Irish bosses show the way

How the Irish fared...

The Championship summit has a distinctly Irish flavour to it at present with Mick McCarthy’s Ipswich and Chris Hughton’s Brighton occupying first and second places.

Both managers saw their sides continue fine early- season form on Saturday, Ipswich winning 2-1 at a Preston outfit that lost Greg Cunningham to a first-half injury while Brighton saw off Blackburn 1-0. Neither side were at their best but both did enough to take their tallies to 10 points from four games, with Ipswich topping the table on goal difference.