QPR missed the chance to return to the top of the Sky Bet Championship after being beaten 2-0 by Birmingham at St Andrew’s.Auston Trusty and Emmanuel Longelo, on loan from Arsenal and West Ham respectively, gave spirited Birmingham the perfect platform for victory with first-half goals.Then Birmingham goalkeeper John Ruddy saved a 79th-minute penalty from Lyndon Dykes to ensure there was n...Full Story »

Cristiano Ronaldo made a goalscoring return as Manchester United shot down Sheriff to seal Europa League qualification and set-up a tussle for top spot with Real Sociedad next week.Having lost their Group E opener at home to the Spanish side, Erik ten Hag’s side won four straight matches to wrap up a top-two finish with a match to spare.Diogo Dalot and substitute Marcus Rashford headers pu...Full Story »

Neil Wood believes Salford showed exactly what they are about by returning to the play-off spots with a 2-0 League Two win at Hartlepool.While Pools’ frustrations grew again with a fourth league defeat in a row, the Ammies recovered from back-to-back defeats by beating the bottom club.Defender Ryan Leak put Salford ahead from close range in the 16th minute and Hartlepool could not find a w...Full Story »

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna praised his side’s character after Freddie Ladapo’s brace secured a 3-2 win away at Port Vale.Ladapo’s first goal of the night was added to by Cameron Humphreys and, although Gavin Massey and Nathan Smith scored either side of half-time to bring Vale level, it was the Ipswich striker who had the final say in the 51st minute to make it five wins in...Full Story »

Eastleigh won their third successive home game with a 1-0 win over Torquay, who were forced to play nearly an hour of the game with 10 men at the Silverlake Stadium.Eastleigh scored the only goal of the game in the 33rd minute when Danny Whitehall was brought down inside the penalty area, and he stepped up and converted from 12 yards to make it 1-0.One minute later, Torquay found themselves a ma...Full Story »

Will Grigg’s penalty and a Bradley Johnson free-kick secured MK Dons a 2-0 victory at 10-man Charlton to end a run of five straight league defeats for Liam Manning’s struggling side.The visitors came into the game rooted at the foot of the the League One table while Charlton were unbeaten in five games.But it was Manning’s side who forced the lead in the 66th minute when Grigg ...Full Story »

Substitutes Amadou Bakayoko and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson completed a dramatic 2-1 Sky Bet League One comeback win as Bolton finally ended their Burton curse.Bodvarsson struck a dramatic winner in the eighth minute of stoppage time after Bakayoko equalised after 87 minutes.Wanderers’ victory was their first in eight meetings against the Brewers, having lost five and drawn two of their previous m...Full Story »

Victor Osimhen is proving his worth as a world-class striker after his stunner for Napoli He simply had no right to score from there. A long, hoisted ball in behind the Roma defence was seemingly heading nowhere before the electric acceleration of Victor Osimhen turned a nothing ball into something. He then showed phenomenal strength to shrug off man-mountain Chris Smalling before rifling home ...Full Story »

Eddie Howe tried to stay level-headed after Newcastle claimed a statement 2-1 victory at Tottenham but admitted the current squad can “achieve special things” after they moved into the Premier League’s top four.First-half goals by Callum Wilson and Miguel Almiron put the Magpies on course for three points and despite Harry Kane’s headed effort at the start of the second h...Full Story »

First-half goals from Callum Wilson and Miguel Almiron sent Newcastle into the Premier League’s top four with a superb 2-1 win at Tottenham.It was arguably the Magpies’ best result under Eddie Howe, with this victory making it four wins in five games for the north-east club, who ultimately hold long-term aspirations of being Champions League regulars.This statement win consigned Spur...Full Story »

Swansea maintained their south Wales derby dominance as a 2-0 victory over 10-man Cardiff steered them into the top four of the Sky Bet Championship.Ollie Cooper and Michael Obafemi scored either side of the interval to secure Swansea a sixth win in eight derby meetings, with Cardiff claiming just one victory in that time.Cooper’s strike was particularly sweet for the fast-maturing midfiel...Full Story »

Dino Maamria believes his side are growing after they moved to within two points of visitors Cheltenham with a tense 1-0 victory.Victor Adeboyejo’s ninth goal of the season moved Albion to 21st in the League One table.“I think we deserved it” Maamria said post-match. “There was only really one team in it. We had 60 per cent possession and 16 shots and our keeper barely ha...Full Story »

Interim head coach Andy Dawson praised the bravery of his Hull players as they claimed a 4-2 Championship victory at Rotherham.It ensured back-to-back wins for the caretaker boss and former Hull player as they took control of the game with three second-half strikes to claim maximum points from this Yorkshire derby.Dawson said: “We have been focusing on the performances from minute one. Mor...Full Story »

Shaun McWilliams snatched all three points for his hometown club as Northampton claimed a dramatic 3-2 win over fellow promotion hopefuls Stevenage at the Lamex Stadium.Louis Appere stepped up to convert an early penalty to give Northampton the lead but Stevenage levelled before half-time through Danny Rose.In a pulsating final 10 minutes, Kieron Bowie’s thunderbolt made it 2-1 to the visi...Full Story »

Portsmouth beat struggling Forest Green 1-0 to get their promotion ambitions back on track.Sean Raggett set Pompey on the way to a first win in five games by scoring his first goal of the season in the 17th minute.Winger Owen Dale sent over a corner from the left and Raggett jumped unmarked eight yards out to plant a downward header into the far corner of the net.Forest Green goalkeeper Luke McG...Full Story »

Reading ended a run of three successive Championship defeats with a hard-earned 2-0 victory over Bristol City at the SCL Stadium.Neither side offered much going forward in a drab first half, with the defences on top and the goalkeepers barely tested.But Reading made the breakthrough in the 52nd minute, when loanee Mamadou Loum headed in from a Tom Ince corner.Deep in stoppage time, Andy Carroll ...Full Story »

Southend stretched their unbeaten run in the Vanarama National League to six games after they cruised to a 3-0 win over struggling Scunthorpe at Roots Hall.The hosts opened the scoring when Jack Bridge fed in Wes Fonguck, who fired low into the bottom right-hand corner.Southend doubled their lead after Callum Powell slipped in Jake Hyde, who took it around Marcus Dewhurst and rolled into an empt...Full Story »

Victor Adeboyejo grabbed his ninth goal of the season as Burton secured a priceless 1-0 victory over fellow League One strugglers Cheltenham.Victory for Dino Maamria’s men moved them up to 21st, within one place and two points of their visitors.The first half saw both sides largely cancel each other out with precious few attempts on goal to seriously trouble either goalkeeper, but Burton p...Full Story »

Coventry City’s revival continued as they secured a third successive victory with a 2-0 win at Stoke.The Potters, who slump to a second home defeat in the space of five days, dominated but to no avail.Gustavo Hamer created the opener for Jamie Allen in the second half and added a second as the visitors closed the gap to safety to just one point.Victory ensures the Sky Blues extend their un...Full Story »

Paul Digby’s late own goal proved decisive as Port Vale won 1-0 at Cambridge.Under little pressure, Digby turned Will Forrester’s delivery into his own net 11 minutes from time, as U’s keeper Will Mannion was finally beaten having previously kept the Valiants at bay.Mannion was first called on after 10 minutes, doing well to tip Gavin Massey’s effort over the bar after he...Full Story »