not so long ago the barnsley side were an amateurteam, a so long ago the barnsley side were an amateurub team, so long ago the barnsley side were an amateurteam, a pub team, but they have rocketed through the leagues and they have reached the first round for the first time, they we re first round for the first time, they were playing in the sheffield and hallam shire senior league but my word, they are another team to watch out for. shaw lane were a pub team less than a decade ago, the pub now a supermarket and the team have moved on too. it surreal to come this far so on too. it surreal to come this far so quickly and play a football league team saturday. it is incredible. i have been here four yea rs, incredible. i have been here four years, when i first got a job, saturday there is going to be a full house, it is fantastic. them fa cup run has certainly grabbed the attention but shaw lane are a huge success story any way, they have been promoted five times in the past six years. but along with the success six years. but along with the su ccess co m es six years. but along with the s

we are a small team in barnsley, it is the romance of the fa cup, all the cliches you can think of.verything. it happens. -- shaw lane. to the other side the world, the cricket, england have begun preparations for the ashes series against australia, starting in 18 days' time, this morning they have been playing the first of two day games against western australia in perth, as we report, there were mixed fortunes for england's batting order. england will be satisfied with their first day of competitive cricket on the ashes tour down under, four of the batsman england are looking forward to getting to form did so, half centuries forjames vincent, david mallan, gary ballance and open a mark stoneman, reassuring the selectors they have the right men on the tour. two failures, alastair cook, and joe root, will not be too much of a concern, they have proved quality at test level many times before. tomorrow we will see what the england bowlers have got. england's women, they were also in action down under, against cricket australia women's11, this is a warm up australia women's11, this is

for barnsley, that's now two successive home defeats. win as manager of sunderland — they beat burton two nil and move off the bottom of the table — it's their first win since mid august. fulham beat millwall one nil. bristol city came from 2 nil down to win 3—2 at hull city. there were also convincing wins for derby and wolves. that is a round—up of the football now. still to come: lewis hamilton is world champion, but he was pipped to pole position by his team for the season—ending abu dhabi grand prix. lewis hamilton says he is still determined to finish a season on a high. and there's gold for scotland's women at the european curling championships, but could the men follow suit? it's been over two decades since england appeared in a rugby league world cup final — but after a nerve shredding showdown with tonga, wayne bennett's side will now face australia in next saturday's showpiece. and what a semi—final it was in auckland — asjoe lynskey reports. for england, some wins are worth waiting for. after three straight defeats in world c

they're from barnsley and have been promoted five times in the past six years but will still start asressure's on mansfield. there the football league side. we're shaw lane, a small club in barnsley, nobody knows about us and it's the fa cup, it's the romance of the fa cup, it's all the cliches you can think of, giant killings, david versus goliath, it's everything, and it happens, you know? the rampant wolves will take some stopping in the championship it seems... their big summer spending is paying off and they're now four points the points clear at the top. roman saiss, and leo bonatini, with the goals that beat fulham, who haven't won in four games now. it's five years since wolves were last in the premier league. the former manchester united defender patrice evra has been suspended by his club, marseille, while uefa marseille, while uefa investigate him — this was after he appeared to kick one of his own team's supporters in the head, on thursday night. england are taking on lebanon on, they have just gone ahead, 22—6, and that matches live. elsewhere, scotla nd that matches live

we're a small club in barnsley, nobody knows about us club in barnsley, nobody knows about us and it'shink of, giant killings, david versus goliath, it's everything, and it happens, you know? the rampant wolves will take some stopping in the championship it seems. their big summer spending is paying off and they're now four points clear at the top. roman saiss, and leo bonatini with the goals that beat fulham, who haven't won in four games now. it's five years since wolves were last in the premier league. the former manchester united defender patrice evra has been suspended by his club marseille while uefa investigate him after he kicked one of his supporters in the head on thursday night. it happened during the warm—up for marseille's europa league game against the portuguese side vitoria guimaraes. evra, who's 36, could face a lengthy ban. after the scotland game, england are back in action at 9am uk time, and they'll be hoping to bounce back from their opening game defeat against australia by beating lebanon. scotla nd scotland are bottom of their pool having already lost against to

they're from barnsley and have been promoted five times in the past six years but will still start asshaw lane association, a small club in barnsley, nobody knows about us and it's the fa cup, it's the romance of the fa cup, it's all the cliches you can think of, giant killings, david versus goliath, it's everything, and it happens, you know? wolves will take some stopping in the championship it seems... their big summer spending is paying off and they're now 4 points clear at the top...roman saiss, and leo bonatini, with the goals that beat fulham, who haven't won in 4 games now. it's 5 years since wolves were last in the premier league. the former manchester united defender patrice evra has been suspended by his club, marseille, while uefa investigate him, this was after he appeared to kick, one of his own team's supporters, in the head, on thursday night. it happened during the warm—up, for marseille's europa league game against the portuguese side — vitoria, guimaraes. evra, who's 36, could face a lengthy ban. no dan walker on the sofa today, because he's taken his football focus

both hull against ipswich and norwich versus barnsley ended level.ish football history to fail to win at home in 20 successive games with a 2—2 draw against millwall. so that's the rugby and football dealt with, but still to come on sportsday: david goffin hails the ‘best win of his career‘ as he knocks roger federer out of the world tour finals in london. and fiji fight their way into the last four of the rugby league world cup with a shock win over new zealand. before that let's have a quick look at some of the other sports stories around today. british speed skater elise christie has won the first world cup short track event of the season, taking gold in the 500 metres in seoul after she made a false start. earlier this year, christie became the first british woman to win a world championship gold, she's now one of britain's best medal hopes at next year's winter olympics. ronnie o'sullivan won his 30th career ranking event, thrashing judd trump in the final of the shanghai masters the five time world champion raced into a 7—0 lead, and though tru

the part timers from barnsley have ridden their luck at times and had their goalkeeper john stewart andistian pearce has now put mansfield ahead so be sure lane resista nce mansfield ahead so be sure lane resistance was finally broken. this was it. he couldn't miss. mansfield are now ahead. in the racing world, ted, ruby and katie walsh are as synonymous with the jump season as the cheltenham gold cup and becher‘s brook. as the national hunt calendar begins, the family are gearing up for another winning season. richard conway has been to ireland for breakfast with the walsh's to find out the secret to their success. first light and as the jump season gets underway there is a sense of anticipation for the first racing family. ted and ruby and katie know that glory lies ahead and it is here at their yard that glory lies ahead and it is here at theiryard in that glory lies ahead and it is here at their yard in county kildare in ireland that plans are forged. with the work done for the morning it is time for breakfast. this is our favourite time of year because the horses are back in and th

are looking for ways to strengthen their defenses and they're turning to the netherlands for help barnsley reports from rotterdam. a city which at its lowest lies six metres below sea level has for centuries hence a working out how to keep the people dry if you didn't know how to do it nowadays you wouldn't even notice the wall at the end of the bridge is actually a levee against flooding the road raised above the level of the houses to keep the water from the other side the spaces they used as basketball courts an open air theaters but they're also huge basins to capture rainwater the thing they figured out is how to make flood defenses work for cities we must add quality to the city. and that can be done in an integrated way so you can choose for a concrete wall but you also can choose for. a landscape in the shape of a levy with it with a cycle lane on top of it and that's that's an end in quality but it's also creating more flexibility. the netherlands was forced to address is geographic weakness in one nine hundred fifty three when a huge storm pushed the north sea inland nearly two t