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It's back! The Championship season has begun and the opening weekend didn't disappoint. In typical Championship fashion we witnessed shocks, screamers and plenty of goals. Here is a look at the weekend's best bits.
Game of the Weekend
Burton Albion's first game in the Championship saw manager Nigel Clough make an emotional return to the City Ground where he started out as a player. And it was a thriller...
Player of the Weekend
Grant Ward had a debut to remember for Ipswich as his second half hat-trick helped secure his side a 4-2 victory over Barnsley. The youngster who joined Ipswich from Spurs earlier in the transfer window definitely deserved Player of the Weekend and you can see his hat-trick in the clip below.
Goal of the Weekend
Jacob Murphy gets the Goal of the Weekend with this screamer on his first league start for Norwich (see first goal.)
Former Royal Watch
Nick Blackman's goal drought continues at Derby. He's now gone 18 games without a goal since arriving from Reading back in January and was subbed off after around an hour as Derby drew with Oliver Norwood's Brighton, with the former Royals midfielder not getting off the bench. Aaron Tshibola was also confined to the bench for Aston Villa but came for the final 20 minutes as they lost 1-0 at Sheffield Wednesday.
All Results
Friday, Aug 5th
Fulham 1-0 Newcastle
Saturday, Aug 6th
Birmingham 0-0 Cardiff
Blackburn 1-4 Norwich
Bristol City 2-1 Wigan
Derby 0-0 Brighton
Huddersfield 2-1 Brentford
Ipswich 4-2 Barnsley
Nottingham Forest 4-3 Burton Albion
Reading 1-0 Preston
Rotherham 2-2 Wolves
Sunday, Aug 7th
QPR 3-0 Leeds
Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
TABLE: @QPRFC and @swfc make winning starts, but it's @NorwichCityFC top after Matchday 1! #EFLKickOff pic.twitter.com/zoUlJfIp8V
— Sky Bet Championship (@SkyBetChamp) August 7, 2016