Under-strength Leeds beats Tottenham

Press, 22 January 1979, Page 19

Under-strength Leeds beats Tottenham

Soccer

I NZPA-Reuter London Leeds, the only one of the top eight English * Fust Division? (Clubs whose match escaped the 'I freeze-up on Saturday, notched ';a 2-1 win al Tottenham and so; strengthened its hold on fifth, ; place. I Arthur Graham laid on both i goals — first a header tor Pauli Hart and. midway through the' ! second half, a close-range shot by I I Ray Hankin. ; The success justified Leeds’s) •bold decision to rest three inter-; .nationals — Trevor Cherry, Pauli ! Made ley and Eddie Gray — so' |that they will be fresh for the; • mid-week League Cup semi final : ! first-leg match against Southamp I ton. With West Bromwich and its! ! pursuers again out of action, in-! j terest in Hie four First Division! matches played shifted towards, the bottom of the table where Chelsea, away to Manchester City, won 3-2 and signalled that; the fight against relegation is I far from o\ er. Chelsea, returning to the city where the neighbouring chib. United, had bounced them out of tiie F.A. Cup a few days earlier, were behind after eight ■ minutes, and equalised briefly before trailing again when the ’ city substitute. Ron Futcher. • scored within four minutes of 1 being sent on towards the end - of the first half. , Nobodv was prepared for the 1 late turn-up when Peter Osgood equalised, and three minutes

i-.atei Clive Walker snatched the winner — the nrst match Cbelaea > have won since the Northern u Ireland team buss Dannv Blanch- ■ flower, took over a> manager. ENGLISH LEAGUE I. Division one.—lpswich Town 3. i Wolverhampton Uandeiera 1. Manchester City 2. Chelsea 3. i Queens Park Hangers 1 Middle* , I brougii 1; Tottenham Hotspur 1, •‘Leeds United 2. I Division two.—Bright and Ho\e j Albion 1, Stoke City 1; Bristol J Rovers 0. West Ham United 1, • Crystal Palace V. Milwall 0. Ful 1 ham 2. Sunderland 2: Leicester ifCity 1. Blackburn Rovers 1, •JOrient 3. Notts County 0. I', Division three.--Brentford 0. Peterborough t inted 0. Carhale United 2. Lincoln City 0; Exeter »;Cit\ 2. Oxford United 0; Swln ! don I own 1. Plymouth Argyle 3. i Watford 3. Bury 3. »i Division four—Aidershot 1. ‘ Torquay United 0; Hartlepool 1. ' Grimsbx Town u. t SCOTTISH LEAGUE >1 Premier division —Hibernian 1, Aberdeen 1. Morton 0. Rangers 2; Motherwell 3, Hearts 2; bt . Mirren 2. Dundee United 1. I Division one—Arbroath fl, > Stirling Albion 0; Kilmarnock 4. t Montrose 1; Raith Rover* 3. -■ Queens of the South 0. ‘ Division two.—East Fife fl. . Cowdenbeath 1, Meadow Thistle r 3, East Stirling 1; Stenhousemuir I 5, Queens Park I. Irish league.—Distillery 1. ‘.Coleraine 2; Glenavon 3, Balls Ijmena United 2: Larne 3. Porta s i down 5; Linfield 2. Bangor 2.