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Ipswich had the worst away record of any side in the top 10 before kick-off but will be delighted with their first comeback win on the road this season.
It moves them back above Millwall, who slip to third place, with both sides level on points but the Tractor Boys boasting a far superior goal difference.
Perhaps more importantly, Ipswich still have a game in hand, which puts them in
The distance to second-tier salvation could grow wider later in the day if West Bromwich Albion beat Preston.
Meanwhile, Derby’s victory moved John Eustace’s team to within two points of Hull City in the play-off spots above them, although that gap could be widened if the sixth-placed Tigers beat Birmingham City later in the day.
Oxford were left exposed for the 22nd-minute opener after a long throw into Derby’s box
Saturday afternoon was by a country mile Pompey’s best win away from home all season, but also could prove to be an incredibly consequential result in the context of our fight for survival.
There is something so magical about a Portsmouth fan and academy product scoring one of the most significant winners of the campaign during his second spell at the club.
The scenes in the away end were completely
Stoke City manager Mark Robins told BBC Radio Stoke:
“How did I see the game? It was a nothing first half, but they had better chances than us.
“On Good Friday it was a really good win. Then coming into this one as we come to the end of the season, I’m looking for more.
“And really, I’m left disappointed because we’ve certainly not done enough with the ball, but
Blackburn Rovers manager Michael O’Neill told BBC Radio Lancashire:
“I’m exhausted a little bit to be honest. It was one of those games, especially with seven additional minutes, where we put everything into the game.
“We had said to the players, we had to show that we wanted it more than the opposition, given the league position of the two teams.
We had to frustrate them at times, which we
Coventry boss Frank Lampard was delighted with the discipline of his team as they won at Swansea to take another big step towards promotion to the Premier League.
“You can’t get more professional, you can’t get more tactically on point from the players – they [Swansea] are a good team, high pressing, rotations, the want to move ball and play through you,” he told BBC CWR.
“We dealt with every
Bristol City struggled to pose many questions of Albion’s back line in the first half and, in fact, the visitors might have doubled their advantage before the break when Jayson Molumby fired a low drive just wide of Radek Vitek’s post when a long throw-in was only half cleared.
Robins boss Gerhard Struber, clearly bemused by his side’s first-half showing, made a triple substitution at half-time in the hope of
The Blades wasted a golden opportunity to go ahead on 11 minutes when Harrison Burrows squared to Patrick Bamford who was unmarked after Dom Hyam slipped, although the striker guided his effort wide from close range.
And after Adam Davies made a routine save to deny Windass, Burrows failed to hit the target after being picked out by Callum O’Hare.
It typified a wasteful opening half from the home side,
Less than two months ago, on 17 January, Preston were in the play-off places in sixth while Norwich were just inside the relegation zone – but the diverging fortunes of both clubs since have been striking.
While Norwich topped the form standings for the previous 10 games – taking 24 points from a possible 30 – only already-relegated Sheffield Wednesday had taken fewer than Preston’s haul of six points during
Oxford United boss Matt Bloomfield said the club wanted to “pay their respects in the best possible way” after the passing of one of their academy players.
Teenager Amelia Aplin collapsed during a game against Fulham at the club’s training centre in Horspath on Saturday afternoon before tragically passing away.
The Us held a minute’s silence prior to kick-off during Wednesday’s Championship fixture against Blackburn Rovers with an applause held