British Soccer Semi-final Cup Win To Spurs

Press, Volume C, Issue 29467, 20 March 1961, Page 18

British Soccer Semi-final Cup Win To Spurs

(N.Z.P. A.-Reul

ter—Copyright)

LONDON, March 18. Tottenham Hotspur went a step nearer winning both the league championship and the Football Association Cup by beating Burnley, 3-0, in their cup semi-final at Birmingham today. Tottenham Hotspur will not know its final opponents until Thursday when Leicester and Sheffield United replay. The teams played a goal-less draw in the other semi-final at Leeds today. Results are:— Football Association Cup.— Semi-finals; Leicester City 0, Sheffield United 0, Tottenham Hotspur 3. Burnely 0. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I , Blackburn Rovers 4, Manchester City 1; Bolton Wanderers 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Chelsea 1, Preston North End 1; Everton 1. Nottingham Forest 0; Manchester United 1. Arsenal 1; West Ham United 1, Fulham 2; Wolverhampton Wanderers 5, Birmingham City 1. Division II Charlton Athletic 2, Leyton Orient 0; Huddersfield Town 1, Middlesbrough 0; Lincoln City 0, Southampton 3; Luton Town 2, Rotherham United 1; Norwich City 0, Scunthorpe United 1; Plymouth Argyle 1, Ipswich Town 2; Portsmouth 3. Leeds United 1; Stoke City 2. Bristol Rovers 0; Sunderland 2. Brighton and Hove Albion 1: Swansea Town 2. Liverpool 0. Division 111 Barnsley 2, Swindon Town 1; Bournemouth 1, Port Vale 1; Bradford City 0, Torquay United 3; Bristol City 1. Burv 2; Colchester United 1, Watford 4; Coventry City 1. Walsall 2; Grimsby Town 4, Tranmere Rovers 1; Hull City 4, Halifax Tow-n 2; Newport County 0,

Brentford 1; Notts County 1, Southend United 2; Queen’s Park Rangers 1, Chesterfield 2; Reading 2, Shrewsbury Town 1. Division IV Carlisle United 1. Millwall 2; Crystal Palace 2. Northampton Town 3; Darlington 2, Aidershot 2; Doncaster Rovers 2, Bradford 0; Exeter City 4, Chester 1; Hartlepools United 1, Gillingham 0: Mansfield Town 1, York City 3; Peterborough United 2. Workington 1; Rochdale 3, Accrington Stanley 2; Southport 2, Oldham Athletic 0; Stockport County 0, Crewe Alexandra 1; Wrexham 1, Barrow 0. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division 1 Ayr United 0, Hibernian 1; Clyde 0, Raith Rovers 2: Dundee United 1. Rangers 1; Dunfermline Athletic 5. St. Johnstone 1; Hearts 0, Kilmarnock 1; Motherwell 1, Aberdeen 0; Partick Thistle 1. Celtic 2; St. Mirren 1, Airdrieonians 1; Third Lanark 2. Dundee 1. Division II Albion Rovers 2, Stranraer 2; Alloa Athletic 4, Montrose 2; Berwick Rangers 0. Cowdenbeath 4: Brechin City 0. Stenhousemuir 2: Dumbarton 2. Stirling Albion 4; Falkirk 3, Arbroath 0: Forfar Athletic 1, East Sterling 0: Queen of the South 1, Hamilton Academicals 0. IRISH LEAGUE Ballymena United 3, Portadown 3; Bangor 1. Glentoran 4: Crusaders 1, Ards 2; Derry City 0. Cliftonville 2: Distillery 5. Coleraine 3; Glenavon 5, Linfield 1.