Championship review - 52 - 62
08 Feb 2010 - 23:26:35
Newcastle, Forest and West Brom all were victorious in a Championship weekend which saw no real surprises... You may not call it a surprise, but it was a good result for Leicester City away at Blackpool. The Foxes, who won 1:2, beat a Blackpool side who are a stern test on home soil, and are one of the league's best on their own patch. Meanwhile, a dubious penalty at the City Ground handed Nottingham Forest three points over Sheffield Wednesday. A former Blade and a Blade loanee both scored in the same game live on Sky. Brian Howard netted for Reading in a 1:2 victory for the Royals - Billy Sharp claimed a consolation. West Brom saw off Plymouth, Swansea beat Preston, United's opponents Tuesday night, in an early kick-off, and Newcastle hammered Cardiff 5:1 at St James' Park on Friday night. United drew 1:1 with Derby. The results in full: Friday 5th February 2010 Newcastle 5:1 Cardiff Saturday 6th February 2010: Barnsley 1:0 Watford Blackpool 1:2 Leicester Bristol City 1:1 Coventry Doncaster 1:2 Reading Ipswich 1:1 Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest 2:1 Sheffield Wednesday Peterborough 1:0 QPR Plymouth 0:1 West Brom Scunthorpe 1:2 Crystal Palace Sheffield United 1:1 Derby Swansea 2:0 Preston The league table currently stands League TableResults Grid Latest match Saturday,6th February 2010 Pld Home Away Overall Pts EP W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A 1 Newcastle United 28 11 4 0 30 7 6 4 3 18 10 17 8 3 48 17 59 +31 2 West Bromwich Albion 29 8 2 4 29 15 8 6 1 30 16 16 8 5 59 31 56 +28 3 Nottingham Forest 29 11 1 3 33 13 4 9 1 13 9 15 10 4 46 22 55 +24 4 Cardiff City 28 6 3 4 22 11 7 3 5 31 24 13 6 9 53 35 45 +18 5 Swansea City 28 7 6 2 13 8 4 6 3 12 12 11 12 5 25 20 45 +5 6 Leicester City 27 7 4 3 18 12 4 5 4 13 16 11 9 7 31 28 42 +3 7 Sheffield United 29 7 6 2 24 15 4 3 7 17 25 11 9 9 41 40 42 +1 8 Blackpool 29 7 4 4 28 17 3 6 5 18 21 10 10 9 46 38 40 +8 9 Barnsley 28 6 4 5 19 21 5 2 6 18 20 11 6 11 37 41 39 -4 10 Middlesbrough 29 4 4 6 12 15 6 4 5 28 18 10 8 11 40 33 38 +7 11 Bristol City 28 6 7 2 22 20 2 6 5 12 18 8 13 7 34 38 37 -4 12 Watford 28 6 4 3 24 16 3 4 8 15 27 9 8 11 39 43 35 -4 13 Preston North End 28 5 5 3 18 14 4 3 8 14 25 9 8 11 32 39 35 -7 14 Queens Park Rangers 28 4 6 3 24 19 4 4 7 16 26 8 10 10 40 45 34 -5 15 Coventry City 29 5 6 3 19 18 3 4 8 14 23 8 10 11 33 41 34 -8 16 Crystal Palace (-10) 28 6 4 3 17 14 5 6 4 16 16 11 10 7 33 30 33 +3 17 Doncaster Rovers 27 6 5 3 20 16 2 4 7 14 20 8 9 10 34 36 33 -2 18 Derby County 29 7 1 6 20 22 2 5 8 10 19 9 6 14 30 41 33 -11 19 Scunthorpe United 28 6 3 5 20 19 3 3 8 14 29 9 6 13 34 48 33 -14 20 Sheffield Wednesday 29 5 3 6 21 23 3 4 8 13 24 8 7 14 34 47 31 -13 21 Ipswich Town 28 4 9 2 17 16 1 6 6 15 24 5 15 8 32 40 30 -8 22 Reading 28 2 6 5 10 16 5 2 8 20 29 7 8 13 30 45 29 -15 23 Plymouth Argyle 27 4 2 8 13 17 3 1 9 10 21 7 3 17 23 38 24 -15 24 Peterborough United 29 4 5 6 24 26 0 4 10 9 25 4 9 16 33 51 21 -18 Colour key League Champions Relegation place(s) Team(s) to be transferred Promotion place(s) Play-off place(s) Team(s) set to merge Points adjustments 28/01/2010 Crystal Palace Deducted ten points for entering administration. Position ordering Teams level on both goal difference and goals scored are initially ordered according to the results of any matches played between one another.
