English trio move into UEFA group stage
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-09-29 11:49 English Premiership clubs
Tottenham, Newcastle and Blackburn shrugged off their mediocre domestic form to
reach the UEFA Cup group stages overnight.
Tottenham saw off Slavia Prague 1-0, Newcastle defeated Tallinn 2-0 and
Blackburn were 2-0 winners against Salzburg.
Glasgow Rangers, who had lost their last two Scottish Premier League games,
bounced back with a 2-0 victory over Molde.
However, West Ham's problems continued as they crashed out 4-0 on aggregate
to Palermo.
Former European champions Marseille were the night's biggest casualties,
losing to Mlado Boleslav 4-3 on aggregate in their first round second leg tie.
Hearts drew 0-0 with Sparta Prague but went out after they had lost the first
leg 2-0.
Little Derry also saw their UEFA Cup run come to an end when they lost 2-0 in
Paris after holding the French giants to a 0-0 draw in the first leg.
Defending champions Sevilla made it through with a comfortable 6-1 aggregate
win over Atromitos of Greece.
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