Leaders Southampton and West Ham both suffered shock defeats in the Championship on Saturday afternoon.
Leeds pay fitting tribute to Speed; Pearson's Hull return ends in defeat
Leaders Southampton and West Ham both suffered shock defeats in the Championship on Saturday afternoon.
Elsewhere, Middlesbrough closed the gap on the top two, Leeds paid a fitting tribute to Gary Speed, Nigel Pearson endured a miserable return to Hull City and the pressure mounted on Ipswich boss Paul Jewell.
Peterborough and Barnsley were involved in a seven-goal thriller, Portsmouth manager Michael Appleton picked up a home win, Blackpool got back to winning ways and Brighton left it late to return to the play-off positions.
Nigel Adkins' leaders,
Southampton, lost for successive weekends after
Doncaster climbed off the foot of the table with just a second home league win of the season courtesy of a 1-0 victory.
Disappointment
Sam Allardyce's
West Ham also suffered defeat, with
Burnley, who sat 15th at kick-off, shocking Upton Park with a 2-1 win which saw Eddie Howe's men continue to build momentum by recording a third successive victory.
In the evening game, Malaury Martin's spectacular injury-time free-kick ended
Bristol City's recent unbeaten run and moved
Middlesbrough up to third in the table following a 1-0 win, which puts them five points behind the leaders.
Robert Snodgrass struck twice, as the memory of Gary Speed served to inspire
Leeds to a 2-0 win over
Millwall at Elland Road in the lunchtime kick-off.
Pearson's return to the KC Stadium ended in disappointment for the
Leicester boss, as he saw his side's recent resurgence halted by former club
Hull Cityin a 2-1 defeat, which included a red card for Matt Mills.
The pressure mounted on
Ipswich boss Paul Jewell after his side slumped to a seventh straight league defeat following a 2-1 loss to
Watford at Portman Road.
Remarkable
Peterborough staged a remarkable second-half fightback, as they came from three goals down to draw level with
Barnsley at London Road, but their hard work was undone in a 4-3 defeat after they threw away the point when conceding a fourth.
Portsmouth manager Michael Appleton picked up his first win at Fratton Park following a 2-1 win which sent
Coventry to the bottom of the table.
Blackpool got back to winning ways after Callum McManaman's excellent goal ended a three-game run without a victory in a 1-0 success over
Reading at Bloomfield Road.
Will Buckley's injury-time goal settled a dreadful match between
Brighton and
Nottingham Forest at The Amex, with the home side picking up a 1-0 win.
