Arsenal Retains Lead In League Soccer

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31773, 2 September 1968, Page 5

Arsenal Retains Lead In League Soccer

(N.Z.P.A.-Reut er—Copyright)

LONDON. Arsenal retained Its lead In the first division of the English football league with a shaky 2-1 win against Queens Park Rangers. Results: SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP Airdrieonians 0, Dundee 3: Alloa 0. Stranraer 1; Ayr United 3, Arbroath 1: Berwick Rangers 1, East Fife 4: Brechin City 3, East Stirling 0: Clyde 3. Dunfermline Athletic 0; Clydebank 1, Queen of the South 1; Cowdenbeath 3. Stirling Albion 6; Dundee United 1, Aberdeen 0: Falkirk 0, Hibernian 2: Forfar Athletic 2, Albion Rovers 2; Hamilton Academicals 2, Montrose 0; Hearts 0. Kilmarnock 0: Morton 0, Rangers 5: Partick Thistle 1, Celtic 6: Queens Park 1, Dumbarton 0; Raith Rovers 2, St Johnstone 1; St Mirren 2, Motherwell 0. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One.—Arsenal 2, Queens Park Rangers 1: Burnley 1, Coventry City 1; Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2; Everton 2, Nottingham Forest 1; Leeds United 1, Liverpool 0; Leicester City 3, Southampton 1: Manchester City 1, Ipswich Town 1; Sheffield Wednesday 5 Manchester United 4: Sunderland 1, Newcastle United 1; West Ham United 4, West Bromwich Albion 0: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Stoke City 1. t n Division Two. —Aston Villa 0. Blackpool 1; Bolton Wanderers 4. Sheffield United 2: Carlisle United 0, Huddersfield Town 0: Crvstal Palace 3, Charlton Athletic 3: Derby County 2, Oxford United 0; Hull City 3,

Middlesbrough 0: Mlllwall Z. Fulham 0: Norwich City 2, Bury 2; Portsmouth 1, Cardiff City 3; Preston North End 4, Birmingham City 1: Bristol City 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Division Three.—Barrow 1. Brighton and Hove Albion 1; Crewe Alexandra 6, Bris-toi Rovers 1: Gillingham 1, Luton Town 3: Mansfield Town 1, Tranmere Rovers 1; Oldham Athletic 3, Torquay United 1: Rotherham United 0: Barnsley 0: Swindown 3, Plymouth Argyle 0; Walsall 0, Northampton Town 1; Watford 0, Stockport County 1: Bournemouth 2, Shrewsbury Town 0. Division Four. —Bradford City 2 Chesterfield 1: Colchester United 1, Doncaster Rovers 2; Darlington 5, Lincoln City 0: Halifax Town 3, Bradford 0: Newport County 4, Southend United 1: Notts County 0, Aidershot 2: Port Vale 1. Rochdale 1; Swansea Town 0. Workington 0: Wrexham 2. Grimsby Town 0: Exeter City 2, Brentford 2; York City 2, Peterborough United 1. IRISH LEAGUE Ulster Cup.—Ards 3, Glentoran 2; Balvmena United 1, Glenavon 4; Cliftonville 0, Bangor 4; Coleraine 1, Field 4: Distillery 4, Derry City 1; Portadown 2, Crusaders 7.

Fordham Shield.— Hutt Valley won the Fordham Shield for the North Island’s best soccer team of boys aged 14 when it beat Auckland, .4-0, at New Plymouth on Friday. Rugby Spectators. Attendance figures for the 1968 French tour -of New Zealand reached 312,198. The third test at Auckland attracted 55.000 —the highest match attendance of the tour.