IPSWICH GAINS CLEAR LEAD

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33740, 13 January 1975, Page 15

IPSWICH GAINS CLEAR LEAD

(X.Z.P A Reuter —Copyright.) LONDON. Ipswich Town regained undisputed lead of the English first division soccer competition on Saturday but the fight at the top stayed tight, with another seven clubs within three points of the pace-setter. Ipswich gained a 2-0 victory over Middlesborough, while Everton, one of the, many clubs to have led the, division this season, jumped into second place, one behind Ipswich, with a 3-0 win against Leicester City. Middlesborough, Stoke City and Burnley are on 30. Everton went down 0-2 to Derby County, and as a result! Derby is level with Liverpool! and Manchester City, all with■ 29 points, three behind Liverpool. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one.—Arsenal 2, Carlisle 1; Coventry 2, Wolkerhampton 1; Derby 2, Liverpool 0; Everton 3, Leicester 9; Ipswich 2, Middlesbrough 0; Leeds 2, West Hani 1; Luton 1, Chelsea 1; Newcastle 2, Tottenham 5; Queen's Park Hangers 0, Burnley 1; Sheffield United 1, Manchester City 1; Stoke 0, Birmingham 0. Division two.—Aston Villa 2, Bristol City 9; Bristol Rovers 2, Oldham 1; Cardiff 2, Norwich 1; Fulham 0, Nottingham 1; Hull 1, Oxford 0: Manchester United 2, Sheffield Wednesday 0; Notts County 0, Blackpool 0; Orient 2, Millwall 1; Portsmouth 4, Sunderland 2; York 1, Southampton 1. Division three.—Blackburn 3, Charlton 1; Bournemouth 3, Plymouth 7; Bury 3, Port Vale I; Chesterfield 0, Aldershot 2; Crystal Palace 1, Watford 0; Gillingham 3, Huddersfield 2; Halifax 1, Grimsby 1; Peterborough 0, Walsall 0; Preston 3, Wrexham 1; Southend 1, Brighton 0; Swindon 1, Hereford 9; Tranmere 2. Colchester 9. Division four.—Cambridge J,

Stockport 0; Chester 0. Rotherhain 1; Darlington 2. Brentford , 1; Hartlepool 2. Doncaster I: , Northampton 1, Exeter I; Reading 1, Lincoln 0; Rochdale 3. Crewe 0; Scunthorpe 4, Newport 1; Shrewsbury 0, Mansfield 1: Southport 3, Swansea 0; Torquay 1, Barnsley 1; Workington 0,! Bradford City 0. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division one.—Aberdeen 4, Kilmarnock 0; Arbroath 2. Dundee 2: Ayr 1. Clyde 0; Celtic 2, Motherwell 3; Dumbarton 1,1 Rangers 5; Dundee United 1,1 Hibernian 3; Hearts 1. Dunferm-! line 0; Partick 3.-Morton 1.‘ Postponed: Airdrieolnans v. St. ! Johnstone. ! Division two.—Alloa 1, St ran-, i raer 3; Berwick 1, Forfar 1; East Fife 1, Clydebank 0; Falkirk 3, Albion 1; Hamilton 3. Stirling Albion 1; Meadowbank I 1, Raith 0; Montrose 0, Queen’s, Park 0; Queen of the South 2.; Stenhousemulr 1; St Mirren 6.1 Brechin City 1. Postponed: | Codenbeath v. East Stirling. IRISH LEAGUE Aards 4. Glenavon 1; Clifton- : vllle 0, Glentoran 4: Larne 0, ! Ballymena 1; Linfield 1, ! Crusaders 1; Portadown 1, I Bangor 0. Postponed: Distillery v. Coleraine.