Soccer Everton Takes Three-Point Lead In First Division

Press, Volume CI, Issue 30007, 17 December 1962, Page 6

Soccer Everton Takes Three-Point Lead In First Division

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright)

LONDON, December 1«. Everton took a vital step towards winning the . English League Soccer championship on Saturday by beating Its nearest rivals. Burnley, 3-1. Everton went Into a threepoint lead at the head of the first division from Tottenham

Hotspur, 30 points, and Burnley. 29. Tottenham also moved ahead of Burnley, with a 2-0 away win against Birmingham. In the second division, the top team, Chelsea, won 3-0 at home to Rotherham, and now has a four-point lead over Sunderland, which drew, 3-3. at Middlesbrough. Only five points separate the

• first 10 clubs in the third dtvtI sion. The leader. Peterborough. I scored a 3-0 win over Bourne- . mouth, which fell from second ! place to fifth. Northampton i Town won. 2-1. at Carlisle, and ' took second position. Mansfield slipped from the : top of the fourth division when beaten 3-1 at Rochdale. Old- • ham won, 3-1, at Bradford City, to take a two-point lead. Surprise result in Scotland was Third Lanark's 2-0 win over Celtic. Partick Thistle.after 10 successive wins, drew 1-1 at Aberdeen and Rangers took a one-point lead over Partick by defeating Raith Rovers, 4-2. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One Arsenal 2. Leyton 0; Birmingham 0, Tottenham 2; Blackburn 0, Ipswich 1; Blackpool 1. Liverpool 2; Bolton v. Sheffield Wednesday (postponed); Everton 3, Burnley 1; Leicester 2. Fulham 3; Manchester City 3. Wolverhampton 3: Sheffield United 3. Nottingham Forest 1: West Bromwich 3. Manchester United 0; West Ham 1. Aston Villa 1. Division Two Chelsea 3. Rotherham 0; Derby 2, Huddersfield 1; Grimsby 1, Plymouth 1; Leeds 3, Stoke 1: Luton 2, Bury 1: Middlesbrough 3. Sunderland 3; Newcastle 2. Cardiff 1; Norwich 1, Preston 1; Southampton 1. Scunthorpe 1: Swansea 2, Charlton 1; Walsall 3, Portsmouth 5. Division Three Brighton 2, Queen’s Park Rangers 2; Bristol Rovers 2, Hull 3; Carlisle 1, Northampton 2: Colchester 1. Bradford 4; Halifax 2. Crystal Palace 2; Millwall 4, Bristol City 2; Notts County 1, Coventry 1: Peterborough 3. Bournemouth 0; Port Vale 2. Wrexham 2: Shrewsbury 2, Reading 1; Southend 1, Watford 1; Swindon 2. Barnsley 1. Division Four Aidershot 2. Darlington 3: Bradford City 1. Oldham 3; Brentford 1. Doncaster 0: Chester 1, Gillingham 0; Chesterfield 1. Workington 1; Crowe 2, Southport 2: Newport 2. Hartl epools 1; Oxford 4, Barrow 1; Rochdale 3. Mansfield 1: Torquay 3. Exeter 0; Tranmere 3. Lincoln 0; York 3, Stockport 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One Aberdeen 1. Partick 1: Airdrieonlans 1, Queen of the South 3; Clyde 2, St. Mirren 0; Dundee 2, Motherwell 2; Dunfermline 3, Hibernian 2; Hearts 2. Dundee United 2; Kilmarnock 3 Falkirk 1; Rangers 4, Raith Rovers 2; Third Lanark 2, Celtic 0. Division Two Arbroath 2, Queen's Park 1: Brechin 2, Albion Rovers 3: Dumbarton v. Forfar Athletic (postponed): East Fife 2. St. Johnstone 2; East Stirling «. Stranraer 0; Hamilton J. Montrose 1; Morton v. Alloa Athletic (postponed); Stenhousemuir 2, Ayr United 0; Stirling Albion 2. Cowdenbeath 1. HUSH LEAGUE Ards I. Cllftonville 4; Crusaders 0. Distillery 3; Derry 1, Coleraine 2; Glanavon 6. Bangor 1; Glentoran 1, Portadown 3; Linfield 1. Ballymena 1. DIAL 30-199 The operation la quick and simple, the cost U low, and over 42.000 families are quickly ' acquainted with youi wants . whether you want to Buy. Sell, Seek, or TeiL Read and use "The Press'* Classifieds