Manchester Clear Leader In Soccer

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31323, 20 March 1967, Page 8

Manchester Clear Leader In Soccer

(N.Z.P. A. -Reuter—Copyright) LONDON.

A crushing 5-2 win over Leicester City took Manchester United to a two-point lead in the first division of the English League as its nearest rival, Liverpool, was beaten 1-0 at Burnley. Manchester United has 45 points from 32 matches. Liverpool has played the same number of games for 43 points, but close behind is Nottingham Forest, which beat West Ham 1-0 to lie two points behind Liverpool. The second division leader, Coventry City, was held to a 1-1 draw by Bolton and Wolverhampton Wanderers was able to narrow the gap to two points with a 1-0 win over Plymouth. Two points behind Wolves are Blackburn Rovers. Queen’s Park Rangers held their six-point lead in the third division, while Stockpoi; County increased its lead to three points in the fourth division. Results:— ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One.—Burnley 1, Liverpool 0; Everton 0, Southampton 1; Fulham 1, Sheffield Wednesday 2: Leeds 0, Manchester City 0; Manchester United 5. Leicester 2: Newcastle 2, Blackpool 1; Nottingham Forest 1, West Ham 0; Sheffield United 3, Aston Villa 3; Stoke 3. Sunderland 0; Tottenham 1,

Chelsea 1; West Bromwich o Arsenal 1.

Division Two.—Birmingham 1, Carlisle 2; Bury 2, Charlton 1; Coventry 1, Bolton 1; Hull 1, Ipswich 1; Millwall 1, Huddersfield 3; Northampton 2, Cardiff 0; Norwich 0, Blackburn 1; Plymouth 0, Wolverhampton 1; Portsmouth 1, Bristol City 1; Preston 2, Derby 0; Rotherham 0, Crystal Palace 1. Division Three,—Bournemouth 0, Watford 0; Bristol Rovers 0, Grimsby 0; Colchester 3, Mansfield 0; Gillingham 1, Darlington 2; Leyton 0, Queen’s Park Rangers 0; Middlesbrough 2, Reading 2; Oldham 1, Peterborough 0; Oxford 1, Walsall 2; Swansea 2, Swindon 2; Shrewsbury 2, Doncaster 1. Division Four, —Aidershot 1, Bradford 2; Barnsley 0, Notts County 0: Bradford City 1, York 0; Brentford 4, Rochdale 0; Exeter 1, Lincoln 0; Halifax 0, Stockport 1; Hartlepools 3, Chesterfield 2; Litton 1, Chester 0: Newport 0, Southport 0; Wrexham 2, Port Vale 1. AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL Ireland 1, Scotland 2. ENGLISH AMATEUR CUP Semi-finals. Enfield 1, Walthamstow Avenue 0; Skelmersdale United 0. Hendon 0. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One.—Airdrieonians 2, Clyde 3; Ayr 1, Rangers 4; Celtic 3, Dunfermline 2; Dundee United 1, Motherwell 1; Falkirk 0, Kilmarnock 1; Hibernian 2, Dundee 1; Partick 1, Aberdeen 1; St. Johnstone 4, Stirling Albion 1; St. Mirren 3, Hearts 0. Division Two.—Alloa 1, Queen of the South 1: Berwick 2, Raith 0; Brechin 3, Clydebank 1; Cowdenbeath 2, Third Lanark- 1; Dumbarton 2, Montrose 0; East Fife 0, East Stirling 0; Forfar 4, Albion 2; Hamilton 0, Arbroath 2; Stranraer 2, Stenhousemuir 2. IRISH LEAGUE CITY CUP

Ballymena 3, Linfield 1; Bangor 1, Glenavon 0; Cllftonville 1, Ards 0; Coleraine 2. Derry 1; Distillery 2, Crusaders 3; Portadown 0, Glentoran 2. Results of matches played on Friday were: ENGLISH LEAGUE Division Three.—Scunthorpe 3, Torquay 1; Workington 2, Brighton 1. Division Four.—Southend 1. Crewe 1; Tranmere 1, Barrow 2.