There were also impressive wins for 10-man Leeds at Swindon, Sheffield Wednesday over Watford and the good times carry on at Valley Parade for Stuart McCall's Bradford City.

Premier League
Newcastle United 1 Hull City 2
Two goals from Marlon King heaped the pressure on Newcastle United as the Tigers enjoyed a Premier League win on the road. Debutant Xisco pulled a goal back nine minutes from time for the Toon.

Championship
Birmingham City 1 Doncaster Rovers 0
Ten-man Birmingham showed great resilience to grind out a dogged victory over a Doncaster side who dominated from almost start to finish in the Coca-Cola Championship clash at St Andrews.

Cameron Jerome volleyed home the only goal of the game just seconds after the restart as Blues played for 66 minutes with a numerical disadvantage following Mehdi Nafti's straight red for a needless two-footed challenge on James Coppinger.

Blackpool 1 Barnsley 0
Former Sheffield United striker Steve Kabba pounced with just four minutes remaining to spoil Barnsley's day by the seaside.

Derby County 2 Sheffield United 1
Two goals in as many minutes sparked the game into life. First Matthew Kilgallon headed into his own goal, but his blushes were spared when Darius Henderson netted at the right end moments later. Former Blade Rob Hulse pounced for the Rams winner.

Sheffield Wednesday 2 Watford 0
Marcus Tudgay opened the Owls scoring after 20 minutes, with a deflected shot wrongfooting goalkeeper Mart Poom. Tommy Spurr added a second after the break.


League One
Huddersfield Town 1 Tranmere Rovers 2
Edrissa Sonko and Ryan Shotton scored as Tranmere came from behind to win 2-1 at Huddersfield, the hosts having taken the lead through Liam Dickinson.

Swindon Town 1 Leeds United 3
The Whites suffered a major setback after just nine minutes when Alan Sheehan was shown a straight red card for a professional foul.

But Jermaine Beckford gave 10-man Leeds a surprise lead when he fired home a 22nd minute opener, Neil Kilkenny added second before Beckford clinched victory in the 84th minute.

League Two
Bradford City 4 Exeter City 1
Strikers Peter Thorne and Michael Boulding scored two goals apiece as Bradford City stormed back from a goal down at the interval to crush Exeter City at Valley Parade.

Rotherham United 2 Rochdale 2
Rotherham moved to minus six after two late goals earned them a 2-2 draw with Rochdale. Jordan Rhodes and William Buckley put Rochdale on the way to victory, but the sending off of Lee Thorpe changed the game.

A Rory McArdle own goal gave the Millers hope, and Reuben Reid snatched the equaliser in the last minute.


Blue Square Premier
Kettering 4 York City 2
York City crashed to a 4-2 win at newly-promoted Kettering. City twice equalised via Brodie and Purkiss, but the hosts ran out winners thanks to braces from Seddon and Christie.




Results
Premier League
Blackburn 0-4 Arsenal
Fulham 2-1 Bolton
Liverpool 2-1 Man Utd
Newcastle 1-2 Hull
Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough
West Brom 3-2 West Ham
Wigan 1-1 Sunderland

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

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

Coca-Cola Football League Two
Accrington Stanley 1-1 Notts County
Barnet 1-1 Morecambe
Bournemouth 0-1 Macclesfield
Bradford 4-1 Exeter
Bury 3-1 Lincoln City
Dag & Red 3-0 Chesterfield
Darlington 2-1 Port Vale
Grimsby 1-3 Chester
Luton 3-1 Aldershot
Rotherham 2-2 Rochdale
Shrewsbury 7-0 Gillingham
Wycombe 0-0 Brentford

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