Dundee sit a point off the top of the Scottish Championship after a 1-0 victory over struggling Hamilton.Paul McMullan’s second-half winner settled the game as the hosts kept up their title chase.The former Celtic youngster converted Zak Rudden’s centre 12 minutes after the re-startReegan Mimnaugh hit the bar for Hamilton but they remain bottom of the table having won just once in th...Full Story »

Kristian Dennis scored twice as Carlisle beat League Two promotion rivals Salford 4-1.Matt Smith cancelled out Dennis’ early opener to give Salford hope of ending a five-match winless run.But goals from Callum Guy, Corey Whelan and Dennis sent the Cumbrians up to sixth in the table.With less than three minutes on the clock, Dennis opened the scoring.Neil Wood’s goal-shy side responde...Full Story »

Northampton underlined their promotion credentials with an emphatic 3-1 win at fellow challengers Bradford.The absence of Sky Bet League Two’s leading scorer Sam Hoskins did not hamper the Cobblers, who produced a commanding display.Northampton took control with a double either side of the half-hour mark.Bradford captain Richie Smallwood lost possession in his own half to allow Mitch Pinno...Full Story »

Alfie May marked his return from injury with the only goal as Cheltenham secured a 1-0 home win over Wycombe.Making his first League One start since October 1 due to an ankle injury, May cut inside after Dan Nlundulu’s pass and scored with the aid of a deflection off Nick Freeman in the 26th minute.It was May’s fourth league strike of the season as he piled more misery on Wycombe, ag...Full Story »

Substitute Jay Bird scored an 85th-minute winner on his debut as Dagenham defeated National League strugglers Scunthorpe 2-1 to record their fourth successive win in all competitions.Bird struck just 10 minutes after being thrown into the action and he also hit the post during a key cameo at the Chigwell Construction Stadium.The hosts took the lead in the 14th minute when Harry Phipps got on the...Full Story »

Rob Harker scored the only goal of the game as FC Halifax returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory against Boreham Wood.The result sees the Shaymen move up to 14th in the National League, while the visitors drop to 10th.Halifax came close to an opener when Luke Summerfield was denied by Nathan Ashmore, and the Boreham Wood goalkeeper was called into action again to deny Angelo Cappello.The vi...Full Story »

As the World Cup gets ready to start this weekend, England legend David Beckham has taken a lot of flak for taking huge cash to be an ambassador at the Qatar competition this winter David Beckham spoke to students in Doha ahead of the World Cup (Image: GETTY) David Beckham has defended himself from criticism he has received for accepting mega money to be Qatar's ambassador at the World Cup thi...Full Story »

Matty Platt and Tyreik Wright could both return to contention for Bradford’s home game against Northampton.Both players missed last week’s win at Sutton. Defender Platt sat out a one-game ban, while on-loan Aston Villa forward Wright is expected to recover from a back spasm.Midfielder Jamie Walker is edging closer to his return having been sidelined since August following knee surger...Full Story »

Stockport will check on the fitness of Antoni Sarcevic and Macauley Southam ahead of their Sky Bet League Two clash with Leyton Orient.Sarcevic was withdrawn in the latter stages of last week’s win at Newport with a hamstring issue but the problem was not thought to be serious.Fellow midfielder Southam, making just his second appearance since a two-month lay-off, was also substituted in th...Full Story »

Newport will be without striker Offrande Zanzala for the visit of Gillingham.The 26-year-old returned from a hamstring injury in the Exiles’ 2-1 win over Southampton Under-21s but has since suffered a setback and is ruled out once again.Midfielder Aaron Wildig could be included after sitting out the 2-1 defeat to Stockport last week.Winger Aaron Lewis will be looking to keep his place afte...Full Story »

Cheltenham boss Wade Elliott will be hoping Alfie May is fit for the visit of Wycombe.The striker has been struggling with an ankle problem and missed the 1-1 draw at Ipswich last weekend.Teenage defender Caleb Taylor, on loan from West Brom, should be be available again following concussion protocols.On-loan Wolves midfielder Taylor Perry, defender Grant Horton and Will Ferry (ankle) all contin...Full Story »

Tyler Goodrham’s goal sent Oxford into the second round of the FA Cup as they managed to avoid an upset against Woking with a 2-1 away victory.The U’s are now unbeaten in six games in all competitions but were pushed all the way by the National League high-flyers, who had won their previous four and came within inches of taking the first-round tie to a replay.Oxford went ahead in the...Full Story »

Chelsea signed Wesley Fofana Marc Cucurella, Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Carney Chukwuemeka, Gabriel Slonina, Denis Zakaria and Cesare Casadei this past summer. All of those signings meant that Chelsea spent the most money of any club in Premier League history during the 2022 summer transfer window, with a total spend of £278.4m. On top of that, Chelsea reached two domestic cup ...Full Story »

West Ham United are reportedly lining up a January transfer window move for Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba, who could be allowed to leave the club. The experienced Spain international has been a star player for Barca for many years now, but it may be that he’s no longer at his peak and could do with a new challenge. West Ham are apparently interested in snapping Alba up this winter, ei...Full Story »

Gillingham avoided an FA Cup upset as Lewis Walker struck the winner in a hard-fought 1-0 first-round replay victory over National League North side AFC Fylde.The hosts’ passage into round two could have been made a lot more comfortable had Scott Kashket not missed a penalty after 10 minutes having been fouled by Fylde captain Alex Whitmore.Despite sitting 34 places below Gillingham in the...Full Story »

Jose Mourinho has seemingly fired a message on motivation towards striker Tammy Abraham following his World Cup snub. WHAT HAPPENED? Mere days after Rick Karsdorp had been expelled from Roma's squad for a lack of professionalism that 'betrayed his teammates' in the eyes of Mourinho, the Portuguese manager has launched another probing attack, which is believed to be directed towards the out-of...Full Story »

Jake Turner is set to return in goal for Gillingham when they host Fylde in their FA Cup first-round replay.Turner was in goal for the Carabao Cup win at Brentford but was replaced by Glenn Morris for Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two defeat by Northampton.However, Morris suffered a shoulder injury against the Cobblers and looks set to miss out.Ben Reeves could start after returning as a late ...Full Story »

Alejandro Garnacho scored a stoppage-time winner as Manchester United claimed all three points in a hard-fought 2-1 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage.In the final match before the curtain falls on the Premier League ahead of the World Cup break, the spoils looked set to be shared before teenager Garnacho’s dramatic late intervention.United had gone ahead after 14 minutes when Christian Eri...Full Story »

Antonio Conte heaped praise on Harry Kane for the important role he played in ensuring Tottenham finished the first half of the season in the Premier League top four and revealed he will be backing the England captain to go all the way in Qatar.World Cup-bound Kane struck his 13th goal of the campaign to help Spurs edge a seven-goal thriller with Leeds, which saw them return to winning ways on h...Full Story »

Barnet beat Oldham 2-0 in their Vanarama National League match at Boundary Park.Timmy Abraham nearly opened the scoring for the hosts in the second minute but his effort was well saved by Bees goalkeeper Laurie Walker.Idris Kanu finally got the scoring started, firing in Barnet’s first goal from a tight angle 12 minutes into the second half.Harry Pritchard then assured the visitors of vict...Full Story »