Stop-Game Warning At Soccer Match

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30978, 7 February 1966, Page 19

Stop-Game Warning At Soccer Match

(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON. The referee threatened to abandon a leading English soccer match on Saturday because supporters of one team hurled "missiles” at the opposition goal-keeper. United Press International reported. The incident occurred after 30 minutes of the division one game between Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers at Blackburn. The Liverpool goal-keeper, T. Lawrence, was the target of the crowd, but the bar- sed after the referee’s warning. Liverpool won the match, 4-1, to increase its lead in tne division to six points. Results:— ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One.—Arsenal 1, Burnley 1; Blackburn 1, Liverpool 4; Blackpool 0, Tottenham 0; Chelsea 2, Fulham 1; Ever-

ton 2, Stoke 1; Leeds S, West Ham 0; Leicester 2, Aston Villa , 1; Manchester United 6, Northampton 2; Newcastle 2, Sheffield Wednesday 0; Sheffield United 2, Sunderland 2; West Bromwich 5, Nottingham 3. Division Two.—Birmingham 1, Preston 1; Bolton 0, Plymouth 1; Bristol City 1, Manchester City 1; Carlisle 2, Wolverhampton 1; Coventry 2, Rotherham 2; Derby 4, Bury 1; Ipswich I’, Charlton 4; Leyton 0, Crystal Palace 2; Middlesbrough 1, Huddersfield 3; Portsmouth 2, Southampton 5. Postponed: Cardiff v. Norwich. Division Three.—Bournemouth 1, Workington 1; Brentford 0, Bristol Rovers 5; Exeter 1 Watford 2; Grimsby 3, York 1; Hull 1, Brighton 0; Mansfield 2, Queen’s Park Rangers 1; Millwall 2, Gillingham 0; Peterborough 0, Oldham 1; Reading 2, Scunthorpe 0; Shrewsbury 4, Oxford 0; Southend 5, Walsall 3; Swindon 2, Swansea 2. Division Four.—Barrow 5, Bradford 2; Bradford City 1, Barnsley 9; Chester 3, Darlington 2: Chesterfield 1, Torquay 1; Crewe 0 Colchester 2: Doncaster 1, Southport 1; Halifax 0, Stockport 1; Hartlepools 4, Wrexham 2; Luton 3, Aidershot 1; Notts County 2, Lincoln 1; Port Vale 2, Tranmere 3; Rochdale 2, Newport 1. SCOTTISH CUP First Round.—Ayr 1, St. Johnstone 1; Celtic 4, Stranraer 0; Dunfermline 3, Partick Thistle 1; Hamilton 1, Aberdeen 3; Hibernian 4, Third Lanark 3; Morton 1, Kilmarnock 1; Queen of South 3, Albion 0; Rangers 5, Airdrieonians 1; Stirling Albion 3, Queen’s Park 1, Postponed: Cowdenbeath v. St. Mirren, Dundee United v. Falkirk, Hearts v. Clyde, East Stirling v. Motherwell, Dumbarton v. Montrose, Alloa v. Ross County. Division Two.—Berwick 2, Arbroath 1; Brechin 1, Raith 8; Stenhousemuir 5, Forfar 7. IRISH LEAGUE Ballmena 2, Ards 2; Bangor 0, Coleraine 3; Crusaders 7. Cliftonville 1; Derry 0, Linfield 0; Distillery 2, Glenavon 4; Portadown 1, Glentoran 3.