First-half strikes from John McAtee and George Lloyd put Grimsby on course to a comfortable 3-0 win at Crewe.Substitute Tom Dickson-Peters sealed victory for the Mariners with a close-range finish late on.The visitors got off to a great start when Lloyd’s clever flick released McAtee and the attacker raced clear before curling the ball into the far corner from 20 yards in the third minute....Full Story »

Elie Youan’s second-half goal earned Hibernian a 1-0 victory away to St Mirren.The forward struck 13 minutes from time to settle a game that struggled to get into any kind of rhythm.In doing so Lee Johnson’s men became the first team to win at the SMISA Stadium since Motherwell on the opening day of the league season.Hibs also moved above Saints into fifth place in the cinch Premiers...Full Story »

David McGoldrick scored his third hat-trick of the season as Derby thrashed Morecambe 5-0.Morecambe did well to frustrate Derby for much of the first half but McGoldrick’s quality broke their resistance in the 45th minute.After Hayden Roberts was tripped by Dynel Simeu just outside the area, Conor Hourihane teed up McGoldrick to bend a shot into the bottom left corner.McGoldrick put the re...Full Story »

Southampton fans turned on Nathan Jones after seeing their side slump to another limp defeat, 3-0 at Brentford.Saints could have climbed off the bottom of the Premier League with a victory at the Gtech Stadium, but instead goals from Ben Mee, Bryan Mbeumo and Mathias Jensen condemned them to an eighth loss in their last nine matches.The away supporters have evidently run out of patience with man...Full Story »

Watford’s Championship play-off hopes suffered a setback after they threw away a two-goal lead in their 2-2 draw at Reading.After a cagey opening half-hour, Watford went ahead when a clever team move culminated in Ismaila Sarr stroking in from close range.Defender Ryan Porteous, on his Watford debut, extended the advantage from a glancing header three minutes into the second half.Reading, ...Full Story »

Manager Vincent Kompany was thrilled to see his side overcome a potentially tricky hurdle as they won 3-0 at Norwich to go marching on at the top of the Championship.Facing a side which had won their two previous games in scintillating style under new coach David Wagner, the Clarets were at their imperious best from minute one as they reeled off a ninth straight league win.Anass Zaroury took adv...Full Story »

New Swindon Town manager Jody Morris was critical of referee Neil Hair after his promotion hopefuls were beaten 2-1 at struggling Newport County having played with 10 men for 75 minutes.Rushian Hepburn-Murphy was shown a straight red card after quarter of an hour for shoving Cameron Norman in the face after a touchline scuffle.But Morris, who took over the Robins on Tuesday, is adamant that his ...Full Story »

Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom said his side’s goalless draw at local rivals Rotherham was a positive point despite losing ground in the Sky Bet Championship title race.The Blades are now seven points adrift of leaders Burnley, who won 3-0 at Norwich, after they failed to make a breakthrough against their neighbours from across the M1.They were the better side at the New York Sta...Full Story »

Burnley marched on at the top of the Championship as they swept aside Norwich 3-0 at Carrow Road.Vincent Kompany’s side produced another impressive display to make it nine league wins on the trot and move, temporarily at least, 20 points clear of third-placed Middlesbrough.Anass Zaroury took advantage of a horrible error from goalkeeper Tim Krul to open the scoring in the eighth minute and...Full Story »

Sheffield United lost ground in the Sky Bet Championship title race as they were held to a 0-0 draw in the South Yorkshire derby at Rotherham.The Blades are now seven points adrift of leaders Burnley, who won 3-0 at Norwich, after they failed to make a breakthrough against their neighbours from across the M1.They were the better side at the New York Stadium but did not create an abundance of cha...Full Story »