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.

Blackburn claimed all three points in Tony Mowbray's first home game in charge to boost their survival prospects and weaken Derby's diminishing play-off hopes.

Blackburn have announced they have parted company with manager Owen Coyle by "mutual agreement".

Jose Mourinho has vowed not to over-rotate and risk throwing away Manchester United’s FA Cup chances.

Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United will end up “in trouble” if they continue to fight on all fronts.

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.

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.

Wes Hoolahan was among the goals for Norwich.

Injury-jinxed West Ham striker Andy Carroll is back on the treatment table and will miss Sunday’s FA Cup clash at Blackburn.

Ipswich Town striker Daryl Murphy has enjoyed the season of his life. Stuart Watson spoke to the Championship’s 27-goal top-scorer.

Alan Judge believes repeating last week’s performance and getting some help from his former team-mates can combine to rescue Brentford’s Championship play-off hopes today.

FA Cup quarter-final replay

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes recent defeats are down to his players’ own failings rather than the opposition having cracked their system.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists his side are not mentally weak as they look to salvage their season in their FA Cup quarter-final replay against Blackburn at Ewood Park tomorrow night.

Atletico Madrid 1, Bayer Leverkusen 0:

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers remains upbeat about his side’s FA Cup chances despite being taken to a quarter-final replay at Ewood Park.

Liverpool defender Glen Johnson highlighted the Anfield pitch as a factor in the Reds' frustrating FA Cup draw with Blackburn.

Ten-man Stoke suffered FA Cup embarrassment at Ewood Park as they were torn apart 4-1 by a second-string Blackburn side with Josh King, one of those fringe players, scoring a hat-trick.

FA Cup — Saturday review: Though cast in the shadow of high-profile fallers at Stamford Bridge and the Etihad, there was another giant-killing of sorts at Ewood Park, where nine-man Swansea became the third Premier League side beaten by lower-league opposition, crashing out 3-1 to Blackburn.

Rudy Gestede showed why he is reported to be interesting a number of Premier League sides with the crucial goal as Blackburn sent nine-man Swansea tumbling out of the FA Cup in the fourth round.

Republic of Ireland international Leon Best has returned to Blackburn Rovers after his season-long loan to Derby was cut short by the Rams.

Birmingham have parted company with manager Lee Clark following a poor start to the Sky Bet Championship season.

WHEN the Chelsea team bus snakes its way past the rows of terraced housing surrounding Turf Moor, Jose Mourinho and his players will be left in no doubt they are a long, long way from the stucco-fronted piles that surround Stamford Bridge.

Wigan have enjoyed plenty of giant-killing acts in the FA Cup over the last two seasons but were on the wrong end of a Capital One Cup upset tonight when going down 2-1 at League Two Burton in the first round.

We are now in a period of great confusion about Arsenal, as pundits — and many fans — wonder why it hasn’t yet gone wrong for them.

Manchester City 5 Blackburn Rovers 0

Manchester City 5 Blackburn 0

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Manuel Pellegrini is determined to keep Manchester City firing on all fronts, even though he will make changes for Blackburn this weekend.

As swansongs go, they don’t come much bigger for Alan Judge than Manchester City’s visit to Ewood Park today.

Recently-appointed Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has revealed he thought his players would be “concerned” about the addition of Roy Keane to his managerial ticket.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce rues the day he was denied the chance to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski.

FA CUP SEMI-FINAL: Wigan v Millwall

Former Blackburn striker Kevin Gallacher believes caretaker Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has been thrust into a mission “to save the club” after taking over from the sacked Michael Appleton.

Both Millwall and Blackburn remain in this season’s FA Cup after grinding out a mediocre goalless draw in their quarter-final clash at the New Den this afternoon.

Blackburn and Ireland striker Leon Best is ready to mark his return from an injury nightmare by booking a place at Wembley.

Ian Holloway would like to sign Peter Odemwingie for Crystal Palace, but feels a move for the unsettled West Brom striker might be out of his club’s reach.

One big move on Merseyside went through today as Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho completed an £8.5million switch to Liverpool, but Everton’s signing of FC Twente star Leroy Fer fell through.

Blackburn will today hold talks with Michael Appleton over becoming their third manager this season after he was granted permission to speak to the Blackpool boss.

Blackburn have issued an apology to former manager Sam Allardyce over false allegations made against the West Ham boss by his Ewood Park predecessor Steve Kean.

Blackburn‘s global advisor Shebby Singh has revealed he is in discussions with some experienced candidates to fill the managerial vacancy at Ewood Park.

Blackburn’s owners were today seeking their third manager of the season after sacking a “bitterly disappointed” Henning Berg.