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Championship half-times
Huddersfield Town 2-2 Blackburn Rovers (FT)
Birmingham City 0-0 Stoke City
Cardiff City 0-0 Sunderland
Coventry City 0-2 Watford
Hull City 0-0 Millwall
Luton Town 1-1 Blackpool
Norwich City 0-0 Rotherham
Preston 0-0 Reading
West Brom 2-1 QPR
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Swansea City
Bristol City v Middlesbrough (5.30pm)
Burnley v Sheffield United (8pm)
League One half-times
Barnsley 2-0 Shrewsbury Town
Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Cambridge United
Charlton Athletic 2-1 Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town 0-0 Ipswich Town
Derby County 1-0 MK Dons
Fleetwood Town 1-0 Bristol Rovers
Peterborough United 2-0 Exerter City
Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Lincoln City
Port Vale 0-0 Oxford United
Portsmouth 0-0 Morecambe
Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Accrington Stanley
Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Forest Green
League Two half-times
AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Salford City
Barrow 1-0 Crawley Town
Bradford City 1-0 Sutton United
Colchester United 3-0 Crewe Alexandra
Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Grimsby Town
Hartlepool United 0-1 Stevenage
Leyton Orient 2-0 Harrogate
Mansfield Town 1-1 Rochdale
Northampton Town 1-0 Gillingham
Stockport County 1-0 Newport County
Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Swindon Town
Walsall 0-0 Carlisle United
National League: In the battle of the non-league giants, Notts County have gone ahead against Wrexham ast the Racecourse Ground just before half-time. John Bostock has fired them in front with a terrific free-kick from 25 yards out, straight in front of goal. John Brewin has the latest …
GOAL! Luton 1-1 Blackpool
Championship: Luton equalise moments before half-time. Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu sends a low drive fizzing into the bottom corner past Chris Maxwell after Blackpool had failed to clear a free-kick.
GOAL! Coventry City 0-2 Watford
Championship: Watford double their lead, with Imran Louza scoring at the second time of asking after seeing his initial shot from the edge of the Coventry penalty area ricochet off a defender.
League Two: Rock bottom of the Football League and on the verge of exiting it after a 100-year stay, Rochdale have equalised against Mansfield Town. Owen Dodgson with the goal there.
League Two: Leyton Orient were looking a good thing to get promoted before today’s match against Harrogate and they’re set fair to wrap up another three points. They lead 2-0 and Ruel Sotiriou has just scored his second of the afternoon, a near post finish that saw him ghost past two defenders to flick a cross from the right past Harrogate goalkeeper Mark Oxley.
GOAL! Wigan Athletic 0-2 Swansea City
Championship: Not for the first time in this game, Swansea goal machine Joel Piroe finds himself completely unmarked in the Wigan penalty area, the ball is poked his way and he slots a low diagonal into the bottom corner to bag his second of the afternoon.
GOAL! Luton Town 0-1 Blackpool
Championship: They may be flying high in the play-off places, but Luton are being outplayed by relegation-threatened Blackpool and have gone behind to an Andy Lyons header at a free-kick.
League One: League leaders Plymouth Argyle are hosting Lincoln City who haven’t won away from home in six attempts but it’s the Imps who have taken the lead through Olamide Shodipo.
GOAL! West Brom 2-1 QPR
Championship: Lyndon Dykes pulls a goal back for QPR, scoring with a fine glancing header after connecting with a cross from the right touchline.
National League: It’s scoreless between Wrexham and Notts County in the big game at the top of the table but the home side’s striker Paul Mullen has had a good shout for a penalty turned down despite appearing to receive a clear push in the back. John Brewin has the latest …
League One latest
Barnsley 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Cambridge United
Charlton Athletic 2-0 Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town 0-0 Ipswich Town
Derby County 1-0 MK Dons
Fleetwood Town 0-0 Bristol Rovers
Peterborough United 1-0 Exerter City
Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Lincoln City
Port Vale 0-0 Oxford United
Portsmouth 0-0 Morecambe
Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Accrington Stanley
Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Forest Green
League Two latest
AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Salford City
Barrow 1-0 Crawley Town
Bradford City 1-0 Sutton United
Colchester United 0-0 Crewe Alexandra
Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Grimsby Town
Hartlepool United 0-0 Stevenage
Leyton Orient 1-0 Harrogate
Mansfield Town 1-0 Rochdale
Northampton Town 0-0 Gillingham
Stockport County 1-0 Newport County
Tranmere Rovers 0-0 Swindon Town
Walsall 0-0 Carlisle United
GOAL! Wigan Athletic 0-1 Swansea City
Championship: Wigan’s slim hopes of staying up have taken another hammer blow. Joel Piroe has fired Swansea City in front at the DW Stadium.
GOAL! West Brom 2-0 QPR
Championship: It’s another scrappy goal for West Brom but they all count. This time it’s Semi Ajayi who bundles the ball over the line from close range, following up on a shot from John Swift.
League Two: Table-toppers Leyton Orient go ahead against Harrogate courtesy of an opener against Ruel Sotirou.
GOAL! West Brom 1-0 QPR
Championship: John Swift’s delivery from a free-kick is bundled home by West Brom’s Brandon Thomas-Asante. QPR’s descent from top to bottom of the table shows no sign of abating.
League Two: Bottom of the table Rochdale trail Mansfield to a Hiram Boateng goal on six minutes.
League Two: Kasey McAteer has fired AFC Wimbledon ahead against Salford.
GOAL! Coventry City 0-1 Watford
Championship: Joao Pedro canters through the Coventry City half before slotting the ball into the bottom corner to give Watford an early lead. Their manager Chris Wilder made six changes to the side that lost at home to Huddersfield on Friday.
League One: Sheffield Wednesday’s Lee Gregory fails to score after being put through in a one-on-one with Accrington goalkeeper Lukas Jensen, who stands tall to put the ball out for a corner, Wednesday’s fourth of the match already.
Not long now: Handshakes have been exchanged, coins tossed and referees’ whistles are about to be blown. Our Easter Monday three o’clock kick-offs are about to get under way!
Wrexham v Notts County
Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are in the stands to go through the nerve-shredding experience of watching their team take on Notts County in a match that could have seismic repercussions at the top of the National League. Assuming you can’t join them, you can follow the action with John Brewin.
Full time: Huddersfield Town 2-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship: Having gone in two goals down at half-time, Blackburn threw the kitchen sink at Huddersfield as the game went on and rescued a point courtesy of goals from Joe Rankin-Costello and Ryan Hedges. The Welsh international scored Blackburn’s equaliser in the first of five minutes of added time.
The result means Blackburn stay in sixth place, two points ahead of Norwich City with both teams having played the same number of games but Norwich due to host Rotherham at 3pm. Huddersfield are in 19th, three places but only two points clear of the drop zone.
Hatzidakis stood down for Robertson "elbow"
Assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis has been stood down from his duties while the Football Association investigates an incident in which he appeared to elbow Liverpool defender Andy Robertson shortly after the half-time whistle was blown during yesterday’s match at Anfield.
Hatzidakis made contact with Robertson’s throat after the Scotland international approached him at the end of the first half in Sunday’s thrilling draw with with Arsenal. The incident prompted Robertson and several teammates to angrily surround referee Paul Tierney, who promptly booked the Liverpool full-back.
Today's Championship fixtures
Burnley have already guaranteed themselves promotion and host second-placed Sheffield United at Turf Moor tonight. Luton, Middlesbrough, Millwall and Blackburn Rovers occupy the play-off places, with Norwich, Preston, Coventry, West Brom, Sunderland and Watford all still hopeful of gatecrashing their party.
At the bottom of the table, things are looking bleak for Wigan Athletic, who are bottom and eight points from safety, while Blackpool and Reading occupy the other two relegation places. QPR’s alarming slide from top towards bottom of the table shows no sign of letting up. On their third manager of the season in Gareth Ainsworth, QPR have lost nine of their past 10 games and registered just two wins in their past 24 league matches.
Today in the Championship
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Blackburn Rovers (L)
Birmingham City v Stoke City
Cardiff City v Sunderland
Coventry City v Watford
Hull City v Millwall
Luton Town v Blackpool
Norwich City v Rotherham
Preston v Reading
West Brom v QPR
Wigan Athletic v Swansea City
Bristol City v Middlesbrough
Burnley v Sheffield United (8pm)
Some easy listening ...
Max Rushden was asking the questions as Troy Townsend, Will Unwin and yours truly rose with the lark to pick through the weekend’s action, kicking off with yesterday’s thriller between Liverpool and Arsenal, on the latest episode of our Football Weekly podcast. Listen here and if you’re not already a subscriber, where have you been? Sign up for free on all the usual podcast platforms.
Today's League Two fixtures
Ten points clear at the top of the table, Leyton Orient can take another giant stride towards promotion with a win over Harrogate, who are in danger of slipping into the relegation zone. Rock bottom of the table, Rochdale travel to Mansfield Town, who are seventh.
Today in League Two
AFC Wimbledon v Salford City
Barrow v Crawley Town
Bradford City v Sutton United
Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra
Doncaster Rovers v Grimsby Town
Hartlepool United v Stevenage
Leyton Orient v Harrogate
Mansfield Town v Rochdale
Northampton Town v Gillingham
Stockport County v Newport County
Tranmere Rovers v Swindon Town
Walsall v Carlisle United
Today's League One fixtures
Two points clear of Ipswich Town at the top of the table, Plymouth Argyle host Lincoln City, while the Tractor Boys go to Cheltenham Town. Without a win in six games, Sheffield Wednesday will try to get their promotion push back on track in their home match against Accrington Stanley, who are the highest placed team in a relegation zone in which Cambridge United, Morecambe and Forest Green sit beneath them.
Today in League One
Barnsley v Shrewsbury Town
Bolton Wanderers v Cambridge United
Charlton Athletic v Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town v Ipswich Town
Derby County v MK Dons
Fleetwood Town v Bristol Rovers
Peterborough United v Exerter City
Plymouth Argyle v Lincoln City
Port Vale v Oxford United
Portsmouth v Morecambe
Sheffield Wednesday v Accrington Stanley
Wycombe Wanderers v Forest Green
It's a massive EFL Easter Monday
Already promoted with seven games to spare, Burnley will receive a rapturous reception tonight when they run out to face Sheffield United at Turf Moor in their first match since securing their return to the Premier League. In second place in the table, Sheffield United currently have an eight point lead (and game in hand) over Luton Town in third and look set to secure the second automatic promotion spot but still have work to do.
Ahead of tonight’s top-of-the-table clash, there are 11 other Championship games to enjoy and Neil Warnock’s Huddersfield can pull further clear of the relegation zone with a home win over sixth-placed Blackburn Rovers in today’s early kick-off. On a run of three consecutive league wins, Huddersfield look set to make it four from four as they currently lead by the odd goal of three.
While there’s plenty of League One and League Two action to monitor this afternoon, arguably the most box office game of the day takes place at the Racecourse Ground, where Wrexham and Notts County go toe-to-toe in a titanic clash at the summit of the National League.
Locked together on 100 points each with just one automatic promotion place available, the outcome of this mother of all six-pointers could have a massive bearing on who ultimately takes their place in League Two.
Critically and arguably unfairly, whichever club finishes second in the table will be forced into play-offs from which, on current standings, they could be eliminated by a team who finishes 32 points behind them. The ongoing debate that the National League should have more than one automatic promotion spot does not look like being resolved any time soon.
On a huge day of action in the Championship and beyond, we’ll bring you news of goals as they go in, stay across all the major talking points and finish up with post-match reaction, so stay tuned to stay informed no matter what it is you’re up to on this Easter Monday.
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