Championship Round-Up 6.11.04

Paul Jewell's Wigan Athletic were beaten for the first time this season, bringing to an end a seventeen game unbeaten run.

The Latics were beaten by eleventh placed Plymouth this afternoon at the JJB Stadium.

Paul Wotton and Stevie Crawford both found the net as the Pilgrims recorded a shock 2-0 win at the JJB Stadium.

Wigan, who were missing star striker Nathan Ellington, had been undefeated for longer than any other side in all four English divisions.

Despite the defeat the Latics remain top of the Championship tonight, but their lead at the top has been slashed to three points following Ipswich's 2-0 win at Burnley.

Darren Bent scored his sixth and seventh goals of the campaign at Turf Moor to give the Tractor Boys a comfortable win.

Ipswich's success means that third placed Reading were unable to close the three point gap between them and the top two.

But the Royals put daylight between themselves and fourth place with victory this afternoon. Their win put them three points clear of Sunderland who were beaten 2-0 at Millwall last night.

Below them, West Ham leap-frogged QPR into fifth with a 2-1 win over the Hoops at Upton Park. Marlon Harewood scored both goals for the home side.

Championship Results - Saturday 6th November:
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Crewe Alexandra 3 Burnley 0 Ipswich Town 2
Preston North End 2 Leeds United 4
Reading 1 Stoke City 0
Rotherham United 2 Cardiff City 2
Sheffield United 0 Gillingham 0
Watford 2 Derby County 2
West Ham United 2 Queens Park Rangers 1
Wigan Athletic 0 Plymouth Argyle 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Nottingham Forest 1

Championship Table - Saturday 6th November:|

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Saturday 6th November 2004 Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Wigan Athletic 18 6 2 1 20 6 5 4 0 15 7 11 6 1 35 13 39 +22
2 Ipswich Town 18 7 2 0 22 8 3 4 2 16 13 10 6 2 38 21 36 +17
3 Reading 18 7 2 0 17 5 3 2 4 9 10 10 4 4 26 15 34 +11
4 Sunderland 18 6 3 0 17 6 3 1 5 8 9 9 4 5 25 15 31 +10
5 West Ham United 18 7 1 1 13 6 2 3 4 10 14 9 4 5 23 20 31 +3
6 Queens Park Rangers 18 5 2 2 16 10 4 1 4 12 13 9 3 6 28 23 30 +5
7 Sheffield United 18 3 4 2 8 6 4 2 3 13 17 7 6 5 21 23 27 -2
8 Derby County 18 4 3 2 18 15 3 2 4 9 9 7 5 6 27 24 26 +3
9 Watford 17 2 5 2 12 9 4 2 2 11 8 6 7 4 23 17 25 +6
10 Millwall 16 6 1 2 13 8 1 3 3 3 6 7 4 5 16 14 25 +2
11 Plymouth Argyle 18 3 3 3 12 12 4 1 4 13 12 7 4 7 25 24 25 +1
12 Stoke City 18 5 1 3 9 6 1 5 3 5 10 6 6 6 14 16 24 -2
13 Preston North End 18 6 1 2 16 10 0 3 6 7 17 6 4 8 23 27 22 -4
14 Leicester City 17 1 5 2 7 8 3 4 2 12 10 4 9 4 19 18 21 +1
15 Leeds United 17 3 2 3 7 6 2 4 3 9 10 5 6 6 16 16 21 0
16 Burnley 18 2 4 3 11 12 2 5 2 4 6 4 9 5 15 18 21 -3
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 4 1 14 11 2 1 6 7 12 5 5 7 21 23 20 -2
18 Cardiff City 18 3 2 4 8 9 1 5 3 12 15 4 7 7 20 24 19 -4
19 Coventry City 17 3 4 2 12 10 1 3 4 11 18 4 7 6 23 28 19 -5
20 Crewe Alexandra 17 2 3 3 16 15 3 1 5 14 22 5 4 8 30 37 19 -7
21 Brighton & Hove Albion 18 2 3 4 8 12 3 1 5 7 15 5 4 9 15 27 19 -12
22 Gillingham 18 3 1 5 6 13 1 2 6 9 17 4 3 11 15 30 15 -15
23 Nottingham Forest 18 2 4 3 10 13 0 4 5 8 14 2 8 8 18 27 14 -9
24 Rotherham United 18 0 4 5 6 13 0 3 6 5 14 0 7 11 11 27 7 -16

With Thanks to Rob Cooper of www.reading-mad.co.uk

Championship Round-Up 6.11.04

Last updated : 08 November 2004 By Rob Cooper