Football: LOWLY GILLS HUMBLE WIGAN; CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP.WIGAN Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. missed a chance to extend their lead at the top as Sunderland moved into second place with Ipswich dropping out of the automatic promotion places. Despite losing 2-1 to Gillingham at the Priestfield Stadium , Wigan stayed top, while the Black Cats took advantage of Ipswich's 2-0 home defeat by QPR QPR Queens Park Rangers (football club) QPR Quarterly Progress Report QPR Quadrature Partial Response QPR Quarterly Performance Review QPR Question, Persuade, Refer (suicide prevention program) after grinding out a vital 2-1 win at home over Cardiff. Centre-half Gary Breen Gary Patrick Breen (born December 12, 1973 in Hendon, London), is an Irish footballer. He currently plays for Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has previously played for Maidstone United, Gillingham, Peterborough United, Birmingham City, Coventry City, West Ham put Sunderland ahead after four minutes and Marcus Stewart Marcus Stewart (born William Stewart in Bristol on 7 November 1972) is a professional footballer who plays for Yeovil Town in League One. Stewart has played over 500 games and scored over 200 goals in his professional career. converted Dean Whitehead's cross shortly before the break. It looked comfortable for them until Tony Vidmar's speculative, looping header gave them a nervous finish. At the Priestfield Stadium, Paul Jewell's leaders were humbled by Gillingham, who had striker Darius Henderson to thank for a priceless victory. The Gills, third from bottom in the division, took the lead through Henderson early in the second half. Their joy was short-lived, however, as Nathan Ellington scored his 21st goal of the season to keep his side in it. But again Henderson scored, this time with a sublime effort which John Filan had little chance of savingIpswich never looked like taking anything from their encounter against QPR, as the visitors rode out 2-0 victors. Rangers' first came after only four minutes, veteran Paul Furlong registering his 16th goal of the season. As Ipswich tried in vain to muster a response, Danny Shittu popped up with a fantastic headed goal with 15 minutes left. Leeds beat West Ham 2-1 at Elland Road in front of a bumper crowd. Rob Hulse found a way through six minutes after the restart with a close-range volley. But Alan Pardew's side levelled through Gavin Williams' deflected effort, only for Shaun Derry to coolly win the game for the home side. Gary Hart scored an injury-time winner to hand Brighton three points against Millwall, for whom Mark Phillips was sent off for a second booking soon after. Paul Wotton and Dexter Blackstock handed Plymouth a 2-0 home win against Crewe before Scott Taylor added a late third, while Graham Alexander's second-half penalty won the game for Preston against Burnley. Paul Shaw's goal was enough to separate Sheffield United and Rotherham as the Blades won 1-0 at Bramall Lane |
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