Forest takes soccer. lead

Press, 15 September 1986, Page 24

Forest takes soccer. lead

NZPA-Reuter London ? Nottingham Foresaw - thrasited the struggling Aston Wl Villa. 6-0, to take over irom H the. newly ■ promoted Wimble: ’w don at the top of the English soccer first division durfaa ® the week-end. On a day of high scores ■ and outstanding individual I performances. Forest pro- Si duced an unstoppable exhlbition of cultured soccer to overwhelm the injury-hg Villa and take over as the S leader on goal difference from the champion. Liverpool. The Merseyside team, ’£ winner of the classic English $ “double” last season, beat Charlton Athletic, 2-0, to stay level on points with the new leader 'while Wimbledon was beaten, 2-1, at home by Liverpool’s city rival Everton. Nottingham Forest’s win * was emphatic evidence of Ms ability to challenge for the championship, this season and was supplied by two goals each from Garry Birtles and Neil Webb and one each from Franz Carr and Nigel Clough, son of the manager Brian. While Forest was hammering. Villa, Manchester United hauled itself off the bottom of the first division with its first victory of the season — a 5-1 triumph over Southampton. The' Manchester team welcorned back the English cap- f tain, Bryan Robson, to its ! midfield, and he galvanised - the team into its best performance in months; Jesper ' Olsen scoring with a penalty Norman Whiteside, Frank Stapleton scoring two goals « each and Peter Davenport scoring past Tim Flowere, ■! aged 19, who replaced the ill Peter Shilton in Southampton's goal. Altogether 37 goals were scored in the 11 first division fixtures with West Ham’s Tony Cottee, who made his England debut as a substitute in the 1-0 defeat by Sweden last week, taking the chief individual honours. Cottee scored a hat-trick in West Ham’s impressive 3-2 victory against its London rivals, Queen’s Park Rangers English league Division one Coventry '3, Newcastle 0Liverpool 2, Charlton 0; Luton 0, Arsenal 0; Manchester United 5, Southampton 1; Norwich 1, Watford 3; Nottingham Forest 6, Aston Villa 0; Oxford 0, Manchester City 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 2, West Ham 3; Sheffield Wednesday 2, Leicester 2: Tottenham 1, Chelsea -3; Wimbledon 1, Everton 2. Division two Birmingham 1, Huddersfield 1; Crystal Palace 1, Sheffield United 2; Grimsby 0, Derby 1; Leeds 3, Reading 2; Miilwail 1, Bradford 2; Oldhani 2, Stoke 0; Plymouth 2, Brighton 2; Portsmouth 1, Blackburn 0; Shrewsbury 1, Barnsley 0; Sunderland 1. Hull ft. West Bromwich 3, Ipswich 4:. ™ Division three Bournemouth 2, Bolton 1; Bristol Rovers 0, Mansfield 0; Bury 0, Rotherham 2; Carlisle 0, Walsall 3; Chesterfield 0, Bristol City 3; Darlington 2, Notts County 1; Fulham 1, Brentford 3; Gillingham 0, Middlesbrough 0; Port Vale 2, York 3; Swindon 1, Chester 1; Wigan 1, Newport 2. Division four Aidershot 4, Lincoln 0; Burnley 1, Hartlepool 1; Cambridge 2, Exeter 2; Cardiff 0, Tranmere 2; Crewe I, Wolverhampton 1; Orient 3, Scunthorpe 1; Preston 2, Hereford 1; Colchester 3, Torquay 0; Southend 1, Swansea 2; Stockport 1, Rochdale 1; Wrexham 3, Halifax 1. Scottish league Premier division Aberdeen 0, Hearts 1; Dundee United 2, Celtic 2; Falkirk 0, Hamilton 0; Hibernian 0, St Mirren 1; Motherwell 0, Dundee 0; Rangers 4, Clydebank