Racist chanting halts play as substitute Ronald nets last-gasp winner for Swansea at Millwall
Substitute Ronald scored a last-minute winner as Swansea beat Millwall 1-0 at the Den in the Championship on 13 October 2026, a match interrupted for almost seven minutes after a complaint of racist chanting.
Referee Edward Duckworth stopped play in the 65th minute and spoke with Millwall manager Alex Neil, Swansea boss Vítor Matos and fourth official Ruebyn Ricardo before a security guard attended the area behind the Swansea dugout; when action resumed the stadium was told police were reviewing CCTV after a report of racist chanting.
Middlesbrough secured a 3-2 victory over Stoke thanks to Brazilian defender Neto Borges, who scored an own goal earlier in the match before netting an injury-time winner; the 30-year-old recorded his first league goal for 18 months as Boro extended their unbeaten run to five games and remained second in the table. Callum Brittain put Stoke ahead three minutes into the second half, Junior Tchamadeu’s effort then deflected off Borges for an own goal, and Will Lankshear restored Boro’s lead with his eighth league goal in 10 games after Stoke keeper Viktor Johansson spilled Amario Cozier-Duberry’s strike. Substitute Robert Bozenik appeared to salvage a point for the home side with five minutes left, tapping in after Luke Ayling’s poor clearance, but Borges converted from close range in the first of four minutes of stoppage time to seal the win.
Cardiff defeated Watford 5-1 as the Hornets conceded four first-half goals and dropped into the relegation zone; Jack Moylan scored twice, winning and converting an 11th-minute penalty and then finishing in a one-on-one with goalkeeper Federico Ravaglia in the 35th minute. Watford captain Mattie Pollock conceded the penalty and then headed into his own net from a corner in the 41st minute, with Ollie Tanner adding the fourth in the fifth minute of first-half added time.
Birmingham beat 10-man Preston 4-0 at St Andrew’s, with August Priske scoring twice and Liam Millar and Demarai Gray adding one apiece to give Chris Davies’ side their third win in four games and their first home win of the season. Preston, who played most of the second half with 10 men, remained rooted to the bottom of the table after the defeat.
Burnley were held 2-2 at home by Charlton after substitute Ivan Mesik scored a last-gasp equaliser at Turf Moor; Largie Ramazani had put Burnley 2-1 up in the 57th minute before Mesik levelled. West Brom came from behind to beat Wrexham 2-1 at Stok Cae Ras, overturning Kieffer Moore’s second-half strike with goals from Isaac Price and Aune Heggebo scored within a five-minute spell.
Bolton defeated Wolves 3-1 at Molineux, with Atsuki Ito giving the visitors a 28th-minute lead, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde equalising five minutes after the break, and substitutes Sam Dalby and Josh Sheehan scoring in the final 20 minutes to complete the comeback, inflicting Wolves’ first home league defeat of the season. Blackburn recorded a 1-0 win at Ashton Gate over Bristol City as goalkeeper Balazs Toth produced a string of outstanding saves and Oladapo Afolayan’s 38th-minute strike proved decisive.
Swansea’s late victory left them top of the Championship, Middlesbrough remained second, Watford dropped into the relegation zone and Preston stayed bottom of the table.