Alex Mowatt’s brace, after Josh Maja became the Championship’s leading goalscorer, sent West Brom top of the table with a clinical 3-0 victory over winless Portsmouth. The in-form Maja bagged his fifth goal of the season inside the first minute – with only Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scoring more goals in the top four divisions this season. Mowatt struck twice after the break to put the unbeaten Baggies a point ahead of Sunderland at the summit ..read more

Romaine Mundle scores third as Black Cats win 3-1 West Brom into top two with 1-0 win over Swansea Sunderland continued their perfect start to the Championship season with a 3-1 win over Portsmouth. The Black Cats have a 100 per cent record and, despite conceding for the first time in almost seven hours in stoppage time, they cruised to victory on the south coast. Zak Swanson’s calamitous own goal, Alan Browne’s close-range effort and Romaine Mundle’s fine end to a counterattack continued Sunderland’s best start to a season for 99 years – where they also began with a quartet of victories. We ..read more

Leeds moved to avert the crisis hyperbole that another defensive dog day would have triggered by successfully erecting the barricades at the Hawthorns. A workmanlike point on the road against a frustrated West Brom did nothing for the pulse rate but registered as a gain in terms of their season so far. This game was the first competitive outing for Leeds’s yellow away kit, a retro throwback to past glory days complete with smiley badge. The face Leeds presented was more of a gritted-teeth grimace but after conceding six goals in their first two games of the season the clean sheet was welcome ..read more

Club honour goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, who died in June Middlesbrough 1-0 Swansea; Cardiff 0-2 Sunderland Millwall lost 3-2 at home to Watford in their opening match but the pre‑match tributes to their goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, who died aged 26 in June, put the defeat into perspective. Neil Harris, the Millwall manager, described it as “an emotionally difficult day”. Watford went 2-0 up thanks to goals from Edo Kayembe and Giorgi Chakvetadze either side of the break but were pegged back by a Duncan Watmore double late on that looked to see the spoils shared. But Mileta Rajovic popped up in th ..read more

Versatile Arsenal and Everton striker who went on to become a popular football commentator The footballer Kevin Campbell, who has died aged 54 after a short illness, won a league title, the FA Cup, a League Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup over a four-year period from 1990 until 1994 with Arsenal, the club he had supported, and joined, as a boy. As a striker he scored eight times in 10 matches during the second half of the Division One championship in 1991, and during the victorious 1993–94 European Cup Winners’ Cup campaign he contributed four important goals across the knockout stages ..read more

Kevin Campbell, the former Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Everton striker, has died at the age of 54. Campbell’s death was announced almost two weeks after it was revealed he was seriously ill in hospital. He was a popular figure throughout the game, a league title winner with Arsenal, and a charismatic TV pundit in recent years. “We are devastated to learn that our former striker Kevin Campbell has died after a short illness,” Arsenal tweeted. Everton paid their respects in a message calling him “Super Kev”. Kevin Campbell, former Arsenal and Everton striker, dies aged 54 ..read more

The former Arsenal, Everton, Nottingham Forest and West Brom player has died at the age of 54. We look back at his career ..read more

He won title with Arsenal and became popular TV pundit Kevin Campbell: looking back at his life in pictures Kevin Campbell, the former Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Everton striker, has died at the age of 54. Campbell’s death was announced almost two weeks after it was revealed he was in hospital with a serious illness. He was a hugely popular figure within the game, a league title winner with Arsenal and a charismatic TV pundit in more recent years. “We are devastated to learn that our former striker Kevin Campbell has died after a short illness,” Arsenal tweeted. “Kevin was adored by ..read more

Managing director made aware of complaint in early May ‘The club is committed to upholding principles of diversity’ West Brom have suspended an employee and launched an investigation after allegations of racism. The member of football staff has been accused of operating “racist and biased practices” in a 10-point grievance letter. The club are now looking into the matter with the managing director, Mark Miles, having been made aware of the complaint this month. The letter alleges several detailed examples of repeated incidents of discrimination against black players at the club ..read more

Will Smallbone’s opener and Adam Armstrong’s late double set up a Championship playoff final clash with Leeds 1 min: Southampton win a free-kick inside the first 20 seconds, but Smallbone’s delivery is poor, failing to pump the ball towards the men waiting inside the box. Southampton are in their usual red; West Brom are kitted out in their regular navy blue and white stripes. The visitors kick off, moving from right to left on my screen. Let’s play ..read more