Millwall march to save the hospital

Ahead of that game new manager Michael Appleton called for peace after the disruptions of the previous Saturday when the owners showed their faces as they stepped out of their Rolls Royce cars.

They left early and weren't bothering with the Brighton game and Appleton reckoned that was a good thing. What a pity Mrs Desai and her entourage weren't there, and to the end, as Brighton equalised with a 97th minute penalty.

Blackburn are one of just five Championship clubs through to the fifth round of the FA Cup. Millwall got there on Friday, beating Aston Villa, a club who don't just lose to Premier League clubs. Barnsley and Middlesbrough joined them on Saturday and Leeds made it five yesterday but five will become six when Huddersfield and Leicester meet again in a replay next week.

There seemed to be some surprise at Millwall opting to play on the Friday rather than Saturday with the game not televised but the club explained the situation. On the Saturday there was a demonstration being held against proposed cuts to vital services at Lewisham Hospital.

Millwall Football Club are supporting the campaign against the closures of the A&E department, maternity ward and the children's wards as well as a range of elderly care departments.

It's so easy to have a go at Millwall because of incidents that never seem to be so far away, and there was another on Friday apparently as a Mr Scholes, an assistant referee apparently, was targeted. But there should be real praise for the club for getting behind the community in this way.

Because of the cup and the reduced number of league games we were able to retain 8th place despite the defeat against Birmingham.

The late goal was probably no surprise given that there were three goals scored in all five games played and that it went Birmingham's way too with only one home win recorded, that at Ashton Gate where bottom club Bristol City beat Ipswich. One more goal and they'd have moved off the bottom and above Barnsley on goal difference.

Finally congratulations to Watford's Matej Vydra. The 20-year-old Czech Republic international who is on loan to Watford from parent club Udinese, is in sensational goalscoring form. He scored twice in their 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest.

Since their draw at Burnley they have won five out of six games. Vydra has not only scored in five of those games but has scored twice in five of them. Those recent goals have now taken him to 18 for the season leaving him behind just Glenn Murray of Crystal Palace and our own Charlie Austin.

The latest results are below along with the usual stats and the next fixtures.