Date:09/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/09/stories/2008120957471900.htm

Sport - Football

Portsmouth draws with West Brom

MANCHESTER: England striker Peter Crouch’s equaliser kept West Bromwich Albion at the bottom of the English Premier League football table as Portsmouth fought back to draw 1-1 here on Sunday.

Crouch scored his ninth goal of the season just before the hour-mark on a day when Portsmouth owner Alexandre Gaydamak announced the FA Cup holder was up for sale.

The draw denied West Brom a first win in nine league games. Jonathan Greening’s 39th-minute goal had given it the lead against Portsmouth that struggled after its midweek UEFA Cup defeat in Wolfsburg.

The results: West Bromwich Albion 1 (Greening 39) drew with Portsmouth 1 (Crouch 58); Everton 2 (Lescott 30, 90) lost to Aston Villa 3 (Sidwell 1, A. Young 54, 93). — Agencies