United Holds Soccer Lead

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30634, 28 December 1964, Page 13

United Holds Soccer Lead

(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter —Copyright)

LONDON, December 27. Manchester United just managed to hang on to the English League leadership yesterday, by winning, 1-0, at Sheffield United. Chelsea had briefly regained the top position earlier in the day, beating Blackpool, 2-0, at home. Manchester United (36 points) leads Chelsea and Leeds by one point. Leeds, whose manager caused some surprise by ordering his team to report for training on Christmas morning, dropped a home point against Blackburn Rovers. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One.—Arsenal 3. Stoke 2; Birmingham 2, West Ham 1; Burnley 4. Fulham 0; Chelsea 2, Blackpool 0; Everton 3, West Bromwich 2; Leeds 1, Blackburn 1; Leicester 2, Sheffield Wednesday 2; Nottingham Forst 1, Tottenham 2; Sheffield United 0, Manchester United 1; Sunderland 2, Liverpool 3: Wolverhampton 0, Aston Villa 1.

Division Two.—Bolton 0, Northampton 0; Crystal Palace 4, Portsmouth 2; Derby v. Rotherham (postponed, frost); Ipswich 3, Huddersfield 2; Leyton 4. Charlton 2; Manchester City 0, Bury 0; Middlesbrough 0. Newcastle 2; Preston 3, Coventry 2: Southampton 5, Plymouth 0; Swansea 3, Cardiff 2; Swindon 0, Norwich 1.

Division Three.—Bournemouth 2, Southend 1: Brentford 2, Bristol City 1; Bristol Rovers 3, Queen’s Park Rangers 1; Carlisle 1, Workington 0; Exeter 2, Reading 2; Gillingham 2, Colchester 1; Luton 2, Watford 4: Peterborough 4. Barnsley 1; Port Vale 0. Hull 3; Scunthorpe 2, Grimsby 1; Shrewsbury 1, Oldham 3; Walsall 2, Mansfield 1. Division Four.—Bradford City 2, Southport 1; Brighton 2, Halifax 1; Chester 3, Bradford 0; Crewe 6, Barrow 2; Doncaster 3. Stockport 0: Hartlepools 4. Darlington 3: Lincoln 1. Notts County 0; Millwall 2, Wrexham 2; Newport 0. Oxford 3; Torquay 5, Aidershot 2; Tranmere 4, Rochdale 1; York 7, Chesterfield

SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One.—Airdrieonians 1, Hearts 2: Celtic 2, Mortherwell 0: Dundee 1, Morton 1; Dunfermline v. Rangers (postponed, frost), Hibernian 4, Clyde 3; Partlqk v. Dundee United (postponed, frost); St. Johnstone v. Falkirk (postponed. frost); St. Mirren 4, Aberdeen 0: Third Lanark 0, Kilmarnock 4.

Division Two—Arbroath 3. Cowdenbeath 2; Ayr 1, Albion 3; Berwick 1, Queen of the

South 1; Brechin 3, Raith 3; East Fife 2, Montrose 5; East Stirling v. Alloa (postponed, frost); Hamilton 0, Queen’s Park 2; Stenhousemuir v. Dumbarton (postponed, frost); Stirling Albion v. Forfar (postponed, frost). IRISH LEAGUE Ards 0, Linfield 1; Ballymena 3, Bangor 0; Crusaders v. Portadown (postponed, frost); Derry 1, Coleraine 0; Distillery v. Glentoran (postponed, frost); Glenavon 3, Cliftonville 2.