Smash Hit

Carroll calls the tune as Newcastle march on

Newcastle United 3 Peterborough United 1: players rise above off-field rows to record straightforward victory

Sousa stays calm as Swans edge derby

Swansea City 3 Cardiff City 2: manager refuses to get carried away as bitter rivals jostle for promotion place

Speroni stars as Boro falter again

Crystal Palace 1 Middlesbrough 0: successive defeats spell out the size of the task facing Gordon Strachan

Church answers Reading's prayers

Reading 1 Ipswich 1: scrambled equaliser two minutes after half-time gives Roy Keane cause to pace the touchline

Chaaban shoots Staines to the second round

Football shorts: five league sides are knocked out of the FA Cup by non-league opponents in the first round

Chanpionship focus: Rangers maintain pressure

QPR receive a boost their promotion prospects with a hard-fought victory over Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough

Robust Dorrans tames Foxes

Leicester City 1 West Brom 2: fluke goal sets Albion on their way as they bid for instant Premier League return

Hulse restores some pride to Derby

Derby 2 Coventry 1: striker scores twice and even misses a penalty as Nigel Clough’s side secure rare win against 10-man visitors

Strachan bemused by lack of married players

Middlesbrough manager admits his disappointment at finding out that only three of his squad have said their marital vows

St James' Park a tough sell for sponsors

Mike Ashley will encounter a whole range of difficulties in the search for a lucrative deal to rename the club's ground

Ashley has taken us to brink: a fan's eye view

Colin Whittle, from the Newcastle United Supporters Trust, gives his verdict on the latest developments at St James' Park

Newcastle supporters step up fight to oust Ashley

Supporters call on fellow fans to back the "Yes We Can" campaign in a bid to buy the Championship club from the controversial owner

Strachan signs Osbourne who was on 'list'

Villa player, who featured on piece of paper Middlesbrough manager was pictured with, moves to club on loan for two months

sportsdirect.com@St James’ Park -gate ... the secret tapes revealed

First they were rebranded. Now Newcastle have been bugged ... George Caulkin imagines a phone conversation between board members

New deal will earn Newcastle precisely nothing

Newcastle United will not receive a penny in extra sponsorship before the end of the season as a result of renaming their stadium

It's totalhumiliation.com for Newcastle United

Club's home for the past 117 years has been rebranded as sportsdirect.com@StJames' Park until the end of the season

Southend avoid entering administration

Coca-Cola League One club agree in the High Court today to pay by Friday a bill of £2.1million to HM Revenue and Customs

Ambrose ensures QPR pay the penalty

QPR 1, Crystal Palace 1: Midfielder scores his ninth goal of the season from the spot to earn a vital point at Loftus Road

Accrington saved as £308,000 HRMC debt paid

Coca-Cola League Two club avoid winding-up order after Ilyas Khan and Peter Marsden step in to pay off outstanding tax bill

Football round-up: Scotland to stick with matches on Saturday

Virus hits Sheffield Wednesday | Emanuel Pogatetz has surgery | Artur Boruc out of action | Johan Cruyff for Catalonia