Stockport manager Dave Challinor called on his side to play with more confidence following their narrow 1-0 victory over Barrow.Louie Barry scored the only goal of the game to earn last season’s beaten play-off finalists their first win of this League Two campaign.Both sides settled into the game slowly and the lack of quality finishing left it 0-0 until Barry struck in the 66th minute.Cha...Full Story »

Marco Silva has confirmed Aleksandar Mitrovic will be leaving Fulham after a deal was agreed with Al Hilal following the 3-0 home loss to Brentford in the Premier League.The Serbian striker was absent from the squad ahead of his move to the Saudi Pro League and was replaced by summer signing Raul Jimenez, who drew a second straight blank when leading the line.Silva mentioned Mitrovic forced his ...Full Story »

Blackpool boss Neil Critchley admitted his side are lacking in the final third after they were held to a third successive goalless draw.The unbeaten Tangerines shared the spoils with Leyton Orient at Bloomfield Road, the promoted visitors claiming their first point of the season as a result.Home striker Shayne Lavery came closest to finding a breakthrough, hitting the post in the 56th minute and...Full Story »

Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi said plenty of players in his squad were capable of scoring goals like Kaoru Mitoma’s stunning effort in his side’s 4-1 Premier League win at Wolves.The Seagulls sit top of the table after a clinical display at Molineux, with Japan winger Mitoma, Pervis Estupinan and Solly March’s double making it eight goals in two league matches.De Zerbi, who de...Full Story »

Oxford boss Liam Manning praised his side’s mental and physical contributions in what he felt was a “terrific performance” at Barnsley.Following a disappointing start to the season, Oxford have now recorded three successive wins after Cameron Brannagan’s early penalty, a Jordan Williams own goal and Tyler Goodrham’s late effort earned them a 3-1 win at Oakwell.Manni...Full Story »

Tony Mowbray praised Jobe Bellingham’s willingess to learn after his first senior goals powered Sunderland’s 2-1 comeback win against Rotherham.Bellingham’s brace helped overturn Hakeem Odoffin’s early goal and secure a welcome win for the Stadium of Light crowd.Mowbray admitted afterwards that the 17-year-old was disappointed not to land a hat-trick and praised him for h...Full Story »

Darren Ferguson said Peterborough’s quality in the final third was “nowhere near good enough” after their perfect start to the Sky Bet League One season was ended by local rivals Northampton.Posh were the better side for much of the game at Sixfields but missed a string of chances before being undone by Mitch Pinnock’s remarkable late winner for a 1-0 defeat.“It&rsq...Full Story »

Derby head coach Paul Warne admitted his team are some way off becoming a “top three” side despite their 1-0 win over Fleetwood.Warne celebrated a home victory for the first time this season but Fleetwood made them sweat after Martyn Waghorn scored for the second game running.Waghorn pounced in the 23rd minute after Conor Washington’s shot was deflected into his path and that p...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna played down talk of a potential second successive promotion for his side following their 1-0 victory at QPR.The win maintained Town’s 100 per cent record in the Sky Bet Championship this season and stretched their unbeaten league run to 22 matches.They sit top of the table after three games, inevitably fuelling suggestions that they could seriously challenge for...Full Story »

Head coach Michael Carrick is remaining calm despite the fact Middlesbrough are still looking for their first win of the Championship season following a 1-1 draw with Huddersfield at the Riverside.Boro made the Championship play-offs last season and are targeting another promotion push this term but lost their first two games of the campaign without scoring a goal.But Carrick felt his side were ...Full Story »

Liam Rosenior praised the “fantastic finishing” of Aaron Connolly after his late double saw Hull come from behind to defeat 10-man Blackburn 2-1.Hull were in control from the outset and tightened their grip when Harry Pickering received a 17th-minute red card for bringing Liam Delap down when clean through.But the resilient Blackburn team took the lead through Sam Gallagher’s e...Full Story »

John Mousinho admitted Portsmouth’s goalless draw at home to winless Cheltenham could have been called off after a fan had to come out of the stands to run the line after two officials hobbled off injured.The Robins produced a stubborn defensive display to pick up their first point of the season but it was the officials who stole the limelight when not one but two assistant referees limped...Full Story »

Burton assistant manager John Dreyer believes Max Crocombe staked a claim to become the club’s first-choice goalkeeper after a superb performance in their goalless draw at Wycombe.Crocombe, a summer signing from Grimsby, made his first start for Burton having replaced the injured Jamal Blackman from the bench during Tuesday night’s defeat at Shrewsbury.The 30-year-old New Zealander m...Full Story »

Frustrated Michael Flynn felt individual errors cost Swindon as they dropped two Sky Bet League Two points in a thrilling 5-5 draw at Wrexham.The Robins led through Jake Young’s header and Charlie Austin doubled their advantage, before Jake Bickerstaff got one back. However, Daniel Kemp curled home and Young bagged his second as the visitors were 4-1 up at half-time.Lee’s penalty and...Full Story »

John Coleman knows wins are special but Jack Nolan’s late free-kick against Harrogate in Accrington’s 2-1 victory gave him more pleasure than most.Stanley dominated the game in terms of chances and took the lead in the 28th minute with Sean McConville curling a free-kick into the top of the net.Reds defender Seb Quirk was sent off for two bookable offences on 82 minutes and, from the...Full Story »

Substitute Aaron Connolly scored a late brace as Hull came from behind to beat 10-man Blackburn 2-1 in a breathless encounter.Rovers were up against it from the 17th minute when Harry Pickering was given his marching orders for upending Liam Delap when clean through but displayed great resilience and managed to take a 74th-minute lead through Sam Gallagher.However, Hull recovered superbly and Co...Full Story »

Port Vale celebrated their first League One away win since January 1 as Funso Ojo’s 87th-minute goal settled an end-to-end 3-2 win over Charlton.Summer signing Alfie May opened his goal account for Charlton in the 10th minute. The striker rifled his penalty home after referee Sunny Singh Gill ruled that keeper Connor Ripley had impeded Daniel Kanu.Alex Iacovitti cleared a Corey Blackett-Ta...Full Story »

A stoppage-time strike from Jack Powell salvaged Crewe a point from a 2-2 League Two draw with Walsall.The Railwaymen came from two down at Gresty Road after an early goal from Freddy Draper and a belting effort from Issac Hutchinson in the first half appeared to have earned Walsall their second success of the campaign.But Powell’s late cross from the left evaded everyone to land in the ne...Full Story »

Unbeaten Blackpool registered a third consecutive 0-0 draw in League One as they were held at home by Leyton Orient.Goalkeepers Dan Grimshaw and Sam Howes both produced excellent performances to ensure the deadlock was not broken and earn newly-promoted Orient their first point of the season.Shayne Lavery went close to giving Blackpool a fourth-minute lead but Howes was on hand to deny him.At th...Full Story »

Substitute Matt Dennis scored a late winner as MK Dons staged a comeback to beat Colchester 3-2 in Sky Bet League Two.Dennis fired home in the 10th minute of stoppage time to make it three wins from four for the Dons and move them up to second place in the table.Ex-Colchester man Alex Gilbey equalised in the 88th minute after Joe Taylor’s brace had cancelled out Mo Eisa’s early opene...Full Story »