Mat Sadler wants his Walsall side to adopt a relentless mindset following a deserved 2-1 win against Cheltenham at the Bescot Stadium.The Saddlers took the lead shortly after half-time courtesy of Nathan Lowe’s close-range finish before Jamille Matt doubled the home side’s advantage with a clever flick.Cheltenham reduced the deficit with five minutes left when substitute George Mille...Full Story »

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde’s first-half thunderbolt earned Wolves their first point of the Premier League season in an entertaining 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest.French midfielder Bellegarde rifled home his first goal in over eight months, two minutes after Chris Wood has headed Forest into an early lead.Wolves survived a late VAR check after Wood’s effort was ruled out for offside, but ...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 »

Angelo Cappello’s first goal of the season handed Halifax a 1-0 win away to National League basement boys Ebbsfleet.The visitors needed just three minutes to get their noses in front when Jamie Cooke’s effort was deflected to Cappello, who made no mistake.Keeper Mark Cousins saved from Andrew Oluwabori and Cooke saw another effort blocked as Town pushed for a second, but their lead r...Full Story »

Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell celebrated his new contract with a stoppage-time winner against St Johnstone.Moses Ebiye headed home from close range in the fourth minute of time added on to secure a 2-1 victory in Perth hours after Motherwell announced Kettlewell had signed a new rolling contract.Dan Casey had headed an early opener after beating recalled goalkeeper Ross Sinclair to Andy H...Full Story »

Scott Wright marked his deadline day transfer from Rangers by coming off the bench to score an added-time winner as Birmingham beat brave Wigan 2-1 in Sky Bet League One.After an even start Birmingham took an 18th-minute lead through a beautifully crafted goal which started when Christoph Klarer threaded a pass into Willum Willumsson in the centre circle.The Iceland international turned and play...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 »

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 »

Mateo Joseph and Joel Piroe scored second-half goals to hand unbeaten Leeds a 2-0 victory and condemn Hull to their maiden loss of the Championship campaign.Joseph neatly turned in a left-wing cross from debutant Manor Solomon at the near post in the 63rd minute before substitute Piroe finished coolly nine minutes from time from Junior Firpo’s cross.Those second-half strikes in an entertai...Full Story »

Mansfield halted visiting Stockport’s 100 per cent start to the new season with a battling 1-1 draw.Stockport started confidently and good footwork from Jayden Fevrier saw him get into the box on the right after just three minutes and smash a rising shot against the underside of the bar, with the officials deciding it had not crossed the line.Instead the Stags settled and took a 22nd-minut...Full Story »

Delighted Gillingham boss Mark Bonner saluted his table-topping side as they clung on to beat Chesterfield with a 1-0 League Two win at Priestfield Stadium.A precise headed effort from Robbie McKenzie was enough to separate the teams in all-action encounter which saw both sides finish the game with 10 men.Gills skipper Max Ehmer was dismissed on the hour for a second bookable offence, while Ches...Full Story »

Matt Clarke’s second goal of the season, and his second at Cardiff this year, earned special praise from Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick after his side’s 2-0 win in the Welsh capital.It was a second league win for Boro in the league and a third defeat for Cardiff, who remain anchored to the bottom of the Championship table with only one point.“It was a really good win for us...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta was “amazed” by the decision of Chris Kavanagh to show Declan Rice the first red card of his career and insisted it changed the game after Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Brighton.Arsenal looked on course for all three points when Kai Havertz put them ahead in the 38th minute, but Rice received his marching orders 11 minutes later.Referee Kavanagh showed Rice a second yell...Full Story »

Managerless Blackpool twice came from behind to snatch a 2-2 draw against Wycombe in the Sky Bet League One contest at Bloomfield Road.Garath McCleary’s opener was cancelled out by a Kyle Joseph header in the first half and Jake Beesley levelled late on after a Daniel Udoh screamer had put the visitors in the driving seat.Blackpool had the better of the early stages but were caught napping...Full Story »

Huddersfield’s 100 per cent start to the Sky Bet League One campaign came to an end as they were reduced to 10 men and beaten 2-1 at Rotherham.A breathless five-minute spell towards the end of the game brought two goals and a red card for Danny Ward, before Mallik Wilks grabbed an added time winner for the hosts.Rotherham almost made the perfect start when Sam Nombe barged past Nigel Lonwi...Full Story »

The Portugal legend, 39, was present at the Champions League draw in Monaco on Thursday. Georgina Rodriguez posed with Cristiano Ronaldo and his award in Monaco Credit: Instagram Ronaldo was receiving the honour as the all-time leading Champions League scorer Credit: Instagram And he was handed a trophy on stage to commemorate being the competition's all-time top scorer with 140 goals. Long-...Full Story »

The Argentine joins Valencia on a season-long loan. Barrenechea left Juventus for Aston Villa just over two months ago. Villa paid €8 million plus €3 million in bonuses for the midfielder. Now Valencia have taken Barrenechea from Aston Villa on-loan for the rest of the season.Full Story »

Manchester United and Chelsea are close to agreeing a deal for Jadon Sancho, a source has told ESPN. Chelsea are set to take Sancho on loan for the season with an obligation to make the move permanent next summer for a fee of around £25 million ($32.8 million). The England forward hasn't featured in a competitive game for United in more than a year and was left out of Erik ten Hag's squ...Full Story »

Arsenal close in on Sterling deal Arsenal will soon announce Sterling's arrival, per Fabrizio Romano. 🔴⚪️🤝🏻 Raheem Sterling and Arsenal, agreement between player and #AFC in case club decides to get it done.Raheem wants the move.Negotiations ongoing between clubs with Chelsea open to finding solutions. pic.twitter.com/Flq5eRwhLG— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 30, 2024 ...Full Story »

QPR stunned Luton Town with a quickfire second-half double as they earned a first league victory of the season with a 2-1 success at Kenilworth Road.Having knocked the Hatters out of the Carabao Cup on penalties in midweek, the R’s made it two wins in the space of a few days as goals from Nicolas Madsen and Michael Frey turned the contest on its head.Jimmy Dunne’s own goal had given ...Full Story »