Updates from the Four Nations Tournament

There are two games in the Four Nations Tournament this evening.

Craig Mackail-Smith, who plays for Dagenham, put England ahead in the 44th minute.

Both Craig Stanley and Mark Robinson of Hereford United are playing for England and are reported to be having good games so far.

Lastest Scores: (half-time)

Ireland 0-0 Scotland

Wales 0-1 England

Final Scores:

Ireland 1-1 Scotland

Wales 0-1 England

The last games in the tournament are on Saturday. If England win their game against Scotland they will be champions.

England scored their winning goal in the 44th minute when Welsh centre-back Steve Evans made a disastrous mistake. Goalkeeper Tony Pennock was in close attendance when Evans attempted to volley a clearance from inside his penalty area.

Pennock looked prepared to deal with the situation but Evans attempted to play safe and instead he succeeded only in slicing the ball to Craig Mackail-Smith, who was left with an empty net for his finishing lob.

Evans was one of the most authoritative Welsh players on the pitch apart from this mistake and he was one of those who contributed to a succession of Welsh scoring attempts that somehow failed to produce a goal.

Graham Evans had the ball in the net for Wales in the 51st minute but was whistled back for offside. The same player struck England?s upright in the first half, Darren Barnard hit the crossbar from a free in the second and Chris Giles later headed against the bar as a more mature Welsh team repeatedly threatened an equaliser.

England, with a youthful team drawn from the Conference, played neat constructive football and had capable players in left-back Mark Robinson, midfielder Scott Kerr, centre-back Ismail Yakubu and busy striker Anthony Elding.

England: Glennon; Haslam, Yakubu, Charnock, Robinson; Southam, Kerr, Stanley, Taylor; Mackail-Smith, Elding. Subs: Bailey for Stanley 61, Sinclair for Mackail-Smith 86.

Wales: Pennock; Jones, Todd, Steve Evans, Searle; Bale, Tudur-Jones, Holloway, Barnard; Giles, Graham Evans. Subs: Davies for Holloway 73; Lloyd-Williams for Barnard 90.

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