CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDUP: QPR are now level with Plymouth as the worst performing team in FA Cup third round history. Their 2-1 defeat to Blackburn at Loftus Road was the 48th exit at this stage of the competition. Joel Lynch's own goal handed the visitors an early advantage with Liam Feeney's effort enough to secure the win despite Jack Bidwell pulling one back. ...read
Bournemouth, Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion all suffered FA Cup third round elimination by lower league opposition while Leicester City came from behind to dump out Everton.
23-year-old Ravel Morrison, hailed as one of the most gifted players of his generation when he first broke through as a teenager at Manchester United, is free to leave Italian side Lazio.
Birmingham's poor form under Gianfranco Zola continued as they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at home to Brentford. Zola admitted that the second 45 minutes were the worst of his four games in charge.
LAURIE WHITWELL: Geoff Horsfield is wearing scruffs, driving his van around Birmingham and, just as he did in his playing days. He now earns a living as a maintenance man helping vulnerable adults.
The sacking of Gary Rowett by Birmingham City on Wednesday shocked British football, with many angry the club had decided to dispense with a promising young English boss.
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