Argentinians feature in English soccer

Press, 21 August 1978, Page 3

Argentinians feature in English soccer

| NZPA-Reuter London i i Two Argentinians, Osvaldo ; Ardiles and Ricardo Villa, captured all the attention on ■ the opening day of the English soccer season when they helped their new club Tottenham Hotspur draw 1-1 in an away game t the reigning; first division champions,( Nottingham Forest. On a blazing hot after-| noon almost 42,000 excited! ! fans squeezed into Forest’s( j city ground, and the start i was delayed for 15 minutes j when hundreds of spectators ; spilled on to the pitch, j The quickest goal of the , ! new season was scored by [j j West Bromwich . Albion’s)' Alistair Brown, who put hisj! side ahead against Ipswich! after only 20 seconds. < Ipswich, who won the F.A. ( Cup last May, recovered ’ from the shock to equalise I through Clive Woods, but > Tony Brown hit back to give 1 West Bromwich a 2-1 vic- j tory. Goals by Kenny Dalglish ( and Steve Heighway ensured ( Liverpool, holders of the ■ I European Cup, a fine start ’ ! with a 2-1 win over Queen’s ) )Park Rangers. ! One of the most exciting 1 I matches was in London - I where Arsenal drew 2-2' with , ! Leeds United. Southampton and Bolton ’ i Wanderers, promoted along ‘ with Tottenham to Division J I One last season, had unhappy 1 starts. Bolton, at home to ’ Bristol City, took the lead ! through Alan Gowling but i lost 2-1. Southampton crashed 3-1 S' 1 away to Norwich, where a), former Southampton striker, I .i Martin Chivers, scored fori; Norwich. IEverton. tipped by many i

experts to win the championship, began with a 1-0 away win over Chelsea, Andy King scoring the vital goal after only five minutes. Glasgow Rangers, winners of the Scottish championship, F.A. Cup and League ; Cup last season, are still ! without a league goal. Last ' Saturday, when the Scottish soccer season began, they Host 1-0 at home to St MirI ren, and on Saturday they ; could only manage a goalless away draw against Hibernian. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one.—Arsenal 2. Leeds United 2; Aston Villa 1, Wolver- , hanipton Wanderers 0; Bolton [Wanderers 1, Bristol City 2; : Chelsea 0, Everton 1; Liverpool 2, Queens Park Rangers 1: Manchester United 1, Birmingham City 0; Middlesbrough 1, Coventry City 2; Norwich City 3, Southampton 1; West Bromwich Albion 2, Ipswich Town 1; Derby County 1. Manchester City 1; Nottingham Forest 1, Totenham Hotspur 1. Division two. —Cardiff City 2. Preston North End 2; Blackburn Rovers 1, Crystal Palace 1; Bristol Rovers 3, Fulham 1; Burnley 2, Leicester City 2; Cambridge United 0, Stoke City 1; Luton Town 6, Oldham Athletic 1; Millwall 2, Newcastle United 1; Sheffield United 1, Orient 2; Sunderland 1, Charlton Athletic 0; West Ham United 5, Notts County 2; Wrexham 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Division three.—Blackpool 1, Oxford United 0; Chesterfield 1, Plymouth Argyle 3; Colchester United 2, Swansea City 2; Exeter City 0, Mansfield Town 0; Gillingham 0, Rotherham United 0; Hull City 1, Carlisle United 1; Lincoln City 2. Tranmere Rovers .1; Peterborough United 2, Slief-i field Wednesday 0; Shrewsbury) Town 1. Brentford 0; Southend' United 0. Chester 1: Swindon; Town 2, Bury 1; Walsall 2, Wat-’ wford 4. ; Division four.-—Aidershot 1,) i Wimbledon 1; Barnsley 4, HaliIfax Town 2: Bournemouth 3/ Newport County 1; Grimsby Town 1 4 Reading 2; Hartlepool i 3, Doncaster Rovers 4; Hereford: United 0. Wigan Athletic 0: Hud-

dersfield Town 0. Crewe Aley-|i andra 0; Portsmouth 0, Bradford City 1; Port Yale 2, Scunthorpe United 2; Rochdale 1, Y’ork City 2; Stockport County 3, Darlington 0; Torquay United 0, Northampton Town 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Premier division.—Aberdeen 3,! Morton 1; Celtic 4, Hearts 0; Hibernian 0, Rangers 0: Partick | Thistle I, Dundee United 1; St I Mirren 0, Motherwell 1. Division one.—Dumbarton 0,1 Stirling Albion 1; Dundee 2,; Arbroath 0; Hamilton Academical | 2, St Johnstone 1; Kilmarnock 2, Airdrieonians 0; Montrose 2, [Clyde 2; Queen of the South 1, 'Ayr United 0; Raith Rovers 4, Clydebank 2. Division two.—Albion Rovers 1, [Falkirk 1; Alloa 1, Brechin City 1; Berwick Rangers 6. Stenhousemuir 1; Cowdenbeath 2, Meadowbank Thistle 1: East Stirling 1, Dunfermline Athletic 1; Forfar Athletic 3, East Fife 1; Queens Park 0, Stranraer 1.