Queen’s Park Rangers: In: Ray Harford

West Bromwich Albion: Out: Ray Harford. In: Richie Barker (caretaker manager)
Doncaster Rovers: Out: Danny Bergara (becomes Director of Football) In: Mark Weaver.. Nil Satis Nisi Optimum The first piece of Latin my father translated for me. In fact, the only piece of Latin my father translated for me He was very keen I should know what it meant No, it wasn’t my school motto. The defender was sent off and Cameron beat goalkeeper Steve Woods from the spot. Hearts sealed the points midway through the second half when Flogel struck his sweet shot.. Simon Charlton (defender) Southampton to Birmingham

Martin Foster (midfielder) Leeds to Blackpool
Andy Gray (midfielder) Leeds to BuryAdam Reed (defender) Blackburn to RochdaleLawrence Davies (forward) Bradford City to DarlingtonCraig Midgley (forward) Bradford City to DarlingtonBent Inge Johnsen (defender) Bodo/Glimt (Nor) to Leeds (trial).

“We were streets ahead of Motherwell, who have given other clubs problems in recent weeks.”Motherwell had indeed defeated Celtic and drawn with Rangers last month but their rigorous pressing game came unstuck as Hearts pressurised them before half-time. Five yellow cards were handed out, the last to Kevin Christie, for fouling Cameron in the 36th minute which was to prove costly.Just minutes before the interval Cameron squandered a great chance but was given the chance to atone soon afterwards when Christie pushed David Weir. Hearts have another chance to stretch it again on Tuesday when they play Dundee United, before the acid test of their title ambitions: back-to- back games with the Old Firm.Celtic, whom Hearts must visit next Saturday, slipped further behind by drawing at Kilmarnock, but buoyant Jefferies believes his side are romping on without even worrying about their rivals from Glasgow.”That is the best we have played all season,” declared the Hearts manager. Managers have a habit of being able to rewrite football history and McGhee, who almost sold Goodman to Ipswich for a paltry pounds 250,000 two weeks ago, is no exception.Wolves should have won the game in even more comfort, the lively young striker Robbie Keane missing at least three good chances. Their hosts, a team as out of luck as their ex-captain, could only look back upon a missed header from the substitute Uwe Rosler and a 40-yard chip by the same player.McGhee could afford some words of consolation for his opposite number, Frank Clark: “If they continue to work as hard as that, they will turn it around, nobody could have any complaints about their commitment.”. Heart of Midlothian 2

Cameron pen 45, Flogel 68
Motherwell 0Attendance: 12,706Hearts may not have emulated the Springboks, but they are continuing to put distance between themselves and the rest.While South Africa were routing Scotland’s rugby side just a quarter of a mile away at Murrayfield, Jim Jefferies’ leaders of the pack were stretching their advantage in the Premier League by comfortably beating Motherwell at Tynecastle.Colin Cameron’s vital penalty in first-half injury time, coupled with a splendid 67th-minute goal from Thomas Flogel gave at least one part of Edinburgh’s sporting fraternity a chance to hold its head high last night.No matter that Rangers might eat into that four-point gap by winning today at home to Hibernian. He reached the loose ball first, but could only watch in dismay as his sliced left-footed clearance flew into the top corner of the City goal.Symons is completely devoid of confidence and, following a nightmarish display at Stockport last week, lost the club captaincy.

Goodman, in contrast, is enjoying a rich vein of form after returning to Mark McGhee’s first team, following Steve Bull’s knee operation.Two goals in a win over QPR last week were followed by a man of the match performance at Maine Road. Manchester City 0

Wolves 1
Symons og 42Attendance:28,999A tale of two clubs, desperately striving to regain the Premier status their support and financiers require, was settled by a moment featuring two players enjoying sharply contrasting fortunes.Wolves’ striker Don Goodman and City’s Welsh international defender Kit Symons were the protagonists in the 42nd-minute goal that continued Wolves’ charge up the First Division table and added to the malaise shrouding Maine Road.There seemed little danger as, just before half-time, Symons and his team-mate Tony Vaughan combined to challenge Goodman as he raced towards goal, having collected a through-ball from Simon Osborn.Goodman, a physical and tireless presence in the Wolves front line, used his guile and bulk to shrug aside Vaughan’s attempt to challenge, but Symons appeared to have timed his own covering tackle to perfection. But instead it fell straight to the former Juventus star, who struck a right-foot shot past Kasey Keller inside his near post.The home side had created the first chance of any note with three minutes gone, Matt Elliott’s through-ball setting Steve Claridge free, but his weak shot was easily saved and from then on they failed to show any cutting edge.Padovano had always looked the most likely to break the tedium of the first half and saw a shot thump off the woodwork in the 14th minute.Despite a Leicester second-half siege, Palace’s backs-to-the-wall defending looked certain to keep the ineffectual Leicester strike force at bay until Izzet’s final intervention.. And, while Roy Hodgson’s side always dominated, a stream of wayward final balls and more committed defending prevented an extension of their 2-0 lead.Thompson’s sending off on 23 minutes served to spark Bolton into life.

The home side had started in rampant mood and threatened to overwhelm a sloppy and complacent Bolton. Blackburn Rovers 3

Gallacher 4, Sutton 21, Wilcox 90
Bolton Wanderers 1Frandsen 84Attendance: 25,503Blackburn survived a nailbiting finale to a game which had seemed wrapped up in the opening quarter. Disrupted by the early dismissal of Bolton’s Alan Thompson for a horrible challenge on Jeff Kenna, Blackburn almost paid for lapsing into cruise control as their visitors stepped up a gear.Though Jason Wilcox gave the scoreline respectability with the last kick of the game, Blackburn were inches away from squandering two points when Bolton striker Nathan Blake, with a clear run on goal, shot wide a few moments earlier. With still 12 minutes left, he swept unopposed through midfield and placed the ball perfectly for substitute Mark Nicholls to tap in.

Spurs had not only lost Zola but totally mislaid the grains of earlier optimism, and they even failed with a last minute offside trap which Flo sprang, shooting in the sixth off Walker’s fingers.. Zola had instigated that move and four minutes later he opened the Spurs defence again, allowing Flo to use the space in which he had been allowed to roam to drive in Chelsea’s fourth.Zola’s influence became incorrigible. Just after half-time, he shielded the ball as he brushed off assaults and ran diagonally across the face of the penalty area before releasing Dan Petrescu. A quick centre and Roberto Di Matteo headed past Ian Walker.A ball drifted from the half-way line by Frank Leboeuf somehow landed on the foot of Petrescu in the penalty area and with one touch he lifted it over Walker. Five minutes later, and after a series of thwarted attempts, Andy Sinton slung a free-kick into the Chelsea goalmouth from out near the corner flag.