We know Sean Dyche was unhappy at the timing of the award of Nottingham Forest's penalty at Turf Moor but down at Ashton Gate, in a relegation battle between Bristol City and Sheffield Wednesday there was even more fury.
Wednesday had led with a first half goal from Jermaine Johnson but were denied victory when Sam Baldock struck in the third minute of stoppage time, the award of which left Dave Jones in a rage.
Two goals for Wade Elliott |
He fumed: "Chris Kirkland has been hit in the face by their lad (Marvin Elliott) going up for the cross and if it's anywhere else on the pitch, it's a free kick. It's a forearm smash.
"We had taken everything City could throw at us and all you ask is a fair deal from the match officials. We have had trouble with this referee before. If he had done his job we would be going home with three points, but I get tired of saying this sort of thing."
The referee was a Mr Darren Deadman who also took his Easter total of yellow cards to sixteen in two games.
Bristol City are our next opponents and their boss Sean O'Driscoll said after the game: "Six more performances like that will do me, whatever the outcome of our season."
Dyche upset, Jones upset, but what about Neil Warnock at Leeds. He'd seen his side go a goal up against Leeds just around the time Junior Stanislas scored for us. They didn't hold on either but they conceded twice with Derby's winner coming on 88 minutes.
It was all too much for Warnock. He decided that their play off hopes were at an end and walked away from his tenth job. Will it be his last? He says not. Time will tell but he'll struggle to get another job at this level now I would think.
It ended a weekend for him that started with a row at Ipswich with Mick McCarthy to him being the 15th Championship manager to leave his job this season, and I've not included the succession of caretakers at Ewood.
On the subject of our close neighbours. They are still just a win from their game in hand of going level with us on points but they are fast running out of goalkeepers. Paul Robinson and Jake Kean are both out for the season.
Robinson has suffered some serious respiratory complications following a back operation. He's developed a pulmonary embolism in his lung and will be out for at least six months. Kean has suffered a torn cartilage and is expected to be fit for the start of next season.
Kean came of injured during their 3-0 defeat at Cardiff. His replacement was Pole Grzegorz Sandomierski who was making his debut.
Another of the strugglers to lose a player with injury are Wolves. They'll have to play the remainder of the season without the services of leading goalscorer Sylvan Ebanks-Blake who sustained a broken fibula in the win against Birmingham.
Birmingham lost the game 3-2 but both of their goals were scored by Wade Elliott, his first brace since getting two for Burnley in a 3-3 draw against Cardiff in September 2005.
In the big game of the day a Troy Deeney goal gave free scoring Watford a 1-0 win at Hull. It's taken them within a point of Hull in second place with a trip to Cardiff to look forward to this weekend.
As for the relegation issues; it's so hard to call now. Incredibly, Birmingham, who are in 11th place, are only five points clear of the bottom three. That means there should be some real concern at Turf Moor but I do still believe one win will do it. It's going to be a high points total needed this year though without doubt.
The results, stats and next fixtures are all below.
The Results | |
Monday 1st April | |
Barnsley 2 Leicester City 0 | Burnley 1 Nottingham Forest 1 |
Birmingham City 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 | Cardiff City 3 Blackburn Rovers 0 |
Blackpool 1 Crystal Palace 0 | Leeds United 1 Derby County 2 |
Bristol City 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1 | Millwall 0 Ipswich Town 0 |
Wednesday 2nd April | |
Bolton Wanderers 1 Huddersfield Town 0 | Hull City 0 Watford 1 |
Brighton & Hove Albion 0 Charlton Athletic 0 | Middlesbrough 0 Peterborough United 0 |
The Stats | |
Biggest Win | Cardiff City 3-0 v Blackburn Rovers (home) |
Total Goals Scored | 20 (12 home - 8 away) |
Player Scoring Most Goals |
Sylvan Ebanks Blake - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City Wade Elliott - Birmingham City v Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Highest Attendance | 28,043 - Brighton & Hove Albion v Charlton Athletic |
Lowest Attendance | 10,141 - Millwall v Ipswich Town |
Total Yellow Cards | 40 |
Total Red Cards | 1 |
Most Cards in a Game | Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday (8Y) Ref: Darren Deadman |
Leading Goalscorers (League Only) | |
29 | Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace) - includes 7 penalties |
25 | Charlie Austin (Burnley) - includes 4 penalties |
23 | Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers) - includes 2 penalties, 2 with Huddersfield Town |
20 | Matej Vydra (Watford) - includes 2 penalties |
18 | Tom Ince (Blackpool) - includes 3 penalties Chris Wood (Leicester City) - 11 with Millwall |
16 | Troy Deeney (Watford) - includes 2 penalties |
15 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds United) - includes 4 penalties |
14 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - includes 3 penalties David Nugent (Leicester City) - includes 1 penalty |
13 | Marlon King (Birmingham City) - includes 3 penalties |
12 | Steven Davies (Bristol City) - includes 2 penalties Jamie Ward (Derby County) - includes 4 penalties |
11 | Dwight Gayle (Peterborough United) Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough) Craig Mackail-Smith (Brighton & Hove Albion) - includes 2 penalties |
10 | Almen Abdi (Watford) - includes 2 penalties Sam Baldock (Bristol City) - includes 4 penalties George Boyd (Hull City) - 6 with Peterborough United DJ Campbell (Blackburn Rovers) - 10 with Ipswich Town Craig Davies (Bolton Wanderers) - includes 2 penalties, 8 with Barnsley Billy Sharp (Nottingham Forest) - includes 3 penalties |
Hat Tricks | |
Date | Player & Game |
01/09/12 | 3: Pete Whittingham - CARDIFF CITY v Wolverhampton Wanderers |
15/09/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Peterborough United |
22/09/12 | 3: Glenn Murray - CRYSTAL PALACE v Cardiff City |
22/09/12 | 4: Craig Davies - Birmingham City v BARNSLEY |
23/09/12 | 3: David Nugent - LEICESTER CITY v Hull City |
29/09/12 | 3: Emile Sinclair - Hull City v PETERBOROUGH UNITED |
02/10/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Sheffield Wednesday |
23/10/12 | 3: Marlon King - Millwall v BIRMINGHAM CITY |
06/11/12 | 3: Glenn Murray - CRYSTAL PALACE v Ipswich Town |
17/11/12 | 3: Jordan Rhodes - Peterborough United v BLACKBURN ROVERS |
12/01/13 | 3: Chris Wood - Bristol City v LEICESTER CITY |
19/02/13 | 3: Radoslaw Majewski - NOTTINGHAM FOREST v Huddersfield Town |
02/03/13 | 3: Dwight Gayle - Blackburn Rovers v PETERBOROUGH UNITED |
02/03/13 | 3: Leonardo Ulloa - BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION v Huddersfield Town |
05/03/13 | 3: Kevin Phillips - CRYSTAL PALACE v Hull City |
Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) | |||||||||
Club | Y | R | Y | R | Club | Y | R | Y | R |
League | Total | League | Total | ||||||
Barnsley | 54 | 1 | 63 | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 76 | 4 | 85 | 4 |
Birmingham City | 57 | 3 | 61 | 3 | Hull City | 49 | 1 | 52 | 2 |
Blackburn Rovers | 62 | 0 | 76 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 45 | 2 | 48 | 2 |
Blackpool | 47 | 2 | 49 | 2 | Leeds United | 63 | 3 | 73 | 3 |
Bolton Wanderers | 74 | 4 | 77 | 4 | Leicester City | 44 | 2 | 48 | 2 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 58 | 3 | 63 | 3 | Middlesbrough | 50 | 1 | 60 | 1 |
Bristol City | 48 | 0 | 51 | 0 | Millwall | 75 | 3 | 88 | 3 |
Burnley | 76 | 3 | 84 | 4 | Nottingham Forest | 67 | 4 | 67 | 5 |
Cardiff City | 67 | 2 | 70 | 2 | Peterborough United | 49 | 1 | 52 | 1 |
Charlton Athletic | 57 | 2 | 58 | 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 79 | 2 | 85 | 2 |
Crystal Palace | 52 | 2 | 63 | 2 | Watford | 68 | 4 | 71 | 4 |
Derby County | 53 | 2 | 54 | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 52 | 3 | 56 | 3 |
Highest and Lowest Attendances | |||
Highest | Lowest | ||
Att | Fixture | Att | Fixture |
33,010 | Derby County v Nottingham Forest (19/01) | 5,435 | Peterborough United v Bristol City (18/09) |
29,697 | Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley (30/03) | 5,633 | Peterborough United v Blackpool (01/12) |
28,707 | Nottingham Forest v Derby County (30/09) | 5,997 | Peterborough Utd v Blackburn Rovers (17/11) |
28,595 | Wolverhampton W v Ipswich Town (29/12) | 6,050 | Peterborough Utd v Charlton Athletic (05/03) |
28,582 | Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United (19/10) | 6,188 | Peterborough United v Millwall (21/08) |
28,499 | Brighton & HA v Crystal Palace (17/03) | 6,214 | Peterborough United v Hull City (19/01) |
28,229 | Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday (09/11) | 6,348 | Peterborough Utd v Huddersfield Town(23/10) |
28,124 | Nottingham Forest v Brighton & Hove A (30/03) | 6,600 | Peterborough Utd v Bolton Wand (23/12) |
28,043 | Brighton & HA v Charlton Athletic (02/04) | 6,612 | Peterborough Utd v Middlesbrough (08/12) |
26,938 | Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday(18/08) | 6,648 | Peterborough Utd v Burnley (02/02) |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 6th April | |
Birmingham City v Millwall | Derby County v Ipswich Town |
Bolton Wanderers v Wolverhampton Wanderers | Huddersfield Town v Peterborough United |
Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City | Hull City v Middlesbrough |
Burnley v Bristol City | Nottingham Forest v Blackpool |
Charlton Athletic v Leeds United | Sheffield Wednesday v Blackburn Rovers |
Crystal Palace v Barnsley | Watford v Cardiff City |