West Brom jumped to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with an emphatic 4-1 win at home to Bristol City.
The Baggies went a point above Newcastle - who play Preston on Monday - after Jerome Thomas' fourth goal of the season gave them the lead and Northern Ireland international Chris Brunt added the second soon after.
Louis Carey's own goal less than two minutes into the second half heaped more misery on the visitors with Simon Cox volleying in a fourth less than a minute later. Paul Hartley managed a consolation seven minutes from time.
Leicester moved third with a last-gasp 1-0 win at home to Plymouth. The sides were heading for a goalless draw until Andy King smashed home the winner nearly three minutes into added time to delight the home fans at the Walkers Stadium.
Mark Cooper endured a difficult start to life as a manager in the Championship as his Peterborough side went 1-0 down in their clash with Sheffield United.
Posh looked to be heading in goalless at half-time but Henri Camara grabbed his first goal for the Blades three minutes before the break. They could have taken a point from the match had Mark Bunn not saved George Boyd's 66th-minute penalty.
Meanwhile, Gordon Strachan is still awaiting his first win as Middlesbrough boss after a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest the Riverside.
Scunthorpe suffered a fifth consecutive away defeat in the Championship after going down 3-0 at Watford, while Leon Best cancelled out Darren Ambrose's 11th league goal of the season as Coventry came from behind to draw 1-1 at home to Crystal Palace.
Elsewhere, Reading managed a 2-1 win over Blackpool, Barnsley beat Cardiff 1-0 and Doncaster ran out 2-0 winners over QPR.
In the late kick-off, Roy Keane saw Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Lee Grant deny him a much-needed win at Portman Road as Ipswich remain entrenched in the relegation zone.
