British Football Results

Press, Volume C, Issue 29501, 1 May 1961, Page 18

British Football Results

;. flswi with * defeat in bS»X« 'Sty.'Tt* Sheffield. Wednesday and Wolverhampton Wtadereri finished secondand third respectively ,-c the first divistinm glthoii »h' ’’■•'wM&t were beaten today. Burnley with share* talent money. Ipswich, champion of the second division, ended the season on a losing note, going down 2-1 at Swansea, but Sheffield United, which has also won promotion to the first division, was in great form, crushing Middlesex, 4-1. Bury and Walsall, which have already assured themselves of second division Soccer next season, both drew today. It was Peterborough's day in the fourth division. The Midlands side, already champion in its first season of league football, scored six goals against luckless Barrow to break the English goal-scoring record of 128, previously held by Aston

Villa and Bradford City. Peterborough, which won !■ mnd pl>w, has cne mere match to play, but cannot catch Bangers. Mtiy Himf< "' AlHinw-i . ...,jwMAPMHA* - . with' a 4-1 win over* fest Stirling, and ftdHkfefc, which has also 1 Won promotion, won S-l at Morton. AMATEUB INTERNATIONAL England X France e. '■ KMKUta IMGVt Ast ld Wed neSday 1; Blackburn Rovers 3. ISrS-SS h. Chaises 4, Nottingham Forest 3: Everton 4. Arsenal 1; I*l- - City S. Birmingham City 3: Manchester United 3. Cardiff ham United 1, Burnley 3; Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Fulham 4. Division H Charlton Athletic 3, Leeds United 0; Huddersfield Town 4, Bristol Rovers 0; Lincoln City S. Leyton Orient 0; Luton Town 0. Scunthorpe United 0; Norwich City 5, Southampton 0; Plymouth Argyle 3, Rotherham United 3; Portsmouth 3. Derby County 1; Sheffield United 4. Middlesbrough 1; Stoke City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion i; Sunderland 1, Liverpool 1; Swansea Town 3, Ipswich Town Division in Barnsley 2, Walsall 3; Bournemouth 1. Halifax Town 3; Bradford City 1, Shrewsbury Town 1; Bristol City 3, Brentford 0; Colchester United 4. Chesterfield 3; Grimsby Town 1, Southend United 0; Hull City 2, Port Vale 2; Newport County 0, Bury 0; Notts County 4, Tranmere Rovers 1; Queen’s Park Rangers

1 * iDivfsSon I'. Carlisle United 3. Oldham Abietic 0; Crysul Palace 1 York City 4: Darllngtoni Acte’.'ssl3SrT Exeter City 2. Gillingham 9: Hartlepools United 4. Chestei 4; Mansfield Town 4, Northampton Town 3; Peterborough SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division I Aberdeen 1, St. Mirren Si Rovers 1, St. Johnstone 3; Rangers 7, Ayr United 3; Third Lanark «. Hibernian 1. Division U Brechin City 1. But Fife 2; Cowdenbeath 3, Montross 5; Dumbarton 4. Arbroath 2: East Stirling 1. Stirling Albion 4; Forfar Athletic 3. Queen s Park 4; Norton 1, Falkirk 3; Queen of th i South 3, Alloa Athletic 1; Stenhousemuir 4, Stranraer I, IRISH LEAGUE Ballymena United 9. Glenavon 6; Bangor 1. Crusaders 4; Cllftonville 1. Ards I; Derry City 1, Distillery 0; Lanfield S. Coleraine 3. Of The Year n (NJt. Prm LONDON, April 29 Danny Blanehflower, captain of Tottenham Hotspur and Northern Ireland, has been named Britain's “Footballer of the Year" in the annual poll of the Football Writers’ Association. He also won the honour in 1958.