Reading boss Veljko Paunovic admitted fans calling for him to be sacked was “difficult to hear”, but insisted he is not concerned about his future in the wake of a 4-0 defeat at QPR.Angry Royals supporters turned on Paunovic, whose team are struggling near the bottom of the Sky Bet Championship and are without a win in nine matches.Paunovic said: “It’s obviously difficult...Full Story »

Disconsolate Lee Johnson backed himself and his players to recover from Sunderland’s shocking 6-0 capitulation to rejuvenated Bolton.But the Black Cats boss admitted criticism of Sunderland’s collapse, including four second-half goals, was “justified and fair”.Striker Dion Charles struck twice while Dapo Afolayan – with his 11th goal of the season – Kieran Lee...Full Story »

Plymouth boss Steven Schumacher will allow his players to get excited about the prospect of facing European champions Chelsea at the weekend after coming from behind to beat Doncaster 3-1.Argyle had fallen a goal down when Branden Horton put bottom side Doncaster in front but roared back with goals from Luke Jephcott, Joe Edwards and Jordon Garrick.Schumacher said his players would have faced se...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers boss Joey Barton expressed growing pride in his team and club after an against-the-odds 1-0 victory over Walsall with 10 men.Aaron Collins won the game in the 90th minute, heading home from close range after Walsall goalkeeper Chris Rushworth had collided with Rovers substitute Harvey Saunders.Barton was particularly pleased with how his players coped after going a man down in the...Full Story »

Relief was the overriding emotion for Jon Brady as his Northampton side finally chalked up their first win of 2022.The promotion-chasing Cobblers have stumbled since being hit by Covid but deservedly returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Salford on Saturday.Paul Lewis scored the game’s only goal on 12 minutes, turning in a set-piece, as Northampton kept their 12th clean sheet of...Full Story »

Josh Bowler’s second-half strike denied Fulham a fifth-successive league win as Marco Silva’s Championship leaders were held to a 1-1 draw by Blackpool at Craven Cottage.Aleksandar Mitrovic struck his 28th league goal of the season in the sixth minute, shortly before the game was halted for 41 minutes while a supporter received medical treatment.But Fulham were unable to hold on to t...Full Story »

Celtic can go top of the cinch Premiership with a win over Rangers on Wednesday night after Liel Abada’s last-gasp strike gave them a 1-0 win against Dundee United at Parkhead.The champions had slipped up with a 3-3 draw against Ross County at Dingwall earlier in the day to go five points clear but Ange Postecoglous’s side spent most of the afternoon being frustrated by the disciplin...Full Story »

Bournemouth won 1-0 at Barnsley following an early goal from Philip Billing but were forced to hold on after being reduced to 10 men late on.Denmark midfielder Billing scored the decisive goal for the Cherries in the 12th minute while defender Gary Cahill was sent off in the 88th minute at Oakwell.Billing had the first chance of the game, meeting a loose ball with his head around six yards out, ...Full Story »

Dom Telford took his goal tally to 21 for the season in all competitions with a brace as Newport celebrated a 2-1 League Two victory over struggling Barrow.Newport fans were allowed back into Rodney Parade for the first time in 2022 after Welsh government Covid-19 restrictions were ended last week and they saw their team earn all three points after a superb start.Telford nodded in his first afte...Full Story »

Noor Husin’s first goal for Southend secured a hard-fought 1-0 win at bottom club Dover.After a goalless first half in which both sides found chances hard to come by, Husin popped up midway through the second half to fire in the winner and secure the three points.Harry Ransom saw a goal-bound header well blocked and Michael Gyasi slashed a good chance wide as the hosts threatened in the fi...Full Story »

John Sheridan’s sixth spell in charge of Oldham began with a largely uninspiring 0-0 draw against local rivals Rochdale.A bumper 8,000-plus crowd watched the start of Sheridan’s fourth permanent stint at the helm but his side are now winless in nine matches dating back to November.Following a 23-minute delay due to a fan medical emergency early in the game, it was Oldham who eventual...Full Story »

A dramatic stoppage-time equaliser from Emyr Huws earned nine-man Colchester an unlikely 1-1 draw against Swindon.Huws converted Owura Edwards’ corner at the far post to rescue a point for the hosts after Harry McKirdy’s goal had looked set to win it for the visitors.McKirdy had drilled wide for the visitors early on, while Luke Hannant’s header for Colchester was brilliantly s...Full Story »

Plymouth picked up their first League One win since Boxing Day as they came from behind to triumph 3-1 at bottom-placed Doncaster.Branden Horton had put Doncaster ahead early but efforts from Luke Jephcott, Joe Edwards and Jordon Garrick saw Argyle, two points off the top six, complete the turnaround.Doncaster took the lead after 10 minutes when an attempt to clear a Tommy Rowe cross was sliced ...Full Story »

A debut goal from Sam Ashford earned Ayr a point from a 1-1 draw at Hamilton as both sides battle to climb away from the Scottish Championship danger zone.The home side took the lead after just seven minutes as winger Kai Kennedy marked his first start on loan from Rangers by firing them ahead.Fifteen minutes later Daire O’Connor’s cross found Sean McGinty but his header was just wid...Full Story »

Andraz Sporar’s fourth goal in his last six matches lifted Middlesbrough up to sixth after sealing a 1-0 win over Coventry.The Sky Blues, who were only a place and a couple of points behind Boro beforehand, had their chances and hammered the woodwork at the Riverside.But it was Sporar’s eighth goal of the season that proved decisive to return Middlesbrough to winning ways on a bluste...Full Story »

Alan Forrest struck the winner as Livingston twice came from behind to pull off an impressive 3-2 victory away to Hibernian.Recent signing Demetri Mitchell and Chris Cadden scored for the hosts but those goals were cancelled out by visiting centre-backs Ayo Obileye and Jack Fitzwater respectively.The three points took the Lions above St Mirren into eighth in the cinch Premiership, while Shaun Ma...Full Story »

Striker Dion Charles scored twice as Bolton recorded a third successive Sky Bet League One win by beating shambolic Sunderland 6-0 at the UniBol Stadium.Former Accrington ace Charles, who notched the match clincher at Shrewsbury last week, netted in each half.Dapo Afolayan, Kieran Lee, Declan John and a Danny Batth own goal completed Wanderers’ biggest win of the season.Lee Johnson’s...Full Story »

On-loan Everton striker Ellis Simms scored on his first start for Hearts as Motherwell were beaten 2-0 at Tynecastle.Simms netted from close range in the 58th minute to double the lead as Robbie Neilson’s third-placed side moved 10 points clear of their nearest rivals in the cinch Premiership.Andy Halliday had scored the opener in the 37th minute and Hearts could even afford to rest key at...Full Story »

Prolific strikers Matty Stevens and Jamille Matt both netted as Forest Green thrashed Tranmere 4-0 to move 10 points clear of their second-placed opponents at the top of League Two.Stevens and Matt bagged typical poachers’ goals to put the visitors 2-0 up at half-time and the win was sealed thanks to superb finishes from Jordan Moore-Taylor and Regan Hendry.The opener came in the sixth min...Full Story »

Cameron Brannagan scored four penalties as Oxford ran riot in an impressive 7-2 victory over struggling Gillingham.Billy Bodin fired the visitors in front after eight minutes, brilliantly cutting inside Max Ehmer to poke past Pontus Dahlberg at the end of an incisive counter-attack.Oxford doubled their lead soon after as Brannagan coolly converted his first penalty of the afternoon, awarded by B...Full Story »