Aberdeen caretaker manager Peter Leven warned his players that better teams have got relegated after a 1-0 defeat at Dundee left them just three points above the cinch Premiership danger zone.Luke McCowan’s 66th-minute penalty, following a VAR-assisted handball call against Jack MacKenzie, earned the home side a well-deserved three points at Dens Park as Aberdeen’s run without a leag...Full Story »

Peterborough continued their charge back into League One automatic-promotion contention by beating play-off chasing Stevenage 3-1.Harrison Burrows’ spot-kick, a stunning first league goal for 19-year-old Jadel Katongo and Kwame Poku’s clincher earned a fifth straight league success.Stevenage would arguably have been disappointed to still be level at the break after being the dominant...Full Story »

Paul Warne brushed off his Derby side moving back into the top two of Sky Bet League One after a convincing 3-0 win at Bristol Rovers.The Rams boss explained that if his team keep winning, following the club’s sixth victory in their last nine games, then they need not worry about what any of their promotion rivals are doing.Dwight Gayle opened the scoring in the 55th minute, bundling in af...Full Story »

Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson feels his side are hitting top form again as the race for promotion in Sky Bet League One intensifies after they hammered rivals Northampton 5-1 in the Nene derby.This was the Posh’s third league win in a row which moved them to within five points of second-placed Bolton, with their current run coming after four straight defeats threatened to derail the...Full Story »

Peterborough moved within five points of the Sky Bet League One automatic promotion places following a 5-1 demolition of Northampton Town in the Nene derby.The Cobblers actually struck first at the Weston Homes Stadium, but they collapsed in the face of an onslaught from a rampant Posh side who recorded their third win in a row.Northampton went ahead in the ninth minute when Marc Leonard’s...Full Story »

Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson insisted it is all about results after Posh kept themselves in the League One promotion battle with a 2-1 win over Exeter.Kwame Poku struck the winner midway through the second half as Ferguson’s tactical tweak worked to perfection.The attacking talent bagged his 10th goal of the campaign after being shifted into a central position from his usual wide bert...Full Story »

Walsall claimed a fifth successive victory by beating Doncaster 3-1 to climb to sixth in Sky Bet League Two.Josh Gordon’s early header was cancelled out by Kyle Hurst but Jack Earing and former Doncaster loanee Mo Faal won it for Walsall.The Saddlers led in the 18th minute as Liam Gordon put in a pinpoint cross for namesake Josh to bullet a header into the bottom corner.Rovers were almost ...Full Story »

Manager Darren Ferguson stated Peterborough’s 1-0 win over Cambridge in the Cambridgeshire derby was more important than reaching Wembley on Tuesday night.The Posh claimed their first league success at the Abbey Stadium since 1988, having beaten Blackpool four days previously to reach the EFL Trophy final.Ephron Mason-Clark netted the winner 10 minutes into the second half when his cross f...Full Story »

Peterborough capped a memorable week by claiming bragging rights with a 1-0 win at managerless arch-rivals Cambridge.Having reached the EFL Trophy final on Tuesday, Posh grabbed the decisive goal 10 minutes into the second half.In a seemingly unthreatening position, Ephron Mason-Clark delivered a cross from the left which evaded everyone in the box before finding the far corner of Jack Stevens&r...Full Story »

Darren Ferguson challenged his Peterborough side to show more conviction as they need to “ride out the storm” having fallen to another damaging defeat.Blackpool grabbed all three points thanks to a second-half comeback started by a Shayne Lavery penalty and completed in stoppage time by a deflected Karamoko Dembele strike.Hector Kyprianou had given Posh the lead after 38 minutes with...Full Story »

Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson backed goalkeeper Nicholas Bilokapic to learn from an error-strewn display in his side’s damaging 5-2 defeat at Wycombe.Bilokapic, 21, was directly at fault for two of Wycombe’s goals, with Kieran Sadlier and David Wheeler both capitalising.Ferguson mounted a passionate defence of his young goalkeeper and refused to criticise the Australian.He sai...Full Story »

Bolton assistant boss Peter Atherton felt a point was the least his side deserved after they fought back with 10 men to draw 1-1 against Northampton.Kieron Bowie gave the Cobblers an early lead and things turned from bad to worse for the Trotters when midfielder George Thomason was dismissed after just 28 minutes.However, despite also seeing manager Ian Evatt sent off for an incident at half-tim...Full Story »

Wycombe inflicted a third straight defeat on promotion-chasing Peterborough after winning 5-2 in an action-packed clash at Adams Park.The hosts deservedly went ahead in the 37th minute when Archie Collins turned Kane Vincent-Young’s effort past Nicholas Bilokapic and into his own net.Wycombe captain Jack Grimmer doubled the Chairboys’ lead in the 11th minute of stoppage time at the e...Full Story »

Exeter manager Gary Caldwell hailed his side’s comeback as they stunned promotion-chasing Peterborough 2-1 at St James Park.After Harrison Burrows converted a first-half penalty, Posh missed several chances to increase their lead before they had Michael Olakigbe sent off after picking up a second yellow card.That galvanised Exeter, with Reece Cole’s free-kick ending up in the back of...Full Story »

Exeter staged a rousing comeback to beat the 10 men of promotion-chasing Peterborough 2-1 and ease their League One relegation fears in the process.Posh went in front on 32 minutes when Will Aimson’s clumsy tackle on Ephron Mason-Clark gifted Posh a penalty, which Harrison Burrows stroked home.Jack Aitchison then missed a glorious chance to equalise when Josh Knight’s pass went strai...Full Story »

Wigan boss Shaun Maloney saluted his side after they completed the double over promotion-chasing Peterborough with a 3-2 victory.Maloney saw his 10 men survive the dismissal of Matt Smith and a late comeback bid to sink high-flying Posh in a thriller – after also winning the November reverse fixture.Thelo Aasgaard starred with a double thanks to the Latics’ 20th-minute opener and a t...Full Story »

Thelo Aasgaard starred as Wigan completed a fine double over promotion-chasing Peterborough with a 3-2 triumph.The Latics arrived at London Road as the only team to beat Posh in their last 22 League One matches – and they did it again thanks to the Norwegian’s scoring exploits before surviving an almighty late scare.Aasgaard opened his account after 20 minutes with a first-time finis...Full Story »

Gateshead moved into the National League play-off places with a 1-0 win at Southend.Marcus Dinanga’s first league goal since September earned the visitors a second straight victory and left Southend just two points above the relegation zone.Dinanga fired wide and Ed Francis was denied by Collin Andeng Ndi in the first half.Dinanga, who had scored 17 goals in all competitions this season bu...Full Story »

Southampton climbed into the top two in the Championship after continuing their impressive form by sweeping aside struggling Rotherham 2-0.The high-flying Saints made it 23 games unbeaten with a dominant display at the AESSEAL New York Stadium where first-half goals from Jan Bednarek and Adam Armstrong did the damage.Victory sees Southampton up to second behind Leicester while rock-bottom Rother...Full Story »

Reading assistant manager James Oliver-Pearce believes that the players are “pushing their bodies” to the limit in a bid to escape League One relegation after a 1-1 draw with Orient.Orient went ahead in the 19th minute when Tom Holmes carelessly handled in the area and Dan Agyei slotted home the resultant penalty.But Reading drew level four minutes later, Harvey Knibbs sliding i...Full Story »