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After Jabo Ibehre headed Carlisle level, the referee, Andy Haines, gave Pools brief heart and a penalty which Billy Paynter converted against the club he left in June.

Gilberto, surging forward from left-back, set up Angola's second and won two penalties, one of which he converted, against Mali, while Flávio has scored three headers.

Hewie's highlights in dark blue included a penalty converted against Spain at Hampden in May 1957, but he was less precise from the spot during a World Cup clash with France at Orebro, Sweden, in the summer of 1958.

A 10th-placed finish in their first season back in the top flight was secured a few months later, with Hughes becoming the Premier League's third-oldest scorer at the age of 39 when he converted against Leicester City in April 2002.

While Dimitar Berbatov, whom Ferguson likes, is made of sterner stuff, a profusion of injuries has limited Saha's appearances to 76 in four years, albeit with 41 goals which demonstrate his menace, including the penalty he won and converted against Chelsea in September.

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People can convert against that too easy.

The Hurricanes had eight power plays but could not convert against the Rangers, who allowed four power-play goals to Tampa Bay in a 5-3 last laSundayday.

However, Kewell happily stepped up to convert against Adelaide United on Saturday when presented with an opportunity to show leadership for his long-suffering Melbourne Heart.

Ownership rules are different on the continent, giving the mutuals' managements more control over the pace of change.Bradford & Bingley (named, like most societies, after the towns where it was founded) is the first building society to convert against its board's advice.

Rovers clinched victory after Matty Taylor rounded home keeper Steve Arnold to convert against his former club from a tight angle.

From Dan Carter's drop goal against Ireland in 2012 to Ryan Crotty's try in Dublin a year later, from Conrad Smith's try in the first Test against England this summer to Malakai Fekitoa's converted try against Australia in October, the All Blacks have made the point again and again: when the pressure is on, you will crumble, and we will thrive.

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