ARSENAL LEADS

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33154, 19 February 1973, Page 14

ARSENAL LEADS

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON.! An own goal enabled Arsenal : to widen its lead at the topi of the English Football League i as its closest challengers, Liverpool and Leeds United, were both held to 1-J draws. A Leicester City defender. M. Manley, turned the ball into his 1 own net after six minutes and this was enough to give Arsenal; a 1-0 victory.

Celtic, held to a 2-2 draw by | East Fife, drew up to within a [point of the leader. Rangers, in the Scottish first division. Rangers’s game against Arbroath I was one of 18 called off in Eng land and Scotland because of bad weather. Results:— ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one.—Arsenal 1, Leicester 0; Coventry 0. Tottenham 1; Crystal Palace 3. Stoke 2; Derby 4, Southampton 0; Ever ton v. Norwich (postponed, ground unfit); Ipswich 4, Man Chester United 1; Leeds 1, Chelsea 1; Manchester Citv 1. Liverpool 1; Sheffield United 0. Birmingham 1; West Ham 2, West Bromwich 1; Wolverhampton I, Newcastle 1. Division two.—Aston Villa 1, Preston 1: Blackpool 1, Rudders field 1; Bristol City 3. Brighton 11; Carlisle 1. Burnley 1; Fulham I. Sheffield Wednesday 0; Hull 0 Millwall 2; Luton 1. Cardiff 1 2 x t? r l. 2. Orient 1; Portsmouth z, Nottingham Forest 0; Queens ? a &A Swindon 0; Sunderland 4, Middlesborough 0. Division three.—Blackburn 0. Bristol 0; Bournemouth 2. Bolton 0; Grimsby 1, York 2; Notts 1 Shrewsbury 0; Plymouth 4.’ Rotherham 1: Wrexham 4. South end 2; Charlton I, Walsall 1: Tranmere 1. Watford 0; Halifax v. Brentford, Oldham v. Chesterfield. and Port Vale v. Rochdale, all postponed. Division Four.—Aidershot 2 Torquay J; Barnsley 1, Bradford 2; Bury 1, Chester 1; Crewe v. Reding (postponed); Darlington 3, Cambridge 3; Exeter 0. Southport 1; Hartlepool 1, Lincoln 0: HereColchester 1; Newport 5, Gillingham 1; Peterborough 2, Stockport 3; Doncaster 1, Work ington 1; Northampton 1, Mans field 0.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One —Aberdeen I. A\r 2’ J ifc 2 « Celtic 2; Morten 3. St Johnstone 0; Dumbarton v Airdrieonians. Dundee United v Falkirk, Hibernian v. Partick Thistle. Kilmarnock v. Dundee. Motherwell v. Hearts, and Rangers v. Arbroath all postponed because of frozen pitches. Division Two —Forfar 1, Queens Park 2; Montrose 1. St Mirren 4; Albion Rovers v. Alloa, Clyde v Brechin City, Dunfermline v [Raith, East Stirling v. Hamilton. Queen of the South v. Clydebank. [Stenhousemuir v. Berwick. Stir [ling v. Stranraer all postponed because of frozen pitches.