Matt Ritchie fired a second-half double as Newcastle climbed back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a 4-0 home win against Rotherham.

Millwall produced the shock of the day.

Play-off chasers Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield both left it late to end 2016 with 1-1 draws in the Sky Bet Championship.

Newcastle continued their dominance of the Sky Bet Championship with a 2-1 victory at home to Cardiff to extend their winning run to seven matches.

Burnley 1 Aston Villa 1

Manchester United made it three wins in a row for the first time in almost a year as Louis van Gaal’s men put Hull City to the sword with a 3-0 win at Old Trafford.

Burnley 1 Everton 3

Burnley 1 Everton 3

Saido Berahino's brace powered West Brom past hapless Burnley 4-0 to seal their third straight win.

Crystal Palace 0 Burnley 0

Louis van Gaal’s problems mounted at Turf Moor as Angel di Maria hobbled off injured in Manchester United’s uninspiring 0-0 draw with Burnley.

Swansea City 1 Burnley 0

Swansea backed up their opening-day win at Manchester United with a 1-0 victory over battling Burnley at the Liberty Stadium this afternoon.

Premier League

Burnley 1 Chelsea 3

The final match of week 1 of the Premier League kicks off shortly with title contenders Chelsea away to newly promoted Burnley.

Brighton grabbed a last-minute winner to beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 and snatch the last play-off spot on a dramatic final day in the Sky Bet Championship.

Middlesbrough 0 Hull 2

Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez has dismissed reports of a bust-up with his players — insisting it was business as usual ahead of tonight’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at Middlesbrough.

Nottingham Forest last night sacked manager Sean O’Driscoll just hours after a 4-2 home win over Leeds left the club one point adrift of the npower Championship play-off places.

Blackburn 1 Middlesbrough 2

Birmingham 3 Middlesbrough 0

Middlesbrough 0 Leeds 2

Stephane Sessegnon struck in extra-time to break Middlesbrough hearts as Sunderland booked an FA Cup fifth-round clash with Arsenal in dramatic style.

Middlesbrough 1 Sunderland 2 (after extra-time)

Fraizer Campbell provided a heart-warming subplot to a compelling local turf war.

Sunderland 1 Middlesbrough 1

Coventry 2 Brighton 0

Nottingham Forest boss Steve McClaren had blamed off-field “squabbling” for his side’s poor start in the npower Championship this week and they responded by going down without a fight at Burnley.

Middlesbrough 2-1 Coventry

Preston 2 Coventry 1

JAY RODRIGUEZ scored twice but Burnley missed the chance to move within a point of the npower Championship play-off zone as they drew 2-2 against managerless Coventry at Turf Moor.

The Republic of Ireland's Wes Hoolahan missed a penalty for Norwich at Loftus Road as QPR saw their lead at the top of the npower Championship cut to four points.

Motherwell staged an impressive late comeback against Rangers in the final Clydesdale Bank Premier League game of the season.

Celtic 4 Motherwell 0

Celtic manager Neil Lennon hopes some of the stay-away fans will return to Parkhead after a 2-1 victory over Motherwell began the healing process from the Scottish Cup shock against Ross County.

CELTIC began the process of bouncing back from their shock Scottish Cup defeat by Ross County as Josh Thompson atoned for gifting Motherwell the opening goal by netting a match-winning double.

Celtic 2 Motherwell 1

Motherwell 2 Celtic 3

Kris Boyd claimed his eighth goal of the season as Rangers returned to the summit of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League with a 3-0 win over Kilmarnock.

Victor Anichebe’s future at Everton – and his place in tonight’s FA Cup derby with Liverpool – could be in doubt following a bust-up.

Everton 3 Sunderland 0

Everton 2 Aston Villa 3

Striker Andrew Johnson completed 90 minutes on his return from a groin injury as Everton lost 4-2 to Cambridge United this afternoon.