CARDIFF CITY’S BID for automatic promotion to the Premier League suffered a blow as Derby improved their play-off prospects with a crucial 3-1 win.
Neil Warnock’s second-placed side could have moved four points clear of third-placed Fulham with a win at Pride Park.
With only two games left in the Championship season, that would have put the Bluebirds in pole position to join already-promoted Wolves in the top flight.
Cardiff were on course to achieve that target after Callum Paterson gave them a half-time lead.
But defensive errors allowed Cameron Jerome to score twice either side of a Matej Vydra strike as Derby ended a run of three straight defeats to move back into sixth place above Millwall.
Meanwhile, Barnsley are fighting for Championship survival after Nottingham Forest cruised to a 3-0 win at the City Ground.
Lee Tomlin scored a spectacular goal before setting up another for Ben Brereton and sub Apostolos Vellios netted a late third.
The result meant Forest boss Aitor Karanka dealt a severe blow to his old friend and Barnsley manager Jose Morais, who he worked alongside at Real Madrid on Jose Mourinho’s staff.
Third-bottom Barnsley are two points adrift of safety, behind 21st-placed Bolton, with two games left to play.
Morais will hope that Karanka does him a favour before the end of the season, however as Forest face a trip to Bolton on the final day.
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Fair play to Ultan Harney for bringing the cones in. Not too big for his boots that fella…
“Mayo’s agonising collapse in the All-Ireland final replay against Dublin” – Mayo didn’t collapse. We lost by a point and e were beaten by the better team. I do agree we need to unearth a scoring forward or two. That and don’t change the goalkeeper.
Ah no, keep changing the keeper. It’s great craic!
They must keep copying and pasting from article about Mayo from the noughties a bit like a lot of brain dead idiots on social media oh sorry! For bantz??
Kyle Cawley (Sligo)
Would he be any relation to Eamon Cawley who played a few senior games for Sligo in the mid-2000s?
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Get your facts correct! Is a one pint loss a collapse?
James Conlon(Meath)
Looking forward to Kerry young players coming throw
Up Laois!