Johnson bust-up as Robins crash
BRISTOL CITY boss Lee Johnson was shown a red card after the final whistle as his side were thumped 4- 0 at home by
BRENTFORD.
Angry words were exchanged between Johnson and Brentford manager Thomas Frank, and referee Matthew Donohue judged the Robins boss to be the guilty party.
It was an embarrassing end to a nightmare afternoon for Bristol City, who had defender Ashley Williams sent off after 13 minutes for a second yellow-card offence.
Johnson said: ‘I was shown a red card but will appeal against it. All that happened was that Thomas grabbed my cuff as we were talking and I ripped it away.’
After goals by Bryan Mbeumo,
Said Benrahma and two from striker Ollie Watkins, Frank said: ‘Ollie’s form will attract interest but I am hopeful he will remain with us until the summer at least.’
HULL manager Grant McCann accused SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY of dirty tricks despite his team winning 1-0 at hillsborough with Jarrod Bowen’s 17th goal of the season. McCann raged: ‘Wednesday made me park 10 minutes away in my car, which was strange. When managers come to our stadium, they park right at the front.
‘Then they turned all the plugs off in the changing room, so we didn’t have any music. There were a lot of things before the game where they tried to put us off.’
The hosts were booed off after a third straight loss and Owls boss Garry Monk admitted: ‘It’s not good enough. I’m angry.’
Promotion- chasing FULHAM crumbled to a 2-1 home defeat by
READING. But MIDDLESBROUGH’S fine run continued as an overhead kick from Rudy Gestede and an own goal from Ben Davies secured a 2-0 win at PRESTON.
In League One, IPSWICH marked a new contract for manager Paul Lambert by holding leaders
WYCOMBE to a 1-1 draw at Adams Park. OXFORD dropped to fourth as they lost 1-0 at DONCASTER.
Incoming GRIMSBY manager Ian holloway watched his new side secure a 1-0 League Two victory at home to SALFORD. Jamaican striker Ahkeem Rose came off the bench to settle the game with a close-range finish.
SWINDON stayed top of the table and ended PLYMOUTH’S threematch winning streak with a 2-1 success at home Park. eoin Doyle made it 23 goals for the season by netting the 77th-minute clincher.
Former FOREST GREEN goalkeeper Jonny Maxted kept his old side at bay as second- placed EXETER ground out a 1-0 win. Maxted saved Liam Shephard’s penalty as the 10 men shut the door after Nigel Atangana, who had given exeter a first-half lead, was sent off early in the second period.