Nottingham Forest 1 Bolton 1

Nottingham Forest 2 Oldham 3

Nottingham Forest 2 Crystal Palace 2

Nottingham Forest last night sacked manager Sean O’Driscoll just hours after a 4-2 home win over Leeds left the club one point adrift of the npower Championship play-off places.

Nottingham Forest 1 Hull 2

Wolves 1 Nottingham Forest 2

Leicester 2 Nottingham Forest 2

Nottingham Forest 1 Millwall 4

Blackpool 2 Nottingham Forest 2

Nottingham Forest 3 Cardiff 1

Nottingham Forest 0 Derby 1

Nottingham Forest 2 Birmingham 2

Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City strengthened their squad with four new signings and were hoping to confirm another as the transfer window came to a hectic finale tonight.

Southampton striker Billy Sharp has joined npower Championship side Nottingham Forest on a season-long loan.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean suffered another setback in his bid to win over his doubters as Rovers crashed out after a 2-1 defeat at League One MK Dons in tonight's second round of the Capital One Cup.

Stevenage 1 Southampton 4

Southampton 0 Wigan 2

Southampton manager Nigel Adkins praised the character and professionalism of his players after they secured a return to the Premier League.

Southampton secured promotion to the Barclays Premier League with a 4-0 win over Coventry City in front of a jubilant sell-out crowd at St Mary’s.

Mikele Leigertwood scored in the 81st minute to send Reading back into the Barclays Premier League with a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest at the Madejski Stadium.

Southampton boss Nigel Adkins chose to see his side’s 3-0 weekend defeat at Blackpool as a mere blip as they continue their hunt for promotion.

Southampton took advantage of West Ham’s postponement to close the gap at the top of the npower Championship to just a point with a 2-0 win at home to Burnley.

With the transfer window about to open again Andy Hampson looks at who will be buying and who will be selling over January

Burnley 3 Doncaster 0

WAYNE ROUTLEDGE marked his second QPR debut with a goal as the npower Championship leaders came from behind to sink Coventry yesterday.

WOLVES cruised into the fourth round of the FA Cup after brushing aside Doncaster’s relatively feeble challenge last night.

Wolves 5 Doncaster 0

Doncaster 2 Wolves 2

Sheffield United 2 Doncaster 2

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.

Preston 1 Doncaster 1

NIALL MCGINN’S left-footed strike after 35 minutes gave Celtic a 1-0 victory over Morton in their Active Nation Scottish Cup fourth-round tie at Cappielow last night.

West Brom jumped to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with an emphatic 4-1 win at home to Bristol City.

ROY KEANE refused to get carried away after his Ipswich side ended their long winless run with a 1-0 victory against injury-ravaged Derby on Saturday.

Reading 0 Doncaster 0

ROY KEANE’S Ipswich survived a major scare in the Carling Cup first round last night.

A CONTROVERSIAL own goal by Kyle Naughton and a Peter Halmosi strike handed Hull a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals last night.

Hull 2 Sheffield United 1

Sheffield United 1 Hull 1

West Brom progressed in their FA Cup third round clash tonight as they defeated Peterborough 2-0 at London Road.

REPUBLIC of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle scored a hat-trick for the second successive Championship home game as rampant Reading raced to 6-0 victory against lacklustre Sheffield Wednesday at the Madejski Stadium last night.

Wolves continued their blistering start to the Coca-Cola Championship season with a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace at Molineux that kept them top of the table.

Middlesbrough 1 Sheffield United 0 (after extra time)

MIDDLESBROUGH are in the draw for last eight of the FA Cup but that is as good as it gets for the Premier League side.