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Nottingham Forest netted just their second goal in seven opening day fixtures to start their Sky Bet Championship campaign with a closely-fought win over Huddersfield.

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Danny Ings of Burnley scores the opening goal of the new Sky Bet Championship season

Burnley 1 Bolton 1 match report: Close-fought battle sees Darren Pratley cancel out a David Wheater own goal in Championship season opener

Burnley took the lead against their local rivals but both sides come away with a point after Pratley equalised midway through the first half

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Curtis Davies has previous top-flight experience with West Brom and Aston Villa

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Championship sides Burnley, Bolton Derby and Blackburn are involved

Kevin Davies

New Wigan manager Owen Coyle denies he will make move for Kevin Davies

Davies is a free agent having been released by Bolton

Former Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle

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The former Bolton manager has been out of work since last year

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Bright young managers of yesteryear lock horns at Wembley

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Wolves promise to 'address problems' with club on verge second relegation in two years

Escaping drop into League One looks unlikely

Brian Laws: Scunthorpe's relegation has a horrible taste

Scunthorpe had their relegation to League Two confirmed, even though they beat sixth-placed Swindon 3-1.

The Wolves manager suffered relegation with Doncaster last season

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There will be a 1980s reunion at Molineux today as Wolverhampton Wanderers mark the 25th anniversary of their Wembley victory over Burnley in the final of the Football League Trophy – or Sherpa Van Trophy as it was then known.

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Five more issues were settled yesterday – Cardiff lifted the Championship title, Bournemouth earned promotion from League One, Gillingham were crowned League Two champions, Mansfield returned to the Football League five years after being relegated as Matt Green's penalty saw them beat Wrexham 1-0 at Field Mill to lift the Conference title, while in Scotland, Partick won promotion to the Scottish Premier, crossing the line after a 2-0 win at Falkirk.

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