A capacity crowd joined former Ipswich players such as Mick Mills, Kevin Beattie and Frans Thijssen to pay tribute to Sir Bobby Robson, who died in July after a prolonged fight against cancer and who managed Ipswich for 13 years and Newcastle for five.

At half-time the North Stand was officially renamed the Sir Bobby Robson Stand in the presence of his widow Lady Elsie and sons Mark and Paul.

But it was Newcastle, the club who sacked Robson, who took the points, Ryan Taylor also fooling goalkeeper Richard Wright from a free-kick to leave Ipswich manager Roy Keane without a win nine matches into his second managerial job.

Newcastle caretaker manager Chris Hughton said: "This group of lads were all at the memorial for Sir Bobby on Monday and that was an emotional occasion.

"The players were delighted to attend and we all tried to put on a performance for Sir Bobby.

"It was a special result and a special performance."

QPR chairman Flavio Briatore, who may yet be forced out following his Formula One ban and involvement in the 'Crashgate' affair, was nowhere to be seen at Loftus Road as QPR beat Barnsley 5-2. There was, however, plenty of poor defending on show.

Two goals from Akos Buzsaky and further strikes from Mikele Leigertwood, Ben Watson and Jay Simpson left Barnsley's new manager Mark Robins saying: "When your defence backs off someone like the parting of the Red Sea you know it's going to be a difficult day."

It was particularly disappointing for Robins because Barnsley had clawed their way back into the game after going in 3-0 down at the interval, a Stephen Foster header and Andy Gray's follow-up, after his penalty was saved, reducing the deficit.

Crystal Palace prevented West Brom equalling a club-record nine-match unbeaten start to the season with a 1-0 win at the Hawthorns.

West Brom boss Roberto di Matteo was critical of his side's defending, describing Palace teenager Alassane N'Diaye's second-half winner as a "soft goal".

After last week's 5-0 mauling by West Brom, Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate saw his side surrender a 2-0 lead at Coventry.

To add to Southgate's frustration the equaliser from Coventry's Leon Best arrived in the fourth minute of stoppage time after an extra minute had been added for a booking handed to home defender Stephen Wright.

Goals from Sean St Ledger and Rhys Williams had put Middlesbrough in control before Clinton Morrison reduced the arrears as Coventry mounted a fightback.

Southgate said: "We had three points in our grasp and we threw them away - that is difficult to take."

It was a better afternoon for Preston who climbed to third place in the league with a 2-1 win at Leicester, smashing the longest unbeaten home run in English football on the way.

Leicester had not lost at the Walkers Stadium since tasting defeat against Millwall on September 13, 2008, but Preston were the better team as goals from Neil Mellor and Richard Chaplow secured the victory. Bruno Berner scored a last-minute consolation for Leicester.

Blackpool broke into the top six with a 2-0 win against Peterborough.

They took the lead after just three minutes with a smart header from Jason Euell before Hameur Bouazza scored a spectacular solo goal, powering a shot home from the by-line into the far top corner.

Sheffield United's early-season progress was derailed by battling Swansea who completed a 2-1 victory despite ending the game with nine men.

Jordi Lopez was dismissed after receiving his second yellow card, as was Nathan Dyer who was sent off in the dying moments.

Earlier, substitute Lee Trundle had put Swansea ahead before Sheffield United equalised through Stephen Quinn. It was left to Tom Butler to deliver the points with a powerful daisy-cutter.

The other side of Sheffield were celebrating, however, after Wednesday claimed a 3-1 home win against Cardiff.

It was Cardiff's third successive defeat and to make matters worse Joe Ledley was sent off after picking up a second yellow card.

Etienne Esajas's free-kick gave Wednesday the lead but Cardiff equalised when Peter Whittingham scored from the penalty spot after Michael Chopra had been brought down.

Goals from Luke Varney and Leon Clarke sealed Wednesday's win.

Bristol City captain Jamie McCombe was described as "petulant and unprofessional" by manager Gary Johnson after being sent off for two professional fouls on Derby striker Rob Hulse at Pride Park.

It allowed Derby to dominate and they ran out 1-0 winners with their goal arriving late, courtesy of a 25-yard dipping drive from Gary Teale.

Scunthorpe also left it late, coming from two goals down against Doncaster to salvage a 2-2 draw with a stoppage-time penalty from Grant McCann following a disputed handball

Meanwhile, a second-half header from Watford's Danny Graham earned a point in a 1-1 draw after Grzegorz Rasiak had given Reading the lead.