GOALS in each half from Ross Wallace and Anthony Stokes fired Roy Keane’s Premier League new boys Sunderland to an easy 2-0 win over Darlington at a rain-sodden TFM Arena.

Two Coca-Cola Championship stalemates were of limited use to Preston and Wolves tonight as the play-off hopefuls failed to make significant ground on their rivals.

Southampton 2 Brentford 2

The team formerly known as Wimbledon began life as the Milton Keynes Dons with a point as they fought back from a goal down to draw 1-1 at home to Barnsley in the Coca-Cola Football League 1.