Daniel Mandroiu had a penalty saved as Lincoln missed out on a Sky Bet League One play-off place with a 2-0 defeat to champions Portsmouth at the LNER Stadium.The Imps started the day in sixth place but, with Oxford winning, needed three points of their own to stay there.Late goals from Myles Peart-Harris and Paddy Lane settled the contest in Portsmouth’s favour but only after Mandroiu fai...Full Story »

Oxford clinched the final League One play-off place and can look forward to facing Peterborough after a 2-1 win at Exeter.The U’s knew they had to rely on results elsewhere and Lincoln’s home defeat to Portsmouth and Barnsley’s draw with Northampton opened the door for them to finish in fifth place, which they did.Oxford went in front in the 13th minute after a horrendous error...Full Story »

A goal in either half from Josh Magennis and Jonny Smith gave Wigan a well-deserved 2-0 victory over Bristol Rovers at the DW Stadium.Baba Adeeko saw a powerful early shot tipped round the post by Rovers goalkeeper Jed Ward before Magennis headed wide from a Smith cross.Ward made a fine save to keep out Thelo Aasgaard’s header off a Charlie Hughes cross while ex-Wigan man Scott Sinclair ha...Full Story »

Barnsley made it into the League One play-offs despite conceding late on to draw 1-1 with Northampton.The Reds head into the play-offs with just one win in their last nine and under the interim care of Martin Devaney after Neill Collins’ departure earlier in the week.Herbie Kane netted a first-half opener before Louis Appere equalised in the dying embers.Barnsley opened the scoring in the ...Full Story »

Burton avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth after they were thumped 3-0 at Fleetwood on the final day.The Brewers will contest a seventh season in Sky Bet League One thanks to rivals Cheltenham’s failure to beat Stevenage.Fleetwood went ahead when Carl Johnston drilled his first goal of the season high into the corner after meeting Ryan Graydon’s through-ball.It was almost t...Full Story »

QPR secured their Championship survival in style and dealt Leeds’ automatic promotion hopes a major blow with a thumping 4-0 victory at Loftus Road.Goals from Ilias Chair, Lucas Andersen, Lyndon Dykes and Sam Field sparked a staying-up celebration in west London, as well as a promotion party in Leicester with the Foxes now guaranteed an immediate return to the Premier League.But Leeds will...Full Story »

Dundee United confirmed their return to the cinch Premiership at the first attempt after a goalless draw at Airdrie sealed the Championship title.The celebrations had begun at the weekend as they were six points clear at the top with two matches to play but with a massively superior goal difference and Airdrie recognised this by welcoming the visitors with a guard of honour.However, that was as ...Full Story »

Hull City kept up their push for a play-off place in the Sky Bet Championship with a 3-2 win against Coventry at the CBS Arena.The Sky Blues had twice from behind through Kasey Palmer and Bobby Thomas after goals from Jaden Philogene and Fabio Carvalho before Noah Ohio latched onto a loose back pass from Thomas to snatch all three points for the Tigers.Hull’s 11th away win of the season le...Full Story »

Solihull Moors edged their way to a National League play-off semi-final showdown with Barnet after weathering a fightback to beat Halifax 4-2.Moors, who had initially been expecting to face Gateshead until they were prevented from taking their place in the play-offs, raced into a 3-0 lead inside the opening 38 minutes.Tahvon Campbell fired them into a 14th-minute lead after goalkeeper Sam Johnso...Full Story »

Cambridge’s fight to stave off relegation will go down to the final day of the season after a 1-1 League One draw with Wycombe.Victory would have seen the U’s safe with a game to spare and they looked on course to achieve that, only for Luke Leahy’s late penalty to deny them.Cambridge travel to Port Vale on Saturday needing a point to secure their League One place.Gassan Ahadme...Full Story »