Pep Guardiola’s delight with Manchester City’s swashbuckling win against Real Madrid outweighed any frustration about their inability to put the Champions League semi-final to bed in a jaw-dropping first leg.The leaders of the Premier League and LaLiga met under the Etihad Stadium lights on Tuesday evening, when onlookers were treated to an astonishing encounter that leaves the tie o...Full Story »

Exeter sealed promotion to League One as they came from a goal behind to beat Barrow 2-1 at a bouncing St James Park.Barrow were intent on spoiling the party and, after turning Exeter around so they’d be shooting towards a rammed Big Bank in the first half, they then opened the scoring on 12 minutes.A long throw caused havoc in the Exeter penalty box, hit the far post and then went into th...Full Story »

Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray praised the control in his side’s performance as they eased past Preston with a 4-1 victory over their Lancashire rivals.First-half goals from Sam Gallagher, John Buckley and Darragh Lenihan left Rovers in control before Lewis Travis put the game beyond doubt after the break.It was a crucial win for Blackburn’s Sky Bet Championship play-off hopes after a r...Full Story »

Ben Williamson scored either side of half-time to secure a 2-0 win for Raith over Hamilton at the HopeCBD Stadium, although their play-off hopes are now slim.Raith took the lead in the 11th minute following a counter-attack, with Williamson heading his team in front as defender Mihai Popescu failed to stop the ball from crossing the line.Rovers thought they had doubled their advantage just befor...Full Story »

Kenny Clark scored the only goal as National League high-fliers FC Halifax lost 1-0 to Southend at Roots Hall.Clark converted from close range in the 12th minute having been teed up by Jack Bridge.The hosts went close to scoring again with 20 minutes remaining when Sam Dalby sent a header against the crossbar, with subsequent penalty appeals as he went down while trying to follow up proving in v...Full Story »

John Rooney scored a 68th-minute winner as 10-man Barrow defeated Sky Bet League Two play-off chasers Sutton 1-0.But a dramatic second half that saw Sutton’s Rob Milsom miss a penalty also included a late allegation of racism from the crowd towards a visiting player.That contributed to 10 minutes of stoppage time but Phil Brown’s Barrow clung on for three vital points against the odd...Full Story »

Iliman Ndiaye scored the only goal of the game as promotion hopefuls Sheffield United beat Cardiff 1-0 at Bramall Lane.Midfielder Ndiaye struck the winner in the 47th minute with a bullet header from a fantastic cross from Gibbs-White on the right.The Blades stay sixth in the Sky Bet Championship, with Cardiff dropping to 19th.The visitors had the first chance of the game when Max Watters ran at...Full Story »

Inverness secured third place in the cinch Championship as Roddy MacGregor’s first-half strike saw them to a 1-0 win at Morton.MacGregor sent a shot past Jack Hamilton from around 20 yards out in the 27th minute of the contest at Cappielow.The visitors subsequently had an effort cleared off the line six minutes into the second half as Iain Wilson dealt with Tom Walsh’s attempt.Billy ...Full Story »

Oxford boss Karl Robinson hailed his team’s dramatic 1-0 success over third-placed MK Dons as “a great win”.Substitute Billy Bodin’s 86th-minute strike, after a slick one-two with Matty Taylor, kept alive United’s League One play-off chances, and dealt a blow to Dons’ hopes of automatic promotion.Dons had briefly been in the top two, with Rotherham losing at B...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest beat 10-man West Brom 4-0 at the City Ground to get their play-off push back on track – and put a dent in the top-six ambitions of Steve Bruce’s side.A Brennan Johnson penalty, a Ryan Yates header and a spectacular strike from Jack Colback put Steve Cooper’s side three goals up before the interval, and Sam Surridge added the fourth in the third minute of injur...Full Story »

Gary Rowett admitted Millwall “kept the season alive” as a 2-1 victory over Hull left them on the fringe of the play-off places.Goals from Scott Malone and Tom Bradshaw moved the hosts temporarily level with sixth-placed Sheffield United, who later edged a point ahead of the Lions with a 1-1 draw in their later kick-off at Bristol City.And Rowett said: “I think the nice bit is ...Full Story »

Joey Barton praised his Bristol Rovers players for the character they showed in coming from behind to win 3-1 at promotion rivals Port Vale.The Pirates conceded a second-minute goal, but efforts from Elliot Anderson and James Connolly put them 2-1 up at the break, with Ryan Loft securing a vital win with a third in stoppage time.Barton, whose side stay fifth in League Two but are now only two po...Full Story »

Matt Gray was relieved after Sutton managed to hang on for a narrow 1-0 League Two victory over play-off rivals Newport.The U’s returned to the play-off spots after Rob Milsom’s first-half penalty proved enough at Gander Green Lane.Sutton did not blow away County, but the run-in is purely about getting results, no matter how they come.After a pleasing third-straight win, Gray said: &...Full Story »

Michael Appleton hailed an “outstanding” performance from Lincoln in their 3-0 victory over Cheltenham.Morgan Whittaker’s brace, either side of Anthony Scully’s 15th goal of the season, saw the Imps seal their Sky Bet League One status in style.All three goals came inside the opening 20 minutes. Whittaker opened the scoring after four minutes, Scully forced home the secon...Full Story »

Harry Cornick came off the bench to score the goal which earned Luton a 1-0 win over Cardiff at the Cardiff City Stadium.The three points made it a very Happy Easter for the Hatters, who beat play-off rivals Nottingham Forest 1-0 on Good Friday, and kept them in fourth place.Luton’s Welsh boss Nathan Jones, returning to a club where he played his youth football, was forced to make two chan...Full Story »

Swindon’s play-off hopes were handed a damaging blow as centre-back Omar Beckles scored either side of the break as 10-man Leyton Orient celebrated a 2-1 League Two victory in Wiltshire.On-loan Charlton striker Josh Davison pulled a goal back with a late strike but the visitors held on for maximum points.A first half with few chances saw Beckles score against the run of play midway through...Full Story »

Dagenham maintained their play-off chase with a 2-0 win at Aldershot.Junior Morias’ fifth goal in three games and Mauro Vilhete’s strike left the Daggers two points adrift of the National League’s top seven.The damage was done by two goals in eight first-half minutes for the visitors.Morias gave them a 27th-minute lead when he linked with Vilhete and lifted the ball over goalke...Full Story »

Real Madrid took a decisive step towards the LaLiga Santander title with a 3-2 victory over Sevilla on Sunday evening, yet Los Blancos were made to sweat as they had to come from 2-0 behind to earn the priceless victory. Carlo Ancelotti must have wondered what on earth he was watching as his team conceded the first two goals in a match for the second time in five days. Ivan Rakitic put the h...Full Story »

Ruben Loftus-Cheek capped his impressive comeback with a first Chelsea goal since May 2019 as the Blues defeated Crystal Palace 2-0 to reach their third successive FA Cup final.Loftus-Cheek’s thunderbolt finish dragged the Blues out of a sluggish performance and into a 16th FA Cup final, with Mason Mount’s angled effort sealing the deal.England midfielder Loftus-Cheek spent the 2017-...Full Story »

Bruno Guimaraes headed home a stoppage-time winner as Newcastle came from behind to beat European semi-finalists Leicester and all but end their Premier League relegation fears.The Brazilian, who had earlier cancelled out Ademola Lookman’s first-half opener, pounced in the fifth minute of added time to the delight of a crowd of 52,104 at St James’ Park to snatch a 2-1 victory which l...Full Story »