Summary

  • Championship leaders Brighton maintain unbeaten record

  • Zamora scores winner as Seagulls fight back to win

  • Preston beat Charlton, who replace them in relegation zone

  • League One leaders Gillingham beat Scunthorpe

  • Plymouth remain top of League Two, despite Oxford defeat

  1. Goodbyepublished at 22:15

    For the second time in four days, Bobby Zamora has nabbed the Championship headlines. The former England striker scores another match-winner as leaders Brighton maintained their four-point advantage.

    Other winners tonight? Birmingham are up to second, Hull move into fourth, while Preston climb out of the relegation zone.

    Gillingham and Plymouth are still hanging on to top spots in League One and League Two - but the rest are hot on their heels. 

    That's a wrap from us. More Champo action tomorrow night as Steve Evans takes charge of his first Leeds United game...

    BrightonImage source, Getty Images
  2. Postpublished at 22:10

    One fan isn't happy tonight.

    The referee appeared to miss a couple of penalty shouts for the home side in their defeat against Brighton.

  3. League Two round-uppublished at 22:05

    Plymouth are still top of the pile - but they have been reined in by the chasing pack. The Pilgrims lost 1-0 at Oxford, who remain third but are now just two points adrift of the leaders. Portsmouth remain second after being held to a 1-1 draw by Stevenage. 

    At the other end of the table, Newport claimed only their second win of the season by beating Wycombe, while York and Dagenham & Redbridge - both in the bottom four - drew 2-2.

    Meanwhile, the entertainment dried up in the second half at Accrington. Only the one goal, after a six-goal first-half, and it went in the way of AFC Wimbledon, who return home with a 4-3 win.

  4. League One round-uppublished at 22:01

    Leaders Gillingham - with 10 men - came from behind to beat Scunthorpe as Harry Lennon pounced in injury time to grab the three points.

    Second-placed Walsall kept in touch with the top side, beating Barnsley 2-0, while Joe Cole's debut at Coventry ended in a 0-0 draw against Rochdale.

    Che Adams scored twice for Sheffield United in their 3-0 win over Fleetwood but a point against Burton is not enough to lift Crewe off the bottom of the table.

  5. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:56

    Bolton 0-1 Birmingham

    No dice. Late drama belongs to Walford's Albert Square tonight - not Bolton's Macron Stadium. The home side cannot force a late leveller, meaning they stay rooted to the foot of the Championship. Birmingham? Glance all the way up to the automatic promotion slots. The Blues move second, four points behind unbeaten leaders Brighton. 

  6. PENALTY APPEALpublished at 21:53

    Bolton 0-1 Birmingham

    Penalty? Nah. Bolton striker Gary Madine tumbles in the Birmingham area as he tries to steer in David Wheater's knockdown. A few half-hearted appeals but the ref isn't convinced. Only a few moments left in the 20:00 BST kick-off for the home side to rescue a point...

  7. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:50

    Brighton 2-1 Bristol City

    Brighton's late show means the Seagulls are still the only team in England's top four tiers not to have sampled that bitter taste of defeat this season.

    As it stands, they will remain four points clear at the top of the Championship - unless Bolton find a late leveller against second-placed Birmingham

  8. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:47

    QPR 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday

    Goalless at Loftus Road, a point each. That's all.

  9. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:46

    Huddersfield 2-0 MK Dons

    And that late Jamie Paterson goal is the last act of the game at Huddersfield, who move up to 13th with victory over MK Dons.

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    GOAL - Huddersfield 2-0 MK Donspublished at 21:43

    Jamie Paterson (90+5 mins)

    MK Dons masters of their own downfall today.

    A late, late goal at the John Smith's Stadium, but it goes the way of the home side who punish the visitors.

    The first goal was an awful error and this one isn't much better. David Martin tries to pass the ball out but only succeeds in giving it to Florent Bojaj, who plays Jamie Paterson through on goal and the forward finishes with ease.

  11. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:44

    Brighton 2-1 Bristol City

    Impressive stuff from the Championship leaders. Brighton fight back from a first-half deficit to see off Bristol City, who remain fourth bottom and perilously close to the trapdoor.

    Bobby Zamora smashes in his second late winner in the space of four days. No wonder these Brighton fans adore him...

  12. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:40

    Cardiff 1-0 Middlesbrough

    Middlesbrough could have moved into second in the Championship tonight - instead this defeat sees them slip to sixth. No goal in three matches for Aitor Karanka's promotion favourites.

    Cardiff stay eighth, but tighten the gap on the teams above them.

  13. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:39

    Charlton 0-3 Preston

    Something had to give between Charlton and Preston - and it is North End's miserable run of nine winless matches which is consigned to history.

    Preston, who started the evening in the bottom three, leapfrog their opponents after a comfortable away win.

    They had only scored seven Championship goals before tonight - now they've boosted that by 43%. We think.

  14. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:39

    Nottingham Forest 1-1 Burnley

    A stunning last minute Matt Taylor strike earns Burnley a point against 10 man Nottingham Forest.

  15. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:38

    Hull 3-0 Ipswich

    A comfortable victory for Steve Bruce's side, who leap up to fourth in the Championship table.

  16. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:36

    Rotherham 1-1 Reading

    Handy point for struggling Rotherham in Neil Redfearn's first home game at the helm. It won't be enough to haul themselves out of the bottom three, but it will boost confidence against high-flying Reading. The Royals, meanwhile, look set to drop from second to third.

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    GOAL - Cardiff 1-0 Middlesbroughpublished at 21:33

    George Friend own goal (86mins)

    It's not pretty, but they all count.

    Middlesbrough fail to clear the ball which bounces around in the box but it eventually ricochets off George Friend, who can't do anything as the ball hits his leg and bounces in.

    Boro missing the chance to move up to second.

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    GOAL - Nottingham Forest 1-1 Burnleypublished at 21:33

    Matthew Taylor (90 mins)

    The 10 men of Nottingham Forest can't hold on.

    Burnley play their way forward in the dying seconds, before Matthew Taylor picks the ball up on the edge of the area and curling a beautiful effort past the reach of Doris de Vries. A brilliant equaliser.

  19. GREAT SAVE!published at 21:31

    QPR 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday

    Tjaronn Chery almost breaks the deadlock for the home side, collecting a cross at the back post before firing an effort towards goal, but Keiren Westwood makes a brilliant save to keep the ball out. Can either side find a winner?

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    GOAL - Brighton 2-1 Bristol Citypublished at 21:31

    Bobby Zamora (82)

    Bobby Zamora celebratesImage source, Rex Features

    "When the ball hits the goal, its not Shearer or Cole, its Zamora...."

    Brighton fans dig out this classic chorus from the handbook of great terrace chants as Bobby Zamora rolls backs the years. Zamora thumps in a wonderful left-foot strike to put the Championship leaders ahead.

    His winner at Leeds on Saturday was his first Brighton goal in over 12 years. Now he has two goals in four days...