The surprise team is Wigan. Top of the table after another 1 - 0 win, Gillingham will probably see that as a good result after we put 5 past them. (Less than 7,000 at the JJB, good team, no fans).
Sheff Utd suffered a 2 - 0 defeat at Millwall. New boss Dennis Wise lasted 2 mins as a sub before being sent off but seeing his team win would have softened the blow.
Biggest win of the day was Forest stuffing relegation favourites Wimbledon 6-0.
Results Oct 18th
| Coventry | 1 | Cardiff | 3 | |
| Doyle 11 | Whalley 28 Gordon 32 Earnshaw pen 40 | |||
| Attend: 11,767 | Half-time: 1-3 | |||
| Crewe | 3 | Derby | 0 | |
| Barrowman 10 Ashton 24 Rix 78 | ||||
| Attend: 8,656 | Half-time: 2-0 | |||
| Crystal Palace | 1 | Rotherham | 1 | |
| Freedman 57 | Swailes 32 | |||
| Attend: 18,715 | Half-time: 0-1 | |||
| Ipswich | 1 | Stoke | 0 | |
| Richards 43 | ||||
| Attend: 22,122 | Half-time: 1-0 | |||
| Millwall | 2 | Sheff Utd | 0 | |
| Harris 53 Ifill 66 | ||||
| Attend: 10,046 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||
| Nottm Forest | 6 | Wimbledon | 0 | |
| Harewood 24 , 37 Reid 45 Taylor 63 Dawson 65 Morgan 81 | ||||
| Attend: 23,520 | Half-time: 3-0 | |||
| Reading | 3 | Preston | 2 | |
| Goater 39 Mackie 82 Forster 90 | Fuller 20 Alexander pen 53 | |||
| Attend: 13,130 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||
| Sunderland | 1 | Walsall | 0 | |
| Stewart 42 | ||||
| Attend: 36,278 | Half-time: 1-0 | |||
| Watford | 1 | Bradford | 0 | |
| Fitzgerald 61 | ||||
| Attend: 10,381 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||
| West Brom | 1 | Norwich | 0 | |
| Koumas 35 | ||||
| Attend: 24,966 | Half-time: 1-0 | |||
| West Ham | 2 | Burnley | 2 | |
| Connolly 20 Hutchison 86 | Facey 38 Moore 82 | |||
| Attend: 31,474 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||
| Wigan | 1 | Gillingham | 0 | |
| Liddell 55 | ||||
| Attend: 6,696 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||