He would have been too uptight and nervous after a journey that took three
“He would have been too uptight and nervous after a journey that took three hours.” If there are shades of Stan Collymore about Latapy, who has just begun a ban for drink-driving, then it extends to the pitch too. The enigmatic playmaker, who shone in the Champions’ League with FC Porto, can prise open tight defences.However, Livingston provided a dress rehearsal for Advocaat’s side with a stubbornness which Fenerbahce would do well to match.But this was no backs-to-the-wall display by the newest recruits to the Scottish Premier League. Had Stefan Klos not produced a stunning save from Davide Xausa’s first-half drive, or David Bingham’s 54th-minute header from Barry Wilson’s cross not spun out after clipping the inside of the post, Livingston would have been celebrating victory on their first visit to Ibrox.Livingston have come a long way since exchanging their identity six years ago after public indifference in Edinburgh as Meadowbank Thistle. Three promotions in that time, a new 10,000-seat stadium and a clutch of experienced foreign and domestic signings gave them a polish of assurance on Saturday.”I have been here a few times with St Johnstone and Dunfermline,” said captain Bingham, “and the best result I have had is this draw We deserved it.” They probably deserved more.
The skill of former Deportivo La Coru?triker David Fernandez and the running of Xausa and Wilson troubled Rangers.Advocaat, though, was not quite as pleased with his strikeforce. Tore Andre Flo was withdrawn at half-time and Caniggia followed soon after. Advocaat moaned: “What was the point in passing to them? The strikers could not hold the ball up.” Latapy, though, knew all about hold-ups.Rangers (4-3-1-2): Klos; Ricksen, Moore, S Wilson, Vidmar; Hughes, Konterman, McCann; Johnston (Kanchelskis, 62); Caniggia (Miller, 71), Flo (Mols, h-t). Substitutes not used: Christiansen (gk), Ross.Livingston (4-4-2): Broto; Brinquin, Rubio, Andrews, Bollan; B Wilson (Lowndes, 67), Quinto, Lovell, Bingham (Tosh, 79); Fernandez, Xausa (Caputo, 89).
Substitutes not used: McEwan (gk), Hart.Referee: A Freeland.Bookings: Rangers: Moore, Vidmar; Livingston: Lowndes, Xausa, Rubio.Man of the match: Broto.Attendance: 47,805.. Scott Godfrey came from three down after eight holes to win the English Amateur Championship in a downpour here in Devon on Saturday. Scott Godfrey came from three down after eight holes to win the English Amateur Championship in a downpour here in Devon on Saturday.
Godfrey, 20, from the St Enodoc club in Cornwall, beat Simon Robinson, also 20, from Seaton Carew, County Durham, 4 and 3 over 36 holes and put himself in line for a full England cap.On a day that began in summer conditions, it gradually turned into a grey, miserable affair, with driving rain and a howling wind that made golf difficult But not for these two England boy internationals. Both come from links courses and are used to competing in such weather.Robinson dictated the morning round but after lunch Godfrey had a birdie at the second which sparked a revival. It was the start of a run that saw Godfrey win five holes on the trot to go from one down to three up.