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But the new coach would scarcely be human were he not to spend more time dreaming of the peaks than fearing the troughs. Throughout nine managerial terms there has been remarkably little consistency of achievement on the international stage. "THERE WAS always a part of me that thought I would be England manager one day," the new man volunteered this week, displaying the sort of sentimental candour with which Joseph Kevin Keegan so cleverly shrouds the hard flame of personal ambition. England's opening match in last year's World Cup, a victory over Tunisia (a middle order side), at a neutral venue, is given a rating of 9 points (4 for the win plus 5 for being a World Cup finals match).Home matches Away matches Neutral venuesOpponent W D L W D L W D LTop eight 7 4 -2 10 5 0 8 6 -1Next eight 5 2 -4 7 4 -2 6 3 -3Middle orders 3 -4 -6 5 -2 -4 4 -3 -5Minnows 0 -7 -10 2 -6 -7 1 -5 -8. We have placed opponents in four different categories: 1 The teams which finished in the top eight in the previous World Cup 2 The next eight teams in the previous World Cup. 3 Every other country except those we classified as "minnows".

4 Minnows.To acknowledge the achievement of reaching the finals of either the European Championship or the World Cup - and in order to recognise the importance of matches played at this level - we have given a 5-point bonus for each match played at this stage of those two competitions.For example, England's defeat at home to France (a top-eight side) last month is given a rating of -2 points. Ireland (Belfast) 50-0 Wales (Wembley) -43-1 Scotland (Wembley) 53-0 Bulgaria (Sofia) 50-0 Sweden (Stockholm) 43-4 Austria (Vienna) 01-0 Denmark (Wembley) 35-1 N Ireland (Belfast) 52-0 Bulgaria (Wembley) 319802-0 Rep of Ireland (Wembley) 32-0 Spain (Barcelona) 73-1 Argentina (Wembley) 71-4 Wales (Wrexham) -41-1 N Ireland (Wembley) -42-0 Scotland (Glasgow) 52-1 Australia (Sydney) 51-1 Belgium (Turin) ECF 20-1 Italy (Turin) ECF 52-1 Spain (Naples) ECF 114-0 Norway (Wembley) 31-2 Romania (Bucharest) -42-1 Switzerland (Wembley) 319811-2 Spain (Wembley) -40-0 Romania (Wembley) -40-1 Brazil (Wembley) -20-0 Wales (Wembley) -40-1 Scotland (Wembley) -41-2 Switzerland (Basle) -43-1 Hungary (Budapest) 71-2 Norway (Oslo) -41-0 Hungary (Wembley) 519824-0 N Ireland (Wembley) 52-0 Netherlands (Wembley) 31-0 Scotland (Glasgow) 51-1 Iceland (Reykjavik) -24-1 Finland (Helsinki) 53-1 France (Bilbao) WCF 132-0 Czechoslovakia (Bilbao) WCF 91-0 Kuwait (Bilbao) WCF 61-2 W Germany (Madrid) WCF 110-0 Spain (Madrid) WCF 92-2 Denmark (Copenhagen) -21-2 W Germany (Wembley) -23-0 Greece (Salonika) 59-0 Luxembourg (Wembley) 019832-1 Wales (Wembley) 30-0 Greece (Wembley) -42-0 Hungary (Wembley) 50-0 N Ireland (Belfast) 42-0 Scotland (Wembley) 30-0 Australia (Sydney) -21-0 Australia (Brisbane) 51-1 Australia (Melbourne) -20-1 Denmark (Wembley) -63-0 Hungary (Budapest) 74-0 Luxembourg (Luxbembourg) 219840-2 France (Paris) 01-0 N Ireland (Wembley) 50-1 Wales (Wrexham) -41-1 Scotland (Glasgow) -40-2 USSR (Wembley) -22-0 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) 100-2 Uruguay (Montevideo) -40-0 Chile (Santiago) -21-0 E Germany (Wembley) 35-0 Finland (Wembley) 38-0 Turkey (Istanbul) 219851-0 N Ireland (Belfast) 72-1 Rep of Ireland (Wembley) 30-0 Romania (Bucharest) -21-1 Finland (Helsinki) -20-1 Scotland (Glasgow) -41-2 Italy (Mexico City) -10-1 Mexico (Mexico City) -43-0 W Germany (Mexico City) 85-0 USA (Los Angeles) 51-1 Romania (Wembley) -45-0 Turkey (Wembley) 30-0 N Ireland (Wembley) 219864-0 Egypt (Cairo) 22-1 Israel (Tel Aviv) 21-0 USSR (Tbilisi) 72-1 Scotland (Wembley) 33-0 Mexico (Los Angeles) 81-0 Canada (Vancouver) 20-1 Portugal (Monterrey) WCF 00-0 Morocco (Monterrey) WCF 83-0 Poland (Monterrey) WCF 113-0 Paraguay (Mexico City) WCF 111-2 Argentina (Mexico City) WCF 40-1 Sweden (Stockholm) -43-0 N Ireland (Wembley) 32-0 Yugoslavia (Wembley) 319874-2 Spain (Madrid) 102-0 N Ireland (Belfast) 50-0 Turkey (Izmir) -61-1 Brazil (Wembley) 20-0 Scotland (Glasgow) -21-3 W Germany (Dusseldorf) 08-0 Turkey (Wembley) 02-0 Yugoslavia (Belgrade) 519880-0 Israel (Tel Aviv) -72-2 Netherlands (Wembley) -40-0 Hungary (Budapest) -21-0 Scotland (Wembley) 31-1 Colombia (Wembley) -41-0 Switzerland (Lausanne) 50-1 Rep of Ireland (Stuttgart) ECF 01-3 Netherlands (Dusseldorf) ECF 01-3 USSR (Dusseldorf) ECF 21-0 Denmark (Wembley) 50-0 Sweden (Wembley) -41-1 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) -619892-1 Greece (Athens) 22-0 Albania (Tirana) 25-0 Albania (Wembley) 00-0 Chile (Wembley) -42-0 Scotland (Glasgow) 53-0 Poland (Wembley) 31-1 Denmark (Copenhagen) 40-0 Sweden (Stockholm) -20-0 Poland (Katowice) -20-0 Italy (Wembley) 22-1 Yugoslavia (Wembley) 319901-0 Brazil (Wembley) 54-2 Czechoslavakia (Wembley) 71-0 Denmark (Wembley) 31-2 Uruguay (Wembley) -41-1 Tunisia (Tunis) -21-1 Rep of Ireland (Cagliari) WCF 110-0 Netherlands (Cagliari) WCF 81-0 Egypt (Cagliari) WCF 91-0 Belgium (Bologna) WCF 113-2 Cameroon (Naples) WCF 131-1 W Germany (Turin) WCF 4(England lost 3-4 on penalties)1-2 Italy (Bari) WCF 51-0 Hungary (Wembley) 32-0 Poland (Wembley) 31-1 Rep of Ireland (Dublin) 519912-0 Cameroon (Wembley) 71-1 Rep ofIreland (Wembley) 41-0 Turkey (Izmir) 53-1 USSR (Wembley) 32-2 Argentina (Wembley) 41-0 Australia (Sydney) 51-0 New Zealand (Auckland) 52-0 New Zealand (Wellington) 54-2 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) 50-1 Germany (Wembley) -21-0 Turkey (Wembley) 31-1 Poland (Poznan) -219922-0 France (Wembley) 32-2 Czechoslavakia (Prague) 52-2 CIS (Moscow) -21-0 Hungary (Budapest) 51-1 Brazil (Wembley) 42-1 Finland (Helsinki) 50-0 Denmark (Malmo) ECF 30-0 France (Malmo) ECF 21-2 Sweden (Stockholm) ECF 10-1 Spain (Santander) -21-1 Norway (Wembley) -44-0 Turkey (Wembley) 319936-0 San Marino (Wembley) 02-0 Turkey (Izmir) 52-2 Netherlands (Wembley) 21-1 Poland (Katowice) -20-2 Norway (Oslo) -40-2 USA (Boston) -41-1 Brazil (Washington) 61-2 Germany (Detroit) -13-0 Poland (Wembley) 30-2 Netherlands (Rotterdam) -27-1 San Marino (Bologna) 119941-0 Denmark (Wembley) 35-0 Greece (Wembley) 00-0 Norway (Wembley) -42-0 United States (Wembley) 51-0 Nigeria (Wembley) 519950-1 (aban) Rep of Ireland (Dublin) -0-0 Uruguay (Wembley) -42-1 Japan (Wembley) 33-3 Sweden (Leeds) 41-3 Brazil (Wembley) -20-0 Colombia (Wembley) -40-0 Norway (Oslo) -23-1 Switzerland (Wembley) 31-1 Portugal (Wembley) -419961-0 Bulgaria (Wembley) 70-0 Croatia (Wembley) -43-0 Hungary (Wembley) 33-0 China (Peking) 51-1 Switzerland (Wembley) ECF 12-0 Scotland (Wembley) ECF 84-1 Netherlands (Wembley) ECF 120-0 Spain (Wembley) ECF 12(England won 4-2 on penalties)1-1 Germany (Wembley) ECF 3(England lost 5-6 on penalties)3-0 Moldova (Chisinau) 22-1 Poland (Wembley) 32-0 Georgia (Tbilisi) 519970-1 Italy (Wembley) -22-0 Mexico (Wembley) 52-0 Georgia (Wembley) 32-1 South Africa (Old Trafford) 32-0 Poland (Chorzow) 52-0 Italy (Nantes) 81-0 France (Montpellier) 50-1 Brazil (Paris) -14-0 Moldova (Wembley) 30-0 Italy (Rome) 52-0 Cameroon (Wembley) 319980-2 Chile (Wembley) -61-1 Switzerland (Berne) -23-0 Portugal (Wembley) 30-0 Saudi Arabia (Wembley) -42-0 Morocco (Casablanca) 50-0 Belgium (Casablanca) -5(Belgium won 4-3 on penalties)2-0 Tunisia (Marseilles) WCF 91-2 Romania (Toulouse) WCF 22-0 Colombia (Lens) WCF 92-2 Argentina (St-Etienne) WCF 4(Argentina won 4-3 on penalties)1-2 Sweden (Stockholm) -20-0 Bulgaria (Wembley) -43-0 Luxembourg (Luxembourg) 22-0 Czech Rep (Wembley) 519990-2 France (Wembley) -2THE RATINGS EXPLAINEDThe Independent's rating system gives points (see table below) for each England result according to the quality of the opposition and the venue. UK Active Value, the shareholder activist group, has a 17 per cent stake, and the company turned down an approach from Pifco last year.The global trading conditions have also affected competitors in kitchen appliances. Operating profit at Morphy Richards this year was down 49 per cent.. In two years Kenwood has cut staff by half, leaving around 700 workers.Colin Gordon, chief executive, said the trading environment strengthened the need to move away from Kenwood's old status as a vertically integrated manufacturer. Manufacturing is gradually being transferred to China.The warning was the latest in a series of shocks that have left Kenwood vulnerable to a bid. Yesterday the share price fell to 76p, one-fifth of its level five years ago, valuing the company at pounds 45m.Likely predators include Glen Dimplex, the private Irish company that makes Morphy Richards appliances, and Alba, the quoted electronic equipment maker.

The Prime Minister returns from Berlin today to renewed questions about what will be done if the air bombardment fails. To minimise the chances of being hit by Nato air attacks, the army was scattering troops and equipment."Look, there are thousands of them - armoured personnel carriers, troop carriers, tanks - going towards Mitrovica, Prizren and Kosovo Polje," said Adelina, an Albanian living on the edge of Pristina, as she watched from her balcony. But despite their fears, most ethnic Albanians were jubilant that the West had woken to their plight. IN THE streets of Pristina yesterday, the long wait for Nato bombs stretched everybody's nerves to the limit. Baroness Thatcher said Mr Straw "should bring an end to this damaging episode and allow Senator Pinochet to return to Chile".Tory leader William Hague said the ruling was "a sad day for democracy. A sentiment on which both Mr Clinton and the official Tanjug news agency agreed. Macedonia is especially likely to be destabilised by fighting and a further influx of refugees.

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