Aston Villa back on top
NZPA-Reuter • London Aston. Villa displaced Ipswich at the top of the English Soccer League on Saturday. • A 4-2 win at- Leicester took Villa back to the head of the first division for the first time since January 10 as Ipswich crashed 3-1 away lo third-placed West Bromwich Albion. Results:— ENGLISH LEAGUE
Division one.—Birmingham 2, Middlesbrough 1; Brighton .0, Arsenal.l; Leeds 3, Coventry 0: Leicester 2, Aston Villa 4; Manchester United 1, Crystal Palace 0; Norwich 2, Manchester City 0; Southampton 2„ Nottingham Forest 0; Sunderland 0, Wolverhampton 1; Tottenham 2, Evgrton 2; Wcsf Bromwich; 3, IpsWich 1; Liverpool 3, Stoke 0 (played Friday night). Division two.—Bristol City .3, Orient 1; Cambridge 2, Bolton 3;
i Chelsea'o, Cardiff 1; Preston 1, Oldham 2; Queens Park Rangers 1, Grimsby 0; Sheffield Wednesday 3, Luton 1; Shrewsbury 1, Derby 0; Swansea 2, Blackburn 0; .Watford 0, Newcastle 0; West Ham 2, Bristol Rovers 0; Notts County v Wrexham (playing Sunday). Division three.—Burnley 0, Swindon 0; Carlisel 0. Portsmouth 0; Charlton 1, Huddersfield 2; Chester 2, Barnsley 2; Chesterfield 0, Fulham 0; Colchester 1, Sheffield United 1; Exeter 3, Reading 1; Millwall 0, Rotherham I; Newport 3, Blackpool 1; Oxford 1, Brentford 1; Plymouth 0. Hull 0; Gillingham 1, Walsall 0 (played Friday night). Division four.—Aidershot 1, Bradford 1; Bury 2, Tranmere 2; Halifax 0, Northampton 1: Lincoln 1, Hereford 0; Mansfield 2, Rochdale 2; Port Vale 1, Peterborough 1; Scunthorpe 3, York 2; Wigan 0, Bournemouth 1:1
Wimbledon 1, Doncaster •0; Crewe 2, Hartlepool 0 (played Friday night); Stockport 1, Southend o (played Friday night); Darlington v Torquay (playing .Suit? day). SCOTTISH LEAGUE P r e m i e r ' d i v I-' sion.—Airdrieonians 0; St Mirren 2; Hearts 1, Kilmarnock 0; Mor ; ton 1, Aberdeen 3; Rangers 2; Dundee United I; Partick v Celtic (playing Sunday). Division one.—Berwick 1, Dunfermline 0; Dumbarton 2. Hamilton 1; Dundee 4, St Johnstone 1; East Stirling 1, Ayr 3; Hibernian 0, Stirling 0; Motherwell 1. Falkirk 0; Raith 1, Clydebank 1.
Divison two.—Alloa 0. Forfar 1; Brechin 1, Cowdenbeath 2; Meadowbank 2, Albion 1; Montrose 0, Arbroath 3; Queens Park 1, Clyde 1; Stenhousemuir 1, East Fife 3; Stranraer 1, Queen of the South 2.
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