P142 CEEFAX 142  Sun 19 Dec  14:45/34
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                              
                                        
 Second Division leaders QPR had their  
 lead chipped away when they crashed 4-0
 away to fellow promotion chasers Wolves
                                        
 After Humphrey had put Wolves ahead,   
 Rangers were sunk bz a three goal blast
 in 27 minutes.                         
                                        
 Clarke notched Wolves's second, Palmer 
 gsa"bed the third with a penalty and   
 Dodd completed the rout near the end.  
                                        
 Leicester rejoined the promotion race  
 with their third successive win - 2-1  
 at home to Oldh!m. In the second-half  
 Leicester went ahead with a McDonald   
 penalty and Friar's sixth goal of the  
 season. Wzldj netted late on for Oldham
                                        
                                        
   P142 CEEFAX 142  Sun 19 Dec  14:43/19
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                              
                                        
 In front of their biggest home crowd of
 13,207, Derby hung on for a point in a 
 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.          
                                        
 Derby went ahead in the 20th minute    
 with ex-Palace man Swindlehurst setting
 up Richards for a well-struck volley.  
                                        
 Langley equalisjd in the 40th minute as
 Palace gained control. Despite coming  
 under incessant late pressure, Derby   
 held out.                              
                                        
 Newcastle looked like g!ining their    
 first win at Sheffield Wednesd!y for   
 12 years when Varadi put them ahead in 
 the 36th minute. But Wjdnjsd!y earned a
 draw with Megson's 56th minute effort. 
                                        
                                        
   P142 CJEFAX 142  Sun 19 Dec  14:41/25
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                              
                                        
 Danish international Alan Simonsjn was 
 on the mark again for Charlton as the  
 Londoners held on to "eat Barnsley 3-2.
                                        
 Derek Hales scored both Charlton's     
 other goals, with Glavin and Callaghan 
 on the mark for Barnsley.              
                                        
 Fulham's promotion push was checked in 
 a 3-2 defeat at Carlisle. Fulham led   
 twice through Lewington (pin) and      
 O'Eriscoll, but Carlisle hit back with 
 goals bz Shoulder (2) and Bannon.      
                                        
 Leeds played in jront of their lowest  
 crowd since November 1961 when a mere  
 8,741 turned up to watch a             
 disappointing 1-1 draw with Shrews"try.
                                        
                                        
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                              
                                        
 Third Division leaders Lincoln followed
 England's lead in winning 9-0,         
 Bournemouth "jink their luckless       
 victims.                               
                                        
 It was the jirst time since 1964 that  
 a team had won by a nine-goal margin   
 in the Ljaguj.                         
                                        
 Two Lincoln players notched hat-tricks 
 - Hobson and Bell - with Cockerill     
 netting twice and Brignull scoring the 
 other goal.                            
                                        
 Bury, top of the Fourth Division, were 
 shaken by Bristol City, who held them  
 to a 2-2 draw. City pulled level after 
 Bury had cruised into a 2-0 lead.