Chelsea’s scoring midfielder Frank Lampard was on the mark three times in the last two matches for England in World Cup qualifiers. His goals came against Moldova (twice) away and one in the match against Ukraine at Wembley.

In the all-time England scorers’ list, Lampard has now moved to 14th place overall, going past 1966 legend Geoff Hurst.

Lampard’s total is now 26 goals − two more than Hurst who scored a hat-trick in the World Cup final against West Germany at Wembley in 1966.

Lampard is equal in total with Bryan Robson and one goal behind David Platt’s tally.

Wayne Rooney, one of the present England scorers still active, is on 29 goals.

Other items worth noting last month:

• At St Mary’s Stadium, Manchester United beat Southampton 3-2 in the Premier League in Alex Ferguson’s 1,000th league match in charge as manager.

• Alan Pardew, manager of Newcastle, is given a two-match touchline ban and fined £20,000 for shoving an assistant referee in the 2-1 home win over Tottenham.

• In an U-21 European Cham-pionship qualifier, England beat Azerbaijan away 2-0

• In Chisinau, England hit five past Moldova in a World Cup qualifier.

Other results: Russia-Northern Ireland 2-0, Kazakhstan-Ireland 1-2, Wales-Belgium 0-2, Scotland-Serbia 0-0.

• In Chesterfield, England U-21 beat Norway 1-0 to book their place in the European play-offs.

• Frank Lampard comes to England’s rescue, scoring a late penalty at Wembley Stadium against Ukraine in a 1-1 draw.

Other results: Northern-Ireland 1-1, Serbia-Wales 6-1, Scotland-Macedonia 1-1.

• At Wembley, Steven Gerrard becomes the 14th England player to get sent off in history. He also becomes only the second captain to see red after David Beckham against Austria in 2005.

• The truth about the Hillsborough stadium disaster, where 96 fans were crushed to death, finally made known following a detailed government report on the case. Liverpool supporters are cleared from any accusation.

• England will play Serbia in the play-offs for the U-21 European Championship that will be played in Israel next June.

700 for Scholes

• Paul Scholes chalks up his 700th appearance for Manchester United, scoring the opening goal at Old Trafford in the 4-0 defeat of Wigan.

• After being twice in front, Manchester City lose by the odd goal in five at Real Madrid in the first match of the Champions League group phase.

Other outcomes: Montpellier-Arsenal 1-2, Chelsea-Juventus 2-2, Manchester United-Gala-tasaray 1-0, Celtic-Benfica 0-0.

• The Europa League also opens with the group phase first game in which Liverpool beat Young Boys away 5-3.

More results: Maritimo-Newcastle United 0-0, Tottenham Hotspur-Lazio 0-0.

• In Manchester United’s victory over Galatasaray, at Old Trafford, manager Alex Ferguson records his 100th career European victory.

• Chelsea captain John Terry ends his involvement with England.

• In a League Cup third round shock, Leeds beat Everton 2-1 at Elland Road.

• Chelsea captain John Terry is banned four matches and fined £220,000 for racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand.

Leading marksmen

Premier League
6 − Ba (Newcastle)
5 − Van Persie (Manchester United), Fletcher (Sunderland), Suarez (Liverpool)
4 − Defoe (Tottenham), Crouch (Stoke), Michu (Swansea), Lambert (Southampton)

The Championship
7 − Austin (Burnley), Davies (Barnsley)
6 − Murray (C. Palace), Ince (Blackpool), Mackail-Smith (Brighton), Becchio (Leeds), Whittingham (Cardiff)

Scottish Premier
7 − Higdon (Motherwell)
5 − Foran (Inverness), Griffiths (Hibernian)

Average attendances
1. Manchester United - 75,247
2. Arsenal - 60,087
3. Newcastle - 50,010
4. Manchester City - 46,362
5. Liverpool - 44,712
6. Sunderland - 41,997
7. Chelsea - 41,521
8. Tottenham - 36,120
9. Everton - 35,462
10. Aston Villa - 35,285
11. West Ham - 33,560
12. Southampton - 30,642
13. Stoke City - 27,086
14. Norwich - 26,561
15. Fulham - 25,376
16. West Brom - 25,092
17. Reading - 24,066
18. Swansea City - 20,412
19. Wigan Athletic - 18,423
20. QPR - 18,171