Brighton drops

Press, 9 May 1983, Page 22

Brighton drops

NZPA-Reuter London Brighton, the English Football Association Cup finalists, and Swansea plummeted into the second division on Saturday... and any one of six clubs could take the big drop with them. The once-mighty Manchester City is one of the clubs in danger. But a 1-0 win at Brighton, which doomed the Cup finalist, means it can stay up by beating Luton next Saturday. With one game remaining, Brighton has 40 points, one fewer than Swansea, which went down 2-1 to Manchester United, with third-from-bottom Luton, with a game in hand, on the 46-point mark. At the other end of the table, Liverpool took possession of the League Championship trophy before drawing at home against Aston Villa — it was Bob Paisley’s last match at Anfield before retirement. Results of Saturday’s matches: ENGLISH LEAGUE Division one: Arsenal 0, Sunderland 1; Birmingham 2, Tottenham 0; Brighton 0, Manchester City 1; Ipswich 3, Watford 1; Liverpool 1, Aston Villa 1; Luton 1, Everton 5; Manchester United 2, Swansea 1; Nottingham Forest 2, Norwich 2; Stoke 0, Coventry 3; West Bromwich 1, Southampton 0; West Ham 2, Notts County 0. Division two: Barnsley 0, Charltflj 0; Bolton 0, Chelsea 1; Burnley 1, Grimsby 1; Crystal Palace 4, Derby 1; Fulham 2, Carlisle 0; Middlesbrough 0,

Cambridge United 1; Newcastle 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Oldham 1, Leicester 2; Queen’s Park Rangers 2, Wolverhampton 1; Rotherham 3, Blackbum 1; Shrewsbury 0, Leeds 0. Division three: Bournemouth 2, Wigan 2; Cardiff 2, Orient 0; Exeter 3, Doncaster 0; Gillingham 1, Bristol Rovers 0; Huddersfield 1, Newport 0; Oxford 1, Chesterfield 0; Portsmouth 2, Southend 0; Preston 2, Reading 0; Sheffield United 0, Lincoln 1; Walsall 1, Bradford 1; Wrexham 2, Plymouth 3. Division four Aidershot 6, Halifax 1; Bristol City 2, Crewe 1; Hartlepool 3, Rochdale 0; Peterborough 3, Mansfield 2; Scunthorpe 2, Darlington 2; Stockport 0, Port Vale 2; Tranmere 1, Bury 1; Wimbledon 5, Blackpool 0; York 5, Hereford 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Premier division: Aberdeen 5, Kilmarnock 0; Celtic 2, Morton 0; Dundee United 4, Motherwell 0; Hibernian 1, Rangers 2; St Mirren 0, Dundee 1 (match abandoned after 22 minutes, pitch waterlogged). 1 Division one: Alloa 1, St Johnstone 1; Ayr 3, Raith 2; Dumbarton 0, Hearts 4; Dunfermline v. Falkirk, postponed; Hamilton 4, Clyde 1; Partick 0, Airdrieonians 1; Queens Park 1, Clydebank 3. Division two: Arbroath 5, Stenhousemuir 2; Brechin 1, Meadowbank 1; East Stirling 1, East Fife, 1; Forfar 1, Berwick 1; Montrftse 1, Cowdenbeath l;.e, Queen ofc the South 2, Albion ~ Rovers 0; Stranraer v. Stirling, postponed.