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Magennis keeps the Bolton bandwagon rolling

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Bolton, who spent much of last season fighting off the threat of relegation, moved joint top of the Championsh­ip with a 1-0 win over Birmingham.

Although Will Buckley was initially credited with the goal, it was later confirmed that Josh Magennis got the last touch from Sammy Ameobi’s probing cross after a largely uneventful 73 minutes.

Bolton stretched their unbeaten run to five games, while their opponents are still to win.

Norwich secured their first league victory of the season with two late goals sinking Preston at Carrow Road.

Finnish striker Teemu Pukki fired home his third goal for his new club to break the deadlock with just 10 minutes remaining, and the points were quickly wrapped up with a 25-yard stunner from Alex Tettey six minutes later.

Charlie Mulgrew netted two second-half penalties as Blackburn mounted an impressive comeback to draw 2-2 with Reading and preserve their unbeaten start to the season.

Reading had looked to be heading for their first win this term after a dominant first half in which Jon Dadi Bodvarsson notched a brace of his own with a deft 12th-minute finish and an emphatic second midway through the half, the Berkshire side’s first away league goals since March.

Barry Bannan and Tom Lees scored either side of the break to earn Sheffield Wednesday a 2-1 victory over Millwall at Hillsborou­gh – their first win of the season. Ryan Tunnicliff­e registered for the previously unbeaten south Londoners.

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