:00:37. > :00:42.Evening. The Skybet Football League was back to its full complement
:00:43. > :00:44.today, with each team aiming to maintain the feel-good factor from
:00:45. > :00:47.the recent internationals. And today saw three new faces in the dug-out
:00:48. > :00:51.after Kevin Blackwell, David Weir and Martin Allen all paid the price
:00:52. > :00:55.for their club's poor starts to the season. Leroy's with me this evening
:00:56. > :00:58.to see how the likes of Bury, Sheffield United and Gillingham
:00:59. > :01:04.kicked off a new era. And here's a taster of what's coming up. Watford
:01:05. > :01:08.have so far shown that reaching last season's Play-Off final was no flash
:01:09. > :01:10.in the pan. Earlier today the Championship's top scorers welcomed
:01:11. > :01:17.Steve McClaren's reinvigorated Derby to Vicarage Road. Without a win in
:01:18. > :01:20.five, Blackpool's early charge has petered out in recent weeks. Wigan
:01:21. > :01:30.were the visitors at Bloomfield road for the day's early kick off. It's
:01:31. > :01:32.ten years now since they took their first tentative steps on the road to
:01:33. > :01:34.becoming MK Dons. ten years now since they took their
:01:35. > :01:37.first I'm with League One's perennial promotion challengers for
:01:38. > :01:44.the visit of another club with Championship ambitions, Rotherham.
:01:45. > :01:47.And, as usual, we've plenty of talking points and all the goals
:01:48. > :01:53.from from another busy weekend of football.
:01:54. > :01:57.Right, to Vicarage Road then where despite having already scored 21
:01:58. > :02:00.goals in 11 games, Gianfranco Zola believes the division's top scorers
:02:01. > :02:03.aren't as ruthless as last season. So how would the Hornets respond
:02:04. > :02:07.against Steve McClaren's Derby, with the former England boss getting his
:02:08. > :02:09.tenure off to a flier last time out with a 3-1 win over Leeds?
:02:10. > :02:20.Commentary comes from John Roder. And should be challenging for
:02:21. > :02:25.promotion places at the end of the season. -- two teams who should be
:02:26. > :02:30.challenging. Derby have a better were echoed that Pride Park. Ten of
:02:31. > :02:35.their 15 points this season have come on the road. Watford's top
:02:36. > :02:47.scorer is out because of a calf problem. Diego Parini replaces him
:02:48. > :02:52.as one of four changes. Derby are without Johnny Russell, so Mason
:02:53. > :02:58.Bennett makes his first Championship start of the season. Steve
:02:59. > :03:24.McClaren's signed another striker, Dawkins, but he is on the bench.
:03:25. > :03:39.Two in the middle! What a goal! Steve McClaren's team are in front.
:03:40. > :03:43.First blood to Derby. Bryson is fully involved. That ball looked to
:03:44. > :03:47.be too high. But he had other ideas. Look at the height. He is at full
:03:48. > :04:21.stretch to meet it. Nicely floated free kick. It might
:04:22. > :04:36.have just come off Eustis, rather than Whitbread. A glimpse of a smile
:04:37. > :04:43.from the new manager. Watford take the chance for an equaliser. What a
:04:44. > :04:48.start at vicarage Road. McEachran with the initial ball forward but
:04:49. > :04:54.McGugan takes a forward to Forestieri, who takes it to
:04:55. > :05:09.perfection. A fine finish from Fernando Forestieri.
:05:10. > :05:20.Fabbrini goes recall! He was not far away from taking that one. --
:05:21. > :05:25.Fabbrini goes for goal. It looks like he only had one thing on his
:05:26. > :05:30.mind, cracking a goal. Into the last five minutes of the opening half. A
:05:31. > :05:38.player goes down in the area under a challenge. Watford felt that there
:05:39. > :05:49.should have been a penalty here. Well, there was certainly a pull on
:05:50. > :05:52.the shirt of Cossack T. Well, just above Watford in the table before
:05:53. > :05:55.kick-off were Nottingham Forest, who've started this season in the
:05:56. > :05:58.same way they finished the last, with a ten game unbeaten run. Steve
:05:59. > :06:09.McClaren mixes were down. -- makes his way down. A second goal for
:06:10. > :06:17.Jamie Ward. Derby, in front just before half-time. And it all stemmed
:06:18. > :06:25.from a calamitous Watford error. McEachran's pass, and suddenly Derby
:06:26. > :06:27.were away. Martin played it through and the final touch was applied by
:06:28. > :06:51.Jamie Ward. A shot from distance, only just
:06:52. > :07:03.wide. It was fired in there by Craig Benson. Watford, guilty yet again
:07:04. > :07:17.conceding possession. -- yet again of needlessly conceding possession.
:07:18. > :07:36.It is getting a little fiery out there. A challenge on Martin.
:07:37. > :07:46.Good save. Smith takes the header to safety. Pressure building from the
:07:47. > :08:08.Hornets. McGugan finds the top corner! When
:08:09. > :08:11.you need a goal, Lewis McGugan is the man to provide it. And this is
:08:12. > :08:26.an exquisite goal. A little luck, just assessing the
:08:27. > :08:30.position of a goalkeeper. And any curls it, into the top corner. -- a
:08:31. > :08:40.little luck. It is absolutely brilliant.
:08:41. > :08:48.Adam Smith, he has already been booked in this match. Is this
:08:49. > :08:51.another card? Derby County are going to go down to ten men here because
:08:52. > :09:00.by my reckoning Adam Smith has already been booked. Maybe he had
:09:01. > :09:03.not been booked already. I thought he had been. There is some confusion
:09:04. > :09:08.as to whether he had been booked earlier in the match. That was the
:09:09. > :09:16.challenge from Smith. Actually, it was useless who was booked. Well,
:09:17. > :09:19.just above Watford in the table before kick-off were Nottingham
:09:20. > :09:20.Forest, who've started this season in the same way they finished the
:09:21. > :09:37.last, with -- Eustace. Derby County, home to Birmingham in
:09:38. > :09:43.their next fixture but they will be keen to go to that with three
:09:44. > :09:49.points. Connor Sammon scores! And Derby County are in front for the
:09:50. > :09:54.third time this afternoon. Time is very much against Watford. If they
:09:55. > :09:59.are to level for a third time. Hughes with the pass forward. And
:10:00. > :10:15.Connor Sammon, just able to put it past Armenia. Almunia four. The
:10:16. > :10:19.first goal, you could do nothing. It was a great goal. The second and
:10:20. > :10:24.third, it was different. Otherwise, we would have spoiled the good work.
:10:25. > :10:34.We felt that we were in front and we should have extended the lead after
:10:35. > :10:39.half-time. I think both teams could be satisfied with the football but
:10:40. > :10:40.disappointed with the goals. The character in the end won the game.
:10:41. > :10:45.disappointed with the goals. The character in the end won It was a
:10:46. > :10:52.great game. Ten goals scored under the leadership of Stephen town. He
:10:53. > :10:56.was not in charge of the game against a switch. Lots to look
:10:57. > :11:03.forward to for Derby fans. What have you seen from them? Positive mental
:11:04. > :11:10.attitude. They have gone to Watford, going toe to toe. It was a fantastic
:11:11. > :11:14.game of football. Both sides put in good performances. It could have
:11:15. > :11:18.gone either way. Sometimes, it can be dull as dishwater when you're
:11:19. > :11:24.watching a passing side, but they were great and incisive. Lots of
:11:25. > :11:28.strong, positive running. It was a great cross from Bryson who made it
:11:29. > :11:32.here. The pace means that the defender cannot get off the ground.
:11:33. > :11:39.Jamie Ward, he gets off the ground. When Derby won the ball, they have
:11:40. > :11:44.plenty of players running forward. They end up attacking. Many teams
:11:45. > :11:47.have gone to Watford and taken a height advantage but they have not
:11:48. > :11:55.done anything with that advantage. Jamie Ward, two great goals. But
:11:56. > :12:00.Steve McClaren, and we have already mentioned this, during his early
:12:01. > :12:04.days at Derby, he shown a knack with the substitutions. Certainly. Jamie
:12:05. > :12:09.Ward went off after seven minutes and you thought, why? He had already
:12:10. > :12:12.scored two and he was on for a hat-trick, and then Connor Sammon
:12:13. > :12:19.took his place and won the ball. It was a lovely ball. Connor Sammon
:12:20. > :12:20.just poke that in. Watford, no wonder Gianfranco Zola was
:12:21. > :12:24.disappointed. just poke that in. Watford, no
:12:25. > :12:30.wonder They have a lot to do, but they did brilliantly. They did not
:12:31. > :12:32.do a lot in the game, Hughes, but that was a key moment. -- he did not
:12:33. > :12:36.do it a lot. that was a key moment. -- he did not
:12:37. > :12:38.do Well, just above Watford in the table before kick-off were
:12:39. > :12:42.Nottingham Forest, who've started this season in the same way they
:12:43. > :12:44.finished the last, with a ten game unbeaten run. Earlier today,
:12:45. > :12:46.Bournemouth were hoping to become the first team to take three points
:12:47. > :13:00.from the City Ground. A terrible backpass. But the
:13:01. > :13:08.goalkeeper comes and does the job. Ramsey should have scored. And the
:13:09. > :13:10.man from South Africa is cursing the fact that he has not got his first
:13:11. > :13:23.goal in English football. They are almost over doing it at the
:13:24. > :13:24.moment. To elaborate. And you will not seem any better goals than that
:13:25. > :13:41.this weekend! Spectacular. Can bore find an equaliser before
:13:42. > :13:48.the interval? -- can Bournemouth. It hits the post. Grabbing at it. --
:13:49. > :13:57.Graden hit it. Defending better in this half.
:13:58. > :14:06.Henderson is onside. He has got to score! No, he hasn't. How did
:14:07. > :14:09.Henderson not make it 2-0? He will look back on that one at the end of
:14:10. > :14:19.his career as one of the biggest openings he has ever missed. It will
:14:20. > :14:22.be Reid who resumes responsibility for the corner kicks. Right onto the
:14:23. > :14:27.head of the goal-scorer, no, he hasn't, it is disallowed. Henderson
:14:28. > :14:31.is disappointed. Anderson came racing in. Maybe he was climbing all
:14:32. > :14:39.over the opponent, that is why it was ruled out. It is five minutes to
:14:40. > :14:47.go. Five minutes. But it is not over yet. It is Ramsey. Here is the shot,
:14:48. > :14:53.it has gone in, it is Marc Pugh. Bournemouth have got the level, on
:14:54. > :15:00.the 90 minute mark. It is Marc Pugh who has steered the ball inside the
:15:01. > :15:05.right-hand upright. It is Forest one, Bournemouth one. I have to
:15:06. > :15:11.laugh, to be honest. It is a rough old game, sometimes. We had a host
:15:12. > :15:16.of chances, we probably should have won the game. It was not our best
:15:17. > :15:20.half, we are below the standards we set recently but the second half we
:15:21. > :15:27.came good. This will give us more belief, hopefully quick.
:15:28. > :15:31.Burnley's bid for a fifth successive win took them to Portman Road, where
:15:32. > :15:36.Ipswich have won four of their five games so far, which is making Mick
:15:37. > :15:41.McCarthy a popular tip for a second spell in charge of Ireland. The
:15:42. > :15:47.Clarets' miserly defence back on the line in numbers to give Cole Skuse
:15:48. > :15:51.no space to shoot at. McCarthy was delighted with his side's showing
:15:52. > :15:55.but there was no easy way past their determined opponents, though Cole
:15:56. > :16:00.Skuse in particular was trying his best. In 19 visits to Ipswich,
:16:01. > :16:05.Burnley have won just once, in 1970, yet this is no ordinary season. One
:16:06. > :16:10.more victory would make it the club's best start since 1897. Danny
:16:11. > :16:16.Ings and Sam Vokes had no joy but with so much focus on them, Scott
:16:17. > :16:19.Arfield slipped in unnoticed. It was enough for Burnley. It meant Ireland
:16:20. > :16:26.was the last thing on Mick's mind when it came to the post-match
:16:27. > :16:30.assessment. There is nothing I can do about it. I have never been
:16:31. > :16:34.anywhere near the job when it has come up so I am not interested,
:16:35. > :16:37.genuinely, in a speculation. I really concentrated on Burnley today
:16:38. > :16:43.and we have lost. I am annoyed about it. Perhaps just take that before
:16:44. > :16:47.you think about asking me another question. We had a chat at
:16:48. > :16:50.half-time, we were just below the performance level we have been
:16:51. > :16:54.giving lately and we upped it but there was not a lot in it and it was
:16:55. > :17:01.looking like it was going to be a moment of quality. I am pleased we
:17:02. > :17:04.provided that. Harry Redknapp, all smiles upon
:17:05. > :17:10.arrival at the Den. His mood was to change dramatically. Things started
:17:11. > :17:15.well enough for QPR. They took the lead through a player Harry has
:17:16. > :17:20.signed three times, this trademark strike from Niko Kranjcar was his
:17:21. > :17:23.first courageous. 16 years ago Millwall manager Steve Lomas was
:17:24. > :17:27.once an inspired Redknapp signing. After his stirring half-time team
:17:28. > :17:31.talk alliance fought back. After good work from Liam Trotter, Scott
:17:32. > :17:36.McDonald scored the first goal that QPR had conceded in nine
:17:37. > :17:41.Championship matches. They soon retook the lead, just over 20
:17:42. > :17:44.minutes ago Kranjcar threaded a perfect pass through to Charlie
:17:45. > :17:49.Austin, who scored his fifth goal in four games. That looked like winning
:17:50. > :17:52.but there was one in the eye for Harry and QPR in injury time.
:17:53. > :17:57.Redknapp says he and coach Joe Jordan were struck by the ball so
:17:58. > :18:01.they did not even see this seconds later Jermaine Easter grabbed an
:18:02. > :18:07.equaliser which sees Rangers lose ground for the Championship leaders.
:18:08. > :18:12.I did not see the goal. The ball hit Joe Jordan in the face, it cut his
:18:13. > :18:18.glasses into his face. We were looking around to see the idiot who
:18:19. > :18:23.threw the ball and suddenly the ball was in the back of our net. We
:18:24. > :18:29.brought in strikers and went for it and thoroughly designed the point at
:18:30. > :18:33.the very least. I am sure that is the hardest team QPR has played
:18:34. > :18:36.against this season. A trip to Leicester would not
:18:37. > :18:40.exactly have been Huddersfield's venue of choice. Their previous five
:18:41. > :18:45.league visits there had all ended in defeat, including a 6-1 thrashing on
:18:46. > :18:49.New Year's Day. Another open contest promised yet more goals. Town
:18:50. > :18:53.stitching together a flowing move that put Paul Dixon in the clear,
:18:54. > :18:57.only for James Vaughan to be denied by Kasper Schmeichel. The Foxes are
:18:58. > :19:02.deadly on the counter and with the Yorkshire club retreating Dave
:19:03. > :19:07.Nugent found room to slip into it -- Jamie Vardy. The striker's explosive
:19:08. > :19:11.finish, his first in nine games pop, put Leicester on course for a
:19:12. > :19:14.sixth straight home win. Mark Robins, who won promotion to the
:19:15. > :19:18.Premier League and League Cup with Leicester watched his side go
:19:19. > :19:23.further behind as Anthony Gerrard sundered the ball past his own
:19:24. > :19:26.keeper. Huddersfield now were two down at the break but back in it
:19:27. > :19:30.just past the hour. Just minutes after coming on from the bench, Sean
:19:31. > :19:34.Scannell took matters into his own hands. Not many have found a way
:19:35. > :19:41.past Wes Morgan this season and when he did, Paul Konchesky diverted his
:19:42. > :19:45.effort into his own net. That raised hopes of a recovery. But late on
:19:46. > :19:48.their chances of grabbing that equaliser all but disappeared when
:19:49. > :19:54.James Vaughan was dismissed exception to the challenge which
:19:55. > :19:57.caught him on the elbow. Off-camera he pushed the pole to the deck and
:19:58. > :20:05.will be sorely missed in the weeks ahead. The positive performance from
:20:06. > :20:10.both sides and I think for us the three points is very important. It
:20:11. > :20:14.is belief, we are lacking a touch of belief against the top teams of the
:20:15. > :20:17.division. Once that comes through they will be a lot better for it but
:20:18. > :20:23.we created a number of chances today and I was pleased with the
:20:24. > :20:27.performance overall. After the draw at Barnsley defeat at
:20:28. > :20:31.Burnley which cost Reading their top six berth, a return to the Madejski
:20:32. > :20:34.Stadium offered a chance to get back on track and Danny Guthrie the
:20:35. > :20:39.opportunity to continue his unexpected scoring burst. The man
:20:40. > :20:43.who netted both against Birmingham in the last home game got the bad --
:20:44. > :20:47.got the ball rolling. His fourth of the campaign, more than he managed
:20:48. > :20:53.in the last three seasons combined. Doncaster had an inspired
:20:54. > :20:58.substitution, Theo Robinson pouncing after Mark Duffy's free kick was
:20:59. > :21:02.parried. Rovers went to the break behind courtesy of Reading's wily
:21:03. > :21:07.fox in the box, Adam Le Fondre, his fifth of the campaign in which he
:21:08. > :21:10.has started only seven games. Doncaster's problems began after the
:21:11. > :21:16.75th minute when they lost their skipper with arm injury. The ten men
:21:17. > :21:21.picked off, Garath McCleary adding his goal to his two assists. Rob
:21:22. > :21:28.Redknapp drilled home a fourth. Reading returned to the play-off
:21:29. > :21:31.places -- Pavel Pogrebnyak drilled home a fourth.
:21:32. > :21:36.We scored an excellent goal, the first one. A good team, team play.
:21:37. > :21:40.What a great finish from Danny Guthrie. It was a good goal and we
:21:41. > :21:44.scored some really good goals. It is hard to be positive when you have
:21:45. > :21:48.been beaten 4-1 but the players have been fantastic, their attitude and
:21:49. > :21:56.work rate. If we keep getting it, more games will come our way.
:21:57. > :22:03.Millwall did not get a win on Saturday but it was a creditable --
:22:04. > :22:08.creditable draw against QPR. A real test of character for Steve Lomas'
:22:09. > :22:11.side. To bridge that defence twice takes some doing. When QPR went
:22:12. > :22:18.ahead nobody expected Millwall to come back. They expected another
:22:19. > :22:21.cleans sheet for QPR but they showed determination. It has been a
:22:22. > :22:26.difficult place for QPR to go to and it did not change. Things like this
:22:27. > :22:30.will not only annoy Harry but Steve Lomas as well. It deflects from
:22:31. > :22:35.Millwall's performance. Little things, that is what people will
:22:36. > :22:37.talk about instead of the great equaliser that secured them the
:22:38. > :22:44.void. In the end good day for Millwall. We have to talk about
:22:45. > :22:51.Burnley, records continue to tumble. 1-0 winners at Ipswich, their best
:22:52. > :22:56.start in a ways -- years. It is all pointing towards a fabulous season
:22:57. > :23:01.for Sean Dyche' men. It is a fabulous season. The Ipswich side
:23:02. > :23:04.have been impressive at home, Scott Arthur gets the winner with ten
:23:05. > :23:10.minutes to go. Their away form is incredible. They've have 14-macro of
:23:11. > :23:13.their five games away from home and continue to go from strength to
:23:14. > :23:21.strength. A great spirit in the squad. Mick McCarthy, you see him
:23:22. > :23:25.leaving for the Ireland job? Managing your national side is a
:23:26. > :23:28.great honour but he is great in the day-to-day running of football
:23:29. > :23:33.clubs. I think you will see the job through with Ipswich. Saturday's
:23:34. > :23:39.early kick-off in the Championship was a Lancashire derby between
:23:40. > :23:44.Blackpool and Wigan. The Tangerines had had four consecutive draws. The
:23:45. > :23:48.hosts had to do without manager Paul Ince, who began a five match stadium
:23:49. > :23:52.band. One change for Blackpool as Dan Gosling made his first start for
:23:53. > :23:55.the club, a couple of changes for Wigan as Callum McManaman and
:23:56. > :24:02.Emmerson Boyce started. Jon Champion was watching this one.
:24:03. > :24:12.That is a free kick. Against MacKenzie. Awarded by the referee,
:24:13. > :24:17.Mark Hayward. Leon Barnett is amongst those to have gone forward.
:24:18. > :24:21.Wigan's tallest player is no slouch in the area either and it is well
:24:22. > :24:28.delivered but headed wide by Nick Powell. A good routine.
:24:29. > :24:33.He set up Nick Powell for what should have been a simple, headed
:24:34. > :24:47.finish. On the far post was Thomas Ince,
:24:48. > :24:51.somewhere. His father will be cursing into a mobile phone while
:24:52. > :24:58.watching the television pictures of this game.
:24:59. > :25:06.Dan Gosling tries to go round the keeper and goes over and Mark
:25:07. > :25:10.Hayward has awarded a penalty. Dan Gosling going around the keeper
:25:11. > :25:15.surely had he kept his footing it would have a goal-scoring
:25:16. > :25:21.opportunity. His father may be a controversial absentee, what can his
:25:22. > :25:27.son Tom do? Tom Ince scores and Blackpool have the lead. Ince
:25:28. > :25:43.driving in his fifth goal of the season.
:25:44. > :25:49.Jack Robinson slicing it high into the stand. It is one thing you will
:25:50. > :26:00.get from Grant Holt, chuntering at the referee.
:26:01. > :26:11.It is cleared off the line. Wigan, twice unfortunate. The initial
:26:12. > :26:18.header beat everyone, but not the bar. Then the follow-up by Emmerson
:26:19. > :26:21.Boyce denied by Dan Gosling there. And as header and once more it hits
:26:22. > :26:34.the bar. -- another good header. Excellent centre forward play by
:26:35. > :26:39.Grant Holt to bully his way in front of the defender.
:26:40. > :26:46.Wigan have thrown an awful lot at Blackpool late in the second period.
:26:47. > :26:51.But it is the home side who break with Robinson.
:26:52. > :27:03.Ince is trying to seal it. Tom Ince, deflected wide. What a good game
:27:04. > :27:12.this has become. It was an admirable stop.
:27:13. > :27:23.Surely on the line, but no. Blackpool can't seal victory. It was
:27:24. > :27:36.Broadfoot who seemingly only had to make some contact to score.
:27:37. > :27:44.Blackpool can feel it here. Scott Carson rescues Wigan. Tom Ince knows
:27:45. > :27:46.that that was the moment when he should have laid claim to all three
:27:47. > :28:03.points for his team. On the line, Davis, the whistle has
:28:04. > :28:05.gone. It is not going to count. Before he turned the ball over the
:28:06. > :28:23.line, the officials had intervened. Two players squaring up to each
:28:24. > :28:30.other, James McClean who has a short fuse. This is the reason for it. You
:28:31. > :28:36.can see the boot on McClean's leg and there was a flailing arm in the
:28:37. > :28:38.initial challenge by MacKenzie. Mark Jones certainly had a better view
:28:39. > :28:50.than the referee. The card is out and McClean is sent
:28:51. > :28:57.off. With him may well go Wigan's last hope.
:28:58. > :29:07.I'm astounded at the decision. The Blackpool lad, he is a lucky lad. He
:29:08. > :29:14.stood on McClean's knee as the lad is lying on the ground, which I
:29:15. > :29:19.think is in poor taste. Everything seems to be conspiring against us in
:29:20. > :29:24.that respect. Not happy. You have sympathy with him, haven't you? I
:29:25. > :29:30.agreed with what Owen Coyle said. There he has been lenient with Gary
:29:31. > :29:34.McKenzie. The first challenge there is so much intent when they go up
:29:35. > :29:39.for the first header he is stamped on. McClean is remonstrating with
:29:40. > :29:43.the assistant referee and referee, he gets sent off. Look at the arm as
:29:44. > :29:49.it comes across McClean. That is easily a booking. Then the stamp on
:29:50. > :29:54.his knee. I've seen it on many occasions. He is frustrated, in
:29:55. > :29:58.extra-time, his side is losing he is overly aggressive in the challenge.
:29:59. > :30:02.McClean gets sent off for absolutely nothing. The referee got it
:30:03. > :30:06.absolutely wrong. What about the defining moment in the first half
:30:07. > :30:12.when Carson committed the offence really which led to the penalty?
:30:13. > :30:16.Should he have at least been cautioned? No action was taken on
:30:17. > :30:21.him by the referee at the time? He is given a penalty. He feels it is a
:30:22. > :30:28.goalscoring opportunity. I mean, Gosling goes through here. It is
:30:29. > :30:33.certainly a foul. I would have expected a booking. He is not in
:30:34. > :30:44.control of the ball. It would have been harsh to send Scott off. He had
:30:45. > :30:50.a poor day. Wigan haven't scored away from home? They had injuries
:30:51. > :30:52.and the Europa League. The last few minutes of that game show what had
:30:53. > :31:01.they are capable of. Our final look at the Championship
:31:02. > :31:04.starts with struggling Charlton, who began the day just above the
:31:05. > :31:06.relegation zone, not helped by injuries to key players in recent
:31:07. > :31:10.weeks. The Addicks went in search of only
:31:11. > :31:12.their second win of the season at nineth placed Blackburn.
:31:13. > :31:21.The one moment of real class in this game won it for Charlton. After a
:31:22. > :31:27.perfect past from Stevens, Church's first touch and finish is worthy of
:31:28. > :31:34.winning any game. The Addicks only did so thanks to Blackburn's lack of
:31:35. > :31:41.guile upfront. This was one of the best moments. Otherwise, Blackburn
:31:42. > :31:49.experienced what was called "one of those days" after Hamer's weak
:31:50. > :31:52.punch, Best should have done better. Charlton defended stoutly and
:31:53. > :31:58.deserved their first away win of the season. Lowe came closest to denying
:31:59. > :32:02.them a morale boosting three points. We have had it tough so far, our
:32:03. > :32:07.fans have kept with us, which I know they will. More importantingly, the
:32:08. > :32:10.players gave them a performance that they deserve. Not only the
:32:11. > :32:17.supporters, my playerses have worked ever so hard. I always celebrate and
:32:18. > :32:21.acknowledge our fans, they have been through a lot. There is no hiding
:32:22. > :32:24.place in football, surely Tony Mowbray know that is by now, by
:32:25. > :32:31.half-time at Oakwell his Middlesbrough side must have wished
:32:32. > :32:35.there was as Barnsley ran riot. McCourt waltzed his way through half
:32:36. > :32:38.of the team to give them the breakthrough. Having opened his
:32:39. > :32:42.account for the South Yorkshire side, injury meant that was his
:32:43. > :32:49.final contribution replaced by O'Brien. His shot went in off
:32:50. > :32:58.O'Grady that increased their advantage. They had won only two of
:32:59. > :33:06.their previous games in league and Cup. Gibson sent Pedersen sprawling.
:33:07. > :33:12.O'Grady did the business from the spot. Barnsley were pinching
:33:13. > :33:16.themselves. It would appear a lost cause for Mowbray's men, they gave
:33:17. > :33:25.it a real go in the second-half. It wasn't until the final 10 minutes
:33:26. > :33:28.that he they got on the scoresheet, Adomah was little more of a
:33:29. > :33:32.consolation. Richardson found space on the right and swung over the
:33:33. > :33:38.perfect cross for Adomah to get his second. Barnsley held on for the
:33:39. > :33:43.final six minutes to clinched a win that moves them off the bottom. Once
:33:44. > :33:47.they got the first goal, Middlesbrough the second goal, it
:33:48. > :33:52.was tight. I expected it to be at times it is difficult when they
:33:53. > :33:56.throw caution to the wind. They had two centre halves the rest was
:33:57. > :34:01.attacking, eight players attacking you. I was disappointed with the
:34:02. > :34:05.quality and level of goals we conceded. People can get side
:34:06. > :34:08.tracked by goals and the scoreline. It didn't necessarily reflect the
:34:09. > :34:12.balance of play, I didn't think. Second-half we scored two goals,
:34:13. > :34:16.first half we could have scored more than two. Ultimately, at the end of
:34:17. > :34:20.the day, we lost a football match which left us disappointed. Another
:34:21. > :34:30.opportunity for three points gone. We have to move on to next week,
:34:31. > :34:34.next game. On the day Gus Poyet moved into the prepariership
:34:35. > :34:40.management he grieved his successor grappled with a long injury list.
:34:41. > :34:45.Ashley Barnes tested Hennessey. It was a drab first half and
:34:46. > :34:48.encouraging for Yeovil who lost all five of their previous home games.
:34:49. > :34:55.The Glovers grew in of can dense after the break. Had this effort
:34:56. > :35:03.gone in it would have doubled Yeovil's goal tally on their own
:35:04. > :35:06.turf for the entire season so far. Duffy went closest to breaking the
:35:07. > :35:12.deadlock. His header clipped the post. All the same, Yeovil were on
:35:13. > :35:22.course for their first ever Championship point, spared again by
:35:23. > :35:26.Buckley towards the end. I have watched them six times, no side
:35:27. > :35:31.comes here and turns you over and over. We felt we did enough to win
:35:32. > :35:37.the game. Little bit disappointed at the end, if we are honest. They are
:35:38. > :35:43.one or two games away from the Premiership last year, we mustn't be
:35:44. > :35:46.disappointed with a 0-0 result. We may be bottom of the league, we are
:35:47. > :35:50.gaining experience, the lads are gaining experience against these
:35:51. > :35:53.types of teams that can keep the ball, they are clever, strong and
:35:54. > :36:02.fit. They have been there and done it. Is Bolton's goalkeeper Bogdan
:36:03. > :36:08.had a hard time in international week, conceding eight against the
:36:09. > :36:13.Netherlands. He had a better day. He denied Wednesday several times early
:36:14. > :36:20.on. Wanderers took the lead against the run of play. Beckford got the
:36:21. > :36:28.goal. An own-goal got Wednesday back on terms. Baptiste beat his own-goal
:36:29. > :36:32.keeper. Both teams had cause to crumble. The Owls found fault with
:36:33. > :36:39.the officials. They thought they had taken the lead through Jermaine
:36:40. > :36:44.Johnson. Massey raised the offside flag against a player who didn't
:36:45. > :36:52.touch the ball but tried to. Wednesday finished the game with
:36:53. > :36:59.10-men. Dave Jones was adamant his player had been hard done by. Semedo
:37:00. > :37:06.was upset. The red card left him in tears. There could be more if these
:37:07. > :37:10.two sides fail to turn draws into wins. It's not offside. They have
:37:11. > :37:13.people on the line. They got it wrong, there is nothing I can do
:37:14. > :37:18.about it. They got the challenge wrong. It's a perfectly good
:37:19. > :37:24.challenge. If he are sending him off for that, the boy down-the-line has
:37:25. > :37:29.to go as well. Both his feets are on the ground. I feel for the kid you
:37:30. > :37:34.can't take tackling out of the game. That is a perfectly good tackle. Let
:37:35. > :37:40.us talk on Charlton. Their first away win of the season.
:37:41. > :37:45.Frustratingly for their manager nine of their ten points have come
:37:46. > :37:50.against Leicester, Blackburn, Nottingham Forest and Blackburn?
:37:51. > :37:55.That is impressive. Fantastic goal from Simon Church. They have their
:37:56. > :37:58.noses in front. When they get their noses in front they will get the
:37:59. > :38:03.points. Haven't done it often enough. Good afternoon for Barnsley.
:38:04. > :38:07.First time they have hit three goals and been on the winning side for
:38:08. > :38:11.eight months. That is what David Flitcroft needed? They needed three
:38:12. > :38:18.goals in the end they made it a very nervous end to the game. Great start
:38:19. > :38:23.with McCourt getting the opener. Lovely finish. He will be upset with
:38:24. > :38:27.10 minutes to go they are 3-0 up, cruising, after cleansheet they
:38:28. > :38:31.concede two late goals and make it very nervous. Would have been
:38:32. > :38:37.furious for Mowbray he had Paddy McCourt with him at Celtic.
:38:38. > :38:43.Sheffield Wednesday continue to play catchup without a win this season.
:38:44. > :38:47.The uncertainty off the pitch with the owner trying to sell the club,
:38:48. > :38:52.does that make the manager's job harder? It doesn't help. When you
:38:53. > :38:55.are asking for commitment from the players it's hard when you are not
:38:56. > :39:02.getting the commitment from the owner. He has his own reasons why he
:39:03. > :39:06.wants to sell the club. You need full commitment from the club, he
:39:07. > :39:10.isn't getting that. When the loans go back, what will they be left with
:39:11. > :39:14.at the club? Absolutely. It's... At the moment you would think the loans
:39:15. > :39:17.are coming in to sort out the situation to get the first win, get
:39:18. > :39:22.over the line. They are coming to the end, he needs to go for plan B.
:39:23. > :39:28.They need their luck to change. They were unlucky on Saturday.
:39:29. > :39:33.To League One next and Leyton Orient kept their phenomenal title charge
:39:34. > :39:36.on track last week with a 2-1 win against MK Dons thanks to Kevin
:39:37. > :39:38.Lisbie's ninth goal of the season. Earlier today Russell Slade's
:39:39. > :39:59.invincibles were at Tranmere. The football league's team set up
:40:00. > :40:03.Lisbie. They are the league's top-scorers. That doesn't mean every
:40:04. > :40:11.goal is a masterpiece. This miscue created a second for Lisbie.
:40:12. > :40:16.Orient's passage to victory was assisted by Tranmere in discipline.
:40:17. > :40:20.Lisbie was cleaned out by a whiled challenge from Goodison th took all
:40:21. > :40:26.in it is path. Raised hands followed and the Jamaican was sent off. This
:40:27. > :40:31.penalty was struck post. Referee was more aware of the rules than the
:40:32. > :40:37.player, goal disallowed. A third wasn't long delayed. This run
:40:38. > :40:43.provided a platform Cox to get his fifth goal of the season. You have a
:40:44. > :40:52.very valuable player. To please manager Slade further, two of his
:40:53. > :40:54.substitutes combined to make it 4-0. Batt's finished owed something to a
:40:55. > :41:06.deflection. Peterborough went in search of a
:41:07. > :41:10.sixth straight win and made their intentions clear from the out-Sid.
:41:11. > :41:17.Taylor hit the post as Shrewsbury faced early pressure. Having
:41:18. > :41:23.survived the onslaught they made life difficult. Mendez-Laing bagged
:41:24. > :41:32.them another for their haul, that is 10 wins out of 12 now. After
:41:33. > :41:37.successive relegations at last Wolves fans are smiling. Their best
:41:38. > :41:43.league start for 64 years has helped as has the free-scoring form of
:41:44. > :41:48.Griffiths. It was the number nine's eighth of the season. The Sky Blues
:41:49. > :41:53.it felt a score once in the league so far, when the leveller came late
:41:54. > :41:58.the one surprise was the source, Phillips' first for the club and the
:41:59. > :42:02.first in the football league. No, I think it would have been a
:42:03. > :42:06.travelalsy today if we hadn't got something from the game much we
:42:07. > :42:10.played well, controlled and mature for a young team. I had to applaud
:42:11. > :42:15.my players and the way they went about things today. Bradford started
:42:16. > :42:20.brightly enough suggesting a third consecutive away win was a real
:42:21. > :42:26.possibility. They created the better openings. Thompson wasn't alone in
:42:27. > :42:31.failing to make them count. The last time the side met there were five
:42:32. > :42:40.red cards. This was tame by comparison. Adams felt that Bates
:42:41. > :42:47.knocked this shot with his arm. Crawley scored in every game this
:42:48. > :42:53.season. Sinclair made the most of his place in the starting line-up
:42:54. > :43:00.with this goal. A break down in communications gifted the home side
:43:01. > :43:08.an opportunity to double their lead. Proctor is waiting for his third of
:43:09. > :43:17.the season. This effort bounced off the bar. Crawley extended their
:43:18. > :43:21.unbeaten league run to seven. Gillingham under Peter Taylor were
:43:22. > :43:42.caught out by Preston at the Priestfield. The cameraman nearlied
:43:43. > :43:48.lost Kean's goal. Brownhill marked his debut with a goal. Kedwell
:43:49. > :43:55.introduced an element of doubt, Preston held firm to stop the rot. I
:43:56. > :43:59.asked them to be a little bit unpredictable when we have the ball,
:44:00. > :44:02.don't play the same way all the time. Pass the ball, pass it short,
:44:03. > :44:06.pass it long or whatever. I think at times they done that. They passed
:44:07. > :44:10.with a little bit of patience. At times I felt they could have gone
:44:11. > :44:15.forward a little bit quicker. Again, as you say, we have had three days
:44:16. > :44:17.putting certain things into them, in that respect I thought they had done
:44:18. > :44:27.great. Preston, back to winning ways.
:44:28. > :44:31.Gillingham, starting life after Martin Allen. What if you think when
:44:32. > :44:34.he left? Was surprised he did not get more of an opportunity after
:44:35. > :44:38.what he achieved. It was a good Saturday for Leyton Orient and
:44:39. > :44:45.Peterborough. For Leyton Orient, we're running out of superlatives,
:44:46. > :44:49.with the run they are on. For male winners at Tranmere on Saturday. Is
:44:50. > :44:56.continuity the heart of what is happening? -- for male. Yes. It is a
:44:57. > :45:01.team that seemed to have grown together. They take that spirit out
:45:02. > :45:05.onto the pitch. Last year, they missed out on the play-offs by three
:45:06. > :45:09.points. They missed out on the final, and that seemed to galvanise
:45:10. > :45:18.them. They are a steam roller at the moment. Gareth Peterson thinks that
:45:19. > :45:23.his team do not get enough credit. Don't know what programme he is
:45:24. > :45:28.watching. What a goal this was. Outstanding. And we have seen plenty
:45:29. > :45:32.of these all season. But three of them in one game? And was just
:45:33. > :45:36.impressed with that clean sheet. It was a resolute site. That was
:45:37. > :45:37.impressive. And they so got the three points.
:45:38. > :45:39.was a resolute site. That was impressive. And they so got the And
:45:40. > :45:43.they continue without Lee Tomlin. Having consistently knocked on the
:45:44. > :45:52.door of the Championship in recent seasons, MK Dons are once again in a
:45:53. > :45:55.mix for a promotion challenge. In the week manager Karl Robinson was
:45:56. > :46:03.strongly linked with the Sheffield United job, Clem went to stadium MK
:46:04. > :46:07.as Rotherham came to town. Rightly or wrongly, the way in which
:46:08. > :46:13.football team to Milton Keynes has been debated endlessly. A decade on,
:46:14. > :46:16.maybe now is the time to assess whether the dream matches the
:46:17. > :46:20.reality. How do you feel, standing here looking at this? This is the
:46:21. > :46:26.first game when every single area of concrete has been covered with a
:46:27. > :46:34.seat. It sounds crass to say that I'm proud, but I am pleased. I am
:46:35. > :46:37.amazed. It is magnificent and ready for a much bigger stage. The only
:46:38. > :46:42.fly in the ointment, I'm going to say, 13,500 capacity and you are
:46:43. > :46:47.averaging about 8000 at the moment. I will take that on the chin. We are
:46:48. > :46:53.in the news City. We have to start off as second favourites. It is
:46:54. > :47:00.generational. It will take some time. But we will be full in two
:47:01. > :47:04.years time. It has to be for the long-term, sustainable. As well as
:47:05. > :47:09.putting more bums on seats, the chairman may soon inspire a new one
:47:10. > :47:13.in the technical area with more rumours linking his current manager
:47:14. > :47:18.with a move away. The must be some smoke to have some fire like that?
:47:19. > :47:22.There is a lot of work to be done here. What you see on the pitch is a
:47:23. > :47:27.by-product of our loan system and the use of the club. It did not seem
:47:28. > :47:33.right. So why took myself out on Thursday. Think the reason why you
:47:34. > :47:41.get linked is because people see the loyalty that I have shown. We are
:47:42. > :47:46.definitely building for the future. We are 18 months away from the
:47:47. > :47:55.finish. And then we will have a budget to go and compete.
:47:56. > :48:00.11 goals in 15 games. Have you had your agent on the phone? Not yet.
:48:01. > :48:10.Hopefully, ever score a few more, and might. -- Fite score a few more,
:48:11. > :48:26.I'm might. You optimistic that you could be in
:48:27. > :49:03.the first team soon? He is the lawn watch now,
:49:04. > :49:05.penalty was given and O'Connor was dismissed. Sean Williams did the
:49:06. > :49:12.honours from the spot, squeezing the ball under Scott Shearer's body. The
:49:13. > :49:19.Millers lost 4-0 last week, and were two down midway through the second
:49:20. > :49:24.half. Reams tapped in his first for the club. But the ten men from South
:49:25. > :49:29.Yorkshire battled back bravely. Within minutes, they were back in
:49:30. > :49:34.contention with this header. The panic began to set in for the home
:49:35. > :49:39.side. From Shearer's and kick, Tom Flanagan made a mess at an attempt
:49:40. > :49:44.for clearance and watched in horror as the ball sailed past the keeper.
:49:45. > :49:48.Against the odds, Steve Evans' sides appear to have saved the day. But
:49:49. > :49:52.not quite. Patrick Bamford showed all his Premier League quality to
:49:53. > :50:14.put it back in the dons' favour. We will talk This is not the time or
:50:15. > :50:18.the place to go through this. You all know the things that we will
:50:19. > :50:22.work on. Get back into it. Fantastic. See you on Monday. Well
:50:23. > :50:30.done. Better you what, forget the mistakes. It showed the quality, the
:50:31. > :50:37.determination. -- I tell you what. All of the components are there.
:50:38. > :50:42.Patrick Bamford, it is a job well done for him. More results like that
:50:43. > :50:55.and every club in the league will start rolling out the red carpet for
:50:56. > :51:00.clamp. -- Clem. Bamford is a really good finisher. We heard from Karel
:51:01. > :51:05.there. He is building for the long-term, interestingly. He has
:51:06. > :51:11.been so close to getting promotion. As his star lost its shine? I don't
:51:12. > :51:14.think so. People understand that he took the job on a reduced budget.
:51:15. > :51:20.Paul Hutcheon left the club cossie felt it was an unrealistic budget. I
:51:21. > :51:24.think he has done really well. They will be frustrated that he has not
:51:25. > :51:29.got them over the line. The risen doubt about it, if he's going to go,
:51:30. > :51:37.he has to go to a club that has a long-term plan and shares his
:51:38. > :51:40.vision. Interestingly, this season, his top scorer is not around. And he
:51:41. > :51:45.has not played his strongest 11 this calendar year. It shows that he can
:51:46. > :51:49.come up with a plan against adversity and get results. And they
:51:50. > :51:57.play a certain type of football, which develops players as well. Our
:51:58. > :51:59.last look at League 1 now starts with Friday night's game at the
:52:00. > :52:02.County Ground with in-form Swindon went looking for their third win on
:52:03. > :52:11.the bounce against Notts County. Could Nile Ranger have found a place
:52:12. > :52:17.to thrive at Swindon? This is his third goal for the Robins.
:52:18. > :52:28.Not scanty's defence did what they could desperately. The backline was
:52:29. > :52:40.pushed beyond breaking point. There was no legal answer to this surge
:52:41. > :52:46.from Nathan Byrne. From the spot, Ngessen was precise. In the second
:52:47. > :52:56.half, the referee gave a second penalty. Naseem, on Callum
:52:57. > :53:03.MacGregor. Haynes went for power and straight, but too much of the
:53:04. > :53:05.latter. Swindon could have had more. A third successive league win for
:53:06. > :53:17.the Robins. Walsall struggled on home turf so an
:53:18. > :53:21.early goal was the ideal antidote to settle anxieties around the stadium.
:53:22. > :53:26.Sawyers delivered it, making the most of his recall to the starting
:53:27. > :53:33.line-up. Weston made two changes at the break but James Baxendale's
:53:34. > :53:35.superb pass gave them the opportunity to double the
:53:36. > :53:39.advantage. Stevenage came from behind to win against Brentford last
:53:40. > :53:44.weekend. Which of O'Donnell failed to deal with a long ball and the
:53:45. > :53:47.opportunity was snapped up. If another comeback seemed a
:53:48. > :53:53.possibility, it disappeared when Lucas Akins took a swing at Paul
:53:54. > :53:59.Denning. Akins, just back after injury, is now set for an enforced
:54:00. > :54:05.lay-off. Defeats Stevenage drop into the bottom four. Late on, Julian
:54:06. > :54:09.Bray could have made of three. The keeper did well but maximum points
:54:10. > :54:14.capped the Saddlers in touch. -- capped.
:54:15. > :54:21.The value of well chosen loan signings were on show at Gryphon
:54:22. > :54:24.park. Two of them were close to providing an early breakthrough. But
:54:25. > :54:32.it was Colchester who struck first. This corner was met by an emphatic
:54:33. > :54:42.header. Consistent form has proved elusive for both. Sample, on loan
:54:43. > :54:49.from Chelsea, should have equalised. -- Saville.
:54:50. > :54:55.For minutes later, Brentford hit the front for the first time. The fact
:54:56. > :54:59.that saddle goodness from sniffing distance but score from a taxi ride
:55:00. > :55:04.away provide a lure to -- provides a clue to the lure of the game. Logic
:55:05. > :55:09.does not apply. Harris had only had a day with the club, signed on loan
:55:10. > :55:13.from Cardiff. Donaldson may not yet have learned the name of his new
:55:14. > :55:21.colleagues but he knew how to locate him. The first goal of Harris's
:55:22. > :55:24.senior career. Sheffield United's search for a
:55:25. > :55:30.sixth manager in three years continues meaning that Chris Morgan
:55:31. > :55:38.took Taher take -- caretaker charge. Micky Adams watched his old boss
:55:39. > :55:43.started the scoring. They'll have only ever won once in the league.
:55:44. > :55:48.The prospects of improving on that records took a hit when Ryan Flynn
:55:49. > :55:52.was taken out. The former Sheffield Wednesday man was soon on his way
:55:53. > :55:58.back to the dressing room, which was happier at half-time thanks to a
:55:59. > :56:03.level from Adam Yates. But United's captain came to the rescue. Michael
:56:04. > :56:07.Doyle, another new signing, secured the home side their first win since
:56:08. > :56:12.the opening weekend. I know they are working hard to get
:56:13. > :56:18.a manager in and they know that all we can do is make it an easier
:56:19. > :56:22.transition for the manager. For him to come in on the back of a couple
:56:23. > :56:25.of good results is better. Oldham had taken just two points
:56:26. > :56:31.from the last 18 on personal help was welcome. Sean O'Hanlon drop-down
:56:32. > :56:42.Adam Rooney. Rooney took it and scored it. Graham Kavanagh has a
:56:43. > :56:48.tough job on his hands. The sarcastic handclap, quite rare
:56:49. > :56:58.offence for a sending-off. The referee was not amused. It finished
:56:59. > :57:04.1-0 to Oldham. With two home games in four days,
:57:05. > :57:18.crude sense an opportunity to climb the table. -- Crewe. A point was
:57:19. > :57:21.within the visitors' grass but a penalty was given an City went to
:57:22. > :57:31.the bottom of the league. More pressure on Sean O'Brien all. --
:57:32. > :57:33.O'Driscoll. They started both of those games
:57:34. > :57:40.without a recognised writer. Bristol City, run without a win continues,
:57:41. > :57:45.not only this season but last season. 20 games in all! Long can
:57:46. > :57:51.this go on? It is getting very uncomfortable. We all recognise that
:57:52. > :57:58.Bristol City are in a transition phase. Managers and coaches use that
:57:59. > :58:02.word a lot. But even in a transition stage, you should be operating
:58:03. > :58:06.mid-table. A lot of fans expect them to bounce back. To be bottom of the
:58:07. > :58:11.table without having won a game, not even looking like they can, they got
:58:12. > :58:13.close last week, but they made a ridiculous mistake and that cost
:58:14. > :58:18.them the three points. And today, you could see, to concede the
:58:19. > :58:22.penalty in the 90th minute, it means that the belief has been sucked out.
:58:23. > :58:32.City go bottom because Sheffield United one on Saturday. It will come
:58:33. > :58:36.as a relief for Blades fans. They are looking for the six full-time
:58:37. > :58:39.manager in three years. I mean, if they are going to achieve anything
:58:40. > :58:44.this season, there is no doubt they have to get this appointment right.
:58:45. > :58:49.They have got to. They got rid of some decent managers. They have made
:58:50. > :58:52.some interesting appointments. But now they are floundering, it has to
:58:53. > :58:55.be said. A club like that, to be where the art is unacceptable. They
:58:56. > :59:04.need to get this appointment spot on. Such a contrast to last season
:59:05. > :59:10.when they started at 16. Sven Goran Eriksson has been linked. You see
:59:11. > :59:12.this happening? As good a manager as he was for England, his experience
:59:13. > :59:19.in the lower leagues has not been great.
:59:20. > :59:22.In League Two, the latest round of games started at Toots Hall on
:59:23. > :59:36.Friday night as struggling Southend hosted second place Fleetwood Town.
:59:37. > :59:50.After 12 games without a goal he forced himself to the front of the
:59:51. > :00:00.queue. Fleetwood a lot of the first half play. Nine minutes from time
:00:01. > :00:10.Hughes was ajumped judged to have clipped the heals of this player.
:00:11. > :00:14.Despite the margin of their defeat, Fleetwood left Essex feeling
:00:15. > :00:17.aggrieved. The first goal was poor. We could have defended it better. We
:00:18. > :00:21.spoke about that. The players will know that. The second goal was not a
:00:22. > :00:28.penalty. I didn't think it was. I have seen it on DVD. My player said
:00:29. > :00:35.he got the ball. It's not a penalty. The warning signs had been there for
:00:36. > :00:46.leaders Chesterfield. In their previous two games they let their
:00:47. > :00:52.position slip. McGurk finished this shot superbly. Four minutes later
:00:53. > :00:56.Albion were two clear, McGurk with his head this time. That takes his
:00:57. > :01:02.tally to five league goals for the season. This was an off day for the
:01:03. > :01:16.leaders, take nothing away from Burton Albion. Weir went close to a
:01:17. > :01:22.third. The home team's best moment came from Gnanduillet. To today to
:01:23. > :01:27.play like that, with a discipline that we showed, with the creativity,
:01:28. > :01:31.first 15 minutes we had two or three other chances. I think I spoke to
:01:32. > :01:36.Paul at the end. He said you could have had four or five. Especially a
:01:37. > :01:42.against a terrific side that Paul has here in Chesterfield. Wasn't
:01:43. > :01:50.good enough today. I don't believe in having hiding places and positive
:01:51. > :01:57.this and positive that. That's a million miles from where we want to
:01:58. > :02:02.be. Oxford had high hopes at Accrington, the only League Two side
:02:03. > :02:14.yet to win this season. Clarke had to be sharp to be sure that Naismith
:02:15. > :02:21.didn't give them the lead. This shot was saved well by the keeper.
:02:22. > :02:27.Morecambe's unbeaten league run stretches back to August. While
:02:28. > :02:35.Wimbledon had picked up four points on their travels. When Ellison cut
:02:36. > :02:47.inside Fenlon, the dye appeared to be have been cast. Michael Smith's
:02:48. > :02:54.sixth of the season secured the draw. Having breathed life into
:02:55. > :02:59.their season with two wins out of three, Cheltenham were hopeful of
:03:00. > :03:04.more of the same against Rochdale. This cut back was knocked in
:03:05. > :03:12.unwittingly by Brown. The Robins had every reason to believe their luck
:03:13. > :03:16.had turned. The conditions may have helped Henderson squeeze an
:03:17. > :03:26.equaliser past Scott Brown. Although the rain had stopped by injury-time,
:03:27. > :03:33.Cheltenham's dodgy defending hadn't. A seventh win out of eighth for Dale
:03:34. > :03:36.whether they deserved it or not. We deserved to win. There is no
:03:37. > :03:40.question about that. No-one can offer any other opinion other than
:03:41. > :03:44.we deserved to win that game. We had positive possession. Not enough
:03:45. > :03:49.penetration in the first half. We went behind to set play. We
:03:50. > :03:55.responded again from the bench, I suppose, by making the changes. How
:03:56. > :04:00.we conceded two goals, I don't know. Poor goals. The timing of it was
:04:01. > :04:05.cruel. I thought we'd given... We know they are a decent side, we had
:04:06. > :04:12.kept them quiet. We made the odd mistake, but we've just switched off
:04:13. > :04:18.twice and got beat. Tough for the boys, but shouldn't have happened.
:04:19. > :04:30.Scunthorpe to Exeter is a journey long enough to be an endurance test
:04:31. > :04:34.as a post script to failure. The referee took pity and gave a foul.
:04:35. > :04:43.From there on Exeter didn't look back. This pass went into the path
:04:44. > :04:46.of Sercombe. A fine team goal followed four minutes into the
:04:47. > :04:55.second-half by a brilliant individual effort from Davis. A 3-0
:04:56. > :05:02.home defeat by Hartlepool came as a rude shock last time out. Atonement
:05:03. > :05:09.was in the air. The Sercombe got his second. He had taken 37 matches to
:05:10. > :05:14.score his previous two goals. Parkin made it four in stoppage-time. That
:05:15. > :05:25.journey home will have seem more palatable than usual. Torquay began
:05:26. > :05:37.this game as the only team in League Two not to take a point in October.
:05:38. > :05:49.It suggested a team short of luck. Pearce pulled back Clucas. A point
:05:50. > :05:53.earned in adversity. I have to say it feels like a win. We know it's
:05:54. > :06:00.not three points, we know it's only a point. It feels like a win.
:06:01. > :06:07.Wycombe tend to travel way, they have won three of their lost four on
:06:08. > :06:12.the road in all competition. Instead of the boost Bristol Rovers needed,
:06:13. > :06:19.their afternoon took a turn for the worse after 25 minutes. Clarkson's
:06:20. > :06:24.swinging arm caught Scowen in the face. The referee sought a second
:06:25. > :06:29.opinion. The verdict wasn't what Rovers wanted, they hadn't won from
:06:30. > :06:36.August, would see over a hour of this one a man light. Eight minutes
:06:37. > :06:40.from the end another milestone for Kretzschmar clinched a victory that
:06:41. > :06:45.puts wanderers in the play-off places. The patient way we played
:06:46. > :06:54.today was a step forward for us instead of getting worried and
:06:55. > :07:02.panicking we are not 2-3 -- 2-0 or 3-0 up against 10-men. This time,
:07:03. > :07:06.chatman rattled out an early warning after last week's defeat, Newport
:07:07. > :07:33.were intent on getting back on track. Jackson's deliver Wassmer --
:07:34. > :07:39.was cut back and they went in front. As McGurk slipped, they had a
:07:40. > :07:45.top-class finish to double the lead by half-time. York will have to pick
:07:46. > :07:49.themselves up for a trip to Chesterfield. They were sunk here.
:07:50. > :07:56.Although Washington's effort hit the post. Newport sealed a victory with
:07:57. > :08:06.Crow making his mark three minutes after coming on. This free-kick is
:08:07. > :08:24.symptomatic of Northampton's problems this season. The goals just
:08:25. > :08:28.won't go in. Hines brought Daggers level with this stunner. His fourth
:08:29. > :08:33.goal in as many games for the East Londoners. Northampton could have
:08:34. > :08:39.restored their lead after more good work from Norris, Carter was denied
:08:40. > :08:48.his first goal by Lewington. So it was Dagenham who took the lead into
:08:49. > :08:55.the interval, Murphy put the spring back into the Daggers step. Ian
:08:56. > :09:02.Morris ensured a share of the post with this equaliser. The cobblers
:09:03. > :09:13.need more than draws to climb out of the relegation zone. 15,500 people
:09:14. > :09:23.saw Pompey get off to a positive start. N'Gala's header was a
:09:24. > :09:28.set-piece classic. The Shakers had the better of the second-half.
:09:29. > :09:34.Wallace should have eked Portsmouth's nerves on a way to a
:09:35. > :09:39.barely unwarranted win. It's one of those victories you don't want, but
:09:40. > :09:43.you will take. There aren't many players who would say they had a
:09:44. > :09:50.good game on the ball. We ultimately won the game. Hartlepool had won
:09:51. > :10:03.three in a row all the way before Plymouth came north. The goalkeeper
:10:04. > :10:10.did his bit to keep the run going. The red card came 26 minutes in. The
:10:11. > :10:17.game's only goal went to the 10 men all the work of Luke James. Fine way
:10:18. > :10:22.to seal a second home win of the season for Hartlepool. An amazing
:10:23. > :10:26.turn around at Hartlepool. With the previous three having come away from
:10:27. > :10:31.home. It was imperative that Cooper shows the home faithful the
:10:32. > :10:41.improvements? Absolutely. Only won one home game before today. It's
:10:42. > :10:47.amazing how one win gives a feel good factor. Incredible look to the
:10:48. > :10:56.top of League testimony two. Three points are separating the top nine.
:10:57. > :11:06.What a goal. A couple of special goals, what about this one? This was
:11:07. > :11:10.a winner. A wonderful finish. Henderson with the strike. It's
:11:11. > :11:19.inside the box. To chip the keeper from there, it's an amazing finish.
:11:20. > :11:26.It secured the points for Rochdale. A great way to win the game. Six
:11:27. > :11:32.wins out of seven. For Exeter, result of the day. I think it has to
:11:33. > :11:38.be said in the football league, 4-0 winners in-form Scunthorpe. Goal of
:11:39. > :11:43.the day, Aaron Davies? Absolutely. What is he doing shooting from
:11:44. > :11:48.there? He is sticking it in the top corner. Outstanding strike. Second
:11:49. > :11:57.of four. Fantastic win. Let us look at the tables before we go.
:11:58. > :11:59.Burnley's win moves them two points clear of QPR at the top of the
:12:00. > :12:02.Skybet Championship. Rangers though have played one less.
:12:03. > :12:05.Leicester and Nottingham Forest maintain their positions, Blackpool
:12:06. > :12:08.and Reading both move up a place at the expense of Watford.
:12:09. > :12:11.Yeovil have dropped to the bottom for the first time this season.
:12:12. > :12:15.Sheffield Wednesday are still without a win and drop a place.
:12:16. > :12:18.In fact, none of that bottom five lost on Saturday, with Barnsley and
:12:19. > :12:19.Charlton picking up all three points.
:12:20. > :12:22.Leyton Orient and Peterborough both hit the 30 point mark as they
:12:23. > :12:25.continue their brilliant starts in League One.
:12:26. > :12:28.Bradford were the only side in the top nine to lose, while the four
:12:29. > :12:30.teams below Phil Parkinson's men all won.
:12:31. > :12:32.Bristol City are still winless and for the first time find themselves
:12:33. > :12:34.bottom. Notts County, Tranmere and Stevenage
:12:35. > :12:36.all lost. Sheffield United's win moves them up
:12:37. > :12:40.four places. As I mentioned earlier, it's looking
:12:41. > :12:42.incredibly tight at the top of League Two.
:12:43. > :12:45.Chesterfield hanging on to that top spot on goal difference, with
:12:46. > :12:47.Rochdale and Exeter also on 23 points.
:12:48. > :12:48.With three points separating the top nine.
:12:49. > :13:02.Accrington and Northampton both drew so stay as they were.
:13:03. > :13:08.None of That is it from us. If you have
:13:09. > :13:12.anything to say from today's games in the football league, if you use
:13:13. > :13:17.the hashtag FLS, the best of them will be shown on Sunday's live text
:13:18. > :13:28.commentary on the BBC football website. My thanks to Leroy as
:13:29. > :13:39.always. My thanks to you for staying up with us. Good night.