Bradford boss Mark Hughes felt his team deserved better after Jack Payne’s stoppage-time penalty earned Swindon a 2-1 victory.Payne, making his first appearance since New Year’s Day following a knee injury, struck in the sixth minute of added time to hand Hughes his second straight defeat since taking charge.Bradford started brightly and Gareth Evans gave them the lead in a lively en...Full Story »

Dundee manager Mark McGhee felt his makeshift team showed the spirit they will need to get off the bottom of the league after holding Motherwell to a 1-1 draw at Fir Park.McGhee was forced to make five changes from Wednesday’s goalless draw with Hibernian amid Covid-19 issues and was without 10 players in total.But Paul McMullan gave Dundee an early lead following Stephen O’Donnell&r...Full Story »

Chris Wilder believes his Middlesbrough team showed a different side after emerging from a tough afternoon against Luton with three points and a Sky Bet Championship play-off spot.Boro won for the eighth home league game in a row for the first time in a single season since the 1997-98 promotion campaign.It was enough to lift them up into the final play-off place and above Luton, who had started ...Full Story »

Maidenhead and Altrincham were forced to settle for a point each as they played out a goalless draw in a Vanarama National League clash at York Road.Altrincham’s Ryan Colclough went the closest to breaking the deadlock when he hit the bar just before the hour but both sides had penalty claims turned down in the second half.Maidenhead had the better of the early chances Nathan Blissett forc...Full Story »

Hearts boss Robbie Neilson admitted in 25 years in football he had never experienced anything like the catalogue of injuries that decimated his team during Saturday’s cinch Premiership draw with Dundee United at Tannadice.The Jam Tarts had to make five changes because of injuries during the pulsating 2-2 match with Gary Mackay-Steven, Cammy Devlin, Alex Cochrane, John Souttar and Nate Atki...Full Story »

Ross County manager Malky Mackay credited his defence for their 1–0 victory over St Mirren.Joe Hungbo’s penalty early in the second half proved to be the difference between the teams but that was not for a lack of trying by the visitors in Dingwall.The result was the second 1–0 win for County in a row, and a third consecutive victory that saw them move into the top half of the ...Full Story »

Bournemouth boss Scott Parker claimed an “unforgivable” refereeing decision cost his side in a 2-1 defeat at Preston.Jamal Lowe put the Cherries in front after 50 minutes, but Cameron Archer quickly levelled things up just four minutes later before substitute Emil Riis Jakobsen found an 89th-minute clincher at Deepdale.Midfielder Philip Billing appeared to have been fouled in the bui...Full Story »

Sunderland manager Alex Neil was left to rue missed chances as his side could only draw 0-0 with struggling Charlton.The Wearsiders slipped out of the League One play-off places after they were unable to find a winner in London.Despite the setback, Neil believed his side played better in the first half than they did during last week’s stunning 3-0 win at Wigan.He said: “I think we de...Full Story »

Two goals in as many minutes completed an amazing turnaround as 10-man MK Dons won 2-1 at promotion rivals Rotherham.The visitors, who played for most of the game a man down after Dan Harvie’s straight red card, managed to turn the game in their favour and close the gap on Sky Bet League One leaders Rotherham to seven points.The Dons should have been ahead in the opening minute but Troy Pa...Full Story »

Donervon Daniels’ first goal for the club earned Walsall a 1-1 Sky Bet League Two draw with relegation-threatened Barrow.Daniels, who had not scored since netting for Luton in January 2020, headed in Emmanuel Osadebe’s 65th-minute free-kick.His equaliser denied Mark Cooper’s Cumbrians a first home league win since December 11.John Rooney, brother of Derby boss Wayne, gave the B...Full Story »

Zak Dearnley scored on his league debut for Halifax as they maintained their play-off challenge with a 2-0 win at Weymouth.The Shaymen climbed back up to fourth, one place behind Wrexham with a game in hand, after second-half goals from Tom Bradbury and substitute Dearnley extended their unbeaten league run to four matches.Martin Woods struck the crossbar for Halifax in a goalless first half bef...Full Story »

Dominant Sutton returned to the automatic League Two promotion places with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Rochdale.Enzio Boldewijn bagged a fine first-half brace before Joe Kizzi’s super strike secured the points.Matt Gray’s side enjoy their home comforts and are unbeaten at the ground since October.Boldewijn put the hosts ahead with a stunning free-kick, his first goal of the season, ...Full Story »

Bournemouth missed a chance to move back into the automatic promotion places as they suffered a late 2-1 defeat at Preston.Substitute Emil Riis Jakobsen hit the winner with a minute to go to complete a comeback win for the Lilywhites.The visitors, who came into the game on the back of four straight Sky Bet Championship wins, went ahead through Jamal Lowe early in the second half.But the promotio...Full Story »

Jesse Marsch may have started his reign at Leeds with a defeat which has left the club precariously placed, but the American is in little doubt they will retain their Premier League status.In their first game since Marcelo Bielsa was sacked, Leeds dominated for large spells at Leicester and had 19 shots at goal but were unable to get past Kasper Schmeichel, who made several crucial saves against...Full Story »

Ravel Morrison scored his first league goals in England for nearly eight years to give Derby a 2-0 victory over relegation rivals Barnsley.The former Manchester United midfielder struck twice to end a drought that stretched back to April 2014 as Derby halted a run of three defeats.Morrison also hit the bar in one of his best displays in a Rams shirt but Barnsley created little after Carlton Morr...Full Story »

A hat-trick from Ivan Toney saw Brentford claim a vital 3-1 win at basement club Norwich on the day Christian Eriksen took another positive step in his remarkable recovery.The Denmark international played the whole match for the Bees and had a hand in the first two goals, almost nine months on from his cardiac arrest during Euro 2020 last summer.It was Eriksen’s corner which helped set up ...Full Story »

Michael Obafemi scored twice as Swansea dented Coventry’s Sky Bet Championship play-off hopes with a 3-1 win in south Wales.Obafemi grabbed two goals in a seven-minute spell either side of half-time after also setting up Jamie Paterson’s early opener at the Swansea.com Stadium.It was the first time Swansea had managed back-to-back wins in the league since beating Coventry in November...Full Story »

Mark McGhee guided Covid-hit Dundee to a 1-1 draw against former club Motherwell.McGhee was without 10 players, but the cinch Premiership’s bottom side were well worth their point at Fir Park.Paul McMullan gave the visitors a sixth-minute lead following Stephen O’Donnell’s mistake before Joe Efford netted his first goal for Motherwell 12 minutes later.The equaliser failed to ki...Full Story »

CHELSEA are expected to be taken over imminently. Turkish tycoon Muhsin Bayrak has claimed that he is close to completing the purchase of Chelsea from Roman Abramovich and has vowed he will: "Fly the Turkish flag in London soon." Bayrak is the head of AB Group Holding, who have investments in cryptocurrency, construction and energy sectors and are reckoned to be worth around £8billion. C...Full Story »

Barcelona have signed Pablo Torre from Racing Santander, the LaLiga club announced on Friday, beating Real Madrid to land the talented youngster. Torre is viewed as a potential future star but will initially feature for the club's reserve team Barcelona B beginning this summer, before challenging for a first-team place in the medium term. Barcelona stated the transfer fee was €5m with ...Full Story »