Forest beats Liverpool

Press, 1 October 1979, Page 27

Forest beats Liverpool

NZPA London European champions, Nottingham toreat snatched a 14) win [ over English league champions, Liverpool, on Saturday in an important tirst division match between the two dubs which have dominated English soccer in recent seasons. The goal which won it tor Forest came in the thirty-sixth minute of an exciting game dominated in spells, first by one club and then the other. I With Liverpool up in attack. Forest's Northern Ireland international, Martin O’Neill. broke. away in a powerful run. Gary; Birtles met his cross and swept i the ball home past Steve Ogrizo%ic, deputising for Ray Clenience, in Liverpool’s goal. . i It was another disappointing result for Liverpool, who have

not met their usual high standards in early-season games. On Wednesday they face a tough European ’Cup task in the Soviet /Union, travelling to meet Tbilisi i Dinamo in a first-round second leg match, with only a 2-1 margin from the home game. Results: — ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one.—Arsenal 2, Wolverhampton 3; Coventry City 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1; Crystal Palace 4, Ipswich Town 1; Ever- ■ ton 0. Bristol City 0; Leeds : United 1, Manchester City 2; Manchester United 4. Stoke City 0; Middlesborough 0, Aston Villa I 0; Norwich City 2. Bolton 1; Notitingliam Forest 1, Liverpool 0; J Southampton 4, Derby County 0; West Bromwich 2. Brighton 2. j Division two—Birmingham City •0; Newcastle United 0; Bristol , Rovers 1, Cardiff City 1; Cam-

bridge United 0, Chelsea 1; Fulham 1, Luton Town 3; Oldham Athletic 0, Queen’s Park Rangers U; Shrewsbury Town 1, Orient 0; Sutherland 1, Preston North End 1; Swansea City 0, Leicester City 2; Watford 2, Charlton Athletic 1; West Ham United 2, Burnley 1; Wrexham 1, Notts County 0. Division three.—Blackbum Rovers 0, Rotherham United 3; Brentford 2, Southend United 0; Bury 1, Wimbledon 2; Carlisle United 2, Chester 2; Chesterfield 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Colchester United 0, Barnsley 0; Gillingham 1, Exeter City 0; Millwall 3, Hull City 2; Plymouth Argyle 2, Blackpool 2; Reading 1, Mansfield Town 0; Sheffield United 3. Oxford United 1; Swindon Town 3. Grimsby Town 0. Division four.—Crewe Alexandra 2, Northampton Town 1; Halifax Town 2, Hartlepool United 1; Newport County 1, Lincoln City 1; Peterborough United 2, Hereford United 0; Portsmouth 5, York City 2; Port Vale 5, Rochdale 1; Torquay United 4, Darlington 0; Walsall 1, Aidershot 1; Wigan Athletic 4. Bradford City 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Premier division.—Celtic 3, St Mirren 1; Dundee 0. Aberdeen 4; Kilmarnock 2, Rangers 1; Morton 4, Dundee United 1; Partick Thistle 2, Hibernian 1. Division one.—Airdrieonians 5, Dunfermline Athletic 1; Berwick Rangers 7. Arbroath 2; Clydebank 1. St Johnstone 2; Hearts 4, Clyde 1; Motherwell 3, Dumbarton 0: Raith Rovers 2. Ayr United 2; Stirling Albion 2, Hamilton Academicals 2. Division two.—Albion Rovers 1, Stenhousemuir 2; Cowdenbeath 1, Queen’s Park 6: East Stirling 3. Stranraer 1; Forfar Athletic 0, Alloa 2; Meadowbank 0. Falkirk 3; Montrose 1. East Fife 1; Queen of the South 1, Brechin City 1.