There’s more live coverage to come this weekend. Thanks for joining us today.
Here is our Championship roundup, with a trio of managers under pressure at high-profile teams:
Ben Fisher was at the City Ground for Nottingham Forest 2-2 Manchester United:
Jean-Philippe Mateta’s eighth goal of the season set Crystal Palace on course for a return to winning ways in the Premier League against Brentford.
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That’ll do from me today. More match reports will follow. If you’re after more live action, Scott Murray is at the controls for Tottenham v Chelsea:
FA Cup: After scoring two stoppage-time goals to haul Carlisle back to 2-2 at Reading, Regan Linney has completed his hat-trick to put them in front in extra time!
FA Cup: Still Wigan 1-1 Hemel Hempstead and Buxton 1-1 Chatham at half-time in extra time.
Ed Aarons was at Craven Cottage for Fulham 3-0 Wolves:
John Brewin was at the Amex to watch Brighton 3-0 Leeds:
The Premier League table says …
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Arsenal | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Man Utd | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Man City | 9 | 10 | 16 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Brighton | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 9 | 6 | 14 |
| 12 | Brentford | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Newcastle | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Fulham | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Everton | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 16 | Leeds | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 17 | Burnley | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Nottm Forest | 10 | -12 | 6 |
| 19 | West Ham | 9 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton | 10 | -15 | 2 |
Welbeck and Mateta are making moves. An updated look at the Premier League scoring charts:
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Will Unwin was at Turf Moor for Burnley 0-2 Arsenal:
Eye-catching FA Cup full-time scores
AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Gateshead
Boreham Wood 3-0 Crawley
Burton 6-0 St Albans
Macclesfield 6-3 Totton
Mansfield 3-2 Harrogate
Slough 2-1 Altrincham
Spennymoor 0-2 Barrow
Buxton 1-1 Chatham (extra time to be played)
Wigan 1-1 Hemel Hempstead (extra time to be played)
Full-time: Burnley 0-2 Arsenal
Arsenal go seven points clear at the top of the Premier League with a routine win at Turf Moor. Gyökeres’s header from a Rice corner gave them the lead and Rice then converted a cross himself.
Premier League full-time: Fulham 3-0 Wolves
Premier League full-time: Brighton 3-0 Leeds
Full-time: Nottingham Forest 2-2 Manchester United
A point apiece at the City Ground. Forest’s quick turnaround at the start of the second half gave them all the momentum but Amad’s excellent equaliser earns a draw for Amorim a year on from his appointment at United.
Premier League full-time: Crystal Palace 2-0 Brentford.
Amad’s shot is cleared off the line! Murillo scrambles to keep the ball out and preserve a point for Forest.
Casemiro’s shot takes a wicked deflection leaving Sels stranded but the ball loops over the crossbar out for a corner …
Scotland: Full-time at Tynecastle, Hearts have beaten Dundee 4-0 to go nine points clear at the top of the Premiership.
Five minutes of added time at Forest. Anderson tries to make something happen but overhits a pass to Hudson-Odoi. 2-2.
FA Cup: Macclesfield 6-3 Totton now. Mansfield have gone 3-2 up against Harrogate. MK Dons the same at Colchester. Buxton lead St Albans by five. York equalise at Barnsley, 2-2.
Forest go in search of another. Williams has a shot deflected out for a corner … Sesko heads away and it runs out for another corner. Milenkovic gets too much on his header.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 2-2 Manchester United (Amad 81)
A stunning equaliser! The ball drops out of the sky on the edge of the box, Amad catches it on the volley and Sels has no chance! VAR is checking for a possible handball in the buildup … the goal stands!
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GOAL! Fulham 3-0 Wolves (Mosquera 75og)
All over. Sessegnon’s cross is flicked on by Smith Rowe and Mosquera turns it into his own net. Miserable for Wolves.
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WSL: Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor has responded to the comments about Hannah Hampton in Mary Earps’ autobiography:
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Scotland: Four for Hearts! Magnusson extends their lead further and they will be heading nine points clear of Celtic.
Championship: Millwall are back in front at Oxford, Swansea have equalised at Charlton and Ipswich have four at Loftus Road. Divin Mubama has now scored a hat-trick for Stoke against Bristol City. It’s all going on.
GOAL! Brighton 3-0 Leeds (Gómez 70)
Leeds will be going home from the Amex without a win once again. It’s 16 years since they last won away at Brighton. Gómez has his second.
Simon writes in about the fitba: “Equally as impressive as Hearts going nine points clear at the top against the risible shower that is Steven ‘Elvis’ Pressley’s Dundee, is the fact that Falkirk are also three nil up at home to Kilmarnock. Falkirk were in Scottish League One only three years ago, and are now currently sitting fifth in the Scottish Premiership after back to back promotions, all done on a fraction of the budget of so called bigger clubs.”
FA Cup: Hemel Hempstead level it at Wigan! Joe White from the penalty spot. Could the 2013 winners be on the end of a shock? Macclesfield 5-3 Totton now.
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Will Unwin informs me from Turf Moor that Burnley are yet to have a shot against Arsenal. Still 2-0.
Hudson-Odoi shoots just wide! United leave themselves exposed in the middle of the pitch, Anderson finds Hudson-Odoi and his shot flies just past the post from the edge of the box.
GOAL! Fulham 2-0 Wolves (Wilson 62)
Harry Wilson curls past Johnstone to give Fulham breathing space against the 10 men of Wolves.
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GOAL! Brighton 2-0 Leeds (Gómez 64)
Diego Gómez taps in from around six yards out to double Brighton’s lead!
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FA Cup: Buxton peg Chatham Town back, Tate Campbell equalising after Tape Fadahunsi had given the seventh-tier side the lead. 1-1.
Calvert-Lewin drags a shot wide for Leeds. He’s had little service at Brighton this afternoon. Welbeck’s goal still the difference.
Championship: Carlton Morris has got a hat-trick at Sheffield United. His penalty gives Derby a 3-0 lead. Birmingham have a third at home to Portsmouth.
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Bruno Fernandes hits the post! The United captain tries his luck from distance and beats Sels but not the upright. Casemiro gets to the rebound but can’t divert it on target.
FA Cup: Gateshead have doubled their lead at AFC Wimbledon, a shock really on the cards now. It’s also Burton 3-0 St Albans and Macclesfield 4-3 Totton.
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Forest are a real threat. Hudson-Odoi almost gets on the end of a cross but just misses. Dyche’s team getting real joy out wide against United’s wing-backs.
Scotland: Hearts go 3-0 up against Dundee, Kaboré again. Hibs are now 2-1 in front at Livingston.
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Premier League golden boot: Here’s how things stand, as of half-time. Who’s closing in on Erling Haaland?
GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-0 Brentford (Collins 51og)
This was, technically, the sixth consecutive headed goal in the Premier League. A Palace long throw is headed into his own net by Nathan Collins.
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GOAL! Nottingham Forest 2-1 Manchester United (Savona 50)
Forest have turned this game on its head! The momentum of the equaliser sees Dyche’s side surge forward again. Savona pounces on loose ball in the box to score his first goal for the club.
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GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester United (Gibbs-White 48)
Yes! Another goal, another header in the Premier League. Gibbs-White, a Manchester United fan, attacks the ball at the back post and powers his header down past Lammens.
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Championship: Carlton Morris has his second for Derby at Bramall Lane. Charlie Kelman puts Charlton in front against Swansea. Stoke have a fourth against Bristol City.
FA Cup: After conceding in the first minute, seventh-tier St Albans again leak a goal after kick-off. Charlie Webster doubles Burton’s lead.
Second half begins
We’re on a streak of four headed goals in the Premier League. Any more?
Eye-catching FA Cup half-time scores
AFC Wimbledon (L1) 0-1 Gateshead (NL)
Barnsley (L1) 1-1 York (NL)
Grimsby (L2) 0-1 Ebbsfleet (NLS)
Macclesfield (NLN) 3-3 Totton (NLS)
Slough (NLS) 2-0 Altrincham (NL)
Half-time scores
Brighton 1-0 Leeds (Welbeck 11)
Burnley 0-2 Arsenal (Gyökeres 14, Rice 35)
Crystal Palace 1-0 Brentford (Mateta 30)
Fulham 1-0 Wolves (Sessegnon 9)
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man Utd (Casemiro 34)
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Half-time boos at Forest – for the officials rather than their own team. United lead 1-0 from that controversial corner.
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Championship: Southampton’s struggles continue as Lewis Dobbin finds the net for Preston at St Mary’s. Luca Kjerrumgaard doubles Watford’s lead against Boro. Oxford level it against Millwall.
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A shrewd observation from Kári by email: “Rice’s strike today came after a throw-in by Kyle Walker. The fashion for long-throws leaves gaps in defence and Arsenal pounced. I wonder if this is the coming trend.”
There’s always a counter-trend. You can get in touch too.
Scotland: Pierre Landry Kaboré doubles Hearts’ lead against Dundee. There’s no stopping them!
Red card for Wolves! (Agbadou 36)
Agbadou pleads his innocence after cleaning out King as the last man but really he can have no complaints. Wolves want handball off King but VAR says no. They will play the rest of this with 10 men.
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GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Arsenal (Rice 35)
Rice, provider of the first, scores this one himself as he heads in Trossard’s cross from the left. A ninth successive win is surely on the cards here.
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The home supporters were still booing the decision to give the corner when Fernandes whipped it into the Forest box. Ouch.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester United (Casemiro 34)
Uproar at the City Ground! Dyche is in the face of the fourth official after United are given a controversial corner. Replays showed that perhaps the whole ball hadn’t gone out. Fernandes takes it, Casemiro meets it right on cue and directs the ball down and into the back of the net.
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GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Brentford (Mateta 30)
The France striker heads off to kick the corner flag in celebration after putting Palace in front by nodding in Lerma’s cross!
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Tell a lie … Lawrence Shankland gives Hearts the lead against Dundee – seven points the gap back to Celtic as it stands.
Scottish Premiership: Falkirk 2-0 Kilmarnock and Livingston 0-1 Hibs are latest scores. Leaders Hearts are still being held at home to Dundee.
Sels saves from Amad, perhaps a camera save. Maybe a deflection made it harder than it looked. Dyche has been very keen to get in behind United down the sides.
Championship: Stoke are three goals to the good against Bristol City, QPR have equalised against Ipswich through Rumarn Burrell and Carlton Morris has given Derby the lead at Sheffield Utd.
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FA Cup: Josh Stones has put non-league York in front at John Stones’s former club Barnsley. No relation … I think.
FA Cup: Kain Adom has given Gateshead the lead at AFC Wimbledon, bridging the 57 places between the two sides in the pyramid.
FA Cup: Four goals in the first 17 minutes between Macclesfield and Totton – 2-2 between the two non-league sides. Get yourselves to Moss Rose.
Championship: Birmingham lead Portsmouth having already missed a penalty, Millwall are in front at Oxford and second-place Middlesbrough trail at Watford.
Burnley 0-1 Arsenal (Gyökeres 14)
Set piece again. Rice’s cross is bunted back across the six-yard box headed in by Gyökeres after Burnley had contested the awarding of the corner. Arsenal seven points clear as it stands.
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GOAL! Brighton 1-0 Leeds (Welbeck 11)
First blood to Brighton as Welbeck is in the right place at the right time to convert Wieffer’s cross.
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GOAL! Fulham 1-0 Wolves (Sessegnon 9)
Against the run of play, Sessegnon beats Johnstone with a low shot through his legs. More trouble for Vítor Pereira.
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Forest’s Ndoye forces Lammens into a save after cutting inside on his left foot and sending a powerful shot goalwards. Casemiro clears the corner.
Big goal in the Championship. Divin Mubama puts Stoke in front at home to Bristol City – both teams started the day in the playoff spots. George Hurst has given Ipswich the lead at QPR.
Manchester United win a couple of early corners at Forest. Sels threatens to launch a counterattack from one but Amad is there to deal with Ndoye’s breakaway.
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St Albans have not had a dream start to their FA Cup tie at Burton. The seventh-tier side are a goal down after Tyrese Shade’s first-minute strike.
Kick-off!
After some Remembrance tributes, we are under way at Burnley, Brighton, Fulham, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest – and in 32 FA Cup ties.
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Right, the football’s about to start. I’ll bring you all the Premier League goals as they go in, with updates from Scotland, the Championship and FA Cup as well. Here’s the table before we play:
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Arsenal | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Man City | 9 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 | Man Utd | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Chelsea | 9 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Brentford | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Newcastle | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Brighton | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Everton | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Leeds | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Burnley | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Fulham | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Nottm Forest | 9 | -12 | 5 |
| 19 | West Ham | 9 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton | 9 | -12 | 2 |
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Some more football-adjacent news:
Championship: News of Blackburn’s lunchtime win at Leicester and Hull’s victory at Carrow Road has reached us
While we wait for kick-off …
At the start of the coaching course, I had [offers of] help from colleagues to do everything for me. I said: ‘Stop! I will do everything myself, type every letter. I have to learn.’ One exercise, I was busy for weeks and really proud. I sent it in and the big red cross came back. ‘Not good enough. You have to do more.’ OK, I get the point.
Feyenoord’s Robin van Persie on his transition to management, as told to Rob Draper:
Sophie Downey was at Stamford Bridge this lunchtime to watch Sam Kerr seal the points for Chelsea against London City Lionesses:
Early full-time results
Women’s Super League
Chelsea 2-0 London City Sam Kerr on target
Manchester City 1-0 West Ham Six wins in a row for City
Championship
Leicester 0-2 Blackburn Pressure grows on Martí Cifuentes
Norwich 0-2 Hull Likewise for Liam Manning
West Brom 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday First post-Chansiri point
FA Cup first round
Chelmsford 4-1 Braintree Town Sixth-tier side cause upset
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Arsenal are clear at the top of the league but Burnley will think they can be the great disrupters against the current title favourites. The Clarets irritated Liverpool for 90 minutes here before giving away a silly penalty and will not let Arsenal’s reputation dictate their performance.
Mikel Arteta has plenty of players in form and Arsenal’s record against Burnley is incredible, only losing once against them in the Premier League, and never at Turf Moor. Only Liverpool have won in the league against Burnley on their own patch, proving that it’s a very difficult place to go. In recent years, the mentality at Arsenal has been questioned, so winning today would be proof of their fortitude this season.
Fulham v Wolves: Confirmed lineups
Fulham (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon; Iwobi, Berge; Wilson, King, Kevin; Jiménez.
Subs: Lecomte, Muniz, Cairney, Traoré, Cuenca, Chukwueze, Lukic, Castagne, Smith Rowe.
Wolves (3-4-2-1): Johnstone; Krejci, S Bueno, T Gomes; Hoever, Munetsi, Agbadou, H Bueno; Arias, Bellegarde; Strand Larsen.
Subs: Sá, Møller Wolfe, André, J Gomes, Hwang, Arokodare, Mosquera, López, Tchatchoua.
Fulham welcome back Joachim Andersen at centre-back and pack their team with attacking players. Wolves meanwhile name four recognised centre-backs in their XI.
Crystal Palace v Brentford: Confirmed lineups
Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guéhi; Muñoz, Kamada, Lerma, Mitchell; Sarr, Pino; Mateta.
Subs: Benítez, Uche, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Canvot, Sosa, Devenny, Cardines.
Brentford (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Ajer;
Yarmoliuk, Henderson; Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade; Thiago.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Nelson, Carvalho, Onyeka, Lewis-Potter, Janelt.
Jefferson Lerma comes in for Adam Wharton, who is ill, for Palace. Brentford keep the same XI that beat Liverpool last Saturday.
Brighton v Leeds: Confirmed lineups
Brighton (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Wieffer, Van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu;
Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, Rutter, Gómez; Welbeck.
Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Kostoulas, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Coppola, Knight, Oriola.
Leeds (4-3-3): Perri; Bogle, Rodon, Bijol, Gudmundsson; Longstaff, Ampadu, Tanaka; Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin, Okafor.
Subs: Darlow, Struijk, James, Piroe, Nmecha, Stach, Harrison,
Justin, Gruev.
Georginio Rutter starts against his former club. Diego Gómez comes back into the Brighton XI. Leeds are unchanged.
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United: Confirmed lineups
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Sels; Savona, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Anderson, Douglas Luiz; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Igor Jesus.
Subs: Victor, Morato, Sangaré, Awoniyi, Kalimuendo, Hutchinson, Yates, Cunha, McAtee.
Manchester United (3-4-3): Lammens; Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw; Amad, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dalot; Mbeumo, Cunha, Sesko.
Subs: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Maguire, Mount, Zirkzee, Dorgu, Ugarte, Heaven, Mainoo.
Both teams are unchanged from last weekend. Chris Wood remains out with a knee injury.
Burnley v Arsenal: Confirmed starting lineups
Burnley (5-4-1): Dubravka; Walker, Laurent, Tuanzebe, Estève, Hartman; Ugochukwu, Cullen, Luís, Anthony; Flemming.
Subs: Weiss, Bruun Larsen, Edwards, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Pires, Broja, Mejbri, Barnes.
Arsenal (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Eze,
Zubimendi, Rice; Saka, Gyökeres, Trossard.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, White, Hincapié, Nørgaard, Nwaneri, Merino, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman.
William Saliba is fit enough to start for Arsenal after his ankle injury. It may well be a back five for Burnley.
Here’s a look at this afternoon’s fixtures (3pm GMT unless stated)
Premier League
Brighton v Leeds
Burnley v Arsenal
Crystal Palace v Brentford
Fulham v Wolves
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
Championship highlights
Oxford Utd v Millwall
Sheffield Utd v Derby
Stoke v Bristol City
Watford v Middlesbrough
FA Cup highlights
Bolton v Huddersfield
Burton v St Albans
Buxton v Chatham
Wigan v Hemel Hempstead
Wycombe v Plymouth
Scottish Premiership
Falkirk v Kilmarnock
Hearts v Dundee
Livingston v Hibernian
Europe highlights
Atlético Madrid v Sevilla (3.15pm)
PSG v Nice (4pm)
Preamble
And just like that, it’s November. The Premier League moves into its fourth month of the season and, after a fast start by Liverpool, it appears as though Arsenal have become the frontrunners for the title. They face Scott Parker’s Burnley this afternoon at Turf Moor and will go seven points clear at the top of the table with a win.
Manchester United’s opening weeks of the campaign were tough going, the nadir that Carabao Cup defeat at Grimsby, but Ruben Amorim seems to have righted the ship and if they can beat Nottingham Forest at the City Ground today then they will go up to the giddy heights of second. Nuno, Ange, Sean Dyche will have something to say about that.
Also on the agenda this afternoon is the mid-tabliest of mid-table battles as Crystal Palace (10th) host Brentford (11th), the all-German duel in the dugout at Brighton v Leeds and an almighty scrap at Craven Cottage as troubled Fulham face even-more-troubled Wolves.
Alongside those five 3pm (GMT) kick-offs in the top flight, there’s a full programme in the Championship and the small matter of 32 games in the FA Cup first round. If you have any comments on the day’s action, you can get in touch with me via email.
Winter Team news is coming.
