Watford 0 Tottenham 1

QPR claimed their first away victory in six attempts as they dispatched Coventry 2-0 yesterday to enter 2011 with a seven-point lead at the top of the npower Championship.

Gabriel Tamas fired home four minutes from time to snatch a hard-earned point at the Madejski Stadium and nudge West Bromwich Albion closer to a quick return to the Barclays Premier League.

FLORENT MALOUDA insists Chelsea’s squad has the quality to remain in the hunt for glory on three fronts while four of their key players are missing.

Captain John Terry is hoping the FA Cup can spur Chelsea’s youngsters onto greater things after their 5-0 drubbing of Watford earned them a fourth-round tie away to Preston.

AN FA Cup fourth round trip to Preston may have been the immediate reward on offer for Chelsea, but for manager Carlo Ancelotti there were other targets he needed his team to meet that went beyond the mere dismissal of Championship side Watford.

FT Chelsea 5 Watford 0

THE Football League have confirmed there is no prospect of the Coca-Cola Championship clash between Watford and Reading being replayed.

Hull 4 Watford 1 (Hull win 6-1 on aggregate)

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.

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano will sit out Sunday's Premier League clash with Blackburn after failing in a bid to have his extended ban cut.

Javier Mascherano has publicly apologised for the furious reaction to his sending-off at Manchester United which saw him handed an additional two-game ban.

The Football Association will tomorrow review television footage of Javier Mascherano’s controversial red card at Old Trafford and also study the report of referee Steve Bennett before deciding whether to charge the Liverpool midfielder.

Newcastle 4 Stoke 1

Newcastle 4 Stoke 1

Chelsea have defended the state of the Stamford Bridge pitch and insist claims it will favour them against Barcelona next week are “nonsense”.

Norwich marched on at the top of the Nationwide First Division with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Coventry at Highfield Road.

NON-LEAGUE Telford United and Gillingham provided shocks in the third round of the FA Cup, knocking out Crewe Alexandra and Premiership Charlton Athletic respectively.

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West Ham 0 Stoke !

Liverpool scrambled another home draw after falling behind to a resilient Middlesbrough as they suffered more Anfield anguish today.

Middlesbrough include new signings Michael Ricketts, Chris Riggott, Malcolm Christie and John Eustace in their squad for the first time as they head to Liverpool for a noon kick-off tomorrow.

Here is the full club-by-club list of transfer deals completed during the calendar month of January.

Middlesbrough midfielder Mark Wilson is back in contention for a place in the side to face Fulham on Sunday after shaking off a back injury.

Coventry midfielder John Eustace looks set to move to Middlesbrough on a month’s loan later this week.

New Coventry player-boss Gary McAllister has been rocked by the news that winger Keith O’Neill will be out of action until Christmas.

After 34 years walking the relegation tightrope, Coventry have finally fallen off after a dramatic finale at Villa Park.

John Hartson continued his marvellous recent scoring run as Coventry's incredible 'Great Escape' continued apace as his goal earned the Sky Blues a victory over Sunderland.

John Hartson makes his home debut for Coventry against Charlton in the Premiership clash at Highfield Road.