JUDGEMEN T S

Winners and losers of the last seven days

WINNERS

Jimmy Barrett

The 65-year-old who finally had the cost of a knee operation paid for by the Professional Footballers' Association and his former club, Nottingham Forest, 36 years after he was injured.

Paul Adams

Who proved that youth and inexperience are no bar to having the temperament to perform at international level - England selectors take note.

The European rugby union cup

Which has got the final the organisers dreamed of - Cardiff against the French champions, Toulouse - to give the new competition serious credibility.

LOSERS

Keith Gillespie

Whose dreams of a joyous return to Manchester United with Newcastle ended in defeat and a two-month injury lay-off.

Vinnie Jones

Who may have taken his risible attempts to live up to his hard-man image one outrage too far with his anti-foreigner remarks in a national newspaper.

Bookmakers

The only time they will ever appear here - but they have been without racing for 10 days.

Jeffrey Lange

Identified by 15 people who responded to a $1,000 reward offered by the New York Giants to anyone who could name the man photographed throwing a snowball at a National Football League game at Giants Stadium. Lange could now face up to six months in jail.

Paul Gascoigne

Who apparently isn't even allowed to joke any more, after showing the referee his own yellow card.