Nightmare for Leeds

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33492, 25 March 1974, Page 22

Nightmare for Leeds

(N.Z.P.A. -Reuter—Copyright) LONDON.

Leeds United’s faltering challenge for the English soccer title took on a nightmarish aspect on Saturday when it was humbled, 44, by Burnley.'

Leeds’ first home league defeat of the season was inflicted by a: chib which had not won away from home m the championship for more than four months. Now Leeds’ nine-point advantage of earlier this year has been cut to four points by Liverpool’s 1-0 triumph away to Wolverhampton Wanderers. . And Liverpool has two games in hand. - Iff the pecond division, Middlesbrough made sure of

promotion after a 20-year absence with a 1-0 Win over Oxford United. The shock., of. the day in the Scottish League was the 0-2 defeat of Glasgow Celtic away to lowly. Patrick Thistle. But Celtic still leads the table: by seven points. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One.—Arsenal 2, Manchester City 0; Coventry 0, Queen’s Park Rangers 1; Derby 2, Ipswich. 8; Everton 1. Chelsea 1; Leeds 1, Burnley 4; Manchester. United 0, Tottenham 1: Newcastle 1, Leicester 1; Norwich 4, Stoke 0; Sheffield United 1, West Ham 0; Southampton 0, Birmingham 2; Wolverhampton 0, Liverpool 1. Division Two.—Aston Villa 4. Portsmouth 1; Blackpool 3. Preston 0; Bolton 1, Luton 0: Cardiff 1, Millwall 3; Crystal Palace 3, Bristol City 1; Fulham 2, Nottingham 0; Hull 1, Carlisle 1; Middlesbrough 1, Oxford 0: Notts County 1, West Bromwich 0; Orient 8. Sheffield Wednesday 1; Swindon 0, Sunderland 1. Division Three.—Blackburn 4, BoUrneffiouW . 3: Brighton 1, Huddersfield'2} Bristol Rover* 0,

■Walsall 2; Charlton 2, Cambridge . 0; Grimsby 1, Wrexham 1; Halifax 1, Plymouth 0; Oldham 1, Hereford United 1; Port Vale 0. Aidershot 1: Tranmere 1, Chesi terfield 2; Watford 4, Rochdale , 0; Southport 1, Shrewsbury 0. Division Four.—Barnsley 3, ' Exeter 0: Brentford 1, Worklng--1 ton 1; Chester 2, Scunthorpe 0: Crewe 1, Hartlepool 3; Lincoln 2. swansea 2; Peterborough 2, Bury . 2; Torquay 0, Gillingham 1; , Stockport 0, Rotherham 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE 1 Division One.—Ayr 1, Arbroath ■ 2; Clyde 0, Morton 2; East Fife ' 0, Dundee United 2; Falkirk 0. ; Rangers 0: Hearts 0, Aberdeen 0; 1 Motherwell 1, Dumfermllne 0: Partick. 2, Celtic 0; St Johnstone ■ 3, Dumbarton 3. Postponed: Dundee v. Hibernian. I Division Two.—Albion 0, Ralth , 1: Alloa 3, Stranraer 2: Brechin 2, Stirling Albion 5: Clydebank . 2, Queen’s Park 0; Cowdenbeath . 4. Montrose 3; Forfar 3, KllmarJ nock 5; Queen of the South 1, • Airdrieonlans 1: St Mirren 2, . Hamilton 2; Stonhousemulr 3, ' East Stirling:2. , IRISH CUP . Semi-finals.—Ards 4. Gtenavonl !> 2; Ballymena 1, Lame 1. 1