Championship Results 6th February Part 2

Ipswich Town 1-1 Middlesbrough
Danny Coyne conceded a goal for Middlesbrough in the first minute but he held firm after that with Boro finally scoring to get a point from the fixture. Rhys Williams missed the match with a pelvic injury. But it’s a worry. There has been an improvement since Danny came into the team but wins for Middlesbrough still seem to be all too rare.

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest got back into winning ways. Chris Gunter and Robert Earnshaw both started for Southampton and Rob was unlucky when his free kick was met by an excellent save from Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Lee Grant.

Peterborough United 1-0 Queen’s Park Rangers
Craig Morgan returned from suspension and took his place in the centre of defence as Peterborough got a valuable win over troubled QPR. QPR’s two red cards probably helped Peterborough but the first one didn’t come until an hour had been played with the second one coming eleven minutes later.

Plymouth Argyle 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
Plymouth probably did quite well only to lose by one goal – some reports have pointed out that West Brom had ten men at the end of the game but as the red card didn’t come until the 90th minute, Plymouth deserve a lot of credit. It’s just a shame for Plymouth, whose captain is former Welsh international Carl Fletcher, that losing by one goal to the team in second place doesn’t actually get you any points.

Sheffield United 1-1 Derby County
Derby were hoping to build on their, er, derby win over Nottingham Forest and they looked on course to do just that. Robbie Savage put Derby 1-0 up after 17 minutes and got himself into the Championship Team of the Week at the same time. But a Sheffield United goal in stoppage time spoiled the fun and the sides shared the points. And unfortunately the equaliser didn’t come from Ched Evans, who was substituted after 63 minutes.

Swansea City 2-0 Preston North End
Swansea are now only behind Cardiff on goal difference after beating Preston North End. Both goals came from David Cotterill free kicks – the first one went straight into the goal and the second one set up defender Ashley Williams. Joe Allen played the first 87 minutes of the match (so pretty much most of it) and added some much-needed midfield creativity in a more than encouraging performance. David Cornell and Ashley Richards were both on the bench.