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We saw a real feather in the cap for the Npower Football League this | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
week, after Wilfried Zaha got his first England cap, with a brief | :00:46. | :00:56. | |
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cameo performance against Sweden. Done four Peterborough players have | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
been told that they should concentrate on the pitch. Elsewhere, | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
there's a new face to the managerial ranks, as John Hughes | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
took up the reigns at Hartlepool. While four Peterborough players | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
have been told in no uncertain terms that the only bar they should | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
concentrate on is on the football pitch. Well, Steve's here to | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
reflect on today's champagne moments. With plenty more on | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
tonight's menu. It was second versus third in the Championship | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
title race today, as Cardiff attempted a record equalling ninth | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
straight home win against the division's form side, Middlesbrough. | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
A he's arguably English football's brightest prospect. In the week | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
that the 20-year-old wunderkind made his England debut, I'm at | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
Selhurst Park, to take a closer look at the footballing phenomenon. | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
Plenty for Darren Ferguson to contend with at the minute. On the | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
pitch, three consecutive defeats mean Peterborough are once again | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
mired in the relegation zone. Could they stop the rot at home to | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
Blackburn? And we've the best of the action | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
from Friday night's game from League One, as leaders Tranmere | :01:53. | :02:01. | |
entertained MK Dons. Apart from Cardiff Castle, it seems | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
there's another fortress in the Welsh capital. With the Bluebirds | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
looking to make it a club record nine wins from nine at the Cardiff | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
City Stadium. But standing in their way were the Championship's form | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
team, Middlesbrough, who hadn't lost since the 29th of September. | :02:14. | :02:23. | |
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having tunnel vision this weekend, this is undoubtedly the match up on | :02:25. | :02:35. | |
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which started its victory against Hull, an injury to Kevin Merk | :02:43. | :02:53. | |
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Lorton. -- McNorton. Middlesbrough shows three changes from their win | :02:57. | :03:07. | |
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can look to come for it themselves. Support from Gunnarsson. Three red | :03:36. | :03:45. | |
shirts in the penalty hairier -- penalty area. Haroun back defending. | :03:45. | :03:53. | |
No nor for attacking, the Belgian. Helping out his defenders. | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
Dangerous, and it is headed in, right on the line, by Connolly. | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
Back in the starting line-up, and back in the goals, his 4th of the | :04:05. | :04:12. | |
season. Cardiff City have taken the lead inside 19 minutes. A dangers | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
delivery by Whittingham, Connolly completely unmarked at the back | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
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post. An easy finish for the struck really cleanly. Accuracy | :04:33. | :04:43. | |
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slightly off. But, no challenge spotting Marshall of his line. Good | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
vision from the Middlesbrough captain. Almost catching out | :04:54. | :05:03. | |
Marshall. He is known to strike a ball cleanly, Leadbitter. The | :05:03. | :05:13. | |
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Malaysia and owner of Cardiff City football club. -- Malaysian. That | :05:13. | :05:22. | |
was a foul by a Ralls. He hasn't had much time to settle in, he got | :05:22. | :05:32. | |
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woodwork. Marshall was not expecting that one. He was well | :05:39. | :05:49. | |
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in, but Donald to equalise. Or roles, squander the opportunity, | :06:02. | :06:10. | |
and it is the latter. What a delight for bought in by Ledesma. | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
The finish, though, not being executed by mcdonald macro, and | :06:15. | :06:25. | |
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borough have been denied again. -- Hudson, and he couldn't keep it | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
down. And both players have come away with sore heads. A decent | :06:43. | :06:53. | |
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delivery from the left foot of taken up by Leadbitter. That is, at | :06:57. | :07:04. | |
the very least, a yellow card, and I suspect that will be the case. It | :07:04. | :07:11. | |
wasn't a goalscoring opportunity. It was very much a foul by | :07:11. | :07:18. | |
Leadbitter. A chance now for Cardiff. To extend their lead. Back | :07:18. | :07:24. | |
to 11 men. All the way through, at Steele was there watching it | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
intently come through a crowd of players. Cardiff coming very close | :07:29. | :07:39. | |
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Ledesma. Unable to find the target. Been fed a delightful ball over the | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
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top by Ledesma, struck cleanly but penalty? No, says the referee. An | :08:08. | :08:14. | |
immediate reaction from the referee, Langford. Mason going down. The | :08:14. | :08:24. | |
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hit the hole behind the goal. It Middlesbrough are a good team. We | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
knew it was going to be similar to last week, where we were going to | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
be absolutely in the game. Unfortunately, we had three | :09:01. | :09:10. | |
injuries today. A youngster making his debut, Nugent, who was | :09:10. | :09:17. | |
magnificent as centre-back. We knew that as the game went on, those | :09:17. | :09:25. | |
youngsters showed real maturity. you feel hard done by today? We did | :09:25. | :09:31. | |
threaten their goal a lot in the second half. The keeper made a few | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
saves. We made a few decisions which could have been better. It | :09:36. | :09:43. | |
was a good performance. Fiona was here, he enjoyed himself. He has | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
been here every week, he has missed one of the 9th which is a testament | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
to him and our chairman, to fly in. I talk to him every week. There is | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
a transparency there. They have been big supporters of the club for | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
three years, before Red Ed came. They are really trying to embrace | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
the people of Cardiff. I am delighted for them as well. | :10:08. | :10:15. | |
Both sides had chances to win the contest. It goes down as a night | :10:15. | :10:21. | |
consisted home when for Cardiff. They have had to do it the hard way. | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
They lost another couple of players today. | :10:24. | :10:30. | |
Big players for them. He will be pleased to have got this out of the | :10:30. | :10:38. | |
way. A tricky time. Middlesbrough certainly held their own. Another | :10:39. | :10:45. | |
professional performance from Cardiff. They made the brightest | :10:45. | :10:55. | |
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Middlesbrough perspective. Gunnarsson have almost bullies | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
Steele, he couldn't come out. Connolly was not marked at any | :11:03. | :11:11. | |
stage. Look at Connolly on his own. It was a free header. He should be | :11:11. | :11:18. | |
marked. That is why Leadbitter has picketed his position, and now, all | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
of a sudden, just after that, Leadbitter stands in front of the | :11:23. | :11:29. | |
keeper, it gives him that protection. So if the ball does | :11:29. | :11:35. | |
land, he can get it. It was a great delivery and a great finish. Still | :11:35. | :11:43. | |
something Tony Mowbray will be Middlesbrough, their first defeat | :11:43. | :11:49. | |
in 10. Malky Mackay said, another team which came to them, played | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
some good stuff which is what he expected. With the players they | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
have got missing in Cardiff, there are areas where they would have | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
thought they would have more position. So they have to play a | :12:01. | :12:09. | |
different type of game. He's being linked with a move to a host of | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
Premier League clubs and has been slapped with a 20 million pound | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
price tag. Having just made his England debut, Crystal Palace | :12:15. | :12:18. | |
striker Wilfried Zaha is on the verge of reaching the very top. | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
Clem was at Selhurst today, as the 20 year old prepared for the visit | :12:22. | :12:32. | |
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He has been south London's best- kept secret Tattoo macro seasons. | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
Now the whole of English football is talking about southern, and it's | :12:38. | :12:48. | |
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not hard to see why. He -- about Zaha. | :12:49. | :12:58. | |
Hears the best player I have ever seen. You see other players not | :12:58. | :13:04. | |
even attempt what he attempts. he has got an England call up, it | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
is a good time to be a Crystal Palace fan. He is just too good. | :13:09. | :13:15. | |
He he has just turned 20, what a phenomenal week. I think everybody | :13:15. | :13:21. | |
was bursting with pride about the football club. Some of the tricks | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
he does in the training it blows your mind away. I have been on the | :13:25. | :13:35. | |
end of a couple myself. He is a wonderful kid. Absolutely genuine, | :13:35. | :13:45. | |
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honest, lovely. He wants to take The youngest of nine he arrived in | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
England from the Ivory Coast at the age of four. His deliberations of | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
who he should play international football for has been going on for | :13:56. | :14:01. | |
quite some time. Tell us the story about the England connection and | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
Stewart Pearce. I know Ivory Coast are trying to get their hands on | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
you. Are you committed as a result of Stuart Pearce coming to visit | :14:10. | :14:16. | |
you? Not really sure, to be honest, right now. I' just playing. When | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
the time comes I will make my decision. I will make you sure. All | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
those in this room who think Wilfred should play for England, | :14:25. | :14:35. | |
please shout as loud as you can now, please. Has that persuaded you? | :14:35. | :14:42. | |
really, to be honest. We have to let him learn, that is the | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
attention you get. As a club we have to learn that the attention | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
you get when you start doing well. They have been fortunate in the | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
last couple of years with the men I have had. Wilfred is another one. | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
The way he does it is different. He is left-footed and right-footed. | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
His balance is unbelievable. The tricks he has. There is no fear in | :15:02. | :15:07. | |
any one of them. You could cash him in January and get fortunes for him. | :15:07. | :15:11. | |
He could be the player that leads you into the Premier League with | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
even greater riches, have you a balance act? It's the second one. | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
Why would you sell your best player in January when you have a chance | :15:19. | :15:22. | |
of getting to the Premier League and keeping him, hopefully, as a | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
Premier League player for this club. We would like to think his next | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
stage of development will be here. We produce young players to help us | :15:31. | :15:41. | |
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season. The home side could have been further ahead by half-time. | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
This flick into the box cleared as This flick into the box cleared as | :15:51. | :15:57. | |
far as mother Ritz. The Brazilian was in one of Ian Holloway's | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
starting linups for the first time having twice come off the bench to | :16:00. | :16:09. | |
score. He latched on to Murray's knock down. Palace fans are getting | :16:09. | :16:16. | |
their money worth this season. There was more to come. Murray | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
spinning away from Buxton before finishing with the confidence of a | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
man taking his tally to seven in four matches. With just eight | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
minutes to go, there was no doubt the leaders were home and dry. If | :16:28. | :16:34. | |
this was a quiet afternoon for Zaha there was time for Derby's bright | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
young thing to show why he is getting glances from the Premier | :16:39. | :16:48. | |
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League's big hitters. It was a League's big hitters. It was a | :16:52. | :16:59. | |
perfect day for Palace. You are unbeaten in 14, 11 wins. Automatic | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
promotion? The lads are completely fantastic. The whole setup here is | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
geared to being professional. Every week they go out and do the same | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
thing. I think the biggest thing that they all realise is that the | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
start of the season they couldn't win a game. I think that is driving | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
them on. It's just a pleasure to be with them. I'm thoroughly enjoying | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
it. I don't think people realise how good some of these players | :17:23. | :17:28. | |
actually are. So, I do. I'm working with them. I would like to thank | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
them for good they are. He can't believe he has found himself in one | :17:33. | :17:36. | |
of the best jobs in the Championship. Unbeaten in 14 | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
Crystal Palace, Zaha making all the headlines. As his development over | :17:40. | :17:47. | |
the last 12 months surprised you? His development this season has | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
surprised me. He has masses of ability much you hear people talk | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
about him, his quick feet and that little bit of extra. What people | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
say is that this is a lad who can process information. Take that in, | :18:00. | :18:06. | |
think about it and develop his game. It's not just the physical | :18:06. | :18:12. | |
attributes, but the mental attributes to go to the top. He | :18:12. | :18:16. | |
uses that to become a better player from it. Music to the ears that | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
they say they won't sell him in January? What is the point in | :18:20. | :18:26. | |
selling him? You know... Great position. Let's have a go. What | :18:26. | :18:31. | |
they would get in the transfer market would pale into incision if | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
they get to the Premiership. Whatever he will be worth he will | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
be worth after this season ends. I don't think there is any point at | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
this stage. Everybody was talking about Zaha before kick-off. Murray | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
gets a couple of goals and assist. Midway through November are they | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
promotion contenders? Very much so. Everybody now is really, really | :18:52. | :18:58. | |
starting to take them seriously. Despite last week's setback at | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
Cardiff, Hull City are progressing well under Steve Bruce, with the | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
club lying third before their trip to Bruce's old stamping ground, as | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
to Bruce's old stamping ground, as both player and manager, Birmingham. | :19:08. | :19:11. | |
St Andrews entertained familiar faces as Steve Bruce and Hull came | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
to town. Mitt it was a case of look what you could have had for Lee | :19:15. | :19:25. | |
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Clark and City. Aluko marked his return with a goal after 14 minutes. | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
He is proving to be an inspired signing. His man of the match | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
performance continued with a fifth goal in as many games. Aluko turned | :19:41. | :19:46. | |
provider as James Chester headed home his corner. Nearly half an | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
hour played, Hull on their way to only their second win at St Andrews | :19:50. | :19:56. | |
in over a century. Birmingham pulled one back before half-time, | :19:56. | :20:02. | |
thanks to Morison's first senior goal. The teenager is beginning to | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
live up to his billing. The Blues needed only 11 seconds of the | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
second-half to put themselves back in contention. Marlon King was | :20:12. | :20:17. | |
another scoring against former employers. The striker's sixth goal, | :20:17. | :20:27. | |
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in six matches, promised a comeback with the decision to give | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
Nottingham Forest a crucial penalty in last week's 2-2 draw. This time | :20:37. | :20:44. | |
round it was his side who took an early lead from the spot. Ipswich | :20:44. | :20:51. | |
keeper was penalised for this challenge on loild Dyer. Nugent -- | :20:51. | :21:01. | |
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Lloyd Dyer. Nugent tucked away the goal. Leicester's top scorer who | :21:06. | :21:13. | |
had been doubtful for a neck injury before kick-off was staring at a | :21:13. | :21:16. | |
possible kick-off. Dyer's recent performances had won praise from | :21:16. | :21:22. | |
his manager. After a slick one-two with Daniel Drinkwater he left the | :21:22. | :21:27. | |
keeper helpless in the Ipswich goal. Before the break another Leicester | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
wide man. Anthony Knockaert made it 4-0. No surprise it was Dyer who | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
provided the assist. Ipswich who had conceded five at Palace in | :21:37. | :21:43. | |
their last away match were reeling. Leicester knocked away two more to | :21:43. | :21:53. | |
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complete the rout. Waghorn got the necked goal and Marko Futacs made | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
it six. After four games kout a win, this was just the tonic Leicester | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
City were looking for -- without a win, this was just the tonic | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
Leicester City were looking for. you talk to the lads, it has been | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
coming. We have created a lot of chance this is season. We haven't | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
quite taken them that our players deserve. Today, everything went our | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
way. Sometimes you have a good day at the office. Today was one of | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
those. We can't afford to give the goals away with that we did. After | :22:25. | :22:34. | |
the penalty we were soft. It was poor. Huddersfield hadn't lost to | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
bright non-their last nine meetings a sequence stretching back six | :22:37. | :22:43. | |
years. This promised to be a tight game. It was Will Buckley who made | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
the difference. He topped off this corner routine to give Albion the | :22:47. | :22:57. | |
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edge after five minutes. With this pass caught Lynch off balance, | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
Buckley had them chasing shadows. After blowing a lead to draw at | :23:05. | :23:15. | |
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Wolves last week there were bound to be nerves late in the game. This | :23:15. | :23:23. | |
shot fell into the path of Simon Church. His first goal. It didn't | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
deflect the spotlight from Buckley. He has been playing well. He has | :23:29. | :23:35. | |
been scoring. Very difficult player to play against. It was enough | :23:35. | :23:39. | |
today. We saw second-half what we are capable of doing. We got in | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
people's faces and knead difficult for them. Today was a game we lost | :23:43. | :23:52. | |
the game because of the first 20 minutes of the game. Wednesday fans | :23:52. | :24:02. | |
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Chrisened their trip by wearing masks in tributes to the Portuguese | :24:11. | :24:19. | |
defender. Once the ball felt to Jay Boot rod, the keeper cleared. Both | :24:19. | :24:25. | |
sides missed chances. Lansbury started the move that deserved a | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
better finish. He is still looking for his first Forest goal. It took | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
luck to separate these two misfiring teams. Forest got it with | :24:34. | :24:41. | |
16 minutes to go. Llera's own-goal left the defender needing a mask to | :24:41. | :24:47. | |
hide behind. A first win in three for Forest. It was a close run | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
thing. There was a hair breath's between the top and bottom of this | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
division. Pleased with the three points. Lots to work on. We knew | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
that. Lots of games this season we should have won on the balance of | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
play. If you don't put the ball in the back of the net you don't win | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
the back of the net you don't win football matches. It was Forest day | :25:08. | :25:13. | |
after 90 minutes. A good performance with the top six | :25:13. | :25:16. | |
threatening to open a gap. Six goals for Leicester. Biggest win | :25:16. | :25:19. | |
for 20 years. They have been talking about not taking their | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
chances this season. This was the afternoon where it all came | :25:24. | :25:31. | |
together? It did. There were some quality, some bad defending. One or | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
two moments when you thought the opposition would have done better. | :25:34. | :25:40. | |
It feels like a long season for Leicester. Up-and-down, expectation, | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
Leicester. Up-and-down, expectation, pressure, managing reacting to that. | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
Nice to hopefully things will settle down now and the club can go | :25:47. | :25:51. | |
on and go from strength to strength. This was a super goal. This was | :25:51. | :25:57. | |
probably the best goal of the afternoon. Well worked. Great | :25:57. | :25:59. | |
afternoon. Well worked. Great finish. Super finish. To be fair, | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
they were excellent today no. Problems in that respect. Openfully, | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
things will settle down now and everyone can get on with their jobs. | :26:08. | :26:13. | |
The nasty habits have come back for Ipswich? Yes. Mick got that first | :26:13. | :26:19. | |
win, which was vital. He went into the press conference in the first | :26:19. | :26:23. | |
couple and say we can't say again, it summed up their performance | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
better than we can. Hull are a freer spirit this evening under | :26:27. | :26:35. | |
Steve Bruce? They have been involved in one draw all season. In | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
Aluko has brought down a huge Aluko has brought down a huge | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
talent? He has. They are more competitive in the transfer market. | :26:41. | :26:47. | |
More competitive for this type of player. He's been a revelation. | :26:47. | :26:53. | |
Player can play up alongside the Player can play up alongside the | :26:53. | :26:56. | |
front player, extra man in midfield. Perfect player to have in this | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
division where you want to mix things up, you can play him up | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
front at home or drop him off away from home. That is the first time | :27:05. | :27:11. | |
we have seen him live and in the flesh. He has goter each time. A | :27:11. | :27:17. | |
feater in Steve Bruce's cap. Now earlier this week, Darren | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
Ferguson said Peterborough needed to win 13 of their last 30 games to | :27:21. | :27:24. | |
ensure Championship survival. With news of four players being | :27:24. | :27:27. | |
fined and transfer listed midweek, Posh clearly have a fight on their | :27:27. | :27:29. | |
hands. Saturday's late kick-off saw | :27:29. | :27:32. | |
Blackburn arrive with Henning Berg still looking for his first win as | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
manager. Darren Ferguson made just one | :27:36. | :27:39. | |
change from the team that lost to Palace last week, with Danny | :27:39. | :27:41. | |
Swanson in for the injured Mark Little. | :27:41. | :27:51. | |
:27:51. | :28:09. | ||
While Henning Berg kept the same Right-footed shot is blocked on the | :28:09. | :28:16. | |
rebound. Tucked into the back of the net. Celebrations for Mauro | :28:16. | :28:20. | |
Formica. He had a glance at the assistant, but the flag stayed down. | :28:20. | :28:27. | |
Blackburn have taken that early lead good first touch, it was | :28:27. | :28:37. | |
:28:37. | :28:39. | ||
travelling at some pace. He didn't have an awful lot of time to see it. | :28:39. | :28:44. | |
Good early ball in. He got above everybody else there, Jordan Rhodes. | :28:44. | :28:48. | |
He nodded it down into the bottom left hand corner. The keeper got a | :28:48. | :28:53. | |
little piece of, that but not enough. It may have come off a | :28:53. | :28:57. | |
mixture of forehead and shoulder. He got across his marker and in | :28:58. | :29:00. | |
there first, at the near-post. Which is what centre forwards have | :29:00. | :29:10. | |
:29:10. | :29:18. | ||
find the back of the net once again. Roads is absolutely deadly. He just | :29:18. | :29:22. | |
pulled away and found a little bit of space -- Rhodes is absolutely | :29:22. | :29:26. | |
deadly. The defender momentarily lost track of where he had gone and | :29:26. | :29:33. | |
the result was inevitable. He does not blast that, he just passes it | :29:33. | :29:43. | |
:29:43. | :29:57. | ||
into the bottom right hand corner. slips on the way down but got | :29:57. | :30:07. | |
:30:07. | :30:14. | ||
enough of it to get up over the Rhodes, but he misses. Just trying | :30:14. | :30:19. | |
to roll that into the bottom left- hand corner after he had been | :30:19. | :30:29. | |
:30:29. | :30:52. | ||
dreading it past cover but the the crossbar. This was very close | :30:52. | :30:58. | |
to number four. He really hit that, it clattered his wrist and went up | :30:58. | :31:02. | |
over the crossbar. The goalkeeper maybe got lucky. That could have | :31:02. | :31:07. | |
gone anywhere after it had hit him. That is the simplest finish he has | :31:07. | :31:11. | |
had all night and it means that Jordan Rhodes once again will take | :31:12. | :31:17. | |
home the match ball. It is his hat- trick. It is Blackburn's force. The | :31:17. | :31:22. | |
defence were missing in action. He was never, ever going to miss from | :31:22. | :31:32. | |
:31:32. | :31:32. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds | :31:32. | :32:14. | |
stayed out. The keeper needed a bit of luck, and he got it. I thought | :32:14. | :32:18. | |
the play we had in the first half but also parts of the second half, | :32:18. | :32:24. | |
we played really well. A fantastic finish, really good to see. It was | :32:24. | :32:29. | |
always going to be a hard task but we kept going. That was the key | :32:29. | :32:39. | |
:32:39. | :32:40. | ||
A miserable week for Ferguson. For the other manager, that was more | :32:40. | :32:44. | |
like it. It was a great performance, no doubt about that. They were | :32:44. | :32:47. | |
superior in every department. The scoreline does not flatter them. It | :32:47. | :32:51. | |
could have been more. It is one of those days when everything came | :32:52. | :32:57. | |
together. Peterborough did not help themselves with any of the goals. | :32:57. | :33:07. | |
:33:07. | :33:11. | ||
He could not get in contact with Rhodes. You do not give him that | :33:11. | :33:20. | |
Career hat-trick for Rhodes, he is only 22. Incredible. As a former | :33:20. | :33:25. | |
striker yourself, how far can he go? He is now on the international | :33:25. | :33:29. | |
scene. There is a call for him to be that. He scored a couple of | :33:29. | :33:34. | |
goals midweek. He followed it up with a hat-trick in this game. What | :33:34. | :33:39. | |
you can say about him is not only is he a good player and could score | :33:39. | :33:42. | |
-- goalscorer but by all accounts he is a level-headed lad who is | :33:42. | :33:46. | |
willing to learn. That is a massive part of how you progress. | :33:46. | :33:51. | |
Everything is in place. He has to keep going the way he is. Blackburn | :33:51. | :33:55. | |
need to perform like they did today more often than not and they will | :33:55. | :33:59. | |
be back in the Premiership. To ask you about Darren Ferguson and what | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
happened with the four players, musty be careful not to be too | :34:03. | :34:07. | |
hasty? What is at stake is Championship survival. It is | :34:07. | :34:11. | |
important when you lose four players. They will need them during | :34:11. | :34:16. | |
the season. If he can't get other players in, you can't cut your ties. | :34:16. | :34:21. | |
There will come a type -- time when you are in a stronger position, | :34:21. | :34:25. | |
when he gets a strong position I am sure he will remember that last | :34:25. | :34:29. | |
Saturday and maybe he will be able to use that to his advantage, shall | :34:29. | :34:34. | |
we say, to a stronger degree. question of timing. Absolutely. | :34:34. | :34:40. | |
Let's round up the action from the NPower Championship. There was 180 | :34:40. | :34:47. | |
-- win in the last eight. Well so' chances of getting back up are | :34:47. | :34:57. | |
:34:57. | :35:03. | ||
looking tough -- Wolverhampton looked laid-back but the referee | :35:03. | :35:08. | |
dismissed his central defender midway through the first half. He | :35:08. | :35:13. | |
tangled with Deeney. Watford had run amok at Elland Road last week | :35:13. | :35:17. | |
following a red card for Leeds defender Jason Pierce and it took | :35:17. | :35:23. | |
them ten minutes to take advantage of the extra man here. Chalabi | :35:23. | :35:26. | |
celebrating the first club goal of his young career. The Hornets fans | :35:26. | :35:32. | |
must have been anticipating another stolen the park. Sako's equaliser | :35:32. | :35:36. | |
early in the second half made life very interesting. But it was Deeney | :35:36. | :35:40. | |
who had the last word, eight minutes past the hour. Off the | :35:40. | :35:44. | |
bench to hit the final goal against Leeds but this one was much more | :35:44. | :35:50. | |
important. I think we started the brightest but they came back in | :35:50. | :35:56. | |
later with the counter-attacks and this situation, they were tangling | :35:56. | :36:03. | |
between them but nothing if you see the other things that happen in the | :36:03. | :36:07. | |
Championship. It was harsh, a red card. We have been working hard to | :36:07. | :36:12. | |
get to this stage and I am delighted that it is working. The | :36:12. | :36:19. | |
players put a lot of work into everything and to have results like | :36:19. | :36:25. | |
this is quite good for us. first big decision in Burnley will | :36:25. | :36:29. | |
be the talk of the town after this match, tough to swallow for those | :36:29. | :36:33. | |
in claret and blue. There were 15 minutes gone when at first glance | :36:33. | :36:39. | |
trip here appeared to be the hero against Charlton, denying other | :36:39. | :36:42. | |
players in rapid succession but the referee had seen the initial shot | :36:42. | :36:48. | |
hit Trippier's arm and out came the red card. From the spot, Jackson | :36:48. | :36:54. | |
intended to make it a double whammy. Lee Grant won that contest. There | :36:55. | :37:00. | |
were 75 minutes to negotiate with ten men. The home team signalled | :37:00. | :37:05. | |
they would not go quietly. At the other end, Grant continued to stand | :37:06. | :37:14. | |
his ground. He kept out Haynes. But in the end the extra man did make a | :37:14. | :37:19. | |
difference. From Jackson's pass, the header found Haynes's peeling | :37:19. | :37:25. | |
away from his marker to score his third is -- in as many games. Three | :37:25. | :37:29. | |
matches which Charlton have won and climb seven places from danger as a | :37:29. | :37:33. | |
result. When you can keep Charlie Austin quiet, it has been a good | :37:34. | :37:39. | |
day. Burnley rued the early red card. It was disappointing, the | :37:39. | :37:43. | |
decision, which it can be. I felt it was Paul to hand but sometimes | :37:43. | :37:47. | |
you don't get them. I am more interested in my players' | :37:47. | :37:51. | |
performers because they were out and -- they were outstanding. | :37:51. | :37:55. | |
were under no illusions about how tough it would be. We went down to | :37:55. | :38:02. | |
ten men and they were tough to break down. One defeat away from a | :38:02. | :38:07. | |
club record eight in a row, City's Derek McInnes received a vote of | :38:07. | :38:11. | |
confidence in the week. His players responded with a better showing. | :38:11. | :38:15. | |
There was this early effort. Poor finishing and brilliant goalkeeping | :38:15. | :38:24. | |
kept Blackpool's Corus -- scoreless. The story here surrounded two | :38:24. | :38:31. | |
penalties in the last ten minutes. This poor touch Tenterden and | :38:31. | :38:39. | |
advice to challenge. The referee pointed to the spot. Davies came on | :38:39. | :38:43. | |
after the penalty was awarded and rammed home the spot-kick with his | :38:43. | :38:48. | |
first touch of the ball. The Robins were on for the shock result of the | :38:48. | :38:57. | |
weekend until Bates got in the way. It was seen as hand ball and | :38:57. | :39:03. | |
awarded a hotly disputed penalty. Ince scored for the 4th game | :39:03. | :39:06. | |
running to give the challenge -- to give the Tangerines a share of the | :39:06. | :39:10. | |
points. The least they deserve, according to the manager. We were | :39:10. | :39:15. | |
very good. It was a very good away performance. I would have been | :39:15. | :39:18. | |
bitterly disappointed if we had lost to what I felt was a poor | :39:18. | :39:22. | |
decision. Luckily the players had the strength of character to get | :39:22. | :39:28. | |
themselves back into the game. travelling Barnsley fans would have | :39:28. | :39:33. | |
been delighted to see top scorer Craig Davies back in the side at | :39:33. | :39:36. | |
the Reebok Stadium. Having registered only one goal in five | :39:36. | :39:41. | |
games since he pulled a hamstring. But it was the Tykes' midfielder | :39:41. | :39:45. | |
who fired the first shot in anger. The Bolton keeper having to be on | :39:45. | :39:52. | |
his mettle from the word go. The Saints -- the same seemed to | :39:52. | :39:54. | |
inspire his team mates as Bolton took the lead with it the next | :39:54. | :40:01. | |
attack. Kevin Davies with his first in eight games. Bolton have trice | :40:01. | :40:05. | |
scum -- squandered the lead at Blackpool last weekend you sensed | :40:06. | :40:11. | |
the home fans were getting a little anxious. And they were entitled to | :40:11. | :40:15. | |
be. Craig Davies ripping home his first goal since his four at | :40:15. | :40:25. | |
:40:25. | :40:26. | ||
Birmingham in one game, back in September. Later on, Keith Andrews | :40:26. | :40:31. | |
released Kevin Davies for one final Bolton chance, but it is just five | :40:31. | :40:35. | |
league wins the ball two now under this stage an immediate return to | :40:35. | :40:42. | |
the top flight looks unlikely. pleased we have stopped the rot | :40:42. | :40:45. | |
because it will breed confidence. The way we have been playing has | :40:45. | :40:50. | |
not been that bad but we have lacked goalscoring. Today, for us | :40:50. | :40:54. | |
to store -- to score, was a great opportunity. We could have avoided | :40:54. | :41:04. | |
That puts an end to Barnsley's losing sequence. Charlton had to | :41:04. | :41:06. | |
begin against Burnley because against ten men, you get a penalty | :41:06. | :41:10. | |
and missed that, they could have let their heads drop a Match Point? | :41:11. | :41:20. | |
Sometimes, when you play against ten men, it makes a difference. You | :41:20. | :41:25. | |
miss a penalty, is it our day? They kept working. They have found their | :41:25. | :41:30. | |
feet in this division. It took a while but they look good. Watford | :41:30. | :41:34. | |
are enjoying a purple patch. It has been a terrific November. Ten | :41:34. | :41:38. | |
points from a possible 12. They have that elusive thing that many | :41:38. | :41:42. | |
teams are looking for, consistency. They have, but that is not in their | :41:42. | :41:47. | |
personnel because they made five changes last week. From last week, | :41:47. | :41:51. | |
five this week. It has worked. He has a decent squad to work with. He | :41:51. | :41:58. | |
is doing very well. That does not always work but so far, so good. | :41:58. | :42:03. | |
contentious decision when the score was 0-0 against Wolverhampton | :42:03. | :42:13. | |
:42:13. | :42:14. | ||
there is a shot. I can understand the referee saying he has impeded | :42:14. | :42:19. | |
Troy Deeney, but he has played the advantage come allowed him to have | :42:19. | :42:22. | |
a shot. You could give a free kick and books a player, rather than | :42:22. | :42:31. | |
send him off. You have allowed As for Deeney, it is an interesting | :42:31. | :42:34. | |
story since the summer. You have to give him credit. He has kept | :42:34. | :42:39. | |
himself fit. He has come back into a football club where they have set | :42:40. | :42:44. | |
-- signed so many players and he is a handful for the opponents. Yes, | :42:44. | :42:47. | |
it is tough to go through what he has been through in the summer and | :42:47. | :42:52. | |
come out of that and try to establish himself. He has moved on | :42:52. | :42:57. | |
greatly from where he left it to coming back to it. His future was | :42:57. | :43:02. | |
uncertain about point? Absolutely, things move so quickly, you never | :43:02. | :43:06. | |
know what is around the corner. He has come back in and managed to | :43:06. | :43:08. | |
establish himself quickly which means that he has done the right | :43:08. | :43:14. | |
things in between the sabbatical, shall we say, and now looks as if | :43:14. | :43:18. | |
he has a part to play. As for League 1, the division's pace | :43:18. | :43:21. | |
setters Tranmere began the latest round of fixtures against MK Dons | :43:21. | :43:25. | |
on Friday night. They were holding a healthy five point league at the | :43:25. | :43:35. | |
:43:35. | :43:47. | ||
here for Ryan Lowe to open the scoring. He sized up the student. | :43:47. | :43:57. | |
:43:57. | :43:57. | ||
Puts it well wide of the left hand post. Good advantage from the | :43:57. | :44:07. | |
referee. Gleeson arriving. Now Potter, better effort from him. | :44:07. | :44:15. | |
Gleeson misKewed awfully. Potter close again to giving MK Dons the | :44:15. | :44:24. | |
lead. Bowditch will take it. Off the line. Back in for Kay. At the | :44:24. | :44:27. | |
moment, Tranmere struggling to get their lines killed. Lewington's | :44:27. | :44:37. | |
:44:37. | :44:39. | ||
header. That was going in. Good clearance. Bowditch, decent ball in. | :44:39. | :44:46. | |
A chance for Gleeson. MK Dons have got the winning goal, surely? Good | :44:46. | :44:53. | |
work again from Bowditch. As he struck it goal wards, the lose ball | :44:53. | :44:59. | |
bounced for Gleeson to poke it home. MK Dons fine amy have something to | :44:59. | :45:06. | |
show for it. Another win away from home. Good Tranmere side. I'm | :45:06. | :45:12. | |
pleased with that. The whole 90 minutes was structured. First we | :45:12. | :45:17. | |
were exceptional. Second the pitch getting slipper. We had a gameplan | :45:17. | :45:24. | |
and we stuck to it very well. surrendering their unbeaten league | :45:24. | :45:31. | |
record last weekend they got their promotion drive back on track. | :45:31. | :45:36. | |
Collins guided his header past the keeper. Stevenage were back on | :45:36. | :45:41. | |
terms before the break. Roberts with the header. Unite ready the | :45:41. | :45:46. | |
team to beat, that is the view of Stevenage boss. The Blades second- | :45:46. | :45:51. | |
half display supported his case. This ball in was headed across goal | :45:51. | :45:57. | |
by Ryan Flynn. Shaun Miller applied the finish. He was in the right | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
place, at the right time. United made mockery of Stevenage's away | :46:03. | :46:10. | |
form, restoring their two goal advantagement. -- advantage. Chris | :46:10. | :46:17. | |
Porter's header was turned in by Miller. The awards have been | :46:17. | :46:22. | |
raining down withen Danny Wilson taking Manager of the Moch and | :46:22. | :46:31. | |
George Long as Player of the Month. Porter's goal sealed a | :46:31. | :46:34. | |
comprehensive victory. We had good performances at home this season. | :46:34. | :46:39. | |
We haven't put teams to bed. Today we did. That we took the vanss and | :46:39. | :46:42. | |
the opportunities. In the middle of the goals we have some terrific | :46:42. | :46:46. | |
football being played. I'm delighted with it. Good time to get | :46:46. | :46:56. | |
a good result. Get four goals at home, which is always great for the | :46:56. | :47:00. | |
home fans. Walsall hadn't taken maximum points in their last eight | :47:00. | :47:06. | |
games. Febian brandy converted a threw ball from Jamie Paterson. | :47:06. | :47:14. | |
That lead lasted eight minutes. Crawley scoring for the 13th | :47:14. | :47:17. | |
consecutive game. Jonathan Forte finding Billy Clarke who got his | :47:17. | :47:22. | |
fifth goal from the last six. Walsall go to Tranmere on Tuesday | :47:22. | :47:26. | |
night. They might have gone on the back of the win. Paterson came | :47:26. | :47:36. | |
close to restoring their lead. They did get their noses in front again | :47:36. | :47:42. | |
when Brandy's cross was only cleared for Ashley Hemmings to turn | :47:42. | :47:47. | |
in the rebound. Crawley haven't lost at home since September. They | :47:47. | :47:57. | |
:47:57. | :47:57. | ||
equallised nine minutes from time. Nicky Adams was the provider and | :47:57. | :48:03. | |
Forte sent a header past McCarey. That was the end of the scoring, | :48:03. | :48:09. | |
though not the end of the drama. Brandy was sent clear but tripped | :48:09. | :48:12. | |
by Joe Walsh. A straight red card the verdict. Both sides had to | :48:12. | :48:22. | |
:48:22. | :48:27. | ||
football league side unbeaten on the road this season. They had to | :48:27. | :48:33. | |
come-from-behind twice. Christian Ribeiro's first goal in English | :48:33. | :48:38. | |
football gave Scunthorpe an early lead. Notts County with 16 goals in | :48:38. | :48:42. | |
eight away games before kick-off were level 11 minutes before the | :48:42. | :48:47. | |
break. Lee Hughes arriving in typical style to meet the cross | :48:47. | :48:56. | |
from Judge. They neerm grabbed the lead for a second time straightaway. | :48:56. | :49:01. | |
-- nearly. Clarke rattled the bar. Seconds ahead of the half-time | :49:01. | :49:07. | |
whistle they were in front, Mozika scoring on his first start this | :49:07. | :49:10. | |
season. Scunthorpe fourth bottom ahead of kick-off needed to hold | :49:10. | :49:16. | |
firm. Over 20 minutes from time, the referee waved a red card at | :49:16. | :49:23. | |
their skipper, Paul Reid, following a strong aerial challenge. County | :49:24. | :49:27. | |
snatched a point when Hughes, starting a league match for the | :49:27. | :49:32. | |
first time since September, found himself a little space inside a | :49:32. | :49:41. | |
crowded six-yard box. Yeovil might have fancied their chances against | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
a Swindon side who found home wins hard to come by. They were undone | :49:46. | :49:53. | |
by a former clover. Andy Williams topped the charts at Yeovil last | :49:53. | :50:01. | |
season, this was his fourth since making the change to Wiltshire. | :50:01. | :50:06. | |
This delivery from the left was steered past the keeper by James | :50:06. | :50:10. | |
Collins. Yeovil came into this with four wins from five league starts,, | :50:10. | :50:17. | |
they cut the deficit with this this flying header from Hayter. Any | :50:17. | :50:26. | |
chance of that upsetting the Robins' rhythm was dispeled. Ward | :50:26. | :50:33. | |
got his first Swindon goal. It's 50 years this weekend since Don | :50:33. | :50:37. | |
Rodgers made his debut. They was there to see Collins seal a fitting | :50:37. | :50:47. | |
:50:47. | :50:48. | ||
victory. These teams started the day just outside the top six and a | :50:48. | :50:55. | |
1-1 draw keeps them there. Preston boss must have fancied his sides | :50:55. | :50:59. | |
chances when Scott Laird put them ahead after the hour mark. The home | :50:59. | :51:05. | |
side might have stretched their lead, substitute David Buchanan | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
testing the keeper and Nicky Wroe a whisker away with the rebound. One | :51:10. | :51:16. | |
gel is a precarious lead. Preston failed to hold on. With time | :51:16. | :51:25. | |
running out, Harley Dean burst through and his cross was headed in | :51:25. | :51:33. | |
by Antonio German. The Bees were buzzing, six games without defeat. | :51:33. | :51:38. | |
17 points from eight away kaims before kick-off at Doncaster they | :51:38. | :51:46. | |
needed one goal from Iain Hume to wrap up their siction win on the | :51:46. | :51:52. | |
road this season. Portsmouth's goal drought has lasted over eight hours. | :51:52. | :52:02. | |
After six defeats in a row, they are one point above the bottom four. | :52:02. | :52:07. | |
Bournemouth themselves were in the drop-zone when Eddie Howe returned, | :52:07. | :52:13. | |
they have been rising ever since. This attempt was steered home by | :52:13. | :52:18. | |
Lewis Grabban. The 24-year-old's celebrations were only just | :52:18. | :52:24. | |
beginning. Grab had scored 21 times for Rotherham this season, the | :52:24. | :52:30. | |
Cherries paid �300,000 to tempt him to the South Coast. He got his | :52:30. | :52:40. | |
:52:40. | :52:41. | ||
second by adding his touch to this cross. Bournemouth were given a | :52:41. | :52:45. | |
penalty. Although the keeper guessed correctly, Grabban followed | :52:45. | :52:49. | |
in to complete a 19 minute hat- trick. It was his match-ball. The | :52:50. | :52:53. | |
goals kept coming with Charlie Daniels arriving at the far-post | :52:53. | :52:58. | |
for his second in three games. Bournemouth's unbeaten run | :52:58. | :53:04. | |
stretches back eight matches. In contrast, Oldham are now in the | :53:04. | :53:12. | |
bottom four. Matt Smith's header couldn't conceal a heavy defeat. | :53:12. | :53:15. | |
Shrewsbury began the day second from bottom, but this victory, | :53:15. | :53:20. | |
their first in six league games, lifts them out of the relegation | :53:20. | :53:26. | |
zone. Morgan turned provider this time, Luke Summerfield heading home | :53:26. | :53:31. | |
the only goal. Crewe should have had a point though. They didn't | :53:31. | :53:39. | |
make a dent in the scoreline, but the advertising hoardings weren't | :53:39. | :53:49. | |
:53:49. | :53:50. | ||
so lucky. We were inviting pressure. It's such a relief to win it. | :53:50. | :53:58. | |
travelled to kol Champs Elyseeser in splendid form. -- coal chester | :53:58. | :54:08. | |
:54:08. | :54:13. | ||
in splendid form. Wordz worth got the opener. Freddie Sears got a | :54:13. | :54:23. | |
:54:23. | :54:36. | ||
killer goal, Colchester are back on track. Orient took command. David | :54:36. | :54:44. | |
Mooney had the opener. Peter Murphy headed the hosts level. Conceding | :54:44. | :54:48. | |
too many goals has been Carlisle's issue this season. They were on | :54:48. | :54:58. | |
:54:58. | :55:01. | ||
terms for barely two minutes before Chorley restored the O's lead. | :55:01. | :55:06. | |
Lisbie's awareness provided Cook with the simple lest of goals. | :55:06. | :55:13. | |
There was a fifth first half goal. Mooney produced an assured finish | :55:13. | :55:18. | |
to beat Adam Colin. It waslets Irishman's third of the week. | :55:18. | :55:24. | |
Orient could enjoy the long journey home after three wins in eight days. | :55:24. | :55:29. | |
This was yet another tale of woe for Hartlepool and an eye opener | :55:29. | :55:35. | |
for their new boss John Hughes. All the action came after the break. | :55:35. | :55:44. | |
Carl Baker set them on their way. Moussa won a penalty, McGoldrick | :55:44. | :55:54. | |
:55:54. | :55:55. | ||
had the opportunity to score for the fifth successive game. Within | :55:55. | :55:59. | |
60 seconds, Coventry had their third. Baker provided the finish | :55:59. | :56:03. | |
after a breath taking piece of skill to bring down a cross from | :56:03. | :56:09. | |
Adams. Coventry were in complete control by this stage. James Bailey | :56:09. | :56:14. | |
provided the assist for goal number four. Bailey ran 40 yards | :56:15. | :56:20. | |
unchallenged before providing to Moussa who provided a cool finish. | :56:20. | :56:26. | |
With Hartlepool more rooted to bottom spot, Barton got goal number | :56:26. | :56:30. | |
five with 112 minutes to go. Coventry have now just lost three | :56:30. | :56:36. | |
Coventry have now just lost three of their last ten. A nightmare | :56:36. | :56:43. | |
start for John Hughes. First Friday's nights game. You watched | :56:43. | :56:49. | |
it. You were impressed by the Dons, weren't you? I was. They dominated | :56:49. | :56:50. | |
weren't you? I was. They dominated weren't you? I was. They dominated | :56:50. | :56:55. | |
the first half. Knocked the ball around and kept the ball. Nice | :56:55. | :56:59. | |
balance to their play. Top quality opposition. The best team in the | :56:59. | :57:07. | |
league so far. I thought it was a really, really good night for them. | :57:07. | :57:11. | |
Although they nicked it at the end Although they nicked it at the end | :57:11. | :57:15. | |
they deserved that win. They beat Sheffield United and that win on | :57:15. | :57:18. | |
Friday. Bournemouth turned possession into goals against | :57:18. | :57:21. | |
Oldham. They might be mid-table, this is a club that is going | :57:21. | :57:25. | |
places? You are right. Absolutely. places? You are right. Absolutely. | :57:26. | :57:26. | |
They are the form side in this They are the form side in this | :57:26. | :57:30. | |
division. Nobody is surprised by how quickly they changed their | :57:30. | :57:33. | |
fortunes around under Eddie. They have good players. Players that are | :57:33. | :57:37. | |
too good to be in the position they are in before. They are seeing the | :57:37. | :57:41. | |
true Bournemouth thesm will be very, very close this year -- they will | :57:41. | :57:47. | |
be very, very close this year. done to Lewis Grabban for his hat- | :57:47. | :57:52. | |
trick. Good sign. They have had a lot of strikers on their books? | :57:52. | :57:56. | |
Good players. Not just strikers who have those goals. Not relying on | :57:56. | :58:00. | |
one source, which is always nice. Hartlepool are in a mess. John | :58:00. | :58:04. | |
Hughes has to clear this up quickly? Very much so. You are | :58:04. | :58:10. | |
looking at nine points off already, 17 games. Take that goal difference | :58:10. | :58:13. | |
17 games. Take that goal difference into account. It will be a struggle, | :58:13. | :58:18. | |
not one of the major players with regard to budget or wage structure | :58:18. | :58:22. | |
wise. Can't Blitz it and buy their way out of. It he has a massive, | :58:22. | :58:27. | |
massive task on his hands. OK. League Two now, starting with | :58:27. | :58:29. | |
Friday night's fixture involving a former Dutch and England | :58:29. | :58:32. | |
international as Edgar Davids of Barnet went up against James | :58:32. | :58:42. | |
:58:42. | :58:49. | ||
improving, but there was a setback in the second half against | :58:49. | :58:53. | |
Accrington. Boco couldn't beat Stack with his first effort, put | :58:53. | :58:59. | |
the ball bounced kindly for a second chance. The Bees were back | :58:59. | :59:04. | |
in business. There were some perplexed expressions and there | :59:04. | :59:11. | |
would be more. Dunbavin thwarted Byrne, but the referee's assistant | :59:11. | :59:15. | |
thought he had moved off his line too soon. Byrne made the most of | :59:16. | :59:20. | |
his reprieve. The score stayed that way but there was another notable | :59:20. | :59:30. | |
:59:30. | :59:31. | ||
moment. The two most famous players clashed. Davids got his first red | :59:31. | :59:41. | |
:59:41. | :59:45. | ||
Gillingham. Montrose put them ahead against a Morecambe side to run the | :59:45. | :59:51. | |
Gills unexpectedly close. Despite the breathing space, they were | :59:51. | :59:56. | |
actually two games without a win before this one. When the Shrews | :59:56. | :00:01. | |
notched an equaliser through Redshaw, it provided the leaders | :00:01. | :00:07. | |
with a test of character -- when Morecambe equalised. A spectacular | :00:07. | :00:13. | |
winner that could prove a pivotal moment in the jail's' season. | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
what a goal, what a finish. A great ball forward, he took it on his | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
chest. I have seen him do it for years. I said last week they were | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
relentless and they keep going. We started the game extremely well. | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
Morecambe have been on good form, a good result. They are well | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
organised, have good players and good men. They are experienced. It | :00:35. | :00:45. | |
:00:45. | :00:47. | ||
was a tough game. Port Vale fans raised almost �100,000 for a statue | :00:47. | :00:57. | |
:00:57. | :01:00. | ||
of the player who had a 22 years spell up the park. Tom Pope's... | :01:00. | :01:06. | |
Burge drilled home on the half-hour. Things got worse for the visitors | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
come when Smith was penalised for handball. The Minstermen must have | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
feared the worst when Myrie- Williams converted from the spot. | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
But your's away record of two defeats in 25 suggested this was | :01:19. | :01:29. | |
:01:29. | :01:30. | ||
not over -- York's away record. Rodman pulled one back. Jamie Reid, | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
his 4th in five games, to earn a valuable. For the visitors. -- a | :01:37. | :01:44. | |
valuable point for the visitors. Cheltenham got off well but | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
Rotherham did not dwell on it. In the 4th minute they were level. | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
Nardiello finished off. That was more like the response the manager | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
had wanted after last week's five goal trouncing at Dagenham. Pringle | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
took it upon himself to complete the turnaround. Now, they were | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
really motoring and thanks to a couple of skilful touches, | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
Nardiello increased the advantage. This was quite a surprise for a | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
Cheltenham side which had not conceded in his previous three | :02:16. | :02:24. | |
outings. They were good enough to keep the game alive. Zebroski was | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
waiting in the centre. 3-2 and the second half was less comfortable | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
for Rotherham. Cheltenham's desperation to get on with things | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
cost them dear. Possession went to the home side. Frecklington made | :02:38. | :02:48. | |
:02:48. | :02:54. | ||
sure there was no way back for the Not that Cureton ever doubted | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
himself. He fired an early warning shot before winning this match just | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
before half-time. Cureton's 13th goal of the season gave the | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
resurgent creations a second win out of three. They are now one | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
point of the play-offs. Bradford are victims of their own success, | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
going well in poor competitions. Legs are getting tired and | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
replacements are in short supply. Gary Toms then had their best | :03:19. | :03:26. | |
chance but could not prevent a first defeat in 11 matches. | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
Fleetwood were without three of their main strikers. You would not | :03:29. | :03:35. | |
have guessed it as they went ahead after two minutes. Ball nodded home. | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
Plymouth were in the game until the veteran defender Purse was sent off | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
after collecting two yellow cards in a minute. He was not happy about | :03:44. | :03:54. | |
:03:54. | :03:54. | ||
it. Fleetwood's Curtis Obeng allowed Curtis Nelson to put it | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
into his own net. Ore set up Jounieh Brown for his 7th of the | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
season. Fleetwood coming back to 4th in their first ever league | :04:05. | :04:15. | |
:04:15. | :04:16. | ||
at Rochdale, where Ryan Edwards was judged to have clipped Wayne Brown. | :04:16. | :04:25. | |
It was a big moment for Clarkson. His third goal in four appearances | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
the men hope full-back for the second time all season they could | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
take maximum points on their travels. By half-time they had been | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
brought back down to earth as Tutte found a hole in their defences. The | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
games went to fight -- decisively in Rochdale's direction. Grant | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
claimed the winner. The keeper was stranded. Worse than just a defeat | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
for the visitors, they will be fans to contend with. Kenneth was first | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
to go with 90 minutes remaining as he collected his second caution. A | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
much wilder lunch from Richards saw Rovers reduced to nine men. They | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
are slipping deeper towards danger as Rochdale cement their place in | :05:06. | :05:16. | |
:05:16. | :05:19. | ||
the play-off positions come up to forget his full debut was a bit | :05:19. | :05:25. | |
started badly for the 21-year-old. He brought down Jake Tweed and four | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
what was perhaps the weekend's easiest penalty decision. Dean | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
Lyness was out of luck with the spot kick. Spillane missed it but | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
Gayle got the rebound. After that the goals came in pairs. Burton | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
turn things around with two in two minutes. McCrory, who was released | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
by daggers at the end of last season, levelled just after half- | :05:47. | :05:54. | |
time. Moments later, all concerned, he was playing with seven stables | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
in a head wound, sold his goalkeeper short. Paterson nipped | :05:58. | :06:05. | |
in to give Burton the lead. Dagenham & Redbridge are in | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
goalscoring form. They came storming back. Wilkinson plan to do | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
much better header into Williams' path and the midfield and made it | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
2-2 was 12 minutes to go. But Burton, who played two games in | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
three games, still were not done. Within 60 seconds they were Back in | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
Front. Billy Kee's 4th of the season sees them close the gap on | :06:27. | :06:37. | |
:06:37. | :06:41. | ||
the division has kept Torquay in the promotion picture, but it fell | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
apart in spectacular fashion. Tomlin turned to gold defender | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
before beating Rice with the Southend opener. Tomlin turned | :06:51. | :06:58. | |
provider, giving Assombalonga an opportunity. The deflection gave | :06:58. | :07:06. | |
the keeper no chance. Assombalonga, the teenager on loan from Watford, | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
has a growing reputation. His goal tally is increasing. His 11th of | :07:11. | :07:20. | |
the season carried them to a 3-0 leader the break. The Shrimpers | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
took their team apart. Tomlin raced clear. He evaded Rice, who was | :07:26. | :07:32. | |
enduring a miserable home debut in the Torquay goal. Thomson's | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
delivery enabled Jarvis to register one positive note for the hosts. | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
But it was a bad day at the office for the Devon club. They also had | :07:43. | :07:52. | |
:07:53. | :07:59. | ||
their skipper dismissed for that Northampton's men in form. The two | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
Wycombe defenders who tried were flattened by Akinfenwa, as he got a | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
first-half lead. The big man was in the thick of things before this | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
hand ball. The penalty was bad news for Robinson, whose terrific volley | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
was ruled out. It would be a brave man to argue with Akinfenwa about | :08:16. | :08:22. | |
who takes the penalties. His 6th goal in three starts had them | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
cruising. Robinson's bad luck left Chris Hackett to claim the goal of | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
the game has Wycombe were slipping to the foot of the league for the | :08:30. | :08:37. | |
first time. Grant has been doing his best to stop the slide. The | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
midfielder took the chance to net his 4th in six league games. None | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
of Grant's recent goals have landed Wanderers any points. Akinfenwa has | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
lots to shout about. Even if he chooses not to. I think I went | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
through a spell last season when I went through some goals a game but | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
again, I know people will think I am talking rubbish but I really | :08:58. | :09:06. | |
don't keep up to date with goals and games. I don't know where I sit | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
in the goalscoring ranking. That is for the end of the season. I do | :09:10. | :09:20. | |
:09:20. | :09:22. | ||
know I am scoring goals and long timing is everything. Eager to | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
impress, Oxford arrived at Chesterfield bright-eyed and bushy- | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
tailed. John Mullins started the celebration in the first minute. | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
The hosts reaped the benefits of arriving fashionably late. Cooper's | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
first-half equaliser came four minutes into stoppage time. Much | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
later, with Oxford flooding, Chris Atkinson repeated the trick. This | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
time there were no -- there were 92 Minutes on the clock. The | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
importance of pacing yourself, always the secret to a successful | :09:51. | :10:01. | |
:10:01. | :10:05. | ||
hundredth match since taking charge at Aldershot. He had had a first | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
start did Lopez. He marked the occasion by putting or a shot in | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
front at the break. His former Wimbledon team-mate said his | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
players were out on their feet after playing York, but they dug | :10:19. | :10:29. | |
:10:29. | :10:30. | ||
We saw Gillingham extend their lead at the top. For Martin Allen, it is | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
a dream season so far, isn't it? He has made a name for himself fire- | :10:35. | :10:37. | |
fighting in the last few jobs but he is doing well in leading the | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
way? He is. They have been there from the start. They are just | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
missing out for a couple of years under and Heseltine. He has been | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
able to take them to the next step. He has brought in one or two, like | :10:51. | :11:01. | |
:11:01. | :11:04. | ||
Deon Burton. He has made the played with him at Brentford. I | :11:04. | :11:13. | |
That was a goal fit to win any game. At the New York Stadium there were | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
five goals in 31 minutes. It was a key result against one of your | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
rivals battling for promotion in Cheltenham. That was a great | :11:20. | :11:30. | |
:11:30. | :11:30. | ||
performance from Rotherham, favourites to win the league. With | :11:30. | :11:36. | |
Steve Evans, moving round, the chairman, there was no reason to | :11:36. | :11:44. | |
think they would not have a decent It has been stops start, one or two | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
good results and you would expect them to not be far away. Let's look | :11:49. | :11:55. | |
at the tables before we sign-off Crystal Palace stay top of the | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
NPower Championship after picking up their fifth straight win. | :11:58. | :12:00. | |
Cardiff move up to second, replacing Middlesbrough. | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
Blackburn's victory at Peterborough sees them into the top six. In fact, | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
Boro and Huddersfield were the only teams in the top 11 not to win on | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
Saturday. Millwall host Leeds tomorrow, hoping to move up to | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
ninth. Peterborough drop to the bottom with a worse goal difference | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
than Bristol City. Talking of goal difference, Ipswich in 22nd have a | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
Football League worst of minus 25. While Charlton were the only | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
winners in the bottom-half on Saturday. As for NPower League One, | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
Tranmere stay top despite their defeat on Friday night. Sheffield | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
United close the gap on Rovers to two points. Swindon and MK Dons | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
complete the top four, with the three teams below them all failing | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
to win. Hartlepool remain bottom of League 1, still nine points adrift | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
with Bury also losing, while Brian Laws remains unbeaten in his third | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
spell at Scunthorpe with a draw. Shrewsbury move out of the bottom | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
four with Oldham dropping in. At the top of NPower League 2, | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
Gillingham's late win sees them reach the 40 point mark after just | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
18 games. Port Vale are without a win in five now, but stay in second, | :12:57. | :13:00. | |
where they've been since September. Cheltenham may have lost but stay | :13:00. | :13:04. | |
in third. In fact, Cheltenham were the only losers in the top seven. | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
Wycombe meanwhile drop to the bottom of League 2 for the first | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
time this season and are without a win in six now. Aldershot move up a | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
place. Barnet are out of the bottom two for the first time since the | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
opening day. While Chesterfield in 16th were the only team in the | :13:19. | :13:29. | |
:13:29. | :13:30. | ||
bottom-half to pick up three points. Don't forget to join us for much of | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
the need to on Sunday night on BBC Two. Match Of The Day is on at | :13:34. | :13:37. |