United: English Soccer Champion

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31363, 8 May 1967, Page 10

United: English Soccer Champion

(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. Manchester United will play New Zealand in Christchurch on May 31 as English League soccer champion. It crushed West Ham United, 6-1, on Saturday to clinch the 1966-67 championship. A capacity crowd of 38,424 the highest at West Ham’s Upton Park ground since the war —saw United open in dazzling fashion, scoring four goals in the first 25 minutes. Fighting broke out among spectators and a casualty station was set- up in a corner of the ground. Police removed many spectators with bloodcovered faces and West Ham officials estimated that more than 30 people were taken to hospital. Manchester United has 59 points from 41 games, five ahead of Nottingham Forest, which lost, 1-2, to Southampton. This is United’s fifth first division triumph since the war and its seventh in all—a record equalled only by Liverpool and Arsenal. Aston Villa, one of the most illustrious names in English football, was relegated to the second division after losing, 2-4, to Everton. It joins Blackpool on the way down. Celtic's Third Title Celtic, which meets Internazionale Milan in the European Champions’ Cup final in Lisbon on May 25, clinched the Scottish. League title when it drew, 2-2, with . Rangers. Rangers, who have completed their league programme, are a point behind Celtic, which has one more matcn to play. Celtic had a&eady won the Scottish League and the Scottish F.A. Cups. Glasgow police said that 39 spectators had been arrested inside Ibrox Stadium after the match. About 30 people were taken to hospital and another 20 were treated at an emergency centre under the main stand. Results: ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One. —Arsenal 3, Stoke 1; Aston Villa 2, Everton 4; Blackpool 1, West Bromwich 3; Chelsea 2, Leeds 2; Leices*-

ter 4, Newcastle 2; Liverpool 0. Tottenham 0: Manchester City 1, Sheffield United 1; Sheffield Wednesday 7, Burnley 0; Southampton 2, Nottingham Forest 1; Sunderland 3, Fulham 1; West Ham 1, Manchester United 6.

Division Two.—Blackburn 1, Rotherham 1; Bolton 5. Millilwall 0; Bristol City 3, Bury 3; Cardiff 3, Birmingham 0; Carlis'le 1, Preston 1; Charlton 3, Northampton 0; Crystal Palace 4, Hull 1; Derby 1, Plymouth 1; Huddersfield 1, Portsmouth 1; Ipsw’ich 1, Coventry 1; Wolverhampton 4, Norwich 1. Division Three.—Brighton 1, Middlesbrough 1; Darlington 1, Shrewsbury 1; Grimsby 4, Gillingham 0; Mansfield 0. Workington 1; Peterborough 2, Bournemouth 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 2, Colchester 1; Reading 2, Oldham 1; Swindon 3, Oxford 0; Torquay 2, Swansea 4; Walsall 1, Leyton 1; Watford 3, Bristol Rovers 1. Division Four.—Barrow 1, Brentford 0; Bradford 2, Exeter 2; Chester 1, Bradford City 0; Chesterfield 0, Luton 0; Crewe 1, Halifax 1; Lanceln 0, Barnsley 1; Notts County 0, Tranmere 0; Port Vale 0, Hartlepools 0; Rochdale 1, Wrexham 3; Southport 1, Southend 0. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One.—Partick 3, Dundee United 0; Rangers 2, Celtic 2. Results of matches played on Friday were:— ENGLISH LEAGUE Division Three. —Doncaster 3, Scunthorpe 0. Division Four.—Stockport 1, Aldershot 0; York 2, Newport 1.