The Aston Villa-loanee was given his marching orders following an off-the-ball incident with Nikola Zigic on twenty-two minutes. Millwall were trailing 1-0 before Chris Hughton’s men went on to add five more goals after Alan Dunne was dismissed in the 57th minute.

Millwall manager Kenny Jacket wasn’t too happy with either decision,"Shane's sending off looked a harsh decision to me and Alan's, which I had a better view of, I couldn't really see where it came from to be honest.”

Elsewhere in the Championship, after being handed a start in Hull City’s FA Cup tie at home to Ipswich, Richard Garcia was left out of the squad's 1-0 win over Peterborough at KC Stadium.

Scott McDonald and Rhys Williams completed full ninety minutes in Middlesbrough’s 2-0 loss at home to promotion hopefuls Burnley. The defeat leaves Boro five points behind league leaders Southampton on the Championship table.

Adam Federici’s Reading came from behind to get the better of Waftord 2-1 at Vicarage Road. Substitute Adam Le Fondre sealed the win for Reading with less then five minutes remaining.

At Selhurst Park, Mile Jedinak was an unused substitute in Crystal Palace’s 1-1 draw at home to Leeds United.

Brighton extended their unbeaten run three to matches with a 2-0 victory over Neil Kilkenny’s Bristol City. The Socceroo played 77 minutes as Bristol City were condemned to their second successive defeat.

Tim Cahill’s Everton have now gone 12 games without a win against Aston Villa after playing out a 1-1 draw at Villa Park. Darren Bent gave Villa a 56th minute lead before Victor Anichebe came off the bench to earn Everton a point. Chris Herd was again forced to watch from the sidelines as he continues to recover from injury.

Still suffering from injury, Vince Grella and Mark Schwarzer looked on as Blackburn moved out of the relegation zone for the first time since September thanks to a 3-1 win at home to Fulham. Despite Yakubu seeing red in the first half, Steve Kean’s men rallied to secure an invaluable three points at Ewood Park.

Ryan McGowan was suspended for Heart’s 5-2 victory at home to Aaron Mooy’s St Mirren. Rudi Skacel’s hat-trick ensured all three points for the 10-men of Hearts who trailed St.Mirren 2-1. Mooy did not feature off the bench for St.Mirren.

In an all too familiar story, Matt McKay did not make the Rangers bench in their 2-1 victory over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park. The defending champions trail Celtic by two points.

Socceroo midfielder Carl Valeri played the entire match as Sassuolo moved into second place with a 1-0 win away to Nocerina at the Stadio San Francesco. Sassuolo are now two points behind Torino in Serie B.

Nathan Burns played the final 11 minutes for AEK Athens in their 1-1 draw at home to Xanthi. Burns replaced Steve Beleck on 79 minutes after failing to see game time in AEK’s three previous matches. The Athens club has not tasted defeat since the 1-0 defeat away to Atromitos on December 19.

In the UAE Pro-League, a Lucas Neil-led Al Jazira enjoyed a comfortable 4-2 win over Dubai at the Dubai Club Stadium. A double from former Milan striker Ricardo Oliveira guaranteed his side would end the weekend in second position, two points ahead of Marco Bresciano’s Al Nasr who edged Al Shabab 2-1.

Bresciano completed another full ninety minutes as two goals in 11 minutes from Masoud Hassan and Humaid Abdulla Abbas extended Al Nasr’s unbeaten run to four games. Al Nasr welcome league leaders Al Ain to the Rashid Al-Maktoum Stadium next weekend while Al Jazira make their way to seventh placed Al Ahli.

David Carney did not make the Alcorcon squad that held fourth placed Real Valladolid to a 1-1 draw. Victor Perez had given Valladolid a 7th minute lead before Miguelez equalised for Alcorcon with 17 minutes remaining.

In England’s League One, Oldham were beaten 1-0 away to Huddersfield. Alex Cisak and James Wesolowski put in full shifts while former Liverpool goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis watched from the bench.

In League Two, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff opened the scoring for Shrewsbury in their 2-0 win at home to seventh placed Gillingham. The defender has now found the back of the net three times this season.

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