Ipswich now heads soccer

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33694, 18 November 1974, Page 28

Ipswich now heads soccer

(N. Z. P. A .-Reuter—Copy rig ht) LONDON. Ipswich Town climbed to the top of the English soccer first division on Saturday when it set the pattern for high-scoring matches by hammering Coventry City, 4-0. Ipswich was spearheaded by three goals from D. Johhson, and could even afford to miss a first-half penalty. But the East Anglian club will need to work hard to stay in the lead. It occupies the top posi-

tion only on goal average, Liverpool, Everton and Manchester City all matching its total of 22 points. Arsenal maintained its revival with a 3-1 win over Derby County. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one.—Arsenal 3, Derby 1; Birmingham 4, Manchester City 0; Everton 0, Liverpool 0; Ipswich 4, Coventry 0; Leeds 2, Middlesbrough 2; Leicester 1, Tottenham 2; Newcastle 5, Chelsea 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 2, Carlisle 1; Sheffield United 2, Burnley 2; Stoke 4, Luton 2; West Ham 5, Wolverhampton 2. Division two.—Blackpool 0, Oxford 0; Bolton 3, Southampton 2; Bristol Rovers 0, Orient 0; Cardiff 2, Nottingham 1; Fulham 1, Sunderland 3; Manchester lifted 2, Aston Villa 1; Notts

County 3, Sheffield Wednesday 3; Oldham 2, Norwich 2; Portsmouth 1, HuU 1; West Bromwich 1, Bristol City 0; York 2. Millwall 1. Division three.—Blackburn 2, Aidershot 0; Bournemouth 2, Bury 1; Chariton 4, Walsall 2; Chesterfield 2. Peterborough 0; Colchester 5, Grimsby 0; Crystal Palace 3, Plymouth 3; Halifax 2, Huddersfield 1; Hereford 2, Brighton 0; Southend 1, Wrexham 1; Swindon 1, Gillingham 0; Tranmere 3, Preston 1; Watford 3, Port Vale 2. Division four.—Barnsley 0, Lincoln 2; Cambridge 1, Newport 1; Chester 3, Swansea 0; Hartlepool 3. Brentford 2; Mansfield 5. Doncaster 2: Reading 1, Bradford City 1; Rotherham 1, Exeter 1; Scunthorpe 2, Rochdale 2; Southport 0, Northampton 0; Shrewsbury 2. Workington 0; Stockport 1, Crewe 0; Torquay 0, Darlington 0.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division one.—Aberdeen 3, Morton 3; Arbroath 3, Hearts 1; Celtic 6, Airdrieonians 0; Dumbarton 1, Ayr 2; Dundee 4, St Johnstone 0; Hibernian 1, Clyde 0; Kilmarnock 2, Dunfermline 4; Motherwell 0, Rangers S; Partick 0, Dundee United 5. Division two.—Albion 1. Clydebank 3; Alloa 0, Falkirk 1; Cowdenbeath 0, Queen of the South 2; East Fife 1, Queen’s Park 0; East Stirling 1, Brechin 2; Meadowbank 0. Hamilton 4; Montrose 2. Berwick 0; St Mirren 0, Ralth 1; Stenhousemulr 2, Stirling Albion 1; Stanraer 0, Forfar 0. IRISH LEAGUE Ards 1, Bangor 2; CUftonville 3, Larne 0: Coleraine 1, Ballymena 1; Distillery 1, Glentoran 2; Linfield 1, Crusaders 1; Portadown 2, Glenavon 2.