Championship Results 14th August 2010 Part 2

Ipswich Town 1-1 Burnley
Ipswich were were unlucky to be denied a second consecutive win when Burnley defender Clarke Carlisle showed he can use his head for something other than words and number games. Ipswich had themselves taken the lead with a late goal but ten-man Burnley weren’t giving up that easily.
Following a start in the Carling Cup, Ispwich defender Troy Brown wasn’t in the squad due to an ankle injury.

Leicester City 0-0 Middlesbrough
Not long ago, this was a Premier League fixture. Now, it’s a fixture between two promotion contenders – even though the Championship table suggests otherwise. Neither side got the ball in the net but you can’t say they didn’t try.
Andy King played 74 minutes for Leicester following his goal-scoring exploits for Wales and did manage to get the ball into the net but it was ruled out for offside. Nicky Adams was again not in the side. Maybe he should just bite the bullet and got to Brentford.
Middlesbrough goalkeeper Brad Jones wasn’t in Middlesbrough’s squad, even though he’s apparently not going to Liverpool. This should have given Danny Coyne another chance between the sticks but instead he was left on the bench while young keeper Jason Steele took centre stage. Rhys Williams is out with a pelvis injury.

Millwall 4-0 Hull City
A great result for Millwall, who move to the top of the table. I’m delighted for Millwall, who have thoroughly deserved their six points and two big wins but my dad hasn’t forgotten that time they were top of the League at Christmas and then got relegated.
Steve Morison scored Millwall’s first and third goal but Karl Henry has probably grabbed the headlines with not one but four assists. If he keeps that up I won’t the the only person who pronounces his surname like Thierry’s.
But a quick note for the commentator: Steve did not score a goal for Wales. I wish he had but he didn’t. But don’t worry, I get things wrong every day.

Portsmouth 1-1 Reading
Portsmouth took the lead in the 8th minute and eight-six minutes later, it looked like they might take all three points. But Reading got a late equaliser but the result could have been different if either team had taken their chances.
Reading had the sense to give Simon Church a start this time but unfortunately he’d missed Wales’ match with a groin injury and was unable to get the ball in the back of the net. Hal Robson-Kanu and Jake Taylor were both unused Reading substitutes.

Scunthorpe United 0-1 Norwich City
Norwich waited until stoppage time to back from their first-day defeat with a win - which gets them three whole points even though they were only playing Scunthorpe.
Andrew Crofts nearly scored again for Norwich but there was no place in the squad for Josh Dawkin. Owain Tudur Jones was also missing. He is presumably back with Norwich after his trial at Plymouth Argyle came to nothing.

Sheffield United 0-3 Queen’s Park Rangers
This defeat left Sheffield United one place above the drop zone and without a manager. Queen’s Park Rangers looked good but they too down the league by virtue of beginning with the letter Q.
Ched Evans was able to start for Sheffield United despite missing the Wales match with an ankle injury but he was substituted soon after the hour mark. Ched should have won a penalty but the referee obviously wasn’t looking properly.