Saints shocked by 'new-look' GersBy a "Courier" reporter

ST JOHNSTONE were liter­ally taken by surpriseat McDiarmid Park onSaturday by a Rangers teamravaged by injuries andcall-offs and minus sevenestablished internationalists.

Saints had still not got togrips with the "new-look"'Gers when they fell a goalbehind in the seventhminute.

John Morrow, promotedfrom the reserves and im­pressing throughout hisdebut on the right wing. setup John Spencer's shotwhich Lindsay Hamiltonfailed to hold. allowing AllyMcCoist to score.

The visitors' second, aminute before half-time. wasagain scored by McCoist, butfrom what looked a clearlyoffside position.

Goals by Harry Curranand Paul Wright pulled thePerth side level before ScottNisbet won the game forRangers with a superbheader 15 minutes from time.

In the absence of bothmanagers following analleged incident in the tunnelwhich saw them leave theground. not to return until anhour after the final whistle(see report on Page 7). itwas the assistant managerswho commented on thegame.

"When we came back to

level it 2-2 we had them onthe run. but Nisbet is obvi­ously good at set pieces,"said Saints' Bert Paton.

"Our boys battled hard but

6 6 We were pushingup to get a win and leftthe bock dooropen !I !I

we never like to lose threegoals at home.

"We were pushing up toget a win and left the backdoor open."

John Inglis was replacedby Curran at half-time andhas a groin strain and Paul

Cherry pulled a hamstringnear the end.

Rangers assistant ArchieKnox said his team hadacquitted themselves well.

He singled out Morrowand reserve team coach JohnMcGregor for particularpraise-the latter making hisfirst appearance since a kneeinjury seemingly ended hiscareer in 1988.

"Morrow does a good joband offers us something a bitdifferent," he said. "He canbe really pleased with hisdebut."

Peter Huistra, absent oninternational duty forHolland, will have a battle onhis hands to reclaim his firstteam place from the young-

ster, who was signed fromLinfield four seasons ago.

Scotland under-21 strikerJohn Spencer will miss to­morrow's game in Romaniawith hamstring trouble, anda recurring ankle injurymakes Ally McCoist a majordoubt for the full squad'svital European Champion­ship clash on Wednesday.

Saints have picked up onlytwo points at home and. asstriking worries ease, prob·lems seem to be growing atthe other end of the park.

The defen<:e. as well asconceding three goals. alsooffered Rangers a hatful ofchances which they failed toconvert.

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Dr Patterson, who wlll present the findinat the Cardiology 91 conference in Lond.later this month, said. "This is the first galevidence that you can slow the progresscoronary atheroma and make it regress, ,.• Four in 10 Britons suffer from day-to-d,exhaustion, according to a report today.

Tiredness affects some 4W· of the popul,tion. making it the second most commamedical complaint in doctors' su~erie

across the UK. after pain-but it is shll ncrecognised as an illness as in other Eurapeacountries. even though the symptoms calast at least sIx months.

The report in "Company" magazine saie"While doctors openly admit that chroni'fatigue or TAT (Tired All The Time) syndrome is extremely common. they also admithat they often consider it to be more I

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RANGERS MANAGER WalterSmith and his St Johnstone counter­part Alex Totten are likely to knowthis week whether they face chargesarlsing from an incident atMcDiarmid Park. Perth, onSaturday.

The two were apparently involvedin an incident In the players' tunnelat half-time.

A police spokesman. who did notidentify the two men involved. laterrevealed that a report has been sentto the Procurator Fiscal in Perth.who will decide what action. if any.is to be taken against them.

Both men were apparently drivenaway from the ground and neithersaw the second half as Rangers heidoff a fightback to win 3-2.

AS:!iistant managers Archie Knoxand Bert Paton conducted thepost-match media conferencebefore Smith and Tolten weredriven back to the ground in thesame car an hour after the finalw~~ __

The tWI? hurried past waiting "~reporters~ret'u:dng to answer ques 1IJ~===3::E'~~I'~I~~~'~1~1~'27~1"~1::E===~tians or make any comment. '11 :->t'nl",', 'rlt Ilr,' I -

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HIGH-RISK heart patients may be given anew lease of life by takIng powerful choles­terol-burning drugs to reopen blockedcoronary arteries. new research shows.

Until now most doctors believed the build-

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that new drugs which "burn up" cholesterolnearly twice as fast as standard therapies canimprove narrowed arteries and even causeblocked arteries to open up.

Dr David Patterson, of Whittington Hos­pital. London, who has treated up to 300patients with one of the drugs, said there wasa drastic fall in cholesterol and an improvedoutlook for patients.

American researchers who treated 120high-risk men with similar drugs also foundthat the disease process went into reverse ina third of them.

Narrowed or blocked arteries began toclear in the drug-treated group bul not inpatients who only dieted and took exercise.

r---------------HEALTH MINISTERVirginia Bottomley Isdenying claims that cashshortages could jeopard­ise revolutionary newchild-care laws.

ch~ldl~~~~~S cg::iti~:rf:::that local authorities donot have the resources toimplement the ChildrenAct, which comes intoforce today.

Mrs Bottomley saidextra cash had alreadybeen earmarked forcouncils so that theycould carry out theirextra duties but admittedshe did not expect all theprovisions to be imple­mented immediately.

Social services depart­ments have claimed extracash has not reachedthem and they are beingforced to make cutbacks.

A survey has shownthat nearly half the localauthorities have notdrawn' up plans to helpyoungsters leaVing care,which they afe requiredto do under the Act.

Mrs Bottomley.

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assistantchiefCQnstable. In his capacity withRangers he attended the game and was·sitting Inthe visiting directors' box: in the weststand of thePerth stadium.

Justj)efore half-tinie he went down towards thetunnel, as was quite normal for him. .

He saw Totten standing and .remonstratlng.with a linesman, ''using strong language" tellinghim to "open his eyes."

There was no response from the linesman, whohe thought might have been out of earshotbecause of crowd noise.

"Remarks were made sidew~ys towards theRangers dug-out," said Mr Hood.

These were along the lines that Rangers wereruining SCottish football and that one of theirplayers was a cheat, he said.

He described Totten's demeanour as "uptight,"but like any football manager in a close game.

Smith responded by telling him to "shut hismouth." •

"It was a heated eXChange.. but not uncommonina dug-out situation," said Mr Hooct .

He saw a chief inspector indicate.to Totten tosit down, which he did.• Continued. on Page 2.

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RANGERS BOSS Walter Smith became involvedin a "heated excbange"with his StJobnstonecounterpart Alex Totten following an accusationthat the Ibrox star striker was a cheat, PerthSheriff Court heard yesterday.

During the first day of the breach of the peacetrial witnesses gave differing accounts of whetherthe verbal confrontation at a clash between thetwo clJlbs at McDiarmid Park degenerated ~to aphysical fight.

It emerged that the dug-out row escalated afterAlly McCoist scored a hotly disputed goal whichgave Rangers a two-nil lead just before half-tinie.

Totten (45), of Dunipace, and Smith (43), ofHelensburgb, deny that on October 121~tyear Inthe ground they conducted themselves in adisorderly manner during the course of a PremierLeague match, shouted and swore at each otherand at half-thne, in the tunnel area, shouted andswore, engaged in a stand-up fight and committeda breach of peace. .

James Hood (59) was the first witness to giveeVidence.

He. said he was employed by Rangers asoperations executive, which Involved liaison withfans, police and club officials.

A former security adviser to the SFA, he was apoUceman for 31 years and rose.to the rank of

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energy-saving and•renewable energy, SAVEand THERMIE,' were, being, cut back byBrussels at the same time that the tax wasbeingintrod~ce4.

Director Andrew Warren said, "Betweenthem these two programmes would, on theEC's own figures, have saved more energyand carbon dioxide than the new tax everwill.

"The EC's figures show that on its own thetax will provide less than one quarter of thesavings necessary to stabilise greenhousegas emissions in Europe."

Mr Warren said energy-saving dtives holdthe key to reducing greenhouse gases, not '"higher and higher prices."

A •SIX-year-old boy under­went emergency surgeryyesterday after two youthsused a flaming box ofmatches to set his T-shirtalight as he played with afriend.

Craig Hasler was.$aveq.PM,playmate RobertJo(l~s,.~1$,9/six, who desperatelybeat outthe flames after Sunday'sattack in Bracknell,'Berkshire.

Yesterday, surgeons at thespecialist burns unit ofSlough's Wexham Park Hos­pital attempted to graft skinfrom other parts of theyoungster's body to repairhis' badly burned chest andright'arni~

:P()U~ecoIlti~ued huntingtwo '. youths. who, sat in thebranches of a tree' droppingmatches on their victim as heplayed on a slide below.

Chief. Inspector 'StephenO'Reilly said Craig andRobert were the only wit­nesses to the "sickening anddisgusting" attack but theyhad given police gooddescriptions of the two.

Craig's father, DaveHasler, said, "Robert savedmy son's life. and, as far as Iam concerned, he is a hero.The whole thing was horrific.

"My wife Diana is beside

herself and 'Craig was leifrightened and in paiIlThank God his best fri~nl

was there to help him," hadded. .

Robert's mother, Sharorsaid, "For someone so youn:to have acted so quickly iamazing. ,The police havsaid 'they will show Ro~e.

around the station ~s a tresand are considering' a:award."

Row followed verbal battle, court toldSoldierloseslegs

ILDIER was seriously illospital yesterday afterg both legs in an IRA) explosion:s believed he stood on anine at Cappagh, Corle, on Tuesday night, part of a patrol. The

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HAVING SAID that it wasnothing out of the, ordinaryDepute Fiscal Alan Kemptonasked him, "Is it common formanagers to shout and swearat each other?" to which hereplied, "Yes." ' '

At the half-time whistleboth managers quickly.cameout of their respective dug­outs and into the tunnel.

Mr Hood said that hispolice experience told himthat sometimes a verbal ex­change could deteriorateinto a physical confrontationso he placed himself betweenthe two managers.

"At no time were theytogether and no blows werestruck. If anybody had beenstruck it would have been

myself," he said.Mr JockBrown is appearing forTotten and Mr Jim Peacockfor Smith.

The trial is being heardbefore Sheriff John McInnes.

Under cross-examinationJames Hood was asked bydefence solicitor Jock Brownhow he would respond toallegations of a shouldercharge between the twomanagers.

"That is simply not true,"answered Mr Hood. "Therewas no shqu,l(1~r ,.;chaJ.]~~.There was no stand up fight:"

Questioned by Mr Smith'ssolicitor Jim Peacock, MrHood said he understoodthat the comment by Tottenthat one of the Ranger'splayers was a cheat wasdirected at Ally McCoist.

Agbal was scored a couple standing in the tunnel as theof minutes before half-time half-time appi'bached.which meant Rangers were "When the half-timele~ding by tWo goals to nil. whistle went Totten came out

A disputed off-side of his dug-out very quicklydecision played a part in the and was followed by Smith,"second goal said Mr Hood. said the chief inspector.

The witness agreed that "Smith then deliberatelySmith was not the only shoulder-charged intoperson making remarks in Totten as they went throughTotten's direction, others in the double doors in thethe Rangers dug-out were as, tunnel," he added.well as nearby ~is~ting fans. ~,~Mr',.",l:J9Qf, i,(pmediat~y,

Under questlOnmg from 'lite1\r~nedhje\twiEm th~ twbDepute Fiscal Alan Kemp- and then Mr Adamson also

~~AM~~~fc~~~:~tokAtt~~~';~~~i~f~~ss;~e3ai~~em'fhemanager Walter Smith pur- The two' were then takenposely barged into Totten as into the police detentionthe pair walked up the room and shortly afterwardsplayers' tunnel moments asked to leave the ground.after the half-time whistle. Asked by Depute Fiscal

Chief Inspector Adamson, Alan' Kempton how he feltof Tayside Police, had been about the conduct ,of Smith

and Totten, Chief InspectorAdamson said he was veryconcerned.

"If this behaviour had,con­tinued no one would haveknown what would havehappened," he added.

Earlier the chief inspectorsaid he 'had to ask Totten toreturn to his dug-out after hehad been gesticulating, curs­ing and swearing at! thelinesrpan aIl~ the r~fe.ree.

:1 ~:)jHAdiHnsdri then said thetwo managers faced up toeach'other, cursing and<:~XJk,'nu;" yeo. ',~ .....~:>wt:al'lug,~"" ."

Asked if swearing wasnormal behaviour at a foot­ball match, Mr Adamsonreplied, "Swearing may be,but swearing coupled withthreatening gestures is not."

The trial continues today.

Violenceeruptsagain

TROUBLE FLARED agEdlast' night on a troublecouncil estate in Coventry.

The Wood End estatseemed set for a second niglof violence after a petrebomb was thrown at a polf(:van, jn the car park ofpublic house.

Police'sent reinforcemen'to the scene after 30-stror.gangs of youths gatherEand started throwing stone

The tension came afttTuesday's night's seriOldisturbances.

Police said' gangs' of 30 140 youths thrOWing stonewere involved.

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lONE OF Scotland's 56 localcouncils will be charge-cappedbecause of planned over-spend·ing this year.

Scotti h Secretary Ian Langtold MPs in the Commons thatall Scottish local authorities hadbudgeted at, or below, thespending targets announced lastOctober.

"In these circum tances I donot propose to take cappingaction against any Scottish localauthority this year," he said.

Environment Secretary,

~1j("h,lel Howard announce:that J2 councils south or thrBorder-three of them under. ory control-·are to be charg!"capped because of too-highspending budget .

This year Scottish authoritiesplan to increase their expendi­rure by 5.5O/C; compared with thlast financial year and the excessof budgets over gUideline targetshas been reduced from 2.1 % lastyear to 1.1 % for this ear.

Mr Lang said, "This outcomedemonstrates the effectivenessof my strengthened cappingpowers in constraining thegrowth in LA expenditure."

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The 12 J::ngli.·h <;0('1" IiflaJTle . ror cappi!lg \ ill lI,,\;,' .'tJays to appeal agailisl II,Governmern's ded~i()n 10 ;,:.;their joint spending by "Ill",(;<13 million.

('wo councils have gone abo"l(lrget level only slightly, bur tilGloucestershire authority-colirrolled jointly by Labour and th,Liberal Democrats-h<lbreached the Government's 0111ping criteria by -C9.9 million.

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Rangers players and on the way back shouted tothe Rangers dugout that the Glasgow team weretrying to buy the championship.

Within seconds pf the match restarting,Rangers almost scored another but an ·offsidedecision went against them. This time, Smith rosefrom the dugout to take a linesman to task.

According to the Rangers boss, Totten shoutedin strong language that Rangers wanted everydecision in the league to go their way.

Smith replied, also in strong terms, that heshould shut up and sit down.

When the half-time whistle blew shortlyafterwards, the managers went into the tunnel,Totten slightly ahead of Smith and Rangers'operations executive James Hood.

"As we started to walk up the tunnel, I leanedacross to Mr Totten and asked him if he wouldmind not addressing comments to Rangersplayers," said Smith.

"The firsrthing I remember happening was thatI was grabbed from behind and pushed along withMr Totten and Mr Hood towards a room in thetunnel.

"I didn't realise until we were in the room thatit was Sergeant Fairweather who was pushingme.."

Inside the detention room, there was adiscussion between Sergeant Fairweather andChief Inspector Adamson and then the chiefinspector said, "Charge them,"• Continued on Page 2.

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for·a·weekST JOHNSTONE manager Alex Totten and hisRangers counterpart Walter Smith will have towait a week before learning the outcome of theirbreach of the peace trial at Perth after SheriffMcinnes yesterday deferred his verdict untilThursday.

At the end of the two-day trial, the sheriff saidhe would need mor,e time to consider the evidenceand various cases involving similar circum­stances which had been brought to his attentionby the managers' solicitors.

Totten (45), of Dunipace, and Smith (43), ofHelensburgh, deny an amended charge of con­ducting themselves in a disorderly manner duringthe course of a Premier League match on October]2 at Muirton Park, shoutin~ and swearing ateach other and, at half-time, 10 the tunnel area,shouting and swearing, confronting each other,with Smith striking Totten with his shoulder, andboth thus committing a breach of the peace.

The charge had originally acc~sed the two ofengaging in a stand up fight in the tunnel, but thiswas deleted by depute fiscal Alan Kempton afterall the evidence had been heard.

Yesterday, Smith said the police were wrong intheir version of events inside the tunnel. H,e hadbeen worried at the fact that the evidence givenby police officers had been so diffe~nt from hisown recollections.

Smith admitted he and Totten exchangedremarks after a controversial incident on the parkwhich led to a Rangers goal

Totten, he said, left the dugout to remonstratewith officials and pass comments on certain

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who were on a golfing hOli-llers' cheques, passports and even theirday. The co-pilot was Italian. holiday clothes.

The princess with a fam'i:',her when she toured thl

finals against other finaliststo determine who will re­ceive the top prize-a stay ina London hotel plus a trip toAscot for Ladies Day in achauffeur-driven Bentll:y,champagne picnic and £1500to spend on clothes.

If successful it won't be thefirst time Susan has been toAscot, but certainly thishead-turning hat is a far cryfrom her previous stmwboater, which she herself hadalso revamped.

Already Susan has picked

S·usan'.s· hat is turnsusAN IZAtT has officiallybeen credited with designingScotland's top hat.

Susan, of 34 FordellGard~ns. Hillend, said theidea came to her as she wasat work as a cleaner atCO,niinercial Primary School.

Bet 'hat, a' mixture ofstrawberries and dessert top­ping, was designed to beworn at Royal Ascot.

As a regional winnerSusan's hat will be goinghead to head in the national

Lord Carnarvon died froma poisoned mosquito bite inCairo six months after hisdiscovery, although Carterlived on until 1939.

US magnate Jay Goulddied of pneumonia resultingfrom a cold caught at thetomb and the famousEgyptian Bey was shot by hiswife in London.

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Carter's secretary died inunusual circumstances at theBath Club and his right handman Arthur Mace sickenedand died before the tomb hadbeen full,Y cleared.

The princess, who spent 15minutes in the elaborately­decorated tomb with its gold­encased mummy, seemedtotally unconcerned aboutthe legend.

Straight after emergingfrom its cool interior she raninto an old friend-a police­

J;>0int Mr James man regularly on duty.at herers Op~rrtriOn~,,~Ql1Q.Q.n"",b~~',::~ifI~t~gtonintervehl!d to PaJ'ace. ,1,,' " ..~.

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..,! ,0 en'~ 'solici or, rBrown, Sergeant Fairweath­er>g!d there w~s no contactbeW.ceo the ~o 'men afterthe'~houlder charge.

M( Brown add M~ Smith'ssoli~itor, Mr Jim Peacock,milde sub"missions of no caseto:~nswer in respect of theirclients.

Both argued there wasinsufficient evidence toproceed.

Sheriff McInnes ruled thatwhat the sum and substanceof the evidence was couldonly be properly consideredonce all the evidence' hadbeen heard. He thereforerepelled the submissions.

could have resulted in asituation which would havebeen difficult to handle, headded.

:<\t half time Sergeant Fair­weather, who was in thetunnel, said he saw the twomanagers COfning down thetunnel in a very angry state.

Smith appeared toshoulder charge Totten andthere was a general wrestlingmatch.

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pletely spoil the holiday it was annoying andwe spent a lot of time filling In forms."

couldn't believe it."Totten was asked whether

there had been swearing,shouting or physical contactas the managers had re­turned to the dressing room,and replied. "Non'ewhatsoever."

Earlier a police witnesssaid he feared the managers'confrontation could ,havestarted a fight amol)gst theplayers. .

Sergeant Alfred Fair­weather said he was"alarmed" at their conduct.

If their heated exchangeshad spread on to the park it

manager said he felt ChiefInspector Adamson grab hisarm and he was taken intothe nearby police detentionroom.

"When arrested I wasastounded really for as far asI was concerned nothing hadhappened.

"When I was charged thepolice officer said somethingabout a stand-up fight-I just

word, asked if they wantedevery decision in the league.. During questioning fromhis solicitor. Mr Jock Brown,Totten agreed that he didgesticulate at Mr Smith.

Once the half-time whistlehad blown, Totten said heleft the dug out and hurriedup the tunnel.

As he approached theswing doors, Smith told himto leave McCoist alone.

Totten told the court hereplied by'saying,'''You shutup Walter."

Then the St Johnstone

He told McCoist to cut itout and the Rangers playersaid Totten should look afterhis own. "I never swore athim and I never called him acheat," added Totten.

Later, he had becomeannoyed with a linesmanwho he thought was givingpoor decisions.

He went to the Rangersdug-out and, using a swear

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SMITH SAID the charge atthat time related only toshouting and swearing andthere was no mention ofbeing engaged in a stand-upfight.

Under cross-examination,Smith said he had not beenshouting or swearing in thetunnel, there was noshoulder charge and no con­frontation bet.w.een themanagers. -u',' , '~~llvt1i'ri~r/I

Asked if it was his positionthe police were lying aboutthe incident in the tunnel, h'replied. "Yes."

Earlier, Totten had alsocast doubt on the evidence ofpolice officers.

Asked if he thought thepolice had gOI together to telllies, Totten said he believedthey had.

He said that during thematch a heated discussionbetween managers wascommonplace.

"It happens all the time,"said Totten.

Totten said he had beenupset by Rangers striker AllyMcCoist elbowing St John­stone defender John Inglis inthe face.

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1 Akers and Kathy11011 will test space,J (,:ooslrucrion tech­; Gertll ~ the crew headsL\' E.arrh tomorrow., Inlelsat :;atellire.)l'd from thz shuttlegdting a new boostert early yesterday, wasradio commands tothe rocket and propel

alellite up to a spotBrazil.

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six hours in thee's empty cargo bay onte:;t spacewark.Intelsat-6 satellite was

ted off last night on theleg- of its journey.III :liters al Intelsat'sI 'Nnshingloll radioed a,ar,dIU make the rocket. fi"c and sent the satel­longing toward a stopJ l'\iles in space.

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from ,the criminal law ingeneral and the risk of acharge ofbreach of the peacein particular if their behav­iour is disorderly andamoUnts to that crime."

The sheriff said that in hisopinion the conduct ofTotten did amount to' abreach of the' peace. He'found him guilty of conduct~inghimself in a disorderlymanner during the match,shouting and swearing andat half-time, in the tunnelarea, shouting and swearingand so cOll1l1).itting a breachof the peace.

He deleted a reference toconfronting each other andSmith striking Totten withhis shoulder.

"So far as the accusedWalter Smith is concerned,while in onesense his proven'behaviour might, also havebeen categorised as amount­ing to breach of the peace, it 'seems that much of what heis' proved to have done andsaid hIay have been done inresponse to what was beingdone and sai~ by Torten.

"I am of the opinion thatthe proper verdict so far asthe accused Walter Smith isconcerned is one of notproven."

After Smith left the dock'Totten's solicitor Jock Brown,said his client, who lives in 'Dunipace, was a marriedman with two children andhad an unblemishedcharacter. '

Mr' Torten had been up­tight and had a "feeling ofinjustice" about the decisi9nwhich led to Rangers' seqmdgoal. '

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iMr Smith took exception, Although police witnesses

to what was said about one of were convinced that Smithhis players and shouted and: shoulder-charged' Totten,swore at Totten,: pointed at there was no evidence whichhim and told him to shut his could support the allegationmouth and sit down. which was initially made that

Sheriff McInnes said both there had been a stand-upmanagers had admitted' fight between the pair in theshouting and using swear: tunnel.words and that Totten said' Sheriff McInnes said' tiehe saw this as part of football was unable satisfactorily toand that bad language resolve contradictQrybetween dug-outs during, evidence and found that itsuch a match was normal. was not proved that Smith

Totten fined. afterincident at match

ST JOHNSTONE managerAlex Totten was fined £250at Perth Sheriff-Court yester~day for a breach of the peace­arising from incidents at agame against Rangers' lastyear." His counterpart with therival club, Walter Smith, had

:the charge against him foundnot proven." Sheriff John McInnes, whoheard the trial earlier this

,month, had deferred his'decision until yesterday for

, ~cq;h:sideration:'

',The background to thecase was an all-ticket matchbetween the two clubs atMcDiarmid Park on October12, attended by ove~,,10;300spectators: ' ,

','Early in the match bothmailagers went on to thecinder track beside the pitch'to speak to their players,~'

said the sheriff. "Chief In­'spector James' Adamsonasked both of them, in Tot­ten's case twice, to return tothe stand-which they did.

"Shortly before half timeRangers scored their se'cond ' ' Totten (left) and Smith.goal. Totten went on to the 'cinder track area' again. ,He As the half-time whistle shoulder-eharged Totten andshQuted anQfiwore at a linesc blew, Tot;ten and Smith made 'for the same reason found itman in an abusive inanner." for the tunnel aI;ldJaines 'notestablish~d that thetwo

The chief inspector Hood, an operations execu- confronted each other.approached Totten, took tive with Rangers, placed While evidence was led forhold of him and accom~ ,himself between the two, the defence that languagepanied him to the5t John- rearing trouble. from the terraces was oftenstone dug-out, said the h 'ff "d h foul and obscene, an,d thatsheriff. However, later Thes en sal e pre-

"e d th'e e'vI'dence' of the ,managers in the course ofTotten stood up and shouted ,1' rreand swore at Smith, alleging three police officers to that' such games used this kind ofthat Rangers' striker' Ally of the accused and said he language, he did not thinkMcCoist was a cheat and his ,did not find itcredible that it these were consideratiouE

d 'd d d the court ,should take intoclub were ruining Scottish ,was eCI e to arrest an",football an.d wanted all dede ' charge them if nothing had account.

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