Charlton had taken the lead in the 30th minute when Greg Halford scored his first goal for the club since he arrived on loan from Sunderland.

Darren Ambrose floated in a free-kick and Halford rose highest to guide his header past the despairing dive of former Addicks goalkeeper Dean Kiely and into the bottom corner.

But Phillips equalised for Tony Mowbray's side 11 minutes later with a trademark finish to secure a valuable point.

Zoltan Gera nodded Jonathan Greening's free-kick into the path of Phillips, who controlled the ball in an instant and smashed it past Nicky Weaver and in off the underside of the crossbar.

The result at The Valley lifted the Baggies ahead of Hull on goal difference and up to fourth place while Alan Pardew's side climb to eighth.

In Coca-Cola League One Hal Robson-Kanu's third goal in three games helped Southend rescue a point against leaders Swansea at Roots Hall.

Roberto Martinez's side had taken the lead in the 24th minute after Charlie Mulgrew fouled Thomas Butler inside the penalty area.

Jason Scotland sent Shrimpers' keeper Darryl Flahavan the wrong way with the resulting spot-kick to collect his 26th goal of the season.

But on-loan Reading striker Robson-Kanu equalised in the fifth minute of first-half injury time to give his side a share of the points.

Mulgrew made amends for his earlier mistake and delivered a dangerous free-kick into the Swansea penalty area which Robson-Kanu headed past goalkeeper Dorus De Vries.

Swansea's lead at the top was increased by a point though as second-placed Doncaster suffered a 2-1 away defeat to Yeovil.

Yeovil skipper Terry Skiverton headed home in the 22nd minute and Lloyd Owusu doubled the advantage in the 31st minute after a mistake by Rovers goalkeeper Neil Sullivan.

Paul Heffernan's 25-yard drive pulled a goal back for the visitors in the 73rd minute but Yeovil held on to take the points.

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Nottingham Forest kept up the pressure up in the chase for an automatic promotion place with a 2-1 victory over Northampton in a bad tempered match at Sixfields.

Brett Ormerod put Forest ahead in the ninth minute when he latched on to Chris Cohen's cross and smashed the ball home from close range.

The visitors lost defender James Perch in the 21st minute when he was sent off for violent conduct after a foul on Northampton striker Poul Hubertz.

The Cobblers capitalised on the extra-man advantage and Hubertz levelled with a spectacular overhead kick in the 32nd minute.

Northampton were unable to find a second and Forest were awarded a 63rd penalty after goalkeeper Mark Bunn brought down Forest striker Nathan Tyson inside the penalty area.

Tyson stepped up to take the resulting spot-kick and struck the ball past Bunn into the bottom-left corner of the net.

In League Two, leaders MK Dons were held to a 1-1 draw by second-placed Peterborough in a top-of-the-table clash at a packed stadium:mk.

The Dons made a dream start when Jemal Johnson burst down the left in the 12th minute and squared for Colin Cameron, who helped the ball onto Aaron Wilbraham to fire home in front of record home crowd.

But Posh responded well and were level in the 27th minute when Dean Keates was given far too much space and crossed for Chris Whelpdale who headed past Willy Gueret.

Stockport midfielder Jason Taylor scored twice to give his side a 2-0 win over Macclesfield and keep their bid to reach the play-offs on course.

Taylor broke the deadlock in the 10th minute with a neat close-range finish and added a second a minute after half-time from the edge of the area to seal the points.