Brighton keep it tight at the bottom

Last updated : 22 March 2005 By Michael Morris
The last Championship fixture of the weekend ended with defeat for relegation rivals Brighton.

Brighton's loss at the Withdean on Monday night means that no team in the bottom half of the table won on the weekend.

City's point can at a stretch be called a point gained over Coventry but really it was points dropped and we could have been 2 places higher in 18th.

The weekends results were

Monday 21 March
Brighton0Reading1
Forster 64
Attend: 6108
Half-time: 0-0
Sunday 20 March
Millwall3Plymouth0
Sweeney 15
Hayles 56
Dichio 63
Attend: 11465
Half-time: 1-0
Saturday 19 March
Cardiff1Crewe1
Gabbidon 21
Vaughan 57
Attend: 10007
Half-time: 1-0
Gillingham0Ipswich0
Attend: 9311
Half-time: 0-0
Nottm Forest1Wigan1
Taylor 85
McCulloch 46
Attend: 24008
Half-time: 0-0
Rotherham0QPR1
Rowlands 53
Attend: 5387
Half-time: 0-0
Sheff Utd2Burnley1
Quinn 29
Gray 49
Akinbiyi 84
Attend: 19374
Half-time: 1-0
Sunderland1Coventry0
Brown 76
Attend: 29424
Half-time: 0-0
Watford0Preston2
Nugent 60
McKenna 71
Attend: 19649
Half-time: 0-0
Wolverhampton1Stoke1
Cort 90
Noel-Williams 41
Attend: 28103
Half-time: 0-1
Friday 18 March
West Ham2Leicester2
Sheringham 28 , 62
Connolly pen 25
Gillespie 44
Attend: 22031
Half-time: 1-2

The current table (which will remain unaffected until April 2nd) is:-

1Sunderland 3914424118102723162469643478+30
2Wigan Athletic 39124338111064321922107703076+40
3Ipswich Town 3914233918785302621108694473+25
4Preston North End 39125236206591930181011555064+5
5Derby County 38776302810352619171011564761+9
6Reading 39116229125691523161211443560+9
7Sheffield United 38875251983722281610124747580
8West Ham United 3811453121549222816814534956+4
9Queens Park Rangers 389552720739202616814474656+1
10Millwall 39104627185681417151014413555+6
11Stoke City 38102618115871116151013292755+2
12Leeds United 3977526206771822131412444253+2
13Wolverhampton Wanderers 39611332245772628111810585251+6
14Burnley 3876518165781218121313303449-4
15Watford 3959623215682430101514475145-4
16Crewe Alexandra 3957733326592438111216577045-13
17Leicester City 3756616154115232391711393844+1
18Plymouth Argyle 3985628214313183712819465844-12
19Brighton & Hove Albion 3974920255410133012819335544-22
20Cardiff City 3884821172881825101216394242-3
21Gillingham 3994719212512193711919385842-20
22Coventry City 39568202355102739101118476241-15
23Nottingham Forest 3868522222611143281416365438-18
24Rotherham United 39271116302611132841322295825-29