Results Of Football In Britain

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28981, 24 August 1959, Page 15

Results Of Football In Britain

(N.Z. Press Association—Copy right)

(Rec. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 22.

The new English soccer season began today with some unexpected results. Arsenal was beaten 1-0 at home by the newly-promoted team Sheffield'Wednesday, and the Cup holders, Nottingham Forest, were beaten 2-1 in their away match against Manchester City, a club which just scraped clear of relegation last season.

But the day's highlight was the Chelsea-Preston match, in which 40.000 fans were treated to a hattrick by Chelsea's Inside-right, J. Greaves and a tremendous Preston fight-back which earned the visitors a draw after they had trailed 1-4. At West Bromwich, Manchester United, widely tipped for honours this season, went down 3-2.

Wolverhampton Wanderers, whc are bidding this season for their third successive championship, scored a 1-0 away win over Birmingham

Aston Villa, playing in the second division for only the second time in its 85-year history, began well with a 2-1 win at Brighton. Portsmouth, which joined Aston Villa In first division relegation last year, played a goal-less draw at Middlesborough. Scottish soccer, which began two weeks ago, took the league cup competition a stage further. Hearts, the Cup holders, scored a 2-0 home win over Kilmarnock and Rangers. Scottish league champions, swamped Hibernian. 5-1 at home.

Results of today’s English and Scottish matches were:—

English League Division I.—Arsenal 0. Sheffield Wednesday 1; Birmingham City 0. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1; Blackburn Rovers 4, Fulham 0: Blackpool 3, Bolton Wanderers 2; Chelsea 4. Preston North End 4; Everton 2. Luton Town 2; Leeds United 2, Bumley 3; Manchester City 2, Nottingham Forest I; Newcastle United 1. Tottenham Hotspur 5; West Bromwich Albion 3, Manchester United 2; West Ham United 3. Leicester City 0 Division ll.—Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Aston Villa 2; Bristol Rovers 2. Leyton Orient 2; Cardiff City 3. Liverpool 2; Hull City 3, Plymouth Argyle 1; Ipswich Town 1, Huddersfield Town 4; Middlesbrough 0. Portsmouth 0: Rotherham United 3. Charlton Athletic 3: Scunthorpe United 1. Bristol City 1; Sheffield United 2, Derby County 1: Stoke City 3, Sunderland 1; Swansea Town 2, Lincoln City 1. Division lll.—Barnsley 1, Brentford 2; Bradford City 2, York City 0; Bury 3. Colchester United 1: Coventry City 2, Mansfield Town 0: Grimsby Town 5. Chesterfield 1; Halifax Town 2, Southend United 1; Queen’s Park Rangers 2, Swindon Town 0; Reading 2, Port Vale 3. Shrewsbury Town 0, Bournemouth 0; Southampton v. Norwich City, late kick-off: Tranmere Rovers 5, Accrington 1: Wrexham 0. Newport County 0.

Division IV,—Barrow 4. Darlington 1; Carlisle United 2. Crystal Palace 2: Exeter City 1, Northampton Town

1; Gillingham 5, Gateshead 4; Hartlepools United 3, Aidershot 0; Millwall 5, Workington 0; Notts County 2, Chester 1; Oldham Athletic 2, Bradford 0; Southport 2. Rochdale 2; Torquay United 2. Doncaster Rovers 1; Walsall 3, Crewe Alexandra 1: Watford 0. Stockport County 0. Scottish League Cup Airdrieonians 4, Partick Thistle 0; Ayre United 1, Berwick Rangers 1; Celtic 1, Raith Rovers 0; Dumbarton 3, Arbroath 4: Dundee 1, Motherwell 4; Dunfermline Athletic 1, Clyde 4; East Fife 3, Brechin City 0; Forfar Athletic 4, Queen of the South 4; Hamilton Academicals 2, Falkirk 3; Hearts 2, Kilmarnock 0; Montrose 0, Queen's Park 2; Morton 0, Alloa Athletics 1; Rangers 5. Hibernian 1; St. Johnstone 3, Cowdenbeath 3; Stenhousemuir 3, Albion Rovers 0; Stirling Albion 2, Aberdeen 5: Stranraer 2, East Stirling 1; Third Lanark 3, St. Mirren 1.