Preston kept their slim Sky Bet Championship play-off hopes alive with a 2-1 win at Rotherham, who are still looking over their shoulder at the relegation zone.First-half goals from Tom Cannon and Ched Evans saw North End stretch their unbeaten run to seven games and move to five points off the top six.With nine games to go and plenty of teams above them with an extra game to play it looks an ou...Full Story »

Jim Bentley admits rock-bottom Rochdale displayed naivety during their 1-0 defeat against Grimsby at Blundell Park.On-loan Grimsby striker George Lloyd settled the contest with a moment of quality midway through the second half with his third goal in nine games.It was enough to move Grimsby up to 16th in League Two as Rochdale remained at the foot and five points from safety.Dale boss Bentley sa...Full Story »

Stockport got their League Two promotion bid back on track after 1-0 win at struggling Colchester.Kyle Wootton’s first-half header secured the points for the visitors and spoiled Ben Garner’s first game in charge of United.Stockport, who had picked up just two points from their previous games, almost took an early lead when Colchester goalkeeper Kieran O’Hara denied Will Collar...Full Story »

Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom admitted that it is now “all to play for” in the race for automatic promotion to the Premier League after his side secured a hard-earned 1-0 victory at Reading.After a scrappy first half, United made the decisive breakthrough in the Sky  Bet Championship contest when Iliman Ndiaye tucked home from close range for his 12th goal of the s...Full Story »

Cambridge and Morecambe drew 1-1 in a meeting between two Sky Bet League One relegation rivals.The hosts started brightly and went close inside two minutes when Sam Smith headed Liam Bennett’s cross wide.They were rewarded after 14 minutes when Paul Digby’s incisive pass played in Jack Lankester, who fired first time beyond Connor Ripley.Five minutes before the break, Bennett blazed ...Full Story »

Play-off chasing Stockport could not find a way through a resolute Doncaster defence as an entertaining clash ended 0-0.Dave Challinor’s side created the bulk of the chances, but mid-table Rovers probably deserved a point.Jonathan Mitchell produced a brilliant save to keep out Ryan Rydel’s early bullet header, with the Doncaster keeper also doing well to gather the follow-up.Midfield...Full Story »

Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom praised his side’s performance against a tough Watford side following their narrow 1-0 Championship victory.An own goal by Ryan Porteous in the second half saw United defeat their promotion rivals and move seven points clear of the play-off places.Heckingbottom said: “It’s all about how many points we get. We changed slightly due to W...Full Story »

Spain legend Sergio Ramos has announced his retirement from the national team, having made 180 appearances for La Roja. Ramos announces international retirement Won two Euros, one World Cup Spain's most capped player with 180 appearances WHAT HAPPENED? The 36-year-old has called time on a star-studded international career spanning nearly 18 years. Ramos was part of the Spain team that wo...Full Story »

Mark Shelton’s first Oldham goal helped the Latics move further away from the Vanarama National League relegation zone with a 2-0 win over rock-bottom Maidenhead.Shelton, signed from Hartlepool in January, struck in the first half to move the hosts six points above the bottom four.Midfielder Shelton collected Ben Tollitt’s quick free-kick and fired past Maidstone goalkeeper Dan Barde...Full Story »

Accrington boosted their hopes of escaping relegation with a 1-0 victory over in-form Shrewsbury.It was Stanley’s first triumph in six league games against a promotion-chasing Shrewsbury side whose six wins in their previous seven had propelled them up to eighth place.Stanley’s winner came after 13 minutes when Rosaire Longelo’s right-wing cross was swept home by Brentford loan...Full Story »

Stockport boss Dave Challinor saluted two-goal striker Kyle Wootton after his side’s hard-earned 2-1 win against struggling Crawley.Wootton bagged his 10th and 11th goals of the season as play-off chasing County came from behind to seal a third straight victory.Challinor said: “Kyle was brilliant again. He goes to top scorer now and that’s great for him – he deserves it.&...Full Story »

Dean Holden rated Charlton’s League One victory over bottom side Forest Green as the best he had seen as boss.Holden saw Corey Blackett-Taylor score a first-half winner to see off rock-bottom Rovers.He said: “That’s as good as we’ve been since I got the job and they couldn’t live with us.“It was a funny game because for the first 20 minutes, we were outstandin...Full Story »

Corey Blackett-Taylor scored a first-half winner as Charlton beat League One bottom club Forest Green with a narrow 1-0 win.Striker Blackett-Taylor claimed his sixth goal of the season in the 11th minute as Charlton edged their sorry hosts.Crystal Palace loanee Jesurun Rak-Sayki sent in a low cross from the right and the winger’s ball defected into the path of Blackett-Taylor, who fired it...Full Story »

A brace from Kyle Wootton helped in-form Stockport to a deserved 2-1 victory against struggling Crawley.Wootton now has 11 goals for the season after he notched a goal in each half, as County sealed a third straight win.Crawley got off to a terrific start when Jack Powell curled an exquisite 25-yard free-kick into the top corner.Stockport were soon level though as Isaac Olaofe nipped in ahead of...Full Story »

Paul Heckingbottom hailed Sheffield United’s aggression in a dominant 3-0 win over Swansea.Goals from Sander Berge and Jack Robinson gave the Blades a first-half lead before substitute Oli McBurnie rounded off the victory with a goal in the final minute.Manager Heckingbottom said: “I thought we were good, we fully committed to it. I know Swansea can dominate games and they were brave...Full Story »

Blackpool slipped to the bottom of the SkyBet Championship after a scrappy 0-0 draw with fellow relegation battlers Rotherham at Bloomfield Road.Millers midfielder Oliver Rathbone went closest to breaking the deadlock, but Seasiders goalkeeper Chris Maxwell thwarted him with a fine save as both sides were forced to settle for a point.New Blackpool boss Mick McCarthy is now without a win in his f...Full Story »

Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom said his side’s goalless draw at local rivals Rotherham was a positive point despite losing ground in the Sky Bet Championship title race.The Blades are now seven points adrift of leaders Burnley, who won 3-0 at Norwich, after they failed to make a breakthrough against their neighbours from across the M1.They were the better side at the New York Sta...Full Story »

Ross County recorded their first win in nearly three months to move off the bottom of the cinch Premiership table with a 3-0 victory against Kilmarnock.An early goal on debut from Eamonn Brophy set the scene, with Jordan White doubling the advantage early in the second half and Yan Dhanda benefitting from a major error from Killie goalkeeper Zach Hemming to make it three.The result is County&rsq...Full Story »

A powerful second-half performance lifted Hartlepool out of the relegation places as they saw off nine-man Rochdale 2-0.Goals from strike partners Josh Umerah and Jack Hamilton, after Dale’s Ethan Ebanks-Landell was red-carded, were enough to dump Dale to the bottom of the table.After a flat opening half, with neither side offering an attacking threat, the game sparked into life on 51 minu...Full Story »

Paul Heckingbottom is confident Sheffield United will not let a transfer embargo derail their bid for automatic promotion from the Championship.The English Football League confirmed the Blades had been placed under an embargo, after defaulting on a payment to another club, a matter of hours before Heckingbottom’s second-placed side opened up a 14-point cushion on third-placed Watford with ...Full Story »