Chelsea Loses Top Place In Soccer

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30588, 3 November 1964, Page 19

Chelsea Loses Top Place In Soccer

(N.Z. P.A. -Reuter—Copyright)

LONDON, Nov. 1. Manchester United beat the First Division champion, Liverpool, on Saturday, and toppled Chelsea from the head of the English league soccer table. United, putting on an impressive display of fast, incisive football, scored once in each half.

Chelsea, in top position since the end of August, found it hard to get going against Burnley’s well marshalled defence, and dropped both points. Behind Manchester United (24 points) and Chelsea (23) are Nottingham Forest and Leeds United with 20 points. Results: — ENGLISH LEAGUE

Division One. —Arsenal 3, Everton 1: Aston Villa 2, Fulham 0; Blackburn 3, Birmingham 1: Blackpool 1, West Ham 2; Chelsea 0, Burnley 1: Leeds 4, Sheffield United 1: Leicester 4, Tottenham 2; Liverpool 0, Manchester United 2: Sheffield Wednesday 1, West Bromwich 1; Sunderland 2, Stoke 2; Wolverhampton 1, Nottingham Forest Division Two.—Charlton 3, Coventry 0; Crystal Palace 1, Northampton 2: Crystal Palace 1, Northampton 2; Derby 3, Plymouth 2; Leyton 1, Huddersfield 0; Manchester City 2, Cardiff 0; Norwich 1, Newcastle 1; Portsmouth 1, Preston 0; Rotherham 2, Middlesbrough 3: Swansea 2, Bolton 0; Swindon 3, Ipswich 1. Division Three. —Bournemouth 0, Watford 0; Brentford 2, Southend 1; Bristol Rovers 1, Barnsley 0; Colchester 2, Reading 2: Exeter 0, Walsall 1; Grimsby 3, Hull 0: Luton 0, Bristol City 0; Mansfield 3, Gillingham 1; Oldham 2, Scunthorpe 1; Peterborough 0. Workington 4: Port Vale 1, Shrewsbury 1. Division Four.—Aidershot 0, Brighton 2; Bradford 3, Lincoln 1; Chesterfield 2, Barrow 0: Crewe 2, Bradford City 1; Darlington 2, Chester 0; Doncaster 2, Oxford 2; Halifax 1, Rochdale 2; Newport 2, Millwall 2: Notts County X, Hartlepools 0; Southport 0, York 1; Wrexham 4, Stockport 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One.—Aberdeen 2, Falkirk 1; Celtic 2, Airdrleonians 1; Dundee United 0, Kilmarnock 1; Dunfermline 2, Partick 0; Hearts 4, Morton 1: Motherwell 0, Hibernian 2; Rangers 6, Clyde 1; St. Mirren 0, Dundee 2; Third Lanark 0, St. Johnstone 2. Division Two.—Albion 4, Brechin 2: Arbroath 2, Queen of the South 0; Ayr 0, Raith 4: East Fife 2, Queens Park 1; East Strillng 2, Berwick 1; Montrose 0, Hamilton 1; Stenhousemuir 3, Cowdenbeath 4; Stirling Albion 2, Alloa 1; Stranraer 4, Forfar 4. IRISH CITY CUP Ards 1, Derry 2; Cllftonville 2, Ballymena 7; Coleraine 1, Portadown 2: Glenavon 1, Bangor 1; Glentoran 4, Crusaders 0; Linfield 2, Distillery 6. Results of matches played on Friday were: ENGLISH LEAGUE Division Two.—Bury 3, Southhampton 3. Division Three. —Carlisle 2, Queen’s Park Rangers 0. Division Four.—Tranmere 3, Torquay 1.

Cars Damaged.—Two cars were badly damaged and had to be towed away after they collided at the corner of Bealey avenue and Manchester street about 1 p.m. on Sunday. Grace Elizabeth Swan, of 101 Holly road, and Marie Joy Swan and Theodore Swan, both of 29 Heyward terrace, were treated at the Christchurch Hospital for minor injuries.