:00:28. > :00:31.Well, in theory, the Championship has had a week off, although the
:00:31. > :00:34.reality is that some clubs have been busier than normal.
:00:34. > :00:37.Keith Millen, of course, has parted company with Bristol City, who are
:00:37. > :00:43.yet to name a replacement, while just yesterday Steve Cotterill said
:00:43. > :00:46.goodbye to Portsmouth to become the new manager of Nottingham Forest.
:00:46. > :00:48.So there's plenty for our studio guest Leroy Rosenior to get through
:00:48. > :00:54.this evening. Here's a glimpse of what's coming
:00:54. > :00:56.up from the NPower Football League. It was third versus first at Pride
:00:56. > :00:59.Park today in the battle of the two Nigels.
:00:59. > :01:04.Clough's Derby are flying high this season, but they faced a tough
:01:04. > :01:08.assignment against the team at the top, Adkins' Southampton.
:01:08. > :01:10.Steve Cotterill is on the move. It's bye bye Pompey and hello
:01:10. > :01:13.Nottingham. We'll see how Forest's players
:01:13. > :01:17.reacted to the news of Cotterill's arrival when they travelled to the
:01:17. > :01:20.West Midlands to take on Coventry. So where does that leave
:01:20. > :01:23.Portsmouth? Well, before they assess their
:01:23. > :01:33.managerial options, Pompey had a game to prepare for, with Barnsley
:01:33. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:39.the visitors to Fratton Park. There's no such managerial unsrnty
:01:39. > :01:44.at Southend United. His team have won five league games in a row and
:01:44. > :01:47.he's looking for his fifth man gearal promotion.
:01:47. > :01:50.We start tonight in the East Midlands and the game between Derby
:01:50. > :01:53.County and Southampton. Third-placed Derby had a setback
:01:53. > :01:56.against Leicester City in their last outing, but six wins from
:01:56. > :01:57.their ten league games have propelled Nigel Clough's side into
:01:57. > :02:00.the upper echelons of the Championship.
:02:00. > :02:02.As for the leaders Southampton, well they've spent the last
:02:02. > :02:06.fortnight enjoying their best start to a season for 52 years.
:02:06. > :02:10.At Pride Park for us was Martin At Pride Park for us was Martin
:02:10. > :02:14.Fisher. COMMENTATOR: Attendance and
:02:14. > :02:20.atmosphere that would have many in the Premier League green with envy.
:02:20. > :02:24.It's a 32,000 sellout at Pride Park as two of the early pace setters in
:02:24. > :02:29.the Championship go head-to-head. Derby County sitting third,
:02:29. > :02:39.boosting their best start for 40 years, against top of the table
:02:39. > :02:39.
:02:39. > :03:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:03:24. > :03:34.Southampton, off to a flyer as they Connolly. Snide Lynn in for Cork.
:03:34. > :03:34.
:03:34. > :03:42.He's chasing that. Davis can let it run. Great save by the keeper.
:03:42. > :03:48.Robinson. Derby take the lead just after the two minute mark.
:03:49. > :03:54.Robinson's first goal since the end of August. Good work initially by
:03:54. > :04:01.Ward. Hendrick picking up the piecies. Ben Davis denied by Kelvin.
:04:01. > :04:06.In the right place, at the right time, Theo Robinson to tap it home.
:04:06. > :04:16.The League leaders behind early doors at Pride Park, just the start
:04:16. > :04:23.
:04:23. > :04:27.the manager wanted. Roberts didn't gate shout from anybody at all,
:04:27. > :04:35.neither his captain or his goalkeeper. He will hope nothing
:04:35. > :04:39.comes from this corner kick. It has come a long way, it's come to
:04:39. > :04:47.Lambert. Derby unable to clear their lines at the moment. In the
:04:47. > :04:55.end, Connolly's header had no power in it at all. A simple stop for
:04:55. > :05:01.Fielding. Steady pressure from Southampton. Ward twice in the way.
:05:01. > :05:08.Southampton still come away with the ball. Lambert. It's a lovely
:05:08. > :05:12.ball. Connolly waits in the middle. That's too deep. He can't get there
:05:13. > :05:18.in time. Southampton have to build again. Lovely football, Fielding,
:05:18. > :05:28.what a save. What a save, Frank Fielding. The pressure is building
:05:28. > :05:32.
:05:32. > :05:38.from the league leaders. It's a lovely move this. Fonte and
:05:38. > :05:44.Hooiveld ready to make their moves. Connolly with the shot blocked.
:05:44. > :05:50.Fonte is in there. Off the line, booted away by the goalkeeper,
:05:50. > :05:56.Fielding. Jose Fonte so close here. It's Steve Davies, Derby's top
:05:56. > :06:03.scorer, who gets his body in the way. Several of the white figures
:06:03. > :06:10.on the line. Great movement about this Southampton team. That's a
:06:10. > :06:17.free-kick. Challenge on Connolly. He was trying to poke that one away.
:06:17. > :06:27.He caught the left ankle of the former Irish international. Massive
:06:27. > :06:27.
:06:27. > :06:33.Derby wall. It's Lambert. It's Chaplow and it's over. Every chance
:06:33. > :06:37.that has fallen his way has fallen to his weaker foot, his right.
:06:37. > :06:47.Lambert just trying to drill this under the wall. It fell invitingly
:06:47. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :06:57.for Chaplow. Fielding had it covered., "come on Derby" is the
:06:57. > :07:01.scream from the best part of 30,000 fan as they sense Southampton
:07:01. > :07:07.turning the screw again. This is Cork, Connolly the far side.
:07:07. > :07:12.Chaplow in the box. This is Lambert, given space and time. Rickie
:07:12. > :07:17.Lambert, tame effort. Just trying to curl this one beyond Fielding
:07:17. > :07:26.into the far corner. Six goals in his last five games for Rickie
:07:26. > :07:30.Lambert. All Southampton, Derby can't keep the ball. They have
:07:30. > :07:40.retained their resilience, but for how much longer? Lambert, Connolly.
:07:40. > :07:42.
:07:42. > :07:46.This is Lambert. This is dangerous. eventually. You just knew it was
:07:46. > :07:54.likely to come from the boots of Rickie Lambert. His 11th goal of
:07:54. > :07:57.the season, his ninth in the Championship. Derby's stubborn
:07:57. > :08:02.resistance eventually crumbles. Lambert and Connolly with the
:08:02. > :08:12.approach. Sized up the situation, Lambert, and drills it beyond
:08:12. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :08:29.chance to get beyond Richardson. That's a great ball! Robinson, Ben
:08:29. > :08:30.
:08:30. > :08:36.Davis. It was a terrific centre, fired across by Gareth Robert. It
:08:36. > :08:43.almost fell into the path of Robinson. Kelvin Davis did just
:08:43. > :08:50.enough and Ben Davis denied by the backside of Schneiderlin. Derby
:08:50. > :09:00.save their best to the end. Fonte continues to dominate most things
:09:00. > :09:05.in the air back there. Steve Davies has a blow to the head here. Mark
:09:05. > :09:15.Brown, rather sensibly, call as temporary halt to proceedings.
:09:15. > :09:24.
:09:24. > :09:33.Here's how Steve Davies collected kind of indentation just above his
:09:33. > :09:43.left eyebrow there. Maybe that's what the problem is. Save to say,
:09:43. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :10:01.he will have one heck of a headache going for goal himself. Now, that
:10:01. > :10:11.came off a Southampton foot, this's a corner. -- that's a corner.
:10:11. > :10:18.
:10:18. > :10:22.Fourth Derby corner, Ben Davis with it. Up goes Shackell, cleared.
:10:22. > :10:32.Shackell hasn't scored for Derby since the opening day. He won't
:10:32. > :10:37.
:10:37. > :10:47.come much closer than this, cleared from the line. This is a lovely
:10:47. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:55.cross. They are queuing up. Away off the line. How close was that
:10:56. > :10:59.for Southampton? A lovely centre. Lambert with the header across.
:11:00. > :11:03.Lambert with the header across. Derby scramble it away. Would it be
:11:03. > :11:09.fair to say that the Derby of last season would have buckled sooner
:11:09. > :11:13.than the 60th minute? Possibly. We hang on in there just through our
:11:13. > :11:18.honesty and endeavour. Youngsters who are still improving and
:11:18. > :11:23.learning, Mark O'Brien throws Hyslop head at anything Co have
:11:23. > :11:26.done better leading up to the ground. The league table will
:11:26. > :11:32.fluctuate. We have the right principles on how we want to play
:11:32. > :11:36.football. We pass the ball about. We play out from the back. Good
:11:36. > :11:40.football players. We create opportunities. Entertaining for our
:11:40. > :11:45.supporters. I want to prove to myself that I can play at this
:11:45. > :11:50.level and score goals. I'm very happy with the way it's gone up to
:11:50. > :11:56.now for me personally and the team You put him in that position and
:11:56. > :11:59.he's going to score nine times out of ten. Great finish. We had a few
:11:59. > :12:06.opportunities after that. Ben Davis cleared off the line. Worth a point
:12:06. > :12:11.at least. A point a piece at Pride Park. A great open game this one.
:12:11. > :12:18.Third v first is how it was billed. It looked like it? Enthralling from
:12:18. > :12:24.start to finish. Derby started off at a pace, but Southampton took
:12:24. > :12:27.control. Up until the last-minute it do could have gone anyway.
:12:27. > :12:30.Suggestions from the Southampton camp there was a hint of offside,
:12:30. > :12:36.camp there was a hint of offside, what do you think? Yes, there
:12:36. > :12:42.certainly was. When I first saw it I didn't see. It I had to wait for
:12:42. > :12:48.the re-play. Theo comes back into an offside position after he takes
:12:48. > :12:51.his shot. He was more eagle-eyed than me and spotted it the first
:12:51. > :12:57.time. They deserved it because of the way they approached the game
:12:57. > :13:00.and put Southampton on the back foot. Southampton took the game to
:13:00. > :13:04.Derby country. Rickie Lambert was at the centre of it all. Not
:13:05. > :13:09.surprising to see him score the equalliser? No. They passed the
:13:09. > :13:14.ball extremely well. This is a will havely move. Good one touch play in
:13:14. > :13:18.and around the box. Nice and slick. Fantastic finish. You don't expect
:13:18. > :13:24.him to miss there. Great feet and him to miss there. Great feet and
:13:24. > :13:31.great scoring record. He is looking to prove himself at this level. He
:13:31. > :13:37.scored 11. 2--21 before that, 90 in all in three and a quarter seasons.
:13:37. > :13:42.He is your goal machine? He is. There were doubts over him about
:13:42. > :13:47.his pace. I have seen him since he was a young lad. He has always been
:13:47. > :13:51.able to finish. He has just got better and better with age. If he
:13:51. > :13:55.gets in the position, either with either foot, or with his head, he
:13:55. > :13:59.will always hit the target. He is showing his quality. I should wish
:13:59. > :14:03.Steve Davies the best as he recovers from that fracture above
:14:03. > :14:07.the eyebrow. He is out for six weeks.
:14:07. > :14:09.Let's round-up the rest of the action then from the top end of the
:14:09. > :14:12.Championship and we start with the only unbeaten team in the
:14:12. > :14:15.Championship, Middlesbrough. Boro began the day in second, but
:14:15. > :14:18.their season has stalled somewhat of late on the back of three
:14:18. > :14:24.goalless draws. goalless draws.
:14:24. > :14:26.On Saturday, they faced Millwall. The arrival of a team second from
:14:26. > :14:31.bottom in the table offered Middlesborough the perfect chance
:14:31. > :14:35.to get back to winning ways. They had taken one point on the road all
:14:35. > :14:40.season. The Championship's worst away record. It was no huge
:14:40. > :14:46.surprise to see Middlesborough break their barren spell. Stepping
:14:46. > :14:50.aside as the midfielder did the rest. That fine strike had the home
:14:50. > :14:57.fans in high spirits there was a warning before the break to take
:14:57. > :15:00.nothing for granted as Millwall new boy on-loan from QPR picked out
:15:00. > :15:06.Liam Trotter. All season it had been the same story for the Lions
:15:06. > :15:11.when they had fallen behind they finished up with nothing. A second
:15:11. > :15:21.Middlesborough goal would kill the contest. McDonald's second bite was
:15:21. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:32.ball palmed away by David Forde. Then came the sucker punch. Trotter
:15:32. > :15:38.scored from a set-piece. Deep into stoppage time they almost broke
:15:38. > :15:48.that sequence they were unlucky. It is Middlesborough's best start to
:15:48. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:09.the back of a 5-0 thumping by Bristol City. It is 77 seasons
:16:09. > :16:19.since Blackpool last tasted victory at West Ham. That looked said can -
:16:19. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:28.- to continue when John Carew scored. Sam Baldock made it two. I
:16:28. > :16:36.clear indication as to who may be celebrating an immediate return to
:16:36. > :16:43.the top flight was given minutes later when Sam Baldock added his
:16:44. > :16:51.second. The Hammers were not finished there. McCartney did the
:16:51. > :16:57.hard work. Jack Collison scored the first league bowl in two years.
:16:57. > :17:05.West Ham in second. We got beaten by the better team. They defended
:17:05. > :17:08.better, they attacked better. I defence found it very difficult in
:17:08. > :17:14.the second half to deal with Sam Baldock's movement and John Carew's
:17:14. > :17:24.strength. We were beaten by the better team. The two players up
:17:24. > :17:27.front were the best in our team today. That is always a good sign.
:17:27. > :17:32.Soaring for the first few weeks, Brighton and now getting to grips
:17:32. > :17:40.with the reality of the new division. In terms of travelling
:17:40. > :17:50.teams they do not come much more difficult than Hull. They can count
:17:50. > :17:53.
:17:53. > :18:03.themselves unlucky to draw on the road for the third time running.
:18:03. > :18:06.
:18:06. > :18:14.Craig Mackail-Smith put and Rio -- and Rihanna Basso to the test. --
:18:14. > :18:19.Adriano Basso. The game remained goalless.
:18:19. > :18:24.Michael Chopra joined his Ipswich team-mates for a journey west of
:18:24. > :18:30.the Welsh capital. It was the first time he had faced his former
:18:30. > :18:40.employers since his summer move. But it was Gestede who landed the
:18:40. > :18:41.
:18:41. > :18:45.first goal. Ipswich have had the better of Cardiff in their last
:18:46. > :18:50.five meetings. It was not long before they recovered. Jason
:18:50. > :18:59.Scotland equalising with his excellent strike. Ipswich began to
:18:59. > :19:08.dominate possession. Their superiority was rewarded when it
:19:08. > :19:16.Chopra scored his 5th of the season. Cardiff rallied in search of an
:19:16. > :19:21.equaliser. After initially waving away appeals for hand ball, the
:19:21. > :19:28.referee thought it best to consult his linesman. After much
:19:28. > :19:33.deliberation, penalty was the verdict. Cardiff had a lifeline.
:19:33. > :19:42.Peter Whittingham took responsibility to rescue an
:19:42. > :19:48.unlikely point and spark debate. Both of us chi mack frustrated we
:19:48. > :19:53.did not win it. We started well. Ipswich finished very well. There
:19:53. > :19:57.were chances at both ends. They were maybe a couple of decisions
:19:58. > :20:07.that could have fallen either way. The referee has given them a
:20:08. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:22.lifeline. At times he looked like a Sympathy for Paul Jewell? More than
:20:22. > :20:32.sympathy. It was an awful decision. It hits Carlos on the hand. There
:20:32. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:51.is nothing he can do. You would say that it cost Ipswich. A much needed
:20:51. > :20:52.
:20:53. > :20:59.home performance Brom West Ham. -- from West Ham. A huge relief for a
:20:59. > :21:03.Sam Baldock to get off the mark? is a top-quality player. He will
:21:03. > :21:09.get better. He finishes with confident. He can finish from
:21:09. > :21:15.inside and outside the box. The combination with Karoo up front
:21:15. > :21:25.will be important. -- John Carew. He will bring the best out of John
:21:25. > :21:29.Carew. He will go on from there. West Ham have set down a marker.
:21:29. > :21:39.That is the kind of result that makes you think no - might take
:21:39. > :21:45.
:21:45. > :21:50.notice? West Ham supporters want teams to come and... What a week
:21:50. > :21:59.for Nottingham Forest. They appointed a new manager in Steve
:21:59. > :22:04.Cotterill. He replaced Steve McClaren. Cotterill knows the city
:22:04. > :22:08.of Nottingham pretty well, having led Notts County to promotion two
:22:08. > :22:18.seasons ago. The first set of business for him was to watch his
:22:18. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:31.charge at Coventry. He left that job to rob Kelly. Early on the
:22:31. > :22:39.outcome looked good. Miller brought ass save Eidur of Joe Murphy. The
:22:39. > :22:43.camp was having a quieter day. Coventry had their tails up,
:22:43. > :22:53.pushing forward in search of their first win in five. Jutkiew'z could
:22:53. > :23:02.not be stopped. -- Jutkiewicz. Joe Murphy was stretchered off, leading
:23:02. > :23:08.to an anxious 10 minutes of stoppage time. Forest dropping to
:23:08. > :23:14.the relegation zone. We started the game very brightly,
:23:14. > :23:20.a couple of half chances. In that bright spell you hope to take them
:23:20. > :23:26.up but we did not. It was a fairly even game. They scored from a ball
:23:26. > :23:32.in our box. There was no lack of spirit or determination. We did not
:23:32. > :23:40.create enough. Steve Cotterill sees his new team
:23:40. > :23:45.lose. What of Portsmouth, the team he left behind? Stuart Gray and Guy
:23:45. > :23:51.Whittingham were put in temporary charge of the team. They played
:23:51. > :24:01.Barnsley. Butterfield! Turned away by
:24:01. > :24:01.
:24:01. > :24:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:24:59. > :25:09.The goalkeeper got his hands behind it. A great hit. Came back off the
:25:09. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:25:58. > :26:07.post. Both teams having chances. referee and assistant say no.
:26:08. > :26:42.
:26:42. > :26:52.Foster in front of, not over the instantaneous. The goal, simply
:26:52. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :27:32.double. Fashioned by Kitson, taken save by Stephen Henderson. That was
:27:32. > :27:42.going in. We needed three points today to get everybody back on
:27:42. > :27:48.track. Goals change games. They got the first bowl. They ran the game
:27:48. > :27:54.out quite comfortably. Goals change games. If we had scored first I am
:27:54. > :28:03.sure we would have won. I have to Askew, are you interested in the
:28:04. > :28:11.manager's job? Not at all. We want to help to steer the ship.
:28:11. > :28:17.Whittingham run himself out of the Pompey job. -- ruling. Let's start
:28:17. > :28:23.at the City Ground. Frank Clark comes in as new chairman. How will
:28:23. > :28:26.Steve Cotterill's appointment go down? I think it will go down well.
:28:26. > :28:31.He is enthusiastic, a great He is enthusiastic, a great
:28:31. > :28:37.motivator, a great coach. I think he will turn the doubters around
:28:37. > :28:43.very quickly. If you were in his shoes, what would be one of the
:28:43. > :28:51.first thing she would do? I have seen them play aback five, Bak four.
:28:51. > :28:58.I would get -- four in place straight away. They do seem to be
:28:58. > :29:03.struggling. If he gets the defence in place and works from there, he
:29:03. > :29:11.will move that the club forward. The relationship with Frank Clark
:29:11. > :29:17.is really important. As for Pompey, they are in a more stable position.
:29:17. > :29:25.This is a great job for somebody, isn't it? It is. Just look at the
:29:25. > :29:35.players they have got. The experience. Liam Lawrence, Benjani,
:29:35. > :29:37.
:29:37. > :29:45.Kitson. There is a lot to work with. That was a big result for them.
:29:45. > :29:51.do you see get in the Portsmouth job? I think Billy Davies would be
:29:51. > :29:55.ideal. He has worked at Derby County, Nottingham Forest. He has
:29:55. > :30:00.worked with top-quality players. There are a lot of top quality
:30:00. > :30:05.players at Portsmouth. That could be interesting. On to the rest of
:30:05. > :30:15.the Championship. First, the game that took place on Friday night,
:30:15. > :30:30.
:30:30. > :30:36.Doncaster Rovers against Leeds Leeds United have taken the lead.
:30:36. > :30:46.He was completely unmarked on the edge of the six-yard box. He just
:30:46. > :31:09.
:31:09. > :31:13.dropped off, sneaked away from everybody. What a great goal.
:31:13. > :31:23.McCormack Gets the second for Leeds. That's 10 for the season for him.
:31:23. > :31:52.
:31:52. > :32:02.three. He has been a tower of strength at the back, and now in
:32:02. > :32:36.
:32:36. > :32:43.the opposition penalty area, he has There was nothing in the game until
:32:43. > :32:49.we conceded from what was just a simple cross into the box. We do
:32:49. > :32:55.not get chances like that. Good teams do not concede goals like
:32:55. > :33:00.that. If you want to do anything in this league, you're going to have
:33:00. > :33:04.to win games away from home. Ipswich, we lost but we should have
:33:04. > :33:09.got something. You have to get points on the board. In the next
:33:09. > :33:18.few weeks we have got midweek games coming up as well. The points tally
:33:18. > :33:24.coming up as well. The points tally can quickly go forward. Dougie
:33:24. > :33:30.Freedman brought his Crystal Palace side to Vicarage Road, hoping to
:33:30. > :33:36.improve on a poor recent one of results. Watford nearly went ahead
:33:36. > :33:41.early on. There wasn't much to choose between the sides until
:33:41. > :33:45.Crystal Palace took the lead in some style. Wilfried Zaha had
:33:45. > :33:51.plenty to do, but it was a wonderful finish. You can see why
:33:51. > :34:01.he has his suitors. The highly- rated 18-year-old then had a chance
:34:01. > :34:05.
:34:05. > :34:11.to get his second. Palace had to wait until time added on to get
:34:11. > :34:18.their second, and it came from Jermaine Easter. They move up to
:34:18. > :34:23.eighth after this win. Watford have lost three of their last four.
:34:23. > :34:27.Bristol City are gearing up for a busy few days off the field. The
:34:27. > :34:34.man who will replace Keith Millen should be known by the end of the
:34:34. > :34:41.week. It has not been much of a show so far this season for the
:34:41. > :34:47.fans at Ashton Gate. The Peterborough goalkeeper was a busy
:34:47. > :34:57.man in the first half. Here, he kept Brett Pitman at bay. City were
:34:57. > :35:03.
:35:03. > :35:08.not playing like a side propping up Ferguson admitted his players were
:35:08. > :35:14.off the pace in the first half. City's inability to take their
:35:14. > :35:22.chances would come back to haunt them. Six minutes after the break,
:35:22. > :35:27.Peterborough made a mockery of the home side's dominance. Now,
:35:27. > :35:30.Peterborough were firm favourites to win the match. They had been
:35:30. > :35:40.boosted by Lee Tom Mullins' unexpectedly rapid return from an
:35:40. > :35:45.
:35:45. > :35:55.ankle injury. -- Lee Tomlin. Elliott got on the scoresheet for
:35:55. > :36:06.
:36:06. > :36:16.Bristol City, but it was not enough. these two have been two of the
:36:16. > :36:17.
:36:17. > :36:25.under-achievers in the league so far. Burnley had the assistant
:36:25. > :36:30.referee to thank for ruling this one out. Ryan Hall dealt much
:36:30. > :36:39.better with this effort, but there was not much else to shout about in
:36:39. > :36:42.the first half. Jay Tabb was caught square in the face by this
:36:42. > :36:52.clearance from the goalkeeper. He left the field in a neck brace, and
:36:52. > :36:54.
:36:54. > :36:58.was replaced by a Jem Karacan. Brian McDermott's side were then
:36:58. > :37:08.denied what looked like a clear-cut penalty. The freezing players were
:37:08. > :37:10.
:37:10. > :37:13.not impressed. In the 9th minute of time added on, freezing got the
:37:13. > :37:22.winner. They're now unbeaten in winner. They're now unbeaten in
:37:22. > :37:29.five. That Reading goal almost as late as this show, but not quite!
:37:29. > :37:34.We can pick out a couple of these fantastic goals from Crystal Palace.
:37:35. > :37:41.Yes, they have got some good, young players, being managed very well by
:37:41. > :37:51.Dougie Freedman. That was Wilfried Zaha, and this one, someone
:37:51. > :37:54.
:37:54. > :37:57.slightly more experienced, Jermaine Easter. I'm a south London boy, and
:37:57. > :38:07.if you drive through south London, you can feel the buzz about Crystal
:38:07. > :38:07.
:38:07. > :38:13.Palace. Lots of good stuff going on there. Bristol City remain bottom,
:38:14. > :38:18.coming unstuck against Peterborough. Darren Ferguson said they were
:38:18. > :38:24.lucky to come away with the points. Huge decision for the board at
:38:24. > :38:29.Bristol City, this one. What about Derek McInnes? Apparently he's come
:38:29. > :38:33.in for talks. There could be a couple of others as well. I think
:38:33. > :38:38.they would all be good managers. The players need a new voice, and
:38:38. > :38:42.hopefully that will come quickly. They need to get it right. The
:38:42. > :38:50.important thing, the fans stayed with the team today, even though
:38:50. > :38:55.they lost. Moving into League One now. Charlton moved three points
:38:55. > :39:05.clear in the week. They have the chance to increase their lead today,
:39:05. > :39:11.
:39:11. > :39:17.League One this season, it was appropriate that it took one of
:39:17. > :39:26.their old boys to finally sink them. Had to Charlton avoided defeat
:39:26. > :39:29.today, it would have meant 13 games unbeaten, but this miss from
:39:29. > :39:33.Bradley Wright-Phillips suggested it was not going to be their day.
:39:33. > :39:40.Stevenage have also defeated Sheffield Wednesday this season.
:39:40. > :39:47.They tend to do better against the big boys. It took a magnificent
:39:47. > :39:54.save to finally deny Charlton. Another scalp for Stevenage, who
:39:54. > :39:59.will wish they could play like this every week. We have beaten some big
:39:59. > :40:03.sides here in recent times, it is no surprise to us to win the game.
:40:03. > :40:09.But we have dropped our levelled too often in recent weeks. It is
:40:09. > :40:14.nice to get back to winning ways. Our last four games, the goals we
:40:14. > :40:20.have conceded have been two penalties and two deflected goals.
:40:20. > :40:30.When you're on the run that we are in, it was always going to take a
:40:30. > :40:32.
:40:32. > :40:37.deflection or something like that. Following his two goal performance
:40:37. > :40:43.for Scotland's under-21s earlier this week, Jordan Rhodes was
:40:43. > :40:53.returned to the starting XI Roman by Lee Clark, and it proved to be a
:40:53. > :40:54.
:40:54. > :41:00.good move. He raced on to this through-ball to get his first.
:41:00. > :41:07.Huddersfield were rampant, creating chances at will. Exeter were
:41:07. > :41:16.struggling to cope. Jordan Rhodes' last hat-trick was against Exeter
:41:17. > :41:25.two years ago this week, and he repeated the feat. In the final
:41:25. > :41:35.minute, he capped a terrific performance, nodding in his nineth
:41:35. > :41:39.
:41:39. > :41:45.unbeaten home record on the line against Bournemouth, who were
:41:45. > :41:52.looking to make it four games undefeated on their travels. Angelo
:41:52. > :42:00.Balanta put his side up just before half-time. Then, Thomas was given
:42:00. > :42:06.all the space he needed to equalise. With 17 minutes remaining, Gary
:42:06. > :42:12.MacKenzie gifted possession to Thomas, who got his fourth goal for
:42:12. > :42:17.Bournemouth. But the lead did not last long. Clinton Morrison had two
:42:17. > :42:25.Gulls in two games before today, and he made it three in three.
:42:25. > :42:30.Again, he benefited from some suspect marking. I thought we had
:42:30. > :42:37.enough chances to win two games. It was horrific defending for two
:42:37. > :42:41.goals. It is funny how hard we have to work for our goals, and we gift
:42:41. > :42:51.teams their goals. On a day of shock results in League One,
:42:51. > :42:56.
:42:56. > :43:03.Walsall's defeat of Preston was another one. Preston lost Neil
:43:03. > :43:07.Mellor to injury. They could not even make their extra man count,
:43:07. > :43:11.following this second yellow card for Martin. It is now back-to-back
:43:11. > :43:21.defeats for Preston, for whom that seven-match winning streak suddenly
:43:21. > :43:27.feels like a distant memory. A local derby, this one, between
:43:28. > :43:36.Chesterfield and Notts County. Ben Burgess leapt highest to get the
:43:36. > :43:43.opener. The second came before the break, through Alan Judge, with a
:43:43. > :43:48.clinical finish. John Yeah! Changed his formation, and it brought a
:43:48. > :43:53.swift reward. Craig Westcarr cut the deficit with his third of the
:43:53. > :43:58.campaign. With time ticking down, just a field pushed for an
:43:58. > :44:08.equaliser, but County took advantage of space at the back,
:44:08. > :44:28.
:44:28. > :44:38.their own fans since August. But they went ahead in the Swan, for
:44:38. > :44:45.room... There was a second yellow card for this challenge. Despite
:44:45. > :44:51.being down to 10 men for the remainder of the game, Scunthorpe
:44:51. > :44:57.held on for a point, keeping their first clean sheet in 25 matches. A
:44:57. > :45:01.few weeks ago, Hartlepool were looking invincible, but after five
:45:01. > :45:11.leak wins on the spin, it is now three straight defeats. This one
:45:11. > :45:18.
:45:18. > :45:26.came against Wycombe. Wanderers have lost seven of their previous
:45:26. > :45:36.nine, but they put this result beyond doubt thanks to Sam Collins'
:45:36. > :45:37.
:45:37. > :45:47.comical own-goal. There was to be a consolation goal for the home side.
:45:47. > :45:53.
:45:53. > :46:00.top half of the league. Those struggles continued against
:46:00. > :46:08.Carlisle. Their cause was not helped by the dismissal of Belson
:46:08. > :46:12.and the first half. The Cumbrians made the extra body count. Liam
:46:12. > :46:20.Noble showed premier-league quality to give his team the lead. The
:46:20. > :46:30.celebrations more dubious. The result was almost assured when Jon
:46:30. > :46:35.Paul McGovern made it two. There was still time to ensure the 340
:46:35. > :46:44.mile trip back home would be a happy one. Danny Livesey scored a
:46:44. > :46:48.third. Colchester came flying out of the
:46:48. > :46:58.blocks against Rochdale. Henderson fired them ahead after three
:46:58. > :47:01.
:47:01. > :47:11.minutes. 10 minutes later Odejayi I doubled their advantage. At this
:47:11. > :47:17.
:47:17. > :47:26.stage Colchester riding the crest of a wave. Up when guide saw raid.
:47:26. > :47:35.-- Okuonghae. Rochdale pulled one back before half-time. Holness was
:47:35. > :47:45.the scorer. Just when it looked as if Colchester had done enough, Gary
:47:45. > :47:46.
:47:46. > :47:54.Jones fired an equaliser with two Maria -- minutes remaining.
:47:54. > :48:04.It was a local a lad who settled Tranmere's game with Oldham. Baxter,
:48:04. > :48:20.
:48:20. > :48:29.crawl their way up the table. One goal was all it needed to beat Bury,
:48:29. > :48:39.Cox the scorer. Bury were playing with confidence. They give Orient a
:48:39. > :48:41.
:48:41. > :48:48.late scare, Jones rattling the The standard result has got to be
:48:48. > :48:55.Stevenage beating Charlton. You get the impression Graham Westley
:48:55. > :49:03.enjoys playing some of the big teams? He certainly does. So do his
:49:03. > :49:13.players. Stacy Long got a good goal. He is a former Charlton player as
:49:13. > :49:18.well. The first loss for Charlton. They will come Bak. What a great
:49:18. > :49:24.few days for Jordan Rhodes at Huddersfield. Two hat-tricks for a
:49:24. > :49:31.club and country. 10 goals in four games. It is a purple patch he will
:49:31. > :49:38.do well to replicate again? He is absolutely flying. It is a perfect
:49:38. > :49:45.hat-trick. The left foot, right foot and that header. He can do no
:49:45. > :49:55.wrong. First away win for two mums for Wycombe. Gary Waddle will put
:49:55. > :49:58.
:49:58. > :50:05.on hold his search for a goalscorer. This is a beauty from Stuart Beavon.
:50:05. > :50:13.A good away win for Wycombe. Notts County flying. Suddenly talk of
:50:13. > :50:19.promotion may not be as perfect as some thought. Absolutely not. The
:50:19. > :50:26.striker's starting to score. The important thing is that Martin, I
:50:26. > :50:31.hope he does not mind me saying, has matured in the way he Hayes
:50:31. > :50:38.managing a football club. He is letting the players do the talking.
:50:38. > :50:48.They have been accredited. Walsall get their first win in eight. No
:50:48. > :50:54.mean feat. When they went ahead, I thought they would throw it away.
:50:54. > :51:03.Certainly when I saw the sending off. They held a vote against a
:51:03. > :51:07.good Preston team. -- they held out. A wobble for Preston. The form team
:51:08. > :51:14.going into the weekend were Southend United at the top of
:51:14. > :51:24.League 2. Clement joined the bumper crowd on Saturday for the visit of
:51:24. > :51:29.
:51:29. > :51:34.fellow promotion chasers more come. years for Southend. There is
:51:34. > :51:38.nothing like a few wins to put smiles back on faces. The architect
:51:38. > :51:45.of their success is Paul Sturrock, who has managed promotion with St
:51:45. > :51:52.Johnstone, Plymouth, Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon Town. The
:51:52. > :51:57.early Symes are that maybe he is about to do it again. -- signs. Did
:51:57. > :52:01.you get a feeling in the summer this might be Ure year? It was
:52:01. > :52:11.depending on what signings I managed to make. That would be the
:52:11. > :52:23.
:52:23. > :52:30.deciding factor in how we would manager. You clearly love it?
:52:30. > :52:37.the day today aspect. It is being on the training ground. A lot of
:52:38. > :52:44.managers at my age take a back seat. I am pleased I can still do it.
:52:44. > :52:54.beard is gone. I feel two stone lighter! Footballer in smartcard
:52:54. > :53:03.shock! What is it like playing for your old man? At the training
:53:03. > :53:08.ground he is not bad. -- he is not Daddy. He sleeps it, he eat it, he
:53:08. > :53:16.dreams it. I am not exaggerating. It is constant. It is the biggest
:53:16. > :53:22.thing his life. Not that the locals need to much encouragement, but
:53:22. > :53:27.with the club announcing entry for a fiver for this match, they are
:53:28. > :53:33.anticipating their best crowd For a couple of years. At the start of
:53:33. > :53:43.last season used David off a winding-up order. Now top of the
:53:43. > :53:45.
:53:45. > :53:48.league. How quickly things change? Yes, it has been good. Me and Paul
:53:48. > :53:57.had at Torquay in January. Changed that philosophy. Different players
:53:57. > :54:04.coming in. Things coming together. There is a little bit of pressure
:54:05. > :54:08.to succeed and not be a failure. The usual football banter!
:54:08. > :54:15.thought you have had your Roy of the Rovers moment at Millwall. Here
:54:15. > :54:22.you go again with your boyhood heroes. It is. Millwall is in my
:54:22. > :54:27.blood now. But I have come here for a new challenge. It is the Saturday
:54:27. > :54:37.afternoon thrill. It is walking out in front of 2000 people. I did not
:54:37. > :54:42.
:54:42. > :54:49.want to be sitting on the bench or in the stand. Is this more come?
:54:49. > :54:59.Are you sure? It is a difficult game today. I am confident we can
:54:59. > :55:04.
:55:04. > :55:14.match was bowl this at half-time. It took just eight minutes of the
:55:14. > :55:19.second period for big goal. Phil Jevons gave the visitors the lead.
:55:19. > :55:24.He clearly enjoyed that one. 20 minutes later he went from hero to
:55:24. > :55:34.villain. An apparently innocuous challenge led to a free kick.
:55:34. > :55:34.
:55:34. > :55:41.However, he was punished for his reaction. A skilful led to a push
:55:41. > :55:46.on Grant and Jevons was shown a straight red card. The wayside
:55:46. > :55:51.would have to hold on for 15 minutes with ten men. It did not
:55:51. > :56:01.take long for Southend to capitalise. Drummond and look away
:56:01. > :56:01.
:56:02. > :56:08.now. He scored an own goal to level seven minutes from time.
:56:09. > :56:15.Last season we would have lost that game. The first half was a non-
:56:15. > :56:20.event. They made it difficult. We did not help ourselves. I hold my
:56:20. > :56:24.hand up in the way that we set out for the second half. We left
:56:24. > :56:30.ourselves open. They scored. Sometimes managers have to admit
:56:30. > :56:40.when they make mistakes. The two substitutions gave us a little bit
:56:40. > :56:41.
:56:41. > :56:46.Is there an art about what Paul Sturrock does, building clubs up
:56:46. > :56:55.and seen them over the finish line? Yes, his identification of players
:56:55. > :56:59.is exceptional, especially at that level. He has done it for many
:56:59. > :57:04.years. He is very good at it. It was no surprise when I saw Michael
:57:04. > :57:09.that he put the team together at Southend and they have done well.
:57:09. > :57:15.He is proven at this level? Paul always wants to prove something to
:57:15. > :57:21.himself. He lungs the challenge. When he took the job at Southend I
:57:21. > :57:27.was surprised. He had an illness. I thought he wanted to take it easy.
:57:27. > :57:33.Not Paul Sturrock. He is relishing the challenge. Good luck to him. As
:57:33. > :57:43.for the teams trying to over also then at the top, two of them met,
:57:43. > :57:51.
:57:51. > :58:01.League 2 after shrugging off a few academic -- epidemic do beat
:58:01. > :58:02.
:58:02. > :58:07.Shrewsbury. Torres opened the scoring. Crawley dominated this
:58:07. > :58:17.top-of-the-table clash. Howell scored the second goal just before
:58:17. > :58:18.
:58:18. > :58:25.half-time. Mark Wright pulled one back for Shrewsbury later on.
:58:25. > :58:30.Town's promotion challenge looks in rude health. It is a difficult week.
:58:30. > :58:34.Shrewsbury are an excellent team. We all know that we should have
:58:35. > :58:42.been four or 5 ahead at half-time. But if you do not kill the
:58:42. > :58:48.opposition off, they come bat. back. Wimbledon met a Crewe side
:58:48. > :58:53.who made the most of their chances. Jolley was guilty of missing an
:58:53. > :59:01.open net. It was a memorable day for Nik Powell, who scored his
:59:01. > :59:07.opening goal in league football. The home side increased their
:59:07. > :59:15.performance and levelled after an hour. This time Jolley could not
:59:15. > :59:25.miss. One apiece and game on. The equaliser galvanised the visitors.
:59:25. > :59:32.They struck the next blow, Dugdale putting the Roman back in front. --
:59:32. > :59:40.rare women. Wimbledon were hit by a sucker punch to make -- two minutes
:59:40. > :59:45.from time when Leitch-Smith scored. Oxford have won their last three
:59:45. > :59:51.matches away from home. They were looking to strengthen their
:59:51. > :59:54.promotion push. Macclesfield took the lead, Diagne scoring. After
:59:54. > :59:58.back-to-back victories, they were looking to win three on the spin
:59:58. > :00:03.for the first time in more than three years. They were seconds away
:00:03. > :00:13.from doing that. But deep into stoppage time Robert Hall levelled
:00:13. > :00:21.
:00:21. > :00:31.the scores. Oxford unbeaten in wins in a row. This inviting cross
:00:31. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:37.was gleefully converted, and there were on the way to victory. Spencer
:00:37. > :00:46.confirmed the points with his third goal in as many matches. On this
:00:46. > :00:56.evidence, a push for automatic promotion could be possible. Port
:00:56. > :00:59.
:00:59. > :01:09.Vale were first out of the traps on Friday night. Pope claim their
:01:09. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:16.first goal of the game. Port Vale's second came from midfielder Anthony
:01:16. > :01:20.Griffith, who had not scored in almost a year. They were looking to
:01:20. > :01:30.take advantage of a side who were staring back-to-back defeats in the
:01:30. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:37.face. That was rubber-stamped before the break, with McCombe
:01:37. > :01:42.getting the third. It is more than a year since Torquay have lost
:01:42. > :01:51.back-to-back matches, but after defeat at Bradford last time out,
:01:51. > :01:59.it was a possibility. It looked ominous when Jo Kuffour got his
:01:59. > :02:06.first. He then got another 16 minutes before half-time. Torquay
:02:06. > :02:10.have a proud home record, with just one defeat in 17 matches, and they
:02:10. > :02:16.got back into this one just two minutes after the break, through
:02:16. > :02:26.defender Chris Robertson. Four minutes later, the comeback was
:02:26. > :02:36.complete. Gillingham were given the chance to retake the lead from the
:02:36. > :02:44.
:02:44. > :02:49.penalty spot, after Jo Kuffour was fouled. It was converted by Rooney.
:02:49. > :02:57.Torquay looked for another equaliser, but were susceptible to
:02:57. > :03:02.the counter-attack. 12 minutes from time, the Gills went up the other
:03:02. > :03:12.end and scored through West Ham loanee frank noble. By this stage,
:03:12. > :03:34.
:03:34. > :03:42.winning ways for Bristol rivers. Scott McGleish spearheaded the new,
:03:42. > :03:46.three-man strike force. Rendell was offering the Pirates another
:03:46. > :03:56.striking option, winning them this penalty, which was converted by
:03:56. > :04:00.
:04:00. > :04:07.Scott McGleish. They extended their lead three minutes later. It was
:04:07. > :04:13.breathless stuff at the Memorial Ground, and Rotherham's revival
:04:13. > :04:23.began with Jason Taylor's goal. Then Danny Schofield got one as
:04:23. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:31.well, but disaster was about to strike. This was a straight red for
:04:31. > :04:39.the two-footed tackle. Less than a minute later, the Pirates made the
:04:39. > :04:49.points safe. Their biggest win under this current management was
:04:49. > :05:10.
:05:10. > :05:16.fun run this week, Paolo Di Canio completed his half-marathon, and
:05:16. > :05:21.was no worse to wear. His side made the early running against
:05:21. > :05:27.Accrington, the first goal coming from Jake Jervis. This week, the
:05:27. > :05:37.1:visited his former club West Ham to sign a Colombian striker for the
:05:37. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:49.month. And he scored to confirm all three points. -- Paolo Di Canio.
:05:49. > :05:54.Someone's losing streak had to come to an end in this one. It was the
:05:54. > :05:57.away side who struck first, through Danny Hylton. Half-time provided a
:05:57. > :06:07.wake-up call for Barnet, who were given the chance to level just
:06:07. > :06:09.
:06:09. > :06:19.after the hour. Campbell was only introduced as a substitute at half-
:06:19. > :06:20.
:06:20. > :06:28.time, but he was having a big impact on proceedings. With just
:06:28. > :06:34.over 10 minutes remaining, we are Holmes scored his third goal in
:06:34. > :06:44.three matches. After the game, Dean Holdsworth did not speak to the
:06:44. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:07.Dagenham in League One. But they are progressing under Karl Fletcher,
:07:07. > :07:11.
:07:11. > :07:14.not least 16-year-old Matt Lecointe. But there Pilgrims still have
:07:15. > :07:23.plenty to improve upon, particularly their defending of set
:07:23. > :07:33.pieces. The Daggers found a route back into the game. This time it
:07:33. > :07:38.
:07:38. > :07:44.was John nurse, at the far post. But there was a sting in the tail.
:07:44. > :07:54.Vassell Was hauled down in the box. Penalty. Simon Walton converted, to
:07:54. > :08:01.
:08:01. > :08:06.make it seven points out of 12 for came 11 minutes from time. Harry
:08:06. > :08:12.Bell's strong run was ended by Michael Flynn. Although it appeared
:08:12. > :08:16.to be just accidental contact, the referee decided it was a second
:08:16. > :08:26.yellow card. Stephen Lesley rubbed salt into the wound from the free
:08:26. > :08:32.
:08:32. > :08:38.kick. Victory was assured in the final minute, when the black Paul
:08:38. > :08:42.loanee Barkhuizen got on the scoresheet for the second week in a
:08:42. > :08:48.row. Plymouth thought they had got off the bottom, but before they
:08:48. > :08:58.know it, Hereford win as well. they cannot worry about what is
:08:58. > :09:01.
:09:01. > :09:05.happening elsewhere. Credit to Hereford. You just feel that these
:09:05. > :09:09.two sides have got to concentrate on picking up points consistently,
:09:09. > :09:17.which they have not done this season, and if they do that, they
:09:17. > :09:19.season, and if they do that, they would get out of trouble. As for
:09:20. > :09:25.would get out of trouble. As for Stephen Evans at Crawley, he wanted
:09:25. > :09:29.a monster performance against Shrewsbury, and he really got it.
:09:29. > :09:35.He built this game up, he said it was their biggest game of the
:09:35. > :09:40.season, and he was right. It seems that Tom Eastmond has come in from
:09:40. > :09:46.Colchester on loan, and they are not conceding as many goals. Still
:09:46. > :09:49.early in the season, though, I'm sure Shrewsbury will come back and
:09:49. > :09:58.does two sides will be there or thereabouts at the end of the
:09:58. > :10:08.season. AFC Wimbledon could have ended the day top of the league if
:10:08. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:23.Incredible performances from Gillingham and Bristol Rovers as
:10:23. > :10:33.well. Good results for both those teams. Before we signed off, let's
:10:33. > :11:04.
:11:04. > :11:11.Huddersfield are now the only unbeaten side in the division.
:11:12. > :11:21.Notts County go third. Exeter, Yeovil and Chesterfield or suffered
:11:22. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:31.West Ham were the big winners of the day in the Championship. Today
:11:31. > :11:35.they were the only team in the top six to pick up all three points.
:11:35. > :11:45.Leicester have got a chance to move into fifth if they can beat
:11:45. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:02.If you missed any of tonight's goals, the show can be seen on
:12:02. > :12:12.Freeview and told to 20 5:00am, and on the red button until 6am.
:12:12. > :12:16.Failing that, it is on the iPlayer all week. There is plenty of
:12:16. > :12:23.football for you on Sunday. I am going to St Andrews for that match
:12:23. > :12:25.between Birmingham and Leicester City. We kick off at 12:50pm. And