Dave Challinor was delighted with Hartlepool’s second home win in a row since returning to the EFL, even though he feels there is still room for improvement.After a slow start against Walsall at Victoria Park, Tyler Burey scored for the second weekend in a row to put Pools in front in the 23rd minute.The Millwall loan signing’s excellent solo goal got Hartlepool up and running and th...Full Story »

Marco Silva believes Fulham were not at their best despite disposing of Hull 2-0 at Craven Cottage.The west London side sit on top of the early Championship table after two goals in the first half from Aleksandar Mitrovic and Fabio Carvalho.Despite a performance that saw them dominate throughout, despite Tim Ream, Carvalho and Kenny Tete all being forced off through injury, the Portuguese head c...Full Story »

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was disappointed by the drop in Burton’s performance after the 3-0 defeat at Cambridge.The Brewers had won their first three matches of the Sky Bet League One season but went down at the Abbey Stadium, courtesy of a heavy deflection for Sam Smith’s opener and two own goals.Hasselbaink said: “We didn’t play well. If I look at the performance, forget...Full Story »

Bradford boss Derek Adams was delighted to see his side come from behind to win 3-2 in a superb advert for League Two football at Mansfield.A see-saw clash saw the unbeaten Bantams steal a late victory in this meeting between two of the expected promotion heavyweights, with former Mansfield striker Andy Cook the matchwinner in the 87th minute.“That was a fantastic performance from us from ...Full Story »

Steve Bruce questioned the new Premier League mandate that is supposed to favour attackers on marginal offside calls after Newcastle had a penalty award overturned by VAR in their defeat to Aston Villa.The Newcastle manager castigated the two VAR decisions that went against his team in their 2-0 loss at Villa Park.He did not think anyone “in the ground thought that was handball” when...Full Story »

Manager Ange Postecoglou told David Turnbull not to cap his ambitions after the midfielder scored his first career hat-trick in Celtic’s 6-0 thrashing of 10-man St Mirren at Parkhead.Liel Abada opened the scoring in the 17th minute and by the time the 19-year-old winger had headed in a second five minutes later, Saints midfielder Alan Power had been given a straight red card for a foul on ...Full Story »

Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth felt his team had to dig deep to beat Lincoln 1-0 after they managed to hold on to the lead given to them by Sam Vokes’ early header.Vokes took just three minutes to strike against last season’s play-off finalists.That ultimately led to the Chairboys making it three wins in four League One games this season as they seek an immediate return to the Cham...Full Story »

Neil Critchley was pleased with Blackpool’s response to going behind at Bournemouth as his side hit back to claim a point in a thrilling 2-2 draw on the south coast.Dominic Solanke’s first-half brace was cancelled out by goals from James Husband and Jerry Yates just three minutes apart as the Seasiders fought back to draw.“You fear the worst being 2-0 down away from home agains...Full Story »

Manager Gary Bowyer admitted he was not concerned by poor results as Salford’s winless start to League Two continued with a 1-0 defeat at home to Swindon.The hosts, who have had their worst start to a season since the Class of ’92 took over in 2014, began promisingly in an impressive first half, but Robins goalkeeper Jojo Wollacott thwarted both Ian Henderson and Conor McAleny.Ben Ga...Full Story »

Colchester boss Hayden Mullins admitted that he really enjoyed watching his team see off Oldham with a 2-1 League Two win at Boundary Park.The U’s celebrated their first win of the campaign thanks to a couple of early goals.Oldham halved the deficit late on, but the visitors were worthy victors.“Our midfield were excellent today, there was a real mixture of power and guile in there,&...Full Story »