League leaders draw

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34026, 15 December 1975, Page 3

League leaders draw

t.V.Z I’.A Reuter-^-Copyright) LONDON. A goal five minutes from time enabled Derby to draw its match 1-1 with the joint championship leaders, Queen’s Park Rangers, leaving the position at the top of the English first division unchanged after Saturday’s matches at the half-way mark in the season. But Derby and Queen’s Park were joined on 28 points by two of the chasing group — Manchester United, which won 4-1 at Sheffield ’United, the bottom club, and (Liverpool which pulled off an even more impressive victory in London, beating ■ Tottenham 4-0. . The clash of the leaders ’ brought a dour and frustrating match in which the i Derby defence seemed likely to carry them through, espe- ; daily after Queen's Park had ; lost its mid-field star, Don ■ Masson, in the first half. But 17-year-old Phil Nutt, ’substituting for Masson, headed Queen s Park into the i lead with 11 minutes left.

'Then, with barely five min-i utes left, Bruce Rioch scored! the goal which saved Derby a point. Results: — F.A. CUP i Second round. - Mansfield Town L Lincoln Citv 2; Marine I. 1 Hartlepool 1; Millwall 1. Crystal, il’alace 1; Rotherham United O.j Bradford 3: Scarborough 3. Preston 2: Sheffield Wednesday 2. Wigan 0: Shrewsbury 3,i i Chester 1; Stafford 1. Halifax 3; : Wimbledon 0. Btentlord 2: Aldershot 2. Bishops Siortford 0: ;Bournemouth 2. Hereford 2; Bury ■3. Spennymoor 0: Cardiff 1, • Wycombe 0: Coventry Sporting 0. Peterborough 4: Gateshead 1. Rochdale J: Gillingham 0. Brighton 1: Hendon 0. Swindon ;1; Huddersfield 2. Port Vale 1; (Leatherhead U. Tooting 0. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one.- Aston Villa 3. Norwich 2: Burnley 2. West Ham 0: Everton 5. Birmingham 2; 'lpswich 2, Leeds 1; Leicester 1. : Newcastle 0; Manchester ( ity 4. Coventry 2: Queens Park 1. Derby I;.Sheffield United l. Manchester I nited 4; Stoke 2, (Arsenal 1: Tottenham 0. Liver .pool 4; Wolverhampton 1. > Middlesbrough 2 Division two. Bristol 3. Hull jO; Carlisle 2. Chelsea I: Fulham 1. Bolton 2: Luton 2, West Bromwich 1: Nottingham Forest t). ..Portsmouth I. Oldham Bl.ukburn I.: Southampton 2, Notts A'ounty 1; Sunderland 1. Oxford 0: York 0. Bristol Rovers 0; orient 0 Blackpool 1; Charlton |2, Plymouth 0

; Division three.—Wrexham 1J (Colchester 1. Division four. —Darlington 1. Cambridge 1; Doni aster 3, Trati- , mere 0. Exeter 0. Northampton H): Beading I, Scunthorpe 0; Stockport 2, Watford 2. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Premier division.—Celtic <L. Aberdeen 2; Dundee 0. Hearts ];! i Hibernian .1, Motherwell 0:( I Ranget s 3, Ayr 0; St Johnstone I. Dundee 3. Division one.-- Airdrie on ian 2J (Clyde 1; East Fife 0. St Mirren ;2; Falkirk 0. Partick 0; Hamilton Ik Arbroath 1; Kilmarnock 1. Montrose .1; Morton 1. Dumbarton |1: Queen of the South 5, Duniermliiie 2. Division two.—Clydebank 2, Meadowbank 0; Stirling 2, Forfar 0. SCOTTISH F.A. CUP ! First round. Albion 0, Hawick lO: Brechin 1, Berwick .1; East Stirling 0, Alloa 5; Elgin 0. Fortes I: Peterhead 0. Haith 2; Strani raer I. Queens Park 0.