Example sentences of "[prep] the second division " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though the Irish need a point in Valetta to clinch their first appearance in the finals , Charlton has agreed for Galvin to stay behind to play for the Second Division side in their Littlewoods Cup third-round second replay at Bolton . |
| 2 | The memory for the Second Division club will be of their historic 10-9 triumph over West Hartlepool last year , a victory secured with a last- minute try that ensured their promotion from the Courage League Division Three alongside their immediate rivals . |
| 3 | STEVE Archibald , ex-Scottish international , has parted company with Fulham after playing 155 minutes for the Second Division club . |
| 4 | MIDDLESBROUGH manager Lennie Lawrence will make sweeping changes for the Second Division promotion clash at Swindon tomorrow . |
| 5 | IPSWICH Town are red-hot favourites for the Second Division championship . |
| 6 | Poole will not recover from a groin injury in time for the Second Division promotion playoff final next weekend . |
| 7 | A six-minute blitz at the start of the match secured three points for the Second Division title favourites . |
| 8 | His plan was to reorganize the Southern League with other clubs into two divisions of eighteen to twenty clubs each , to be called the Football Alliance , with promotion and relegation between the Second Division of the League and the First of the Alliance as well as within the two organizations . |
| 9 | A MAJOR talking point after the Second Division promotion clash was why Sheffield referee John Key turned down a goal that would have shattered Middlesbrough 's unbeaten home League record . |
| 10 | The fact is , it works and it has taken United to the top of the Second Division , unbeaten in nine League games . |
| 11 | Nottingham City , originally named Mansfield Marksman after a lager , remain marooned in the depths of the Second Division . |
| 12 | WIGAN , the trophy holders , lost 19-18 to Oldham , of the Second Division , in the semi-finals of the Lancashire Cup . |
| 13 | SHEFFIELD UNITED , deposed on Saturday by Leeds , reclaimed the summit of the Second Division yesterday with their sixth away victory of the season and their second 2-0 defeat of Swindon . |
| 14 | Two visits to Oakwell , incognito , also persuaded him that a more immediate priority , to move away from the lower reaches of the Second Division , is realisable . |
| 15 | Hull moved out of the Second Division relegation zone for the first time since mid-September with a 2-1 win over Plymouth last night — their fourth win in their last six games and their third successive victory under the new manager Stan Ternant . |
| 16 | The winners meet Halifax , of the Second Division , on the same ground in two weeks . |
| 17 | But in the main the Cabinet was the preserve of the second division public schools like Charterhouse ( John Wakeham ) , Rugby ( Tom King ) , or Sedbergh ( David Waddington ) . |
| 18 | For this is not only the man in charge of the Second Division leaders but the former manager of West Ham , the last Second Division club to win the FA Cup . |
| 19 | Realistically , six points will probably be enough , and with all those matches against teams in the bottom eight of the Second Division , promotion looks a formality . |
| 20 | Gary 's neat and composed approach was enjoyed by the discerning fans but some Palace supporters found it difficult to accept this refined talent in the hustle and bustle of the Second Division of the mid-1980s . |
| 21 | That result has helped Ardiles 's side open up a two-point lead over Frank Stapleton 's Bradford City at the top of the Second Division . |
| 22 | Much has been made of the ‘ feminine shape ’ of My Bloody Valentine 's music , and this also extends to the ‘ wombadelia ’ of Spiritualized and the neutered fumblings of the shoe-gazers and much of the second division of indie rock . |
| 23 | Paul Davison , winner of the second division singles last season and the third division in 1990 , added the first division title with a win in the final over Fred Button . |
| 24 | And in the Football Post er cos everybody used to have the Football Post then , not like now , and so everybody knew what was in it and er there was like a Who and Why column in the Football Post and one of these was , Who will stop County now , you see because they was at top of the second division or something like that , and the team that was next to them was City in them days you see . |
| 25 | And there remains a two-way tie at the top of the Second Division , Queen of the South and Meadowbank Thistle up there after their draw last week . |
| 26 | The House of Lords overturned the decision of Lord Mayfield and the subsequent decision of the Second Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session ( ( 1989 ) SLT 182 ) to the effect that the clause constituted an invalid non-possessory security interest . |
| 27 | But with United still bottom of the Second Division and staring relegation in the face , the editor of the club 's fanzine says this is n't the time to be selling star players . |
| 28 | At the top of the Second Division leaders Middlewich were routed by Offerton , Mike Potter taking 4–9 to dismiss the home side for 62 . |
| 29 | But after the new season 's first frantic flush , Rovers were at the foot of the Second Division . |
| 30 | Thorpe and captain Bargh are locked in battle at the top of the Second Division averages which has seen their scores take them well ahead of all the other riders in the Homefire League . |