Highlights from Round 2

Stoke and Wat­ford are top of the Cham­pi­onship table fol­low­ing home con­quests over Charl­ton and Sheffield United, respec­tively. Jon “The Beast” Parkin scored the Sat­ur­day Night Foot­ball match win­ner for the Pot­ters (2–1 result), who face Southamp­ton next Sat­ur­day. The Saints have arguably had the most dis­ap­point­ing league cam­paign to date, with sup­port­ers’ frus­tra­tions mount­ing over Southampton’s off-season sell-off of key play­ers to avoid administration.

Wolves recov­ered from a crush­ing open­ing day set­back vs. Wat­ford by defeat­ing Sheffield Wednes­day on Sun­day. Fred­die East­wood opened his sea­son account for Wolver­hamp­ton. Mid­lands rivals West Brom con­tin­ued Preston’s woes with a 2–0 result. New Boy Ish­meal Miller, on loan from Man City, scored impres­sively on his Bag­gies debut.

Best wishes to Ian Hol­loway, who was sent to hos­pi­tal Sat­ur­day suf­fer­ing from kid­ney stones. All indi­ca­tions are that Ollie, who missed Plymouth’s draw with Ipswich, will be back to his engag­ing self in the near future.