Championship round-up
Praise for Brighton match-winner Will Buckley; Southampton pleased with a point; Neil Redfearn cool about Leeds jobBRIGHTON 1-0 LEICESTER Brighton's manager Gus Poyet heaped praise on match-winner Will Buckley after his late strike settled a game which...
Premier League clockwatch – as it happened | Evan Fanning
Newcastle closed the gap on fourth place with a win at Blackburn while Villa came from behind to draw with QPRMidweek football, bloody hell. After the shocks among last night's fixtures (Everton beating Manchester City, man handcuffing himself to a goa...
Leicester City 2-2 Middlesbrough | Championship match report
Jermaine Beckford continued his rich vein of scoring form to earn Leicester City a deserved point with a late equaliser at home to Middlesbrough, but the game was overshadowed by a clash between his club's manager, Nigel Pearson, and the referee, Gavin...
FA Cup: Liverpool paired with Brighton in fifth-round draw
• Both Merseyside teams drawn at home • Crawley Town and Stevenage to host Premier League opponentsHaving seen off Manchester City in the Carling Cup semi-final, Liverpool will need to beat Brighton & Hove Albion at Anfield to keep their tilt for t...
Leicester City 2-0 Swindon Town | FA Cup fourth round match report
Two goals from Jermaine Beckford took Leicester City into the last 16 of the FA Cup and inflicted a rare setback on Paolo Di Canio's valiant Swindon Town.Promotion from their respective leagues is the priority for these teams but both managers belong t...
Squad sheets: Leicester City v Swindon Town
Promotion is the priority for both these clubs but there is no chance of them taking this match lightly as both are keen to build on promising recent momentum. Paolo Di Canio's team have beaten higher-placed opposition in every round so far and this ma...
Southampton 0-2 Leicester City | Championship match report
Southampton missed the chance to move back to the top of the Championship after suffering a second successive home defeat.The pressure was on Nigel Adkins's side following West Ham's 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest at Upton Park on Saturday.They mad...
Leicester City 4-0 Nottingham Forest | FA Cup third-round replay match report
The Leicester manager, Nigel Pearson, praised Jermaine Beckford after revealing the striker, who scored a hat-trick in the 4-0 FA Cup third-round replay hammering of Nottingham Forest that sets up a fourth-round tie against Swindon, played while suffe...
Doncaster striker Billy Sharp rejects move to Leicester City
• Dean Saunders still may lose him in transfer window• El-Hadji Diouf is yet to sign a contract with DoncasterThe Doncaster striker Billy Sharp has decided against a move to Leicester City, but his manager, Dean Saunders, has admitted that he still...
Doncaster Rovers striker Billy Sharp in £3m move to Leicester City
• 'It will be a blow if he goes,' says Doncaster manager• Leicester activate clause in free-scoring striker's contractDoncaster Rovers have agreed to sell Billy Sharp to their Championship rivals Leicester City for a fee believed to be in the regio...
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Leicester City | FA Cup third round match report
The Leicester City manager, Nigel Pearson, felt his side should have beaten Nottingham Forest but their FA Cup third-round match at the City Ground ended in stalemate.The tie was only the second time the east Midlands rivals had met in the Cup, with th...
Championship round-up: Ian Holloway sees red as Blackpool slip up
• Barry Ferguson sent off as Seasiders lose at Birmingham• Jermaine Easter gives Crystal Palace win at MillwallBirmingham City 3-0 BlackpoolA furious Ian Holloway hit out at referee Craig Pawson after Blackpool lost their second game in 10. The gam...
