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Good evening. Hope you had a great Christmas. Coming up, the final | :00:40. | :00:52. | |
round of games in the sky league. And a half term report from the | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
former teacher who happens to be the manager of Leyton Orient. Russell | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
Slade. Here is what is in store this evening. | :01:06. | :01:15. | |
A draw against Ipswich and a pretty encouraging start for the new | :01:16. | :01:22. | |
Watford manager. They go head to head with QPR. Nottingham Forest | :01:23. | :01:30. | |
inflict did a Boxing Day defeat on Harry Redknapp's hooks. We also | :01:31. | :01:41. | |
feature leads United. And the undisputed Match of the Day in | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
league one. A tasty head to head against leaders Leyton Orient. And | :01:48. | :01:59. | |
another day. Tax killer goals. All 90 for you to enjoy. Some well worth | :02:00. | :02:12. | |
staying up for. We start with Leicester City who returned to the | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
top. They went in search of a third straight win at home to Bolton. | :02:20. | :02:30. | |
Bolton had a score to settle but the recent form of the leaders suggested | :02:31. | :02:34. | |
this would be a testing afternoon. The home side were quick to get off | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
to a good start. This came just five minutes in. But Bolton were quick to | :02:41. | :02:50. | |
hit back. This cross met by Andre moderates who levelled the scores | :02:51. | :02:58. | |
with a quarter of an hour gone. Jermaine Beckford cut inside before | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
finding the bottom corner. The travelling fans felt sick with this | :03:05. | :03:19. | |
next telling blow. A terrific spectacle for the supporters but not | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
for the managers who were witnessing some dire defending. Bolton headed | :03:23. | :03:30. | |
for the brake on top. But Leicester can be irresistible these days as an | :03:31. | :03:40. | |
attacking force. After the break the free kick had the woodwork shaking. | :03:41. | :03:47. | |
After impressive wins over QPR and Reading they seemed intent on | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
sending Bolton the same way. There was just one man for the job. Nine | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
of Dave Nugent's 12 goals this season came from the spot. But he | :04:01. | :04:11. | |
did not get to add to that tally. The finish was explosive. And this | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
time they would be no reply from the Lancashire club. 5-3 to the table | :04:18. | :04:28. | |
toppers. Happy New Year? At this rate it just might be. In all | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
honesty I think we have been dominant throughout the game but | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
conceded three goals to a side who were clinical when they had | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
opportunities. We got them on the back foot. The | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
problem we have against Leicester, they are the best team we have | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
played against this year. They attacked us in the second half with | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
great desire and pace. Leicester were top of the tree in | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
the Championship at the turn of the year. What a game. A great game of | :05:04. | :05:12. | |
foot wall. I was not surprised that Leicester came back. They have shown | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
that resilience and that desire. Especially after losing the | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
penalty. They showed great character. So I was not surprised | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
that they came back. But Bolton put on a decent show. It marks a good | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
year for fans. You know Nigel Pearson. He will be playing things | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
down. He never gives away too much but he will not be getting carried | :05:42. | :05:49. | |
away. He is a quiet man but always very organised, his team will know | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
their jobs, know what they are doing. I think there just picking up | :05:52. | :06:01. | |
momentum. Do you think they will get promoted? I think they have a good | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
chance. They are in a great position now. There could be a bit of | :06:06. | :06:16. | |
wheeling and dealing in the window. Steve Walsh is in the market for | :06:17. | :06:22. | |
players. Well it has not been the best Christmas for QPR so far after | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
a couple of defeats. Not the ideal time to meet a Watford side but have | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
looked reinvigorated since the arrival of their new manager. The | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
Championship season is a test of endurance and QPR need to show they | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
have what it takes to go the distance. | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
Watford will be another test of character for them. Both managers | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
have forced -- been forced into changes. Joey Barton returns to take | :06:53. | :07:20. | |
the armband from a one match ban. It will be fascinating to see how | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
some of these players cope with such an arduous campaign. And what Harry | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
Redknapp is able to do during the January transfer window. At the | :07:34. | :07:36. | |
moment it seems they do need another striker. A disappointing finish in | :07:37. | :07:49. | |
the end from the man given the job of leading the QPR side this | :07:50. | :07:56. | |
afternoon. Phillips, gets away with it. It may open up here. Niko | :07:57. | :08:09. | |
Kranjcar unable to do anything. The finish was lacking. Murray waits on | :08:10. | :08:20. | |
the edge of the area. It is deflect it. A routine save in the end. | :08:21. | :08:29. | |
Watford looking dangerous on the break away. Niko Kranjcar may have | :08:30. | :08:44. | |
to go alone. It is a promising run. That is the closest he has come so | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
far. For them the time in the first half finding a great area. It was | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
lovely play from Niko Kranjcar to engineer the opening. His manager | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
applauds the intention. Watford do have it bottled up down the centre. | :09:03. | :09:12. | |
Here is Phillips. Phillips may go alone. It is the story of the first | :09:13. | :09:20. | |
half for QPR. Their players creating the space but not hitting the | :09:21. | :09:36. | |
target. Matt Phillips this time. Good vision from Niko Kranjcar. It | :09:37. | :09:44. | |
spins into the area. The ball scrambled away. Bodies all over the | :09:45. | :09:52. | |
place inside the penalty area. And one of them is the Watford | :09:53. | :10:03. | |
goalkeeper, Manuel Almunia. It was toilet who collided with Manuel | :10:04. | :10:04. | |
Almunia. -- Hoylett. Barton in support. Manuel Almunia | :10:05. | :10:26. | |
does just enough. Phillips almost catching out the Walford goalkeeper. | :10:27. | :10:35. | |
No lack of big names on the Queens Park Rangers bench. Bobby Zamora and | :10:36. | :10:44. | |
Johnson left there today. Niko Kranjcar the centre forward. And | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
that tells you a lot about Harry Redknapp's thinking. Fabbrini! And | :10:49. | :11:08. | |
it is a good save. His first real save in a game of any real | :11:09. | :11:17. | |
importance. That mistake was a real present for Fabbrini. Phillips. | :11:18. | :11:35. | |
Watford have a contender here. Marry again! -- Murray. Just deflect did | :11:36. | :11:47. | |
by Richard Dunne in the end. -- deflected. Barton over the free | :11:48. | :11:57. | |
kick. Every single outfield player back defending for Watford. Barton | :11:58. | :12:05. | |
goes for it but it is turned into the side netting. Gary Barton almost | :12:06. | :12:11. | |
caught them out but George Ford was alert to the danger. | :12:12. | :12:22. | |
For the managers it is pleasing that we had good shape against a very | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
good team. Defensively they did not cause us to many problems. The DNA | :12:29. | :12:36. | |
of the side looked good. The work put in in the quick turnover of | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
games is starting to show. We had a football lesson in the first half. | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
We have got a problem just scoring goals at the moment. We do not | :12:47. | :12:51. | |
really have any fit strikers. Bobby is not fit to play. Andy Johnson is | :12:52. | :13:00. | |
the same. I played Niko Kranjcar and in the first half we played a great | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
game. Not the most riveting 90 minutes we have seen. | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
One shot on target each at the end of the game. But for the new Watford | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
manager, five points is a solid return. And a clean sheet. I sense a | :13:15. | :13:23. | |
cautious approach. I think he needs to find a balance. Zola was all | :13:24. | :13:30. | |
about attack. I think he is going to be different. But it worked today | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
and QPR did play well in the first half. It is like a session, just | :13:37. | :13:45. | |
going from back to front. They did play a good game but you never | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
thought they were going to get any work. w | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
He thought he had said hello to the new Watford manager, noticing he was | :13:56. | :14:04. | |
behind him. He can't be easy for someone coming into the game not | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
being able to speak English. I think Harry had a lot on his mind there. | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
It is not easy. As he says there. It is not easy, in terms of coaching, I | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
am sure on a day-to-day basis he will get his message over, on match | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
days it will be more difficult when he wants to get his point of view | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
over to the players in the heat of the moment. That could be a problem. | :14:27. | :14:29. | |
Briefly n the last four of the last five games they failed to score, | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
QPR. Surely he will be dipping into the transfer market in January. He | :14:36. | :14:42. | |
has to 24 goals 23 goals in 24 games. Only conceded 13 but Harry | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
knows goals win you game, they haven't been able to get hair noses | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
in front, and get the tree points often enough as some should have | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
done. Let us find out how the other promotion contenders got on, Burnley | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
suffered their first defeat in five at Middlesbrough. Could they bounce | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
back to Wigan? Skin head revival at Wigan. Fittingly there were plenty | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
of close shaves. Burchly had the first narrow escape. Their former | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
player Chris McCann came close. Wigan have been revitalised with | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
their new manager, they gave the title chasing Clarets a run for | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
their money. Fortune's cross causing panic in the box. | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
It wasn't long before they were forcing the pace. Vokes brought the | :15:35. | :15:41. | |
best out of has been has been. Soon after, Burnley were a hair's width | :15:42. | :15:48. | |
width away from taking the lead. David Jones close. Wigan had the | :15:49. | :15:52. | |
final chance, courtesy of Nick Powell but he too lacked the | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
necessary cutting-edge. The goalless draw sees both sides | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
look a bit of momentum; disappointing, but nothing worth | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
loosing your hair over When somebody asked me how would be you first four | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
games against the teams, I would have taken two wins and two draws. | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
Is this a woos -- useful point That is a side of highly quality player, | :16:17. | :16:20. | |
the best squall in the division I think, and our timing was probably, | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
I think that is one of the toughest places to come to in the division | :16:25. | :16:31. | |
today. Magic touch, whatever you call it | :16:32. | :16:34. | |
Steve McLaren has it at the moment. After eight minutes his player had | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
the lead as well. Jonny Russell to dau vins, but who else but Chris | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
Martin was in the right place. Last week's penalty miss a distant MEPry. | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
Heading to the break. Craig Bryson will wonder how he didn't score his | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
fifth goal in as many games. But norm I service resumed almost | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
immediately, a Sunday sprint for Wisdom and a thank you for Martin | :17:03. | :17:08. | |
for goal 15 of the season. But the best was still to come, from a | :17:09. | :17:17. | |
former Derby player. See how his former team-mates can't stop him. | :17:18. | :17:20. | |
Then he shoots. Suddenly became a different game and | :17:21. | :17:23. | |
it should have been a different score line. In one final attack, | :17:24. | :17:30. | |
Weiss man's cross found O'Grady but not the happy ending. Barnsley stay | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
bottom. Derby are just off the top. We started putting them under | :17:37. | :17:40. | |
pressure. They showed again, they can be pressed and you can have joy | :17:41. | :17:45. | |
from them. We didn't do it for long enough in the game. I thought we saw | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
the game out very well. Showed resilience at the right time, so | :17:51. | :17:53. | |
performance of football which we want, so resilience and digging in | :17:54. | :18:06. | |
to get the result when we need. You to have to go back to September | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
for the last time Ipswich lost at Portman Road. McCarthy's team | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
survived the scare and took less than an hour to end Bournemouth's | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
resistance. Darrell Murphy connecting with the cross to give | :18:23. | :18:25. | |
them the initiative. They had their keeper to thank for a | :18:26. | :18:31. | |
series of fine saves. He ensured they held on the that lead until | :18:32. | :18:37. | |
Pitman was brought on which paid off. Surman was frustrated in his | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
search for an equaliser but Pitman made the difference, and Bournemouth | :18:44. | :18:46. | |
were level. The afternoon might have got better | :18:47. | :18:53. | |
for them. The effort was disallowed because of a foul by Elphick, and | :18:54. | :18:58. | |
their protests were in in vain. He has not had a serious save to make | :18:59. | :19:03. | |
in the game. We need it to be more clinical with the chance we got | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
today. On another day we could have won that game. Great goal by us, sad | :19:08. | :19:14. | |
we couldn't disappointed we cold keep hold but it happens. | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
It is over a year since Middlesbrough named an unchanged | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
team. The last time they did they claimed a third win on the spin. | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
They were hoping for the same outcome. Gus Poyet was a keen | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
spectator as Boro looked to take a Reading side out of sorts and | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
slipped out of the top six on Boxing Day. Mid grow have showed plenty of | :19:39. | :19:51. | |
Christmas spirit. The Royals were heading the same way. Leadbitter's | :19:52. | :19:57. | |
searing drive had them comfort by half-time. | :19:58. | :20:00. | |
A Reading fight back never looked on the cards, and even less likely when | :20:01. | :20:12. | |
Gorkss went in on o December many. -- the Berkshire side a man light | :20:13. | :20:16. | |
into the second half. By the time he was brought down by | :20:17. | :20:23. | |
Pearce, the damage was done. Ring were heading for a straight defeat | :20:24. | :20:28. | |
as Leadbitter helped himself to a second from the spot to crown a | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
fruitful Christmas period. Big worries for the Royals, they might | :20:35. | :20:40. | |
need emergency surgery. The transfer window opens, as a club we have to | :20:41. | :20:43. | |
identify how we move in the next direction. It is fa fair to say if | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
we continue in the mould we are, we are not going to achieve with sweat | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
out to do. Before the last three games Middlesbrough has won only | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
seven this calendar year and they are ending with three consecutive | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
victories without conceding, that the one thing that has been | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
undermining their efforts. What a turn round. Yes, it it has taken | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
them a few game, now he is breeding a positive attitude, he is getting | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
his message over now, and there will be a philosophy there that he will | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
be wanting to put in lace, he looks like he is getting that over and | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
they are starting to play with confidence. What about Derby? Talk | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
about momentum, they won nine of the last ten, they are in the highest | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
league position for 27 month, and marauding full backs is no longer a | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
rare sight there. They are so positive. I thought when, he was | :21:36. | :21:43. | |
haar er, the enthusiasm Steve has as a coach is reflected in the way they | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
play. There a a tempo. They had good players there, he added to it with a | :21:50. | :21:56. | |
few loan sign, so there is a real positivity about that Derby and they | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
are on the crest of a wave. He needs to keep it going. You know about | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
that because you started the season with eight consecutive wins. We are | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
struggling to get back-to-back wins, so it shows how difficult it is to | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
put positive results together. We got eight, it was an unbelievable | :22:15. | :22:17. | |
start and it has given us a platform. That will have given him a | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
platform. I have to mention Ipswich, now, coming to the end of a year in | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
a play-off position, what a 14 months under Mick McCarthy who took | :22:27. | :22:29. | |
over the club when they were bottom of the pile in the Championship. He | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
took them when they were about to go into relegation. I think Marcus | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
Evans stepped away from investing, Mick has gone in and thought I will | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
get them organised, been pragmatic about things but very well-organised | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
and they have come to a run of form. And Mick will still be pragmatic and | :22:50. | :22:52. | |
still be consistent in his message, and that is what they have needed. | :22:53. | :22:59. | |
They have not got too excited. The players believe. They have yet to | :23:00. | :23:07. | |
unleash Blake. At the City ground only one point and place divided | :23:08. | :23:16. | |
Nottingham Forest and Leeds. Forrest enjoyed a win over QPR earlier in | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
the week. In comes the early free-kick, there | :23:21. | :23:34. | |
is the goal. Nottingham Forest take the lead. It is the makeshift | :23:35. | :23:40. | |
striker Halford again. And he has done the trick again. | :23:41. | :23:51. | |
Leeds called out by the free-kick. Beautiful delivery by that man Reid | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
and Greg Halford gets the better of two Leeds defenders at the back | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
pose. It is the perfect header. Back across goal. Kenny couldn't get to | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
it and first blood to Nottingham Forest. | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
Now Leeds United have to succeed where others have failed. Reid. Just | :24:13. | :24:20. | |
over the cross bar. He had options to his left and right | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
Andy Reid. Reid felt this was a good enough opportunity to go for it | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
himself. Clever ball, Reid. Now there is | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
danger. He has found... Andy Reid at the | :24:38. | :24:44. | |
heart of this move. Majewskis drive. It was just enough. | :24:45. | :24:57. | |
It is getting cold out there. Reid's drive. Against the post. | :24:58. | :25:08. | |
Kenny never moves. A lick of paint away from goal | :25:09. | :25:18. | |
number two. That is a good ball. It is Byram. It | :25:19. | :25:25. | |
is cleared by Lascelles. McCormack. Wouldn't you just know it. | :25:26. | :25:33. | |
His first attempt at goal, and Ross McCormack sends the Yorkshire hoards | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
into derum. And here is Byram. Looking to cross, I think that was a | :25:40. | :25:46. | |
cross rather than a shot. It bounce, of all places, into the path of Ross | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
McCormack. Who was never going to miss that. | :25:53. | :25:56. | |
13 goals in his last 14 games. And his 18th goal of the season. | :25:57. | :26:04. | |
Lock up at one a piece with seven to go. Simon Cox has come on for | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
Nottingham Forest. Jamie Mackie has made way and Forrest have to win | :26:10. | :26:14. | |
this game, with Derbyshire, they might well have done. What a goal, | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
Matt Derbyshire. What a cracker. And there is an argument, a raining | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
argument between Paddy Kenny and his captain. -- raging argument. I hope | :26:26. | :26:28. | |
he is not saying he should have stopped this. Could have had two | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
keepers in there they wouldn't have smelled it, let alone stop it. Bang, | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
what a goal. Leeds were level for less than a minute. Matt Derbyshire, | :26:39. | :26:46. | |
the supersub. It was a hell of a strike. It was a real, amazing | :26:47. | :26:50. | |
strike and it has gone in the top corn, we are disappointed, having | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
said that Forrest played good stuff in the first half and done us on a | :26:56. | :26:59. | |
set play more than anything, so, you know, I know where we are are at. I | :27:00. | :27:04. | |
know where we are at as a club, we will go forward. I have been here, | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
second in January. And having seen no investment, and then missing | :27:10. | :27:12. | |
outcome the end of the season, I know how it feels, to be | :27:13. | :27:16. | |
disappointed in a January window, with the regards to the outcome at | :27:17. | :27:19. | |
the end of the season. And this is what I said to the chairman, through | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
experience, it is important that we do get ourself in the mix, it is | :27:25. | :27:27. | |
very important we do look to strengthen, and if you do that, you | :27:28. | :27:31. | |
can get that acceleration to the end of the season, which is very | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
important. Two seaside clubs going in opposite | :27:37. | :27:42. | |
direction. Brighton were in the ascendancy at Blackpool. | :27:43. | :27:50. | |
It was canned Ron's ram paging run that made it. The Spaniard's finish | :27:51. | :27:55. | |
wasn't bad. A second goal of the season for him. Garcia hailed an | :27:56. | :28:00. | |
outstanding performance from his right back. Adventurous and high on | :28:01. | :28:06. | |
energy. Only Gilks prevented Calderon from getting a second. | :28:07. | :28:12. | |
Blackpool looked weary. Basham had their best opportunity. | :28:13. | :28:15. | |
Brighton closed out the game and looked well placed for another crack | :28:16. | :28:20. | |
at the play-offs. Lua Lua almost added a second adds they collected | :28:21. | :28:23. | |
their first win of the Christmas period. -- as. Blackpool have lost | :28:24. | :28:28. | |
five out of six, their injury list has the got the better of them. | :28:29. | :28:36. | |
Juning by the boo, the Tangerines early season heroics are working | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
against then. We have 32 point, for what we have done, the lads have | :28:41. | :28:44. | |
done miracle, but the thing is, you know, when you look at teams in this | :28:45. | :28:48. | |
leg, they are changing three or four playerers, we haven't done that, it | :28:49. | :28:53. | |
wasn't a case of being sluggish, it was a case of any manager, the if | :28:54. | :29:00. | |
you can play the seam tame for the Christmas season, we have are having | :29:01. | :29:11. | |
to do that. You'll feel's first Christmas in the Championship has | :29:12. | :29:14. | |
been tough. They started with promise in West Yorkshire. Ishmael | :29:15. | :29:23. | |
Miller took his chance. And that was as good as it got. Huddersfield | :29:24. | :29:29. | |
responded in style in what became the Danny Ward show. His next | :29:30. | :29:38. | |
significant contribution came just before half-time. Gary Johnson will | :29:39. | :29:46. | |
wonder what happened to his defence. Huddersfield were just warming up. | :29:47. | :29:53. | |
Minutes later Adam Hamill's corner flashed past for number three. The | :29:54. | :29:59. | |
goalkeeper had just disentangled himself but had to be on his toes to | :30:00. | :30:04. | |
watch this extraordinary effort from Paul Dixon. Even David Beckham was | :30:05. | :30:17. | |
not that ambitious. For Danny Ward it was all about scoring rather than | :30:18. | :30:23. | |
creating. He knew exactly what he wanted to do if he got another | :30:24. | :30:28. | |
chance, and he did just moments later. Huddersfield equalled their | :30:29. | :30:35. | |
best win of the season. Right from the start of the game we set out our | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
stall and had some good goals on the end of that. We have to make sure we | :30:42. | :30:48. | |
take out the shrinking violets from the competitors. The second half of | :30:49. | :30:52. | |
the season is going to be a competitive period of time. So we | :30:53. | :30:57. | |
have to get people that want to keep this club in the division. | :30:58. | :31:05. | |
Birmingham City's last league triumph at Ewood Park was back in | :31:06. | :31:11. | |
1968. They looked like ending that oppressive run but Novak opened the | :31:12. | :31:15. | |
scoring for the Blues inside a quarter of an hour. And did not take | :31:16. | :31:24. | |
long to arid at second. -- to add a second. Simon Eastwood in the home | :31:25. | :31:31. | |
goal powerless to stop Birmingham tightening their grip on | :31:32. | :31:44. | |
proceedings. Rovers gifted their opponents a third. A poor clearance | :31:45. | :31:49. | |
dropped for Chris Burke who helped himself to his first goal since | :31:50. | :31:57. | |
August. No shortage of drama as Rovers staged a second-half | :31:58. | :32:00. | |
comeback. Birmingham vulnerable at the back as Ben Marshall's perfect | :32:01. | :32:10. | |
cross was headed home by roads. -- Rhodes. And he hung on for his 15th | :32:11. | :32:21. | |
goal of the season. It was not enough, as they suffered a rare home | :32:22. | :32:29. | |
defeat. Dan's best efforts could not quite rescue a point. | :32:30. | :32:40. | |
In terms of what we did in the first half, we had to work extremely hard | :32:41. | :32:45. | |
and scored three great goals ourselves. | :32:46. | :32:50. | |
Next year promises to be one of change for both of these clubs. | :32:51. | :32:54. | |
Charlton could have new owners while Sheffield Wednesday could have a new | :32:55. | :32:59. | |
manager. But the man in caretaker charge has not done too badly. The | :33:00. | :33:08. | |
stand-in boss felt his side dominated. The key to survival for | :33:09. | :33:21. | |
Sheffield Wednesday could be keeping hold of Connor Wickham. Injured on | :33:22. | :33:27. | |
Boxing Day, he returned to equalise just shy of the hour. But it looks | :33:28. | :33:33. | |
suspiciously offside. Simon Church was inches away form restoring the | :33:34. | :33:49. | |
lead for the home side. -- from. As far as the table goes, both teams | :33:50. | :34:02. | |
were content. Wickham is clearly offside but whether that would have | :34:03. | :34:13. | |
denied us the win, we do not know. Interim manager Neil Harris had | :34:14. | :34:16. | |
little more than 24 hours to prepare Millwall for this six pointer. Five | :34:17. | :34:20. | |
changes brought about an improved performance. Larry's header cleared | :34:21. | :34:26. | |
off the line as Millwall had the better of the first half. Donny also | :34:27. | :34:33. | |
had their moments. This effort coming back off the woodwork. Soon | :34:34. | :34:40. | |
afterwards David Ford's saved from Mark Duthie. The rot successfully | :34:41. | :34:50. | |
stopped. An encouraging performance from the Lions under coach still | :34:51. | :34:53. | |
learning the ropes. I enjoyed watching the team and some good | :34:54. | :34:57. | |
performances. It is different standing on the | :34:58. | :35:02. | |
sidelines. You are that close to it. But until someone else comes in, | :35:03. | :35:15. | |
that is fine in the meantime. Steve Claridge is interested in the | :35:16. | :35:20. | |
Millwall job. But what a way for Huddersfield to end the year. You | :35:21. | :35:28. | |
get the impression that it has been a pretty demoralising few days for | :35:29. | :35:34. | |
the club. It has been a tough week. Gary will still understand that they | :35:35. | :35:39. | |
need quite a few victories to stay in the league. They have the lowest | :35:40. | :35:43. | |
budget in the league and every game will be tough for them. Cracking | :35:44. | :35:49. | |
goals from Danny Ward. The first was horrific. But I think Gary | :35:50. | :35:56. | |
understood that there would be days like this. Those three points have | :35:57. | :36:05. | |
gone and you have got to move on. They are in a mini table down at the | :36:06. | :36:10. | |
bottom of that league. At one stage this season we thought they would be | :36:11. | :36:15. | |
stranded. They are capable of doing it. And he needs to invigorate them. | :36:16. | :36:22. | |
He is the most enthusiastic man I know. He will be going in and | :36:23. | :36:30. | |
picking the players up. So as far as the Championship is concerned this | :36:31. | :36:33. | |
year is done and dusted. Do we expect the top six to stay the | :36:34. | :36:40. | |
same come the month of May? I expect Nottingham Forest to push on a | :36:41. | :36:47. | |
little bit! Absolutely. Billy has got that momentum back. They had a | :36:48. | :36:53. | |
difficult period with injuries but seem to be back on track. And the | :36:54. | :37:01. | |
dark horses? Anyone could get a run of results and get into the top six. | :37:02. | :37:08. | |
But Brighton, I was worried when Garcia took over. They had injuries, | :37:09. | :37:13. | |
no centre forwards, but they have been solid and have come into decent | :37:14. | :37:19. | |
form. They have shown it consistently. And it looks grim for | :37:20. | :37:27. | |
Barnsley in the bottom half. Do we expect the likes of Bolton and Wigan | :37:28. | :37:34. | |
to still be there? I do not. Wigan have had a tough time. We know they | :37:35. | :37:42. | |
have a good manager. Bolton are stuttering. They have had a lack of | :37:43. | :37:49. | |
goals. But I think they will get it right. And the quality they have in | :37:50. | :37:57. | |
the squad will come to the fore. In League one you have to start with | :37:58. | :38:01. | |
the top two. Leyton Orient took on Wolves. | :38:02. | :38:14. | |
If you think life has been tough for Wolves supporters then imagine what | :38:15. | :38:23. | |
it has been like for those at the other end of the generational scale. | :38:24. | :38:32. | |
During the golden era in the 1950s the club were three times champions | :38:33. | :38:37. | |
in England. Twice they won the FA Cup. And helped lay the foundations | :38:38. | :38:43. | |
for what is now the Champions League. Now their recovery lies in | :38:44. | :38:49. | |
the hands of the man who set Swansea City on the road to their current | :38:50. | :38:53. | |
success and re-established Millwall in the Championship between his | :38:54. | :38:59. | |
summer move to the ground. -- before. | :39:00. | :39:07. | |
The place is full of tradition and history and rightly so. They have | :39:08. | :39:13. | |
had fantastic teams in the past. You forget about the scale. This is an | :39:14. | :39:20. | |
enormous club. It is fantastic. I have played here and been an | :39:21. | :39:24. | |
opposing coach and manager. It is impressive from the outside. It is | :39:25. | :39:32. | |
the biggest compliment. A word to describe how you felt when you got | :39:33. | :39:36. | |
relegated again in May? We were gutted. Not too brilliant. It is | :39:37. | :39:45. | |
just the way it goes. We needed to turn it round quickly and get onto | :39:46. | :39:51. | |
the next one. A very tough League one campaign. And then just some | :39:52. | :39:57. | |
realism of where we are, putting the past behind us. Making sure the | :39:58. | :40:02. | |
relationship between the supporters and the players is repaired. What do | :40:03. | :40:07. | |
you hope for next year? Back into the Championship. I think we are | :40:08. | :40:16. | |
going to do well this season. Some players have been left on the | :40:17. | :40:20. | |
fringes of the squad and they cost a lot of money. It must have been a | :40:21. | :40:26. | |
big dilemma for you. What cannot happen is the progress of the club | :40:27. | :40:30. | |
cannot be hampered whilst we wait for contracts to run out. The | :40:31. | :40:36. | |
development know of quite a young side, that is paramount. This is a | :40:37. | :40:45. | |
huge opportunity. It is a fantastic chance. It is a great club and we | :40:46. | :40:51. | |
are just looking forward positively now. I am now looking for the | :40:52. | :40:58. | |
players to put on a performance that warrants that type of support. The | :40:59. | :41:07. | |
biggest attendance of the season had hardly settled into their seats | :41:08. | :41:10. | |
before they were out of them in celebration. Leighton Oriente knew | :41:11. | :41:24. | |
that this was big. Wolves are intent on battering. Jake Cassady with this | :41:25. | :41:36. | |
rebound. A change of ends brought no change in momentum. The visitors | :41:37. | :41:46. | |
held their nerve and then found a way back. Baudry with his first goal | :41:47. | :42:06. | |
of the season. What are you thinking after that? | :42:07. | :42:11. | |
Disappointed we did not win. We put on a terrific performance. We did | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
not capitalise on chances and situations. Latent Oriente, a | :42:17. | :42:31. | |
resolute side. It is the challenge now to make sure that we replicate | :42:32. | :42:36. | |
that performance in the second half of the season. So far so good for | :42:37. | :42:44. | |
Wolves. And for Leyton Orient. It has been an amazing season. What | :42:45. | :42:48. | |
has been the secret? I think continuity. We managed to keep the | :42:49. | :42:54. | |
group together in the summer. The two players that we did take in, we | :42:55. | :43:01. | |
had them on loan. They were the two major signing of the summer. And it | :43:02. | :43:07. | |
is a lovely group with great characters. We have been careful | :43:08. | :43:13. | |
choosing the right characters. A great captain in Nathan Clark and | :43:14. | :43:16. | |
experience through the side as well. It is a great spirit and a | :43:17. | :43:21. | |
great place to be right now. How hard is it going to be to maintain | :43:22. | :43:27. | |
this? We have maintained it for the best part of the year. It is going | :43:28. | :43:32. | |
to be difficult. We just recently started to pick up some injuries. We | :43:33. | :43:37. | |
have built ourselves the platform now and we are not going to throw | :43:38. | :43:47. | |
that away easily. T It is going to be a tough year, no doubt about | :43:48. | :43:50. | |
that, but we have given ourselveses a real good chance of competing with | :43:51. | :43:54. | |
the boys at the top. This is it. It is about keeping the squad together. | :43:55. | :43:59. | |
You mention the injury, it is coming at the worst possible time, isn't | :44:00. | :44:03. | |
it? I will be grateful when the window is open; I need to get the | :44:04. | :44:06. | |
team a bit of help. The play evers a bit of help in terms of bringing in | :44:07. | :44:10. | |
a few more personnel to help us out, as we know, we are playing our | :44:11. | :44:16. | |
second choice keeper, young Jake, he played at Wolves today, and then we | :44:17. | :44:22. | |
have lost, our top goal scoring David Mooney and Scott Cuthbert has | :44:23. | :44:27. | |
been out. And the list is ever growing, but you know... I bet you | :44:28. | :44:32. | |
are glad you came on! You have to remain positive and hopefully one or | :44:33. | :44:36. | |
two new faces coming in in the window will enhance that group. Of | :44:37. | :44:39. | |
course, very best for the seconds half of the season. More from League | :44:40. | :44:44. | |
One and December -- despite their recent change Brentford were the | :44:45. | :44:47. | |
tomorrow team with their win over Swindon. Their tenth win in 11 | :44:48. | :44:53. | |
games. The next challenge game in the form of a rejuvenated MK Dons. | :44:54. | :45:04. | |
After Leyton Orient drew at moll knee this was a chance for them to | :45:05. | :45:13. | |
end in top spot. Donaldson game them an early add ran tan. His latest | :45:14. | :45:20. | |
offering in a highly productive season. The departure of Uwe Rosler | :45:21. | :45:26. | |
hasn't troubled them. They needed a save to preserve the score line. Sam | :45:27. | :45:38. | |
Saunders picked him out and Trotter put them in sight of another winning | :45:39. | :45:42. | |
successful Saunders who played a significant part in this impressive | :45:43. | :45:48. | |
showing got in on the act. Well deserved His third goal in as | :45:49. | :45:53. | |
many games, the contest appeared over. | :45:54. | :45:58. | |
In truth, the MK dons were well beaten, they one lighted was | :45:59. | :46:02. | |
provided by Lee Hodson, his first goal for the club, but Brentford end | :46:03. | :46:06. | |
the year looking down on the rest. And with the manager who believes | :46:07. | :46:12. | |
they can still get better. I thought the first 25 minute, the | :46:13. | :46:16. | |
first half we were excellent. Our shape was good we moved the ball | :46:17. | :46:21. | |
well. We should have been three or four goals, then we got sloppy. I | :46:22. | :46:26. | |
thought the same in the second half. Suddenly, loose in the pass, | :46:27. | :46:29. | |
dropping ten yards deep. We have to learn from that. | :46:30. | :46:38. | |
After three straight home defeat defeats sluice by boss felt this | :46:39. | :46:43. | |
might be the game his side needed. A fine save Superintendented John | :46:44. | :46:48. | |
Taylor putting them ahead. They needed luck to pick up their sixth | :46:49. | :46:55. | |
win in seven. Ian Hulme made an immediate impact from the bench | :46:56. | :46:59. | |
after his 80th minute cross was turned in I by Ryan Woods. | :47:00. | :47:07. | |
With six defeat in nine it has been a tough run for Peterborough. At | :47:08. | :47:11. | |
Brunton Park Shaun Brisley went close, kept out by Ben Amos's Laser | :47:12. | :47:20. | |
reflexes, this hulk Hogan effort was ex rated. The reef re-said stop, red | :47:21. | :47:28. | |
card to be expected. Lee Tomlin takes a mean free-kick. | :47:29. | :47:33. | |
Something Amos can vouch for, in by the bar. Posh's ten men ahead beyond | :47:34. | :47:39. | |
the hour mark. This game turned in Carlisle's | :47:40. | :47:41. | |
favour in a couple of minutes. The second game a mere 70 seconds | :47:42. | :47:56. | |
later. Once again after good service from the flanks. | :47:57. | :48:01. | |
A goal to put them back on track after two league defeats. In the | :48:02. | :48:08. | |
final moment, the away team could have grabbed a point. Mark Little | :48:09. | :48:13. | |
brought down. This match last season saw Port Vale | :48:14. | :48:33. | |
run out 6-2 winners so you wonder what the crowd thought when the | :48:34. | :48:41. | |
first goal came after eight minutes. Rotherham were handed a bake when | :48:42. | :48:45. | |
hay were awarded a penalty. Eight gar made the running. Agar reckons | :48:46. | :48:55. | |
without Sam Johnson. That was let off number one for Port | :48:56. | :49:00. | |
Vale. And another arrived just before | :49:01. | :49:04. | |
half-time. On this occasion Johnson had no hand in keeping Rotherham at | :49:05. | :49:15. | |
bay. O'Connor's free-kick hit the wall -- post. Rotherham made the | :49:16. | :49:21. | |
match tougher for themselves, Davis was given a straight red for that | :49:22. | :49:25. | |
challenge. Was it the tackle or the follow threw? Either way, the | :49:26. | :49:28. | |
referee thought he had the answer, and Rotherham were left to play the | :49:29. | :49:32. | |
final half hour with ten men and it cost them. Port Vale had to wane | :49:33. | :49:36. | |
only ten minutes before wrapping up the points. Tomlin was in the right | :49:37. | :49:41. | |
place to end their unbeaten run. Veil move to within two points of | :49:42. | :49:48. | |
the play-offs. After just one league win in 12, | :49:49. | :49:55. | |
this opener came as a timely lift for Bradford City. Swindon have lost | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
the last two on the road but they have an outstanding prospect in | :50:01. | :50:04. | |
Pritchard. He is on loan from Spurs and came close to equalising, and | :50:05. | :50:11. | |
his persistence was to pay off. The Bantams defence had no answer as | :50:12. | :50:14. | |
Pritchard scored a goal of the highest quality to earn them a point | :50:15. | :50:18. | |
on their travels. He made the opportunity, and finished it off in | :50:19. | :50:24. | |
some style. And Swindon are four points off the top six. So the | :50:25. | :50:29. | |
points shared at valley parade. A cracking goal from Pritchard. | :50:30. | :50:32. | |
Brentford continue to go from strength to strength. They have won | :50:33. | :50:37. | |
11 out of the last 12. They have replayed Leyton Orient at the top of | :50:38. | :50:40. | |
the table going into the New Year. This, I mean basically Warburton has | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
taken on the mantle left by Uwe Rosler. I think it, he has carried | :50:46. | :50:50. | |
on the good work Uwe Rosler left behind. Saunders with a great | :50:51. | :50:54. | |
strike. It was an inspired appointment. Bringing in David Weir | :50:55. | :50:58. | |
who has had experience of the division, as well, excellent coach, | :50:59. | :51:02. | |
it was great. But interesting you said about that 11 wins in the last | :51:03. | :51:07. | |
12 game, that came at the same time that Jonathan Douglas came back into | :51:08. | :51:11. | |
the midfield. He is so influential. A lot of fans think he is vitally | :51:12. | :51:16. | |
important. He has a really good understanding of the game. That was | :51:17. | :51:20. | |
the catalyst as well. I think you would testify to that? I do. He is | :51:21. | :51:24. | |
an experienced player. He has the know how. Don't forget they have a | :51:25. | :51:30. | |
very good squad. For me, one of the favourites at the start of the | :51:31. | :51:35. | |
season, despite Wolves coming down, they were going up to be up there, | :51:36. | :51:39. | |
they are on a great run at the minute, it is a fantastic | :51:40. | :51:43. | |
opportunity for Mark to fill that vacancy and push them on, but, yeah, | :51:44. | :51:48. | |
they are going to be there for me. Let us look at the top half of the | :51:49. | :51:51. | |
table then. Now we have reached the end of 2013. | :51:52. | :51:58. | |
How big an achievement is it to see Leyton Orient in second? It is a | :51:59. | :52:04. | |
great achievement. I have known the manager a long time he won't be | :52:05. | :52:10. | |
happy. He is up there for a reason, because they played fantastic game | :52:11. | :52:15. | |
football, they have been positive; am sure that will continue, so yes, | :52:16. | :52:20. | |
it's a great achievement up to now, but they will want to know, to go | :52:21. | :52:28. | |
and finish it off. Think the supporters understand just how good | :52:29. | :52:31. | |
this team are, with the squad of 19 players from the start of the | :52:32. | :52:35. | |
season, with first year pro-s on the bench. There has been a great spirit | :52:36. | :52:38. | |
there and I am sure Russell will want to continue that. Kicking on | :52:39. | :52:43. | |
after a couple of near miss last season, who is the best team you | :52:44. | :52:48. | |
faced this season? Probably Coventry, we have played them three | :52:49. | :52:53. | |
time, I think Steve has done a great job there, it can't be easy playing | :52:54. | :52:58. | |
away from home in front of 1800 fans, what he gets out of them, | :52:59. | :53:02. | |
certainly in terms of going forward is remarkable, they look a threat, | :53:03. | :53:06. | |
every time they go forward... The top scorers in the Football League. | :53:07. | :53:09. | |
If you put the ten points on from the desuction they would be in the | :53:10. | :53:14. | |
play-offs They are strong competitors and hopefully when I | :53:15. | :53:22. | |
have them out of the way... OK. Last look at League One starts at | :53:23. | :53:27. | |
Priestfield as Gillingham look to bounce back. Walsall were the | :53:28. | :53:35. | |
visitors this time. Some at Gillingham felled felt hay | :53:36. | :53:39. | |
should have won at Leyton Orient but failed to take their chance, that is | :53:40. | :53:44. | |
somebody McDonald can't be accused of as he pulled off this cracker | :53:45. | :53:48. | |
after half-time. They hit the bar twice before Walsall drew back | :53:49. | :53:52. | |
level. Saws rounding off a neat move to score for the second time in | :53:53. | :53:58. | |
three games, despite the best efforts of Leon Legge on the line. | :53:59. | :54:04. | |
Anyone who decided to make an early exit missed out on a thrilling | :54:05. | :54:10. | |
finish. The Julian Gray blasted Dean Smith's side into the lead. | :54:11. | :54:15. | |
But in the second added minute, McDonald kept his head, after losing | :54:16. | :54:21. | |
his footing, to put the Gills back on terms. | :54:22. | :54:25. | |
And there was still time for further drama, as Richard o Donald denied | :54:26. | :54:30. | |
Gillingham an incredible win and McDonald the match ball. | :54:31. | :54:38. | |
We have conceded two goals which in the end were poor goals, they are | :54:39. | :54:42. | |
little things we have to learn, that is why we are in the position we are | :54:43. | :54:46. | |
in, but the players never stop, and they kept on believing, and they | :54:47. | :54:54. | |
deserve a lot of credit for that. Johnson Clark Harris holds the | :54:55. | :54:57. | |
record as Coventry's youngest player. He never scored for the Sky | :54:58. | :55:07. | |
Blues, against he thumped in a goal against them. | :55:08. | :55:14. | |
Carl Baker with the 4th goal of the season for League One's highest | :55:15. | :55:22. | |
scorers. Home to the bottom side after | :55:23. | :55:25. | |
scoring six goals in two games Colchester must have been aiming | :55:26. | :55:29. | |
high, even more so when they went ahead after half an hour through | :55:30. | :55:34. | |
this deflected free-kick. But Crewe up their game after the | :55:35. | :55:42. | |
interval. They were almost handed and equaliser. Tom Hitchcock found | :55:43. | :55:47. | |
the angle and the keeper too much to beat. If only Wilson had been able | :55:48. | :55:51. | |
to repeat his block on inman soon after. He didn't and Crewe were | :55:52. | :55:58. | |
level. -- Inman. Prolonged celebrations you | :55:59. | :56:03. | |
might think. Just wait. Because three minutes later Inman as | :56:04. | :56:09. | |
it again. This time it was Hitchcock who cashed in and he certainly | :56:10. | :56:12. | |
milked the moment. His third goal in four game, Crewe | :56:13. | :56:15. | |
off the bottom with their second away win of the season. | :56:16. | :56:21. | |
For John Gregory and his cauly players this was the perfect | :56:22. | :56:28. | |
response to their Boxing Day defeat. This left Notts County chasing the | :56:29. | :56:32. | |
game. County had only one once way from | :56:33. | :56:36. | |
home in the league this season, and a second caution for Sheen ended his | :56:37. | :56:44. | |
afternoon. Deliberate handball and dismissal followed. Jamie Proctor | :56:45. | :56:51. | |
was one fortunate not to make Crawley's margin of victory better | :56:52. | :56:58. | |
but they got the result they wanted. Crunch games between teams at the | :56:59. | :57:03. | |
bottom can be tight, tense after if fairers with little goalmouth | :57:04. | :57:08. | |
action. Nine minutes on the clock when Murphy converted from close | :57:09. | :57:13. | |
range. Taylor came within inches of another own goal, when Murphy fired | :57:14. | :57:17. | |
into the box, Taylor scored at the wrong end when the sides last met in | :57:18. | :57:21. | |
March. United weren't in need of a helping hand on this occasion | :57:22. | :57:26. | |
doubling their lead just before the hour, but backster swept home Port | :57:27. | :57:32. | |
ter's centre, and the Blades were home and dry, this time Murphy | :57:33. | :57:38. | |
played provider with Flynn the grateful recipient. | :57:39. | :57:40. | |
Tranmere have done better on the road than at home, and the | :57:41. | :57:44. | |
travelling fans did have some cause for cheer late on, as tailor showed | :57:45. | :57:50. | |
his pros we at the right end, following their failure to clear a | :57:51. | :57:54. | |
free-kick. Although Kirby came within inches of reducing the | :57:55. | :57:57. | |
deficit further, in the final minute, this was a comfortable | :57:58. | :58:02. | |
victory for Nigel Clough's side The pressure was on, we have trained all | :58:03. | :58:06. | |
week really well, we wanted to win today. There is no doubt about that. | :58:07. | :58:12. | |
The lads have been superb. On a day where Lewis Carey set a new | :58:13. | :58:18. | |
appearance record for Bristol City the Robbens began brightly. Scott | :58:19. | :58:22. | |
Wagstaff's cross met by cunning happen. His second professional | :58:23. | :58:28. | |
goal. It got better still six minutes later. Thomas the drivings | :58:29. | :58:34. | |
for. Baldock the goal score for the third league game on the bounce. | :58:35. | :58:47. | |
Emanuel Thomas has thrived since his move away from Ipswich. It has been | :58:48. | :58:56. | |
his best scoring season to date. He grabbed two goals. That is ten in | :58:57. | :59:16. | |
his last 13 appearances. Great to have back to back wins | :59:17. | :59:21. | |
because in any division that is difficult. So that was great to get | :59:22. | :59:26. | |
that and it gives the supporters of good and to the year. Hopefully | :59:27. | :59:33. | |
everyone has had a good Christmas. Another good result for Bristol | :59:34. | :59:35. | |
City. Nothing harder than getting | :59:36. | :59:39. | |
back-to-back wins in the Football League. To take a look at the bottom | :59:40. | :59:46. | |
of league one. Some big teams down at the bottom. You look at Sheffield | :59:47. | :59:51. | |
United and the likes of Bristol City. Do we expect them to stay | :59:52. | :00:05. | |
there? We do not. Bristol City has appointed Steve who is a very | :00:06. | :00:09. | |
experienced manager and full of enthusiasm. He knows the area as | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
well. Because you have two managed the supporters as well as the | :00:16. | :00:17. | |
players. Those back-to-back wins will have given them a lift. And | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
what about your old club, Notts County? They have played two games | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
more than Oldham. Is the pressure off, maybe being a young manager? | :00:30. | :00:38. | |
Does that work against him? I know Sean very well. I signed him for | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
Notts County when he was fifth team. He has got Greg Abbott with him as | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
well. So that is experience. And Greg knows the league inside out. | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
Between them they have got the toughest job of all. They are | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
anchored at the bottom at the moment. But as anyone can, I would | :00:59. | :01:07. | |
give them a chance. In league two one game fell foul of the weather. | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
And Chesterfield were elevated back to the top of the division. They | :01:14. | :01:21. | |
welcomed Dagenham to the pro-Iraq Stadium. | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
Dagenham have not had much joy on the road recently but they will feel | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
they missed the chance of an eye-catching win. | :01:34. | :01:48. | |
They were then given a man advantage after Sam Hurst 's Allred for | :01:49. | :02:01. | |
tripping Rhys Murphy. -- saw red. The ten men took the lead just after | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
the restart. This handball allowing Mark Richards the chance to show how | :02:08. | :02:17. | |
it is done. A moment of magic from a go-go Drew Dagenham level. - Agogo. | :02:18. | :02:33. | |
I thought the first half performance did not reflect as at all. The lads | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
came out with credit in the second half to take the point. | :02:41. | :02:58. | |
Scunthorpe were playing catch up. Oxford's league defeats have all | :02:59. | :03:09. | |
come at home. They were lucky not to fall to behind when the referee saw | :03:10. | :03:18. | |
this handball. Ryan Clark's save ensured just a single goal half-time | :03:19. | :03:26. | |
deficit. Burton went clear. The clincher came through the boot of | :03:27. | :03:33. | |
Donnie Mullins. His fourth of the season, all away from home. Oxford | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
got a penalty of their own when the keeper was slow coming off his | :03:42. | :03:56. | |
line. James Constable tripped. One-way traffic at the Pirelli | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
Stadium. Phil Edwards is one of two Bolton players who struck the | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
woodwork in this one-sided encounter. Sheriff also came close. | :04:06. | :04:14. | |
The Newport keeper had to perform miracles. This save from Billy Key | :04:15. | :04:28. | |
was the final score. Adam McGuirk's luck was out on this occasion. But | :04:29. | :04:38. | |
Burton secured another 1-the Old Vic three. | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
Really pleased. It shows how much the site has progressed and it just | :04:43. | :04:51. | |
shows our potential. -- the side. The young up and coming manager | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
against the one who has been there and got the T-shirt. Doing a | :04:56. | :05:04. | |
sterling job at Accrington. Phil Brown almost 20 years we see's | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
senior almost saw his side fall behind. But with all that experience | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
it is nothing that he had not seen before. Phillips tried to atone for | :05:16. | :05:24. | |
his earlier mistake. When he did find a way past, the post got in the | :05:25. | :05:33. | |
way. A useful point for both sides. Rovers arrived with four points from | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
the two games either side of Christmas. They had plenty of first | :05:39. | :05:45. | |
half possession. The keeper missed the Boxing Day victory over | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
Mansfield. They broke the deadlock when Joe Rafferty combined with | :05:52. | :05:59. | |
Matty land. The midfielder swung the ball in. -- Lund. Jack O'Connell's | :06:00. | :06:10. | |
clearance gave O'Connell something to chase. | :06:11. | :06:28. | |
Andy Fleming is not afraid to try his luck for Morecambe. Just | :06:29. | :06:43. | |
clipping the bar. It could have been to before half-time. Three minutes | :06:44. | :06:54. | |
from time it appeared, the striker's first shot in ten. That's | :06:55. | :07:05. | |
part of dramatic finish. The ball something back off the crossbar. -- | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
something. Flinders save this initial shot and this was superb | :07:13. | :07:27. | |
from Kevin Ellison. Hartlepool securing the jury. -- the victory. | :07:28. | :07:36. | |
Quite an upset at Cheltenham. Baron Harrison's early efforts seem to | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
confirm a rough ride for Mansfield. Anthony Howell got the opener. Scott | :07:43. | :07:50. | |
Brown apparently to stand to move. Then Mansfield went to up. -- two | :07:51. | :08:02. | |
up. And they are confident display continued. Cheltenham did pull one | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
back but Mansfield held on. They have put much-needed breathing space | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
between themselves and the drop zone. | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
End of year bragging rights at stake in the Devon derby. Torquay had the | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
chance to draw first blood. Karl Hawley was denied in front of home | :08:29. | :08:38. | |
fans. Their neighbours seized the first advantage. Torquay's troubles | :08:39. | :08:45. | |
worsened, David Wheeler increasing the lead. That composed finish but | :08:46. | :08:54. | |
Exeter back in the groove after consecutive defeats. The game was | :08:55. | :09:05. | |
now firmly back in the balance. With five minutes left, Alan Power | :09:06. | :09:14. | |
wrapped things up to dump Torquay back into the bottom two. Exeter now | :09:15. | :09:24. | |
five points off the top seven. For Wimbledon fans a goal of any | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
kind would give the year end celebrations a lift. Michael | :09:30. | :09:36. | |
Smith's finish underline exact play why his club wants to extend his | :09:37. | :09:49. | |
loan. The Dons keeper was that full stretch as the Pilgrims chased an | :09:50. | :09:56. | |
equaliser. Ben Harrington kept his place. His delivery met by breed. -- | :09:57. | :10:14. | |
Reid. A game for in quality was almost lit | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
up by a goal of real class. Matt Duke was well beaten. The squad was | :10:19. | :10:30. | |
ravaged by injuries especially in attack. But it did not result in a | :10:31. | :10:42. | |
match winner. Anyone who thinks lean to it's all | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
about long balls and physicality might need to revise their opinion. | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
The opening goal was a terrific team effort finished off by Anton | :10:53. | :11:05. | |
Forrester. Aaron McCarey's fumble was punished by Nathan Cameron. York | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
had won just one of 15 reviewers cup games. Michael Coulson got his first | :11:13. | :11:24. | |
of the season. But it was five wins in eight for Bury. That was the | :11:25. | :11:32. | |
turbulent 12 months for the football club. One result that stands out is | :11:33. | :11:39. | |
Scunthorpe at Oxford. 2-yl winners. A great result. The side are totally | :11:40. | :11:54. | |
rejuvenated. We were talking about it before. Another young manager who | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
knows the league inside out and Scunthorpe as well and has news that | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
wisely. And there is much to be said about that. If we look at the top of | :12:04. | :12:10. | |
the table, good to see Burton in third. But there is a point to be | :12:11. | :12:13. | |
made about these young English managers. Kevin Nugent led to his | :12:14. | :12:26. | |
trade that way as well and is doing a terrific job. With limited | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
resources. Very little budget, one of the smallest in the league. And | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
they got a great result that Chesterfield today. And Newport, | :12:38. | :12:47. | |
what an outstanding job. For the bottom, it beggars belief to see | :12:48. | :12:58. | |
Portsmouth at 17. Portsmouth and restore Rovers both jump out. -- | :12:59. | :13:09. | |
restore Rovers. They know that they should be doing better with their | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
fan base. There have been problems with injury. And they are trying to | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
introduce young players into the squad which I think is the right way | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
to go for Bristol Rovers. Before we go a quick reminder to join Gary for | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
a round-up of all Premier League games in Match Of The Day on New | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
Year's Day. Great to see you tonight. Rank you for your company. | :13:39. | :13:46. | |
-- thank you. Have a great year and see you next year. Good night. # | :13:47. | :14:26. | |
Come | :14:27. | :14:27. |