Championship roundup: racist chanting mars Swansea’s win at Millwall

A delighted Ronald after scoring Swansea’s winner. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PAView image in fullscreenA delighted Ronald after scoring Swansea’s winner. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PAChampionship roundup: racist chanting mars Swansea’s win at MillwallRonald’s last-minute winner keeps Welsh side on top

Middlesbrough edge Stoke in thriller; Watford gloom

Substitute Ronald scored a last-minute winner to keep Swansea top of the Championship after their match at Millwall was held up for almost seven minutes due to a complaint about racist chanting at the Den.

The referee, Edward Duckworth, halted the match in the 65th minute and walked to the dugouts to speak with Lions manager, Alex Neil, Swans counterpart Vítor Matos and fourth official Ruebyn Ricardo.

Read moreA security guard was also on the scene, with the referee seeming to point to an area in the stands behind the Swansea dugout. When play eventually resumed it was announced in the stadium that there had been a report of racist chanting, adding that police were working to identify any offenders using CCTV.

But the unsavoury incident could not take the gloss off a dramatic last-gasp 1-0 victory for the table-toppers.

The Brazilian defender Neto Borges bagged a dramatic injury-time winner after earlier scoring an own goal as high-flyers Middlesbrough secured a thrilling 3-2 victory over battling Stoke.

The 30-year-old netted his first league goal for 18 months as Boro stay second in the table after stretching their current unbeaten run to five games.

Callum Brittain had fired the visitors ahead three minutes into the second half before Junior Tchamadeu’s shot deflected in off Borges for an unfortunate own goal soon afterwards.

The England Under-21 hitman Will Lankshear restored the visitors’ lead with his eighth league goal in 10 games after Stoke keeper Viktor Johansson inexplicably spilled Brighton loanee Amario Cozier-Duberry’s left-foot strike from the edge of the area. It took the striker to the top of the Championship scoring charts.

Substitute Robert Bozenik looked to have earned the home side a point, slotting home after Boro skipper Luke Ayling’s poor clearance with five minutes left, but Borges scored from close range in the first of four minutes of stoppage time.

View image in fullscreenNeto Borges fires in Middlesbrough’s winner. Photograph: Nigel French/PAWatford’s woeful season took another turn for the worse as they conceded four first-half goals in a 5-1 defeat at Cardiff to drop into the relegation zone.

Rising Republic of Ireland star Jack Moylan scored twice in the first half, winning and converting an 11th-minute penalty and then picking his spot to beat Federico Ravaglia in a one-on one in the 35th.

Hornets skipper Mattie Pollock had brought down Moylan for the penalty and then headed into his own net from a corner in the 41st minute before Ollie Tanner added the fourth in the fifth minute of first-half added time.

Birmingham underlined their growing promotion credentials with a commanding 4-0 victory over 10-man Preston at St Andrew’s. Two goals from August Priske and one each for Liam Millar and Demarai Gray gave Chris Davies’ men a third win in four games – and their first at home.

Preston, who played most of the second half with 10 men, remain rooted to the bottom of the table with just one victory after 10 matches.

Ivan Mesik scored a dramatic last-gasp leveller for Charlton to clinch a 2-2 draw at Burnley.

It looked like the Clarets were going to end their 360-day wait for a home league victory as Largie Ramazani’s 57th-minute goal put them into a 2-1 lead at Turf Moor. However, substitute Mesik denied back-to-back Championship victories for the hosts as he struck with virtually the last kick of an absorbing contest.

West Brom staged a dramatic late revival to beat Wrexham 2-1 at the Racecourse.

Kieffer Moore’s stunning second-half strike gave Wrexham hope that they could claim back-to-back home wins for the first time since February. But West Brom scored twice in five minutes through Isaac Price and Aune Heggebo to stop the Sky Bet Championship rot after derby defeats to Wolves and Birmingham.

The win lifts Albion back into the playoff places and piles the pressure on Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson with the Red Dragons having won only twice in 10 league games.

Wolves suffered their first home Championship defeat of the season as Bolton won 3-1 at Molineux.

Atsuki Ito gave Steven Schumacher’s visitors a deserved 28th-minute lead and although Jean-Ricner Bellegarde equalised five minutes after the break, substitute Sam Dalby and Josh Sheehan struck in the last 20 minutes to secure back-to-back away wins for Bolton.

A magnificent goalkeeping display from Balazs Toth inspired Blackburn to a 1-0 victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

The visitors had Toth to thank for still being in the game when Oladapo Afolayan rifled them into a 38th-minute lead with a clean right-footed shot from the corner of the box which wrongfooted motionless home goalkeeper Sam Tickle. Toth was simply unbeatable on the night, making a string of outstanding saves, particularly in the first half. His efforts left City with nothing to show from a performance that started impressively and ended in massive frustration.