Leicester City relegated
I NZPA-Reuter London Leicester City became the first English first-division club to be relegated to second-division football next season when it lost, 4-1, to Birmingham at home on Saturday A late burst of goal scoring by Birmingham sent Leicester back a division after six years in the top flight. With Nottingham Forest marching on towards the firstdivision championship through a 1-1 home draw against Leeds, most of the interest now- surrounds the contenders to join Leicester in relegation, ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one: Arsenal 2. New-; castle United 1: Aston Villa 2, Chelsea 0; Bristol City 1, Liver-1
pool 1; Everton 1, Ipswich Tow n 0; Leicester City 1, Birmingham City 4; Manchester City 1, West Bromwich Albion 3; Norwich City 1, Manchester United 3; Nottingham Forest 1, Leeds Unitea 1; Queens Park Rangers 2. Coventry City 1; West Ham United 3, Derby County 0; Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Middlesbrough 0. Division two: Boiton Wanderers 3, Bristol Rovers 0; Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Tottenham
Hotspur 1; Burnley 4, Cardiff City 2; Crystal Palace L Orient 0; Hull City 0, Fulham 1; Mansfield Town 2, Blackburn Rovers 2; Millwall 2. Blackpool 0; Sheffield United 1, Charlton Athletic 0; Southampton 2. Oldham Athletic 2; Stoke City 0, Luton Town 0; Sunderiand 3, Notts County 1
Division three: Bradford City 1, Exeter City 2; Cambridge United 2, Chesterfield 0; Carlisle United 1, Shrewsbury Town 0; Chester 1, Bury 0; Colchester United 1, Wrexham 1; Gillingham 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Hereford United 0, Portsmouth 2; Oxford United 3, Walsall 1: Plymouth Argyle 1, Peterborough United 0; Preston North End 4, Lincoln City 0; Rotherham United 1, Swindon Town 3.
Division four: Aidershot 0, Halifax Town 0; Barnsley 2, Noton Town 3; Darlington 1, Bournemouth 0; Doncaster Rovers 2, Hartlepool 0; Grimsby Town 2, Crewe Alexandra 2; Huddersfield Town 0 Reading 2; Newport County L Southport 1; Rochdale 1. Scunthorpe United 1; Swansea City 2, Brentford 1;
Watford 1, Southend United 1: York City 1, Wimbledon 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Premier division: Aberdeen 5, Motherwell 0; Clvdebank 0 Rangers 2; Dundee United 1, Ayr United 0; Hibernian 4, Celtic '1; Partick Thistle 2, St Mirren 1. Division one: Airdrieonians 2. Arbroath 1; Alloa 1, Dundee 5; East Fife 0, Dumberton 0; Kilmarnock 1, Montrose 0; Morton 3, Hamilton Academicals 0; Queen of the South 1, Hearts 1: St Johnstone 1, Stirling Albion 3. Division two: Berwick Rangers 1, Raith Rovers 2; Brechin City 1, Dunfermline Athletic 2; Cowdenbeath 1, Clyde 2: East Stirling 2, Albion Rovers 1; Forfar Athletic 0, Queens Park 3; Stenhousemuir 3, Meadowbank Thistle 1; Stranraer 0, Falkirk 2.
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Press, 17 April 1978, Page 3
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