Oxford head coach Des Buckingham labelled Oisin Smyth’s winner at Charlton a “wonderful strike” but admitted he would have been just as happy with a scrappy goal if it clinched three points.Smyth’s first goal in English football was an unstoppable right-footed strike from about 30 yards out which flew into the top right corner of Ashley Maynard-Brewer’s net as the U...Full Story »

Mark Robins is delighted to see Tatsuhiro Sakamoto now delivering on the promise he has shown since joining Coventry after continuing his rich recent scoring form with a brace in City’s 3-1 comeback win at Middlesbrough.Sakamoto joined Coventry from Oostende last summer, but the Japanese winger failed to score in his first 13 matches for the club.His performance levels were good though, an...Full Story »

Rotherham twice came from behind to secure a 2-2 draw at out-of-form Blackburn.Leam Richardson’s men were second best for much of this encounter but showed the kind of resilience needed if the league’s bottom club are to have any chance of survival.Rovers went ahead through Arnor Sigurdsson’s well-taken eighth-minute finish and it looked to be the perfect platform for a routine...Full Story »

Jasper Moon’s own goal proved enough as high-flying Bolton launched their New Year with a narrow 1-0 victory over stubborn Burton in SkyBet League One.New Zealand goalkeeper Max Crocombe kept Albion in contention with three brilliant first-half saves including a fingertip effort to deny former Brewers striker Victor Adeboyejo.Sam Hughes and Joe Powell threatened to ruin the Trotters’...Full Story »

Halifax and Altrincham both missed the chance to boost their National League play-off credentials as they held each other to a goalless draw.Victory for either side would have opened up a two-point gap to Aldershot in eighth, but hosts Halifax failed to take advantage of a second-half red card for the visitors’ striker Matty Kosylo, who was shown a second yellow card after 56 minutes for b...Full Story »

A blistering first-half performance saw Doncaster roar to a first league win in six matches as they beat in-form MK Dons 3-0.Goals from Luke Molyneux, Joe Ironside and Tommy Rowe saw Rovers race out of sight by half-time against a Dons side that had won their previous four matches and were unbeaten in the league since October.Molyneux opened the scoring after eight minutes when he found the bott...Full Story »

A late Jacob Bedeau goal earned Morecambe a share of the spoils in a 2-2 draw against Harrogate at the Mazuma Stadium.The Morecambe defender scored in stoppage time as he bundled over a Farrend Rawson assist to deny another away victory for Harrogate.Simon Weaver’s side looked like they had done enough to seal the three points after goals from Jack Muldoon and George Thomson either side of...Full Story »

Mid-table Walsall came from behind to make it three-straight wins in League Two with a resounding 6-1 victory over Grimsby.A double from Isaac Hutchinson – including one from the penalty spot – helped to settle the scores at Blundell Park.Douglas James-Taylor, Jack Earing, Priestley Farquharson and Danny Johnson also scored after Danny Rose broke the deadlock.Rose turned the ball hom...Full Story »

Leyton Orient completed an excellent Christmas period with a 2-0 League One victory at Cambridge.The visitors enjoyed the better of the first half, going close after 15 minutes when Theo Archibald’s corner was flicked wide by Tom James.Archibald found space to fire a shot from distance which came back off the crossbar with Jack Stevens beaten, before Daniel Agyei broke through and was deni...Full Story »

Danilo Orsi scored twice as Crawley gained revenge for their 6-0 thrashing at Swindon at the end of August by easing to a 3-1 home victory.The former Grimsby striker hit a goal in each half to put his improving side on 11 league wins for the season – matching the total they achieved in the whole of last term.Crawley made an ideal start when leading scorer Orsi struck after only nine minute...Full Story »

Skipper Shaun Hutchinson struck an added-time winner to give Millwall a 1-0 Championship victory over Bristol City in a drab contest at Ashton Gate.The centre-back went forward for a corner from the right deep into five minutes of stoppage time and, when City failed to clear, thumped a sweet left-footed volley past Max O’Leary from 12 yards.It was enough to settle a poor quality game in wh...Full Story »

Ricky-Jade Jones scored in stoppage time to give Peterborough a dramatic 3-2 win at rival League One promotion hopefuls Derby.Derby made a dream start with Tom Barkhuizen crossing for James Collins to head past Fynn Talley after only 22 seconds.But Peterborough hit back in the ninth minute when Kwame Poku got away on the right and picked out Harrison Burrows who found the bottom-left corner from...Full Story »

Carlisle moved off the bottom of the League One table after coming from behind to beat Port Vale 2-1 .Jon Mellish scored the winner in the third minute of stoppage time after Jordan Gibson’s penalty in the 80th minute cancelled out Ben Garrity’s opener just after half-time.The hosts had the better of the first-half chances and nearly broke the deadlock in the 11th minute when Sean Ma...Full Story »

Will Grigg grabbed the winner as Chesterfield hit back from 2-0 down to beat Solihull Moors 3-2 and regain their seven-point lead at the top of the National League.Visitors Solihull looked set to repeat their shock Boxing Day success as goals from Matty Warburton and Mark Beck either side of half-time put them in a commanding lead.But the Spireites responded with three goals in six second-half m...Full Story »

Sunderland started the new year in style by celebrating a 2-0 win over Preston which included a first goal scored by one of the club’s strikers this season.After playmaker Alex Pritchard had got the scoring under way at the Stadium of Light with his own first goal of the campaign in the 10th minute, the second arrived through Ukrainian Nazariy Rusyn just before the break.It was the goal We...Full Story »

David Beckham couldn't resist a cheeky dig at wife Victoria as she again lived up to her 'Posh' nickname. The Beckhams enjoyed a refined New Year's Eve by getting dressed up and dining with Victoria's parents, Tony and Jackie Adams, at The Ritz in London. As he shared a picture of the quartet at the table, the Manchester United and England legend mocked his wife's claim that she came from a "...Full Story »

HOLLIE SHEARER has both thrilled and frustrated her fans with a round-up of her 2023 fashion. Alan Shearer's daughter shared 10 glamorous snaps - but her greedy admirers would have preferred one per month! The singer-songwriter went from see-through top to a belt across her chest in an array of styles. There was also a white dress cut to the thigh, an extravagant winter coat, and a selfie i...Full Story »

POLICE suspect a £1million raid on Jack Grealish's mansion may have been an inside job after dozens of workmen had recently been in the property. The Three Lions star and fiancée Sasha Attwood moved in five days before Christmas after tradesmen had been finishing renovations. And The Sun understands police are focussing on whether thieves who broke into the £5.6million pad via...Full Story »

Patino looked set to leave Arsenal in the summer, with The Athletic reporting his desire to leave the club on a permanent deal rather than go out on loan again. The creative midfielder suffered relegation from the Championship with Blackpool last summer, although was one of their best-performing players. He did eventually go back out on loan again, though, returning to the second tier to joi...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta lamented a “painful and sad” day as Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge suffered another setback with defeat at Fulham.The Gunners now sit fourth in the table after a 2-1 loss at Craven Cottage only added to a home defeat to West Ham on Thursday.Bukayo Saka had given the visitors the lead in west London, only for Raul Jimenez and Bobby Decordova-Reid to turn t...Full Story »