Millwall moves to top of league

Press, 11 September 1989, Page 21

Millwall moves to top of league

NZPA-Reuter London Unsung Millwall deposed Coventry from the top of the English soccer league on Saturday with an emphatic 4-1 victory. Coventry went to the head of the first division 10 days ago for the first time in its 106-year history. But it was a goal down at Millwall after only 44sec and looked distinctly second best for much of the rest of the game. Norwich, which started the day in second place, bungled its chance of going top when it could scramble only a 4-4 draw in a breathless affair at home to Southampton. The dropped points opened the way for Everton, which beat an injuryhit Manchester United, 32, at Goodison Park. The Champion, Arsenal moved into the top half of the division with a thumping 5-0 win at home to bottom club Sheffield Wenesday, while title favourite, Liverpool, won 3-0 at Derby, a 50th minute goal from the striker, lan Rush, setting them on their way. In Scotland, Mo Johnston struck his first goal for Glasgow Rangers, the only score in the defeat of Aberdeen. But its rival, Celtic, was beaten, 1-0, by St Mirren, the side who won at Rangers on the opening day of the season. ENGLISH LEAGUE" division one:— Arsenal 5, Sheffield Wednesday 0; Aston Villa 2, Tottenham 0; Chelsea 2, Nottingham Forest 2; Crystal Palace 2, Wimbledon. 0; Derby 0, Liverpool 3; Everton 3, Manchester United 2; Lu-

ton 1, Charlton 0; Manchester City 1, Queen’s Park Rangers 0; Millwall 4, Coventry 1; Norwich 4, Southampton 4. Division two:— Bournemouth 2, Newcastle 1; Barnsley 1, Middlesbrough 1; Leeds 1, Ipswich 1; Leicester 1, West Bromwich 3; Oldham 3, Plymouth 2; Oxford 2, Bradford 1; Port Vale 0, Blackburn 0; Portsmouth 2, Hull 2; Sheffield United 5, Brighton 4; Sunderland 4, Watford 0; West Ham 1, Swindon 1; Wolverhampton 0, Stoke 0. Division three:— Bolton 1, Bristol Rovers 0; Brentford 0, Bury 1; Bristol City 2, Blackpool 0; Crewe 2, Fulham 3; Mansfield 1, Cardiff 0; Notts County 0, Reading 0; Preston 3, Huddersfield 3; Shrewsbury 2, Birmingham 0; Swanseea 2, Chester 1; Tranmere 2, Rotherham 1; Walsall 1, Leyton Orient 3; Wigan 0, Northampton 0. Division four.— Aidershot 0, Southend 5; Burnley 1, Exeter 0; Cambridge 0, Chesterfield 1; Carlisle 1, Grimsby 1; Doncaster 0, Peterborough 3; Hartlepool 1, Gillingham 2; Maidstone 0, Stockport 1; Scunthorpe 0, Scarborough 1; Torquay 0, Lincoln 3; Wrexham 2, Halifax 1; York 1, Rochdale 0. Played Friday: Colchester 1, Hereford 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Premier division:— Dundee 2, Hearts 2; Dunfermline 1, Motherwell 1; Hibernian 2, Dundee United 0; Rangers I, Aberdeen 0; St Mirren 1, Celtic 0. Division one:— Albion 1, St Johnstone 2 (played at St Johnstone); Clyde 2, Alloa 4; Falkirk 0, Ayr 1; Forfar 2, Clydebank 2; Hamilton 1, Patrick 4; Morton 0, Meadowbank 0; Raith 0, Airdrieonians 4. Division two: Berwick 1, East Fife 1; Dumbarton 5, Stranraer 2; East Stirling 0, Stenhousemuir 3; Kilmarnock 0, Cowdenbeath 0; Montrose 4, Queen’s Park 1; Queen of the South 2, Arbroath 2; Stirling 2, Brechin 0.