Preston 0 Leeds 2

Preston 0 Leeds 0

Leeds 0 Preston 0

Goals in each half from Brian Stock and Brett Ormerod earned Preston a victory over Leeds that takes North End into the play-offs on the back of an eight-game unbeaten run.

Preston boss Billy Davies hailed Danny Dichio after the striker’s double took Preston into the FA Cup fifth round at the expense of Crystal Palace.

David Unsworth scored direct from a corner as Coca-Cola Championship leaders Sheffield United maintained their 100% home record at Derby’s expense.

Millwall have parted company with Steve Claridge and appointed Colin Lee as their new manager.

ROTHERHAM had relegation from the Coca-Cola Championship confirmed last night after losing 4-3 to promotion hopefuls Ipswich at Portman Road.

Sunderland moved five points clear at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a thrilling second-half comeback to win 3-1 against QPR.

Rob Hulse struck his fourth goal in as many games to rescue a precious point for Leeds and deny Coca-Cola Championship play-off rivals Millwall victory at the New Den.

READING gained ground on the Coca-Cola Championship pacesetters yesterday as they took advantage of defeats for the top three teams.

The Football Association have confirmed an investigation is to be launched after reports of missiles being thrown at Millwall players during yesterday’s clash with West Ham at the New Den.

Ipswich 2 Millwall 0

Wigan remained top of the Coca-Cola Championship today but conceded a late equaliser at Sunderland.

Millwall ended Leicester’s unbeaten start in the Coca-Cola Championship with a 2-0 win at The Den today.

Dennis Wise tonight added up the cost of the FA Cup after his First Division Millwall side had been defeated 3-0 by Manchester United in a one-sided game in Cardiff.

DENNIS WISE was never likely to be a textbook manager but the pink champagne served to his Millwall players to soothe nerves ahead of their FA Cup semi-final win only served to underline the point.

Millwall remain hopeful that player-manager Dennis Wise will recover from his leg injury in time to face Manchester United in the FA Cup final at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

NOTTINGHAM Forest manager Joe Kinnear has slapped a £10 million price tag on Republic of Ireland international Andy Reid.

Sunderland 0 Millwall 1

Tranmere 1 Millwall 2

Tranmere 1 Millwall 2

Player-manager Dennis Wise restores himself to Millwall’s starting line-up for the club’s first FA Cup quarter-final in 19 years after sitting out Tuesday’s defeat at Sheffield United, where the Lions’ ten-match unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt.

TIM CAHILL kept Millwall on course for the play-offs with a last-gasp winner just as it appeared Rotherham had earned a point.

Sunderland 1 Birmingham 1

Tranmere and Millwall joined Manchester United in the last eight of the FA Cup, with home victories over Swansea and Burnley respectively, while West Ham and Fulham must do it all over again.

Tim Cahill insists Millwall are ready to get their hands dirty to make sure they do not slip up against Telford in an FA Cup fourth round tie which has twice been postponed by torrential rain.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has defended his decision to play a much-weakened team in last night’s Carling Cup defeat to West Brom.

Substitute Geoff Horsfield scored an injury-time winner to virtually guarantee Premiership survival for Birmingham and send local rivals West Brom closer to the relegation trapdoor.

Blues made a positive start in the noon sunshine and Larus Sigurdsson was forced to clear a dangerous cross from winger Paul Devlin.

West Brom manager Gary Megson is likely to keep faith with striker Lee Hughes against Southampton tomorrow even though he missed a series of chances in the defeat to West Ham.

West Brom manager Gary Megson today insisted that dissenting voices would not be allowed to wreck the spirit at the relegation-threatened club.

West Brom 1 West Ham 1

West Brom 1 Bolton 1

An uncharacteristic error by Russell Hoult extended Charlton’s impressive Premiership run at The Valley.

ARSENAL extended their lead at the top beating West Brom, Manchester United lost again — this time to Middlesbrough — and teenage prodigy Wayne Rooney was sent off in a frenetic programme of English premier league matches yesterday.

West Brom have had a dream start against Arsenal at the Hawthorns, going ahead after just three minutes.

GERARD HOULLIER has absolute confidence that the mental strength of his players will drive Liverpool out of their dreadful slump.

Aston Villa 2 West Bromwich Albion 1

Thierry Henry followed up his hat-trick heroics against Roma in midweek with a double for Arsenal today in a 3-1 win over Aston Villa which put them four points clear at the top of the Premiership.

West Brom have shocked Middlesbrough by taking the lead at The Hawthorns.

West Brom striker Danny Dichio has been transfer-listed after failing to cement a regular starting spot in the Barclaycard Premiership this season.

Kanu was given his first start of the season as Arsenal coped with the absence of Dennis Bergkamp at home to West Bromwich Albion.