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Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest, Brighton 6-0 Wolves: clockwatch – as it happened

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Nottingham Forest suffered late heartbreak against Brentford, while Brighton thrashed tame Wolves

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Sat 29 Apr 2023 12.33 EDTFirst published on Sat 29 Apr 2023 09.00 EDT
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Brighton hit six against sorry Wolves. Photograph: Simon Dack/TPI/Shutterstock
Brighton hit six against sorry Wolves. Photograph: Simon Dack/TPI/Shutterstock

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12.33 EDT

… and that, my dear Clockwatch friends, is your lot. For today, at least. More business-end entertainment will be coming your way soon, in a style that is both thick and fast. Thanks for reading!

12.24 EDT

Scottish Championship. This sets up next weekend’s winner-takes-all showdown rather nicely: it’s Queen’s Park v Dundee! And while Caley Thistle made the cup final earlier today, they’ve been usurped in the league by Partick and Ayr, and are now in danger of missing the play-offs. Next week’s final fixture? ICT v Ayr! A fun division, this.

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Dundee 35 24 60
2 Queen's Park 35 13 58
3 Partick 35 20 56
4 Ayr 35 17 55
5 Inverness CT 35 6 55
6 Morton 35 9 54
7 Raith 35 -3 42
8 Arbroath 35 -18 33
9 Cove Rangers 35 -36 31
10 Hamilton 35 -32 30
12.20 EDT

League Two. Stevenage secured their promotion today, but Northampton fluffed their chance to do likewise, losing at home to Bradford. Stockport and Bradford could still pip them. Mansfield’s defeat means they’re now extremely unlikely to snatch a play-off place, though it’s not yet mathematically impossible. Down at the bottom, Hartlepool’s expected relegation is confirmed.

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Leyton Orient 45 27 90
2 Stevenage 45 21 82
3 Northampton 45 19 80
4 Stockport County 45 28 78
5 Carlisle 45 23 75
6 Salford City 45 19 75
7 Bradford 44 19 75
8 Mansfield 45 15 72
9 Barrow 45 -5 62
10 Swindon 45 5 58
11 Tranmere 45 -2 58
12 Grimsby 45 -8 58
13 Sutton Utd 45 -12 57
14 Newport County 45 -3 56
15 Doncaster 45 -18 55
16 Crewe 44 -13 54
17 Walsall 45 -4 52
18 Gillingham 45 -14 52
19 Harrogate Town 45 -9 51
20 Colchester 45 -5 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 45 -11 48
22 Crawley Town 45 -22 46
23 Hartlepool 45 -26 42
24 Rochdale 45 -24 37
12.17 EDT

League One. Plymouth Argyle and Ipswich Town will both play second-tier football next season. Sheffield Wednesday must settle for a place in the play-offs; Bolton secured their spot today. At the bottom, Accrington are as good as relegated thanks to their appalling goal difference, but Oxford are safe.

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Plymouth 45 33 98
2 Ipswich 45 66 97
3 Sheff Wed 45 43 93
4 Barnsley 45 35 86
5 Bolton 45 25 78
6 Derby 45 22 76
7 Peterborough 45 19 74
8 Portsmouth 45 11 69
9 Wycombe 45 8 68
10 Charlton 45 4 61
11 Lincoln City 45 -1 59
12 Fleetwood Town 45 2 57
13 Shrewsbury 44 -9 56
14 Exeter 45 -5 53
15 Bristol Rovers 44 -13 53
16 Cheltenham 45 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 44 -23 52
18 Port Vale 45 -21 49
19 Oxford Utd 45 -6 47
20 Milton Keynes Dons 45 -22 44
21 Morecambe 45 -30 44
22 Cambridge Utd 44 -28 43
23 Accrington Stanley 45 -38 41
24 Forest Green 45 -56 27
12.14 EDT

Championship. Coventry move up to fifth and while they’re not guaranteed a play-off spot, they’re very close indeed. Sunderland’s late equaliser against Watford kept their chances alive. Swansea and Preston now can’t make it. Wigan meanwhile are down, while Reading only have one chance left to pull themselves out of the mire.

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Burnley 45 49 98
2 Sheff Utd 44 34 88
3 Luton 44 18 78
4 Middlesbrough 44 29 74
5 Coventry 45 12 69
6 Millwall 45 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 10 66
8 Blackburn 44 -3 65
9 West Brom 44 6 63
10 Swansea 45 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 -11 63
12 Norwich 44 5 62
13 Watford 45 1 60
14 Hull 45 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 -3 56
16 Stoke 45 3 53
17 Birmingham 45 -10 53
18 QPR 45 -25 50
19 Cardiff 44 -13 49
20 Rotherham 44 -12 46
21 Huddersfield 43 -19 44
22 Reading 45 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 -25 41
24 Wigan 45 -27 41
12.11 EDT

Premier League. It was a good day for the minnows chasing European football, as both Brighton and Brentford won. It was also a good day for the bottom three, whose hopes of survival were boosted as Wolves, West Ham and Nottingham Forest all lost.

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Arsenal 33 40 75
2 Man City 31 53 73
3 Newcastle 32 32 62
4 Man Utd 31 9 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 7 54
6 Aston Villa 33 5 54
7 Liverpool 32 22 53
8 Brighton 31 21 52
9 Brentford 34 8 50
10 Fulham 32 1 45
11 Crystal Palace 34 -10 40
12 Chelsea 32 -5 39
13 Wolverhampton 34 -21 37
14 AFC Bournemouth 33 -31 36
15 West Ham 33 -10 34
16 Leeds 33 -21 30
17 Nottm Forest 34 -32 30
18 Leicester 33 -13 29
19 Everton 33 -25 28
20 Southampton 33 -30 24
12.07 EDT

League Two full times

  • AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Tranmere

  • Carlisle 2-3 Salford

  • Crawley 0-0 Walsall

  • Crewe 2-1 Swindon

  • Doncaster 1-0 Colchester

  • Gillingham 1-2 Newport

  • Hartlepool 3-1 Barrow

  • Leyton Orient 0-3 Stockport

  • Mansfield 1-2 Harrogate

  • Northampton 1-2 Bradford

  • Rochdale 4-1 Sutton

  • Stevenage 2-0 Grimsby

Stevenage are promoted; Hartlepool are relegated

12.06 EDT

League One full times

  • Accrington Stanley 1-2 Cambridge

  • Bolton 2-0 Fleetwood

  • Charlton 3-2 Port Vale

  • Derby 1-1 Portsmouth

  • Forest Green 0-3 Oxford United

  • Ipswich 6-0 Exeter

  • MK Dons 4-4 Barnsley

  • Morecambe 3-2 Lincoln

  • Peterborough 0-0 Bristol Rovers

  • Plymouth 1-0 Burton

  • Shrewsbury 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday

  • Wycombe 0-3 Cheltenham

Ipswich and Plymouth are promoted

12.04 EDT

Championship full times

  • Bristol City 1-2 Burnley

  • Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City

  • Hull City 1-1 Swansea City

  • Reading 1-1 Wigan Athletic

  • Sheffield United 4-1 Preston North End

  • Stoke City 0-1 QPR

  • Sunderland 2-2 Watford

Wigan are relegated

12.03 EDT

Premier League full times

  • Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest

  • Brighton 6-0 Wolves

  • Crystal Palace 4-3 West Ham

12.02 EDT

FULL TIME: Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Heartbreak for relegation-haunted Forest, who were eight minutes away from victory but go home with nowt. Brentford meanwhile continue to dream of European football!

11.54 EDT

GOAL! Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest (Dasilva 90+4)

So close to three precious points for Forest … but so far. Hope for Everton, Leicester and Leeds!

Brentford's Josh Dasilva breaks Forest hearts. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters
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11.53 EDT

GOAL! Reading 1-1 Wigan (Meite 90+3). An injury-time equaliser that crumbles Wigan hearts like biscuits. Wigan are going down unless they can somehow hit back.

11.51 EDT

FULL TIME: Morton 2-1 Queen’s Park. The Spiders will have to beat leaders Dundee next week if they’re to win automatic promotion to the Premiership.

11.47 EDT

GOALS! Morecambe 3-2 Lincoln (Stockton 86); MK Dons 4-4 Barnsley (Watters 86). Morecambe were 2-0 down; MK Dons 4-1 up. And now look! The League One relegation story is far from over! Wow.

Pos Team P GD Pts
20 Milton Keynes Dons 45 -22 44
21 Morecambe 45 -30 44
22 Cambridge Utd 44 -28 43
23 Accrington Stanley 45 -38 41
24 Forest Green 45 -56 27
11.44 EDT

GOAL! Brentford 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Toney 82)

A free kick. Toney whistles it through the wall, as if by magic, and Navas can’t keep the ball out. A huge blow for Forest and succour for Southampton, Everton, Leicester and Leeds!

Forest ‘keeper Keylor Navas makes a mess of trying to save Ivan Toney’s free kick. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters
Pos Team P GD Pts
16 Nottm Forest 34 -31 31
17 Leeds 33 -21 30
18 Leicester 33 -13 29
19 Everton 33 -25 28
20 Southampton 33 -30 24
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11.41 EDT

Bundesliga news, courtesy of Kári Tulinius. “Sebastian Hoeness is the fourth manager Stuttgart have had this season, a young prospect rather than an established firefighter. That he came into a mess is an understatement, but in the four weeks he’s been in charge he’s yet to lose a match, and Stuttgart’s 2-1 win over Mönchengladbach means they’re out of the relegation zone for the first time in a long time.”

Pos Team P GD Pts
14 Hoffenheim 30 -12 29
15 Stuttgart 30 -14 28
16 VfL Bochum 30 -34 28
17 Schalke 04 29 -30 24
18 Hertha Berlin 29 -24 22
11.40 EDT

GOAL! Reading 0-1 Wigan (Hughes 81). A late header that gives Wigan a lifeline at the bottom of the Championship … and plunges fellow strugglers Reading into all sorts of bother!

Pos Team P GD Pts
20 Rotherham 44 -12 46
21 Huddersfield 43 -19 44
22 Reading 45 -21 43
23 Wigan 45 -26 43
24 Blackpool 45 -25 41
11.38 EDT

GOAL! Bolton 2-0 Fleetwood (Dempsey 78). Bolton look to have secured their play-off place against a Fleetwood side now down to ten men, Stockley having been given his marching orders earlier in the second half.

11.35 EDT

GOAL! Sheffield United 3-1 Preston (Ndiaye 75). The Preston dream dies. Bramall Lane back in full Promotion Party mode!

11.32 EDT

GOAL! Sheffield United 2-1 Preston (Fleck 72). Jebbison crosses for Fleck, and there goes Preston’s play-off dream.

11.30 EDT

“My head hurts looking at the Scottish Championship ‘as-it-stands’ table,” writes Simon McMahon. “By my reckoning there will be something riding on every game in next Fridays final round of fixtures. Yikes.”

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Dundee 35 24 60
2 Queen's Park 35 13 58
3 Partick 35 20 56
4 Ayr 35 17 55
5 Inverness CT 35 6 55
6 Morton 35 9 54
7 Raith 35 -3 42
8 Arbroath 35 -18 33
9 Cove Rangers 35 -36 31
10 Hamilton 35 -32 30
11.29 EDT

GOALS! Sunderland 0-2 Watford (Porteous 69); Sunderland 1-2 Watford (O’Nien 70). Sunderland’s play-off hopes not quite dead yet.

11.28 EDT

GOAL! Brighton 6-0 Wolves (Undav 66)

London Buses dept. Deniz Undav waited 14 matches for his first Premier League goal for Brighton; now he’s got two in exactly one hour. Wolves, though, dearie me.

Deniz Undav makes it six for Brighton. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
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11.26 EDT

GOALS! MK Dons 3-1 Barnsley (Eisa 61); Morecambe 2-2 Lincoln (Niasse 66). Morecambe and MK Dons still fighting for those League One lives!

11.24 EDT

GOAL! Sheffield United 1-1 Preston (Delap 63). Preston need to win if they’re to retain any hope of snatching a play-off spot, and they’re back in it at Bramall Lane.

11.21 EDT

GOAL! Morton 2-1 Queen’s Park (Crawford 65). A reminder that Queen’s Park can still win promotion to the Premiership next week with a win at home over leaders Dundee.

11.17 EDT

GOAL! Stevenage 1-0 Grimsby (Reid 57). Jamie Reid eyebrows a header home, and as it stands, Stevenage are going up.

11.15 EDT

GOAL! Shrewsbury 0-2 Sheffield Wed (Smith 48). A second goal for Michael Smith … though it’s currently all in vain for the Owls, with Ipswich and Plymouth both winning. As things stand, Wednesday will have to settle for a play-off place.

11.12 EDT

GOALS! Morecambe 0-2 Lincoln (Virtue 48); Morecambe 1-2 Lincoln (Stockton 50); MK Dons 2-1 Barnsley (Leko 52). Morecambe and MK Dons fighting for their League One lives.

11.11 EDT

GOAL! Stoke 0-1 QPR (Adomah 48). Rangers flirted with relegation for a while, but they’ve come good at the death, and as things stand, they’ll be safe.

11.09 EDT

GOAL! Brighton 5-0 Wolves (Welbeck 48)

Julen Lopetegui made changes at half time … but it’s the same old story at the Amex. This is now officially a rout. This is Brighton’s second string!

Danny Welbeck with his second of the afternoon for the soaring Seagulls. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
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11.07 EDT

GOAL! MK Dons 1-1 Barnsley (Eisa pen 48). Milton Keynes are back in it … though not yet out of the League One relegation scramble. Meanwhile Rob Wolf Petersen would like to reassess De Zerbi’s team selection. “Fair to say that any lingering doubts I was nurturing about Brighton’s team selection before kick-off have been thoroughly dispelled. If there was any intent on RDZ’s part to highlight a lack of squad depth, it’s backfired in the best possible way!”

10.58 EDT

League Two half-times

  • AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Tranmere

  • Carlisle 0-2 Salford

  • Crawley 0-0 Walsall

  • Crewe 0-1 Swindon

  • Doncaster 1-0 Colchester

  • Gillingham 1-1 Newport

  • Hartlepool 1-1 Barrow

  • Leyton Orient 0-2 Stockport

  • Mansfield 0-2 Harrogate

  • Northampton 0-1 Bradford

  • Rochdale 2-1 Sutton

  • Stevenage 0-0 Grimsby

10.56 EDT

League One half-times

  • Accrington Stanley 0-1 Cambridge

  • Bolton 1-0 Fleetwood

  • Charlton 1-0 Port Vale

  • Derby 0-1 Portsmouth

  • Forest Green 0-1 Oxford United

  • Ipswich 5-0 Exeter

  • MK Dons 0-1 Barnsley

  • Morecambe 0-1 Lincoln

  • Peterborough 0-0 Bristol Rovers

  • Plymouth 1-0 Burton

  • Shrewsbury 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday

  • Wycombe 0-1 Cheltenham

10.54 EDT

Championship half-times

  • Bristol City 0-1 Burnley

  • Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City

  • Hull City 1-1 Swansea City

  • Reading 0-0 Wigan Athletic

  • Sheffield United 1-0 Preston North End

  • Stoke City 0-0 QPR

  • Sunderland 0-1 Watford

10.52 EDT

Premier League half-times

  • Brentford 0-1 Nottingham Forest

  • Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

  • Crystal Palace 4-3 West Ham United (FT)

10.51 EDT

GOAL! Brentford 0-1 Nottm Forest (Danilo 45+1)

A brouhaha in the Brentford box … then a swipe of quality as Danilo whistles a shot into the top bin. A huge goal in Forest’s fight to avoid relegation … and awful news for fellow strugglers Leeds, Leicester and Everton! The game at the King Power on Monday night between Leicester and Everton is going to be an absolute belter, isn’t it?

Danilo celebrates what could be a vital goal for Forest. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
Pos Team P GD Pts
16 Nottm Forest 34 -30 33
17 Leeds 33 -21 30
18 Leicester 33 -13 29
19 Everton 33 -25 28
20 Southampton 33 -30 24
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