Sporting Digest: Football

JOHN HOLT, the former Dundee United, Dunfermline, and Dundee defender was yesterday appointed manager of Second Division Montrose, replacing Jim Leishman who vacated the post a month ago. Holt has appointed Ross Jack, the former Norwich, Everton and Dunfermline striker as player-coach at the club which has recorded just eight wins this season, three of them at home.

ARSENAL and Sheffield Wednesday players will be the first to have their names displayed on shirts for a major Wembley cup final next month. The Coca-Cola Cup finalists will have their names above their shirt numbers for the match at Wembley on April 18. 'This will appeal to the fans who attend and be helpful to the public who watch on television,' Lee Walker, the Football League's controller of broadcasting, said. 'The experiment is a one-off, but we will monitor closely the reception from fans.'

ALAN LITTLE, 38, brother of the Leicester City manager Brian, was named manager of York City yesterday. Little, succeeds John Ward, who took over at Bristol Rovers on 12 March. Little has been acting in a caretaker role since Ward departed and is understood to have turned down the opportunity of going to Rovers as Ward's assistant manager.

CRYSTAL PALACE have signed two Birmingham players, the winger Louis Donowa and goalkeeper Martin Thomas, on loan.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY (San Salvador): El Salvador 2 (Diaz 29, Cienfuegos 70) United States 2 (Gjonbaln 49, Jones 55).

LIBERTADORES CUP: Group One (Puerto Ordaz, Ven) Minerven (Ven) 2 (Camacho 69, pen 75) Universitario (Peru) 2 (Baroni 40, 53). Group Two (Calama, Chile) Cobreloa (Chile) 2 (Figueroa pen 13, Quinteros og 57) San Jose (Bol) 1 (Pena 60). Group Three (Montevideo) Bella Vista (Urug) 2 (Ferraro 41, 42) Nacional/Quito (Ecu) 0. Group Four (Cali, Col) America/Cali 4 (Escobar 16, da Silva 22, 52, Rincon 40) Internacional/Porto Alegre (Bra) 2 (Elson 36, Rudnei 79). Group Five (Rosario, Arg) Newell's Old Boys (Arg) 1 (Pochettino 21) Olimpia (Par) 1 (Pochettino og 13).

ENGLAND SEMI-PROFESSIONAL SQUAD (v Finland Under-21, Woking, 14 April): Price (Stafford), Batty (Woking); Shirtliff, Watts, Conner, Richardson, Cavell (all Dagenham & Redbridge), Nicol (Kettering), Shail (Yeovil), Webb (Bromsgrove), Butler, Hemmings (both Northwich Victoria), Collins (Enfield), Leworthy (Farnborough), Robbins (Welling), Ross (Marine).