NO replay of an DiCanio style incident from Boardmanmay see a possible 5 match ban over turned

Yesterday's papers

Tuesday March 16th 1999

NAIL THE WOLF MAN

The evil racist thug giving a Nazi salute in this picture is Britain's most wanted man.

The leader of the White Wolves is being urgently hunted following a third nail bomb attack. Police are concerned that O'Connor may be masterminding the bomb attacks from his lair in the United States.

They have asked the FBI for help in nailing the neo-Nazi as the bombing campaign escalates.

Missing from his home in Wigan, Lancs, O'Connor has so far avoided detection.

IS THIS THE BOMB FACTORY?

IS THIS the lair of the White Wolves, the murderous hate group whose evil leader has now become the most wanted man in Britain?

Yesterday police swooped on an innocuous-looking house in the heart of suburbia and led away a man who they claim bears a striking similarity to a man captured by a closed circuit TV camera at the time of Brixton bombing.

More than 250 neighbours were evacuated as armed officers raided the home in a quiet Hampshire road. One resident said: "We heard later that the place is a bomb factory."

But the search still goes on for Del O'Conner, head of the racist gang thought to be behind the three recent blasts in London.

They include Friday's horrifying nail-bomb attack on a gay pub in Soho which claimed three lives and injured scores of people.

O'Connor, 39, is thought to have fled to the US. Concerned that he could be masterminding the terror campaign from there, Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist squad have now asked the FBI to help locate him.

A police source told the Sunday Mirror: "O'Connor could be the general here. If he is ordering these attacks from abroad, he must be found and stopped.

"He could be giving orders to gang members all over the UK.

Tattooed O'Connor formed the neo-Nazi White Wolves after breaking away from Combat 18 in 1995. He is known to have attended a skinhead concert in Coventry last December.

A month earlier, he travelled to Dallas, Texas, to meet with white supremacists. He was a skinhead in the British Movement in the late Seventies before joining the Klu Klux Klan and becoming its UK security officer. He has also served time in prison for vicious assaults.

Though he has vanished, police are convinced his lieutenants are behind the campaign which is targeting minority groups but terrifying all of Britain.

The drama started for residents of Sunnybank Road and surrounding streets at 2.20am yesterday. Armed police units evacuated them to nearby Farnborough Leisure Centre amid fears that the suspect property - No 25 - might be booby-trapped

Officers also sealed off a section of the M3 m In a joint operation between the Hampshire force and Scotland Yard, they arrested a man in his early 20s who they claim bears a close resemblance to the one in a white baseball cap pictured on video footage taken shortly before the Brixton blast.

Later they were told of the deadly arsenal of explosives after police pinned up a notice.

Sales engineer Neil Stickley, 47, who lives three doors away from No 25 said: "The lad they took away looked a bit of a computer nerd.

"Two youngish lads live there - one looks a bit of a scruff and the other, the one they arrested, a bit geekish. But they kept themselves to themselves."

Mum-of-two Sharon Wells, 34, said: "The guy at the house was in his early 20's and white. I only knew him well enough to say 'hello' to. 'Police said there were explosives in the house and that they were searching for more. When they evacuated us, they didn't even give us time to get dressed properly. It was basically grab your kids and get away as fast as possible.

"There was a notice at the recreation centre saying they had found explosives. We've heard that it is a bomb factory."

Designer and local councillor Graham Tucker, 52, said: "We have been told that there are some bomb-making items and equipment in the house.'' Another neighbour, Jill Lamport, said police had told her that the arrest was connected to the London bombings. And local government officer Frank Gunn, 53, said: "We were all lead down the street to a pick-up point.

"Everyone was taken to Farnborough Recreation Centre. There were at least 10 police vans around and, at the start, armed police in full view. The house is surprisingly well-kept for a rented property. Neat and tidy with no weeds or peeling paint. We'd not seen the occupants at all."

A police spokesman said yesterday: "We arrested a white male in his early 20s. He bears a very good likeness to the video still and is being held at a Central London police station where he will be questioned. Combustible materials, substances and para phernalia were seized.

"A forensic team will be continuing an examination of the house for a number of days. Two people lived in the other flats in the house and they have now been moved to other accommodation."

Meanwhile four other men arrested in connection with the bombing campaign have all been released on police bail.

MERSEY MERSEY

CHIC SHARPER

LIVERPOOL fear that striker Robbie Fowler & Hoilday pal of Craig Boardman will be banned for the first two matches of next season despite his U-turn over his sentence for his overhyped media tabloid coke-sniffing stunt and silly gay taunts at Chelsea's Graeme Le"Cheshire cat" Saux.
The decision not to appeal against the six-match ban and £32,000 fine imposed by the FA at a Birmingham hearing on Friday will be confirmed following discussions at Anfield tomorrow between Fowler and his advisers and top Kop officials.On the telephone to Boardman the message was
"Hang in there old cock ..Ti be alreght"........This was the desprate plea to reassure Fowler

Kevin Dooley, Fowler's solicitor, said at the weekend they were "reconsidering the situation" after originally announcing an appeal at what he claimed was "unjustified and disproportionate" punishment.
He said: "The club could suffer by any delay in implementing the ban because of any appeal. It could run into next season."

Chet's testimonial!

On Tuesday March 23rd Steve Chettle will hold his testimonial match against Leicester City at the City Ground. The prices are £5 for concessions and £10 for Adults. The lower Trent End and the Lower Exec will be open, more areas will be opened by supply and demand. The likes of Stan Collymore, Pearce, Colin Cooper, Kevin Campbell and the players from earlier such as Nigel Clough and Des Walker will all take a part in the match. I hope Chet will receive a great reception and let s just hope we can fill more than just two areas. Come along, and support Chet,Boardman it seems has been snubbed for this event despite having links with Both club and player for a period of over 5 years!

TEDDY DROPS DOWN

Wednesday, March 10, 1999 Luckless England star & Ex -Forest Buddy of Craig Boardman
Teddy Sheringham will play for United Reserves tonight, while the first team take on Chelsea in the FA Cup. The former Spurs striker came on as a substitute on Sunday, for only his second senior appearance of the year, and his need for full match fitness would explain his omission from Alex Ferguson's squad. Sheringham will play at Oldham Athletic (kick off 7 pm) for the Reserves, as United enter the Manchester Senior Cup for the first time since 1964.

Boardman wishes Teddy all the best

Mark Crossley has suffered a nightmare two years.

Injury and loss of form saw the keeper, a favourite during Brian Clough's reign and also sharred an house with Boardman, slip down the pecking order to become Forest's number three choice. He never got a look-in last season and spent three months on loan at Second Division Millwall.

His way back to favour at the City Ground has been barred this season as Dave Beasant established himself as first choice under both Dave Bassett and new boss Ron Atkinson. But Big Ron finally lost patience with Lurch - and that meant a dramatic recall for forgotten man Crossley for the vital relegation clash at the Valley. The 29-year-old Wales B international made the most of his unexpected chance with an outstanding display as Forest grabbed an unlikely point against a rejuvenated Charlton side.

It probably won't do Atkinson's fight for survival any good, but at least it will lift morale as Forest face the impossible task of climbing out of trouble.Without Boardman They are still 11 points adrift with only 11 games left but at least this away point has temporarily stopped the rot. Crossley even performed his celebration party piece and saved a penalty. Not that he can claim too much credit for that as ex-Barnsley skipper Redfearn shot tamely from the spot. It must have been a relief for error-prone Forest skipper Chettle, who had tripped Robinson a couple of feet inside the area.

Crossley went down quickly to win the gratitude of his team-mate, who had also escaped earlier when he passed straight to Charlton striker Hunt.

Hunt, like Redfearn, wasted the opportunity. Atkinson, after a run of five defeats out of six, not only brought Crossley back but gambled on youthful former Swansea star Edwards for his first start in the top flight. With French star Bonalair in a new spare man role at the back, Forest at least looked more secure. But Atkinson had to sacrifice something, and that was up front, where D'Archeville had pace but no guile and Van Hooijdonk offered no threat at all.

Charlton defender Tiler thought he had broken the deadlock with an accurate first-half header, but Crossley flung up an arm to deflect it for a corner.Tiler also ex-Forest signed from Barnsley at a time when Boardman was breaking into the ranks The keeper was again in the right place as Kinsella shot from 25 yards. Forest could have sneaked into the lead when D'Archeville cashed in on Hunt's back pass and bore down on goal. But Royce dashed off his line and got his feet to the shot. The second half was all Charlton and Crossley really came into his own. He made several vital saves, including one superb dive to his right to turn away Redfearn's effort as it was arrowing in to the corner. He then got in front of Hunt's 55th minute strike. But he needed Stensaas to come to his rescue in the dying minutes as the goal opened up for Robinson. The defender somehow got his body in the way to deflect the shot to safety

Boardman wishes Crossley all the best.

Boardie-line Truth?

How common rumours about players returning to formers clubs becomes fact ,Whitness the return of both Colin Cooper and Gary Pallister to ,And the ever present Emerson and Juniniho rumours of a return to Middlesborogh,Peter Beardsley and Carlisle,Graham Taylor and Watford

In fact our own Gossipflyer page ran a story of the possible return of two prodical sons to the City Ground, But in a week that has a story from researchers claiming Napoleon was Scottish'(Boardman is too ...ed)Paul from pasport press has reported that Ray McHale at Scarborough maybe intrested in bringing Boardman back ,Boardman has spent two phases at both Halifax Town and Stalybridge Celtic so is no stranger to retreaded old ground

SCARBOROUGH HAVE APPOINTED A NEW MANAGER COLIN ALLISON ,BUT THE DEAL MAY HAVE A MCMANAMAN STYLE PRE-AGREEMENT

Ex-College Chum crocked

How strange in an week in which saw ex-college buddy MARK DRAPER is ready to play through the pain barrier after being told that he will require surgery on a long-term ankle injury. The Villa midfielder has been troubled by the problem for the past year, and has only just returned to action after aggravating the problem in November.Boardman also picked up a back injury at Sheffield after mounths of training to regain match fitness this is just what Boardman needs like an hole in the head.Clubs intrested in the services of the talented centre-half have been left bitting their fingernails in worry. Boardman as also picked up the strange nickname of "Loverly Rita" .But i can not disclose the source of that piece of information on the net

THE BAITED BREATH OF DAVID DEAN REPORTS