Championship Results 28th August 2010 Part 1

Barnsley 2-0 Middlesbrough
The Championship title-favourites lost at Barnsley… although if they carry on like this, I won’t be able to call them the title favourites anymore. It’s early days though and the team can afford to take a bit more time to gel.
Danny Coyne was on the bench for Boro.

Derby County 2-2 Queen’s Park Rangers
Derby brought QPR’s 100% record to an end although they do remain unbeaten. Derby were actually very unlucky not to lose and were 2-0 up at the end of normal time.
Robbie Savage managed to get Adel Taarabt back into his pocket but maybe he should have put Jamie Mackie in his other pocket. Gareth Roberts played in defence for Derby.

Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Hull City
Doncaster move level on points with 5th-placed Burnley while Hull, whose manager missed the match due to being in hospital, are two points outside the relegation zone. Hull now haven’t won away for nearly eighteen months.
John Oster made his first appearance for Doncaster since knee surgery in the summer. He and Brian Stock both started but were substituted late on. Brian has since withdrawn from the Wales squad.

Ipswich Town 2-0 Bristol City
Ipswich continue their unbeaten run while Bristol City are having a run like Ipswich did last year – they have just two points from their four games so far. Ipswich will remind them this isn’t necessarily a complete disaster.
Troy Brown was on the bench for Ipswich.
Most of Bristol City’s Welsh players are either injured or coming back from injury. But there was no place in the squad for Gavin Williams either which meant the only Welshman on show was new signing Brett Pitman, who isn’t really Welsh yet anyway.

Leicester City 1-2 Reading
Both these teams were without a league win before kick-off and it did look as though this run might continue for both teams. But Reading grabbed an 86th minute goal and took the three points.
Leicester left Andy King on the bench but he came on after 63 minutes. Unfortunately his goal was disallowed.
Simon Church was a doubt for this match due to a neck injury but he came off the bench for Reading a minute earlier but there was no substitute appearance for Hal Robson-Kanu or Jake Taylor.