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....
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...
Carlisle’s unbeaten run ends at basement side Newport, Millwall hit four past Bristol Rovers and more goals for John Akinde and Josh Morris • Scunthorpe United’s Josh Morris scored his 15th goal of the season to down Coventry City and cement the Iron’s position at the top of the division. Morris may have arrived at the club on a free transfer over the summer but he’s proving pretty priceless to the Scunthorpe manager Graham Alexander at present. Morris’s former club, Bradford City, are not exactly goal-shy themselves, though, and put four goals past 10-man Rochdale to clamber into second – with Bolton Wanderers not in action until Sunday. Related: Tim Sherwood watches Swindon Town ease past Charlton Athletic Related: Keith...
The former Manchester City and Wimbledon defender has exacting standards for players and has led a revival in the Cumbrians’ standing on and off the pitchOne of Keith Curle’s first acts as Carlisle United manager was to stage a “truth and honesty session”.At the time, just over two years ago, the Cumbrian team were rock bottom of League Two and Curle recognised the need for shock therapy. “All the players stood 6ft apart,” he recalls. “I kept pulling two names out of a hat and they had 40 seconds to speak about each other in a negative way and 40 seconds to talk positively. They were too nice. Players at the top level are more critical of each other because...
Huddersfield stay top, Brighton have another happy awayday, a memorable afternoon for Cambridge’s Will Norris and the 1000th EFL goal of the season Related: Roberto Di Matteo under increasing pressure after Aston Villa defeat Related: Roberto Di Matteo under increasing pressure after Aston Villa defeat Related: Leyton Orient sack Andy Hessenthaler after suffering back-to-back defeats Continue reading...