:00:37. > :00:43.Evening, welcome to the best from the Sky Bet Football League. The big
:00:44. > :00:47.news this week was that there was no news in terms of managerial changes.
:00:48. > :00:51.For the first time in four months, none of the 72 clubs opted for a
:00:52. > :00:56.change in the dug-out. And no change for us this week either. Steve is
:00:57. > :00:59.with me tonight to see which set of fans are celebrating, and who might
:01:00. > :01:04.still be drowning their sorrows. Here's what we've got for you this
:01:05. > :01:07.evening. Derby admitted to a reality check to
:01:08. > :01:11.their promotion ambitions last week, losing 4-1 at leaders Leicester.
:01:12. > :01:13.Today, Steve McClaren's men went head-to-head with another side
:01:14. > :01:18.harbouring play-off aspirations, Brighton.
:01:19. > :01:21.Leeds' manager Brian McDermott called last week's 6-0 defeat at
:01:22. > :01:24.Sheffield Wednesday the worst moment of his career. We'll see how his
:01:25. > :01:31.side got on today against League leaders Leicester.
:01:32. > :01:35.We've the best of the action from Nottingham Forest's meeting with an
:01:36. > :01:43.improving Blackburn Rovers. And it's all change on Teeside.
:01:44. > :01:48.After a slow start, Aitor Karanka is beginning to make his presence felt
:01:49. > :01:51.at Middlesbrough. I'm with their new manager, as his side prepare to meet
:01:52. > :01:54.Charlton. First, to Elland Road where, after
:01:55. > :01:57.two humiliating defeats in both League and Cup, Leeds' manager Brian
:01:58. > :02:02.McDermott was looking for a response from his side. The afternoon began
:02:03. > :02:04.with Leeds honouring club legend Bobby Collins, before they took on
:02:05. > :02:09.the League leaders Leicester City, with the Foxes aiming to make it six
:02:10. > :02:12.wins out of six. The hosts made four changes. And also named top scorer
:02:13. > :02:14.Ross McCormack as their new captain. Leicester, unsurprisingly, were
:02:15. > :02:16.unchanged, with 40-year-old new signing Kevin Phillips on the bench.
:02:17. > :02:36.Jon Champion was watching this one. Luke Varney. A good cross. Denied by
:02:37. > :02:47.the upper right. Mo Cormack was the unlucky man. -- McCormack. Leeds are
:02:48. > :02:51.denied the early goal which would have made a world of difference to
:02:52. > :03:00.them. Still, they have got the crowd on their side early. A matter of
:03:01. > :03:09.inches away from making it 1-0 in the first five minutes.
:03:10. > :03:19.A chance for Fadi. This time, it is Leicester disappointed by the
:03:20. > :03:26.woodwork. Leeds were caught square at the back. Both sides have struck
:03:27. > :03:38.an upright in the space of the first seven minutes here. Warnock.
:03:39. > :03:45.MacCormack with the lob. A clever, inventive attempt. Another chance.
:03:46. > :03:49.Deflected and saved. A vibrant start to this game. Plenty of chances at
:03:50. > :04:15.either end. Straight to MacCormack. Then, the
:04:16. > :04:24.follow up header by Vardy. Konchesky and Leicester have got away with it.
:04:25. > :04:32.A real let off for Leicester. Konchesky owes a vote of thanks to
:04:33. > :04:55.his goalkeeper Schmeichel. MacCormack. Cabaye is in. Delayed
:04:56. > :04:59.puts the ball over his own crossbar. It is not often this season that
:05:00. > :05:12.Leicester have been made to look as uncomfortable as that.
:05:13. > :05:21.So many opportunities carved out by the home side. He was put off by the
:05:22. > :05:34.flailing arm of Schmeichel in front of him.
:05:35. > :05:43.Nugent. Vardy. A better first touch and it would have been in. Brown is
:05:44. > :05:58.still down for Leeds. Brown is limping.
:05:59. > :06:08.James. A fair effort. A good piece of refereeing as well. With Brown
:06:09. > :06:14.down, apparently injured. Maybe that was a ploy to get play stopped by
:06:15. > :06:22.the Leeds veteran. James nearly took full advantage.
:06:23. > :06:26.A solid centre back in his playing days. Middlesbrough, Sheffield
:06:27. > :06:34.Wednesday. One of his new recruits, Kevin Phillips.
:06:35. > :06:54.Stuart. Only his second appearance for Leeds united. Made his debut
:06:55. > :06:58.against Hillsborough. Vardy is the player coming off. Kevin Phillips
:06:59. > :07:05.makes his debut for his ninth League club, at the age of 40. He last
:07:06. > :07:11.played at Elland Road seven years ago with a West Brom win. He helped
:07:12. > :07:16.Sunderland to a Premier League victory in 2002. His only goal at
:07:17. > :07:19.Elland Road was in the last millennium, 1999, a defeat, whilst
:07:20. > :07:43.playing for Sunderland. Phillips. And it was King. Took a
:07:44. > :07:50.deflection. The two substitutes. Combining tellingly.
:07:51. > :08:22.Knockaert. Morgan. And Phillips had a shot.
:08:23. > :08:30.Nugent. And Nugent may well have won it for Leicester.
:08:31. > :08:37.There is an element of smash and grab to it. Because Leeds have had
:08:38. > :08:43.the majority of the better chances in this game. But David Nugent
:08:44. > :08:49.scored his 13th goal in his last 13 Championship appearances. It is a
:08:50. > :08:58.goal that, for the time being, could send Leicester seven points clear. A
:08:59. > :09:07.goal snaffled by Lester's top scorer.
:09:08. > :09:14.-- Leicester's. That is probably their final chance.
:09:15. > :09:19.There is the whistle. It doesn't matter how you win games in the
:09:20. > :09:24.Championship. On occasion, you just have to win. That is what Leicester
:09:25. > :09:29.have done, second-best for much of the first half. A much improved
:09:30. > :09:32.Leeds united. Nugent was the matchwinner with a goal three
:09:33. > :09:38.minutes from the end, his 17th of the season. All smiles for the
:09:39. > :09:44.leaders who are now seven points clear.
:09:45. > :09:49.Very tough, we didn't deserve that. It should have been three up in the
:09:50. > :09:56.first half. We did get the first goal. Leicester, top of the League.
:09:57. > :10:01.Probably a bit hard on leads. We expected them to show a response
:10:02. > :10:06.after recent results. It was a tough game for us. Not one of our most
:10:07. > :10:11.polished displays but an important three points.
:10:12. > :10:15.Leicester far from their best. But they pick up the three points.
:10:16. > :10:21.Leeds, it was all about restoring pride after what went on recently.
:10:22. > :10:25.Did they do that? A case of redemption day for them.
:10:26. > :10:30.There is a right way to lose and a wrong way. Last week was the wrong
:10:31. > :10:35.way. Today was the right way. Leicester at home wasn't a bad game.
:10:36. > :10:43.The crowd came with low expectations. Immediately they
:10:44. > :10:47.lifted. A high-energy start. A lot of the chances fell to the new
:10:48. > :10:52.captain at Leeds, Ross McCormack. Should he have done better? That was
:10:53. > :11:00.a difficult chance. Facing away from goal. A good connection. I don't see
:11:01. > :11:07.how he can do any more. Bringing it down. Lifts it with his left foot. A
:11:08. > :11:13.good save. I wouldn't criticise him. This one, he will look back. He
:11:14. > :11:18.should have done better. He looks to see where the defender is. Almost a
:11:19. > :11:24.signal to the keeper, I will put it that side. A great save however. We
:11:25. > :11:31.have seen him do that in recent weeks. A wonderful save. McCormack
:11:32. > :11:40.six weeks ago would have got on to that and finished it. Leeds almost
:11:41. > :11:43.tied in this -- tired in the second half. Leicester picked up the
:11:44. > :11:48.valuable goal three minutes before the end. How important was Kevin
:11:49. > :11:54.Phillips? This was a run which wasn't to him but David Nugent.
:11:55. > :11:58.Luckily enough, Nugent works of it. The defender will clear that bored
:11:59. > :12:06.easily. If he is not there and doesn't threaten to take the ball.
:12:07. > :12:12.He dummied it. Nugent reacts. A great finish. A quick understanding.
:12:13. > :12:22.A good sign not being at their best but picking up three points. Elland
:12:23. > :12:25.Road is on the usual place. -- isn't the easiest place.
:12:26. > :12:27.Nottingham Forest went into their match against Blackburn today,
:12:28. > :12:29.unbeaten in eight, and lying comfortably in the play-off
:12:30. > :12:32.positions. Billy Davies made four changes to his Forest side, with
:12:33. > :12:35.Collins, Vaughan, Mackie and Cox coming in. Amongst Blackburn's two
:12:36. > :12:37.changes, top scorer Jordan Rhodes dropped to the bench. John Helm
:12:38. > :12:52.watched this one. Vaughan, trying. Diving left. Taken
:12:53. > :12:58.by surprise that the shot came in from Vaughan.
:12:59. > :13:04.Ja, a lovely ball in. Paterson puts it across. Out for a goal kick. That
:13:05. > :13:18.was very lively stuff. He held it up well. From a distance,
:13:19. > :13:22.and a fine save. Fine football from Forest again. The sort of football
:13:23. > :13:28.that was far too good for West Ham not too long ago.
:13:29. > :13:38.The referee is going to award a penalty kick to Blackburn Rovers.
:13:39. > :13:49.The referee say that is is a penalty kick. It Grant Hanley the defender.
:13:50. > :13:59.Lansbury without a goal since 19th October. He has to beat Simon
:14:00. > :14:05.Eastwood. And he does beat Simon Eastwood. He got a touch on the
:14:06. > :14:10.ball. The strength of the shot meant meant he couldn't keep it out.
:14:11. > :14:22.Forest one, Blackburn nil. They've got another penalty. Just
:14:23. > :14:26.over half an hour played, Nottingham for rest awarded a second penalty,
:14:27. > :14:35.this time there is no doubt about it. It Adam Henley who is the
:14:36. > :14:45.culprit. He went to the goalkeeper's right with the first one. He goes
:14:46. > :14:52.straight down the middle now. Two for Lansbury, two for Forest. It
:14:53. > :14:58.could be three points on the way for Nottingham Forest.
:14:59. > :15:14.Williamson, to chip it back across here. Marshall, Blackburn Rovers are
:15:15. > :15:20.back in it. It's Ben Marshall, curled it beyond the goalkeeper
:15:21. > :15:29.Darlow having been set up with a short little pass to him from
:15:30. > :15:33.Cairney. Marshall has come back to haunt Nottingham with a goal. Good
:15:34. > :15:39.football. Lovely football here. Mackie, he has to do it all himself.
:15:40. > :15:48.He does. It's a thrilling stop from Eastwood.
:15:49. > :16:01.Cairney it is who hangs it up for Dann's header. Away brilliantly by
:16:02. > :16:07.Darlow. When he needs to save, he makes it.
:16:08. > :16:14.It's Lansbury, he's on a hat-trick. It's still Lansbury. Well saved
:16:15. > :16:20.Eastwood. He has made three outstanding stops today. It's still
:16:21. > :16:23.in there. The header takes it wide. Cox steers it wide. Forest close to
:16:24. > :16:36.goal number three. A clever little pass up here to
:16:37. > :16:42.Paterson. Who wriggles around. He is absolutely on fire at the moment.
:16:43. > :16:58.Jamie Paterson, his fifth goal in three games, takes Forest 3-1 clear.
:16:59. > :17:11.This is Paterson. Still probing and teasing. Reid with the shot. Super
:17:12. > :17:18.goal. You knew from the second it left his toe it was destined for the
:17:19. > :17:21.net. The most important thing now is to get some key players back into
:17:22. > :17:24.this team that are injured. Very important we get one or two of them
:17:25. > :17:27.back. It's going to be a dog fight between now and the end of the
:17:28. > :17:32.season, we know. That we are ready for the dog fight we are keep doing
:17:33. > :17:35.the best we can. That good result for Nottingham Forest means they are
:17:36. > :17:43.unbeaten in nine games. How impressed were you with that
:17:44. > :17:47.performance from Forest? I have been impress for the last three times
:17:48. > :17:51.I've watched them in the last six. Each occasion they played that well.
:17:52. > :17:56.No more than I expected. Lovely balance. Real nice mix, they play
:17:57. > :18:01.four at the back. Good four, strong four. They are well-organised. The
:18:02. > :18:06.three have a really nice mix of a player getting forward in Lansbury,
:18:07. > :18:10.sitter in Vaughan. You have a playmaker in Reid. You have to two
:18:11. > :18:14.wide players and the player upfront. There were changes today, it made
:18:15. > :18:18.absolutely no difference to the way they played. If we look at the two
:18:19. > :18:23.penalty decisions for the first two goals. The first one was soft, the
:18:24. > :18:29.second one wasn't, do you agree? Yes. If Lansbury is anywhere else on
:18:30. > :18:35.the pitch he will probably not fall. He has got in front of Grant Henley.
:18:36. > :18:39.For me, no, not a penalty. This one, absolutely no doubt about. That you
:18:40. > :18:43.can see by the reaction of the young lad that he knows it's a clumsy
:18:44. > :18:48.challenge. He is absolutely nowhere near the ball. Deserved penalty. The
:18:49. > :18:55.first one, I know the manager won't be happy about that. The manager has
:18:56. > :19:03.a right to feel slightly aggrieved. Billy Davies is doing well with the
:19:04. > :19:07.players he has out. Andy Reid, brilliant form this season. Topped a
:19:08. > :19:16.great performance today with a great goal. Don't give him this space and
:19:17. > :19:19.time to shot, . He has lost weight, getting about the pitch. I have
:19:20. > :19:27.never seen him work so hard as I have in games. He is getting better
:19:28. > :19:30.and better. We have 15 goals from midfield which is really important.
:19:31. > :19:34.They only play with one upfront. You have to have the balance of
:19:35. > :19:38.midfielders getting into the box and making up the numbers. That is why
:19:39. > :19:45.they are going to way, they have balance all over the pitch.
:19:46. > :19:50.Derby had been looking a side transformed since the arrival of
:19:51. > :19:53.Steve McClaren, but after three successive defeats in League and
:19:54. > :19:55.Cup, the Rams were in need of a change in fortune today against
:19:56. > :19:58.promotion-chasing Brighton. Alistair Mann saw this one. How much of
:19:59. > :20:00.Derby's self belief would have been drained by successive Championship
:20:01. > :20:04.defeats. If it's fragile in anyway, it's surely to be exploited by a
:20:05. > :20:08.Brighton side who also reside in the play-off picture. Steve McClaren's
:20:09. > :20:13.options were boosted by the return to fitness of the skipper. He goes
:20:14. > :20:30.straight back into the side today. The experience of Eustace returns to
:20:31. > :20:34.the field. Teenage Forster-Caskey is added to. He is one of the four
:20:35. > :20:44.players in the starting 11 to have scored for Brighton this season.
:20:45. > :21:04.Floating ball. Nod down. Certainly not a miskick from Andrews, who put
:21:05. > :21:11.it beyond the right hand upright. Struck it cleanly enough, after the
:21:12. > :21:17.air shot from Ince. It was always going beyond the post. Pretty
:21:18. > :21:23.forgettable opening quarter of an hour, I'm sure he would admit.
:21:24. > :21:29.It's just a feeling among the supporters of restlessness, isn't
:21:30. > :21:33.there, if you can listen to the audible groans. They want something
:21:34. > :21:36.more dynamic and positive. Maybe it's going to arrive here. A
:21:37. > :21:41.terrific effort, just beyond the post. Ward with the first genuine
:21:42. > :21:46.attempt on goal. That's a little more encouraging for the home
:21:47. > :21:51.supporters. Indeed, for the manager. Ward really a manufacturering this
:21:52. > :22:05.all by himself. Then easing it beyond that far-post.
:22:06. > :22:13.Ward bursting forward and it's a corner. That is the game's first. It
:22:14. > :22:21.arrives just into the 26th minute of the contest.
:22:22. > :22:29.A terrific effort, a super save to deny Upson. Grant, pushing it over
:22:30. > :22:34.the bar. The nearest we've come to the goal by some margin. Upson up
:22:35. > :22:44.the highest. Straight down the barrel.
:22:45. > :22:55.Now it might reach Lopez, good tackle. Well played by Forsyth.
:22:56. > :23:00.Long-ranger from Andrews. Why not, on a day of so few opportunities.
:23:01. > :23:08.Put your foot through it, and see what happens. Good tackle by Forsyth
:23:09. > :23:18.to deny David Lopez. Andrews, well...
:23:19. > :23:33.It is Bamford. Oh, dear, dear... His side are the Championship's most
:23:34. > :23:34.prolific team with 49 goals. I think Steve McClaren is just about to
:23:35. > :23:55.request one. Is there a foul there? Oh, the shot
:23:56. > :24:03.goes in! Bamford. Out of nothing. It's only his second appearance for
:24:04. > :24:07.Derby. As a few players on the field were looking for a free-kick,
:24:08. > :24:13.Bamford tapped the ball into the net, there. Fantastic finish from
:24:14. > :24:23.Bamford. Clearly, got a really good left foot on him.
:24:24. > :24:30.Suddenly, we have a game. Suddenly, we have a goal. Martin again. On
:24:31. > :24:56.target. Easily gathered by Kuszczak. Here's Bruno. Ince. And, again.
:24:57. > :25:05.March hits it, strikes his own man. Good save! Low to his right, Lee
:25:06. > :25:22.Grant. Again, one or two players stopped thinking there was a foul.
:25:23. > :25:26.Again, play went on. This time, Grant stops it. The lads are
:25:27. > :25:34.delighted. They are on their last legs. Worked so hard for that,
:25:35. > :25:38.fought so hard for it. To win it for a with a quality goal for someone
:25:39. > :25:50.coming off the bench is doubly pleasing. We played very well. And,
:25:51. > :25:55.I'm proud of the performance of my players, not about result, but I
:25:56. > :26:00.think it is the way we have to keep playing like this and we will win a
:26:01. > :26:04.lot of games. A bit like Leeds in many respects, on the back of a
:26:05. > :26:08.couple of forgettable results, Derby certainly pulled one out of the bag,
:26:09. > :26:12.didn't they, they had to grind this one out? It wasn't the most fluent
:26:13. > :26:15.of games. I personally thought Brighton were pretty negative in
:26:16. > :26:20.this game. I didn't think at any stage they could win this game. I
:26:21. > :26:25.think they went there for a draw. Got 10-men behind the goal. I
:26:26. > :26:29.couldn't see them win this game. You look at the stats. They are tight,
:26:30. > :26:35.it's a tough game to play when they come to your batch, they have only
:26:36. > :26:40.scored 11 away from home and conceded 10. The lowest goals for
:26:41. > :26:44.and the lowest against. For me, I just didn't feel at any stage they
:26:45. > :26:50.could go on and win that game. They scored an effort on behalf of Steve
:26:51. > :26:54.McClaren, his three subs played a key role? He had four upfront. They
:26:55. > :27:04.were going for. It that is why they deserved to win the game. They were
:27:05. > :27:07.the more positive side. OK. Our first Championship round-up starts
:27:08. > :27:10.with an extraordinary game at the Madejski where Reading were looking
:27:11. > :27:12.to improve on their meagre goal return of just three goals in their
:27:13. > :27:33.last five games Level Fondre got the opener here.
:27:34. > :27:41.This was the first time that Reading had scored more than one goal in a
:27:42. > :27:50.game since November The Royals got a third. It arrived five minutes
:27:51. > :27:56.later. Le Fondre getting a first half hat-trick. Worse was to come.
:27:57. > :28:01.They were 4-0 down by half-time. The referee spotted a handball by Alex
:28:02. > :28:08.Baptiste and knocking him with a spot of low quality mime. --
:28:09. > :28:16.mocking. Pogrebnyak scored from the spot.
:28:17. > :28:24.The Trotters resolve lasted 15 minutes before chaotic defended
:28:25. > :28:30.proceeded a goal by Gorkss, his second in as many matches. That made
:28:31. > :28:38.it 5-0. Goal number six was just around the corner. This one smashed
:28:39. > :28:46.in by Akpan. Bolton just hopeless. 1982 was the the time wander led in
:28:47. > :28:51.seven. Blackman made a little bit of history, with 12 minutes to go.
:28:52. > :28:55.Bolton pulled one back in the 89th minute. Ngog will be credited with
:28:56. > :28:59.this one. Look, he grabs the ball, eager to kick-start the Bolton
:29:00. > :29:07.comeback. Come on, lads, we can win this.
:29:08. > :29:17.Really disappointed, embarrassed for the football club and embarrassed
:29:18. > :29:20.for the fans that travelled down. We have to make sure we double our
:29:21. > :29:23.efforts and face it on the chin and move forward. Players have been
:29:24. > :29:29.working extremely hard on the training ground. We are looking
:29:30. > :29:32.forward to where we want to get to an great credit to the players.
:29:33. > :29:37.Everyone is together and everyone is working hard and it was a great
:29:38. > :29:42.victory today. You have to wonder what Stuart Gray has to do to get
:29:43. > :29:50.the Wednesday job. Despite beating Leeds by six last week, he remains
:29:51. > :29:53.caretaker. The Clarets had seen last stretch their lead at the top
:29:54. > :30:00.earlier, so needed to take maximum points. Sam Vokes put them on the
:30:01. > :30:04.right track with his 13th of the season. Wednesday responded soon
:30:05. > :30:09.after. Chris Maguire was the forgotten man under the previous
:30:10. > :30:15.manager but he levelled matters. Wednesday were second best for most
:30:16. > :30:24.of this but showed plenty of spirit. Kieran Landry went close to
:30:25. > :30:31.announcing his reputation. Sam Vokes teed up David Jones who had the
:30:32. > :30:34.goalkeeper beaten. The home side's frustration were growing and were
:30:35. > :30:38.cursing their luck as they hit the woodwork. Not only were they in
:30:39. > :30:46.danger of losing ground, their place in the top two was at stake. They
:30:47. > :30:52.got another chance late on, but the goalkeeper was equal to it.
:30:53. > :30:59.Free-flowing, great energy to the performance. We just could not score
:31:00. > :31:03.the winning goal because we were dominant from start to finish.
:31:04. > :31:09.Credit to the players, they put their bodies on the line. We coped
:31:10. > :31:13.with the pressure. There could hardly have been a tougher
:31:14. > :31:19.assignment for the Huddersfield manager than a trip to Loftus Road
:31:20. > :31:24.where his even more experienced counterpart was hunting down a
:31:25. > :31:30.return to the top two. Danny Ward nearly punished them. Next it was
:31:31. > :31:38.nor would's turn. Then a glimpse of the promotion chasers attacking
:31:39. > :31:43.threat. They rattle the woodwork in rapid succession. Huddersfield felt
:31:44. > :31:49.they deserved the good Fortune. Robbins described his players
:31:50. > :32:00.display as brilliant before the break. But Robbins would not be
:32:01. > :32:03.denied his 13th goal of the season. Huddersfield's new signing
:32:04. > :32:10.celebrated his debut with the equaliser. Now Rangers came back.
:32:11. > :32:18.Matt Phillips had been pivotal in waking them up and wanted his name
:32:19. > :32:24.on the scoresheet. A smart stop from the goalkeeper, but 11 minutes from
:32:25. > :32:29.time, Austin lifted QPR into the automatic promotion places. Every
:32:30. > :32:36.week has been tight, one down to the wire. You hope you hang on with five
:32:37. > :32:41.or ten minutes to go. It is a fortress this year. They have not
:32:42. > :32:47.conceded a goal in the second half before today. The only downside is,
:32:48. > :32:54.we did not take at least a point. Millwall manager 's old, and new
:32:55. > :32:59.head to head as Ian Holloway took his place in the dugout at the Den
:33:00. > :33:03.for the first time. After losing his opening game at Huddersfield last
:33:04. > :33:12.week, Ryan Fredericks conjured up a debut goal to go to the break
:33:13. > :33:17.smiling. Lee Martin cleared Tommy Smith's header off the line. Make no
:33:18. > :33:22.mistake, Millwall were the better side, playing with enthusiasm and
:33:23. > :33:25.commitment. Martin should have put his old club in deeper trouble.
:33:26. > :33:32.Pitch which have not won a game since Boxing Day. -- Ipswich.
:33:33. > :33:39.Millwall can finally celebrate. The fans have been telling me we don't
:33:40. > :33:48.do things together. They have had lots of excuses, but hope the Lee no
:33:49. > :33:53.more. It feels like the atmosphere has transformed in south London.
:33:54. > :34:01.Ryan Fredericks, did he mean it, that is the question? No, he didn't.
:34:02. > :34:07.But does it matter? Well done to him. Of course, every week there is
:34:08. > :34:14.a random results that gets thrown into the mix. Seven goals from a
:34:15. > :34:16.Reading side that have not been prolific against Bolton Wanderers.
:34:17. > :34:25.What a performance from Adam Le Fondre? Yes, all of a sudden seven
:34:26. > :34:31.shots on target and seven goals in this game. Clinical and incredible.
:34:32. > :34:37.Talking about a clinical, that is what you would say about this man.
:34:38. > :34:40.Get him in front of goal in these situations, you would not want
:34:41. > :34:47.anybody else there, you would bet your life on him. Of course, there
:34:48. > :34:55.will be some poor defending thrown in. It takes a while now for any
:34:56. > :35:03.defender to show up. It does, but they were not expecting that.
:35:04. > :35:10.Another good finish. He is under the heading of a goal-scorer, and that
:35:11. > :35:16.is what he was today. You look at Bolton, ?160 million losses in
:35:17. > :35:19.total, two wins in ten in the league and four points off the relegation
:35:20. > :35:25.zone -- zone. These are tricky times? When you have that debt, the
:35:26. > :35:30.only way to get out of that is to get into the Premier League. The way
:35:31. > :35:34.they are playing, they will not do that. It has been an unmitigated
:35:35. > :35:40.disaster. At the start of the season they showed a bit of form. Now we
:35:41. > :35:47.are seeing the Bolton we thought we would see. It has not materialised.
:35:48. > :35:55.They have to think about staying in this division and then regroup and
:35:56. > :35:57.go on next year. Ok, four more games from the Championship now, starting
:35:58. > :35:59.at the Keepmoat, as relegation-threatened Doncaster
:36:00. > :36:04.welcomed a Wigan side just three points off the play-off places with
:36:05. > :36:10.a game in hand. Now Grant Holt has gone to Aston
:36:11. > :36:14.Villa on loan, Nicky Maynard is looking to rekindle his career with
:36:15. > :36:21.Wigan. This would be an uphill battle when they seemed mesmerised
:36:22. > :36:26.by Rovers' approach play and forgot to mark Chris Brown. Enough to spark
:36:27. > :36:33.The Latics into light. Maynard keeping Ross Turnbull on his toes.
:36:34. > :36:37.Doncaster's desire to escape the bottom three drove them forward.
:36:38. > :36:48.Leon Barnett's sliced clearance dropped to Richie Wellens. But James
:36:49. > :36:56.Copp injure completed the job. When James husband toppled, Brown had the
:36:57. > :37:02.chance to match that. He kept his nerve to make this Doncaster's most
:37:03. > :37:05.convincing win of the season. Good for the gold distance which is all
:37:06. > :37:11.that is keeping Rovers in the relegation zone. We said to the
:37:12. > :37:14.players, we know we have good players and we can play football,
:37:15. > :37:21.sometimes you have got to win the battle first. We lacked at both
:37:22. > :37:29.ends, but the players really wanted to do well. Today, their legs did
:37:30. > :37:35.not allow them. This week, Paul Ince denied his son is on his way to
:37:36. > :37:38.Monaco. After the game, the Blackpool boss did not speak to the
:37:39. > :37:45.media. Could he explain this? Another defeat, this time against
:37:46. > :37:48.the side in equally wretched form. Barnsley went close early on before
:37:49. > :37:53.the Tykes made the breakthrough on the stroke of half-time. The
:37:54. > :37:56.goalkeeper charged off his line to meet Stephen Dawson but only
:37:57. > :38:01.succeeded in bringing down the Barnsley man. Chris O'Grady was on
:38:02. > :38:07.penalty duty. Still their top scorer, this was his first goal
:38:08. > :38:13.since October. He was on target again just the other side of the
:38:14. > :38:17.interval. Barnsley notched their first win since Wilson returned as
:38:18. > :38:22.manager. O'Brien was Given an age to measure up the chip and O'Grady at
:38:23. > :38:28.the game beyond Blackpool. The tangerines are in freefall and have
:38:29. > :38:33.lost nine out of ten and have not scored in fourth. There was more to
:38:34. > :38:41.grumble about when this penalty went unrewarded. I thought it was a solid
:38:42. > :38:45.performance. We had a couple of moments where we had to defend very
:38:46. > :38:50.well. The goalkeeper did very well. But I thought we looked very much in
:38:51. > :38:56.control at times. It was a very good and deserved results.
:38:57. > :39:00.A pre-match boost for Bournemouth with the news Lewis Grabb and had
:39:01. > :39:05.signed a new contract. He held talks with Brighton early in the week. But
:39:06. > :39:14.he played his part against Watford who started the day on the same
:39:15. > :39:22.points just below mid table. They struck a telling blow on the stroke
:39:23. > :39:29.of half-time. But the Italian who scored twice in Watford's 6-1 win
:39:30. > :39:35.between the teams in August was the victim of mistaken identity. After
:39:36. > :39:42.seeking advice from his assistant, he was singled out as the guilty
:39:43. > :39:50.party. That left the visitors and man light for the final half an
:39:51. > :39:54.hour. A perfect way to celebrate the new Deal. They should have been on
:39:55. > :40:02.their way to maximum points soon after when Mark Pugh was put
:40:03. > :40:07.through. But the referee at the centre of more controversy following
:40:08. > :40:12.Paul's sliding tackle. Watford's protests fell on deaf ears. But the
:40:13. > :40:19.goalkeeper came up with an incredible triple save. His side
:40:20. > :40:24.have got their seventh consecutive draw on the road. I thought it was a
:40:25. > :40:30.clear view penalty. I thought the linesman made a good decision. It
:40:31. > :40:38.was the correct one. I have no view of the second one.
:40:39. > :40:42.Birmingham's midweek FA Cup success was their first home win in more
:40:43. > :40:49.than three months. But Mullins dashed the idea it would be a new
:40:50. > :41:01.beginning. Yeovil got the lead. With city still reeling, the keeper
:41:02. > :41:08.thwarted that. When this cake was collected by the goalkeeper, he was
:41:09. > :41:12.supported and then they got an acrobatic second goal. Only 19
:41:13. > :41:17.minutes gone and Yeovil Town's hosts were in trouble. The course of the
:41:18. > :41:23.afternoon might have changed if Novak had found the net instead of
:41:24. > :41:28.the bar. After five home league draws, Birmingham were forced to
:41:29. > :41:35.stomach a defeat this time. Brian Howard was prevented on making an
:41:36. > :41:42.impact on his home debut. We were very good in both penalty areas. We
:41:43. > :41:46.got to a couple of balls first in their penalty area and then we got
:41:47. > :41:50.to everything first, near enough in our penalty area. They are a good
:41:51. > :41:56.side, we believe it is a good result for us. Tactically I thought we
:41:57. > :42:03.played the game we wanted to play. It was nice to come away winners.
:42:04. > :42:05.Huge win for Yeovil, only their fifth of the season and a clean
:42:06. > :42:11.sheet. What a time to get it, because all
:42:12. > :42:17.of the teams below them and around them also picked up three points?
:42:18. > :42:23.All of a sudden we have made no ground because everyone else has
:42:24. > :42:26.one. If they win one more game, all of a sudden if they win the next
:42:27. > :42:30.one, they could be out of the bottom three. They just need to close the
:42:31. > :42:37.gap. Contentious issue in that game between Bournemouth and Watford. The
:42:38. > :42:42.referee had the choice of maybe two places sent off but sent off a
:42:43. > :42:47.player who wasn't even involved. He did not cover himself in glory. The
:42:48. > :42:54.number four is not involved in either. He is walking away. He is
:42:55. > :43:04.not giving the penalty. It is his linesman who signals. They sent the
:43:05. > :43:13.wrong player. No wonder he is walking away asking what he has
:43:14. > :43:19.done. One of the standout results in the championship has to be Doncaster
:43:20. > :43:23.against Wigan. Doncaster have lost seven out of the last eight in all
:43:24. > :43:29.competitions. Wigan have been unbeaten? We talked about a stranger
:43:30. > :43:35.results at Reding, and this was up there with that. Paul Dick has been
:43:36. > :43:41.saying although the results have not been great, performances have belied
:43:42. > :43:46.that at times. Fully deserved. The performance along with it as well.
:43:47. > :43:56.Huge win as well, Barnsley against black hole. Barnsley needed that.
:43:57. > :44:01.One point in nine Paul Ince? Everyone was thinking, what a good
:44:02. > :44:04.season they would have. They were a surprise package. That seems an
:44:05. > :44:12.awful long time ago. They have to be careful they don't get sucked into a
:44:13. > :44:16.regulation battle. Our last look at the Championship, and despite a run
:44:17. > :44:18.of four wins in their last five league games, Middlesbrough head
:44:19. > :44:22.coach, Aitor Karanka, isn't getting carried away just yet. Clem caught
:44:23. > :44:31.up with Boro's level-headed new boss ahead of Charlton's visit to the
:44:32. > :44:34.Riverside. I think this must be the continental approach, six hours
:44:35. > :44:38.before kick-off, already Jose Mourinho's former assistant at Real
:44:39. > :44:43.Madrid has started his pre-match preparations. Not at the Riverside
:44:44. > :44:49.Stadium, but here at borough's training ground am I do hope he's
:44:50. > :44:52.got the kettle on. This is very early, Aitor Karanka, this is
:44:53. > :44:56.something that happens a lot in Spain. Everybody comes to the
:44:57. > :45:01.training ground first? No, in Spain we used to go the day before and
:45:02. > :45:13.spend the night together at hotel when we play at home. I said in my
:45:14. > :45:19.first press conference football is like a family, all the people who
:45:20. > :45:21.works in the club it's fantastic. Two months later my thoughts are the
:45:22. > :45:36.same. Now, you've already played the old
:45:37. > :45:44.pals act with your friend Jose Mourinho. Two signings, you are
:45:45. > :45:52.talking to him regularly? Yes. We are friends. I'm... I want the best
:45:53. > :45:59.for Middlesbrough. I'm... I was working in Spain with under-17 and
:46:00. > :46:04.under-16 national team. I know the young players. I love to work with
:46:05. > :46:11.them. I think it's good for me because I have the same philosophy.
:46:12. > :46:17.I know two months Jose is the best in the world, the last 10 years,
:46:18. > :46:21.obviously there are a lot of differences but Aitor Karanka
:46:22. > :46:28.philosophy is the same. He wrote to my table and say, don't forget,
:46:29. > :46:34.never this. This one coach can lose a lot of games, a lot of
:46:35. > :46:40.Championship, a lot of things, but never can lose his dignity. That
:46:41. > :46:48.stays us on your desk all the time? Oh, yeah. 2011. Always. That stays?
:46:49. > :47:01.Yeah. Except people will think you don't know what year it is.
:47:02. > :47:09.How big a decision was it to make such a radical change, in terms of
:47:10. > :47:14.your head coach/manager? We just decided not to con strain our
:47:15. > :47:18.thinking this time. He was the outstanding candidate and brings
:47:19. > :47:23.everything that we are looking for to push the club forward. Steve
:47:24. > :47:26.Gibson isn't here today, you are talking to him on a day-to-day
:47:27. > :47:32.basis, is there any doubt in his mind that Boro will eventually be
:47:33. > :47:37.restored to the top table? You know Steve as well as I do, Clem, he is
:47:38. > :47:41.incredibly ambitious, positive guy, will continue to strive with all his
:47:42. > :47:47.efforts to make sure we get back to where we believe we belong, which is
:47:48. > :47:52.the highest shall long. -- hes long. Mourinho would approve of this. Boro
:47:53. > :48:00.weren't at their best here, but won it ugly.
:48:01. > :48:10.The goalkeeper's save wasn't any more orthodox, the Frenchman kept
:48:11. > :48:17.this one out. The follow-up from the fit again Carayol. Charlton felt
:48:18. > :48:21.that like deserted them at the Riverside. The key moments seemed to
:48:22. > :48:27.go against them. A good opportunity fell to Wood a deflection took it
:48:28. > :48:34.wide. Then came the big talking point, Simon Church with the ball
:48:35. > :48:40.net, penalised for a foul on Given. The same could be said for
:48:41. > :48:45.Charlton's Wiggins, his attempt to retrieve a lose ball saw him catch
:48:46. > :48:49.Whitehead. The referee brandished a straight reds as he could see his
:48:50. > :48:56.studs. Charlton created a late chance, even with 10-men. A
:48:57. > :49:05.difficult finish for Church he couldn't prevent Boro's win. If
:49:06. > :49:13.Mourinho is texting you tonight he will say, five wins out of six is
:49:14. > :49:19.play-off form? Yes, but the way he is thinking in the next game, if we
:49:20. > :49:26.lose one game or two games the players position on the table is not
:49:27. > :49:31.good for us. We train tomorrow thinking on Saturday game.
:49:32. > :49:35.Inevitably, it took Aitor Karanka time to get settled. He is turn
:49:36. > :49:39.thing around at the Riverside. What has changed under him, do you think?
:49:40. > :49:43.Defensively they have changed. Prior to him being there, it was two
:49:44. > :49:48.cleansheets in 15. Now it's six in 11. You give yourself a chance in
:49:49. > :49:51.games like you have today. Probably not at their best. If you keep
:49:52. > :49:56.cleansheet and nick the game like that, that goes well. You mentioned
:49:57. > :50:00.Mourinho, I think it's the subtle changes to his system, four, two,
:50:01. > :50:04.three, one, which makes you tough and difficult to play against and
:50:05. > :50:08.difficult to beat. That's replicated in what we are seeing in the games
:50:09. > :50:13.they are playing. They are cutting out the mistakes at the back that
:50:14. > :50:16.saw the end of Tony Mowbray and overshadowed him starting at the
:50:17. > :50:20.Riverside? If you are going to make mistakes like that, it doesn't
:50:21. > :50:23.matter how well you play, you set a mountain to climb in the match.
:50:24. > :50:30.Playing very well. One of those sides that all of a sudden from dark
:50:31. > :50:33.horses, real contenders now. To League One now and there's no
:50:34. > :50:37.stopping Brentford. The Bees' win against Port Vale last week was
:50:38. > :50:40.their eighth in a row. In fact, Mark Warburton's sides last defeat came
:50:41. > :50:47.away to Stevenage back in October. Today, they were at Walsall.
:50:48. > :50:53.Brentford's recent form has been A1, in the shadow of the M6 they have
:50:54. > :51:02.found awkward opponents lying in wait. It took the Bees half an hour
:51:03. > :51:05.to break Walsall down. Donaldson got his 49th league goal for the club
:51:06. > :51:12.and a demonstration that makes Brentford a tasty proposition for
:51:13. > :51:15.promotion. The play-offs represent the Saddlers most likely route. They
:51:16. > :51:23.are the lowest scorers in the top half of the table. Craig Westcarr
:51:24. > :51:28.got this goal, five of his colleagues contributed. A ninth
:51:29. > :51:36.consecutive legal league win would have equaled an 8 Brentford world
:51:37. > :51:53.record. They had a chance to equalise it, This wasn't Trotter's
:51:54. > :51:58.finest moment. Plenty more games and lots of points to be earnt. We are
:51:59. > :52:02.in a good position right now, in good shape bgs look forward to our
:52:03. > :52:06.game on Friday Friday night. Want to be in the top six come the end of
:52:07. > :52:11.the season. We can only concentrate on our own performances. If we keep
:52:12. > :52:19.repeat per performances like we had today, we won't be far away. Leyton
:52:20. > :52:24.Orient continued to impress a tenth away league success came, but from a
:52:25. > :52:28.goal behind. Moore threatened an upset with the game's opener. No
:52:29. > :52:34.team in the division has scored more goals on the road than Leyton
:52:35. > :52:37.Orient. Dagnall had a chance. The striker responded with the
:52:38. > :52:41.equaliser. Dagnall, who has been short of first team football, has
:52:42. > :52:45.signed an 18-month deal with the London club. On the early evidence,
:52:46. > :52:50.it looks as shrewd investment. The player who started the game on the
:52:51. > :52:55.substitutes bench had one more important contribution to make. He
:52:56. > :53:05.claimed the O's winner. Two goals on debut, enough to send Leyton Orient
:53:06. > :53:09.back to the top of the table. Deepdale in deepest Lancashire and
:53:10. > :53:15.deep frustration for Preston in a game summed up as the tale of the
:53:16. > :53:25.battering rime, the blunder and the blooter. Davies goal was testimony
:53:26. > :53:29.to his touched and awareness. A challenge of no great malice, plenty
:53:30. > :53:33.of recklessness, two minutes from time gave the referee a decision to
:53:34. > :53:39.make. The official produced a red card. In so doing offered late hope
:53:40. > :53:45.to Coventry, enhanced by a healthy chunk much stoppage-time. What about
:53:46. > :53:51.that blooter. In the added minute, came the twist, a 14th and best goal
:53:52. > :53:56.of the season for Moussa who set off on a tour of celebration which
:53:57. > :54:02.embraced most of the route home to Coventry, or should it be
:54:03. > :54:08.Northampton. Incredible strike from Mousaa, a better goal in his career
:54:09. > :54:13.he is unlikely to score. A return of 12 goals from generally midfield. I
:54:14. > :54:18.think today's goal will take a lot of beating. Frustrated to score 96
:54:19. > :54:23.minutes plus into injury-time for them to score. It's disappointing
:54:24. > :54:27.when only four minutes went up. You expect to see the game with maybe a
:54:28. > :54:35.little bit of extra-time on top of the four, not six-and-a-half minutes
:54:36. > :54:40.nearly. Worrying times for Shrewsbury who were two points above
:54:41. > :54:49.the relegation zone. The bad home form has been their downfall. That
:54:50. > :54:57.continued as hibg come profited from Rotherham's first attack. No end in
:54:58. > :55:09.sight to that alarming form. Pringle got the second for the Millers with
:55:10. > :55:15.an outstanding goal. Tavernier's return in Rotherham colours saw him
:55:16. > :55:24.complete the scoring. They remain in play-off contention. Having conceded
:55:25. > :55:27.10 goals in two previous meetings with Peterborough this season, the
:55:28. > :55:33.last thing Tranmere wanted was a soft penalty against them. Taylor
:55:34. > :55:36.thought to have aside Assombalonga before the powerful number nine
:55:37. > :55:43.hammered his side in front from 12 yards. Lady Luck refused to smile on
:55:44. > :55:56.Rovers again early in the second-half. This cross shot went
:55:57. > :56:01.safely into the arms of Joe Day. Ajose, back from a loan spell at
:56:02. > :56:09.Swindon, netted his first for Peterborough from close-range. Then
:56:10. > :56:15.Ajose, having taken a pass from Swanson, set Assombalonga in for his
:56:16. > :56:20.20th of the campaign. Ending the run of four consecutive league defeats.
:56:21. > :56:24.Could this win kick-start Posh's season. My players showed character.
:56:25. > :56:28.That was really demanded of them today. To show that we can have a
:56:29. > :56:32.reaction to such a bad defeat. Also the run we have been on, it's been
:56:33. > :56:37.horrendous. We are not getting a break at the moment. We can't be
:56:38. > :56:42.sorry for yourselves. We have to roll our sleeves up and go again. We
:56:43. > :56:51.have a massive game next week against Crewe.
:56:52. > :56:59.A A cleansheet to boot, good reading, doesn't it? It does.
:57:00. > :57:02.Slightly disappointing, the start of the season, the way they started I
:57:03. > :57:09.thought, they look a really good side. There is a well balanced look
:57:10. > :57:13.to what we are seeing. They haven't quite worked out. When you consider,
:57:14. > :57:19.I expect them to be closer than they actually are. Inconsistency... A
:57:20. > :57:24.really important result to turn around somewhat inconsistent
:57:25. > :57:29.performances. Are back on top of the pile in League One after a good win
:57:30. > :57:34.away to Crewe. Chris Dagnall, him and Kevin Lisbie they will get you
:57:35. > :57:39.goals. Dagnall a good acquisitions? Someone I have talked about in
:57:40. > :57:47.numerous times. This gentleman will get you goals. Reminds me of Le
:57:48. > :57:50.Fondre, penalty box player. Small, always, always in the right spot
:57:51. > :57:55.when the ball goes into the box. He has a great anticipation. Scored for
:57:56. > :58:00.three clubs already this season, Barnsley, Coventry and Leyton
:58:01. > :58:05.Orient. Walsall ended Brentford's eight-match winning run. It might
:58:06. > :58:09.not have been a victory for Dean Smith's side, they have done well to
:58:10. > :58:13.hang in there on the verge of the play-offs? On occasions you have to
:58:14. > :58:19.make a judgment call on what you think the relevant budgets are for
:58:20. > :58:21.these football clubs. You would say that Walsall, knowing what we know
:58:22. > :58:26.wouldn't be near the clubs that are around them. You think, hold on a
:58:27. > :58:30.minute, who has done the job there, Dean Smith did a wonderful job.
:58:31. > :58:35.Three or four years there? Yes, three years. If they can, be there
:58:36. > :58:40.an awful lot longer, he is doing a wonderful job. Brought back Brandy
:58:41. > :58:47.who was good in his last spell at the stadium.
:58:48. > :58:52.Our last look at League One now begins with Swindon, who missed the
:58:53. > :58:56.chance to climb to within touching distance of the play- offs when they
:58:57. > :59:01.lost to bottom club Stevenage on Tuesday
:59:02. > :59:14.Kent's only foot baldly team owed their victory to an Essex born
:59:15. > :59:18.player with a good left foot. Cody McDonald had the chance to double
:59:19. > :59:28.gelling's lead only for his recent touch to desert him. After an hour
:59:29. > :59:39.Harriman's incursion setup this cross. Harriman scored his first
:59:40. > :59:46.senior goal and even a Peter Taylor's record since returning. We
:59:47. > :59:50.did not look 18 good enough last Saturday against Colchester. But
:59:51. > :59:55.today we looked a team in every way. The players deserve credit because
:59:56. > :00:02.they worked so hard for each other. Port Vale were out to even their
:00:03. > :00:07.defeat at boundary Park in August, and they did that. Jack Rimmer, the
:00:08. > :00:15.matchwinner. Perfect way to mark his home debut. No way back for Oldham
:00:16. > :00:19.who almost conceded a second when James traitor and gave away a
:00:20. > :00:25.penalty. At the spot kick was superbly saved. Port Vale had done
:00:26. > :00:38.enough and are now unbeaten at home in six. Bristol City, Sam Ball Doc
:00:39. > :00:42.had scored in three of his previous four games. But he failed to get the
:00:43. > :00:49.target with an early chance against his former club. Sean Williams put
:00:50. > :00:53.the dons in front. Seven of his previous nine goals have come from
:00:54. > :00:58.penalties. This one was superbly placed. With their tails up they
:00:59. > :01:05.doubled the lead nine minutes beef audience. Ben Reeves, a revelation
:01:06. > :01:11.in recent weeks, put away six in his last ten games. Carl Robinson stated
:01:12. > :01:17.before the game, he tried to re-sign Ball Doc, and you can understand why
:01:18. > :01:27.after the striker confidently cut the deficit. Now the home side were
:01:28. > :01:32.bossing the game and they brought the scores level with 13 minutes
:01:33. > :01:46.left. But there was to be no winner from either side. Parish getting
:01:47. > :01:49.behind a Williams piledriver. Maybe Sheffield United's FA Cup
:01:50. > :01:55.success is having a detrimental affect on their league form. Two
:01:56. > :02:00.weeks on from their win at Villa, they were giving -- Given a flying
:02:01. > :02:14.start by Jamie Murphy. The header hit the bar and requested penalty
:02:15. > :02:23.was unlikely. Baxter's Corner, Harry Maguire's had and a first half lead.
:02:24. > :02:26.It was up leak out look, but Aaron McClean and a hefty deflection
:02:27. > :02:34.allowed Gary Jones to give them a foothold. It was the same model
:02:35. > :02:44.professional whose free kick fatuity slay located James Hansen. It was
:02:45. > :02:49.Sheffield United who came close to finding a decisive moment. They
:02:50. > :03:01.called for a penalty against nascent oil. -- Nathan Doyle.
:03:02. > :03:10.Colchester United have shown signs of improvement. Their latest triumph
:03:11. > :03:18.came at Rampton Park. They have for clean sheets in five matches going
:03:19. > :03:23.into this game, but there was no goal. Carlisle could not build on
:03:24. > :03:34.that piece of Fortune. Instead they fell behind again. A third was to
:03:35. > :03:39.follow. Marcus Bean make sure he had a significant say in the outcome.
:03:40. > :03:49.His header gave Colchester a comfortable cushion. Carlisle were
:03:50. > :03:57.left with too much to do after another own goal. Their opponents
:03:58. > :04:02.had a commanding lead. The right end to help atone for his earlier error.
:04:03. > :04:14.The effort came in the final moments, but the Cumbrians were well
:04:15. > :04:19.beaten in the end. No side outside the top six are in
:04:20. > :04:24.better form and Notts County. After this 25 yarder the Stevenage was
:04:25. > :04:33.turned on to the post by the goalkeeper. They set out to win. The
:04:34. > :04:40.only goal coming from Callum Ball, just over four minutes after he
:04:41. > :04:46.replaced Jack Reale -ish. Their former striker had a header cleared
:04:47. > :04:55.off the line. Luke Freeman was off target with the follow-up. But they
:04:56. > :05:01.are out of the drop zone out. It is another good performance for
:05:02. > :05:07.Notts County. They have won their last three and the last thing Shaun
:05:08. > :05:16.Derry would have wanted was they beat arrival and then come unstuck
:05:17. > :05:24.against the bottom club, Stevenage. They now believe in what they are
:05:25. > :05:28.doing. Now all of a sudden, they have elevated themselves three
:05:29. > :05:34.points above the relegation zone. It has been late, but a good
:05:35. > :05:40.turnaround. It will seem as rough justice to the Stevenage goalkeeper.
:05:41. > :05:45.Stevenage were looking to build on a good win in midweek against Swindon?
:05:46. > :05:49.Graham Westley came onto the pitch and was clapping the crowd a Mac if
:05:50. > :05:54.you some indication he was pleased and proud of his players. We saw
:05:55. > :06:03.Bradford pick up a point against Sheffield United. They have won only
:06:04. > :06:10.one of the last 16. Not a great run. But Aaron McClean, it is almost the
:06:11. > :06:16.perfect mid-season pick me up. Wells has missed a couple of games, six or
:06:17. > :06:21.seven before he left. It is a void that has been there for a while. You
:06:22. > :06:28.turn a negative with a good player going, into a positive why replacing
:06:29. > :06:31.him with someone improving at this level. We know he is going to be a
:06:32. > :06:38.threat. That belief comes back into the side. Do you see a lot of
:06:39. > :06:44.potential in that Aaron Maclean partnership? You don't get a
:06:45. > :06:50.performance like that if people are feeling sorry for themselves. They
:06:51. > :06:54.have two players who can get goals. To League Two now and Scunthorpe
:06:55. > :06:57.maintained their lead at the top of the division with a win at Mansfield
:06:58. > :07:09.last week. Earlier today, Russ Wilcox side were at home to
:07:10. > :07:13.Wimbledon. Scunthorpe's recent spending is a
:07:14. > :07:20.sign intent. They had to make do with a place on the bench. It turned
:07:21. > :07:27.out to be a frustrating afternoon. The dog dons might have grabbed the
:07:28. > :07:31.lead themselves, going close. Whilst they were resolute, the iron were
:07:32. > :07:36.far from their fluent best. There's looping cross look dangerous, but
:07:37. > :07:41.they failed to score. We are disappointed, playing at home on a
:07:42. > :07:45.good run, we are looking for three points. We have not been good enough
:07:46. > :07:50.in the final third. Credit to Wimbledon, they stuck to their game
:07:51. > :07:57.plan and made it difficult. Burtonwood breeding -- breathing
:07:58. > :08:05.down the neck of the leaders but they needed to beat Terry for the
:08:06. > :08:11.first time. No easy task. The Albion striker was surrounded when he got a
:08:12. > :08:14.second bite of the cherry. In the second half there was a clearer
:08:15. > :08:19.sight of goal for their lowly opponents. Seven points from 12 is
:08:20. > :08:28.an encouraging return for the Shakers.
:08:29. > :08:32.Southend were the last team to beat Chesterfield in the FA Cup second
:08:33. > :08:36.round. It was around then Kevin Hurst started to hit top form. He
:08:37. > :08:41.scored against his old club in the cup and have them ahead here. Two
:08:42. > :08:51.goals in as many second-half minutes settled this encounter. Just before
:08:52. > :08:59.the hour mark, and moments later they netted the third. Southend have
:09:00. > :09:05.leapt from their opponents into fourth place. Chesterfield's
:09:06. > :09:14.afternoon did not get better, even when Roberts won a soft penalty.
:09:15. > :09:21.Bensley saved the spot kick. Today, putting three a very good
:09:22. > :09:24.team is a statement of intent and I am delighted for the players. They
:09:25. > :09:30.have applied themselves and that performance is purely down to them.
:09:31. > :09:37.No sign in League two of one more home games and Rochdale. George
:09:38. > :09:41.Donnelly enhanced his growing reputation to put them in front
:09:42. > :09:54.inside five minutes. Limits are also decent form. Early in the second
:09:55. > :10:02.half, there was a straight red card for a strong aerial challenge on
:10:03. > :10:07.Jack O'Connell. Once order had been restored and the player had
:10:08. > :10:13.departed, Rochdale scored two more magnificent goals. Ian Henderson
:10:14. > :10:17.taking a pass from Michael Rose. Stylishly doubled the advantage with
:10:18. > :10:24.his seventh goal of the season. And a third to their tally to 41, the
:10:25. > :10:34.most in the second league. It was nonchalantly put away by Michael
:10:35. > :10:41.Rose. Rochdale are definitely automatic title contenders. Just
:10:42. > :10:46.three minutes played at Highbury Stadium when Hartlepool lost the
:10:47. > :10:49.services of Jordan Richards. The first red card of his career on
:10:50. > :10:56.Jeff Hughes. His dangerous challenge mends his team-mates had to play the
:10:57. > :11:01.game with ten men. They managed to hold out under pressure until the
:11:02. > :11:08.67th minute when John Parkin found a way past Scott Flinders. Alex Marrow
:11:09. > :11:17.in his second spell with Fleetwood in as many years and made an
:11:18. > :11:23.immediate impact. Andy Monkhouse hit the crossbar for Hartlepool, but
:11:24. > :11:33.Fleetwood enjoyed a first home clean sheet of the season.
:11:34. > :11:38.A red card after just 90 minutes influence the outcome. Stephen Craig
:11:39. > :11:42.received it for using an elbow on Johnny Mullins. The referee could
:11:43. > :11:49.hardly have been better placed. From that point on, Wanderers were up
:11:50. > :11:57.against it, but the ten men held out until three minutes from time when
:11:58. > :12:02.Nicky Preston scored and was a playable for celebrating with
:12:03. > :12:07.excessive zeal. Having conceded first in six of
:12:08. > :12:12.their previous seven matches, James Beattie stressed the importance of a
:12:13. > :12:17.good start. He was Given just what he was looking for. Cheltenham had
:12:18. > :12:27.been caught cold. The best offering of faith poor first half display
:12:28. > :12:30.came from Jamie Cureton. The 38-year-old showed a great first
:12:31. > :12:42.touch only for the woodwork to rob him of the equaliser. Luke Joyce was
:12:43. > :12:48.set up to score, who has not scored since the beginning of 2012. Apted
:12:49. > :12:54.being booed off at the break, the home side gave it a break in the
:12:55. > :13:03.second half. This time the bar did not keep him off the scoresheet.
:13:04. > :13:08.They held firm and survived a few scares to sentence Cheltenham to a
:13:09. > :13:15.third straight defeat. When you are on top in games, as we
:13:16. > :13:20.have said many times this season, you need to score and give yourself
:13:21. > :13:26.that advantage, and we did. We were lethargic and not good enough. We
:13:27. > :13:36.have conceded too many sloppy goals. The second half, we had a go. But it
:13:37. > :13:41.is not what we are about. The keeper was the hero here. Max Nickerson
:13:42. > :13:47.saves like this one capped a rampant city at bay. The Pirates had a
:13:48. > :13:52.couple of chances themselves. Harold had already hit the post and that
:13:53. > :13:57.was disallowed for offside. But anything more than a pointer would
:13:58. > :14:10.have been scandalous. Yorkshire did everything but score in this one. It
:14:11. > :14:15.finished goalless. Portsmouth had taken seven points from their last
:14:16. > :14:23.11 games. It looked like another grim Dean when Stevenson's over
:14:24. > :14:31.over-head kick put Mansfield ahead. Connolly came on as a substitute and
:14:32. > :14:40.galvanised pom bay. He hadn't found the net from August. He he brought
:14:41. > :14:49.on this save, he started the move by Taylor. He stepped forward to get a
:14:50. > :14:52.point for Portsmouth. Points shared between Portsmouth and Manfield.
:14:53. > :14:56.Great over-head kick from Lee Stevenson. What a statement of a
:14:57. > :14:59.result between Southend and Chesterfield. You know, I suppose
:15:00. > :15:03.you consider the season that Southend are operated under a
:15:04. > :15:08.transfer embarrow, they can only have a squad of 20 players. Three
:15:09. > :15:12.goals against Chesterfield is no mean feat? No. When you think about
:15:13. > :15:14.Chesterfield have kept six cleansheets in their last nine
:15:15. > :15:17.games, you know you would have thought this would have been
:15:18. > :15:20.tighter. I think it's only the second time this season that
:15:21. > :15:24.Southend have got three goals. Another one of those funny games
:15:25. > :15:27.that we have featured before in the programme. You probably couldn't see
:15:28. > :15:32.that result coming. They are doing OK. They tend to fall away last
:15:33. > :15:37.season, if I remember rightly. It will be interesting to see, I'm sure
:15:38. > :15:42.they can maintain that sort of form. Away win for Accrington Stanley to
:15:43. > :15:46.Cheltenham. Many people almost thought they were all but relegated
:15:47. > :15:50.after the first couple of months when they got no win in the first 12
:15:51. > :15:55.games. What a turn around, three defeats in 16 since then? Fantastic.
:15:56. > :16:00.You think about Notts County took on an inexperienced manager. Accrington
:16:01. > :16:03.have done the same in James Beattie. I'm sure there would have been
:16:04. > :16:07.people doubting him at the start of the season. It's great they have
:16:08. > :16:12.shown that loyalty. All of a sudden, he really has turned around things
:16:13. > :16:16.brilliantly. As I say, we have never talked about clubs who can take in
:16:17. > :16:20.whoever they want and bring in whoever they want. They would have
:16:21. > :16:22.to have... We know the financial problems they have had, the
:16:23. > :16:27.limitations they would have and have to work within. So, that would be a
:16:28. > :16:31.really, really good achievement what he's done to turn that round in what
:16:32. > :16:37.have been really limited resources. Fantastic. Let's have a look at the
:16:38. > :16:46.tables after the weekend's games, shall we. Leicester's late winner
:16:47. > :16:49.extended their lead at the top of the SkyBet Championship to five
:16:50. > :16:52.points ahead of QPR. Reading's demolition of Bolton means they
:16:53. > :16:55.climb a place to sixth, while Middlesbrough are up to ninth, their
:16:56. > :16:59.highest position of the season. The bottom four sides at the start of
:17:00. > :17:02.the day all won without conceding a goal between them, just six points
:17:03. > :17:06.separate the bottom six. Leyton Orient are back on top of League
:17:07. > :17:08.One, for the first time in 2014, after Walsall halted Brentford's
:17:09. > :17:12.eight-match winning run. There is now a four-point gap between the
:17:13. > :17:15.Bees and third placed Wolves after their match at Crawley was
:17:16. > :17:18.postponed. Notts County were the big movers at the bottom, moving out of
:17:19. > :17:21.the relegation zone and jumping five places to 16th. Tranmere replaced
:17:22. > :17:25.them in the bottom four for the first time since mid- November. Only
:17:26. > :17:28.four points separate the bottom six. Scunthorpe maintain their two-point
:17:29. > :17:31.lead at the top of League Two despite being held at home by
:17:32. > :17:35.Wimbledon. Rochdale move up to second following their fourth win in
:17:36. > :17:37.five. The only side to win in the bottom half today was Accrington,
:17:38. > :17:40.who jumped four places following their first win in five. Torquay's
:17:41. > :17:43.match with Northampton was postponed, so there was no change in
:17:44. > :17:46.the bottom two. Portsmouth drop to 21st after their home draw, their
:17:47. > :17:54.lowest league position since the start of August.
:17:55. > :18:15.That's all from us. Tomorrow Match of the Day two: We'll have all the
:18:16. > :18:25.drama from the second legs of the League Cup semi-finals hope to see
:18:26. > :19:01.you on Wednesday. Thanks Steve. Good night. .
:19:02. > :19:03.If so, the BBC Trust would like to hear from you.