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SCUNTHORPE will attempt to equal their club record of eight straight leaguewins when they travel to Somerset on Friday.The Scorpions have hit a rich vein of form and are regretting dropped homepoints earlier in the season, which have cost them a top four chance.Promoter Rob Godfrey said: "I'd like to think we can get something atSomerset, certainly at least a point, but we're going there to win."

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NEWCASTLE star Mark Lemon returns to his old club Newport this Sunday eagerto help the Diamonds continue their play-off bid.Lemon was surprisingly axed by the Wasps earlier in the season but hasplayed a big part in Newcastle's rise up the table.He said: "The whole team have been so welcoming and approachable, that ittook me less than a week to get over what happened at Newport."

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Lakeside v Ipswich 8pm

PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI-FINAL 1st leg: Edinburgh v Rye House 7pm

PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Stoke (follows KOC fixture), Somerset vScunthorpe 7.30, Workington v Berwick 7.30

NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI-FINAL: King's Lynn v Buxton 7.30NATIONAL TROPHY: Plymouth v Weymouth 7.30

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12:

PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Stoke 7pm, Rye House v Newport 7pm, Workington vRedcar 7pm

NATIONAL TROPHY: Weymouth v Isle of Wight 7.15

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13:

PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Redcar 4pm, Newport v Newcastle 2.30, Stoke vEdinburgh 7.30

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Scunthorpe v Newport 3.30pm

NATIONAL TROPHY: Buxton v Mildenhall 3pm

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Ipswich 7.30, Poole v Peterborough 7.30

MIDLAND LEAGUE: Wolverhampton v Coventry 7.30

PREMIER LEAGUE: Newcastle v Newport 7.30