Reading’s long unbeaten run comes to an end.

The Royals 2-3 defeat at Luton Town is their first in 34 Championship games.

Northampton Town move up to second in League Two.- Despite scoring in the first minute, Reading’s long unbeaten run comes to an end. The Royals 2-3 defeat at Luton Town is their first in 34 Championship games since losing to Plymouth Argyle on the opening day of the season. The winning goal is scored by Dean Morgan who joined Luton from Reading in July. Steve Coppell’s team remain 21 points clear of third-placed Leeds United.

- Northampton Town move up to second in League Two - their highest position of the season. The Cobblers beat strugglers Torquay United at Sixfields with a late strike from veteran midfielder Ian Taylor.

- Sven-Goran Eriksson tells the Football Association he does not want his successor to shadow him during the World Cup finals. The England coach will leave his post following the summer’s tournament and it had been thought his replacement could get to know the players by joining up with the squad in Germany.