U.K. soccer results

Press, 28 August 1978, Page 3

U.K. soccer results

NZPA-Reuter London Liverpool gave fair warning with a 4-1 win over Manchester City on Saturday that the task of defending the European Cup will not deflect them from their aim of regaining the English Championship. It was their third win in I three matches of the new (season. Manchester United also began the day with a 100 per cent record but it crumbled with their visit to Ipswich, who won 3-0 after losing both previous matches. The England striker, Paul Mariner, scored in each half to restore Ipswich, the Cupholders, to something like ►he form expected of them when they are at full strength. Liverpool’s cross-city neighbour, Everton, also recorded a third win in a row, thanks to a goal earlj’ in the second half against Arsenal. West Bromwich, too, kept their winning streak alive with a 4-0 win over newlypromoted Bolton. Aston Villa, however, after an acclaimed midweek win at Tottenham, dropped their first points. Their hosts, Bristol City, beat them 1-0. Apart from Ipswich and!

| Queen’s Park Rangers, Birmingham, with a 1-1 draw against Derby, earned their first point of the season. In the second division the promoted clubs shone. Wrexham beat Orient in London 1-0, and Cambridge shared two goals at Leicester against hosts who were in division one last season. Preston were held to a 2-2 draw by Sheffield United, whose opening goal was scored by Alex Sabella, the third Argentine to sign for an English club since the World Cup finals. In Scotland, Celtic dazzled as they beat Motherwell 5-1, giving’them six points from three matches. But Rangers, the golden team of last season, again disappointed, playing a goalless draw with Partick. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one. Birmingham City 1. Derby County 1; Bristol City 1, Aston Villa 0; Coventry City 4, Norwich City 1; Everton 1, Arsenal 0; Ipswich Town 3. Manchester United 0; Leeds United 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers 0; Manchester City 1, Liverpool 4; Queen's Park Rangers 0, Nottingham Forest 0; Southampton 2. Middlesborough 1; Totenham Hotspur 2, Chelsea 2; West Bromwich Albion 4, Bolton Wanderers 0. Division two.—Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Sunderland 0; Cardiff City 1, Oldham Athletic 3; Charlton Athletic 3, Bristol] Rovers 0; Crystal Palace 1, Westl

Ham United 1; Fulham 0, Burnley 0; Leicester City 1, Cambridge United 1; Newcastle United 1, Luton Town 0; Notts County 2, Blackburn Rovers 1; Orient fl, Wrexham 1; Preston North End 2. Sheffield United 2; Stoke City 2. Millwall 0. Division three.—Brentford 0, Chesterfield 3; Bury 2, Gillingham 2; Carlisle United 1, Walsall 0: Chester 3, Exeter City 0; Mansfield Town 1, Southend United 1; Oxford United 0, Swansea City 2; Plymouth Argyle 2, Lincoln City 1; Rotherham United 2, Blackpool 1; Sheffield Wednesday 0, Colchester United 0; Shrewsbury Town 0. Swindon Town 0; Tranmere Rovers 1, Hull City 3; Watford 1, Peterborough United 2.

Division four.—Bradford City 1, Barnsley 2; Darlington 0, Bournemouth 0; Halifax Town 1, Grimsby Town 2; Newport County 1, Stockport County 2; Reading 2, Wigan Athletic 0; Rochdale 1, Aidershot 1; Torquay United 1, Hereford United 0: Wimbledon 4, Northampton Town 1; York City 1, Doncaster Rovers 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Premier division. — Dundee United 1, Aberdeen 1; Hearts 1, Hibernian 1; Morton 1, St Mirren 3; Motherwell 1, Celtic 5; Rangers 0, Partick Thistle 0. Division one.—Airdrieonians 4, Hamilton Academicals 1; Arbroath 1, Montrose 3; Ayr United 0, Kilmarnock 0; Clyde 3, Queen of the South 0; Clydebank 1, Dumbarton 1: St Johnstone 0, Dundee 2; Stirling Albion 0, Raith Rovers 1. Division two.—Brechin City 3, Forfar Athletic 2; Berwick Rangers 0, Meadowbank Thistle 0; Dunfermline Athletic 3, Cowdenbeath 0; East Fife 3. Queens Park 2: Falkirk 2, East Stirling 0: Stenhousemuir 0, Alloa 2; Stranraer; 3, Albion Rovers 1. 1