Relive Saturday's EFL action as it happened

Summary

Nottingham Forest beat Birmingham to go third in Championship
Forest win means Fulham can't be promoted on Sunday
Cardiff come from behind to beat Reading
Derby & Barnsley fail to make ground on Royals as both lose
Crewe relegated from League One after defeat at Doncaster
Scunthorpe lose in League Two but other results keep them up for time being
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Live Reporting

Ian Woodcock, Andrew Aloia and Claire Gould

GOAL: Reading 1-1 Cardiffpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Alfie Doughty (59 mins)
Now then.
Alfie Doughty levels for Cardiff from a pass from Joe Ralls and that's a goal that will be welcomed by fans of Barnsley, Derby and Peterborough.
League Two updatespublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
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Leaders Forest Green have gone in front at home to Hartlepool thanks to Regan Hendry.
Luke Norris has doubled Stevenage's lead at Colchester. Jamie Reid had broken the deadlock in the sixth minute of first-half stoppage time.
GOAL: Preston 2-0 QPRpublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Cameron Archer (50 mins)
The hosts double their lead thanks to an excellent finish from Cameron Archer.
He is played in by Daniel Johnson, gets the better of his man then rifles the ball home into the roof of the net.
Postpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
West Brom 0-1 Stoke
The fan is seen to and after a short delay play resumes.
No official word yet on how the supporter is doing, but it appears positive.
Halt in play at West Brompublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
West Brom 0-1 Stoke
The second half has barely got going and there has been stoppage in play at The Hawthorns.
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League One updatepublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
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Crewe are staring relegation to League Two in the face and are 2-0 down at Doncaster, Josh Martin with the second for Donny.
GOAL: Millwall 2-1 Barnsleypublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Romal Palmer (49 mins)
LIFELINE!
Just when it looked like Barnsley were down and out...
Romal Palmer smashes home a great finish after capitalising on some poor defending from the home side.
League Two updatepublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
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It's going from bad to worse for Scunthorpe as Stephen Quinn has scored a fourth for Mansfield almost straight from the restart.
GOAL: Millwall 2-0 Barnsleypublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Danny McNamara (47 mins)
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Two goals for Millwall and two goals for Danny McNamara.
He heads in from close range after good work from Benik Afobe.
Postpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Swansea 2-1 Derby
Derby grew into the game as the first half progressed and they have emerged after the break looking to level quickly.
Malcolm Ebiowei cuts in from the wing and bends a shot just wide. It's a sign that Derby still have plenty of fight left.
GOAL: Blackburn 1-1 Blackpoolpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Marvin Ekpiteta (48 mins)
The away side draw level through Marvin Ekpiteta as the home side fail to deal with a corner.
Second halfpublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
We're back under way in the majority of games.
League Two half-time headlinespublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
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- Bottom-side Scunthorpe are losing 3-0 at home to Mansfield, however they look likely to avoid relegation today.
- Oldham have equalised twice away to promotion-chasing Port Vale.
- Sutton, looking to put last weekend's Papa John's Trophy final defeat behind them, are beating Leyton Orient 1-0.
- We are still waiting for the deadlock to be broken in the remaining nine games in League Two.
League One half-time headlinespublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
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- Leaders Wigan are leading 2-1 at Lincoln.
- Second-placed MK Dons are losing away to relegation-threatened Wimbledon.
- Crewe look to be heading down to League Two today as they are losing 1-0 away to fellow strugglers Doncaster.
- Play-off chasing Wycombe are 1-0 in front at lowly Gillingham.
- Play-off hopefuls Oxford and Sunderland are drawing 1-1 at the Kassam Stadium
- Ipswich are winning 1-0 at Shrewsbury to maintain their faint play-off hopes.
- Sam Smith has opened the scoring for Cambridge at home to Morecambe.
- Strugglers Fleetwood are winning 1-0 in the Lancashire derby at home to Accrington.
- It's still goalless in the remaining four games in League One.
Championship half-time headlinespublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
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- In-form Nottingham Forest a goal to the good against Birmingham thanks to Keinan Davis' early opener.
- Reading 11 points clear of the bottom three as it stands after Lucas Joao's goal against Cardiff.
- Struggling Barnsley, Peterborough and Derby need big second halves as they trail at Millwall, Bristol City and Swansea respectively.
- Blackburn 1-0 up against Lancashire rivals Blackpool
Postpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
The players are taking a pause and we'll bring you the headlines from the three EFL divisions.
GOAL: Preston 1-0 QPRpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Jimmy Dunne own goal (42 mins)
It goes down as an own goal for Jimmy Dunne, but Emil Riis Jakobsen appears to have come up with the decisive "deft touch" after meeting a cross from Andrew Hughes.
GOAL: Bristol City 1-0 Peterboroughpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Robert Atkinson (43 mins)
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Robert Atkinson breaks the deadlock with a thumping header.
He meets a cross from Jay Dasilva after Matt James played a short corner.
'Could be a cricket score'published at 15:45 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Scunthorpe 0-3 Mansfield
Calvin Andrew
Ex-Rochdale, Mansfield and Port Vale forward on Squad Goals
It looks like it could be a cricket score they way they're conceding goals at the moment, Scunthorpe.
In fact, if you'd like to keep across the County Championship we've got live text of it here.
Postpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 9 April 2022
Middlesbrough 0-0 Hull City
The visitors nearly break the deadlock against the run of play.
George Honeyman's effort is heading for goal but Marcus Tavernier does brilliantly to get back and belt it off the line.