Championship round-up

19 September 2009 17:05
A Jonas Olsson brace fired West Brom to the top of the Championship, while Barnsley finally won to climb off the bottom. Doncaster stunned West Brom at The Hawthorns with a goal from Waide Fairhurst in the seventh minute. 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. Middlesbrough also came from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 and go second on goal difference. 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. 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. Tykes win Down at the bottom, new boss Mark Robins saw Barnsley register their first victory of the campaign with a 3-2 win at Derby County. 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. Keane's night then got worse when Gareth McAuley was sent off for a professional foul on substitute Dele Adebola at the death. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Source: SKY_Sports