Jamie Carragher took over as captain as Liverpool made nine changes for tonight’s Carling Cup third-round tie at League One leaders Leeds.

Watford 1 Tottenham 2

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.

DARIUS HENDERSON scored the only goal of the game to help Watford remain at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a 1-0 victory over Leicester at Vicarage Road.

Darius Henderson scored the only goal of the game to help Watford remain at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a 1-0 victory over Leicester at Vicarage Road.

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

Sheffield United 1 Newcastle United 2

Liverpool 4 Sheffield Utd 0

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez makes seven changes from the side that famously beat Barcelona recently for the Premiership visit of Sheffield United.

Danny Webber, Luton Shelton and Chris Morgan are all doubts ahead of Sheffield United’s Barclays Premiership game with Liverpool at Anfield tomorrow.

Swansea midfielder Thomas Butler made Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock pay the price for fielding an understrength side as the Blades crashed out of the FA Cup.

Sheffield United 2 Charlton 1

Craig Bellamy returned to the Liverpool starting line-up as Rafael Benitez’s side looked to secure their first Premiership away win of the season at Wigan.

Sheffield United defender Leigh Bromby may come into contention for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash with West Ham at Upton Park.

Midfielder Michael Tonge will miss Sheffield United’s trip to Newcastle tomorrow after being ruled out for at least a month with an ankle injury.

Everton 2 Sheffield United 0

Sheffield United 2 Middlesbrough 1

Fulham 1 Sheffield United 0

A controversial penalty spared Liverpool’s blushes against Premiership newcomers Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.

Sheffield United 1 Reading 1

Watford boss Adrian Boothroyd warned Coca-Cola Championship promotion rivals Reading and Sheffield United that his side are gunning for them.

Sheffield United 1 Watford 4

Crystal Palace endured a torrid return to the Coca-Cola Championship as Luton claimed a notable opening-day victory at Selhurst Park.

Arsenal’s Dennis Bergkamp was sent off in the opening half of a pulsating FA Cup fifth round tie at Highbury.

As promised, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger included an Englishman in his FA Cup fifth-round line-up against Sheffield United at Highbury.

IPSWICH stretched their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Plymouth.

Ipswich went top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a 1-0 win against Brighton at Portman Road.

Sheffield United 2 Leeds 0

Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock today completed an astonishing transfer swoop by signing four players.

Irish players Brian Barry-Murphy, Derek Geary and Alan Quinn are among 13 players who have been released by boss Chris Turner, who has delivered his promise to wield the axe at Hillsborough.

Norwich 0 Ipswich 2

Second-half goals from Shefki Kuqi and Adam Proudlock gave Sheffield Wednesday a 2-0 win at Rotherham.

Sheffield Wednesday’s Leigh Bromby has suffered a setback in his comeback from injury.