Erling Haaland’s second-half penalty was enough to earn Manchester City a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.Haaland’s league-leading 28th top-flight goal this season was redemption for a squandered opportunity before the break that saw the Norwegian striker fire over the crossbar from close range.Palace did well to frustrate the visitors for 78 minutes but were undone ...Full Story »

Watford boss Chris Wilder admitted he has to restore confidence in his players after his reign started with a 1-0 defeat at QPR.The loss in Wilder’s first match in charge left the Hornets 10th in the Sky Bet Championship table, with just one win in nine matches.Tim Iroegbunam’s first-half strike gave Gareth Ainsworth his first win as Rangers manager and the west London side’s f...Full Story »

Macaulay Langstaff scored a brace as Notts County returned to winning ways with a 3-1 National League comeback victory over Dorking to keep the pressure on leaders Wrexham.The visitors took the lead after just 13 minutes as Jason Prior poked the ball home at the near post following some good work from Josh Taylor.Notts County hit back six minutes later as National League top scorer Langstaff was...Full Story »

Burton boss Dino Maamria rode a roller coaster of emotions as his 10-man Brewers side came out victorious over play-off chasing Wycombe courtesy of a 2-1 win.Dale Taylor and Joe Powell both scored inside the opening 18 minutes to give Albion control but midfielder Deji Oshilaja was red carded in the dying seconds of the first half for his challenge on Lewis Wing.Burton suffered a nervy end to th...Full Story »

Everton manager Sean Dyche was pleased to see Dwight McNeil’s hard work being rewarded after the winger scored the club’s fastest winner at Goodison Park as his strike after 35 seconds beat Brentford 1-0.The 23-year-old fired home inside the first minute to end the Bees’ 12-match unbeaten league run and lift his team two points clear of the Premier League’s bottom three.M...Full Story »

Scott Lindsey felt Crawley produced the best performance since he became manager after the Reds ended a run of six successive defeats with a convincing 3-1 home victory over 10-man Harrogate.Crawley had previously won only one of Lindsey’s nine games since he replaced Matthew Etherington at the start of the year.But two first-half goals from Aramide Oteh and another from veteran midfielder...Full Story »

Chelsea boss Graham Potter warned that his side are finally finding their form after a 3-1 win at Leicester.Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic scored to clinch a third straight win and breathe fresh life into a season which looked in terminal decline just a week ago.Patson Daka did level for Leicester but they slipped to sit just a point above the relegation zone and had Wout Faes sent ...Full Story »

Boss Darrell Clarke hailed a “tremendous” performance from his Port Vale players despite conceding a late equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Fleetwood.The Valiants dominated and led through Matty Taylor’s 57th-minute goal but were denied victory by Jack Marriott, who bundled in an equaliser – his first goal for the Cod Army – seven minutes from time.Despite his disappoint...Full Story »

Doncaster Rovers boss Danny Schofield was delighted for striker George Miller after he ended his goal drought in the 2-1 win over AFC Wimbledon.Miller scored the winner, sealing a comeback from Doncaster after Josh Davison put Wimbledon ahead, with Harrison Biggins heading home the equaliser.It was a first goal in 17 games for Miller, taking him to 12 for the campaign in all competitions.“...Full Story »

Carlisle boss Paul Simpson admitted he had settled for a draw at Swindon before Ryan Edmondson’s stoppage-time winner kept the second-placed Cumbrians flying high.Edmondson’s last-gasp header extended Carlisle’s winning run to four matches and maintained their grip on the automatic promotion places.Honest Simpson said: “You’ve just got to keep going right through to...Full Story »

Alfie May is “a special player” according to Cheltenham boss Wade Elliott after a stunning brace in their 3-0 win at Peterborough.May’s astonishing first was a volley from the halfway line to make it 2-0 after 21 minutes and he smashed in another from the edge of the box to round off the scoring 16 minutes from the end.“Alfie is a special player and the two goals are top ...Full Story »

Gillingham boss Neil Harris is not celebrating safety just yet after his side coasted to a 2-0 win over Tranmere at Priestfield Stadium.The Gills are now nine points clear of the relegation zone thanks to goals from Shaun Williams and Conor Masterson.Harris’ side have lost just twice in 12 matches since mid-January, winning five out of six home matches in that time.But Harris stopped short...Full Story »

Stockport got their League Two promotion bid back on track after 1-0 win at struggling Colchester.Kyle Wootton’s first-half header secured the points for the visitors and spoiled Ben Garner’s first game in charge of United.Stockport, who had picked up just two points from their previous games, almost took an early lead when Colchester goalkeeper Kieran O’Hara denied Will Collar...Full Story »

Crawley ended a run of six successive Sky Bet League Two defeats with a convincing 3-1 home victory over 10-man Harrogate, boosting their hopes of avoiding relegation.Two first-half goals from Aramide Oteh put the Reds in control and Jordon Mutch added a third midway through the second half. Anthony O’Connor’s added-time reply was little consolation for the visitors.Crawley had the b...Full Story »

Sam Hoskins headed in his 18th goal of the season to earn a 1-1 draw and save Northampton from slipping to defeat at Hartlepool.Josh Umerah’s first goal in seven games had put Pools on course for a win under manager John Askey, who has now drawn his first three in charge, eight minutes before the break.But with nine minutes left Hoskins was at the back post to secure a point that means Har...Full Story »

Nathan Tella’s double helped runaway Championship leaders Burnley return to winning ways with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Wigan at Turf Moor which stretched their lead at the top to 13 points.The Clarets were held by Wigan’s fellow strugglers Blackpool last weekend but never looked in danger of dropping more points once Tella had given them a deserved lead after 14 minutes.Wigan remain...Full Story »

New Oxford manager Liam Manning saw his relegation-threatened team beaten 3-2 by a Louie Sibley-inspired Derby at the Kassam Stadium.Manning, who will be officially unveiled on Monday, watched from the stands as Oxford took the lead before League One play-off chasing Derby hit back impressively.The U’s opened the scoring with Sam Long heading in James Henry’s free-kick at the back po...Full Story »

Doncaster Rovers injected new life into their flagging League Two play-off aspirations with a 2-1 win over AFC Wimbledon.The Dons had taken the lead through Josh Davison on 18 minutes. He collected the ball on the edge of the box, cut inside and struck a tame effort which Rovers keeper Jonathan Mitchell fumbled into his own net.Doncaster levelled on 27 minutes when Harrison Biggins rose to meet ...Full Story »

Newport fought back from a goal down to claim a 1-1 League Two draw at home to promotion-chasing Bradford.Andy Cook gave Mark Hughes’s men a half-time lead with a fine finish after 36 minutes but struggling Newport levelled through a Liam Ridehalgh own goal just after the hour mark.Bradford goalkeeper Harry Lewis escaped with only a yellow card for handling the ball outside his box midway ...Full Story »

Danny Whitehall netted a second-half winner as Eastleigh got their National League play-off bid back on track with a 1-0 victory over Oldham at Silverlake Stadium.The Spitfires saw their seven-game unbeaten run come to an end at lowly Yeovil on Tuesday but moved into fifth place following a seventh win in nine.Two of the form teams in the fifth tier could not be separated for over an hour.The cl...Full Story »