The good, the bad and the ugly: FIVE things learned from Yorkshire's footballing weekend

Hull City, Huddersfield Town and Barnsley supporters most definitely will.

The aforementioned trio manufactured stand-out results to savour, with Bradford City also securing an impressive win. There was a sound result for Sheffield Wednesday also, at a big-hitter in Norwich City.

There was, for sure, less joy for Leeds United and Rotherham United.

Here’s five things we have learned from the weekend.

1: Sometimes football springs up wonderful surprises. Over to you, Hull City.

Written off by all and sundry with no permanent manager, no signings and no hope. Seemingly.

Not quite so, with Hull City’s band of brothers delivering the stand-out top-flight result of the day with a marvellous victory over champions Leicester.

The Tigers were tenacious, committed and organised and notched two high-class goals from Abel Hernandez and Robert Snodgrass to produce one of the most remarkable wins in recent years in East Yorkshire.

Character arrived by the bucketload from Hull and they will need that and a fair bit more besides if they are to realise their primary aim of survival. A few new signings wouldn’t go amiss.

2: The best victory since Huddersfield Town returned to the Championship.

The Football League story of the day was delivered by David Wagner’s Town, who were good value for an outstanding victory at Newcastle United in front of over 52,000 fans on Tyneside. Some win.

Reports have almost exclusively focused on the plight of Newcastle and the damage done to the ‘Rafalution’, but they are certainly a tad disingenuous with Town entitled to much more praise.

The win was no fluke. Town were organised, committed, full of energy and purposeful like the previous weekend with plenty of quality to boot. The boys can play.

Any side who takes three points from Newcastle has to be taken pretty seriously. This was the best victory for Town since they returned to the second tier and pound for pound, one of their best wins for many a year. Outstanding. Now on to Villa Park.

3: Sheffield Wednesday rolled up their sleeves impressively and cast aside the Fernando Forestieri furore.

When you go to a side widely expected to be in the top two mix and seen by many pundits to be the team to beat in Norwich City, you need a pre-match furore like a hole in the head.

Wednesday got one when unsettled talisman Forestieri did not travel to Norfolk, having been the subject of a £7m offer from Derby County in the week, which was knocked back - with Newcastle United also waiting in the wings.

To their credit, the Owls rolled up their sleeves to chisel out an impressive point, with their defensive organisation again outstanding. A performance of character which will enable Carlos Carvalhal to sleep soundly in his bed.

4: Same old story from Leeds United.

Nervy, error-strewn performances have pockmarked Leeds United’s chargesheet at Elland Road over the past few years and Saturday was no exception. Welcome to Leeds, Garry.

After a vibrant first half, United lost their way badly on the restart and lacked leadership in midfield and defence and gifted Birmingham victory.

A furious Monk pulled no punches and slammed United’s mentality and labelled them as soft and weak. He will be demanding, not just expecting, a response against Fulham.

5: A stand-out win for Barnsley.

After back-to-back defeats for the first time under in his tenure, Paul Heckingbottom will have been asking questions of his Reds side. They answered him in the affirmative with an excellent display against a powerhouse Derby side.

The hosts were full value for an outstanding win with a clean sheet very welcome after the concession of four second-half goals seven days earlier at Ipswich.

This victory will have given Heckingbottom as much joy as any since being handed the head coaching reins, initially on an interim basis, in February. A statement win for the Reds. Bravo.