U.K. SOCCER

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31660, 22 April 1968, Page 15

U.K. SOCCER

Top Teams In Close Race LONDON. Manchester United and Leede United scored victories on Saturday to pull clear of their rivala in the battle for the English League drat division sdceer championship. Manchester has 54 points from 39 matches and Leeds S 3 points from 33. Results: ENGLISH LCACUI Division One.-**Burnley 4. Stoke 0; Everton 2, Chelsea I; Fulham 2, Newcastle 0; Leeds 3, west Bromwich 1; Leicester 4, Southampton 1; Manchester United 1. Sheffield United 0; Sheffield Wednesday 0, Nottingham 0; Sunderland 2, Arsenal 0: Tottenham 4. Coventry 2; West Bam 1, Liverpool 0; Wolverhampton 0, Manchester City 0. Division Two.—Aston villa |, Bolton 1; Cardiff 1, Carlisle 0; Charlton I, Bristol City 2; Crystal Palace 0, Birmingham 6; Derby 1, Hull 2; Norwich 1, Blackpool 2; Plymouth 0. Ipswich 1; Portsmouth 2, Blackburn 1; Preston o, Middlesbrough 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 3, Huddersfield 0; Rotherham 2, Millwall 0. Division Three.—Barrow 3, Stockport «; Bournemouth 0, Northampton 2; Bristol Rovers , Br !? h . l8n 1: Colchester 2, Walsall 2; Mansdeld 1. Grimsby 1; Oldham 0, Shrowsbury'o; Oxford I, Tranmere 0; Peterborough 3, Gillingham 0; Watford 2, Torquay I. Division Four—Aldershot o, Brentford 0; Bradford City 2 Southend I: Chester 0, Hartlepools 2; Chesterfield 1, Newport 2; Crewe 0, Wrexham 0; par. llngton 2, Rochdale 0; Exeter 3. York 1; Halifax 0, Luton 1; Lincoln 2. Doncaster 0; Notts County 1, Barnsley 4; Port Vale 4, Swansea 2; Workington 2. Bradford 2. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One.—Aberdeen 3. Airdrieonians 2; Celtic 2, Morton 1; Dundee United 1, Dunfermline 4; Falkirk 2, Hibernian 3; Hearts 2. Stirling Albion 1; Kilmarnock f Rangers 2; Motherwell o. Clyde 1; Partick 0. St Johnstone 4; Haith 0, Dundee 2. Division Two.—Albion e. gtenhousemuir 0; Alloa 0. Hamilton 2; Arbroath 3. Ayr 0; Berwick 2, Dumbarton 1; Brechin I, East Fife 2; Clydebank 5. East Stirling 3: Cowdenbeath 4, Montrose 2; Queen of the South 1, Queen’s Park 3; St Mirren 7, Forfar 0. IRISH LEAGUE CUP Ards o, Glenavon 9; Coleraine <. Cllftonvllle I; Crusaders 2. Derry 2; Dtftillery 2, Ballymena 0; Glentoran 0, Linfield 1; Portadown 2, Bangor 0. RHGLISH AMATEUR CUP Final—LeytonStone 1, CheSham United 0. Coir Team.—The Hawke's Bay Freybefg Rose Bowl golf team will be: S. G. Jones. I. S. MacDonald, P. K. Creighton, H. R. Carver, and S. J. Wilson.