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Errm, weren't you the one that said on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ sport pages' pre season round up that Doncaster look likely to struggle ?

Thanks for 'bigging up' the Wednesday result. It's great to see us get some positive column inches wherever they may be and long may it continue eh!?

I completely agree the Wednesday match was incredible, I thought I was dreaming. However people may succinctly call into question your opinions because you have used no instead of know. On this occasion u cud av spelt like dis for all I care because we are top of the league!

Yeah thanks for the mention of SWFC. Apart from the Sodje injury it was the best start we could have hoped for. However, I must disagree with your opinion that the Doncaster victory was the result of the day. On one hand you had a team used to winning that has played together for a long time and on the other a club used to defeat with a host of new players. I wasn't particularly suprised at a Doncaster win. For me, the result of the day would have to be Preston going to Ipswich and getting the win.

As a Burnley fan who was at Hillsborough I would urge the Wednesday fans not to get too carried away with the result.

We were an absolute shambles defensively and I doubt their forwards will have an easier game all season.

Fair play though, they can only beat what is put in front of them.

The result of the weekend has to be Doncaster's though I suspect as the season progresses it will be PNE's that stands out.

i think you need to reconsider your comments about bournemouth, rotherham and luton. we're not relegated. i think we (afcb) will stay up, maybe rotherham but i think luton need a mini-miracle to stay up.

what about hartlepool's demolition of colchester ? they've spent big and are expected to do well, but frankly the 4-2 scoreline flattered them in the extreme. first time we've been top of the third tier for 51 years !! unfancied 'artlepool as early season pace setters !! who'd have thunk it ?

Fair comment Blakey1882 and I agree that you were shambolic at the back but after the start we had last season in losing the first six then this victory is a blessing! Even though it's only the first weekend of the Championship we have brough some great pre-season form in the start of our campaign and let's hope we hit a purple patch straight away and get a few points on the board. With the proposed takeover set to be completed soon according to all reports, here's hoping for a play-off push!

No mention of Shrewsbury's 4 - 0 win over Macclesfield?
OK. On the face of it, not the stand out result of the day but a real "statement of intent" from Simpson's new look team.
Yes it was at home and Macclesfield were poor but let's not forget Shrewsbury only won two league games in the whole of 2008 before this one. Only 4 players from that squad featured in this game so it was a new team who haven't even got used to playing together yet!
I'm not getting carried away but if this is anything to go by, I can't wait till they start to gel.

Watch out League 2. This could be the year of the Shrew.

Paul, I beg to differ on how good the Oldham game was for the neutral......Living in Australia i sat up at midnight eagerly awaiting the commentary. An hour into the game, 3-1 down, I was ropeable and contemplating going to bed after throwing several items and expletives at the computer monitor. After 7 years, my Australian wife barely tolerates the frustration (she hates the football widow tag) and indicated i sleep in one of the spare rooms. I went back to the computer sulking and put the headphones on. Lidd's penalty gave me some hope, then when Allessandra equalised, I nearly raised the roof. I noticed 2 lights come on accross the street. When Taylor hit the winner I was in heaven and dancing in the back patio. The whole street lit up like Blackpool illuminations.
What made it all the more sweeter was the guy at the back of us. He supports Derby. As I danced, he had just turned off his patio light and headed for bed. He must have heard me as he returned to offer two words of congratulations....the second of which was OFF.
I hid all day Sunday.

Mr Fletcher, are you the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ guy who supports Notts (sic) Forest? If so, it is no surprise to see which game you chose as result of the weekend in the Championship :) You might not support them and apologies if that is the case.

The Derby result was to be expected and fully deserved.

I was at Leyton Orient v Hereford United at the weekend, and saw JJ Melligan put in a great first half performance to help the O's to victory.

Most stunning moment was midway through the first half though. Me and my brother were chatting away about the O's chances this season, when the woman in front of us turned round and asked us to stop talking! Her son next to her looked thoroughly embarrassed by the whole thing.

Anyway, result of the weekend most certainly the Daggers 6-0 home win.

I don't think Derby themselves played any Premiership football last season! :p

Fletch - Docaster is for sure a great result, but I tend to agree that PNE beating The Tractor Boys away from home is class. Unfortunately my team are going there next week, but I hope we can show PNE and bring them back down!!!!???
As for L1onheart - Brilliant story that made me laugh!! - Thank mate! P.S. How can I get to listen to matches from here in South Africa??

Still being written off is music to the ears of a Donny Rovers fan! Long may it continue. I can promise you all, strength in depth won't be our achilles heel we've got at least 2 good players for every position. In Elliot, Byfield, Nuestadt and Woods 4 of our first eleven didn't even play at Derby on Satdi.

The Rovers are staying up!

Forest fan here, and as pleased as I was with our start in the championship yesterday, my favourite part of the weekend was when Sonko decided to his face in the way of Moussi's shot. Cant imagine he'll try that again!

Come on, Fletch. You know as well as I do that North End beating Ipswich away was the result of the day. That, coupled with the Donkey Lashers from Blackpool losing to a last-minute goal, made your weekend. Always nice to see Burnley get a thumping, too. This could be our season...Irvine's going to take us places...

Sorry to be a pedant, but I think punishments were meted to Rotherham, Bournemouth and Luton, rather than measured out in metres. Or perhaps the clubs concerned had to put coins in the meter?

I did the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ predictor last week for the first six games and it came out with Doncaster in 8th as the surprise package. Not sure why there was so much surprise though - Derby are a club a crisis. I think the hangover will be long and pianful.

That said, nothing is ever decided on the first weekend, but I am glad Doncaster got that first win out of the way, it should make for an exciting game when we (Cardiff) visit next weekend.

If you want a result of the weekend, look at Wrexham. Okay, not quite football league but they were so hopeless last season - it is a phenomenal start for pretty much new team up there. Kudos Brian Little!

I have to agree with ..sc_owl. Donny started with 11 on the pitch who were there last season, bringing in a couple of new boys late on, whereas Derby had an almost completely new side. It was nice to see us getting our passing game going, though.

I think we will finish about 16th. We have a few players who are easily good enough for the Championship, and some I'd have doubts about, goalscorer Guy being one of them.

Surely Port Vale's 3-1 victory at Luton is worth a mention ?

The first time we have won there since ..... wait for it ..... 1898.

That was not 1998 mistyped, I really do mean 1898.

Fantastic result !!!

How about Leeds going 1-0 down away from home to a team that was in the Championship last year and getting two goals in about twenty minutes to take 3 points back home to Elland Road?

Mr Fletcher,

I do hope you accept my aforementioned apologies, I must be confusing you with some other member of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ staff :)

Doncaster played very well and deserved their victory. I'm sure that Derby will pull it all together and achieve a respectable mid-table position come the end of the season - I certainly do not expect us to make the play-offs at all.

There is a whole host of faces at Pride Park and they ought not to have the losing mentality that the players had last season. My main concern is with my fellow fans - we need to rid ourselves of the mentality which leads a significant number of us to get on the backs of our players far too early on.

My game of the weekend has to be Leeds winning 2-1 away at Scunthorpe. Never an easy place to go, Glanford park belonged to a revitalised Jermaine Beckford who surely won this game with one of his best ever goals in this league.
After losing at Wembley to Doncaster and missing out on promotion last May, people could be forgiven for thinking that Leeds, despite being clear favourites for promotion, would crumble. Far from it, the club are on the way back.
Who needs the premiership when the football league gets better and better!!

It wasn't the game of the weekend but Leicester's 2-0 victory over MK Dons was just what the club needed going into its first season outside the top two tiers of English football. Credit to MK Dons, they didn't come out and look to perform a smash and grab on us. They tried to play football, it just didn't quite work for them on the day. We've got some exciting attacking options at the club now and hopefully they will continue to impress as the season progresses.

Really pleased with Forest's draw with Reading, Thought we might lose that one but we looked good and with some talent still to come in to the team, we can look forward to many more good results

good to see things never change at Gresty Rd with Crewe losing to a last minute goal again! i have a feeling its going to be a long season again

Hi Paul,
I enjoyed reading this article and I think it could make a great regular section on the bbc sport website. Please write more articles based on a 'football league result of the weekend' in the future.