Championship round-up: Ireland international Connolly scores as Hull beat Wednesday
Ozan Tufan’s hat-trick gave Hull their first win of the season with a 4-2 victory against Sheffield Wednesday. Juan Delgado put the Owls ahead but a late penalty from Tufan levelled things before the break and the midfielder added two more in the second half. Republic of Ireland international Aaron Connolly hit a fourth before Michael Smith struck in the final minutes for Wednesday.
Adam Armstrong’s 97th-minute penalty saved Russell Martin’s St Mary’s curtain-raiser as Southampton drew a topsy-turvy 4-4 encounter with Norwich.
Josh Sargent gave the Canaries an early lead before Saints hit back to claim the lead through Jan Bednarek and Armstrong’s first spot-kick. But Norwich restored their advantage by half-time thanks to Gabriel Sara’s impressive strike and Jon Rowe’s header.
Che Adams put Saints back level before Christian Fassnacht thought he had won it six minutes from time with his first Norwich goal – only for Armstrong to convert his last-gasp penalty.
Lukas Jutkiewicz smashed home a stoppage-time winner against Leeds as Birmingham celebrated the life of Trevor Francis and the start of a new era in front of NFL great Tom Brady.
Brady joined the recent takeover led by American businessman Tom Wagner nine days ago and the former quarterback made his first trip to St Andrew’s to see a dramatic end to a drab encounter on an emotional day.
Birmingham paid tribute to their greatest ever player before-kick-off, with Jasper Carrott leading the tributes to Francis following his death last month. The comedian said Francis was “a hero, a role model and a symbol of a time when there was real hope in this stadium” - a feeling of hope he felt was now back at St Andrew’s.
Coventry began life without Gustavo Hamer convincingly,
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