Arsenal narrows lead

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33096, 11 December 1972, Page 28

Arsenal narrows lead

iX.Z.PA. -Reu l er—Copy rig lit > ; LONDON.' Arsenal boosted its championship challenge by beating Tottenham Hotspur, 2-1, as the league leaders, Liverpool was held to a 1-1 draw by the struggling West! Bromwich Albion, in the English first division soccer on Saturday. j Arsenal now has 29 points; from 22 matches, two less! than Liverpool, which has a match in hand. Leeds United remained one point behind Arsenal, in) third place, with a 1-0. vic-! tory over West Ham United.' and Ipswich Town joined Tottenham on 26 points. Manchester United, with-I out the transfer-listed G. j Best, crashed to a 0-2 defeat; against Stoke City in their : relegation battle. Glasgow Celtic lost its; third successive Scottish League Cup final when it was i

i beaten, 2-1, by Hibernian at ! Hampden Park before a; : crowd of 71.000. Hibernian scored twice ini ! six minutes from the sixtieth minute, and although Celtic; netted 18 minutes from time.' 1 ; Hibernian managed to hang! !on to gain revenge for its deTeat in last season’s Scottish! ! Cup final. ENGLISH LEAGUE ' Division one.—Birmingham 1. : .Leicester 1; Chelsea 3, Norwich! 1; Derby 2, Coventry 0; Everton! ;0. Wolverhamton 1; Ipswich 2;! (Crystal Palace 1: Leeds 1, West! , Ham 0; Manchester U nited 0,! '! Stoke 2; Newcastle 0, Southamp-1 ton 0; Sheffield United 1, Man-* . Chester City 1: Tottenham I.* Arsenal 2; West Bromwich 1.; Liverpool 1. Division two.—Cardiff 4. Shef-j . field Wednesday 1; Hull 1, Car-! i lisle 1: Luton 2, Queen’s Park i 'Rangers 2; Middlesbrough O' Nottingham 0; Millwall 1, Swin-' don I: Orient 1, Brighton 0:; Oxford 0. Fulham 0; Portsmouth! 12, Sunderland 3: Preston o,j Blackpool 3. Postponed: Bristol* ■City v. Aston Villa. Burnley v—. j Huddersfield /influenza epi-) ?demic). Division three. — Rochdale 0, * Bristol Rovers 0. Division four.—Cambridge 3. Northampton 1: Gillingham 1. Chester 0: Hereford 1. Bury 0: Workington 2, Mansfield 0. I

ENGLISH CUP Second round. —Bangor 2, York !■>; Barnet 1, Bftston 1; Bishop Stortford 2, Peterborough 2 Blackburn 0, Crewe 1; Bolton 3 'Shrewsbury 0; Bournemouth 0 Colchester 0: Bradford City 2 •.Tranraere I; Chelmsford 5. Tel ford 0: Grimsby 2. Chesterfield 2 'Notts Count v 2, Lancaster L Port Vale I, Wrexham 0: Reading ■O, Haves 0; Rotherham 0. Stock 'port 1; Scarborough 1, Doncas iter 2; Scunthorpe-3, Halifax 2. Torquay 0. Newport 1; Walter and Hersham 0, Margate 1; Wat ford 2. Aidershot 0; Yeovil 0 i Plymouth 2. Postponed: Walsall :y. Charlton (influenza epidemic) SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP . ' Final.—Celtic 1. Hibernian 2. SCOTTISH LEAGUE ! Division one. — Aberdeen 0. •Arbroath 0: Ayr 2. Dumbarton |0: Dundee United 1, Rangers 4: (East Fife 3. Airdrieonian 0; Falkirk 2, Dundee 2; Hearts 0. Kll’mamock 0; Partick 1, Morton 0, ; Division two.—Albion 0, Strani raer 2; Alloa 0, Cvde 0: Berwick '3, Brechin 1; Cowdenbeath 2, .East Stirling 1; Forfar 0. Stirling Albion 4: Montrose 3. Dunfermline 2; Queen of the South 1. iStenhousemuir 2: St Mirren 7. i Hamilton 1: Raith 2, Queen's Park 1. IRISH LEAGUE Ballymena 0. Ards 2: Bangor 2. Distillery 5: Crusaders 2, Linfield 0: Glenavon fi. Coleraine 3: Glentoran ’. Portadown 1; Larne 12, Cliftcnville 3.