Liverpool Holds Narrow Lead In U.K. Soccer

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31501, 16 October 1967, Page 14

Liverpool Holds Narrow Lead In U.K. Soccer

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. Liverpool edged Into the lead on goal average in the English League first division when It beat West Ham, 3-1, on Saturday. The previous leader, Sheffield Wednesday, was held to a draw at Nottingham Forest. Both Liverpool and Sheffield Wednesday have 17 points—one ahead of Manchester United and Tottenham. Pressing hard behind Manchester United and Tottenham is Arsenal, which beat Sunderland, 2-1, to keep within two points of the leaders. Blackpool took over the lead in the second division by two clear points after beating the previous leader, Crystal Palace, 2- in a top-of-the-table clash. Walsall opened up a one-point lead in division three after its 3- win over Oldham and Crewe went to the top of the fourth division on goal average. In Scotland Rangers head the first division with 11 points from six games. Celtic and Hibernian each has nine from six games. Results; ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One. —Arsenal 2, Sunderland 1; Chelsea 1, Everton 1; Coventry 2, Tottenham 3; Liverpool 3, West Ham 1; Manchester City 2, Wolverhampton 0; Newcastle 2. Fulham 1; Nottingham 0, Sheffield Wednesday 0: Sheffield United 0, Manchester United 3: Southampton 1, Leicester 5: Stoke 0, Burnley 2; West Bromwich 2, Leeds 0. Division Two.—Birmingham 2. Portsmouth 2; Blackburn 0, Charlton 1 (abandoned after 40 minutes, ground waterlogged); Blackpool 2, Crystal Palace 0; Bolton 2, Norwich 0; Bristol City 1, Cardiff 1; Carlisle 4 , Preston 1; Huddersfield 2, Rotherham 0; Hull 2, Queen’s Park Rangers 0; Ipswich 4, Derby 0; Middlesbrough 5, Plymouth 0; Millwall 1, Aston Villa 2. Division Three. —Brighton 1, Peterborough 1; Gillingham 0. Bristol Rovers 0; Grimsby 0, Barrow 1; Northampton 1, Scunthorpe 0; Orient 3, Southport 0; Reading 3, Bury 4: Stockport 1, Mansfield 0; Swindon 4, Bournemouth 0: Tranmere 1, Watford 2; Walsall 3, Oldham 1; Shrewsbury 4, Colchester 0; Torquay 1, Oxford 1.

Division Four.—Barnsley 1, Aidershot 0; Bradford 2, Port Vale 2; Brentford 2, Notts County 1; Doncaster 0, Chester 0; Hartlepools I, Lincoln 1; Luton 1, ChesterfieltrO; Newport

0. Halifax 1; Rochdale 1, Crewe 1; Southend 1, Exeter 0; Swansea 5. Workington 2; Wrexham 3, Darlington 1; York 0, Bradford City 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One. —Aberdeen 6, Dundee United 0: Clyde 1, Rangers 3; Dundee 1, St Johnstone 4; Falkirk 1, Kilmarnock 1; Hibernian 2, Dunfermline 0; Morton 4, Airdrleonians 0: Motherwell 3, Stirling Albion 1: Partick 1, Celtic 5; Raith 2, Hearts 4. Division Two.—Albion 4. Forfar 1; Allop 0, St Mirren 1; Arbroath 4, Hamilton 0; Ayr 3. Stenhousemulr 0; Berwick 0, Montrose 2: Brechin 4, East Stirling 1: Clydebank 2, Queen’s Park 0: Cowdenbeath 0, Queen of the South 0; Stranraer 1, East Fife 3. IRISH LEAGUE Ards 5, Cliftonville 0; Ballymena 3, Coleraine 7; Crusaders 5, Bangor 5; Derry 4. Linfield 1; Distillery 1, Glentoran 3; Glenavon 2, Portadown 1.