MANCHESTER HEADS ENGLISH SOCCER

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31305, 27 February 1967, Page 15

MANCHESTER HEADS ENGLISH SOCCER

(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) 1 LONDON. 1 Manchester United, smarting ’ from its shock elimination from ■ the English F.A. Cup last week, , bounced back to form on Saturday by taking the lead in the ( first division soccer champion- , ship. ( With the reigning champion, j Liverpool, held to a 2-2 draw by ( Fulham, Manchester United • went to the top with a frac- ■ tionally better goal average. j Manchester United has 41 < points from 29 matches, with six home games and seven away fixtures remaining. Liverpool j has 41 points from 30 matches, ( with seven home and five away ( games still to play. Nottingham Forest . retained | third place with 38 points from 30 matches.

In Scotland. Celtic dropped a point when drawing 1-1 with Stirling Albion. Its great rival, Rangers, beat St. Mirren, 3-0, to narrow Celtic’s lead to two points. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One. —Burnley 1, Chelsea 2; Everton 4, West Ham 0; Fulham 2, Liverpool 2; Leeds 0, Aston Villa 2; Manchester United 4, Blackpool 0; Newcastle 2, Arsenal 1; Nottingham Forest 1, Leicester 0; Sheffield United 2, Southampton 0: Stoke 0, Sheffield Wednesday 2; Tottenham 1, Manchester City 1; W’est Bromwich 2. Sunderland 2. Division Two.—Birmingham 2, Ipswich 2; Bury 1, Blackburn 2; Coventry 2. Carlisle 1; Hull 1, Cardiff 0; Millwall 3, Derby County 2; Northampton 1, Crystal Palace 0: Norwich 1, Bristol City 0; Plymouth 2, Huddersfield 3: Portsmouth 2, Wolverhampton 3; Preston 1, Bolton 3; Rotherham 2, Charlton 0. Division Three.—Bournemouth 1 Darlington 1; Bristol Rovers 4, Doncaster 2; Colchester 2, Reading 0; Gillingham 0, Torquay 0; Leyton 3, Brighton 2; Middlesbrough 3, Watford 0; Oxford 2, Mansfield 1: Swansea 1, Queen’s Park Rangers 3; Workington 1, Peterborough 0; Scunthorpe 2, Walsall 0; Shrewsbury 3, Swindon 1; Oldham 0, Grimsby 1. Division Four.—Aidershot 4, Notts County 1; Barnsley 3, Rochdale 1; Bradford City 0, Crewe 3; Brentford 1, Chesterfield 0; Exeter 1. Barrow 2; Halifax 0, Lincoln 0; Hartlepools 4, York 2; Luton 0, Southport 0; Newport 1, Stockport 1; Southend 4, Bradford 0; Tranmere 2, Port Vale 1; Wrexham 3, Chester 1. ENGLISH AMATEUR CUP Quarter - finals. Highgate United 0, Enfield 1 (abandoned after 28 minutes); Leatherhead 0, Hendon 3; Slough Town 2, Skelmersdale United 2; Walthamstow Avenue 5, Kingstonlan

SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One.—Airdrieonlans 1. Kilmarnock 4; Clyde 2, Hearts 1; Dundee o, Patrick 0; Dunfermline 3, Dundee United 3;

Hibernian 1 Aberdeen 0; Rangers 3, St. Mirren 0; St. Johnstone 2, Falkirk 1; Stirling Albion 1, Celtic 1; Ayr v. Motherwell (postponed, ground waterlogged). Division Two.—Arbroath 2, Queen’s Park 1; Brechin. 2, Berwick 1; Clydebank 4, Stranraer 0; East Stirling 0, Montrose 0; Hamilton 3, East Fife 0; Morton 6, Alloa 0; Queen of the South 2, Dumbarton 3; Raith 2, Albion 1; Stenhousemuir 1, Cowdenbeath 1; Thrid Lanark 6, Forfar 2. IRISH LEAGUE CITY CUP Ards 2, Crusaders 3; Ballyment 5, Bangor 0; Cliftonville 0, Glentoran 2; Coleraine 1 Glenavon 0; Portadown 3, Derry 1; Distillery v. Linfield (postponed).