RESULTS OF FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29017, 5 October 1959, Page 3

RESULTS OF FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

(N.Z. Press Association-Copyright)

LONDON. October 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers, the English football league champions, scored five goals against Luton today. and drew level with Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the first division Wolves, smarting under their midweek European Cup defeat in East Berlin, turned on their full power to thrill Luton's biggest crowd ol the season —22.908 The champions had four men out with injury, but they shrugged ofl the handicap and went on a goal spree. Tottenham Hotspur dropped a home point against Burnley, to give Wolves their chance to draw level. The Ireland-Scotland international match at Belfast robbed this match of four stars —three from Tottenham and one from Burnley—and they were sorely missed as both teams struggled to find their best form. Today’s programme was played in freak conditions for October. Players struggled in temperatures which hovered near the eighties and on concrete-hard pitches. In the fourth division Rochdale-Carlisle match. Rochdale's left-back, D. Powell. collapsed in the heat just before half-time. Manchester United were another side seeking to make amends alter losing to an overseas team—they went down 6-1 against Real Madrid in a Thursday evening match. They came back to their best with a 4-1 home win against Leicester City. Birmingham, at the bottom ol the table, stopped the rot with a 2-0 home win over Leeds United. The second division leaders, Aston Villa were held to a goal-less draw by last-placed Lincoln. In the third division. Halifax were held to a 1-1 draw on ever-improv-ing Reading's ground—but stayed at the top ol the table. The Scottish fiist division leaders. St. Mirren, tumbled from the top i with a 3-1 loss at Aberdeen The new I leaders are Rangers. 4-1 home winners over Dunfermline, followed by i Hearts, who had a 5-3 home success i against Ayr United. ' In the second division, the leaders. jSt. Johnstone, lost 3-0 at Montrose but they were unlucky to lose their right-half Walker with a suspected 1 broken shoulder. Results of today’s matches were:— International Ireland 0, Scotland 4 (played in I Belfast).

English League Division I.—Birmingham City 2, Leeds United 0; Blackburn Rovers 1. Preston North End 4; Blackpool 1. Manchester City 3; Bolton Wanderers 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0: Everton 3, Arsenal 1: Fulham 3, Nottingham Forest 1: Luton Town 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 5; Manchester United 4. Leicester City 1; Newcastle United 0. West Ham United 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Burnley 1; West Bromwich Albion 1, Chelsea 3. Division ll.—Bristol Rovers 4. Brighton Hove Albion 5; Derby County 3, Bristol City 0: Huddersfield Town 6. Portsmouth 3; Hull City 0. Cardiff City 0; Ipswich Town 4, Stoke City 0; Leyton Orient 1, Sunderland 1; Lincoln City 0. Aston Villa 0; Middlesbrough 3. Scunthorpe United 1; Plymouth Argyle 6.1 Charlton Athletic 4; Sheffield United ' 2. Rotherham United 3; Swansea i Town 5. Liverpool 4. Division 111 —Bradford City 1. j Tranmere Rovers 0; Chesterfield 4.. Bainsley 1: Coventry City 4. Bourne-: mouth 0; Grimsby Town I. Brentford 3; Norwich City 3, Colchester 1 United 2; Port Vale 3. Southend I United 1; Queens Park Rangers 2. Wrexham 1; Reading 1, Halifax Town. 1; Shrewsbury Town 6. Mansfield Town 3; Southampton 0. Bury 2; ; Swindon Town 1. Newport County 0. I York City 3, Accrington Stanley 0. Division lll.—Chester 1. Bradford 1; Crewe Alexandra 4, Stockport County 2; Doncaster Rovers 0 Darlington 1; Hartlepools United 4. Exeter City 3; Millwall 3. Gillingham 3; Northampton Town 2, Aidershot 0; Notts County 3. Oldham Athletic 1; Rochdale 3, Carlisle United 0; Southport 3, Crystal Palace 1; Torquay United 3. Barrow 2: Walsall .3, Watford 4; Workington 1. Gateshead 1. Scottish League Division I.—Aberdeen 3, St. Mirren 1; Arbroath 0. Celtic 5; Clyde 2, Hibernian 1; Hearts 5. Ayr United; 3; Kilmarnock 2. Dundee 2; Mother-! well 4. Partick Thistle 0; Raith Rov-I ers 0. Stirling Albion 1; Rangers 4.1 Dunfermline Athletic 1: Third Lan-| ark 4. Airdrieonians 2. Division ll.—Albion Rovers 1. Berwick Rangers 3: Alloa Athletic 1. Queens Park 2: Cowdenbeath 2.1 Forfar Athletic 4; Dumbarton 0. Stenhousemuir 1; Dundee United 3. Brechin City 1; Falkirk 3. Stran-I raer 1; Montrose 3. St. Johnstone 0; ' Morton 5, Hamilton Academicals 1. There were no Irish football! matches played today because of the: international match between Ireland! and Scotland at Belfast. |