Soccer Title For Manchester City

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31677, 13 May 1968, Page 8

Soccer Title For Manchester City

(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter —Copyright)

LONDON. Manchester City won the English League first division soccer championship for the first time In 31 years when It beat Newcastle, United, 4-3, on Saturday City finished two points ahead of their nearest rival, Manchester United, the defending champion, which was beaten. 2-1, by Sunderland. A. Hateley, Liverpool’s 1180,880 striker, scored a hat-trick in the club’s 6-1 victory over Nottingham Forest to give hie team a chance of finishing runner-up. Liverpool is one point behind United, and will move into second place if It beats Stoke City in Its final match ot the sea son next Wednesday. Coventry, which held Southampton to a goal-less draw. made 1 sure it would stay in the first division for another season Either Stoke or Sheffield United will go down with Fulham. Ipswich won the second division championship and Queens Park Rangers was also promoted Ipswich made sure of the title when It drew 1-1 with Blackburn, and Rangers clinchfd t V®! r J b * d , ,0T * Jump from the third division to the first n successive seasons by beatV £ sto . n VUI “' 21 - finishing ahead of its promotion rival Blackpool, on goal average Rotherham United and Ply tnouth Argyie were relegated from the second division and Jhejr places will be taken by Oxford United and Bury. Oxford took the third division title when they beat Southport 1-0 yesterday, while Bury earned !n h g 1 Va r t?o ra r°d ,i 0” t by Results; ENCLI9H LBACUB Division One: Arsenal 2, West Bromwich 1; Burnley 3, Leeds 8s,* I .'.? 81 */ ’■ s,oke 0: Liverpool 8, Nottingham I; Manchester Unt-

ted 1, Sunderland 2: Newcastle 3. Manchester City 4; Sheffield United 1. Chelsea 2; Southampton 8, Coventry 8: West Ham 1, Everton 1; Wolverhampton 2. Tottenham one. Tottenham 1.

Division TWO: Aston Villa 1, Queen's Park Rangers 2; Cardiff 0, Charlton 8; Huddersfield 1. Blackpool 3; Hull 0, Birmingham 1: Middlesbrough 2, Bristol City I; Plymouth 2, Crystal Palace I: Preston 3. Portsmouth 1; Rotherham 1, Carlisle 2. Division Three: Barrew 2. Scunthorpe 1; Bournemouth 3. Mansfield 8; Bury 2, Watford 0; Colchester I, Peterborough 3: Gillingham 8. Shrewsbury 1: Grimsby 3, Swindon 2: Oldham 3. Bristol Rovers 5: Orient 6. Trgnmere 1; Oxford 1, Southport 8: Reading 4, Torquay 8: Walsall 1. Brighton 2. Division Four: Barnsley 4, Newport 2: Exeter 6. Darlington 8; Hartlepool, 2. Swansea 6: Lincoln 8, Port Vale 1; Luton 2, Brentford 1: Workington 1, Cheater 0; Wrexham 3. York 1.