RESULTS OF FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28531, 10 March 1958, Page 11

RESULTS OF FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

(N.Z. Press Association-Copyright)

(Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, March 8. West Bromwich Albion avenged its mid-week cup defeat by scoring four goals against Manchester United in the English Football League today. It was Manchester United’s first defeat in five games since last month’s Munich air crash, but the score was by no means a true reflection of the play.

Manchester United lost its insideforward, Ernie Taylor, with a leg injury half-way through the first half. Taylor returned after treatment, but was oft the field for most of the second half.

Before the game, the crowd of more than 60.000 heard a tape-re-corded message from the Manchester United manager. Mr Matt Busby, who is in hospital in Munich, relayed over loudspeakers. Members of the Munich hospital staff were guests at the game, and received a tremendous ovation.

Wolverhampton Wanderers, knocked out of the cup last week, took some time to settle down against Newcastle United, but goals in the second half by Peter Broadbent, Norman Deeley, and Bob Mason gave them a 3-1 victory. Len White scored for Newcastle. Wolverhamton Wanderers have now regained their five-point lead in the championship. Their nearest challengers, Preston North End, lost 4-2 against Everton in Liverpool. A spectator ran on to the pitch during the first half and struck Harry Mattison, the Preston centre-half, in the face. Two other Preston players held the man until police arrived. Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday, both seriously threatened with relegation to the second division, drew 3-3 at Sunderland. In the big London match between Arsenal and Chelsea, centre-forward David Herd scored a hat-trick to help Arsenal win, 5-4. West Ham United took a clear lead in the second division, as a result of its easy 8-0 win over Rotherham. Charlton Athletic, which previously was level on points with West Ham, was soundly beaten, 3-1, by Fulham, which will be ■ Manchester United’s opponents in the cup semifinals. Results were:— English League Division I.—Arsenal 5, Chelsea 4; Aston Villa 3, Burnley 0; Blackpool 3, Nottingham Forest 0; Bolton Wanderers 1, Birmingham City 0; Everton 4, Preston North End 2; Leeds United 1, Tottenham Hotspur 2; Leicester City 2, Portsmouth 2; Luton Town 1, Manchester City 2; Manchester United 0, West Bromwich Albion 4; Sunderland 3, Sheffield Wednesday 3; Wolverhampton

Wanderers 3, Newcastle United 1. Division ll.—Barnsley 1, Doncaster Rovers 1: Blackburn Rovers 3. Grimsby Town 0; Bristol Rovers 3. Liverpool 1; Derby County 2, Middlesbrough 1; Fulham 3. Charlton Athletic 1; Ipswich Town 1. Stoke City 3; Lincoln City 0. Cardiff City 3 (abandoned at half-time); Notts County 0, Bristol City 1; Sheffield United 3, Huddersfield Town 2; Swansea Town 1. Leyton Orient 2; West Ham United 8, Rotherham United 0. Division 111 (Southern).—Aidershot I, Torquay United 1; Brighton Hove Albion 2, Shewsbury Town 1; Exeter City 1. Bournemouth 2; Gillingham 1, Norwich City 0; Mill wall 1, Colchester United 4; Newport County 0, Northampton Town 1; Plymouth Argyle 1? Crystal Palace 0; Port Vale 5, Watford 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 1, Walsall 0; Southampton 0. Reading 1; Southend United 5, Coventry City 1; Swindon Town 4, Brentford Division IH (Northern).—Bradford City 3. Bury 3; Crewe Alexandra X Hartlepools United 1; Darlington v. Southport, postponed: Gateshead v. York City, postponed; Halifax Town 3, Chesterfield 2; Hull City v. Accrington Stanley, postponed; Mansfield Town 4, Barrow 2; Rochdale 2, Tranmere Rovers 0; Scunthorpe United v. Carlisle United, postponed; Stockport County 2, Chester 2; Workington 4. Oldham Athletic, 2; Wrexham 1, Bradford l._ Scottish League Division I.—Aberdeen 2, Third Lanark 4; Lyde 1. Rangers 3; East Fife 1, Queen of the South 3; Falkirk 3, Raith Rovers 2; Motherwell 2, Kilmarnock 2; Partick Thistle X Dundee 0; Queen’s Park 1. Hearts 4; St. Mirren 1, Celtic 1. Amateur International.—Scotland 3, Wales 0. Division ll.—Albion Rovera 2. Morton 2; Alloa Athletic X Dunfermline Athletic 4; Ayr United 3, Arbroath 3; Cowdenbeath 2, Stenhousemulr 2; Dumbarton 0, Hamilton Academicals 1; Dundee United v. Berwick Rangers, postponed (snow); Forfar Athletic 2, Stranraer 1; Montrose 2, East Stirling 1; St. Johnstone 2, Stirling Albion 2.