Championship Round Up 21/11/04

A 0-0 draw at home to a hard working Leicester team, a fair result on reflection and Levein seems to be turning a corner for the Foxes. Lee McCulloch hit the post for Wigan.

One result from Friday saw Preston beat Cardiff City at Ninian Park. Youl Mawene got the goal.

A possible Latics transfer target, Robbie Blake gave Burnley all three points away to Brighton.

Brian Deane - Four goals for Leeds yesterday

Big winners of the day were Leeds United who smashed Q.P.R. 6-1 after going a goal down to Gareth Ainsworth's super strike after just two minutes. Much maligned in Wigan, 36 year old Brian Deane scored four for the first time in his career with David Healy and Jermaine Wright grabing the other two.

Crewe also managed a good win. They beat Gillingham 4-1 at Gresty Road. Dean Ashton got a brace sandwiched by goals from David Vaughan and Steve Jones.

A big shock at the City Ground as Nottingham Forest took the points against Reading with a 1-0 win, courtesy of Welsh striker Gareth Taylor. This stopped Reading joining the Latics on 40 points at the top of the table. Instead there is a 3 point gap ahead of our trip to the Madejski.

In the midlands derby, Coventry City came away from Molineux with three points. Gary McSheffrey scored the goal after 61 minutes, leaving managerless Wolves in 18th place.

A good run from Derby County was brought to an end by Sheffield United who went home 1-0 winners after Alan Quinn's second half strike.

Plymouth drew 0-0 with Stoke, and Watford could only manage a 0-0 draw with Rotherham.

Championship Results

Coca-Cola Championship
	Brighton & Hove Albion	(0)	0	Burnley	(0)	1	6,109
	Crewe Alexandra	(1)	4	Gillingham	(0)	1	6,128
	Derby County	(0)	0	Sheffield United	(0)	1	25,725
	Leeds United	(5)	6	Queens Park Rangers	(1)	1	29,739
	Nottingham Forest	(1)	1	Reading	(0)	0	21,138
	Plymouth Argyle	(0)	0	Stoke City	(0)	0	15,264
	Watford	(0)	0	Rotherham United	(0)	0	17,780
	Wigan Athletic	(0)	0	Leicester City	(0)	0	10,924
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	(0)	0	Coventry City	(0)	1	26,291

Championship Table

Last game played on Saturday 20th November 2004		Pld		Home						Away						Overall						Pts	GD
				W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A
1	Wigan Athletic	20		6	3	1	20	6		5	4	1	15	8		11	7	2	35	14		40	+21
2	Ipswich Town	19		8	2	0	23	8		3	4	2	16	13		11	6	2	39	21		39	+18
3	Reading	20		8	2	0	19	6		3	2	5	9	11		11	4	5	28	17		37	+11
4	Sunderland	19		6	3	0	17	6		4	1	5	9	9		10	4	5	26	15		34	+11
5	Queens Park Rangers	20		6	2	2	17	10		4	1	5	13	19		10	3	7	30	29		33	+1
6	West Ham United	19		7	1	2	13	7		2	3	4	10	14		9	4	6	23	21		31	+2
7	Sheffield United	20		3	5	2	9	7		5	2	3	14	17		8	7	5	23	24		31	-1
8	Derby County	20		4	3	3	18	16		4	2	4	11	9		8	5	7	29	25		29	+4
9	Stoke City	20		6	1	3	10	6		1	6	3	5	10		7	7	6	15	16		28	-1
10	Watford	19		2	6	2	12	9		4	3	2	12	9		6	9	4	24	18		27	+6
11	Burnley	20		3	4	3	12	12		3	5	2	5	6		6	9	5	17	18		27	-1
12	Millwall	17		6	1	2	13	8		1	4	3	4	7		7	5	5	17	15		26	+2
13	Plymouth Argyle	20		3	4	3	12	12		4	1	5	14	14		7	5	8	26	26		26	0
14	Preston North End	20		6	2	2	17	11		1	3	6	8	17		7	5	8	25	28		26	-3
15	Leicester City	20		2	5	3	10	9		3	5	2	12	10		5	10	5	22	19		25	+3
16	Coventry City	20		4	4	2	14	11		2	3	5	12	21		6	7	7	26	32		25	-6
17	Leeds United	19		4	2	3	13	7		2	4	4	9	11		6	6	7	22	18		24	+4
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19		3	4	2	14	12		3	1	6	9	13		6	5	8	23	25		23	-2
19	Crewe Alexandra	19		3	3	3	20	16		3	1	6	14	23		6	4	9	34	39		22	-5
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	20		2	3	5	8	13		4	1	5	8	15		6	4	10	16	28		22	-12
21	Cardiff City	20		3	2	5	8	10		1	5	4	13	17		4	7	9	21	27		19	-6
22	Nottingham Forest	20		3	4	3	11	13		0	4	6	8	15		3	8	9	19	28		17	-9
23	Gillingham	20		3	1	6	6	15		1	2	7	10	21		4	3	13	16	36		15	-20
24	Rotherham United	20		0	4	6	7	15		0	4	6	5	14		0	8	12	12	29		8	-17