Roundup
League One and League Two results
Charlton 3-1 Rotherham
Fleetwood 2-0 Bristol R
MK Dons 1-2 Blackburn
Oldham 2-1 Blackpool
Peterborough 2-0 Northampton
Shrewsbury 3-2 Oxford
Southend 4-0 Gillingham
Accrington 1-0 Notts County
Carlisle 0-1 Lincoln City
Coventry 2-6 Yeovil
Crawley 1-1 Swindon
Crewe 2-2 Port Vale
Exeter 2-1 Cheltenham
Forest Green 1-2 Colchester
Luton 2-1 Mansfield
Stevenage 4-1 Barnet
Wycombe 2-1 Grimsby
Championship full-time results
Bristol City 0-1 Brentford
Burton 1-1 Middlesbrough
Preston 0-1 Derby
Ipswich 2-2 Millwall
QPR 4-1 Norwich City
Sunderland 1-3 Sheff Weds
Brilliant left-handed save by Bialkowski to deny Millwall a winner at Portman Road. Injury-time to play there ...
In League Two, Marc Richards has dug out his 10th Swindon goal to nab an equaliser at Crawley. In League One, Oldham have taken the lead at home to Blackpool through Eoin Doyle.
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GOAL! Burton Albion 1-1 Middlesbrough (Assombalonga, 90 min)
Britt Assombalonga bags his first goal in 15 matches and, after a dire display, Boro are looking good to come away with at least a point. At Portman Road, George Saville rattles the post for Millwall.
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Josh Brownhill makes an acrobatic clearance off the line to deny Maupay a quickfire second at Ashton Gate. Brentford very nearly had a second there. Meanwhile, Millwall squander a chance at Portman Road, as we move into the final 10 minutes there.
GOAL! Bristol City 0-1 Brentford (Maupay, 80 min)
City defenders back off and the substitute striker drills low and home. And with that, Middlesbrough – who are losing at Burton – retain their top-six spot, for now at least. Meanwhile, on-loan Bournemouth striker Sam Surridge has added a fifth for Yeovil at Coventry. That’s quite the rout.
GOAL! QPR 4-1 Norwich City (Manning, 80 min)
Crikey, QPR are in the mood this afternoon. Elsewhere, Exeter lead Cheltenham 2-1 thanks to a goal by Jordan Storey. Barnet have pulled a goal back at Stevenage but is that too little too late?
GOAL! Sunderland 1-3 Sheffield Wednesday (Nuhiu, 75 min)
Sunderland are heading back to the bottom of the Championship. Great play by Adam Reach, who fizzes in a dangerous cross, which is eventually stabbed home at the back post by Atdhe Nuhiu.
A massive goal in League Two, with Luton taking the lead at home to Mansfield. Nathan Jones’s side seize on a goalkeeping error. In League One, Shrewsbury have been pegged by Oxford who now trail 3-2 at the New Meadow. Charlton are cruising 3-0.
Big penalty shouts at the Stadium of Light with Barry Bannan sliding in on Lynden Gooch, just seconds after Lee Cattermole slams a Sheffield Wednesday post. Sunderland want and need to find an equaliser. Can they do it? It’s going to be one helluva finale.
GOAL! Sunderland 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday (Lees, 68 min)
His first goal in over a year is very bad news for Chris Coleman.
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In League Two, Scott Kashket has his first goal of the season for Wycombe, who now lead Grimsby 2-1 at Adams’ Park. At the bottom of the table, Barnet are 3-0 down at Stevenage, who seem to be enjoying life under Dino Maamria.
GOAL! Ipswich 2-2 Millwall (Saville, 60 min)
OK, this is getting silly now. George Saville, the former Wolves midfielder gets Neil Harris’s side back on track. A goal glut at Portman Road. Luton, meanwhile, are level in League Two.
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GOAL! QPR 3-1 Norwich City (Eze, 60 min)
Ian Holloway’s side have established some breathing space.
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GOAL! Sunderland 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday (Honeyman, 61 min)
Funny old game, eh? Sunderland draw level at the Stadium of Light.
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GOAL! Sunderland 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday (Joao, 59 min)
That is a big blow for Chris Coleman’s side, who are heading back to the foot of the table as it stands. Elsewhere, Charlton have doubled their lead over Rotherham and Adam El-Abd has pulled Wycombe level at home to Grimsby Town.
GOAL! Ipswich 2-1 Millwall (Waghorn, 55 min)
Martyn Waghorn has his second and three minutes, and, suddenly, Millwall’s bubble has been burst. All to play for at Portman Road.
GOAL! QPR 2-1 Norwich City (Smith, 55 min)
Matt Smith nods in. Angus Gunn, the Norwich goalkeeper, will probably not want to be seeing it again any time soon. In League Two, Zoko has his second of the afternoon Yeovil are 4-1 up at Coventry. In other words, they are in dreamland.
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GOAL! Ipswich 1-1 Millwall (Waghorn, 52 min)
It is a real goalmouth scramble but Mick McCarthy’s side are level. Can Millwall get in front to nip back into the play-offs? As things stand, Bristol City are heading into the top six.
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Jon Nolan has doubled Shrewsbury Town’s lead at home to Oxford and, at this rate, they’re heading above Wigan until Paul Cook’s side take on his former employers, Portsmouth, later this evening. Meanwhile, Coventry have pulled a goal back at home to Yeovil. Great work by Tom Bayliss kickstarts a move finished by Max Biamou. Game on with 40-odd minutes to play.
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And we’re back under way for a big 45 minutes.
Hats off to Nottingham Forest, whose match at home to Barnsley was postponed this afternoon:
Game off but nothing wasted. #NFFC staff have been out distributing food to homeless organisations around the city. #ThatLovingFeeling pic.twitter.com/PtqvoOEZ8P
— Nottingham Forest FC (@NFFC) April 2, 2018
Half-time scores
Championship
Bristol City 0-0 Brentford
Burton 1-0 Middlesbrough
Ipswich 0-1 Millwall
QPR 1-1 Norwich City
Sunderland 0-0 Sheff Weds
League One
Charlton 1-0 Rotherham
Fleetwood 0-0 Bristol Rovers
MK Dons 0-2 Blackburn
Oldham 0-1 Blackpool
Peterborough 2-0 Northampton
Shrewsbury 1-0 Oxford
Southend 4-0 Gillingham
League Two
Accrington 1-0 Notts County
Carlisle 0-1 Lincoln City
Coventry 0-3 Yeovil Town
Crawley 1-0 Swindon
Crewe 1-1 Port Vale
Exeter 1-1 Cheltenham
Forest Green 1-1 Colchester
Luton 0-1 Mansfield
Stevenage 1-0 Barnet
Wycombe 0-1 Grimsby
Two big goals for teams with promotion ambitions: Blackburn are 2-0 up at MK Dons, with Adam Armstrong nabbing his second, and 10th for the club. At Carlisle, Matt Green has poked Lincoln in front in League Two.
GOAL! QPR 1-1 Norwich City (Luongo, 39 min)
Ah, that didn’t last long.
GOAL! QPR 0-1 Norwich City (Manning og, 38 min)
In League One, Blackpool lead at Oldham while Carl Winchester has nudged Cheltenham in front at Exeter. Also in League Two, Mansfield lead at Luton.
GOAL! Ipswich 0-1 Millwall (Cooper, 27 min)
Great work by Ben Marshall, whipping a ball in from the left and there is Jake Cooper to nod home. In the third tier, things are looking rosy for Lee Bowyer’s Charlton – still feels weird saying that – who lead Rotherham 1-0 at the Valley.
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In League One, 2007’s Michael Kightly has Southend in cruise control at Roots Hall, where they now lead Gillingham 3-0.
So ... fifteen minutes in, Yeovil are three goals to the good at Coventry. Alex Fisher – the striker who drove down from Motherwell after signing at the end of January to play Manchester United the same evening – has his second of the afternoon.
He only arrived in January but Adam Armstrong is proving a contender for Tony Mowbray’s signing of the season. After taking a while to settle, the Newcastle striker has scored his ninth goal in as many matches since February. Blackburn lead at MK Dons. A flurry of big goals elsewhere: Peterborough lead Northampton 2-0 in League One and Southend have doubled their lead against the Gills. In League Two, Yeovil have done the same at Coventry thanks to Francois Zoko, their evergreen skipper.
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Mark Hughes – no, not that one – has given Accrington the lead at home to Notts County. Elsewhere, in League One the defender Michael Turner has given Southend the lead at Roots Hall against Gillingham.
GOAL! Burton Albion 1-0 Middlesbrough (Sordell, 6 min)
That’s his third goal of the season – and a priceless one too, as Nigel Clough’s men, the bottom club look to secure a second successive season in the second tier. Sixty seconds in at the New Lawn, Colchester are one-up against Forest Green Rovers, thanks to Drey Wright. Elsewhere, Yeovil lead 1-0 at Coventry.
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Peeeeeeeep!
And, just like that, the three o’clockers are under way.
Some headline Championship team news: Aden Flint is back from a three-game suspension for Bristol City at home to Brentford, while Ollie Watkins returns up front for Dean Smith’s side. Jonny Howson moves into the Middlesbrough starting line up, while at Portman Road, Millwall are unchanged as they look for a seventh straight away win. In League Two, Kevin Nolan names Shola Ameobi and Jon Stead on the bench at league leaders Accrington Stanley.
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Full-time: Preston 0-1 Derby County
Gary Rowett questioned whether some of his Derby County squad lacked the “bottle when the chips are down” but they have shown some mettle to record victory this afternoon. Billy Bodin had a half-hearted effort saved by Scott Carson late on but Preston never showcased the belief that has propelled them into the play-off picture. Three defeats from their past four matches might put pay those slim top-six hopes.
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Up at Deepdale, Preston and Derby are into the final 15 minutes. Tom Lawrence’s second-half free-kick remains the difference between the sides, as Gary Rowett’s side look to return to winning ways. That goal seems to have lifted Lawrence, while Kasey Palmer is on now too, in place of Matej Vydra.
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Easter Monday fixtures
Championship
Bristol City v Brentford
Burton v Middlesbrough
Ipswich v Millwall
QPR v Norwich City
Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United v Cardiff (19.45)
League One
Charlton v Rotherham
Fleetwood v Bristol Rovers
MK Dons v Blackburn
Oldham v Blackpool
Peterborough v Northampton
Shrewsbury v Oxford
Southend v Gillingham
Portsmouth v Wigan (17.30)
League Two
Accrington v Notts County
Carlisle v Lincoln
Coventry v Yeovil
Crawley v Swindon
Crewe v Port Vale
Exeter v Cheltenham
Forest Green v Colchester
Luton v Mansfield
Morecambe v Cambridge
Stevenage v Barnet
Wycombe v Grimsby
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Parish notice: a few matches have not survived the weather.
Nottingham Forest v Barnsley
Bradford City v Walsall
Doncaster v AFC Wimbledon
Scunthorpe v Plymouth
Chesterfield v Newport
Preamble
After today, for many teams, there will be as few as six league games left. For some it is already too late, but the magnitude of this Easter Monday cannot be downplayed by the likes of Middlesbrough and in-form Millwall, both chasing the top six, and Sunderland, at the other end of the Championship table. Successive victories for Chris Coleman’s side would be conducive to the most unlikely of great escapes. In the early-kick off, Derby lead at Preston with 30 minutes to play thanks to Tom Lawrence’s goal at Deepdale. After eight winless games, they badly need to reignite their tilt at the play-offs.
In League One, the tasty match is the Paul Cook derby between Portsmouth and Wigan later this evening while Blackburn travel to MK Dons before that. Plymouth, meanwhile, travelled to Scunthorpe looking to keep their somewhat ridiculous run going but the match succumbed to the adverse weather. As for League Two, the league leaders Accrington host Notts County, Grimsby face a tricky test at Wycombe while Luton welcome Mansfield to Kenilworth Road.
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