He's calmed down a bit now I'm glad to say

"He's calmed down a bit now, I'm glad to say." Which is more than can be said for the England coach. Now two years into his appointment, and with a frustrating run of results to his and his team's name, David Lloyd remains bullish as ever about the future and, indeed, the recent past.Take, for example, his thoughts on the 3-1 defeat in the Caribbean. "We really should have got more out of that tour than we did," he says, shaking his head. "The preparation was spot on, until the weather mucked up our plans We managed to lose the second Test. Let's get this right, we lost it, the West Indies didn't win it, but we did everything one could ask for, in terms of fighting spirit, to win the next one."Then we lost a crucial toss that more or less decided the match, got held up by rain when, four miles away, the sky was clear, and then threw away the last Test after a nonsensical run-out precipitated a batting collapse of 7 for 25, for no apparent reason." Another shake of the head is followed by a repeat of these statistics.

Substitutes not used: Mason, Hall.Bookings: Tiverton: Waters Tow Law: Darwent, Laidler, Bennett. Sending- off: Tow Law: Nelson.Referee: M Riley (Leeds).Man of the match: Nancekivell.Attendance: 13,193.. DAVID LLOYD is effing and blinding - effing as in "flipping", his favourite word - as he arrives late at Trent Bridge the other day, courtesy of a pile-up on the roads "Just typical, isn't it?" he says, by way of explanation. "You take what you think is the best route, and you end up in a jam, with ambulances racing past." He's missed Mike Atherton's short innings, followed by a painfully disconsolate walk back to the pavilion, but is just in time to see his son, Graham, produce a useful knock for Lancashire "First time I've seen him in ages", says Lloyd. For Tiverton, losers in the Vase final five years ago, there was relief after they had survived an anxious six minutes of injury time."We didn't play as well as we can," their manager, Martyn Rogers, said, "but we won. We needed a fresh pair of legs out there when I put Pete on - and it paid off."Goal: Varley (80) 1-0.Tiverton Town (3-4-1-2): Edwards; J Smith, Tatterton, Saunders; Fallon, Conning, Daly, Leonard (Waters, 86); Nancekivell (S Rogers, 84); Everett, K Smith (Varley, 74).Tow Law Town (4-4-2): Dawson; Bailey, Moan, Hague, Darwent; Pickering, Nelson, Johnson, Robinson; Suddick, Laidler (Bennett, 84).

A crisp right-foot shot followed, and Dawson was beaten at last.Tow Law's day was further spoiled by a red card shown in the 89th minute to Tony Nelson for punching Graham Waters, in retaliation for a bad tackle. He was denied by two fine saves from Paul Edwards, though.Thanks to the excellence of both goalkeepers extra time looked likely, but then Varley made his mark just six minutes after climbing off the bench. A long ball from the left-back, Dave Leonard, bounced off two defenders and fell to the substitute on the edge of the area. Especially in the first hour of the match, Kevin Nancekivell was Tiverton's most potent threat. A farmer from the north Devon village of Bradworthy, he regularly ploughed his way through the Tow Law defence to trouble their highly capable goalkeeper, Stuart Dawson.Steve Daly, a clever playmaker, also stood out for Tiverton, while Tow Law's only real threat came from the dangerous front runner, Jarrod Suddick.

So effective was the Lawyers' defence that Tivvy's feared strikeforce Kevin Smith and Phil Everett, whose combined tally is 78 goals this term, were allowed only one shot between them.The onus, then, fell on others to make the running and provide the attacking impetus. Grimsby: Lester.Referee: T Heilbron (Durham).Man of the match: Burnett.Attendance: 13,954.. Tiverton Town 1 Tow Law Town 0 PETE VARLEY deserves some respect from his pupils when he takes his history class at Priory High School in Exeter this morning. It cannot be a common occurrence, after all, for their teacher to score a winning goal at Wembley on his weekend off. The 24-year-old Varley is in the last few weeks of a postgraduate teacher training course at Exeter University. This summer he has to venture in to the real world and try to find a job. At least he now has something special to put on his CV, after his achievement on Saturday.Varley's goal settled an FA Carlsberg Vase final in which the much-fancied favourites, Tiverton Town from Devon, had been frustrated by a disciplined rearguard action by Tow Law Town, from County Durham.