Shrewsbury got their season up and running with a first victory after beating Leyton Orient 3-0 at the The Croud Meadow.Paul Hurst’s side had lost their first three games but changed their fortunes emphatically with a goal from Leo Castledine and a late brace from Thomas Bloxham to hand Orient a fourth straight defeat.Castledine saw an early effort blocked before the on-loan Chelsea midfie...Full Story »

Midfielder Adam Phillips scored twice after an opener from Donovan Pines as Barnsley produced a dominant display to coast to a 3-0 victory at Crawley.Crawley, beaten at home for the first time in five months, never looked likely to mount a comeback after conceding three times in the first half and Barnsley are now unbeaten in their last four league games.Scott Lindsey warned his young Crawley si...Full Story »

Louis Storey’s stoppage-time goal gave 10-man Gateshead a dramatic 2-1 win over Eastleigh in their top of the table Vanarama National League clash.Leaders Eastleigh, who had won their opening four games before drawing with Sutton on Monday, went close early on when Tyrese Shade fired over from a corner and forward Paul McCallum later nodded wide.The home side then broke the deadlock in add...Full Story »

Tyler Goodrham struck a brilliant 25-yard goal as Oxford came from behind to beat Preston 3-1 and inflict a first defeat for the Lilywhites’ new manager Paul Heckingbottom.Danish striker Emil Riis gave the Lancashire outfit a third-minute lead, but Championship new-boys Oxford drew level in the 20th minute when Mark Harris scored for the fourth league game in succession.Goodrham, 21, effec...Full Story »

Promise Omochere scored his first goals for Bristol Rovers in a 2-0 victory over Cambridge.The 23-year-old club-record signing scored in each half as the Gas made it two home wins from two League One games this season.Ruel Sotiriou hit a post for the hosts after 11 minutes in an entertaining start to the contest.Shayne Lavery went close for Garry Monk’s Cambridge when the striker met a Jos...Full Story »

Zak Brunt scored a hat-trick as Barnet blitzed National League visitors Tamworth 7-0.Brunt set the tone with an opener after just seven minutes, and lowly Tamworth found themselves three goals behind by half-time.Ryan Glover’s deflected effort made it 2-0 after 27 minutes, then Brunt struck again before completing his treble with a 49th-minute penalty.The one-way traffic continued, with Ba...Full Story »

Kamari Doyle marked his full League One debut for Exeter with the opening goal in a 2-0 victory at Bolton.The Brighton loanee’s corner, flicked on by Trotters old boy Josh Magennis, then enabled Millenic Alli to double the visitors lead after 49 minutes.Victory was certainly sweet for Exeter boss Gary Caldwell and his team, who were thrashed 7-0 in last season’s corresponding fixture...Full Story »

It was a tale of two penalties as Lincoln edged a narrow 1-0 away win to Stevenage in League One.The first was not given as Elliott List broke through the middle of the Lincoln defence and went to ground under a tackle.The referee was unsighted and did not get any advice from his linesman that would have pleased the home fans.Seven minutes later – with 72 on the clock – he did see a ...Full Story »

Veteran striker Jamille Matt scored as Walsall beat Cheltenham 2-1 at the Bescot Stadium to continue their strong start to the League Two campaign.Teenage striker Nathan Lowe, on loan from Stoke, broke the deadlock after 48 minutes with his first league goal for the Saddlers when he nodded in Connor Barrett’s headed pass from close range.Walsall captain Matt doubled the home side’s l...Full Story »

Derby enjoyed another winning day out at Pride Park with a 3-0 victory that ended Bristol City’s unbeaten start to the Championship campaign.City had chances but could not find a way past Swedish goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom, who twice denied Sinclair Armstrong before Dutch midfielder Kenzo Goudmijn scored his first goal for Derby.Zetterstrom made another top save from Armstrong ear...Full Story »

Josh Coburn opened the scoring on his debut as Millwall picked up their first win of the season in the Sky Bet Championship with a 3-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday at The Den.Coburn only joined the Lions on loan from Middlesbrough on Friday but he quickly made himself a hero to his new supporters as he also had a hand in Duncan Watmore’s goal to make it 2-0.Captain Jake Cooper then hea...Full Story »

Rochdale’s impressive early-season form continued as they beat Woking 3-0 in the Vanarama National League.After a strong start Dale went ahead after only six minutes when Kairo Mitchell turned home a cross from close range.The pressure continued but it took until the hour for a second goal to come, Aaron Henry making the wait worth while with a curler from 25 yards.Mitchell completed the w...Full Story »

Premier League newcomers Ipswich picked up their first point of the season following a competitive 1-1 draw with Fulham at Portman Road.Kieran McKenna’s men had been handed a tough return to the top flight and fell to successive defeats against Manchester City and Liverpool, but a wonderful long-range effort from Liam Delap gave them their first home goal of the campaign.Adama Traore level...Full Story »

David McGoldrick scored twice as Notts County came from behind to win at Swindon.Swindon drew first blood as new-boy Gavin Kilkenny took just 21 minutes to slam in his maiden Robins goal as the former Bournemouth midfielder drove forward and picked his spot from 20 yards out.Seconds earlier, Joel Cotterill had volleyed just wide after teeing himself up with a gorgeous flick over a defender&rsquo...Full Story »

Omari Patrick’s brace helped Tranmere maintain their unbeaten start in League Two with a 2-1 win over Carlisle at Brunton Park.Former Carlisle man Patrick opened the scoring for Rovers early on, but Archie Davies responded immediately for the Cumbrians.Patrick then restored Tranmere’s lead just before half-time with a brilliant strike and that was enough to seal all three points for ...Full Story »

Steven Schumacher returned to former club Plymouth for the first time since becoming Stoke manager and departed with a narrow 1-0 Championship win.Dutch attacker Million Manhoef’s persistence was rewarded in the 83rd minute with the winning goal, fired in low from the right edge of the penalty area.In a frenetic opening half, Morgan Whittaker proved a thorn in Stoke’s side. The attac...Full Story »

Romaine Mundle made sure Sunderland continued their perfect start to the Sky Bet Championship season by grabbing the third in a 3-1 win over Portsmouth.The Black Cats have a 100 per cent record and, despite conceding for the first time in almost seven hours in stoppage time, they purred to victory on the south coast.Zak Swanson’s calamitous own goal, Alan Browne’s close-range effort ...Full Story »

Morecambe suffered a fourth successive 1-0 league defeat as they went down to Newport at the Mazuma Stadium.Former Shrimps midfielder Aaron Wildig was gifted the only goal of the game on nine minutes when Morecambe keeper Stuart Moore cleared a backpass straight into his path and he kept his cool to slot the ball into the empty net.Courtney Baker-Richardson then wasted the chance to double the l...Full Story »

Luis Sinisterra scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time as Bournemouth left it late to come from 2-0 down and stun Everton 3-2 to put more pressure on Sean Dyche.The hosts looked to be cruising after second-half goals from Michael Keane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin rewarded some fine attacking play, but it all unravelled at the death.Antoine Semenyo’s 87th minute tap-in was only Bournemou...Full Story »

Amadou Onana and substitute Jhon Duran were on target as Aston Villa returned to winning ways with a 2-1 Premier League win at Leicester.Ollie Watkins was twice denied by Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen but Villa set-piece coach Austin MacPhee saw his work pay off after Onana rounded off a well-worked move from a dangerous free-kick to give the visitors a half-time advantage.The King Power S...Full Story »