MAN OF THE DAY
Alan Pardew: basking in a personal watershed moment after turning January’s position – Newcastle 10th, Palace 18th – into Palace 11th, Newcastle 12th.
GOAL OF THE DAY
Harry Kane took the headlines, but Harry Arter’s piledriver against Middlesbrough for Bournemouth was a blisterer – his side’s 17th from outside the area this season.
SADDEST ENDING
Tim Sherwood’s Villa honeymoon was going so well. They’ve now lost eight of their last 10 league games.
PROTEST OF THE DAY
Hundreds of Blackpool fans took their opposition to the club’s owners to the obvious next level: going to watch AFC Blackpool’s game instead. The Mechanics beat Bootle 2-1.
TIDIEST STAT OF THE DAY
For the second successive Saturday, exactly 100 goals were scored in the top four tiers of English football.
BIGGEST SIGH OF RELIEF
Celtic and Dundee United. After playing each other for the fourth time in a row, they don’t meet again until next season. The combined result: Celtic 10 United 1.
FINALE OF THE DAY
Rotherham v Sheffield Wednesday, already delayed by 15 minutes pre-match, just kept going. Rotherham were 1-0 up with four minutes remaining, and ended up losing 3-2.
DAY OF THE DAY
Farnborough manager Spencer Day went into their Conference South six-pointer looking to avenge Bath City’s 7-4 win last month. “We dug ourselves a very big hole and we’ve got to climb out of it.” They lost 7-2.
