Championship round-up:Newly-promoted Millwall retained their position at the summit of the npower Championship by thumping Hull 4-0 at The New Den.
Steve Morison, a reported target for Hull boss Nigel Pearson, opened his account early in the first half and Kevin Lisbie doubled the lead before the break.
Seven minutes into the second half Morison capitalised on some more poor defending and Liam Trotter added the fourth as the Tigers’ travel sickness showed no sign of clearing up.
Neil Warnock returned to haunt former charges Sheffield United by leading his QPR side to a thoroughly-deserved 3-0 victory at Bramall Lane.
The impressive Hogan Ephraim broke the deadlock in the 11th minute after smartly finishing a one-on-one, before then turning provider for Jamie Mackie to head home.
The result was out of doubt as early as the 23rd minute when keeper Steve Simonsen hauled down Adel Taarabt, who then stepped up to score the resulting penalty.
Swansea romped to a 4-0 victory over a poor Preston side thanks to three first-half goals in manager Brendan Rodgers’s first home Championship game in charge.
The lively Stephen Dobbie opened the scoring with a well-taken finish in the 23rd minute.
Darren Pratley pounced from David Cotterill’s corner to grab a second before Nathan Dyer then added a third before the break after a well-worked move.
It got no better for North End in the second half as Cotterill added a fourth from the penalty spot.
Chris Burke struck late on as Cardiff recorded their first league win of the season with a 2-1 victory at Derby.
The Glaswegian turned the ball home from close range with 12 minutes remaining after Peter Whittingham’s cross caused confusion in the Derby defence.
Michael Chopra had earlier put Cardiff ahead after 15 minutes with a tidy 12-yard finish.
The lead lasted just 10 minutes as Tomasz Cywka poked home his first goal in English football to equalise for the Rams.
Clarke Carlisle’s stoppage-time goal secured 10-man Burnley a 1-1 draw with Ipswich.
Burnley looked like they would be made to pay for playing the last 10 minutes a man light following David Edgar’s red card when David Norris scored with four minutes remaining.
But Carlisle still found time to head home a corner and clinch Brian Laws’ side a point.
Jimmy Kebe struck four minutes from time as Reading denied Portsmouth their first win of the season in a 1-1 draw at Fratton Park.
Teenage forward Nadir Ciftci looked to have given Pompey all three points in his first league start for the club but Mali winger Kebe got on the end of a Gylfi Sigurdsson cross to spoil the party.
Leicester and Middlesbrough secured their first Championship points of the season with an entertaining draw at the Walkers Stadium.
Grant Holt nodded home a dramatic header at the death to get Norwich’s campaign up and running with a 1-0 victory at Scunthorpe.
Billy Sharp converted a last-minute penalty to complete a 1-1 draw for Doncaster against a Bristol City side that showed no ill effects from this week’s shock resignation of Steve Coppell.
Rovers’ club record signing Sharp blasted home from the spot after Jamie McAllister’s 89th-minute foul on Doncaster substitute James Coppinger.
It was a cruel blow for City, who had taken the lead early in the second half when Damion Stewart headed home McAllister’s cross in Keith Millen’s first game in charge as permanent manager.
Late goals from David Bell and Lukas Jutkiewicz saw Coventry battle back to salvage a point in a 2-2 draw at Watford.
The Sky Blues fell behind when Will Buckley headed home on the stroke of half-time, with John Eustace adding a second just before the hour mark.
However, Bell fired home from 25 yards in the 88th minute to reduce the deficit before Jutkiewicz levelled from the spot two minutes later.
Patrick McCarthy’s own goal handed Barnsley their first points of the season as they held on for a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Oakwell.