Rochdale struck three times in the final 26 minutes to claim a 3-0 victory over Altrincham in the Vanarama National League.Aidan Barlow broke the deadlock after 64 minutes at the Crown Oil Area when he turned in from a Tarryn Allarakhia cross.Jay Bird doubled the lead three minutes later after a fine run and finish and Kairo Mitchell clinically wrapped up the points eight minutes from time.Dale ...Full Story »

Wrexham missed the chance to move into the League One automatic-promotion places after losing 2-0 at 10-man Reading.Neither side offered a serious goal threat in the first half but Reading struck twice in five minutes early in the second period through Harvey Knibbs, from a penalty, and Lewis Wing.Reading centre-back Michael Stickland was controversially sent off in the 75th minute for apparent ...Full Story »

Relegation-threatened Boston extended their unbeaten run to four games with a much-needed 3-0 National League victory away to Yeovil.On-loan Accrington forward Jimmy Knowles opened the scoring in the 38th minute, shortly after he fired the ball into the roof of the net.The visitors then doubled their lead four minutes later when Jacob Hazel, teed up by Dylan Hill, struck home past Aidan Stone.Za...Full Story »

Scott Parker and CJ Egan-Riley were sent off after the final whistle as Burnley missed the chance to go top of the Championship, held to a 1-1 draw by play-off chasing West Brom.Egan-Riley appeared to kick William Lankshear as Gavin Ward was blowing the final whistle, sparking ugly scenes as several players clashed, with Clarets boss Parker then also shown red for his protests.It came as a sign ...Full Story »

Mark Sykes struck a last-minute equaliser to snatch Bristol City a 1-1 draw at Sky Bet Championship promotion-chasers Sheffield United.The point was enough to lift the Blades back to the top of the table, but they were denied a seventh win in eight matches by Sykes’ last-gasp effort after Tyrese Campbell had given them a second-half lead.Tempers flared in stoppage time after the Blades wer...Full Story »

Blackpool came from behind to beat relegation-threatened Cambridge 2-1 in League One.Now beaten only once in 15 games since Boxing Day, Steve Bruce’s side trailed to Dom Ballard’s third-minute opener.A scorer for the Tangerines against United last August, the on-loan Southampton teenager’s shot was adjudged to have crossed the line after a comic attempted clearance by Matthew P...Full Story »

Luton claimed a precious 2-1 victory over Cardiff in their Championship relegation battle as the contest was overshadowed by an injury to Aaron Ramsey that threatens to rule the Wales captain out of World Cup action.With five points separating the two clubs at kick-off, Calum Chambers put 21st-placed Cardiff ahead five minutes after the break with their first shot on target.Jordan Clark levelled...Full Story »

Oldham finally ended a seven-match winless run, seeing off Eastleigh 2-0 to reinforce their National League play-off hopes.The Latics had taken just five points from the last 21 on offer but received a handy shot in the arm thanks to goals from Billy Waters and Jake Caprice.Just eight minutes had gone when Waters opened the scoring, getting on the end of a corner he had forced and heading home. ...Full Story »

Bolton’s promotion challenge suffered a surprise setback as a late goal by Bristol Rovers centre-back Connor Taylor secured the Pirates a thrilling 3-2 victory at the Memorial Stadium.Rovers took a shock lead after six minutes when veteran striker Chris Martin coolly converted a penalty after Alex Murphy dragged down highly-rated 18-year-old Kofi Shaw.Steven Schumacher’s side, unbeat...Full Story »

Tommy Conway and Anfernee Dijksteel struck either side of half-time as Middlesbrough beat QPR 2-1 to edge themselves to within three points of the Sky Bet Championship play-off places.Conway’s 11th-goal of the season gave the hosts an 11th-minute lead, but they had to wait until 13 minutes after the break for Dijksteel to effectively seal a relatively-routine victory over Rangers, for whom...Full Story »