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Burnley 5-0 Cardiff, Watford 3-0 Stoke, Swansea 3-0 Preston
10-man QPR come back to draw 2-2 with Sheffield United and Bristol City 4-3 Millwall
Reading, Barnsley and Huddersfield all win in League One
Newly promoted Chesterfield win 5-0 away to Crewe in League Two
Derby beat Middlesbrough in one of three early Championship kick-offs
WBA v Leeds ends goalless as does Portsmouth v 10-man Luton
Bromley beat Wimbledon in first ever EFL home game
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THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, FOLKSpublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 17 August
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So, after a whirlwind afternoon of Championship action we could all do with getting our breath back... but not for too long, because there's more to come on Sunday!
We'll be back for the weekend's final slice of EFL action, starting with the Championship clash between Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday, which gets under way at 12:00.
There's also League One action, with Bolton taking on Wrexham at 15:00 BST and in between those two games, Notts County and Fleetwood meet in League Two (13:00).
Make sure you join us then... until then, goodbye!
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There have been goals (lots of goals), drama (tons of drama) and thrills (plenty of thrills) across the EFL this afternoon.
You can catch up on all the day's action right here on the BBC website and app, with reports from every match.
Follow the links below for reports from the respective divisions.
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Mousinho: Pompey 'needed a bit more to unlock' Lutonpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 17 August
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Portsmouth 0-0 Luton
Image source, Rex FeaturesPortsmouth boss John Mousinho felt his side shouldhave found a way to break down Luton’s 10 men in their lunchtime 0-0 draw atFratton Park.
Hatters goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski was sent off halfan hour into the game, but the home side were unable to find a way through asthey recorded their second successive draw since promotion to the Championship.
“We’re disappointed and we thought we could have wonthe game,” Mousinho admitted. “Luton defended brilliantly. I thought we neededa bit more to unlock them.
“We caused some problems for Luton, one of which resulted in thered card for their keeper. But we struggle against sides that go down to 10men.
“Luton sat very deep in the second half and let us have the ballbut we needed to make better use of it.”
'We showed we learned from Burnley loss' - Edwardspublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 17 August
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FT: Portsmouth 0-0 Luton
Image source, Rex FeaturesLuton are still searching for their first win since returning to the Championship, after picking up a point in a goalless draw with Portsmouth.
Hatters boss Rob Edwards however said he felt his team showed they had learned something after the opening game defeat by Burnley:
“After Monday it was important the supporters saw a team that was fighting for them.
“With 11 men I thought we were quick and dynamic and should have been one or two up, and even down to 10 men we showed a different side to ourselves.
“I understand there was anger from the supporters after the first game but we showed that we learned and took it on board today.”
Rams 'rode luck' for the win - Warnepublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 17 August
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Image source, Rex FeaturesDerby County boss Paul Warne was quick to praise goalkeeper Josh Vickers for his crucial hand in the Rams' first Championship win since being promoted back to the second tier.
Vickers' performance in the win came just a day after Derby signed Jacob Widell Zetterstrom from Djurgarden.
"I think we rode our luck at times, I'm not pretending that we didn't, but towin games of football there are a lot of things that come into it," Warne said.
"We win 1-0 at home and our best player is Josh Vickers. Everything he didtoday was bang on the money and that's why I brought him to the club, he's anamazing goalkeeper."
And when asked about having to decide which goalkeeper to play next week, Warne said: "There'sno drama for me.
"I'll speak to the coaches and the goalkeeping coach, I'll watch Jacob trainthis week. I'm always the same, I'm always fair on my players and the bestplayers play.
"They are both very good goalkeepers, which is why I brought Josh to the cluband Jacob to the club - and he can sell calendars. He is one handsome man, we'vebought like the Swedish James Bond."
Carrick 'frustrated' by Derby defeatpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 17 August
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FT: Derby 1-0 Middlesbrough
Image source, Rex FeaturesMiddlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick had plenty to lament after their defeat at Derby, having created numerous chances on the way to losing their first game of the season.
"Starting the game, we weren'ttotally at it. There were a couple of bits of sloppy play and then the goal,it's not easy to pull that back," he said.
"I thought we tried, we did some good things at times, created chances and thelonger the game goes it becomes frustrating, so obviously disappointed with theresult.
"It's no surprise as to how the game panned out, we couldn't do enough todayto claw it back, we gave ourselves too much to do.
"We were off it in a couple of moments at the beginning of the game and we'vedefinitely got to get better at that and be a bit more ruthless and smarter athow we start the game, but we'll get there."
League Two FT highlightspublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 17 August
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We have to start at the Mornflake Stadium in Cheshire where Chesterfield have absolutely dismantled Crewe 5-0. The Spireites scored three goals inside the games opening 12 minutes and from there they never stopped feasting on their opponents.
In another dominant display Walsall whipped Swindon into submission in the second half, scoring three goals to run away 4-0 winners on the road.
Grimsby scored a very late winner to seal a 3-2 win over Cheltenham in-front of home fans.
Newport proved too strong for Doncaster and romped to a relatively straightforward 3-1 win.
And what a game we had between Accrington and Harrogate, who fought until the very end but couldn't be separated, it ended 3-3.
Elsewhere today, there were wins for Colchester, Gillingham, Carlisle and Bromley.
League One FT highlightspublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 17 August
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Newly promoted Stockport found their groove in the second half and netted a trio of goals to beat Blackpool3-0 at Bloomfield Road and move top of the table.
Huddersfield make it two wins out of two after a pretty straightforward 2-1 win over Stevenage in a one sided game.
The Wycombe fight back came too late as Birmingham sealed a neat 3-2 victory for their first win of the season.
Reading also for their first three point haul of the new campaign with a 2-0 victory over Wigan.
And what a game we had at Field Mill between Mansfield and Burton, this one could have gone either way. But it was a late penalty deep into stoppage time that gave Mansfield the equaliser, it ended 3-3.
Elsewhere, there were wins for Northampton, Barnsley and Crawley.
Peterborough and Charlton were victorious in the day's early games.
Farke hails Leeds' defensive displaypublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 17 August
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West Brom 0-0 Leeds
Image source, Rex FeaturesPlenty of goals in this afternoon's Championship games, but West Brom and Leeds drew a blank in their clash at The Hawthorns earlier in the day.
However, the clean sheet was welcomed by Leeds boss Daniel Farke, whose side had conceded three in their opening Championship game against Portsmouth and three more in their midweek League Cup loss to Middlesbrough.
Farke told BBC Radio Leeds: "To get this outcome after such a difficult week, I’m pleased.
“We are happy when we win with offensive fireworks. That wasn’tthe case this time but there were many positives.
“After conceding six goals in two games, compliments to myplayers for their reaction to get a priceless point. I just wantedto show our unity, that we are a proper team.”
Championship FT highlightspublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 17 August
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It hasn't been a good day for a few of the Championships' goalkeepers...
It was goals galore between Bristol City and Millwall as the Robins clinched the three points in a 4-3 thriller.
Wayne Rooney gets his first league point on the table as Plymouth Argyle boss in a 1-1 draw with Hull City.
Swansea and Watford cruised into their 3-0 victories against Preston North End and Stoke City respectively.
There was a late red card for QPR in their match against Sheffield United but it didn't stop Rangers striker Lyndon Dykes from slotting in an equaliser to make the score 1-1.
Blackburn Rovers also pulled back a point in the last embers of their 2-2 tie against Norwich.
Meanwhile Burnley... well they had a good day! They dominated Cardiff in a 5-0 drubbing after Bluebirds goalkeeper Ethan Horvath conceded a shocker of an own goal just nine minutes into the match.
Earlier in the day, we also saw a goalless meeting between West Bromwich Albion and Leeds, a 1-0 win for Derby County against Middlesbrough and Luton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski sent off for a reckless challenge in their 0-0 draw with Portsmouth.
'Rovers have goals in a post-Szmodics world'published at 17:15 British Summer Time 17 August
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FT: Norwich 2-2 Blackburn
Marc Webber
Final ScoreHonours even, which will be pleasing for some followersof both sides.
Rovers showed goals will still come in a post-Szmodicsworld.
Whilst Norwich might be ruing losing their comeback lead,coming from 1-0 behind will give hope there is something there to work with intheir transition season with a new manager and new owners, which will be pleasing for some followersof both sides.
'The passing, the movement; it's what Walter is looking for'published at 17:13 British Summer Time 17 August
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FT: Plymouth 1-1 Hull
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Former Hull City player on BBC Radio HumbersideI can take a lot more positives out of today's performance than out of the first couple I’ve seen this season. The passing, the movement; it is all what the manager has been looking for.
But the amount of times the keeper looks up and passes it to their striker! They need to cut that out.
I think Tim Walter will be delighted with what he's seen. You don’t want a draw, do you? But you’ve got to look at last week, yes they could have got two or three more, but going forward it’s more positive.
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Annnnnnnd breathe!
There have been some hectic results across the three English Football League divisions.
There was the madness at Ashton Gate, where Bristol City eventually prevailed 4-3 against Millwall, then there was Burnley battering Cardiff by five!
Mansfield Town and Burton shared a six-goal thriller in League One and in League Two, newly promoted Chesterfield were excellent for their 5-0 win against Crewe.
We will bring you all the headlines shortly...
FULL-TIMEpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 17 August
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Swansea 3-0 Preston
An impressive three goals and three points for Swansea City in their second league game of the campaign.
A first half penalty from captain Matt Grimes was followed by two second half goals from Azeem Abdulai and Zan Vipotnik.
After an opening day defeat for the Swans they pick up their first points of the season, Preston North End taste defeat in both of their opening league matches.
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Sheffield Utd 2-2 QPR
Impressive second-half performance by QPR, who claim their first point of the season with goals from Jimmy Dunne and Lyndon Dykes.
In between those two goals, Rangers went down to 10 men after substitute Jack Colback was red-carded.
Sheffield United will see it as two points dropped after going 2-0 up early in the game through Gustavo Hamer and Kieffer Moore.
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Burnley 5-0 Cardiff
It's a five star performance by Burnley as they thrash Cardiff City.
Ethan Horvath's disastrous own goal for Cardiff gifted the Clarets an early lead, and while Cardiff worked the hosts in the first half they were brushed aside after the interval.
The pick of the goals will go to Zeki Amdouni, whose late effort made it 4-0 before a fifth was added in stoppage time.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 17 August
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Norwich 2-2 Blackburn
The points are shared at Carrow Road.
Norwich City thought they had done enough to win the game after Josh Sargent's second half goal contributions but Blackburn's Yuki Ohashi's late diving header sees both sides take a point after this one.
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Watford 3-0 Stoke
A perfect start to the season for the Hornets, with all three of their goals coming in the second half.
Edo Kayembe struck two of them, sandwiching a Ryan Andrews effort.
GOAL: Burnley 5-0 Cardiffpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 17 August
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Johann Gudmundsson (90+2 mins)
Make that FIVE now for Burnley.
Just when the Clarets looked to have tied up a second four-goal win in as many games in the Championship, the Clarets make it all the more impressive by making it 5-0 in stoppage time.
Johann Gudmundsson finds the bottom corner with a neat finish after cutting inside.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 17 August
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Bristol City 4-3 Millwall
What a game - and what a way for Scott Twine to celebrate signing for Bristol City on a permanent basis.
Twine grabs the winner after City had gone 2-0 up early on, then trailed 3-2.
