Bristol City 2 Man United 1: Bristol City defender Joe Bryan believes self-confidence and belief carried them into the Carabao Cup semi-finals after last night’s dramatic 2-1 win over Manchester United at Ashton Gate.

Jose Mourinho is set to recall Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Manchester United’s Carabao Cup quarter-final at Championship side Bristol City tonight.

He might not get to start in Copenhagen on Saturday but don’t rule out the possibility of Callum O’Dowda having a say in proceedings before the play-off against Denmark reaches its conclusion in Dublin next Tuesday night.

Premier League strugglers Crystal Palace were dumped out of the Carabao Cup as Bristol City came from behind to win 4-1 at Ashton Gate.

Connacht coach Pat Lam will make an immediate return to the Sportsground this summer with his new club Bristol.

Newcastle saw their lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship cut back to three points after being held to a goalless draw at Reading while Brighton ran out 2-0 winners at bottom club Rotherham.

Huddersfield extended their lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship courtesy of a 2-1 victory over QPR at the John Smith's Stadium.

It may still be very early days but the Championship table will make very pleasant reading for Chris Hughton this morning. 

Winston Reid was happy West Ham avoided becoming the latest Premier League side to be knocked out of the FA Cup as they snatched a 1-0 win at Bristol City.

How the Irish fared

Three years on from a fruitless effort to recruit Kevin Doyle for Tottenham, Harry Redknapp yesterday succeeded at the second attempt by bringing the Ireland striker to Queen’s Park Rangers on loan.

Both Bristol clubs have united to condemn the violence and pitch invasion which marred last night’s derby clash.

Daniel Sturridge scored twice as Liverpool survived a major scare against Notts County at Anfield to book their place in the third round of the Capital One Cup, winning 4-2 after extra-time.

Ian Holloway saw his Premier League new boys Crystal Palace embarrassed by League One Bristol City in the Capital One Cup at Ashton Gate tonight.

Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1

Bristol City 0 Derby 2

Bristol City 1 Wolves 4

Bristol City 3 Burnley 4

Welford Road, the home of Leicester Tigers and the biggest club rugby ground in England, has been axed as a potential venue for the 2015 World Cup.

Leicester chairman Peter Tom has criticised the decision to scrap Welford Road as a potential 2015 World Cup venue.

Welford Road, the home of Leicester Tigers and the biggest club rugby ground in England, has been axed as a potential venue for the 2015 World Cup.

Blackburn moved to the top of the npower Championship as a brace from Jordan Rhodes helped them to a 5-3 victory over Bristol City in a thriller at Ashton Gate.

Mikele Leigertwood scored in the 81st minute to send Reading back into the Barclays Premier League with a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest at the Madejski Stadium.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce believes his team may have taken a giant stride back towards the Premier League after their London derby triumph over Millwall.

Leeds manager Simon Grayson takes his side to Nottingham Forest for tonight’s npower Championship clash at the City Ground with both clubs planning to pay their respects to Gary Speed.

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.

CHAMPIONSHIP sides West Ham and Bristol City were dumped out of the Carling Cup as League Two Aldershot and Swindon produced first-round shocks last night.

The Football Association have confirmed that England’s friendly against Holland at Wembley has been called off following a third night of violence in London.

Norwich 3 Bristol City 1

Plans to build a £92m (€110.2m) stadium for England’s World Cup bid were in doubt today after campaigners won a significant victory in their bid to protect the site from development.

STEVE COPPELL resigned as Bristol City boss yesterday and retired from football management after just two competitive matches with the npower Championship club.

CARDIFF manager Dave Jones expects a flurry of transfer activity in the coming days after his thread bare squad were held to a 1-1 draw by Sheffield United yesterday.

Millwall celebrated their return to the npower Championship by subjecting David James to a torrid afternoon in a 3-0 victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

Crystal Palace made a blistering start to their npower Championship campaign after they raced into a 3-0 half-time lead over Leicester.

DAVID JAMES opted for the chance to play first-team football over remaining in the Barclays Premier League in making the surprise move to Bristol City.

Bristol City have signed England goalkeeper David James on a one-year contract.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed Austria striker Stefan Maierhofer will leave the club after only one season.

Wolves striker Stefan Maierhofer has joined Bristol City on a 28-day emergency loan.

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.

The FA Cup is feeling the force of the winter freeze with three of today’s third-round ties falling victim to the weather.

FURIOUS Coventry manager Chris Coleman last night held a lengthy dressing-room inquest into the 1-0 defeat at Scunthorpe which plunged them deeper into relegation trouble.

NEW Wigan manager Roberto Martinez is enduring a baptism of fire in his first few weeks in the job.

THE Football League have turned down a request from Crystal Palace to sanction a replay of Saturday’s stormy clash between the Eagles and Bristol City.