Theo Bair scored for a fifth consecutive cinch Premiership game as Motherwell thrashed Ross County 5-0 at Fir Park.The former St Johnstone forward put Motherwell three up with a 38th-minute penalty to make it six goals during his run and eight for the season.Blair Spittal struck two brilliantly-taken goals and both Andy Halliday and Jack Vale hit their first Motherwell goals as the Steelmen reco...Full Story »

Solihull Moors boosted their National League play-off push with a 3-1 win at fading Halifax.Alex Whitmore put Moors ahead in the 24th minute with a looping header from Matty Warburton’s corner, and Callum Maycock turned in Mark Beck’s flick five minutes later.The hosts’ first half went from bad to worse as they lost Angelo Cappello to injury and they fell further behind just be...Full Story »

Ronan Coughlan and Jayden Stockley were again on target as Fleetwood continued their League One survival mission with a 2-0 win at Bristol Rovers.Coughlan grabbed his second goal in two games and Jayden Stockley his third in three as Charlie Adam’s side claimed a second consecutive victory, leaving them six points from safety.Former Rovers academy player Ryan Broom swung over a deep cross ...Full Story »

Sekou Mara’s first brace in English football fired Southampton to a 3-0 FA Cup replay victory over Watford and a fifth-round meeting with Liverpool.Mara smashed two strikes into the near post to score his fourth and fifth goals of the season.Che Adams added gloss to the victory to take Saints to a 24th game undefeated and set up potentially Jurgen Klopp’s last FA Cup tie before he le...Full Story »

National League leaders Chesterfield extended their advantage at the top to 22 points with a 2-1 victory at Dagenham & Redbridge.The Spireites, who have lost just once in the league since Nov 21, registered an 11th away win of the season to move within one of equalling the club record set in 1994-95.James Berry put them ahead in the 31st minute with his fourth goal in the last five matches w...Full Story »

Idris El Mizouni piled on the pressure for managerless Port Vale, scoring the only goal in Leyton Orient’s 1-0 win at Vale Park.Valiants goalkeeper Connor Ripley kept the visitors at bay with a string of saves until the 60th minute of this Sky Bet League One contest, when captain El Mizouni raced onto Tom James’ pass to net his first league goal in almost a year.Orient’s win wa...Full Story »

Exeter staged a rousing comeback to beat the 10 men of promotion-chasing Peterborough 2-1 and ease their League One relegation fears in the process.Posh went in front on 32 minutes when Will Aimson’s clumsy tackle on Ephron Mason-Clark gifted Posh a penalty, which Harrison Burrows stroked home.Jack Aitchison then missed a glorious chance to equalise when Josh Knight’s pass went strai...Full Story »

Ian Evatt spoke of the issues of forthcoming fixture congestion after Bolton’s game at Cambridge was abandoned.Both head coaches agreed that referee David Rock made the correct decision in calling the game off after he consulted both Neil Harris and Evatt before leading the players off the pitch with only nine goalless minutes played.The abandonment was confirmed 16 minutes later.“I ...Full Story »

Cambridge’s game with Bolton was abandoned after only nine minutes of play due to a waterlogged pitch.Play was stopped while still 0-0, with referee David Rock taking the players off the pitch after consulting both head coaches.After a delay of 16 minutes it was announced at 8.10pm that the decision had been taken for the game to be called off.The only opening in the nine minutes that were...Full Story »

Burton’s League One game with fellow strugglers Cheltenham has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.The Pirelli Stadium surface failed an inspection after heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon.A Burton statement read: “Tonight’s game against Cheltenham FC has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch.“The match referee inspected the pitch, which has been hit by a large de...Full Story »