Leeds Gets Consolation For Cup Defeat

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32395, 7 September 1970, Page 17

Leeds Gets Consolation For Cup Defeat

(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter —Copyright) LONDON. The English first division league leader, Leeds United, gained some consolation for last season's cup final defeat with a 1-0 victory over Chelsea on Saturday. Leeds' persistent attacking was rewarded with a secondhalf goal from the World Cup striker, A. Clarke, to give it 13 points from seven matches.

Manchester City remained three points behind, with a ?:ame in hand, after a convincng, 4-1, home win against West Bromwich Albion.

Arsenal jumped into third place on nine points thanks to two first-half goals in six minutes from G. Armstrong, against its London rival, Tottenham Hotspur.

Crystal Palace, which narrowly escaped relegation last season, continued to impress, and is in fourth position, after a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest, which had been lying third in the table.

The reigning champion, Everton, scored its first victory of the season, at the expense of West Ham United. Derby County’s championship challenge suffered a setback with its 2-1 home defeat against Newcastle United, and Ipswich Town and Burnley reversed their respective places at the bottom of the table as Ipswich crushed Burnley, 3-0. There were fiery scenes in Scottish soccer, with three players sent off in first division matches. The Glasgow Rangers skipper, J. Greig, and his former club-mate, A. Ferguson, of Falkirk, were ordered off after they clashed in the second half, and W. Beattie, of

Clyde, was sent off against Celtic. Four players had their names taken in the MotherwellAirdrie match. Results: ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One.—Arsenal 2. Tottenham 0: Blackpool 0, Southampton 3: Coventry 0, Huddersfield 0; Derby 1, Newcastle 2: Ipswich 3. Burnley 0; Leeds 1, Chelsea 0; Liverpool 1, Manchester United 1; Manchester City 4, West Bromwich 1: Nottingham 0, Crystal Palace 2; West Ham 1, Everton 2; Wolverhampton 1, Stoke 1.

Division Two.—Blackburn 1, Swindon 0; Cardiff 2, Birmingham G; Carlisle 2, Orient 0; Charlton 1, Millwall 3; Hull 1, Bolton 0; Luton 1, Middlesbrough 0; Oxford 1. Leicester 0; Portsmouth 2, Sheffield Wednesday 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 1, Watford 1; Sheffield United 3, Bristol City 3; Sunderland 2, Norwich 1.

Division Three.—Aston Villa 3, Doncaster 2; Bradford City 1, Shrewsbury 0; Bristol Rovers 3, Wrexham 2; Bury 0, Brighton 2; Fulham 2, Chesterfield 0: Halifax 2, Walsall 1; Mansfield 1, Plymouth 5; Port Vale 1, Preston 0: Reading 3, Swansea 1; Rotherham 0, Gillingham 0; Torquay 3, Rochdale 0; Tranmere 2, Barnsley 2.

Division Four. —Bournemouth 2, Stockport 0; Crewe 0, Aidershot 3; Darlington 3, Exeter 2; Hartlepools 2, Barrow 1; Lincoln 3, Workington 1; Northampton 3, York 2; Notts County 2, Southend 1; Oldham 5, Brentford 1: Peterborough 2, Newport 1; Scunthorpe 0, Cambridge 0, Southport 2, Colchester 1.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One. —Airdrieonians 3, Motherwell 0; Clyde 0, Celtic 5: Dundee 1, Aberdeen 2, Dunfermline 1, Cowdenbeath 2; Hibernian 0, Hearts P; Kilmarnock 1, St Mirren 2; Morton 3, Ayr 2; Rangers 2, Falkirk 0: St Johnstone 1, Dundee United 1.

Division Two.—Brechin 0, Montrose 1: Clydebank 2, Dumbarton 1: East Fife 5. Raith 1; East Stirling 1, Queen’s Park 2: Forfar 2, Arbroath 2; Hamilton 1, Albion 3; Stenhousemuir 1, Alloa 4; Stirling Albion 2, Partick 2; Stranraer 1, Queen of the South 1.

IRISH LEAGUE ULSTER CUP Ards 0, Distillery 0; Crusaders 3, Ballymena 0; Derry 2, Bangor .1; Glentoran 4, Coleraine 1; Linfield 2, Glenavon 1; Portadown 5, Cliftonville 2.

Junior Golf.—Results of the Junior Golf Foundation’s tournament played at Harewood last week were:—lB holes gross: J. Williams 83. Under 16—18 holes net: K. O’Malley, 89, 15—74: Under 14—18 holes net: I. Stringleman, 97, 22—75. Under 14—Nine holes net: K. Rooney, 55, 17—38. Under 12—Nine holes net: J. Pitman, 58, 17—41.