Monday Aug 28
Birmingham (2) 4 Barnsley (0) 1
Birmingham roared into a two goal
lead against Dave Bassett's Barnsley with first Peter Ndlovu
and then Martin Grainger from the penalty spot giving Blues a
two goal lead at half-time. David Holdsworth made it 3-0 after
51 minutes and although Matt Appleby did pull a goal back for
Barnsley, Birmingham were always in control and made it 4-1 when
Bryan Hughes slotted home in the final minute.
Birmingham: Bennett, Eaden, Grainger, Holdsworth, M. Johnson,
Gill, Sonner, O'Connor, Ndlovu (A. Johnson 72), Marcelo (Adebola
72), Hughes.
Subs Not Used: Purse, Poole, Lazaridis.
Goals: Ndlovu 9, Grainger 35 pen, Holdsworth 51, Hughes 90.
Barnsley: Miller, O'Callaghan, Morgan, Chettle, Brown
(Neil 45), Thomas (Appleby 45), Sheron, Ward, Shipperley, Barnard,
Dyer.
Subs Not Used: Walker, Moses, Van Der Laan.
Sent Off: Morgan (86). Booked: Ward, Barnard, Morgan.
Goals: Appleby 71.
Att: 17,160 Ref: B Knight (England).
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Monday Aug 28
Burnley (0) 1 Gillingham (0) 1
Burnley drew 1-1 with Gillingham,
with Carl Asaba giving the Gills the lead before a Barry Ashby
own-goal gave Burnley a share of the points.
Burnley: Crichton, Little, Thomas, Cox, Davis, Cook,
Cooke (Mullin 52), Briscoe, Weller (Payton 51), Ball, Gray (Branch
52).
Subs Not Used: Mellon, Armstrong.
Booked: Davis, Cook. Goals: Ashby 70 og.
Gillingham: Bartram, Patterson, Edge (Nosworthy 46), Ashby,
Butters, Southall, Hessenthaler, Asaba (King 84), Gooden, Hope,
Lewis.
Subs Not Used: Bryant, Mitten, James.
Booked: Asaba, Lewis, Hessenthaler. Goals: Asaba 66.
Att: 15,611 Ref: P Jones.
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Monday Aug 28
Crystal Palace (0) 2 Nottm Forest (3) 3
Nottingham Forest had to survive
a spirited Crystal Palace fightback before taking all three
points at Selhurst Park. Forest had gone 3-0 up with goals from
Andy Johnson, recalled player-manager David Platt and an own-goal
from Haydn Mullins. However, goals
from Tommy Black and Fan Zhiyi gave Palace hope, and then in what
was a sensational finish to the game Forest gave away a penalty
and had Dave Beasant sent off before substitute goalkeeper Barry
Roach came on a saved the resulting spot kick.
Crystal Palace: Taylor, Zhiyi, Ruddock (Austin 31), Mullins,
Rodger, Morrison (Carlisle 80), Black, Gray, Forssell (McKenzie
63), Pollock, Harrison.
Subs Not Used: Smith, Fullarton.
Booked: Mullins, Black, Harrison. Goals: Black 52, Zhiyi 82.
Nottm Forest: Beasant, Rogers, Prutton, Lester (Roche
90), John (Blake 73), Johnson, Bart-Williams, Vaughan, Louis-Jean,
Platt (Jones 77), Doig.
Subs Not Used: Harewood, Dawson.
Sent Off: Beasant (90). Booked: Prutton, Louis-Jean, Lester,
Vaughan, Johnson.
Goals: Johnson 12, Platt 31, Mullins 40 og.
Att: 18,865 Ref: R Oliver (Sutton Coldfield).
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Monday Aug 28
Norwich (0) 0 Fulham (0) 1
Fulham remain
top of Division One after a picking all three points in a 1-0
win against Norwich at Carrow Road. The game seemed destined
to be heading for a goaless draw until Lous Boa-Morte cooly slotted
home for Jean Tigan's Fulham with just two minutes remaining.
Norwich: A. Marshall, Sutch, Derveld, L. Marshall, Fleming,
Kenton, Whitley, Russell, Roberts, Giallanza (McVeigh 85), Llewellyn
(Forbes 42), Forbes (De Waard 85).
Subs Not Used: Green, McGovern.
Booked: Derveld, Fleming, L. Marshall, Forbes.
Fulham: Taylor, Finnan, Brevett, Melville, Coleman, Clark
(Fernandes 75), J. Collins, Hayles (Boa Morte 62), Goldbaek (Lewis
81), Saha, Davis.
Subs Not Used: Hahnemann, Symons.
Booked: Hayles, Davis, Finnan, Coleman. Goals: Boa Morte 88.
Att: 16,678 Ref: M Fletcher (Warley).
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Monday Aug 28
Portsmouth (3) 3 Wolverhampton (1) 1
Portsmouth also raced into a three
goal lead with Steve Claridge completing a first-half hat-trick
inside 32 minutes against Wolves. Temuri Ketsbaia did pull
one back for the Midlands side but Pompey never looked in danger
after Claridge's magnificent first-half performance.
Portsmouth: Hoult, Primus, Moore, Edinburgh, Derry, Harper
(O'Neil 11), Curtis, Quashie (Waterman 90), Thogersen, Mills (Bradbury
84), Claridge.
Subs Not Used: Rudonja, Flahavan. Goals: Claridge 2, 30, 32 pen.
Wolverhampton: Oakes, Muscat, Naylor, Emblen, Bazeley
(Robinson 90), Ketsbaia, Lescott, Sedgley (Osborn 74), Camara,
Thetis, Ndah (S. Taylor 74).
Subs Not Used: Tudor, Calia.
Booked: Ndah. Goals: Ketsbaia 45.
Att: 14,124 Ref: A Butler (Sutton-in-Ashfield).
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Monday Aug 28
Preston (0) 1 Wimbledon (1) 1
New boys Preston held Wimbledon
to a 1-1 draw at Deepdale. Mark Williams gave the Dons the lead
just before half-time, but Wimbledon were denied their first league
win of the season when Michael Appleton equalised for Preston
just one minute into the second-half
Preston: Moilanen, Parkinson, Edwards, Murdock, McKenna,
Gregan, Appleton, Basham, Macken, Jackson (Anderson 47), Rankine.
Subs Not Used: Lucas, Cartwright, Eyres, Robinson.
Booked: Macken. Goals: Appleton 46.
Wimbledon: Davis, Ardley, Hartson (Robinson 90), Euell,
Gayle, Andersen, Williams, Willmott, Francis, Hawkins (Selley
88), Thomas.
Subs Not Used: Heald, Agyemang, Gier.
Booked: Francis, Thomas, Williams. Goals: Williams 45.
Att: 13,519 Ref: R Furnandiz (Doncaster).
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Monday Aug 28
Sheff Wed (1) 1 Blackburn (1) 1
In Monday night's game at Hillsborough Sheffield
Wednesday drew 1-1 with big spending Blackburn. Sheffield
Wednesday made the best possible start and took the lead after
only two minutes. Matthew Hamshaw swung in a beautiful corner
that was flicked on by Andy Booth straight into the path of Ashley
Westwood who hit a powerful header into the roof of the Blackburn
net. However, Blackburn drew level with just one minute of the
first-half left when substitute Martin Taylor powered a header
towards goal that Westwood was unable to clear off the line.
Sheff Wed: Stringer, Hinchcliffe (Nicolson 22), Grayson,
Walker, Quinn, Sibon, Booth, O'Donnell, Cresswell, Hamshaw,Westwood.
Subs Not Used: Muller, Humphreys, Billington, Crane.
Booked: Nicolson, Quinn. Goals: Westwood 2.
Blackburn: Kelly, Curtis, McAteer (Johnson 87), Bjornebye,
Short (M. Taylor 42), Flitcroft, Dunn, Duff (Diawara 68),Blake,
Jansen, Broomes.
Subs Not Used: Filan, Dailly.
Booked: Flitcroft, Bjornebye.Goals: M. Taylor 44.
Att: 15,646 Ref: Michael Dean (Wirral).
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Monday Aug 28
Stockport (0) 0 Huddersfield (0) 0
Stockport and Huddersfield
played out a goaless draw at Edgeley Park.
Stockport: Jones, Bryngelsson, Flynn, Clark, Clare (Carrigan
82), Cooper, Gibb, Fradin (Woodthorpe 36), Dinning, Moore, Bailey
(Maxwell 47).
Subs Not Used: Smith, Dibble.
Booked: Gibb.
Huddersfield: Vaesen, Dyson, Lucketti, Heary, Vincent,
Holland (Thornley 47), Facey, Irons, Beech, Wijnhard (Baldry 75),
Smith.
Subs Not Used: Edwards, Margetson, Hay.
Booked: Facey, Dyson, Heary.
Att: 6,137 Ref: M Pike (Barrow-in-Furness).
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Monday Aug 28
Tranmere (0) 0 Bolton (0) 1
Bolton find themselves in third position
after a Mike Whitlow goal gave them the points in a 1-0 win away
at Tranmere.
Tranmere: Achterberg, Yates, Roberts, Allison, Challinor,
Hill, Gill (Hinds 85), Henry, S. Taylor (Barlow 78), Rideout,
Koumas (Parkinson 56).
Subs Not Used: Murphy, Allen.
Sent Off: Roberts (89). Booked: Hill.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Whitlow, Bergsson, Fish, Frandsen,
Hansen (Richardson 90), Farrelly, Ricketts (Rankin 65), Barness,
Passi, Marshall (Holdsworth 45).
Subs Not Used: Banks, O'Kane.
Booked: Holdsworth. Goals: Whitlow 53.
Att: 9,350 Ref: M Riley (Leeds).
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Monday Aug 28
Watford (2) 4 Sheff Utd (1) 1
Watford put in the performance of
the day when they hammered Sheffield United 4-1 at Vicarage
Road. Heidar Helguson began the rout after eight minutes, and
although Wayne Quinn equalised for Neil Warnock's side Tommy Mooney
restored Watford's lead on the stroke of Half-time. Gifton Noel-Williams
marked his return to the Hornets side by adding the third after
47 minutes and Micah Hyde completed the scoring by grabbing Watford's
fourth with still twenty minutes left.
Watford: Baardsen, Cox, Robinson, Page, Palmer, Hyde,
Mooney, Noel-Williams, Smith, Helguson, Ward.
Subs Not Used: Chamberlain, Gibbs, Easton, Gudmundsson, Foley.
Booked: Cox.
Goals: Helguson 8, Mooney 45, Noel-Williams 47, Hyde 69.
Sheff Utd: Tracey, Quinn, Sandford, Murphy, M. Brown (Newby
45), Woodhouse, Bent, Devlin, Ford, Uhlenbeek (Kozluk 52), Webber.
Subs Not Used: Santos, Ribeiro, Kelly.
Booked: Sandford, Bent. Goals: Quinn 42.
Att: 12,675 Ref: L Cable (Woking).
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Monday Aug 28
West Brom (0) 2 QPR (1) 1
West Brom picked up their first points
of the season with a 2-1 home win against QPR. Chris Kiwomya
gave Rangers the lead before Jason Van Blerk and Lee Hughes replied
for Albion to lift the pressure off West Brom boss Gary Megson.
West Brom: Jensen, Lyttle, Clement, McInnes, Butler, Fox
(Sneekes 82), Taylor, Hughes, Van Blerk, Jordao (Oliver 87), J.
Chambers.
Subs Not Used: Adamson, Quinn, A. Chambers.
Booked: Hughes. Goals: Van Blerk 46, Hughes 83.
QPR: Harper, Darlington (Breacker 86), Warren, Carlisle,
Morrow, Plummer, Perry (Connolly 86), Langley, Wardley, Furlong
(P. Crouch 44), Kiwomya.
Subs Not Used: Miklosko, Rowland.
Booked: Kiwomya, Carlisle, Langley. Goals: Kiwomya 28.
Att: 14,831 Ref: S Mathieson (Stockport).
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Tuesday Aug 29
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