It was a great 48 hours for the relegation battlers, with both teams scoring astonishing away victories.

West Brom – managed by former England hero Bryan Robson - stunned Charlton by winning 4-1 at The Valley, with Robert Earnshaw scoring a hat-trick. England will certainly have to look out for him when they play Wales later this year!

But Southampton followed that result up by beating Middlesbrough 3-1 away from home on Sunday, with England Under 21 cap Peter Crouch scoring twice.

Saints assistant boss Jim Smith said: "We now go into the international break with a huge psychological boost of being out of the bottom three. It was a great win for us."

Baggies boss Robson, talking about his side’s victory 24 hours earlier, said: "That result had been coming for a while because we have been creating chances. Hopefully it will send shockwaves through our rivals. We have given ourselves a chance of staying up – if we keep believing."

Elsewhere, Sunderland moved to the top of the Championship by beating Coventry 1-0 and deserve a mention.

So do Peter Taylor’s Hull for a 4-0 away trouncing of Bournemouth in League 1 and rock-bottom Cambridge for scoring a 2-1 home win over Wycombe in League 2.

In the Conference, runaway leaders Barnet were again the headline makers with their incredible 7-1 demolition of Farnborough. Guiliano Grazioli scored a hat-trick at Underhill.

And FA Cup heroes Yeading edged closer to the Ryan Premier title with a 1-0 home victory over Folkestone – they are now eight points clear at the top of the table.