{"id":332036,"date":"2025-08-10T02:27:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T02:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332036\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T02:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T02:27:27","slug":"championship-roundup-four-star-bristol-city-stun-sheffield-united-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332036\/","title":{"rendered":"Championship roundup: four-star Bristol City stun Sheffield United | Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rub\u00e9n Sell\u00e9s\u2019s tenure as Sheffield United<\/strong> manager got off to a nightmare start after a 4-1 home defeat by Bristol City<\/strong>. The Spaniard was thrust into the Bramall Lane hotseat following the surprise sacking of Chris Wilder after the Blades\u2019 playoff final defeat, but his stint could hardly have begun any worse.<\/p>\n

Scott Twine\u2019s double and goals from Ross McCrorie and Anis Mehmeti ensured Gerhard Struber\u2019s first game in charge of the Robins was much more enjoyable. Tyrese Campbell had levelled for Sheffield United but this performance will raise big questions about their promotion credentials.<\/p>\n

Sell\u00e9s said: \u201cIt was a disappointing day. The fans came here to see a performance and see a team chase a win and we end up in a bad day with a bad result. I am not going to tell anyone what to say, I think losing 4-1 you can understand it. I\u2019m the first one to take responsibility for that.<\/p>\n

Struber was not getting carried away. The Austrian said: \u201cIt was a really good performance for my boys today. We expected a good performance but the result of this level against the opponent on this level, it\u2019s a small surprise. But this shows we are in the right way. A win like this at this level gives everyone good self-confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Macaulay Langstaff made an instant impact from the bench as Millwall<\/strong> opened their Championship<\/a> campaign with an excellent 2-1 win at Norwich<\/strong>. Introduced as an 80th-minute substitute with the game delicately poised, Langstaff took less than three minutes to make his presence felt with a cool finish to settle a keenly contested encounter.<\/p>\n

After a cagey first half the Lions quickly took the lead after the break with a fine finish from Camiel Neghli, only for a mistake from the goalkeeper Steven Benda to hand Josh Sargent an equaliser four minutes later. Norwich, hoping to make it a winning start for Liam Manning, looked the more likely to take all three points after that, but it was the Lions who had the final say to make it a happy return to Norfolk for Alex Neil, who had two years in charge at Carrow Road from 2015-17.<\/p>\n

It was Millwall\u2019s first win at Norwich in 57 years. Neil said: \u201cIt\u2019s a long, long time since we won here so to eradicate that one from the record books was very pleasing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jack Whatmough and the substitute Cameron Ashia sent Huddersfield<\/b> to the top of the League One table after a 2-0 win at Reading<\/b>.\u00a0 Whatmough and Ashia both scored inside the final 16 minutes to leave the Terriers leading a group of six sides with two wins out of two, on goal difference.<\/p>\n

Barnsley<\/b> remain hot on their heels after 37-year-old David McGoldrick\u2019s stoppage-time striker clinched a 3-2 comeback victory over Burton<\/b>. The visitors led 2-0 through Jack Beesley\u2019s penalty and a F\u00e1bio Tavares goal, but Caylan Vickers and Davis Keillor-Dunn dragged the hosts back into it before McGoldrick had the final say.<\/p>\n

Goals from Kyle Wootton and Jack Diamond handed Stockport<\/b> a 2-1 win at Wycombe<\/b>, who replied through Jamie Mullins, while relegated Luton<\/b> had Mads Andersen and Jordan Clark to thank for their 2-0 success at Peterborough<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Jamie Reid headed the only goal as Stevenage<\/b> beat Rotherham<\/b> 1-0 at the Lamex Stadium, while Owen Bailey\u2019s late double saw last season\u2019s League Two champions, Doncaster<\/b>, to a 2-1 win at Mansfield<\/b>, who had led through Stephen McLaughlin.<\/p>\n

Wigan<\/b>\u2019s Steven Sessegnon endured a day to forget as he scored an own goal and was sent off in a 2-0 defeat at Leyton Orient<\/b> – who doubled their advantage through Josh Koroma – and Reece Cole, Jack Fitzwater, Jayden Wareham and Ilmari Niskanen did the damage for Exeter<\/b> as they trounced Blackpool<\/b> 4-1.<\/p>\n

Eoin Toal and Mason Burstow eased Bolton<\/b> to a 2-0 win over relegated Plymouth<\/b>, while Matty Stevens\u2019 penalty and Nathan Asiimwe\u2019s second-half goal wrapped up three points for AFC Wimbledon<\/b> against Lincoln<\/b>, who had defender Adam Jackson sent off after just 23 minutes.\u00a0Promoted Bradford\u2019s trip to Northampton ended goalless. PA Media<\/b><\/p>\n

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Stoke<\/strong> got their season off to a winning start after the debutants Divin Mubama and Sorba Thomas both scored in stoppage time to secure a 3-1 win over Derby<\/strong> at the bet365 Stadium. Another debutant Carlton Morris had put the Rams ahead against the run of play on the hour mark, but it was cancelled out 10 minutes later by Lewis Baker\u2019s bending shot from outside the box.<\/p>\n

It looked as though the match was going to end in a draw until the fifth minute of stoppage time when Mubama, who joined the Potters on loan from Manchester City, headed home. Sorba, another summer arrival, added gloss moments later when he found the net from close range.<\/p>\n

Mark Robins, the Stoke manager, said: \u201cI honestly thought we were really good and good value for the win in the end \u2026 We went a goal down against the run of play, which was really disappointing. But we certainly didn\u2019t let our heads go down.\u201d<\/p>\n

The summer signing Harvey Knibbs scored a stoppage-time winner for Charlton<\/strong> as last season\u2019s League One playoff winners made it a losing start for the new Watford<\/strong> head coach, Paulo Pezzolano. The 26-year-old pounced from Conor Coventry\u2019s corner deep to the back post in the closing moments.<\/p>\n

Harvey Knibbs\u2019 late winner after five minutes of injury time sparks delirium at the Valley. Photograph: James Fearn\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Charlton remain unbeaten at home since 3 December and have won 14 and drawn three of their past 17 matches, including the playoff semi-final second leg, under Nathan Jones. The other victors at lunchtime were Southampton<\/strong>, who came from behind to beat <\/a>Wrexham<\/a><\/strong> 2-1 at home<\/a>. The division\u2019s other Welsh side also lost, Swansea<\/a><\/strong> going down 1-0 at <\/a>Middlesbrough<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ryan Mason made a winning start as West Brom<\/strong> head coach with a 1-0 victory over Blackburn<\/strong> at the Hawthorns. Isaac Price\u2019s 15th-minute goal gave Albion a deserved victory, with Aune Heggeb\u00f8 and Price again going close, while Blackburn\u2019s only serious threat came from Yuki Ohashi\u2019s saved shot. The hosts ended the match with 10 men after Darnell Furlong was sent off at the in stoppage time.<\/p>\n

Adrian Segecic scored Portsmouth\u2019s winner on his debut against Oxford United. Photograph: Dan Istitene\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Australian Adrian Segecic scored on his debut to give Portsmouth<\/strong> a 1-0 victory in a fiercely contested encounter at Oxford<\/strong>. The summer signing from Sydney FC struck in the 38th minute with a sharp follow-up finish after Jamie Cumming saved from Colby Bishop, who had broken clear from Cameron Brannagan\u2019s poor backpass. Pompey are now unbeaten in their past eight league games against the U\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Milutin Osmajic\u2019s equaliser earned Preston<\/strong> a point in a 1-1 draw at QPR<\/strong> in the west London side\u2019s first match under Julien St\u00e9phan.
Osmajic hauled Preston level after Ben Whiteman\u2019s first-half own goal.<\/p>\n

Preston were without Daniel Jebbison because of an ankle injury apparently sustained during fitness work undertaken away from the club. Paul Heckingbottom, North End\u2019s manager, is considering a ban on personal trainers. \u201cI\u2019m angry about it. It\u2019s a growing trend in football where they work with people outside \u2013 they have their own people,\u201d said Heckingbottom. \u201cIt\u2019s an accident, I get it, but it\u2019s not happening again with Preston players.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Crewe<\/b> sit at the top of League Two after a 2-0 home win over Accrington<\/b>, thanks to first-half goals from Reece Hutchinson and Calum Agius, but Will Davies\u2019 double means Fleetwood<\/b> are level with them on points following a 2-1 victory over Bristol Rovers<\/b>. Chesterfield<\/b> are the only other side with maximum points after Lewis Gordon and Dylan Duffy fired them to a 2-0 win at Cheltenham<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Tranmere<\/b> were the division\u2019s top scorers on the day with Taylan Harris, Josh Davison, Omari Patrick and Kristian Dennis finding the back of the net in a 4-0 win over Shrewsbury<\/b>, who had Will Boyle sent off.<\/p>\n

The game of the day came at Harrogate<\/b>, where the home side led 3-1 before late goals from Harvey Rodgers and Jaze Kabia handed Grimsby a 3-3 draw, and Darren Oldaker\u2019s strike proved decisive as Swindon<\/b> beat Cambridge<\/b> 3-2.<\/p>\n

Adebola Oluwo and Kelly N\u2019Mai struck either side of half-time in Salford\u2019s<\/b> 2-1 win at Notts County<\/b>, who pulled one back through Jayden Luker.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, there were wins for MK Dons<\/b> at Barrow<\/b>, Bromley<\/b> at home to Barnet<\/b>, Newport<\/b> at Crawley<\/b> and Gillingham<\/b> against Walsall<\/b>, while promoted Oldham<\/b> launched their home campaign with a 1-1 draw against Colchester<\/b>. PA Media<\/b><\/p>\n

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Coventry<\/strong> and Hull<\/strong> drew 0-0 at the Coventry Building Society Arena. The closest either side came to breaking the deadlock was when Milan van Ewijk\u2019s long-range effort struck the frame of the goal for the hosts in the second half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rub\u00e9n Sell\u00e9s\u2019s tenure as Sheffield United manager got off to a nightmare start after a 4-1 home defeat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-332036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115002110461243919","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}