The past year produced another crop of bizarre, eye-watering injuries for sport stars. And not all of them happened during the action.

Cardiff left it late but kept themselves on course for a Sky Bet Championship automatic promotion place with a 2-0 win at Norwich.

Newcastle moved three points clear at the top of the Sky Bet Championship with victory at home to Ipswich as promotion rivals Norwich slipped up at home to Preston.

Goals from Anthony Pilkington and Joe Mason broke Huddersfield’s resistance on Saturday and lifted Cardiff to second in the Championship.

Wes Hoolahan was on target as Norwich came from 2-0 down to beat Cardiff 4-2 on Saturday, a win which lifted the Canaries to second in the Championship.

With the start of the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign less than a week away, the weekend’s championship action brought some unwelcome news for Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill as Jeff Hendrick suffered a dislocated shoulder in Derby’s 1-1 draw with Mick McCarthy’s Ipswich.

Solid performance from Simon Cox and a Darius Henderson late winner gave Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies something to enjoy from the directors’ box as he served a one-match touchline ban.

Yeovil midfielder Kevin Dawson is just 90 minutes away from locking horns with his older brother in the npower Championship after a fairytale start to life at Huish Park was capped with a play-off semi-final opener.

Hull failed to seal automatic promotion to the Barclays Premier League after they were beaten 2-0 by Barnsley, who climbed out of the npower Championship relegation zone as a result of the win.

Wigan have confirmed the signing of Paul Scharner on loan from Hamburg for the rest of the season.

Leicester 2 Barnsley 2

Barnsley 1 Ipswich 1

Blackburn moved to the top of the npower Championship as a brace from Jordan Rhodes helped them to a 5-3 victory over Bristol City in a thriller at Ashton Gate.

Swansea 3 Barnsley 1

Yann Kermorgant silenced the jeers of the Leicester fans by firing Charlton to their first npower Championship win of the season, 2-1, against one of the favourites for promotion.

Ipswich 1 Barnsley 0

Ricardo Vaz Te has been reunited with West Ham manager Sam Allardyce after the striker signed from Barnsley for an undisclosed fee.

Barnsley 2 Swansea 4

Nottingham Forest boss Steve McClaren had blamed off-field “squabbling” for his side’s poor start in the npower Championship this week and they responded by going down without a fight at Burnley.

Sheffield United have announced the appointment of Danny Wilson as their new manager.

QPR manager Neil Warnock is in bullish mood ahead of the Football Association hearing which could wreck his side’s promotion party.

Derby 0 Barnsley 0

Barnsley 2 Coventry 1

The Republic of Ireland's Wes Hoolahan missed a penalty for Norwich at Loftus Road as QPR saw their lead at the top of the npower Championship cut to four points.

West Brom leapfrogged Newcastle to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after they claimed a 2-0 win over Scunthorpe while Newcastle suffered a 3-0 defeat at Derby.

Barnsley 2 Middlesbrough 1

Burnley boss Owen Coyle hoped to find out today the extent of Martin Paterson and Brian Jensen’s injuries after both limped out of last night’s 3-2 Carling Cup third-round defeat to Barnsley.

Coventry made it two wins from two in the Coca-Cola Championship as they brushed aside a somewhat disappointing 10-man Barnsley side.

Barnsley 1 Wolves 1

Gianfranco Zola has Valon Behrami, Lucas Neill and Matthew Upson available to face Newcastle after they sat out West Ham’s FA Cup win over Barnsley, while Scott Parker returns from suspension.

Barnsley striker Iain Hume claims he “could have died” when he was elbowed in the head by Sheffield United defender Chris Morgan during last weekend’s South Yorkshire derby.

Wolves went to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a 5-1 demolition of Nottingham Forest.

Newly-promoted Doncaster stunned Derby 1-0 at Pride Park as they made a dream debut in the Coca-Cola Championship in England.

Manchester City have confirmed they will play the home leg in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup at Oakwell, the home of Barnsley.

Tony Pulis steered his Stoke side to a 0-0 draw against Leicester which secured the Potters promotion to the Barclays Premier League and relegated the Foxes to Coca-Cola League One.

BARNSLEY forward Kayode Odejayi made amends for his FA Cup semi-final misery with a double strike in his side’s crucial 3-0 win against promotion-chasing Watford on Wednesday.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will sit down with Ben Foster to decide whether to send the young goalkeeper out on loan.

Derby manager Paul Jewell fears Chelsea counterpart Avram Grant could be out of a job this summer – even if he brings silverware to Stamford Bridge.

BARNSLEY’S hopes of ending their remarkable FA Cup run with a trip to the final in May were boosted yesterday after they were handed a semi-final tie with Cardiff City.

Kayode Odejayi scored a sensational second-half winner as Barnsley sent FA Cup holders Chelsea crashing out after a thrilling quarter-final tie at Oakwell.

LUKE STEELE had already earned himself lifelong notoriety among Liverpool supporters when he rubbed salt into Merseyside wounds on Saturday night. As if helping Barnsley to a famous victory at Anfield was not enough, the Tykes goalkeeper duly dedicated the triumph to his former Manchester United team-mates.

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel is a major doubt for Saturday’s FA Cup clash with Barnsley after he picked up a calf injury in training.

Darius Henderson scored the only goal of the game to help Watford remain at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a 1-0 victory over Leicester at Vicarage Road.

Barnsley's Jamal Campbell-Ryce put sentiment to one side as he returned to Southend to knock his former club out of the FA Cup with the only goal in their fourth round tie.

Coca-Cola Championship leaders Watford came from two goals down to beat Colchester 3-2 at Layer Road and extend their advantage at the summit to four points.

Barnsley 0 Sunderland 2

Promotion hopefuls Sunderland are the only one of the Coca-Cola Championship top four in action today and manager Roy Keane has promised they will not take their “foot off the gas” against Barnsley.