Newcastle made it six straight wins in the Sky Bet Championship with a narrow 2-1 victory at Preston which maintained their cushion at the top of the table.

Swindon have performed a U-turn and welcomed goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux back to the fold after initially expelling him from the club due to an internal disciplinary matter.

Important questions were being answered by UK police when they went to visit a class of five year olds recently in North Swindon.

Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren has vowed to field the strongest team he can as he bids to end Newcastle’s 46-year trophy drought against Northampton in the Capital One Cup second round tonight.

Tributes have been paid to former Tottenham, Hearts and Scotland midfielder Dave Mackay, who has died aged 80.

Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1

Wolves 2 Bristol City 1

Cheltenham 1 Everton 5

Bristol City 0 Derby 2

Bristol City 3 Burnley 4

Sean St Ledger is a major doubt for the Republic of Ireland's upcoming World Cup qualifiers after limping off in today's npower Championship tie between Leicester Bristol City.

Irish left-back Greg Cunningham hopes his move to Championship outfit Bristol City can re-ignite his Ireland career.

John Ruddy’s withdrawal due to injury has further disrupted new England coach Roy Hodgson’s plans for Euro 2012, amid ongoing concerns over the fitness of Glen Johnson and Danny Welbeck.

Cheltenham boss Mark Yates believes Torquay counterpart Martin Ling is engaging in a spot of mind games ahead of their npower League Two play-off semi-final second leg at Plainmoor tomorrow.

Swindon 2 Wigan 1

Coventry 1 Bristol City 0

Millwall 1 Bristol City 2

IF you’re good enough, you’re old enough goes the popular sporting saying and Premier League giants Manchester United and Chelsea obviously agree.

QPR’s seemingly unstoppable march towards promotion from the npower Championship continued as they posted a workmanlike 1-0 win over Doncaster at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Norwich 3 Bristol City 1

Wolves have signed former Bristol City goalkeeper Adriano Basso on a short-term contract until the end of the season.

STEVEN CAULKER’S late equaliser saw Bristol City earn a 2-2 draw at QPR to deny the npower Championship leaders the chance to open up a seven-point gap at the top of the table yesterday.

DAVID JAMES opted for the chance to play first-team football over remaining in the Barclays Premier League in making the surprise move to Bristol City.

Manchester City have swooped to capture highly-rated Swindon teenager Alex Henshall for an undisclosed fee.

Celtic are delaying reaching a settlement with Tony Mowbray and his staff following their sacking, according to the League Managers’ Association.

LEEDS United boss Simon Grayson paid tribute to his players after they came from behind to beat Bristol Rovers and clinch promotion to the Championship on Saturday.

Fulham 1 Swindon 0

Coventry 1 Bristol City 1

ALEX MCLEISH insists he will not panic after 10-man Birmingham City were easily held to a goalless draw by Swansea yesterday.

Birmingham remain at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday.

Bristol City 0 Hull 1

Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1 (after extra time, Bristol City win 4-2 on aggregate)

JAMIE MCCOMBE continued his remarkable goalscoring run for Bristol City to help his side extend their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a 1-1 draw at Charlton last night.

ROMAN BEDNAR had double cause for celebration on Saturday. As if scoring the winning goal against Burnley was not enough, his manager Tony Mowbray confirmed that he will sign the Czech (pictured right) on a permanent deal at the end of the season.

Simon Cox has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal to join Swindon from Reading.

Newcastle have completed the signing of promising young Swindon defender Ben Tozer.

ADRIAN Boothroyd urged Watford to keep their nerve after they soared back to the top of the Championship when Jobi McAnuff’s first goal of the season saw off Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 at Hillsborough.

ADRIAN BOOTHROYD refused to blame the row surrounding Al Bangura for Watford’s dismal defeat to Plymouth.

One of the largest ever surveys of birds in this country begins this week.

Nine-man Leeds had both their strikers dismissed as they dropped their first points of the Coca-Cola League One season in a 1-1 draw at Gillingham.

THE ROBINS of Sheffield have had enough. The noise of England’s fourth largest city is just too much for them and they have given up trying to compete with the din.

Former Sheffield Wednesday boss Paul Sturrock has been appointed as the new manager of Coca-Cola League Two side Swindon.

SWINDON have confirmed that Paul Ince’s contract has been cancelled by mutual consent.

Leroy Lita is hoping success in the Premiership with Reading can make him a regular in the England U21 side.