Championship Results 19th September 2010 Part 3

Preston North End 0-1 Norwich City
Probably not many people expected Preston to beat Norwich. They have won only one match this season and not drawn any at all. Norwich, now fourth in the table, have a much healthier record. Losing 1-0 to Norwich isn’t a bad result but that won’t comfort Preston.
Paul Parry started his second consecutive match for Preston and he nearly scored. Craig Morgan was dropped to the bench.
Andrew Crofts nearly scored a great headed goal for Norwich but it was blocked on the line.

Sheffield United 1-0 Portsmouth
Portsmouth could have won this, with both goalkeepers making good saves.
But the points went to Gary Speed’s side after Ched Evans’ free kick ended up in the back of the net in the 77th minute. Just when I start to worry he’s not scoring enough, Ched pops up with a goal. But I don’t mind.

Swansea City 2-0 Scunthorpe United
Swansea kept their 100% home record intact with victory over Scunthorpe and probably should have scored more than one goal.
Joe Allen was elbowed by a Scunthorpe player but unfortunately while the referee missed this, he did see Joe’s retaliation, which earned him a yellow card. David Cotterill came off the bench, replacing Joe, and provided a great cross from which Swansea scored their first goal.
Defenders Ashley Williams and Neil Taylor played the full match for Swansea. David Cornell and Jazz Richards were on the bench.