Blackpool denied in final play-off push after defeat at Reading on last day
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA
Blackpool missed out on the Sky Bet League One play-offs after falling to a 3-2 defeat in their final game of the season at Reading.Karamoko Dembele had given Blackpool the perfect start, opening the scoring in only the fourth minute, but Sam Smith nodded Reading level on the brink of half-time.Goals from Harvey Knibbs and Femi Azeez in a three-minute spell after the interval effectively sealed ...Full Story »
Cheltenham relegated following last-day defeat at Stevenage
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA
Cheltenham’s three-year stay in League One was brought to an end following a 2-1 defeat at Stevenage.The Robins needed a final-day victory and results to go their way at either Burton or Cambridge, but Darrell Clarke’s side came up short meaning the Brewers’ defeat at Fleetwood was inconsequential.Boro took the lead in first-half stoppage time when Elliot Bonds tripped Elliott ...Full Story »
Joe Jacobson ends Wycombe career on high after win over Charlton
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA
Joe Jacobson made his 400th and final appearance for Wycombe as they defeated Charlton 1-0 at Adams Park.There was a party-like atmosphere in South Buckinghamshire with both sides not in danger of relegation and not in the hunt for promotion as the League One season came to a close.Wanderers started the game at an electrifying pace and took a seventh-minute lead when Luke Leahy converted a penal...Full Story »
Lincoln out of play-offs as Daniel Mandroiu misses penalty in Portsmouth loss
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA
Daniel Mandroiu had a penalty saved as Lincoln missed out on a Sky Bet League One play-off place with a 2-0 defeat to champions Portsmouth at the LNER Stadium.The Imps started the day in sixth place but, with Oxford winning, needed three points of their own to stay there.Late goals from Myles Peart-Harris and Paddy Lane settled the contest in Portsmouth’s favour but only after Mandroiu fai...Full Story »
Oxford beat Exeter to secure play-off spot
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA
Oxford clinched the final League One play-off place and can look forward to facing Peterborough after a 2-1 win at Exeter.The U’s knew they had to rely on results elsewhere and Lincoln’s home defeat to Portsmouth and Barnsley’s draw with Northampton opened the door for them to finish in fifth place, which they did.Oxford went in front in the 13th minute after a horrendous error...Full Story »
Wigan end season with win over Bristol Rovers
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA
A goal in either half from Josh Magennis and Jonny Smith gave Wigan a well-deserved 2-0 victory over Bristol Rovers at the DW Stadium.Baba Adeeko saw a powerful early shot tipped round the post by Rovers goalkeeper Jed Ward before Magennis headed wide from a Smith cross.Ward made a fine save to keep out Thelo Aasgaard’s header off a Charlie Hughes cross while ex-Wigan man Scott Sinclair ha...Full Story »
Barnsley headed for the play-offs after draw with Northampton
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA
Barnsley made it into the League One play-offs despite conceding late on to draw 1-1 with Northampton.The Reds head into the play-offs with just one win in their last nine and under the interim care of Martin Devaney after Neill Collins’ departure earlier in the week.Herbie Kane netted a first-half opener before Louis Appere equalised in the dying embers.Barnsley opened the scoring in the ...Full Story »
Mo Salah left on the bench as Liverpool’s title hopes hit further at West Ham
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA
Jurgen Klopp’s long Liverpool farewell is in danger of turning sour after a touchline row with Mohamed Salah during a 2-2 draw at West Ham which hammered another dent into their fading title hopes.Salah, surprisingly left out of the starting line-up, was summoned from the bench by Klopp in the 79th minute after Michail Antonio equalised for West Ham.The Egypt striker had a heated exchange ...Full Story »
Burton avoid relegation despite defeat at Fleetwood
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA
Burton avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth after they were thumped 3-0 at Fleetwood on the final day.The Brewers will contest a seventh season in Sky Bet League One thanks to rivals Cheltenham’s failure to beat Stevenage.Fleetwood went ahead when Carl Johnston drilled his first goal of the season high into the corner after meeting Ryan Graydon’s through-ball.It was almost t...Full Story »
THE GREAL DEAL Inside Jack Grealish and Sasha Attwood’s sponsorships, from his seven-figure Pepsi deal to her fashion line with Boohoo
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by Thesun.co.uk
Between them, Jack and Sasha are raking it in with lucrative contracts with a host of brands HE is football's most marketable face - blessed with talent and good looks. She is the elegant model who has bagged fashion contracts with the likes of online fashion giant Boohoo, and continues to be the ultimate fashionista. Jack Grealish and Sasha Attwood have become football's power couple Glam S...Full Story »