Antoni Sarcevic scored and conceded a penalty against his former club as Bolton secured a 2-1 home win over Shrewsbury.The Trotters’ skipper, who spent a brief and unhappy spell at Town in 2016, followed a midweek goal at Charlton with an 18th minute opener in the Sky Bet League One contest.Sarcevic’s superb curling right foot finish was followed five minutes later with an equally im...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 »

Wigan returned to the top of League One with a 2-0 win over Gillingham at Priestfield.Leam Richardson’s men enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges, although a Callum Lang free kick which was comfortably saved by Jamie Cumming was their best effort.Ben Amos had to be alert to push over Danny Lloyd’s wind-assisted free kick, before denying John Akinde from close range.Gills storme...Full Story »

Assistant manager Ian Dawes described captain Peter Clarke as Tranmere’s ‘Benjamin Button’ as the veteran defender scored twice to help his side to victory against Crawley.The 39-year-old opened the scoring in the first half before being pegged back by Kwesi Appiah and after Sam Ashford spurned a chance to give the visitors the lead, Clarke headed home from a scramble to give T...Full Story »

Richie Wellens hailed the discipline and fighting qualities of his Doncaster side as they bounced back from their midweek thumping to beat high-flying MK Dons 2-1 at the Keepmoat.Rovers suffered a humbling 6-0 defeat at Ipswich four days earlier courtesy of a worrying second-half capitulation.But they responded well with goals from Tommy Rowe and Tiago Cukur taking them to only their second leag...Full Story »

Tiago Cukur netted his first senior goal to give League One’s bottom side Doncaster a much-needed 2-1 win over high-flying MK Dons.Tommy Rowe put Rovers ahead early in the game only for Peter Kioso to equalise before the break in an even contest at the Keepmoat Stadium.Doncaster started the stronger, with Ben Close hitting the post with a header just two minutes in.They took the lead on si...Full Story »

Grimsby have gone top of the National League after they thrashed Dover 6-0.The Mariners were 5-0 up at half time with both Luke Waterfall and Ryan Taylor scoring a brace to maintain their 100 per cent home record.Grimsby had a penalty in the 23rd minute after a foul by Dover goalkeeper Adam Parkes, but Will Bapaga’s shot was saved.Waterfall put his side in front three minutes later, scorin...Full Story »

Salford sealed their first away victory of the season with a deserved 2-0 win at Colchester.The visitors made a flying start and almost scored in the opening two minutes when Jason Lowe’s header crashed against the bar.Brandon Thomas-Asante’s header flew just over soon after and Salford did go in front in the 10th minute when Thomas-Asante pounced to score from close range after goal...Full Story »

The ‘Matt Taylor derby’ ended in an entertaining 2-2 draw between Exeter and Walsall at St James Park.It was the first time the two teams had met in the EFL, led by managers with the same name since Bobby Campbells managed Fulham and Bristol Rovers in 1978.Exeter made a dream start with a goal inside five minutes. Pierce Sweeney delivered a superb cross to the back post and Tim Dieng...Full Story »

Captain Peter Clarke’s double lifted Tranmere to eighth in League Two as they beat Crawley 2-1 at Prenton Park.The 39-year-old veteran struck with two headers either side of Kwesi Appiah’s second-half goal to secure victory for Micky Mellon’s men.Tranmere’s Callum McManaman went close early on before Sam Ashford rattled the crossbar for Crawley.The deadlock was broken on ...Full Story »

Andros Townsend secured Everton a deserved point at Manchester United as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men stumbled into the international break. Just three days on from Cristiano Ronaldo’s stoppage-time winner against Villarreal, the Red Devils were back in action and looking to build some much-needed momentum. Anthony Martial’s first United goal in eight months put SolskjaerR...Full Story »

Brazilian football legend Pele has said he is “very happy to be back at the house” having been discharged from hospital after receiving treatment for nearly a month. The 80-year-old had a tumour removed from the right side of his colon on September 4, which he claimed was found during routine check-ups which he had not undergone due to the pandemic. Pele briefly spent time in inten...Full Story »

Stoke boss Michael O’Neill is delighted with how his team is developing following Friday night’s narrow 1-0 Championship victory over leaders West Brom.Jacob Brown wasted a glorious chance to put the Potters ahead when he hit the post after nine minutes and Darnell Furlong’s comical own goal was chalked off for a foul five minutes before the break.Mario Vrancic hit the crossbar...Full Story »

Alan Judge is among a host of players expected to return to the Colchester line-up for the visit of Salford in Sky Bet League Two on Saturday.Judge was one of a number of players rested for his side’s EFL Trophy victory over West Ham United Under-21s on Tuesday night.In that match, Chay Cooper and Armando Dobra impressed and could be pushing for more involvement with the first-team.Goalkee...Full Story »

Doncaster defender Tom Anderson has a 50-50 chance of being involved in the visit of MK Dons at the Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday.The 28-year-old suffered concussion after being hit in the head with the ball during the second half of Rovers’ 6-0 loss to Ipswich on Tuesday.Centre back Joseph Olowu also suffered concussion in the same game and is unavailable for Saturday.Cameron John is ruled...Full Story »

Exeter will be without Kyle Taylor for Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two game at home to Walsall.Midfielder Taylor has tested positive for coronavirus and has begun a mandatory period of isolation.Grecians boss Matt Taylor revealed at his pre-match press conference that another player had been displaying symptoms of Covid-19, which could mean a further absentee.Defender Jack Sparkes remains on...Full Story »

Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani is being linked with Real Madrid. El Nacional says Real Madrid are contemplating a January approach for United striker Cavani. Real president Florentino Perez wanted Cavani in the summer, and might be tempted to sanction a loan move for the United forward in January. The report says Real will wait to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland and ...Full Story »

The Italian tactician, who delivered a Premier League title to Stamford Bridge, worked with the Belgian striker at San Siro Chelsea have failed to “figure out how to use” Romelu Lukaku, with former Blues and Inter boss Antonio Conte questioning Thomas Tuchel’s tactical approach. The Belgium international striker was taken back to Stamford Bridge for a second spell during th...Full Story »

Boss Brendan Rodgers dismissed fears Leicester could suffer an early Europa League exit after their lacklustre defeat at Legia Warsaw.Mahir Emreli’s strike sunk the Foxes in Poland as they slipped to a 1-0 loss to leave them struggling in Group C.The Foxes were joint favourites for the competition with Napoli but both sit joint bottom of Group C with just a point after the Italian’s ...Full Story »

Leicester’s Europa League hopes suffered another blow after a disappointing defeat at Legia Warsaw.Mahir Emreli’s 10th goal of the season gave the Polish champions a 1-0 victory on Thursday.Jannik Vestergaard missed the Foxes’ best chance and they are left facing an uphill battle in Group C.Only the group winners go through automatically this season and the Foxes – who tr...Full Story »