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Reading moved into second place in Division 2 today with a 1 - 0 home win over Q.P.R. Rangers remain in 6th place on 40 points 2 ahead of City.

Above Q P R there is a gap of five points to Brentford with a definate breakaway from the top 5. City are in the middle of a big chasing pack. The 7 teams from 6th - 12th are all within 2 points of each other. The bottom half of the table are 7 points behind Colchester in 12th, the U's beat Wrexham today and the Robins are looking doomed.

The second division shock today was Wigan coming from 2 down to earn a point at Ashton Gate against Bristol City.

The full table is below.

		HOME						AWAY
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Stoke	25	9	3	1	24	7	5	4	3	15	14	+18	49
2	Reading	26	8	2	4	21	13	7	2	3	17	11	+14	49
3	Bristol City	27	8	3	2	22	11	6	3	5	21	16	+16	48
4	Brighton	24	8	2	1	20	8	4	8	1	14	11	+15	46
5	Brentford	25	9	3	0	31	8	4	3	6	16	20	+19	45
6	QPR	26	6	5	2	22	13	5	2	6	16	18	+7	40
7	Oldham	25	7	3	2	23	9	3	6	4	18	20	+12	39
8	Tranmere	24	7	4	2	31	13	4	2	5	14	21	+11	39
9	Huddersfield	24	7	4	2	22	13	3	4	4	15	14	+10	38
10	Cardiff	25	5	6	2	22	17	4	5	3	16	13	+8	38
11	Wycombe	24	8	4	0	25	10	2	4	6	13	22	+6	38
12	Colchester	26	8	2	3	24	15	3	3	7	20	28	+1	38
13	Wigan	26	3	5	5	18	16	4	5	4	18	17	+3	31
14	Swindon	24	5	4	3	14	13	3	3	6	12	19	-6	31
15	Blackpool	26	4	7	2	17	16	3	3	7	15	25	-9	31
16	Port Vale	26	6	3	4	21	14	2	3	8	9	22	-6	30
17	Peterborough	23	6	1	3	23	11	2	3	8	8	21	-1	28
18	Chesterfield	24	5	1	6	20	20	2	6	4	10	13	-3	28
19	Bournemouth	25	6	2	4	17	13	1	5	7	9	21	-8	28
20	Bury	25	4	3	5	14	16	3	2	8	12	26	-16	26
21	Notts County	25	3	5	4	15	16	2	3	8	17	27	-11	23
22	Wrexham	27	4	3	7	16	23	2	1	10	14	36	-29	22
23	Cambridge	25	4	6	3	17	19	0	1	11	6	29	-25	19
24	Northampton	25	3	1	9	11	23	2	1	9	12	26	-26	17

In the FA Cup favourites for a Cup upset Stoke City were beaten at the Britannia by Everton. Blackpool, totally unfancied at Charlton were within 20 minutes of a famous win but went down 2 - 1. The only other second division team playing today was Swindon Town and they went down 2 - 0 at Man City.

Cup shocks today came from 3rd division Orient who beat 1st division Portsmouth 4 - 1 at Fratton Park and 1st division West Brom who beat Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

The two non league teams left in the cup both went out by a 4 - 1 scoreline. Canvey Island at Burnley and Dagenham at home to Ipswich.