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  Lincoln City 4-1 Burnley: Clarets axe Nicky Hayen after Imps fiasco

  Burnley’s disastrous start to the Championship season has cost Nicky Hayen his job after Lincoln City ran riot at the LNER Stadium.

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  KING KONE DESTROYS SWANS – IN 15 MINUTES

  CHAMPIONSHIP By David McIntyre QPR 5 SWANSEA CITY 0 Kone 2, 10, 15 (pen), Dunne 45, 86 DELIGHTED QPR head coach Julien Stephan admitted he sensed Richard Kone was ready to turn a corner – after the striker returned to form with a 15-minute hat-trick at the start of game...

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  SAINTS’ RAPID START LEAVES NUNO SOAKING UP THE BOOS

  CHAMPIONSHIP Hammers pass up chance to hit summit Star Game By Andy Sims Walker-Peters 24, Soucek 90+3 CRUISING: Southampton’s Lewis Dobbin celebrates scoring their third PICTURE: Alamy WEST HAM UNITED 2 NUNO Espirito Santo admitted West Ham’s painfully slow start cost them after they crashed to Southampton. Kuryu Matsuki, James...

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  Chance Salech-tion lifts Bluebirds

  CHAMPIONSHIP By Phil Blanche CARDIFF CITY 1 Salech 35 BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 MATCH-WINNER: Yousef Salech celebrates his winner for the Bluebirds as Birmingham complain PICTURE: PSI/Dan Minto CARDIFF boss Brian Barry-Murphy admitted late stand-in Yousef Salech was “punch-drunk” after the striker’s winner upset in-form Birmingham City. Salech was scheduled to...