Preston 2 Coventry 1

Jamaica’s top police officer appealed for calm today after an alleged drugs baron was arrested.

Jamaica’s top policeman vowed today to capture the reputed underworld boss who escaped a bloody four-day assault on his slum stronghold amid growing claims that innocent people died during the fighting.

KRIS COMMONS’ goal settled an enthralling FA Cup fourth-round replay between east midlands rivals Nottingham Forest and Derby to ensure a winning return to the City Ground for Nigel Clough.

DERBY, relegated in shame from the Premier League last season, are on the brink of a Wembley final after edging past Stoke in the Carling Cup quarter-final.

Stoke 0 Derby 1

LIFE cannot get much sweeter for Kevin Doyle. The Wexford-born striker has just enjoyed the kind of week he must have wished would never end: a lucrative new contract, tying him to the Royals until 2011, two goals here which brought him his half-century for the Berkshire club three years after joining and the chance to enhance his international credentials in next week’s clash with Poland.

SYLVAN EBANKS-BLAKE scored twice to move Wolves one point clear at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a 2-1 win over Swansea at Molineux.

GOALS from Nick Barmby, Caleb Folan, Richard Garcia and Nathan Doyle helped Hull reach Wembley for the first time in the club’s 104-year history and set up a Coca-Cola Championship play-off final clash against Bristol City on May 24.

AFTER a remarkable 104 years of frustration and false dawns, Hull City stand on the verge of finally ending their wait for Premier League football after virtually securing a path to the Championship play-off final.

GREG HALFORD will not be the last player to be discarded by Roy Keane, but it might be the young defender, rather than the Sunderland manager, who has the last laugh this season.

ASKED for his assessment of an increasingly peculiar promotion race, Wolves manager Mick McCarthy was typically blunt.

ADRIAN Boothroyd may not have set much store by the FA Cup this season but that did not allow his Watford players to escape a tongue-lashing after this limp 4-1 defeat.

STOKE billed this game as a ‘Kids for a Quid’ fixture, but they could now stand accused of cruelty to children after an absolutely abysmal advert for the Championship.

FOR most footballers, a guaranteed place in the starting XI — not to mention a healthy pay-packet — is the essence of happiness.

Watford 3 Southampton 2

STRIKER Kevin Phillips scored West Brom’s 100th goal of the season to earn the hosts a 1-0 victory over Wolves at The Hawthorns and propel Albioninto the Championship play-off final.

Wolves 2 West Brom 3

West Brom 0 Sheffield Wednesday 1

BIRMINGHAM manager Steve Bruce paid tribute to captain Damien Johnson after his late strike kept their Coca-Cola Championship automatic promotion hopes on track.

West Brom 1 Birmingham 1

West Brom 1 Middlesbrough 1 (after extra-time, Middlesbrough win 5-4 on penalties).

WEST BROM striker Nathan Ellington came off the bench to score his eighth goal of the season and earn Albion a 1-0 victory over Cardiff.

West Brom have accepted a transfer request from striker Nathan Ellington.

DEPOSED Rangers captain Barry Ferguson could be in the sights of a number of Barclays Premiership clubs following his fall-out with Ibrox manager Paul Le Guen.

Wigan manager Paul Jewell should know within the next 48 hours if a deal can be agreed with West Brom for Nathan Ellington.

Tottenham manager Martin Jol has moved to freshen up his squad by bringing in young Sunderland goalkeeper Ben Alnwick and promising teenage midfielder Adel Taarabt from Lens.

TONY MOWBRAY spelt out his delight at marking his first match as West Brom manager with victory over Wolves in the Black Country derby and then challenged his players “let’s keep this going”.

Sunderland’s dismal start to the season continued as they slumped to the bottom of the Coca-Cola Championship with a 3-1 loss to promoted Southend.

West Brom have rejected a triple bid from Wigan for Curtis Davies, Zoltan Gera and Nathan Ellington.

EVERTON manager David Moyes is expected to confirm next week Duncan Ferguson will not be offered a new contract with the club.

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West Brom defender Martin Albrechtsen will miss the finale of the season with the broken toe he suffered in Monday’s Premiership match against West Ham.

WEST HAM boss Alan Pardew was faced with a mounting FA Cup final headache after injuries to two star men tarnished his side’s win at doomed West Brom.

West Bromwich Albion 0 West Ham 1

West Brom are boosted by the return of midfielder Ronnie Wallwork for tomorrow’s clash against West Ham at The Hawthorns.

West Brom are boosted by the return of midfielder Ronnie Wallwork for Monday’s clash against West Ham at the Hawthorns.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Hunt, Ben Haim, Faye, Gardner, Nakata, Campo, Speed, Davies, Borgetti, Vaz Te.

Steve Watson admits West Brom will face “a test” to keep hold of highly-rated central defender Curtis Davies if they are relegated from the Premiership.

Nathan Ellington is on course to return from a foot injury as West Brom look to pull off a shock result at Highbury to boost their Premiership survival hopes.

Bryan Robson believes West Brom must win three of their remaining five matches to have a realistic chance of securing Barclays Premiership survival.

West Brom manager Bryan Robson will have Nigel Quashie back from suspension for Sunday’s Premiership match at Aston Villa.