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Lampard's landmark return restores pride

A laboured win over a team in the bottom three is not exactly cause for an open-top parade but in their present predicament Chelsea and Andre Villas-Boas will take anything going. Mindful perhaps that Luiz Felipe Scolari was sacked after a goalless draw at home to Hull three years ago this month,...

Doncaster 1 - Peterborough 1: Tyrone Barnett's power surge

TYRONE BARNETT showed why Peterborough will break their transfer record for him with a dramatic late equaliser.

Coventry 1 - Barnsley 0: Clive Platt's last gasp relief

ANXIOUS Coventry fans cheered three precious points but Clive Platt had them biting their fingernails.

Bristol City 1 - Blackpool 3: Two-goal Ince roars in

THOMAS INCE fired Blackpool back to winning ways with a two-goal second half salvo.

Brighton 3 - Ipswich 0: Craig Mackail-Smith's happy returns

BIRTHDAY boy Craig Mackail-Smith set Brighton on their way with only a third goal for the Seagulls since September.

Championship round-up

Brian McDermott and Reading go marching on; Dexter Blackstock hits brace to give Forest back-to-back wins Middlesbrough 0-2 Reading Reading responded to Brian McDermott's midweek decision to sign a new contract with another three points, and another clean sheet – making it 473 minutes without...

Craig Bellamy won't bother us, says Cardiff captain

Craig Bellamy will be wasting his time if he tries to wind up the Cardiff players in today’s Carling Cup final - they know him too well.

Mackay has Cardiff dreaming

Inspired by their 'big, aggressive manager', the Welsh club believe they can shock Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool Kenny Miller smiles as he considers the delicate question of whether Malky Mackay will turn out to be a better manager than he was a player, realising a diplomatic answer may be required....

Cardiff's Kenny Miller targets Wembley goal to record Great British hat-trick

When Kenny Miller turned down the chance to join Rangers for a third time last year, his days of playing in major cup finals seemed over.