Nottingham Forest 1 Millwall 4

Blackpool 2 Nottingham Forest 2

Craig Bryson gave Derby their third successive win over 10-man Nottingham Forest after Dexter Blackstock was sent off in an ill-tempered east midlands derby yesterday.

Nottingham Forest 0 Derby 1

Nottingham Forest 2 Birmingham 2

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.

Chris Hughton saw his remarkable unbeaten Championship record come to an end at the weekend but backed his Birmingham side to bounce back from the 2-1 home defeat to Nottingham Forest.

RIVAL managers Billy Davies and Simon Grayson unsurprisingly had different views on the incident involving Nottingham Forest’s Chris Gunter and Leeds’ Sanchez Watt in the 1-1 draw at The City Ground yesterday.

Nottingham Forest 1 Leeds 1

Blackpool 2 Nottingham Forest 1

Simon Cox’s second-half volley was enough to keep West Brom in the Coca-Cola Championship automatic promotion places with a 1-0 win at Plymouth.

Derby 1 Nottingham Forest 0

Nottingham Forest 0 Birmingham 0

Nottingham Forest 2 Coventry 0

NEWCASTLE UNITED have become a gauge for the top flight ambitions of their Championship rivals. Labour against the Tynesiders, and you will struggle to compete with the promotion contenders; beat them, and the Premier League could be within reach.

SUBSTITUTE Marlon Harewood’s first Newcastle goal rescued a point for the Coca-Cola Championship leaders after QPR threatened to dent their promotion charge.

Ipswich 1 Nottingham Forest 1

READING goalkeeper Adam Federici scored a dramatic stoppage-time leveller against Cardiff to keep the Royals in the Coca-Cola Championship automatic promotion places after their 1-1 draw yesterday.

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

QPR 0 West Brom 2

IF Wolves are serious about ending their tumultuous season with a scarcely credible promotion, they should look to Andy Keogh for inspiration.

Sunderland moved into second place in the Coca-Cola Championship with a 1-0 win over play-off contenders Cardiff at Ninian Park.

David Jones’ injury-time free-kick hauled Derby level on points with Coca-Cola Championship leaders Birmingham as they claimed a 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at Pride Park.

DARYL MURPHY and Grant Leadbitter fired Sunderland to a deserved win over QPR as Roy Keane’s side continued their steady rise up the Coca-Cola Championship table.

Cardiff 0 QPR 1

Sunderland demonstrated the fighting spirit their new manager has based his career upon as Roy Keane celebrated a winning start to his career as boss of the Black Cats.

QPR have completed the signing of striker Dexter Blackstock from Southampton for an undisclosed fee.

READING extended their lead in the Coca-Cola Championship with a classy 5-1 victory overt Cardiff. With second-placed Sheffield United not playing Hull until today, the Royals took the opportunity to move further clear at the Madejski Stadium.

Reading extended their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a classy 5-1 victory against Cardiff.

Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe is continuing to interview candidates to replace Harry Redknapp, with little-known Dutchman Mark Wotte leaping to the top of his reported wish-list.

Southampton manager Harry Redknapp will consider young strikers Dexter Blackstock and Kenwyne Jones for places on the substitutes bench to give his side aerial options against Manchester United.

Southampton boss Harry Redknapp has recalled striker Dexter Blackstock from his loan spell at Coca-Cola Championship side Plymouth.

IPSWICH missed a great opportunity to extend their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship as Watford claimed an unexpected 2-1 win at Portman Road.

Kevin Phillips returned to the Southampton line-up for this afternoon’s encounter with Manchester City – but there was still no place in Harry Redknapp’s squad for James Beattie, whose departure from St Mary’s is due to be confirmed in the next 72 hours.

Liverpool 1 Southampton 0

Southampton head coach Steve Wigley will welcome three key players back to his squad for the trip to Manchester United.

Southampton 2 Crystal Palace 2

Southampton keeper Antti Niemi has a knee injury and misses tomorrow’s relegation clash with Crystal Palace at St Mary’s.

Norwich 2 Southampton 1

Frank Lampard scored a fantastic free-kick after 33 minutes to give Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea side the lead in the west London derby.

Southampton 1 Portsmouth 1

Watford 5 Southampton 2

Southampton 2 West Brom 2