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EFL: Crowd pilots, ladders and a game-changing substitution from home

As fans made a long-awaited return to seven English Football League games, one manager pulled off a game-changing substitution from his house on an entertaining second weekend of the season.

Isolating at his home in Cornwall after testing positive for coronavirus, Middlesbrough boss Neil Warnock still managed to have an impact on their draw with Bournemouth, more than 400 miles away.

His assistant manager Kevin Blackwell revealed afterwards that Warnock had passed on instructions to bring on Marcus Browne, who then headed in the equaliser with 10 minutes to go.

"Neil had a feeling and said, 'let's have a look at Browney', and it was a good shout," said Blackwell.