Matthew Rose’s magnificent last-minute shot gave the visitors the three points. Kevin Gallen fired the QPR into an early lead. Brighton equalised through Adam Hinshelwood’s first senior goal. Darren Currie’s free-kick gave them the advantage just before the break. But Paul Furlong tapped in Jamie Cureton’s pass to equalise for QPR, before Rose sent in a long-range curling shot for the winner.
Mark McGhee, Brighton manager: ‘I had a bad performance, because I couldn’t change things’
Ian Holloway, QPR manager: ‘Confidence and belief are coming through for us’
Brighton: Kuipers, El-Abd, Mayo, Cullip, Harding, Currie, Nicolas, Hinshelwood, Hammond, Virgo, McPhee
QPR: Day, Bignot, Rose, Santos, Padula, Cureton, Rowlands, Bircham, Cook, Gallen, Furlong.
Referee: B Curson
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Attendance: 6,612
Cardiff City 0 Derby County 2
Cardiff City supporters called for manager Lennie Lawrence to be sacked after a second home defeat inside a week. The big-spending Welsh side remain second from bottom, and the club’s owner Sam Hammam said that he will discuss the matter with Lawrence tomorrow. Derby’s Marco Reich opened the scoring with a curling shot. Ian Taylor added the second after Danny Gabbidon’s bad pass Sam Hamman, Cardiff owner: ‘The present situation is not acceptable to me’
George Burley, Derby manager: ‘One or two Cardiff players did not perform’
Cardiff: Warner, Weston, Gabbidon, Vidmar, Barker, McAnuff, Kavanagh, Bullock, Parry, Fleetwood, Thorne Derby: Camp, Vincent, Konjic, Johnson, Kenna, Reich, Taylor, Huddlestone, Smith, Tudgay, Idiakez
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Referee: S Dunn
Attendance: 12,008
Plymouth 1 Wolves 2
Wolves, reduced to 10 men with 11 minutes left, conjured up a winning goal to continue their rise up the Championship. David Friio put the home side in front with a diving header, Carl Cort equalising with a penalty after Peter Gilbert fouled substitute Kevin Cooper. Cooper got revenge on Gilbert soon after and was sent off. Dean Sturridge, another substitute, fired in a volley to win the game
Bobby Williamson, Plymouth manager: ‘We have to keep believing what we are doing is right’
Dave Jones, Wolves manager: ‘We are not firing on all cylinders and we know that’
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Plymouth: Larrieu, Friio, Couglan, Norris, Evans, Adams, Wotton, Makel, Keith, Connolly, Gilbert
Wolves: Jones, Clive, Naylor, Olofinjana, Lescott, Craddock, Newton, Ince, Miller, Seol, Cort
Referee: R Beeby
Attendance: 18,635
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Reading 3 Gillingham 1
Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler recently relieved John Hills of penalty duties after a double miss against Burnley. Steve Coppell does not have that problem at Reading. Dave Kitson, once a Gillingham target, scored twice from the spot as he completed a first-half hat-trick at the Madejski stadium. Darren Byfield fired in Gillingham’s goal from close range from Nicky Southall’s cross
Steve Coppell, Reading manager: ‘If we had any nerves they were settled by that early goal’
Wayne Jones, Gillingham coach: ‘We didn’t lie down and die in the second half’
Reading: Hahnemann, Murty, Shorey, Williams, Ingimarsson, Brooker, Sidwell, Harper, Hughes, Forster, Kitson
Gillingham: Banks, Southall, Hills, Cox, Hope, Spiller, Smith, Perpetuini, Agyemang, Roberts, Byfield
Referee: K Friend
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Attendance: 13,867
Wednesday sack Turner after defeat