Soccer

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 1, Bolton Wanderers 1 West Ham United 0, Charlton Athletic 0 Birmingham City 2, Everton 1 Liverpool 2, Fulham 2 Newcastle United 1, Manchester United 3 Blackburn Rovers 1, Middlesbrough 0 Arsenal 2, Southampton 3 Leeds United 2, Sunderland 1 West Bromwich Albion 2, Tottenham Hotspur 0 Manchester City 2.

* Leading premier league scorers.-

22: J. Beattie (Southampton), T. Henry (Arsenal).

20: R. van Nistelrooy (Manchester United).

17: A. Shearer (Newcastle United).

15: M. Viduka (Leeds United), M. Owen (Liverpool).

13: G. Zola (Chelsea), H. Kewell (Leeds United), P. Scholes (Manchester United).

12: N. Anelka (Manchester City), R. Keane (Tottenham Hotspur, including 1 for Leeds United).

11: T. Radzinski (Everton), T. Sheringham (Tottenham Hotspur).

10: R. Pires (Arsenal), J.F. Hasselbaink (Chelsea), J. Euell (Charlton Athletic).

ENGLISH DIVISION ONE

Bradford 2 Watford 1, Burnley 2 Gillingham 0, Crystal Palace 0 Rotherham 0, Derby 1 Coventry 0, Ipswich 3 Portsmouth 0, Leicester 2 Brighton 0, Preston 2 Sheffield United 0, Reading 1 Nottingham Forest 0, Sheffield Wednesday 0 Grimsby 0, Stoke 2 Wimbledon 1, Walsall 0 Norwich 0, Wolverhampton 3 Millwall 0.

ENGLISH DIVISION TWO

Brentford 1 Queens Park Rangers 2, Cardiff 0 Colchester 3, Crewe 0 Swindon 1, Huddersfield 0 Wigan 0, Luton 2 Bristol City 2, Mansfield 0 Barnsley 1, Northampton 0 Stockport 3, Notts County 0 Tranmere 1, Oldham 4 Chesterfield 0, Peterborough 1 Blackpool 0, Plymouth 3 Port Vale 0, Wycombe 1 Cheltenham 1.

ENGLISH DIVISION THREE

Bristol Rovers 3 Cambridge 1, Carlisle 1 Rushden & Diamonds 2, Exeter 2 Oxford 2, Hull 3 Bournemouth 1, Kidderminster 0 Wrexham 2, Leyton Orient 3 Swansea 1, Lincoln 1 York 0, Macclesfield 1 Darlington 0, Rochdale 1 Bury 2, Scunthorpe 4 Hartlepool 0, Shrewsbury 1 Boston 2, Southend 3 Torquay 0.

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Hearts 2 Celtic 1.

* Leading premier league scorers.-

26: H. Larsson (Celtic).

17: S. Crawford (Dunfermline Athletic), J. Hartson (Celtic).

16: B. Ferguson (Rangers).

14: M. de Vries (Hearts).

13: A. Burns (Partick Thistle), C. Sutton (Celtic), R. de Boer (Rangers), S. Arveladze (Rangers).

12: C. Brewster (Dunfermline Athletic).

11: K. Boyd (Kilmarnock).

10: T. McManus (Hibernian), A. Kirk (Hearts), Gary McSwegan (Kilmarnock), Michael Mols (Rangers).

SCOTTISH DIVISION ONE

Clyde 2 St Johnstone 1, Falkirk 4 Arbroath 1, Queen of the South 0 Alloa 1.


SCOTTISH DIVISION TWO

Airdrie 1 Stenhousemuir 0, Brechin 1 Raith 0, Cowdenbeath 0 Berwick 1, Forfar 4 Stranraer 0, Hamilton 2 Dumbarton 2.

SCOTTISH DIVISION THREE

Albion 2 Queen's Park 1, East Fife 0 Morton 1, Elgin 3 East Stirling 0, Peterhead 3 Montrose 0, Stirling 1 Gretna 0.

NORTHERN PREMIER DIVISION

Metro 2 Bay Olympic 0, Ellerslie 2 Glenfield 3, Central 1 Melville 1, Onehunga Sports 1 Waitakere 1, Fencibles 4 Takapuna 2, Eastern Suburbs 3 University-Mt Wellington 2.

NORTHERN FIRST DIVISION

Manukau 2 Onehunga Mangere 1, Mt Albert-Ponsonby 4 Te Atatu 2, West Auckland 2 Tauranga 1, Mangere 0 East Coast Bays 1, Papakura 1 Three Kings 1, Oratia 4 Hamilton 3.

NORTHERN SECOND DIVISION

Waitemata 1 Papatoetoe 2, Birkenhead 5 South Auckland 1, North Shore 0 Albany 0, Eastern Suburbs 4 Lynn Avon 2, Western Springs 2 Claudelands 1, Cambridge 3 Fencibles 5.

NORTHERN THIRD DIVISION

Whangarei 5 Bay Olympic 1, Otahuhu 1 Ellerslie 1, Manurewa 2 Huntly 1, Hibiscus Coast 7 Waikato Unicol 1, Three Kings 2 Ngaruawahia 3.