So, Phil Brown has finally done it. He was appointed as Preston manager on 5th January and their 3-0 win at Scunthorpe was their first win in 13 attempts since his appointment and a first win for Brown since the beginning of February last year when Hull beat Manchester City.
The win has moved them within four points of Sheffield United but they remain ten points from safety. A Scunthorpe win would have seen them edge to within one point of to Crystal Palace but they turned in one of their worst performances of the season and conceded three goals in an eleven minute spell in the first half.
The performance and result cost Ian Baraclough his job whilst for Preston and Brown it gives them a glimmer of hope after winning what he'd said was their biggest game of the season.
Whilst Scunthorpe failed to get within one point of safety so we failed to get within one point of the play offs after drawing with Scunthorpe and in the other game played it was another 3-0 away win, this time for Watford at Ipswich.
We've just gone one set of fixtures remaining before the last international break of the season with Burnley travelling to Ashton Gate to play Bristol City.
Tuesday's result and the stats are shown below along with the league's leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and Saturday's fixtures.
The Weekend Results | |
Tuesday 15th March | |
Burnley 2 Coventry 2 | Scunthorpe 0 Preston 3 |
Ipswich 0 Watford 3 |
The Weekend Stats | |
Biggest win | Preston 3-0 v Scunthorpe (away) |
Total goals scored | 10 (2 home - 8 away) |
Player scoring most goals | 2 - Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) |
Highest Attendance | 17,789 - Ipswich v Watford |
Lowest Attendance | 4,190 - Scunthorpe v Preston |
Total Yellow Cards | 7 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most cards in a game | Burnley v Coventry (4Y) - Michael Naylor |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
21 | Danny Graham (Watford) - includes 1 penalty |
18 | Shane Long (Reading) - includes 5 penalties |
16 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds) Grant Holt (Norwich) - includes 2 penalties |
15 | Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) Bill Sharp (Doncaster) - includes 4 penalties Scott Sinclair (Swansea) - includes 5 penalties Adel Taarabt (QPR) - includes 6 penalties |
14 | Max Gradel (Leeds) - includes 2 penalties |
13 | Kris Commons (Derby) - includes 2 penalties Andy King (Leicester) |
12 | Heidar Helguson (QPR) - includes 5 penalties Steve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty |
11 | Chris Iwelumo (Burnley) Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 2 penalties Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) Davide Somma (Leeds) |
10 | Wes Hoolahan (Norwich) - includes 4 penalties Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough) - includes 2 penalties David Nugent (Portsmouth) Brett Pitman (Bristol City) - includes 3 penalties Marvin Sordell (Watford) |
Hat Tricks (league only) | |
11th Sep | 3 - Chris Iwelumo - BURNLEY v Preston |
14th Sep | 3 - James Coppinger - DONCASTER v Norwich |
14th Sep | 3 - James Vaughan - CRYSTAL PALACE v Portsmouth |
28th Sep | 3 - Jon Parkin - Leeds v PRESTON |
30th Oct | 3 - Jonny Howson - Scunthorpe v LEEDS |
13th Nov | 3 - Luciano Becchio - LEEDS v Bristol City |
27th Nov | 3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Leeds |
28th Dec | 3 - Wes Hoolahan - NORWICH v Sheffield United |
1st Jan | 3 - Jason Puncheon - MILLWALL v Crystal Palace |
5th Feb | 3 - Matt Fryatt - Scunthorpe v HULL |
15th Feb | 3 - Connor Wickham - Doncaster v IPSWICH |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
Barnsley | 55 | 2 | Middlesbrough | 52 | 1 |
Bristol City | 47 | 2 | Millwall | 54 | 4 |
Burnley | 65 | 4 | Norwich | 62 | 3 |
Cardiff | 48 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 54 | 1 |
Coventry | 57 | 5 | Portsmouth | 65 | 6 |
Crystal Palace | 68 | 6 | Preston | 75 | 5 |
Derby | 64 | 2 | QPR | 58 | 6 |
Doncaster | 41 | 3 | Reading | 60 | 4 |
Hull | 66 | 2 | Scunthorpe | 45 | 2 |
Ipswich | 55 | 4 | Sheffield United | 60 | 10 |
Leeds | 74 | 3 | Swansea | 57 | 2 |
Leicester | 43 | 2 | Watford | 42 | 1 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 15th March | |
Barnsley v Reading | Leicester v Portsmouth |
Bristol City v Burnley | Middlesbrough v Watford |
Crystal Palace v Derby | Millwall v Cardiff |
Doncaster v QPR | Preston v Coventry |
Hull v Norwich | Sheffield United v Leeds (13:00) |
Ipswich v Scunthorpe | Swansea v Nottingham Forest |