Derby close to title

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33817, 14 April 1975, Page 30

Derby close to title

i CN.Z P A .-Reuter —Copyright) I LONDON, j A successful move by the chib manager. Dave McKay, sent Derby County closer to its second English soccer championship in three years. Derby toiled for more! than an hour against English! Cup finalist, West Hcmi United, on Saturday, withoutj ijbeing able to scoie. ; Then, Mackay gambled oy ■I replacing Roger Davies, a | five-goal hero against Luton i recently, with Aian Hinton, ■and it was Hinton who set I up the goal by which Bru<.e :!Rioch gave Derby a 1-0 win. II The victory kept Derby Itwo points clear of its rivals ■I at the top of the first divi.lsion, and with only two (games left to play, Derby .(looks set to repeat its 1972; 11 triumph. i i| The Merseyside pair, :|Liverpool and Everton, were!

I two points behind the lead-! ;ers after their victories onj I Saturday. Carlisle United be-| came certain of relegation to I the second division when it| was beaten, 2-0, by Liver-! pool. Derby has 51 points from 40 matches, Liverpool and Everton 49 from 40. Ipswich Town kept up the pressv e ion the top three clubs, with !48 points from 39 games. ENGLISH LEAGUE | Division One.—Arsenal 1, 'Leeds 2; Burnley 3, Tottenham ■2; Chelsea 0, Manchester City 1; i Coventry 1 Birmingham 0; Derby 1, West Ham 0; Ipswich 2, Queen’s Park Rangers .1; Liverpool 2. Carlisle 0; Luton 3, Leicester 0; Newcastle 0, Everton 1; Sheffield United 2, Stoke 0; Wolverhampton 2. Middlesbrough 0. Division Two—Aston Villa 5, Oldham 0: Bristol City 1. Sheffield Wednesday 0; Cardiff 2, Bristol Rovers 2; Hull 1, Blackpool 0; Manchester United 1. Fulham 0; Mill wall 1. Norwich 1; Nottingham 0 Southampton 0; Orient 0. Bolton 0: Oxford 1, Sunderland 0: Portsmouth 1. Notts County I: York 1 West 'Bromwich 3. j Division Three.— Bournemouth 0, Blackburn 0; Bury 1 Watford 10; Chesterfield 2. Crystal Palace

il; Gillingham 2, Colchester 1; I Halifax o. Tranmere 0; HuddersI Held 1, Grimsby 0; Peterborough ■ i, Charlton 1; Port Vale 3, AlderIshot 1; Preston 2, Hereford 2; Southend 2. Swindon 0; Walsall 10. Plymouth 0; Wrpxham 2, I Brighton J. I Division Four.—Bradford City ;1. Lincoln 2; Brentford 1, Doncaster 1; Crewe 2, Swansea 2; Darlington 2 Mansfield 1; Exeter 3, Newport 1; Hartlepool 1, Shrewsbury I; Northampton I, Rotherham 1; Reading 1. Torquay 0; Rochdale 3 Stockport 0; 'Scunthorpe 1, Chester 3; Southport 2, Cambridge 2; Working- ; ton 1. Barnsley 2. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One.—Clvde I. Dundee i United 2; Dundee 2. Ayr 3; Dun’lfermline 1, Celtic 3; Hibernian ‘|6, Airdrieonlans 1: Kilmarnock 11, Dumbarton 2; Morton ,0, I Hearts 0; Motherwell 0, Partick JO: Rangers 3. Aberdeen 2; St. I I Johnstone 3. Arbroath 2. Division Two.—Albion 0, .Meadowbank 1; Berwick 0. Queen Jof the South 3: Clydebank I. 'Hamilton 0; East Stirling 0, - Stranraer 2; Forfar 0, Falkirk 2: ‘ Montrose 2. St Mirren 1: Queen's Park 3. Bechin 0; Raith 3 Alloa 1 1; Stirling Albion 2, Cowden- - heath 0: Stenhousemuir 0. East • Fife 1 IRISH LEAGUE Balb-mena 4. Lame 2: Bangor ' ’ fo-tadown 1: Coleraine 3, DiscHijpn. 0: Crusaders 0. I,infield 2: IlGlenavon 3, Ards 1; Glentoran 4, si Cliftonvllle 0.