Latics must seize chance to pull away

Rotherham pulled off the shock win of the day. They beat playoff chasing Millwall 2-1 at the New Den with goals from Butler and Scott. It was just Rotherham's third win so far this season.

In the SKY SPORTS live game, Derby beat Reading. Reading had the better of the first half but Derby went in at the break 1-0 up. Thats how it stayed with Tommy Smith's goal enough to take all three points to Pride Park.

Sunderland who are immediately below the Latics in the table could only manage a 1-1 draw with relegation threatened Gillingham. Henderson had put Gillingham in front before Brown equalised for the Black Cats.

Here are the complete results from yesterday's games.

	Brighton & Hove Albion	(1)	2	Watford	(1)	1	6,335
	Cardiff City	(0)	3	Nottingham Forest	(0)	0	13,545
	Coventry City	(0)	1	Leeds United	(1)	2	19,084
	Crewe Alexandra	(0)	1	Preston North End	(1)	2	8,667
	Leicester City	(1)	1	Queens Park Rangers	(0)	0	23,754
	Millwall	(1)	1	Rotherham United	(1)	2	11,725
	Plymouth Argyle	(0)	1	Ipswich Town	(0)	2	17,923
	Reading	(0)	0	Derby County	(1)	1	15,491
	Stoke City	(0)	0	Burnley	(0)	1	15,689
	Sunderland	(1)	1	Gillingham	(1)	1	27,147
	West Ham United	(0)	0	Sheffield United	(1)	2	27,424

Here is the table as of this morning.

Last game played on Monday 3rd January 2005		Pld		Home						Away						Overall						Pts	GD
				W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A
1	Ipswich Town	28		11	2	1	27	11		5	5	4	25	23		16	7	5	52	34		55	+18
2	Wigan Athletic	27		8	3	2	28	8		6	5	3	19	12		14	8	5	47	20		50	+27
3	Sunderland	28		8	4	2	24	13		7	1	6	16	13		15	5	8	40	26		50	+14
4	Reading	28		10	3	1	24	8		4	3	7	12	18		14	6	8	36	26		48	+10
5	Sheffield United	28		5	6	3	16	13		8	3	3	22	21		13	9	6	38	34		48	+4
6	West Ham United	28		9	2	3	20	14		4	4	6	17	19		13	6	9	37	33		45	+4
7	Millwall	28		9	1	4	21	13		3	5	6	11	13		12	6	10	32	26		42	+6
8	Derby County	28		5	4	5	23	22		7	2	5	16	13		12	6	10	39	35		42	+4
9	Preston North End	28		10	2	2	28	14		2	4	8	10	25		12	6	10	38	39		42	-1
10	Crewe Alexandra	27		5	4	4	28	21		6	2	6	20	25		11	6	10	48	46		39	+2
11	Burnley	26		6	4	3	16	12		4	5	4	7	9		10	9	7	23	21		39	+2
12	Stoke City	28		7	2	5	11	8		3	6	5	7	12		10	8	10	18	20		38	-2
13	Queens Park Rangers	28		7	3	4	21	16		4	1	9	15	25		11	4	13	36	41		37	-5
14	Leeds United	28		5	4	5	18	15		4	5	5	15	16		9	9	10	33	31		36	+2
15	Leicester City	27		4	5	5	13	13		4	6	3	15	13		8	11	8	28	26		35	+2
16	Watford	28		3	8	3	14	11		4	4	6	17	20		7	12	9	31	31		33	0
17	Plymouth Argyle	28		5	4	5	16	17		4	2	8	17	22		9	6	13	33	39		33	-6
18	Brighton & Hove Albion	28		5	3	6	13	16		4	3	7	9	19		9	6	13	22	35		33	-13
19	Wolves	27		4	7	3	22	18		3	4	6	14	18		7	11	9	36	36		32	0
20	Coventry City	28		5	4	5	17	16		3	4	7	17	28		8	8	12	34	44		32	-10
21	Cardiff City	28		5	3	6	15	14		2	6	6	15	20		7	9	12	30	34		30	-4
22	Gillingham	28		6	2	6	14	18		1	3	10	13	29		7	5	16	27	47		26	-20
23	Nottingham Forest	28		5	5	4	16	17		0	4	10	11	26		5	9	14	27	43		24	-16
24	Rotherham United	28		1	6	7	13	21		2	4	8	9	19		3	10	15	22	40		19	-18