Championship round-up

15 September 2009 20:22
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} A Jonas Olsson brace fired West Brom to the top of the Championship, while Barnsley finally won to climb off the bottom.[LNB] Doncaster stunned West Brom at The Hawthorns with a goal from Waide Fairhurst in the seventh minute.[LNB]But Olsson netted in the 19th and 65th minutes and substitute Chris Wood scored with a 30-yard screamer five minutes from time to send the unbeaten Baggies top by a point.[LNB]Middlesbrough also came from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 and go second on goal difference.[LNB]Luke Varney put the Owls ahead in the second minute before Darren Purse put the ball into his own goal (19) and second-half efforts from Jeremie Aliadiere and Adam Johnson won it for Gareth Southgate's side.[LNB]But high-flying Sheffield United lost their unbeaten record, going down 3-2 to Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena, as did previously unbeaten Preston, who were beaten 3-1 at Scunthorpe United.[LNB]Tykes winDown at the bottom, new boss Mark Robins saw Barnsley register their first victory of the campaign with a 3-2 win at Derby County.[LNB]But Roy Keane's Ipswich Town's search for a first win continues after substitute Robert Earnshaw equalised Grant Leadbitter's first minute opener to earn a draw for Nottingham Forest.[LNB]Keane's night then got worse when Gareth McAuley was sent off for a professional foul on substitute Dele Adebola at the death.[LNB]Winless Plymouth dropped to the bottom of the table with a 1-0 home defeat to Watford, with Tom Cleverley netting the decider in the fourth minute.[LNB]Peterborough are still also looking for their first league win of the campaign after being held to a 1-1 draw at Leicester in the battle of the top-two from League One last season.[LNB]Swansea and Bristol City shared a goalless stalemate at the Liberty Stadium, while the clash between Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Loftus Road.[LNB]Looking ahead, previous leaders Newcastle can go back to the top when they travel to Blackpool on Wednesday, while Reading host high-flying Cardiff in the other game.[LNB]

Source: SKY_Sports