Alex Lacey headed an injury-time equaliser as play-off chasing Notts County snatched a last-gasp 1-1 draw at Yeovil in the Vanarama National League.Lacey nodded home Matt Palmer’s floated free-kick to spare the Magpies a second successive defeat after Alex Bradley had opened the scoring at Meadow Lane.Bradley caught Vitezslav Jaros off his line two minutes into the second half after a mix-...Full Story »

Bolton manager Ian Evatt was delighted with his side’s performance in a 3-0 win over Gillingham at Priestfield, which saw them claim a ninth victory in 12 games.Aaron Morley, Declan John and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson punished a lacklustre Gillingham, who went down to 10 men on the hour mark when Daniel Phillips was sent off for a second yellow card.Evatt, whose side now sit in 11th place in the ...Full Story »

Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira described his side’s first-half performance in their 2-0 win at Wolves as one of their best of the season.The Eagles extended their unbeaten run away from home in 2022 to five games and earned a third consecutive victory over Wolves with an emphatic display.Goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfried Zaha, from the penalty spot, fired Vieira’s s...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel believes Chelsea’s second-half display in their 4-0 win at Burnley proved he and his players have not been impacted by the uncertainty since Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale.It has been a turbulent week at Stamford Bridge with Abramovich initially saying he was handing “stewardship and care” of the club to its charitable foundation on the eve of the Carab...Full Story »

Interim Leyton Orient boss Matt Harrold admitted his disappointment at his side’s performance in their Sky Bet League Two relegation battle with Stevenage.Goals by Luke Prosser and Luke Norris either side of a Ruel Sotiriou equaliser appeared to put Boro on course for their first league win on the road since August – until a wonderful strike from Theo Archibald deep into added time m...Full Story »

QPR boss Mark Warburton accused his players of complacency after their 2-1 defeat at home to Cardiff.Rangers, now with just one win in seven Sky Bet Championship matches – a run which has included four defeats, went ahead through Andre Gray’s first-half opener.But Bluebirds youngsters Isaak Davies and Rubin Colwill scored in the space of four second-half minutes to turn the match on ...Full Story »

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 »

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard described Philippe Coutinho as being “above the game” after his masterclass in their 4-0 win against Southampton.The on-loan Barcelona forward scored one, set up Douglas Luiz for another and could have had a hat-trick in a virtuoso performance while Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings were also on the scoresheet.“I thought at times, with all due resp...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 »

Gareth Ainsworth celebrated his 500th game in charge of Wycombe with a victory that moved the Chairboys back into League One’s top six.After a run of indifferent form Ainsworth’s men survived a second-half fightback from bottom club Crewe before registering a second consecutive win.January signing Lewis Wing netted a brace – the second in the 10th of 11 minutes of added time, t...Full Story »

Manager Michael Appleton was thrilled with the aggression Lincoln showed in their surprise 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday.The relegation-threatened Imps, who had lost their previous three games, turned the form book on its head as they secured victory over the Owls, who had won seven of their previous eight games – only losing to leaders Rotherham in that time.City took a third-minute le...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 »

Jack Payne’s stoppage-time penalty earned Swindon a dramatic 2-1 win at Bradford.Payne struck in the sixth minute of added time to make it two defeats out of two for new Bantams boss Mark Hughes.Bradford made a fast start and could have scored twice in the first nine minutes.Swindon goalkeeper Jojo Wollacott saved well from close-range efforts from Callum Cooke and Andy Cooke. Caolan Laver...Full Story »

Play-off chasing Plymouth bounced back from successive League One defeats to beat Morecambe 2-0 at Home Park.Argyle won thanks to well-crafted first-half goals from Conor Grant and Ryan Hardie to keep the heat up on the top six.Playmaker Grant headed Argyle in front after 14 minutes with a far-post header from Ryan Broom’s cross from the right.The hosts doubled their lead in the 43rd minut...Full Story »

Carlisle boss Paul Simpson saluted the desire of his team as they came from behind to win 2-1 at relegation rivals Oldham.Morgan Feeney’s last-gasp header sealed a third win in three for Simpson since he returned to the club, easing them six points clear of the drop zone.Simpson said: “Obviously I couldn’t do anything about the first 31 games of the season but I’ve seen p...Full Story »

Crystal Palace extended their unbeaten away run in 2022 to five games with a 2-0 victory over Wolves at Molineux.It is the first time since June 2020 that the Eagles have claimed consecutive league wins away from Selhurst Park, having beaten Watford 4-1 in their previous road trip.Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring from close range in the 19th minute with his second goal in three games afte...Full Story »

A late own goal from Fraser Kerr saw Southend salvage a point against Chesterfield after drawing 2-2.The point sees the Spireites remain second in the Vanarama National League and Southend still sit in 12th.Jeff King fired Chesterfield into the lead in the ninth minute, finding the top corner from 30 yards out.Southend were awarded a penalty in the 51st minute when Will Atkinson was brought down...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 »

A late header from Tom Dallison gave relegation-threatened Colchester a vital 1-0 victory over play-off chasing Port Vale.Dallison headed in Noah Chilvers’ corner from close range in the 85th minute to earn United their first home win since November and end Vale’s nine-match unbeaten run.David Worrall fired into the side netting for Vale early on, while at the other end Freddie Sears...Full Story »