Derby County concede at last, Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday leave it late, cash in-hand for Yeovil Town and more drama in south Wales • When Neil Warnock took charge of Cardiff City in early October, it was never going to be dull. Last week there was Sol Bamba’s bizarre behaviour and subsequent red card, and this week another entirely different escapade, as Barnsley snatched victory with a 95th-minute winner in south Wales. There were six other goals, Sean Morrison’s opener inside three minutes before Ryan Williams dug deep down the back of the sofa for a winner after Cardiff had pulled level at 3-3. “It was an exciting game for the neutral – on how not to defend,” Warnock said....
This week the 131-year-old club accepted voluntary liquidation, but heart can be taken from their wonderful history and the example of their neighbours RichmondThe red dragon was still fluttering above the clubhouse at Old Deer Park this week as the veterans of Richmond Lawn Tennis Club, suitably swaddled against the chill, played gentle mixed doubles on their new all‑weather courts. In the shadow of the tall pagoda, a benign sentinel on the other side of the wall separating the playing fields from the botanical wonderland of Kew Gardens, a lone groundsman steered his tractor back and forth, the rotating tines of his aerator cutting into the firm going. In the mid-morning gloom, a couple of cricketers were practising in the...
The pod wonder how much longer Alan Pardew has left at Selhurst Park after the Eagles lost 5-4 at Swansea. Plus, another red card for José Mourinho, Chelsea boss Tottenham, and a bumper Championship round-upSubscribe and review: iTunes, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast & Stitcher.On today’s Football Weekly, AC Jimbo, Barry Glendenning, Jacob Steinberg and Michael Hann – you know, the one who goes on about QPR – gather round the campfire to look back on a magical weekend in the Premier League. Magical, that is, unless you’re a Crystal Palace fan. Or Alan Pardew. Continue reading...
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...
Defeat at QPR made it four in the league in a row for Norwich with manager Alex Neil under increasing pressure as the club falls off Championship paceAs Alex Neil acknowledged, it was the kind of thing that only happens when your luck is out. A little more than 30 seconds after kick‑off at Loftus Road on Saturday, Jack Robinson’s long throw flicked off the head of the Norwich City defender Sébastian Bassong and struck Martin Olsson in the midriff, before almost being smothered by John Ruddy – only for the unfortunate Olsson inadvertently to dislodge the ball as he fell over.“Next thing I know, Olss is cradling it on the line and gets a kick up the backside,” Ruddy...