Soccer lead reduced

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32801, 29 December 1971, Page 20

Soccer lead reduced

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) LONDON. Manchester United’s lead was cut by one point, to three, when It was held to a 2-2 draw at home by Coventry City In English League soccer matches yesterday. Manchester City, a 3-1 winner at Stoke, now has 32 points, and United 35. Leeds United outplayed Derby County and is In third place, with 31 points. Results: Division one: Chelsea 2, Ipswich 0; Everton 2, Huddersfield 2; Leeds 3, Derby 0; Leicester 1. Wolverhampton 2; Manchester United 2, Coventry 2: Newcastle 1, Sheffield United 2; Nottingham 1, Arsenal 1; Southampton 1. Crystal Palace 0; Stoke 1, Manchester City 3; Tottenham 0, West Ham 1; West Bromwich 1. Liverpool 0. Division two: Birmingham 3, Cardiff 0; Burnley 2, Blackpool 1; Hull 2, Sunderland 3; Middles-

brough 2, Carlisle 2; Millwall 4, Fulham 1; Norwich 3, Charlton 0; Orient 2, Queen’s Park Rangers 0; Preston 1, Bristol City 0; Sheffield Wednesday 2, Luton 2; Swindon 3, Portsmouth 1; Watford 0, Oxford 1. Division three: Bolton 0, Barnsley 0; Brighton 2 Bournemouth 0; Bristol Rovers 2, Port Vale 1; Chesterfield 2, York 1; Halifax 0, Blackbum 1; Plymouth 3, Torquay 1; Rochdale 0. Bradford City 1; Rotherham 3, Oldham 1; Shrewsbury 0, Tranmere 0; Swansea 1, Aston Villa 2; Walsall 2, Mansfield 1; Wrexham 1, Notts County 1. Division four: Barrow 1, Bury I; Brentford 1. Crewe 0; Cambridge 3, Grimsby 1; Colchester 1, Peterborough 1; Exeter 1, Aidershot 0; Gillingham 4, Northampton 1; Newport 1, Chester 0; Reading 3, Doncaster 1; Scunthorpe 2, Hartlepool 2; Southend 2, Lincoln 1; Stockport 1. Southport 1; Workington 0, Darlington 0.