Football League your thoughts: Derby pile pressure on Norwich’s Alex Neil | John Ashdown


Brighton close the gap at the top of the Championship, Bolton are the big winners in League One and Morecambe wreck everyone’s accumulators with a shock against Plymouth

• There was a tale of two streaks in the Championship, one of which came to an end and one that continues unabated. Newcastle United welcomed Blackburn Rovers to St James’ Park in expectation of a ninth straight league win but Charlie Mulgrew’s goal provided the shock of the day for a Rovers side who began the day in the bottom three. Somewhat less surprising was Norwich City’s fifth straight defeat. Bradley Johnson, who played over 150 games for the Canaries, scored Derby County’s goal in their 1-0 win and piled the pressure on the under-fire Alex Neil.

The Taxis were thrown onto the pitch in protest against Roland Duchatelet's ownership of #cafc - he's just hired his 8th manager in 3 years pic.twitter.com/hVV4zPY5Fq

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