Football Today LIVE - Hull City pick up huge win at Barnsley, Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United are beaten, Middlesbrough are held as Buxton stun York City in the FA Cup
All five of Yorkshire's Championship clubs are in action today, with Barnsley and Hull City facing each other in a huge clash at the bottom end of the table.
Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Bradford City and Harrogate Town are in action in the first round of the FA Cup, along with a number of non-league sides from Yorkshire.
Keep up-to-date with it all right here with our running guide which provides the big match previews, live updates and reports from Yorkshire and beyond.
Football Today LIVE
Key Events
- A number of Yorkshire sides from across the pyramid are involved in the FA Cup this weekend
- A huge game at the bottom of the Championship as Barnsley host Hull City
- Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town and Middlesbrough go in search of away wins
Terriers looking up rather than over their shoulders
The last time Huddersfield Town played Cardiff City, in March, they were celebrating a hard-fought 0-0 draw that extended the gap to the Championship relegation zone to three points. Cardiff were seventh.
Today’s game will be no easier, especially as this one is on their turf, but this time the Terriers are seventh, only outside the play-off places on goals scored, with the managerless Bluebirds twitchy in 21st.
Carlos Corberan explains how he turned things around at the Terriers...
Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town: Ability to compete and improve gives Terriers fresh confidence
The last time Huddersfield Town played Cardiff City, in March, they were celebrating a hard-fought 0-0 draw that extended the gap to the Championship relegation zone to three points. Cardiff were seventh.
Boro take on high-flying Baggies
“We have not got to get too far away from the top six. At the moment, I don’t think there has ever been a closer league in my time than what is happening at the minute.”
That is the view of Neil Warnock as his side Middlesbrough side take on West Brom this afternoon.
West Brom v Middlesbrough: Neil Warnock relieved to be in touching distance of top six
IT is about at this time of the season when managers start to seriously look at league tables and Neil Warnock is no different.
Could there be any non-league sides from Yorkshire in the second round of the FA Cup?
Three non-league clubs from Yorkshire are in FA Cup action this afternoon - will we see any of them in the hat for the second round draw after this afternoon’s games?
Guiseley will be hopeful of pulling off one of the shocks of the first round as they travel to League One side AFC Wimbledon this afternoon.
Joint first-team manager Marcus Bignot spoke to The Yorkshire Post ahead of today’s contest. Read his thoughts HERE.
York City will be aiming to avoid an upset as they welcome Buxton to North Yorkshire. Their captain Sean Newton has been training this week – now manager Steve Watson must decide whether to bring him back and if so where.
Read Watson’s full thoughts HERE.
Halifax Town face fellow National League side Maidenhead United but manager Pete Wild believes today’s opponents will see a much better and meaner version of his team today than when they met on the season’s opening weekend.
Read his full thoughts HERE.
Overcast in York today
Our chief football writer Stuart Rayner is on duty at York City this afternoon
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