BOURNEMOUTH (2) 3 OLDHAM (0) 2
Sean O’Driscoll, the Bournemouth manager, saw Marcus Browning’s first goal for three years beat Oldham and said: “I was ready to kill someone ten minutes into the second half.” Browning settled the match after Oldham had fought back from two goals down.
BOURNEMOUTH (4-4-2): G Stewart — S Purches, K Broadhurst, E Howe (sub: B Pitman, 87min), W Cummings — S Cooke (sub: S Maher, 87), J Hayter 28, 43, S Cooper, S Foley — L Best (sub: M Browning 90, 67), S Fletcher. Substitutes not used: N Moss, D Hollands. Booked: Best
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OLDHAM ATHLETIC (4-5-1): D Knight — S Charlton, W Haining (sub: C Rocastle, 45), S Stam, P Edwards — A Liddell 47 (pen), 79 , R Wellens, N Wood (sub: P Warne, 45), C Taylor (sub: L Grabban, 90), G McDonald — C Porter. Substitutes not used: L Pogliacomi, M Molango
Referee M Russell Attendance 4,838
BRISTOL CITY (1) 1 BRIGHTON (0) 0
Gary Johnson, the Bristol City manager, needed his board’s approval to play Scott Brown after the midfield player was given 100 hours’ community service after an incident at a nightclub. He was rewarded when Brown scored the winner.
BRISTOL CITY (4-4-2): A Basso — R Keogh, L Carey, L Fontaine, J McAllister — S Murray, D Noble (sub: C Woodman, 89min), L Johnson (sub: A Russell, 87), S Brown 21 — P Jevons (sub: C Skuse, 80), J Williams. Substitutes not used: A Federici, J McCombe. Booked: Carey, Murray, Williams
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BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (4-3-3): M Kuipers — P Reid, J Lynch (sub: S Rents, 46), G Santos, A El-Abd — D Hammond, R Carpenter, D Cox — A Frutos (sub: J Robinson, 56), A Revell, D Loft (sub: T Stokes, 79). Substitutes not used: J Sullivan, T Elphick. Booked: Carpenter, Rents
Referee C Foy Attendance 10,552
CREWE (1) 2 HUDDERSFIELD (0) 0
Crewe were much improved and strolled to their first home win of the season after Nicky Maynard scored both goals. Dario Gradi, the Crewe manager, said: “Nicky took his goals well, but his overall game hasn’t been that good.”
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CREWE ALEXANDRA (3-4-3): B Williams — J Baudet, N Cox, D O’Donnell — J Otsemobor, G Roberts, M O’Connor, B Jones — R Jack (sub: R Lowe, 82min), L Varney, N Maynard 41, 53 (sub: L Rodgers, 74). Substitutes not used: S Tomlinson, B Rix, D Moss. Booked: Otsemobor
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (4-4-2): M Glennon — A Holdsworth, N Clarke, D Mirfin, D Adams (sub: T Clarke, 62) — G Taylor-Fletcher (sub: M Young, 78), M Collins, M Hudson, D Schofield (sub: P Abbott, 62) — A Booth, L Beckett. Substitutes not used: A Hardy, J McAliskey. Booked: Taylor-Fletcher, Collins
Referee S Tanner Attendance 4,868
MILLWALL (0) 0 BLACKPOOL (0) 0
Simon Grayson, the Blackpool manager, felt that his team should have had a penalty when Keigan Parker was tripped by Richard Shaw. “It looked like a penalty from where I was and Shaw agreed, but it’s the referee’s decision that counts,” Grayson said.
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MILLWALL (4-4-2): C Day — D Senda, Z Whitbread, P Robinson, R Shaw — M Elliott (sub: A Dunne, 86min), D McInnes, M Williams, N Ardley (sub: L Trotter, 73) — F Morais (sub: P Hubertz, 46), K Braniff. Substitutes not used: P Edwards, T Craig. Booked: Whitbread
BLACKPOOL (4-4-2): R Evans — S Barker, M Jackson (sub: M Joseph, 41), I Evatt, P Tierney — M Bean, K Southern, S Gillett, S Vernon (sub: B Burgess, 70) — K Parker, A Morrell. Substitutes not used: L Edge, D Fox, R Prendergast. Booked: Evatt, Bean
Referee K Wright Attendance 7,692
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TRANMERE (2) 3 LEYTON ORIENT (0) 0
Glenn Morris, the Leyton Orient goalkeeper, allowed a free kick by Gavin Ward, his opposite number, to bounce over his head. Chris Greenacre added two more for Rovers. Martin Ling, the Orient manager, said: “It was a bad error.”
TRANMERE ROVERS (4-4-2): G Ward 9 — S Sherriff, C McCready, I Goodi-son, R Stockdale — C Shuker, P McLaren (sub: J McAteer, 76min), J Mullin, K Ellison — G Taylor, C Greenacre 12, 80. Substitutes not used: C Tremarco, S Jennings, S Davies, J Achterberg. Booked: Greenacre
LEYTON ORIENT (4-4-2): G Morris — A Tann, B Saah, C Fortune (sub: A Chambers, 46), M Lockwood — S Tudor (sub: P Connor, 77), M Simpson, D Barnard (sub: D McMahon, 77), J Keith — G Alexander, L Steele. Substitutes not used: J Demetriou, W Corden. Booked: Saah, Alexander.
Referee D Whitestone Attendance 6,446