Manager Steve Evans labelled Gillingham’s 2-1 win over Morecambe as their best performance so far this season.The Gills opened the scoring after four minutes through summer signing Mustapha Carayol, who found the top corner from 25 yards after being teed up by a short Ben Reeves free-kick.Morecambe striker Cole Stockton levelled proceedings after 25 minutes with a stunning solo effort but ...Full Story »

Plymouth manager Ryan Lowe insisted his side can open up any team in League One after they scored three without reply against Shrewsbury.Ryan Hardie’s first-half strike was followed by a Luke Jephcott effort before the former bagged his second to send the travelling Pilgrims home happy.It was Argyle’s second win of the campaign and a delighted Lowe feels his side’s attitude has...Full Story »

Ian Evatt praised his players’ “guts, determination and team spirit” as unbeaten Bolton moved up to seventh in Sky Bet League One after a 2-1 win over Oxford.Dapo Afolayan and Eoin Doyle each scored their second goals in three games for newly promoted Wanderers to cancel out Matty Taylor’s 11th-minute opener for Karl Robinson’s side.Doyle headed in a 63rd-minute win...Full Story »

Birmingham boss Lee Bowyer hailed his side’s 5-0 win at Luton as the ‘best performance’ he has witnessed.Scott Hogan scored twice, with Marc Roberts, Gary Gardner and Chuks Aneke also netting as the visitors ran riot at a stunned Kenilworth Road.Bowyer said: “I’m delighted, from start to finish I felt we were the better side, we deserved the win and it could have be...Full Story »

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was disappointed by the drop in Burton’s performance after the 3-0 defeat at Cambridge.The Brewers had won their first three matches of the Sky Bet League One season but went down at the Abbey Stadium, courtesy of a heavy deflection for Sam Smith’s opener and two own goals.Hasselbaink said: “We didn’t play well. If I look at the performance, forget...Full Story »

Bradford boss Derek Adams was delighted to see his side come from behind to win 3-2 in a superb advert for League Two football at Mansfield.A see-saw clash saw the unbeaten Bantams steal a late victory in this meeting between two of the expected promotion heavyweights, with former Mansfield striker Andy Cook the matchwinner in the 87th minute.“That was a fantastic performance from us from ...Full Story »

Manager Gary Bowyer admitted he was not concerned by poor results as Salford’s winless start to League Two continued with a 1-0 defeat at home to Swindon.The hosts, who have had their worst start to a season since the Class of ’92 took over in 2014, began promisingly in an impressive first half, but Robins goalkeeper Jojo Wollacott thwarted both Ian Henderson and Conor McAleny.Ben Ga...Full Story »

Rochdale claimed their first win of the season with a 3-1 League Two victory over Northampton at Sixfields on Saturday.The home side made all the early running but Dale struck against the run of play after 17 minutes when a free-kick routine saw Aaron Morley deliver a teasing ball into the box which Max Taylor guided home.The response from the hosts was almost immediate though as Mitch Pinnock&r...Full Story »

Kelty Hearts maintained their unbeaten start to life in cinch League Two with a 1-0 win over Edinburgh City.Midfielder Jamie Barjonas made the breakthrough in the 54th minute, which proved enough for all three points.Annan moved second after Iain Anderson’s goal in first-half stoppage time gave them a 1-0 win at Albion, which was a third straight victory.The hosts, though, missed a penalty...Full Story »

Tranmere failed to score for the third league game in a row as Alex Fisher gave Newport a 1-0 win at Prenton Park.Newport’s Joe Day was the busier goalkeeper in the first half and had to be alert to prevent a freak own goal when Sam Foley’s low cross looped goalwards off defender Priestley Farquharson.Rovers should have led when Liam Feeney broke from deep but saw his pull-back side-...Full Story »

Colchester boss Hayden Mullins admitted that he really enjoyed watching his team see off Oldham with a 2-1 League Two win at Boundary Park.The U’s celebrated their first win of the campaign thanks to a couple of early goals.Oldham halved the deficit late on, but the visitors were worthy victors.“Our midfield were excellent today, there was a real mixture of power and guile in there,&...Full Story »

Stoke boss Michael O’Neill hailed the patience demonstrated by his side in their 1-0 win against Nottingham Forest.Josh Tymon scored the only goal of the game with a drilled strike on a slick surface past Brice Samba to secure Stoke’s third victory of the season.As for Nottingham Forest, their woeful start to the season continued. They suffered their fourth successive defeat and are ...Full Story »

Huddersfield recorded a dramatic 2-1 win at Sheffield United following a goal from Levi Colwill, after Billy Sharp looked to have rescued a point for the hosts earlier in added time.Josh Koroma gave Huddersfield the lead midway through the second half at Bramall Lane before late goals from Sharp and Colwill made it a thrilling finish to the Sky Bet Championship contest.Blades boss Slavisa Jokano...Full Story »

Aden Flint made it four goals in the space of five days by following up his point-saving double at Peterborough with another brace as Cardiff’s unbeaten Sky Bet Championship run stretched to four games with a 3-1 triumph over Millwall.The giant defender broke the deadlock in the 66th minute when he headed home a Ryan Giles free-kick and then converted another Giles cross three minutes late...Full Story »

Danny Ings scored a brilliant overhead kick to set up a deserved Aston Villa victory although Newcastle were unlucky to be on the wrong end of two VAR decisions in the 2-0 defeat.The £25million signing from Southampton, who scored on his Villa debut in the 3-2 defeat at Watford last Saturday, struck deep into stoppage time at the end of the first half after Tyrone Mings flicked on Matt Cas...Full Story »

Preston produced a timely response to their difficult start to the Championship season with a scrappy 1-0 win over Peterborough at Deepdale.The Lilywhites had lost their first three league games of the campaign heading into the weekend, but a battling performance from Frankie McAvoy’s side secured all three points in Lancashire.Preston created a string of chances to kill off the game after...Full Story »

Cambridge claimed a memorable first victory of the Sky Bet League One season with a 3-0 success that ended Burton’s perfect start to the campaign.Luck was not on the Brewers’ side as they conceded two Tom Hamer own goals after Sam Smith’s heavily deflected opener.In the 53rd minute Wes Hoolahan teed the ball up to Smith just outside the box, and his effort took a huge deflectio...Full Story »

Leaders Kilmarnock maintained their perfect start to the new cinch Championship season as a second-half brace from Scott Robinson secured a 2-0 win at Hamilton.The visitors had a few early openings as Stephen McGinn fired the ball over the crossbar before Robinson saw an effort saved.The Accies, with new head coach Stuart Taylor watching on, threatened in the 25th minute when Joshua Mullin was p...Full Story »

Ipswich are still waiting to record their first win of the season after MK Dons twice came from behind to snatch a well-earned point in a thrilling 2-2 draw.Striker Macauley Bonne netted twice for the Tractor Boys but the Dons hit back each time through Scott Twine and then Matt O’Riley and, with the last kick of the game, substitute Josh Martin rattled the bar for the visitors.Bonne, on l...Full Story »

The wait for a first Sky Bet League Two victory of the season for both Scunthorpe and Sutton goes on after the pair drew 1-1 at the Sands Venue Stadium.For much of the second half, a well-taken goal from debutant Jake Scrimshaw looked like proving to be the winner for the Iron, although an equaliser from Donovan Wilson six minutes from time deservedly earned Sutton a share of the spoils.In a gam...Full Story »