U.K. soccer results

Press, 31 October 1977, Page 3

U.K. soccer results

i N ZP A-R enter Lo n cion I Nottingham Forest continued Ito power along as it beat Middlesbrough, 4-0, to take a I four-point lead on top of the English football first division on I Saturday. I While its closest pursuers, Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion, both lost, Forest rode two goals by its full-back, Viv Anderson, to its tenth victory in 13 league matches since winning promotion from the second division this season. Manchester City, rated a solid contender for first division honours in pre-season reckonings, broke out of a slump that had seen it go 10 league and cup games with only two victories by blasting Liverpool, 3-1, after trailing 1-0 at half-time. West Bromwich came unstuck in London, where Queen’s Park : Rangers beat it. 2-1. on a late i winner from Stan Bowies. Another challenger. Everton, came out of a goal feast at its Goodison Park home match against lowly Newcastle with a 4-4 draw. Forest is now’ on top with 22 points. Liverpool second with 18, and West Bromwich. Everton, Manchester City and Coventry on

ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one.— Arsenal 1. Birmingham City 1; Aston Villa 2, I Manchester United 1; Chelsea 1. Bristol City 0; Derby County 2, ; Norwich City 2; Everton 4. New'castle United 4; Ipswich Town 0. -West Ham United 2: Leicester : City 0. Leeds United 0; Manchester City 3. Liverpool 1: Notting!ham Forest 4, Middlesbrough 6; j Queen's Park Rangers 2. West Bromwich Albion 1; Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Coventry City 3. Division two.— Bolton Wanderers 2, Luton Town 1: Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Cardiff City 0; Bristol Rovers 0, Southampton 0; Burnley 0, Blackpool 1; Crystal Palace 1, Charlton Athletic 1; Hull City 0. Blackbum Rovers 1; Mansfield Town 1. Notts County 3: Orient 0. Millwall 0: Sheffield United 2. Fulham 1: Stoke C‘ty L Tottenham Hotspur 3: SunderI land 3, Oldham Athletic 1. Division three.—Bradford City 3, Sheffield Wednesday 2; Cambridge United 2, Oxford United 1: Carlisle United 2. Chesterfield 1; Gillingham 1, Shrewsbury’ Town 1; Hereford United 1. Port Vale 1; Plymouth Argyle 3. Portsmouth 1: Preston North End 2, Chester 1; Rotherham United 0,

(Lincoln City 0, Swindon Town , 4, Exeter City 0; Wrexham 3. Bur> 1. ' Division four.—Aidershot 2. 1 Bournmouth 0: Barnsley 3, Hart- ’ iepool 2: Brentford I. Southend United V; Darlington 3. Wimble- ! don I; Huddersfield Town 1. , Grimsby Town 3; Newport , County 0, Torquay United 0; Rochdale 1, Northampton Town I 1; Scunthorpe United 2, Halifax I Town 0; Swansea City 2. Reading 1; Watford 5, Crewe Alexander SCOTTISH LEAGUE Premier division.—Aberdeen 1, 1 Clydebank 1; Celtic 3. Ayr United ' 2: Hibernian 0. Ranger's 1: Par--1 tick Thistle 1. Motherwell 0; ’ Saint Mirren 0, Dundee United 1. • Division one.—Alloa 1. Morton > 3; Dumbarton 1, Arbroath 0; ' Dundee 1- Hearts 1; East Fife 1. 1 Saint Johnstone 2: Hamilton ' Academicals 4. Queen of the ■ South 3: Kilmarnock 2. Stirling Albion 3; Montrose 1. Airdrieon- • ians 2. Division two.—Albion Rovers 2. I Brechin City 0; Berwick Rangers I I, Falkirk 1; Cowdenbeath 1, ’ Raith Rovers 2; East Stirling 2. : Stranraer 1; Meadowbank Thistle ■ 1. Forfar Athletic 0; Queen’s . Park 1. Dunfermline 1; stem /housemuir 2, Clyde 2.