Jon Mellish scored his first goal of the campaign to help Carlisle to a 2-1 Sky Bet League Two win over struggling Salford.Mellish, who was leading scorer as he netted 16 times for Chris Beech’s Cumbrians last season, ended his drought by scoring a 59th-minute winner.Brennan Dickenson also got off the mark for the season with Carlisle’s opener after eight minutes as United gained a f...Full Story »

Substitute Leon Clarke scored within 90 seconds of his Bristol Rovers debut to earn a 1-0 League Two victory over Crawley at the Memorial Stadium.The 36-year-old striker was introduced at the start of the second half and made an immediate impact, finding space in the box to head home from fellow debutant Antony Evans’ 47th-minute cross.Goalkeeper James Belshaw then protected Rovers’ ...Full Story »

Tom Davies scored an 89th-minute winner as Tranmere beat Hartlepool 1-0 to secure their first league victory since the opening day of the season.Davies headed home after Pools had dominated the contest, with Rovers finishing strongly to steal all three points.Hartlepool threatened in the first half with Jamie Sterry striking a post and the dangerous Tyler Burey a constant threat.David Ferguson h...Full Story »

Callum Roberts scored the winner as Notts County continued their unbeaten start to the National League season with an entertaining 3-2 victory over struggling Aldershot.Kyle Wootton gave the Magpies a 39th-minute lead with his fourth goal in as many games but Corie Andrews equalised just before half-time.Andrews slotted home again in the 51st minute to give his side the lead.However, the lead wa...Full Story »

A second-half pitch invasion by protesting Oldham fans held up Barrow’s 3-0 victory at Boundary Park for three minutes.Shortly after the hour mark the supporters – angry at Oldham’s ownership – ran onto the pitch, with some opting to sit in the centre circle before referee Carl Boyeson waved the players off.After Junior Luamba had fluffed a terrific chance for Oldham, it ...Full Story »

Halifax secured their second win of the season with a 2-0 win over Altrincham in the Vanarama National League.The breakthrough eventually came in the second half when Jordan Slew drove the ball into the back of the net to give the home side the lead.It was Slew’s first goal for Halifax after joining in August from Morecambe, with the assist provided by Billy Waters.It was the provider who ...Full Story »

Roma coach Jose Mourinho was satisfied with their 4-0 win at Salernitana. Mourinho's team followed up a 3-1 defeat of Fiorentina with the four-goal rout – just the second time since the 1970s they have scored at least seven goals in their opening two Serie A matches. It is also the first time they have started a Serie A campaign with successive wins since 2014-15. “It was imposs...Full Story »

Hearts boss Robbie Neilson hailed “world-class” saves from goalkeeper Craig Gordon for helping his side seal victory over Dundee United at Tannadice.The visitors scored just before the break through Liam Boyce, following up after his penalty was saved, and at the death through Armand Gnanduillet to complete a 2-0 win.Between the goals, though, Gordon pulled off a series of stunning s...Full Story »

Junior Luamba’s stoppage-time goal gave Oldham a dramatic first win of the season, 2-1 over Sutton in their League Two clash at the VBS Community Stadium.Luamba slotted home in the 96th minute after good work by man-of-the-match Dylan Bahamboula, just minutes after Carl Piergianni’s header had drawn Keith Curle’s side level. David Ajiboye had given Sutton the lead.Bahamboula po...Full Story »

Preston made it back-to-back league wins after coming from behind to beat Swansea 3-1 at Deepdale.Joel Piroe put the Welsh side ahead with a composed finish after 19 minutes.But they switched off and were immediately pegged back when Liverpool loanee Sepp van den Berg levelled less than two minutes later.It signalled a change in momentum as North End stepped up a gear and put City under growing ...Full Story »

Jake Hyde scored twice as Wrexham recorded their first win of the season by beating Eastleigh 2-0.The striker opened the scoring after 12 minutes with a calm finish after being put through by Paul Mullin.Hyde grabbed his second shortly before half-time and could have had a first-half hat-trick but for a fine save from Joe McDonnell.Dior Angus almost added a third late on but his shot flashed wide.Full Story »

Second-half goals from Lyndon Dykes and Yoann Barbet gave QPR a 2-0 victory at home to Coventry.Dykes scored on 68 minutes – just after coming on as a substitute – and Barbet doubled the lead eight minutes later.It means Rangers go into the international break unbeaten in their first five Sky Bet Championship matches of the season and second in the table, below west London neighbours...Full Story »

Tony Watt scored for the third consecutive league game to earn 10-man Motherwell a 1-0 victory over Dundee.Watt netted his fourth goal of the season with a glancing header against the run of play 34 minutes in at Fir Park.Paul McMullan had earlier hit the bar for Dundee but the visitors, who have been linked with a loan bid for Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths, lacked a cutting edge to go with the...Full Story »

Two first-half goals from Rotherham striker Michael Smith guided them to a 2-0 Sky Bet League One win over Doncaster.Rotherham played the bulk of the second half with 10 men, after Mikel Miller’s dismissal, but Smith’s double was enough to earn the points with toothless Doncaster unable to stage a second-half comeback.Rotherham took the lead in the 27th minute with Miller feeding&nbs...Full Story »

Andreas Weimann was the Bristol City hero as Cardiff were beaten 2-1 in an entertaining Severnside derby in the Welsh capital.Weimann scored twice – an opportunistic effort followed by a splendid volleyed winner – as Cardiff lost for the first time in the Sky Bet Championship this season.Daniel Bentley’s own goal had put Cardiff back on terms and the visitors withstood late pre...Full Story »

Harry Kane felt the love of the Tottenham fans again as he enjoyed the perfect return with two goals in a 3-0 win over Pacos de Ferreira which booked a spot in the group stage of the Europa Conference League.A day after the England captain announced he would be staying at his boyhood club after a coveted move to Manchester City never materialised, he went some way to repairing his relationship w...Full Story »

Graham Potter praised the work of Brighton’s academy after his youthful Seagulls side overcame Cardiff in the Carabao Cup.Jakub Moder and Andi Zeqiri scored their first Brighton goals as Potter’s side booked a place in the third round of the competition with an impressive 2-0 win in the Welsh capital.It was achieved after Potter sent out a side with an average age of 21 and every out...Full Story »

Wolves overcame an inspired performance from United States goalkeeper Ethan Horvath to advance to the third round of the Carabao Cup with a 4-0 win at Nottingham Forest.Horvath helped Forest frustrate Wolves for almost an hour, but two goals in two minutes from Romain Saiss and Daniel Podence and a late strikes from substitute Francisco Trincao and Morgan Gibbs-White saw the Premier League side ...Full Story »

Nathan Delfouneso missed the crucial penalty as Wigan booked their place in round three of the Carabao Cup after a shoot-out triumph over local rivals Bolton.After an entertaining 90 minutes failed to muster a goal, it looked as though Jordan Jones’ miss in the shoot-out would prove decisive.But Jamie Jones got his namesake out of trouble by saving from Kieran Lee, before putting the ball ...Full Story »

A Luke Armstrong double earned Harrogate a 2-0 win at Leyton Orient and  third place in League Two.Armstrong opened the scoring after only eight minutes when he poked  the ball in from close range after George Thomson had pulled the ball back into his path.And the same duo combined when the industrious visitors doubled their lead after 31 minutes. O’s keeper Lawrence Vigouroux pa...Full Story »