U.K. soccer results
KZPA-Reuter London The European soccer champion. Liverpool, marked Britain’s Boxing Day holiday by recapturing its goal-scoring form and winning 3-0. against Manchester United. The win kept Liverpool a point clear of the field in the English first division. But its most dangerous rivals. Everton and West Bromwich Albion, also collected impressive victories. Everton overcame Manchester City, which produced one of its best league performances of the season 1-0. with a fierce seventieth minute vollev from BUlv Wright, while West Bromwich won. 2-1. away to fourth club. Arsenal.
Liverpool was at its most majestic, and United, despite the encouragement of a 55,000 capacity crowd, was never in the game Ray Kennedy and Jimmy Case < scored first-half goals and, although Manchester looked a shade less ragged after the
tatei-val, David Fairclough wrapped the game up by beating the defence single-handed and scoring. ENGLISH LEAGUE
Division one.—Arsenal 1, West Bromwich Albion 2; Aston Villa 2 Leeds United 2: Bristol City 51 Coventry City 0; Everton 1, Manchester City 0; Ipswich Town 1, Norwich City 1; Manchester United 0, Liverpool 3; Middlesbrough 1. Bolton Wanderers 1: Nottingham Forest 1, Derbv Countv 1: Queen’s Park Rangers 2. Tottenham Hotspur 2- Southampton 0. Chelsea 0; Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Birmingham City 1.
Division two.—Brighton and Hove Albion 5, Cardiff City 0; Burnley 2. Blackburn Rovers 1: Crvstal Palace 0, Bristol Rovers 1: 'Fulham 5 Cambridge United 1; Millwall 0, Luton Town 2: Oldham Athletic 3, Notts County 3; Preston North End 2. Wrexham 1; Sheffield United 1. Newcastle United 0; Stoke City 2,
Chariton Athletic 2; Sutherland 1, Leicester City 1; West Ham United 0. Orient 2. Division three.—Brentford 2, Plymouth Argyle 1; Bury 3, Rotherham United 2; Chester 1, Carlisle United 2: Chesterfield 3, Sheffield Wednesday 3; Exeter City 3 Walsall 1; Gillingham 1, Southend United 0; Hull City 3. Mansfield Town 0; Oxford United 2. Colchester United 0: Petersborough United 0 Lincoln City 1; Swansea City 1, Swindon Town 2; Tranmere Rovers 0. Blackpool 2: Watford 2. Shrewsbury Town 2
Division four.—Bamslev 6. Port Vale 2: Bradford City 1, Rochdale 0; Doncaster Rovers 2. Darlington 3: Huddersfield Town 2. Halifax Town 0; Newport Countv 1. Torquay United 1: Northampton Town 2. Aidershot 3: Reading 1. Bournemouth 0; Scunthorpe United 2, Grimsby Town 1; Stockport Countv 0, Hereford United 2: Wigan Athletic 1. Crewe Alexandra 0: Wimbledon 2. Portsmouth 4; York City 1. Hartlepool 1. *
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