BARNSLEY (0) 2 STOKE (2) 2
Paul Hayes capped Barnsley’s second-half fightback with an equaliser as Andy Ritchie’s team rescued a draw at Oakwell. Goals from Clint Hill and Luke Chadwick put Stoke 2-0 up as they sought their first away win of the season before Tommy Wright, a Barnsley substitute, scored with his first touch. Ritchie said: “We’ve had two draws at home now, but we’re still not getting that elusive win. Once we get that, then the lads will get more confidence.” Tony Pulis, the Stoke manager, said that his team played too deep in the second half, but “the first half was as good as I’ve seen us play.”
BARNSLEY (4-4-2): N Colgan — D Tonge, B Hassell, P Reid, R Williams — M Devaney, S Togwell, B Howard (sub: C Healy, 81min), M McIndoe — P Hayes 76, M Richards (sub: T Wright 73, 69). Substitutes not used: V Mannone, P Heckingbottom, A McParland. Booked: Togwell
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STOKE CITY (4-4-2): S Simonsen — A Griffin, M Duberry, C Hill 3, D Higginbotham — L Chadwick 23 (sub: J Whitley, 69), D Russell, D Brammer, P Sweeney (sub: K Harper, 69) — V Péricard, M Sidibe. Substitutes not used: C Hoefkens, A Pulis, A Rooney. Booked: Griffin, Brammer
Referee C Webster Attendance 10,464
BIRMINGHAM (1) 2 HULL (0) 1
David Gold, the Birmingham chairman, celebrated his 70th birthday by watching Steve Bruce’s team get their promotion challenge back on track with a home win over Hull, the division’s bottom club. Birmingham were cruising to their fourth win in six games after opening a two-goal lead through DJ Campbell and Nicklas Bendtner, the striker on loan from Arsenal, before David Livermore pulled a goal for Hull.
Bruce said: “We took our foot off the gas and conceded a horrible goal and once that went in, everyone was edgy.”
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BIRMINGHAM CITY (4-4-2): Maik Taylor — D Johnson, B N’Gotty, R Jaidi, J Gray — S Larsson, D Dunn (sub: N Danns, 68min), M Nafti (sub: N Kilkenny, 81), G McSheffrey — DJ Campbell 16, N Bendtner 53. Substitutes not used: C Doyle, M Forssell, Martin Taylor. Booked: Larsson, Danns
HULL CITY (4-4-2): B Myhill — S Ricketts, S Collins, M Turner, A Dawson — C Fagan, I Ashbee (sub: R France, 73), D Livermore 67, D Marney (sub: J Parkin, 78) — N Forster, M Bridges (sub: J Welsh, 81). Substitutes not used: M Duke, A Thelwell. Booked: Fagan, Parkin. Sent off: Parkin
Referee T Kettle Attendance 19,228
BURNLEY (0) 1 COLCHESTER (1) 2
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Colchester picked up their first away win in the Coca-Cola Championship thanks to a goal by Kevin Watson from open play and a penalty by Chris Iwelumo. Burnley went behind when Steve Jones gave the ball away and Watson took advantage. After the break, Richard Garcia was tripped in the area by John McGreal and Iwelumo slammed home the resulting penalty before Andy Gray’ s consolation goal. Steve Cotterill, the Burnley manager, said: “ It’s a travesty that we haven’t got something out of the game. They must be riding out of town with sombreros on. It’s a game that we dominated.”
BURNLEY (4-4-2): B Jensen — F Sinclair (sub: M Duff, 60min), W Thomas, J McGreal, J Harley — A Mahon, M Hyde, J O’Connor, S Jones (sub: G Noel- Williams, 59) — A Gray 88 , K Lafferty (sub: W Elliott, 60). Substitutes not used: C McCann, S Foster
COLCHESTER UNITED (4-4-2): A Davison — G Halford, W Brown, P Baldwin, C Barker — R Garcia, K Izzet (sub: J White, 44; sub: G Elokobi, 82), K Watson 26, K Duguid — C Iwelumo 54 (pen), J Cureton (sub: K McLeod, 78). Substitutes not used: D Gerken, J Guy. Booked: Barker
Referee R Olivier Attendance 10,039
COVENTRY (1) 3 NORWICH (0) 0
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Coventry maintained their 100 per cent home record this season and left Norwich still looking for their first away point. The home team took the lead through a stunning 20-yard strike by Chris Birchall, before Kevin Kyle made it two on his home debut and Stern John added a third. Micky Adams, the Coventry manager, said: “We’ve now had three clean sheets on the spin in the league and again we defended terrifically well. But we’re not the finished article.” Nigel Worthington, the Norwich City manager, said: “The standard wasn’t up to scratch.”
COVENTRY CITY (4-4-2): A Marshall — A Whing, R Page, E Ward, M Hall — C Birchall 12, S Hughes, M Doyle, K Thornton (sub: C Cameron, 70min) — K Kyle 63 (sub: D Hutchison, 70), S John 67 (sub: I Osbourne, 82). Substitutes not used: D Adebola, M Heath. Booked: Whing, Page
NORWICH CITY (4-5-1): P Gallacher — J Colin, J Shackell, G Doherty, A Drury — L Croft, Y Safri, C Robinson, D Etuhu (sub: I Henderson, 66), D Huckerby (sub: P McVeigh, 50) — R Earnshaw. Substitutes not used: L Camp, C Fleming, A Hughes. Booked: Shackell, Croft, Robinson, Etuhu
Referee J Moss Attendance 20,006
IPSWICH (0) 2 SOUTHAMPTON (1) 1
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Billy Clarke stepped off the bench to head home a second-half winner for Ipswich and send home empty-handed from Portman Road George Burley, the club’s former manager. Clarke rose highest in the penalty area to head home a cross by Mark Noble to secure Ipswich’s first home win of the season. Kenwyne Jones opened the scoring for Southampton, but Simon Walton, the midfield player on loan from Charlton Athletic, equalised with a penalty. Burley said: “We deserved to win today, but all credit to Ipswich for hanging in there.”
IPSWICH TOWN (4-4-2): L Price — A Bruce, J De Vos, R Naylor, D Harding — G Williams, M Noble, S Walton 67 (pen), M Richards (sub: S Legwinski, 56min) — A Lee (sub: D Bowditch, 90), J Macken (sub: B Clarke 78, 65). Substitutes not used: S Supple, D Currie. Booked: Bruce, Williams, Walton
SOUTHAMPTON (4-4-2): K Davis — N Dyer (sub: A Surman, 76), C Baird, P Pele, C Makin — J Wright, I Idiákez, J Viáfara, R Skacel — G Rasiak, K Jones 3 (sub: B Wright-Phillips, 71). Substitutes not used: K Miller, A Ostlund, D McGoldrick. Booked: Dyer, Baird, Viáfara, Surman.
Referee M Halsey Attendance 21,422
PLYMOUTH (1) 1 QPR (1) 1
Plymouth still have not won at home this season after they could only draw against QPR, despite dominating the match at Home Park. It was the first time that Ian Holloway, the Plymouth manager, had faced the West London club since his dismissal in February. Rangers took the lead in the sixteenth minute when Dexter Blackstock scored with a right-foot shot, but Sylvan Ebanks-Blake equalised for the home team with his first league goal of the season. Holloway said: “I asked them to hit our centre forward in five passes. I didn’t say hit him in one.”
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (4-4-2): L McCormick — P Connolly, M Doumbe, H Aljofree, L Hodges — D Norris, P Wotton, L Nalis, A Buzsaky (sub: N Chadwick, 74min) — B Hayles, S Ebanks-Blake 31 (sub: R Reid, 76). Substitutes not used: T Capaldi, G Sawyer, L Summerfield. Booked: Aljofree
QUEENS PARK RANGERS (4-4-2): P Jones — M Rose, D Stewart, Z Rehman, M Milanese — E Oliseh, N Ward, M Bircham (sub: S Lomas, 76), L Cook — M Nygaard (sub: K Gallen, 90), D Blackstock 17 (sub: R Jones, 88). Substitutes not used: J Cole, P Kanyuka. Booked: Stewart, Bircham, Cook
Referee A Marriner Attendance 12,138
PRESTON (0) 2 CARDIFF (0) 1
Preston ended Cardiff’s unbeaten start to the league season in a match in which both teams were reduced to ten men. Glenn Loovens, the Cardiff defender, was sent off after nine minutes when he brought down David Nugent, but the striker was shown the red card for a second booking ten minutes before half-time. Patrick Agyemang put Preston ahead two minutes after coming on at the interval with a superb solo effort. Michael Chopra equalised for Cardiff, but Danny Pugh headed in a cross by Chris Sedgwick to give Preston three points.
PRESTON NORTH END (4-4-2): C Nash — G Alexander, L Chilvers, K Wilson (sub: M Hill, 46min), S St Ledger — C Sedgwick, P McKenna, S Whaley (sub: J Jarrett, 85), D Pugh 65 — D Nugent, D Dichio (sub: P Agyemang 48, 46). Substitutes not used: A Lonergan, J Anyinsah. Booked: Nugent. Sent off: Nugent
CARDIFF CITY (4-4-2): N Alexander — K Gilbert, K McNaughton, R Johnson, G Loovens — P Parry (sub: M Kamara, 76), J Ledley, R Scimeca, S McPhail (sub: W Flood, 85) — S Thompson, M Chopra 51 . Substitutes not used: K Campbell, L Glombard, D Blake. Booked: Parry, Chopra. Sent off: Loovens
Referee E Ilderton Attendance 12,435
SOUTHEND (0) 0 SHEFFIELD WED (0) 0
Paul Sturrock, the Sheffield Wednesday manager, was left to bemoan his team’s bad luck after the goalless draw at Roots Hall. Sturrock was satisfied with a point as Wednesday continued their unbeaten league run away from home, but he emphasised that it was at home that his side needed to turn things around after a draw and two defeats. “I was disappointed, but our confidence has been eroded. We have hit the woodwork so many times it is unbelievable,” he said. Steve Tilson, the Southend manager, said: “It’s another point towards our target.”
SOUTHEND UNITED (4-4-2): D Flahavan — S Francis, P Clarke, A Barrett, S Hammell — J Campbell-Ryce, K Maher, L Guttridge, M Gower — F Eastwood (sub: G Hooper, 83min), B Paynter (sub: M Harrold, 83). Substitutes not used: L Hunt, M Cole, S Collis. Booked: Barrett, Campbell-Ryce
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (4-4-2): B Jones — F Simek, M Bougherra, G Coughlan, T Spurr — L Sam (sub: C Brunt, 60), S Adams (sub: L Bullen, 60), G Whelan, B O’Brien — D Burton, M Tudgay (sub: K Lunt, 86). Substitutes not used: C Adamson, S McAllister. Booked: Adams
Referee R Beeby Attendance 9,639