Stevenage boss Paul Tisdale believes the EFL will come to a “sensible decision based on facts” regarding the fresh Covid outbreak as his side lost 1-0 at Salford in one of only four League Two games to take place on Saturday.Tisdale gave a debut to 17-year-old Owen Cochrane whom he only met on the team bus on the way to the game, as Covid cases soar throughout the UK.Salford defender...Full Story »

Daniel Udoh scored twice as 10-man Shrewsbury beat Cheltenham 3-1 to maintain their impressive home form.Udoh, who scored in the Shrews’ 2-1 defeat at Cheltenham less than a month ago, opened the scoring in the 10th minute, finding space in the box to nod in Tom Bloxham’s cross from the right.Andy Williams equalised for Cheltenham six minutes later, tapping in at the end of a neat pa...Full Story »

Jordan Turnbull headed the only goal as Salford beat struggling Stevenage 1-0 at The Peninsula Stadium.The defender nodded in Ash Hunter’s free-kick 10 minutes before the break as Gary Bowyer’s side won for the first time in December.After being booked early, Hunter was the main threat and had several chances of his own to put the game to bed.Stevenage, though, had started well, with...Full Story »

Steven Schumacher claimed his first win as Plymouth manager as the hosts beat Charlton 1-0 in League One at Home Park thanks to Kieran Agard’s 45th-minute winner.Argyle top scorer Ryan Hardie forced Charlton keeper Craig MacGillivray to go full stretch to keep out his angled goal-bound shot. The ball rebounded to Hardie’s strike partner Agard, who scored with a superb measured grass-...Full Story »

Battling Blackpool completed a courageous comeback late on to beat Peterborough 3-1 at Bloomfield Road in the Sky Bet Championship.Siriki Dembele rifled the visitors into the lead after only 11 minutes with a sweet left foot finish from a tight angle.But winger Keshi Anderson levelled for the hosts just before the half-hour mark, lashing into the roof of the net from close range.And then second-...Full Story »

Kyle Turner scored a stoppage-time winner as Partick Thistle ended 10-man Raith’s 15-match unbeaten run in dramatic fashion at foggy Firhill.Rovers could have gone top of the cinch Championship if results had gone their way on Saturday but they crashed to a 1-0 defeat after Thistle finally took advantage of Raith losing Christophe Berra to a red card on the hour mark.The 36-year-old centre...Full Story »

Delighted Tranmere boss Micky Mellon saluted a “top-drawer” strike from Jay Spearing which earned his side a vital 1-0 win against Leyton Orient.Former Liverpool midfielder Spearing, now 33, scored a stunning winner just before the hour to hand Rovers a fourth straight victory and lift them back into the play-off places.Mellon said: “It was a really great strike from Jay, it wa...Full Story »

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander felt the club’s ethos was underlined when boyhood fan Dean Cornelius netted his first goal in a 2-0 win over St Johnstone.The 20-year-old midfielder marked his first league start at Fir Park in style when he chested the ball down 20 yards out and volleyed into the corner.Alexander said: “He made his first start at Hibs and has still trained excepti...Full Story »

Queen of the South claimed their first Scottish Championship victory in over two months with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Ayr.Euan East gave the home side an early lead as he picked out the bottom corner from the centre of the box following a corner after nine minutes.The Doonhamers continued to dominate and extended their advantage just before the half-hour mark as former Ayr loanee Innes Camer...Full Story »

Boyhood Motherwell fan Dean Cornelius scored his first goal for the club in a 2-0 victory over St Johnstone.The 20-year-old midfielder chested the ball down 20 yards out and volleyed into the bottom corner 17 minutes into his first cinch Premiership start at Fir Park.Kevin Van Veen doubled Motherwell’s lead 10 minutes after the interval with his fifth goal of the season.The comfortable hom...Full Story »