Sheffield Wednesday v. QPR (7 November: Championship Match 16) [R]

The R's earned 3 away points as a 82nd minute header by Gorkss gave the R's the win. Simpson scored in the 10th for QPR before the Owls drew level in the 14th.

The win brought the R's up to 4th place -- 4 points behind 2nd place but still only 1 point ahead of 7th place.

Top half of the table:

1 Newcastle 16 15 33
2 West Brom 16 17 31
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3 Cardiff 16 14 27
4 QPR 16 12 27
5 Blackpool 16 9 27
6 Leicester 16 5 27
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7 Bristol City 16 4 26
8 Nottm Forest 16 3 25
9 Swansea 16 2 25
10 Middlesbrough 16 5 24
11 Preston 16 1 24
12 Watford 16 -2 24

Mahon requires surgery on his knee and will be out "at least four months."

http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1874176,00.html

Wow, that is a tight grouping of teams!

Welcome to the Championship - an actual open competition for honors

...and still 30 games to go! 2009/10 is going to be a wild ride.

and one that will lead most to heavy drinking with all that tight grouping.