Ross County’s bid for a first cinch Premiership win of the season ended in frustration once again as St Mirren stretched their unbeaten run to six matches with a 3-2 victory.Leading 3-1 at the break through goals from Eamonn Brophy, Marcus Fraser and Scott Tanser, the visitors withstood late pressure as County attempted to add to Blair Spittal’s 37th-minute strike and Alex Iacovitti&...Full Story »

Exeter suffered their eighth stalemate in 12 League Two games as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Newport at St James Park.Newport started the better of the two teams and went in front on 12 minutes. Former Exeter loanee Robbie Willmott was afforded far too much space on the edge of the penalty box and he fired a low shot into the far corner.It took Exeter 10 minutes to respond as Matt Jay picked...Full Story »

Ross County boss Malky Mackay has no fresh injury concerns ahead of the cinch Premiership meeting with St Mirren.Connor Randall (ankle) and Jake Vokins (foot) have stepped up their rehab work.Both full-backs have been taking part in warm-up sessions and are close to joining full training.St Mirren are close to a full squad with defender Charles Dunne returning from a hamstring problem.Greg Kilti...Full Story »

Exeter manager Matt Taylor says winger Josh Coley will come into contention for the Sky Bet League Two visit of Newport on Saturday.The 23-year-old has endured a difficult time since arriving at St James Park from Maidenhead in the summer.He missed the start of the season due to a groin injury but made his Grecians debut off the bench in a 2-2 draw with Walsall earlier this month and caught Tayl...Full Story »

Wayne Hatswell maintained his unbeaten start to life in charge of Newport but felt his side should have claimed another win after a 0-0 draw with Bradford at Rodney Parade.Newport beat struggling Scunthorpe 3-0 in the first game after Michael Flynn stepped down last week and they had the chances to claim three more points against Derek Adams’ Bradford.Matty Dolan saw a fierce goal-bound dr...Full Story »

Newport County were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Bradford in an entertaining stalemate at Rodney Parade.Newport goalkeeper Joe Day saved with his feet from striker Andy Cook in the fifth minute as Bradford began brightly.But Newport soon got on top and defender James Clarke saw his header clawed away by goalkeeper Richard O’Donnell before Matty Dolan’s fierce drive on the rebound wa...Full Story »

Newport interim boss Wayne Hatswell could name an unchanged starting line-up for the home game against Bradford.Hatswell, handed the reins following the recent departure of Michael Flynn by mutual consent, won his first game in charge last week, 3-0 against Scunthorpe.Newport have reported no new injury worries, while goalkeeper Joe Day, Mickey Demetriou, Ollie Cooper and Dom Telford are all hop...Full Story »

Ten-man Halifax produced a stirring comeback to come from 2-0 down to beat Notts County 3-2.The Magpies were in total control, having gone into a 2-0 lead and then seen home defender Tom Bradbury sent off on the hour.Ruben Rodrigues put them ahead after 30 minutes as he got to the ball before stranded Halifax goalkeeper Sam Johnson and converted into an empty net from 40 yards.The game then appe...Full Story »

Interim Newport boss Wayne Hatswell dedicated the 3-0 win over Scunthorpe at Rodney Parade to former manager Michael Flynn.Having negotiated an amicable departure after four and a half years earlier in the week, Flynn said his farewells to the players on Friday.But he wasn’t at the ground to watch them move to within a point of the play-off places with their best win of the season.Hatswell...Full Story »

Former Magpies Inih Effiong and Tahvon Campbell returned to haunt their old club as Woking stormed back from behind to thrash Notts County 4-1 at Meadow Lane.The hosts were smarting from their first loss of the season at Altrincham last week but went ahead when Ruben Rodrigues supplied a neat finish from Jim O’Brien’s pass in the 29th minute.County were seldom troubled and could have...Full Story »

Newport’s players paid the perfect tribute to former manager Michael Flynn as they beat Scunthorpe 3-0 at Rodney Parade.Flynn ended his four-and-a-half-year reign at his hometown club by mutual consent earlier in the week.He had hoped to make the game his 246th and final one in charge but was denied that chance.Former assistant Wayne Hatswell stood in as interim manager and saw his players...Full Story »

Dundee United secured a narrow 1-0 victory over winless Ross County at Tannadice to move into the cinch Premiership’s top five.The home side struck in the 31st minute through Ilmari Niskanen, who registered his first goal for the club.The result left the second-bottom Staggies still searching for their opening league win of the season after eight games.United had an early chance when Scott...Full Story »

Dundee United welcome two players back for their cinch Premiership clash with Ross County.Charlie Mulgrew is fit again after missing the draw with former club Celtic while, Declan Glass is back in full training following a long-term absence.Liam Smith is nearing fitness and will just miss out but Marc McNulty remains sidelined with a hamstring injury.Ross County have no fresh injuries ahead of t...Full Story »

Newport will have to get used to life without manager Michael Flynn as they prepare to face Scunthorpe at Rodney Parade on Saturday.Flynn left his role as boss with immediate effect after four-and-a-half years at the helm but the Welsh side face a quick turnaround to get things sorted in time for the Sky Bet League Two match this weekend.Scot Bennett will not be available for the Exiles after fr...Full Story »

Marcus Dinanga helped Altrincham end Notts County’s unbeaten start to the National League season with the only goal.County enjoyed an encouraging opening but it was the hosts who went close when Dan Mooney tested keeper Anthony Patterson seconds before Ryan Colclough fired across the face of goal with 22 minutes gone.Altrincham took the lead in the 29th minute when Dinanga got the decisive...Full Story »

Tony Watt’s late strike earned Motherwell a 2-1 victory over Ross County and sent them into the top three of the cinch Premiership.Motherwell took the lead inside two minutes when Callum Slattery collected a loose ball, flicked it up and unleashed a 25-yard strike into the top corner.County came back into it and Regan Charles-Cook scored a deserved equaliser six minutes before half-time wh...Full Story »

Barrow produced a courageous comeback to beat Newport 2-1 in Sky Bet League Two.Finn Azaz gave the visitors a deserved first-half lead with his 10th-minute strike.But Josh Kay levelled just after the hour mark before Josh Gordon grabbed his first goal in six weeks to steal the spoils with 12 minutes to go as Mark Cooper’s charges got back to winning ways.The visitors started brightest and ...Full Story »

Motherwell defender Sondre Solholm Johansen remains out for the visit of Ross County after dropping out of the squad through injury last weekend.Jake Carroll is available again after a two-game suspension.Graham Alexander has no fresh injury problems.Ross County are set to be without Connor Randall again because of an ankle injury.Defender Jake Vokins remains on the sidelines with a foot injury....Full Story »

Barrow are set to be boosted by the return of two players to their squad in preparation for their game against Newport.Captain Mark Ellis is eligible to return following his three-match suspension and defender James Jones is also back from a one game suspension.George Williams could feature after returning from injury, coming off the bench in the second half of Barrow’s game against Bradfo...Full Story »

Wayne Rooney took permanent charge of Derby in January following a short stint as interim manager. Derby County will be deducted 12 points with immediate effect after the Championship side entered administration, the English Football League (EFL) said on Wednesday. Derby, managed by former England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, filed a notice to appoint administrators last week am...Full Story »