In the Championship, Sheffield United coasted to a comfortable 3-1 win at Blackpool, Sheffield Wednesday were pegged back to 1-1 against Preston, but there were away defeats for Barnsley (2-0 at Birmingham) and Doncaster (2-0 at QPR).

Elsewhere, Huddersfield Town slumped to a 3-1 home defeat against MK Dons, Leeds United were held 1-1 at Yeovil, but there were League Two wins for Rotherham United and Bradford City.

MK Dons jumped into the top five with an emphatic 3-1 win at Huddersfield.

Roberto Di Matteo's side - once again without Keith Andrews - were cruising 3-0 after goals by Jude Stirling (16), Peter Leven (38) and Sam Baldock (64) before Gary Roberts's late consolation.

At the Don Valley, Rotherham maintained their impressive start to the season with a 3-1 win, thanks to goals from Sharps, Reid and Rhodes inside 28 minutes. Ellison replied for Chester.

Goals from Brodie and a Crowell own goal on 57 minutes gave York City a 2-2 draw against Northwich Victoria in the Blue Square Conference.


Barclays Premier League
Blackburn 1-1 Hull
Liverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough
Newcastle 1-0 Bolton
Stoke 3-2 Aston Villa
Tottenham 1-2 Sunderland
West Brom 1-2 Everton

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Birmingham 2-0 Barnsley
Blackpool 1-3 Sheff Utd
Cardiff 2-2 Norwich
Charlton 4-2 Reading
Coventry 0-3 Bristol City
Crystal Palace 0-0 Burnley
Derby 0-1 Southampton
Ipswich 0-2 Wolverhampton
Nottm Forest 3-2 Watford
QPR 2-0 Doncaster
Sheff Wed 1-1 Preston

Coca-Cola Football League One
Bristol Rovers 6-1 Hereford
Crewe 2-1 Walsall
Hartlepool 0-1 Stockport
Huddersfield 1-3 Milton Keynes Dons
Leicester 3-1 Tranmere
Leyton Orient 0-0 Carlisle
Northampton 0-0 Millwall
Oldham 4-0 Cheltenham
Scunthorpe 1-0 Peterborough
Swindon 1-3 Colchester
Yeovil 1-1 Leeds

Coca-Cola Football League Two
Accrington Stanley 2-0 Macclesfield
Barnet 0-1 Brentford
Bournemouth 0-1 Exeter
Bradford 2-0 Rochdale
Bury 2-1 Morecambe
Dag & Red 1-1 Port Vale
Darlington 1-2 Gillingham
Grimsby 0-1 Chesterfield
Luton 1-1 Notts County
Rotherham 3-1 Chester
Wycombe 1-0 Lincoln City

Blue Square Premier
Barrow 2-1 Mansfield
Crawley Town 3-1 Torquay
Eastbourne Borough 0-3 Cambridge Utd
Ebbsfleet United 4-0 Stevenage
Histon 4-3 Burton Albion
Kettering 1-1 Rushden & D'monds
Kidderminster 4-0 Altrincham
Northwich 2-2 York
Salisbury 1-0 Grays Athletic
Weymouth 2-0 Lewes
Woking 0-1 Forest Green

Blue Square North
Alfreton Town 1-1 King's Lynn
Blyth Spartans 3-1 Workington
Burscough 0-0 Farsley Celtic
Droylsden 2-1 Hyde
Fleetwood Town 2-0 Vauxhall Motors
Gainsborough 0-0 Gateshead
Harrogate Town 2-0 Hucknall
Hinckley Utd 0-0 Solihull Moors
Redditch 0-1 AFC Telford
Stafford Rangers 0-1 Tamworth
Stalybridge 0-1 Southport