Australia national football team, but insists that he will continue in his role as Portsmouth chairman. 21 November 1996 – Queen's Park Rangers pay £2.5 million (a record for a club outside the top flight) for Chelsea striker John Spencer. 22 November 1996 – Conference side Woking shock Division Two Millwall in the FA Cup third round replay at The Den which followed a 2–2 draw in the first game. 23 November 1996 – Coventry City pay Newcastle United £1 million for 20-year-old striker Darren Huckerby. 26 November 1996 – Another FA Cup first round replay upset sees Brighton & Hove Albion (currently bottom of Division Three only six seasons after they almost won promotion to the top flight) lose at home on penalties to non-league Sudbury Town after a 1–1 draw at the Goldstone Ground. However, Whitby Town are not so lucky as they crash to a Duane Darby double hat-trick in the 8–4 defeat to Hull City that followed a goalless draw in the original game. 30 November 1996 – Arsenal remain top of the league as November draws to a close, with Newcastle United, Liverpool, Wimbledon and Manchester United not far behind. Nottingham Forest are now bottom with still only one win from their opening 15 games, while Coventry City join them in the bottom three along with a Blackburn Rovers side who this month finally recorded their first two wins of the league campaign. A Middlesbrough side featuring some of the country's most expensively signed players are just above the relegation zone as midway point approaches during a season where they had been expected to challenge much higher in the table. Bolton Wanderers are still top of Division One, now accompanied in the automatic promotion places by Crystal Palace. Occupying the playoff zone are Barnsley, Norwich City, Sheffield United and Tranmere Rovers. 1 December 1996 – Ian Rush scores his first goal for Leeds United as they beat Chelsea 2–0 in the league at Elland Road. 2 December 1996 – Tottenham Hotspur purchase Norwegian striker Steffen Iversen from Rosenborg for £2.5 million. 3 December 1996 – Middlesbrough's slump continues as they lose 2–0 at home to Leicester City. 7 December 1996 – Woking's FA Cup adventure continues with another giant-killing feat, this time a 2–0 win against Cambridge United at the Abbey Stadium. On the same day, Stevenage Borough eliminate Leyton Orient from the competition with