It was a devastating loss for Sheffield, still adjusting to life outside the top flight after a year, but Birmingham fans can be rightly proud of their team's determined performance, which was Premier League class – will they get back there? A question to be looked at later in the season.
Final Score: Birmingham City 1 – 0 Sheffield United.
Blackpool VS Bristol City
Last season I made the trip up to Blackpool VS Charlton and was rightly surprised (unpleasantly, for Charlton lost!) by how hard working they are. That time, they were rewarded, this time however a well deserved point became a devastating loss with a Bristol City strike in the last minute of the match.
It fell to Bristol City substitute Steve Brooker to nick the points for City, having replaced Dele Adebola in the 80th minute.
It was suggested last season that Blackpool would be relegated instantly – happily this was not the case, and the plucky club are still around to punch above their weight. It was a blow yesterday, but with performances like that, it's this writer's opinion that the Blackpool fans may have more to look forward to than a relegation struggle.
Final Score: Blackpool 0 – 1 Burnley.
Sheffield Wednesday VS Burnley
Sheffield Wednesday's demolition of Burnley shows what can be done when you acquire some decent strikers to balance out an already strong squad. Marcus Tudgay and Akpo Sodje scored two goals each, firmly putting Wednesday on the top of the table this weekend.
Tudgay put the Owls ahead in the first minute, Sodje doubling the lead less than three minutes later, whereas it fell to débutante Martin Paterson to score for Burnley with a near-post header, but it was short lived: Sodje restored Wednesday's two-goal lead within the first twenty minutes.
The two teams were working hard, and it could have gone sour for Wednesday when Sodje, injured, limped off, but Tudgay killed the game off in the 65th minute with a devilishly powerful finish.
Final Score: Sheffield Wednesday 4 - 1 Burnley.
Cardiff City VS Southampton
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