Blank lines in IE, ok in Firefox

[Studio381]

The following routine displays ok in Firefox but in IE there are a number of blank lines (too many to be considered ok) between the output

echo "(Entry Fee - £5.00)"; and the start of the table output.

Any ideas??
Thanks.

/
Desc:

Create a table in order to format the output appropriately.






*/
echo "<p>";

    echo "<p>";

echo "<p>";

echo "MILFORD GOLF CLUB";

echo "<p>";

echo "COMPETITION DRAW SHEET";

echo "<p>";

echo $competitionName;

echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";

echo $competitionDate;    

echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";                                            

echo "(Entry Fee - £5.00)";

// <h4>One row and three columns:</h4>

echo "<table border='0' cellspacing='30'>";
for ($i=1,$j=1; $i<85; $i+=3,$j++)
{
  $k=$i+1;
  $l=$i+2;
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td>$tTimes[$j]</td>";
  echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";
  echo "<td>$outputlist[$i]</td>";	  
  echo "<td>$outputlist[$k]</td>";	  
  echo "<td>$outputlist[$l]</td>";
  echo "</tr>";

}

echo "</table>";

[NogDog]

Use CSS to specify the exact margin and padding amounts you want between HTML block elements rather than depending on the various browsers' default values. www.htmldog.com has some well-written beginners' tutorials if this is a new subject for you.