World News – GB – Championship Highlights & Recap: Reading Advances Seven Points

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Wycombe notched the first point of the championship in a 1-1 draw with Watford; Brentford denied by Norwich equalizer; Swansea takes second with home win over Stoke

Reading scored in 10 seconds as they continued their best start to the season in 35 years with a 4-2 win at Blackburn

The Royals are a surprise package following the appointment of unknown boss Veljko Paunovic midway through the preseason as they have won for the seventh time in eight games

The foundations for victory at Ewood Park came in a wild 18-minute opening where Reading took a 3-1 lead, thanks to goals from Yakou Meite – counted as the fastest in history from the club – Michael Olise and Josh Laurent

Adam Armstrong went 1-1, then brought Blackburn back in the second half, but Lucas Joao killed the game in the final 10 minutes

Wycombe collected his first point in second place as he held Watford to a 1-1 draw

The Chairboys, playing at this level for the first time in their history, had lost their first seven games but stopped the rot against the Hornets

Ismaila Sarr put the visitors in the lead shortly after halftime at Adams Park, but Anthony Stewart equalized for the Chairboys and they held on for a memorable result

Swansea was the driving force of the night, climbing into the top two with a 2-0 home win over Stoke

Jay Fulton put the Swans in the lead by the half hour, then Kasey Palmer’s late strike made the game safe, scoring a first win in four

Kenny McLean’s late strike kept Norwich in good form as they drew 1-1 at Brentford

The Canaries had started to step up a gear, clinching three straight wins, but were heading for defeat in West London when Ivan Toney opened the scoring in the first half

But McLean’s first goal of the season three minutes from time earned the visitors a point

A toss looked at the cards by the riverside until Britt Assombalonga scored in the 81st minute, then Djed Spence made the game safe in injury time

Valerien Ismael got off to a perfect start as Barnsley’s head coach after leading his new team to a 3-0 win over 10 QPR players at Oakwell

A penalty from Cauley Woodrow, along with a goal from Conor Chaplin and an own goal from Yoann Barbet gave Barnsley their first league win of the season as the Rangers played more than 60 minutes against a man following Rob Dickie’s red card

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