relegation from the old First Division in May 1987, but lose 3–1 at home to Newcastle United. 22 August 1994 – Bryan Roy's fine start in English football continues when he scores the equaliser for Nottingham Forest as they hold double winners Manchester United to a 1–1 draw at the City Ground. 23 August 1994 – Leicester suffer another defeat in the Premier League, this time losing 3–0 to Blackburn at Ewood Park. 24 August 1994 – Newcastle top the Premier League after two games by beating Coventry City 4–0 on Tyneside. Manchester City beat West Ham 3–0 at Maine Road. 27 August 1994 – National record signing Chris Sutton scores a hat-trick for Blackburn Rovers as they beat Coventry City 4–0, with all of Blackburn's goals coming during the final 15 minutes after Coventry were reduce to 10 men after Micky Quinn was sent off. Andy Cole and Steve Watson are both on the scoresheet twice for Newcastle United in their 5–1 home win over Southampton, as are Uwe Rosler and Paul Walsh for Manchester City in a 4–0 home win over Everton. Newcastle are still top of the Premier League. The race to win promotion to the Premier League is currently led by Middlesbrough, who have won their first three league games under the management of Bryan Robson. 28 August 1994 – 19-year-old striker Robbie Fowler scores a hat-trick for Liverpool in less than five minutes as they beat Arsenal 3–0 in the league at Anfield. 30 August 1994 – Newly promoted Nottingham Forest go top of the Premier League with a 2–1 win at Everton. 31 August 1994 – Newcastle United finish the first month of the league season as Premier League leaders with four wins from their opening four games, with defending champions Manchester United and newly promoted Nottingham Forest bracketed together as their nearest rivals and Liverpool and Chelsea three points behind with a game in hand each. With four teams going down this season due to the reduction of the Premier League from 22 clubs to 20, the relegation places are occupied by Everton, Leicester City, West Ham United and Coventry City. In Division One, Bryan Robson has made a perfect start to his managerial career by guiding Middlesbrough to the top of Division One after winning their first four games of the season. Oldham Athletic occupy second place – but for the first