Ollie Pearce maintained his hot scoring streak as promotion-chasing York beat Hartlepool 1-0 in the Vanarama National League.Pearce fired home his 22nd goal of the season, and his sixth in five games, after Malachi Fagan-Walcott’s pass was deflected into his path by a home defender in the 40th minute.York, in second place and trailing leaders Barnet by six points, thought they had opened t...Full Story »

Goals from Elias Kachunga and Paul Digby lifted Cambridge off the bottom of the table after a 2-0 win at Cambridge.Both sides finished with 10 men, Crawley’s Rushian Hepburn-Murphy and the U’s James Gibbons receiving straight red cards within six minutes of each other in the second half.Cambridge, winners of both of their games since Neil Harris has returned as head coach, are now si...Full Story »

Stoke and Watford played out a drab 0-0 Championship draw at the bet365 Stadium as neither side were able to give a boost to their respective end-of-season ambitions.Mark Robins’ relegated-threatened Potters avoided a third successive defeat to remain five points above the drop zone and might have snatched a late winner but for Egil Selvik’s brace of saves.Play-off chasing Watford mi...Full Story »

Sonny Cox scored his first goal in almost a year to rescue a point for Exeter in their 1-1 League One draw with relegation rivals Northampton at St James Park.The opening quarter was cagey with neither side creating much in the way of clear-cut chances. Northampton did have a great chance five minutes before half-time, though, when Alex Hartridge was robbed of possession but Tariqe Fosu took too...Full Story »

Dan Creaney scored twice as Tamworth dealt bottom club Ebbsfleet a 3-2 home defeat.Josh Wright’s side have not won a game since September 14 and find themselves cast adrift in the National League relegation scrap, but gave themselves a fighting chance when George Moncur gave them the lead.But a quickfire double from Creaney in the run-up to half-time, netting in the 38th and 40th minutes, ...Full Story »

Colchester extended their unbeaten run in Sky Bet League Two to nine games with a 1-0 win away at MK Dons.Jack Payne sealed the points for Colchester with a late penalty against his former club before Callum Hendry was sent off in stoppage time for the hosts.Defeat means the Dons are now winless in six, while Colchester picked up a first win in four after three straight draws.Colchester had the ...Full Story »

Luton manager Matt Bloomfield finally picked up a first long-awaited win at the ninth attempt as the Hatters climbed off the bottom of the Championship table by beating Portsmouth 1-0 at Kenilworth Road.The hosts, who were without a victory in their last 12 second-tier fixtures, came under pressure in the opening stages, Colby Bishop’s close-range prod hitting the covering Amari’i Be...Full Story »

Sam Nombe scored a dramatic added-time winner to secure Rotherham a 3-2 Sky Bet League One victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.Nombe, who also scored a first-half equaliser, tapped in his 10th goal this season to break Rovers hearts and deepen the West Country side’s relegation fears.Rovers began brightly and took control on five minutes when Ruel Sotiriou poked the ball in...Full Story »

Reading scored twice in the last 20 minutes as they came from 1-0 down to win 2-1 at Wigan in League One.The first half was almost all Reading, with Lewis Wing seeing a free-kick from 25 yards touched round a post by Sam Tickle, who made a stupendous save moments later to deny Andre Garcia at point-blank range.Even Tickle was helpless the next time Reading had a sight of his goal as Harvey Knibb...Full Story »

Shrewsbury striker John Marquis was sent off after 13 seconds of their 3-1 League One defeat at Peterborough, equalling the fastest red card from the start of a game in English professional football.The Shrews captain’s dismissal matches the record set by former Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Kevin Pressman in 2000 for handling outside the area.The veteran striker claimed his unwanted plac...Full Story »