Mat Sadler wants his Walsall side to adopt a relentless mindset following a deserved 2-1 win against Cheltenham at the Bescot Stadium.The Saddlers took the lead shortly after half-time courtesy of Nathan Lowe’s close-range finish before Jamille Matt doubled the home side’s advantage with a clever flick.Cheltenham reduced the deficit with five minutes left when substitute George Mille...Full Story »

Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris is at a loss to explain his side’s perfect start to the season after cruising to a 3-1 victory over Portsmouth.The Black Cats have won four games in a row, and only missed out on a quartet of clean sheets with a freak 91st-minute own goal at Fratton Park.Despite masterminding Sunderland’s best start to a season for 99 years, Le Bris insists he has ...Full Story »

Crewe completed a late comeback at Bromley to seal their first win of the League Two season.A quick opening saw Lewis Leigh give Bromley an early lead, the former Crewe loanee exchanging passes with Michael Cheek before firing into the roof of the net after just two minutes.Shilow Tracey had Crewe’s best chance of the first half when he ran through on goal but just as he was about to pull ...Full Story »

Hartlepool battled to a goalless draw against Braintree after seeing goalkeeper Joel Dixon taken off injured and captain Luke Waterfall shown a red card in their Vanarama National League match at Victoria Park.The match was stopped in the 25th minute when a supporter needed medical treatment, before play resumed following a delay of around five minutes.Hartlepool were forced into a change after ...Full Story »

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde’s first-half thunderbolt earned Wolves their first point of the Premier League season in an entertaining 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest.French midfielder Bellegarde rifled home his first goal in over eight months, two minutes after Chris Wood has headed Forest into an early lead.Wolves survived a late VAR check after Wood’s effort was ruled out for offside, but ...Full Story »

Midfielder Adam Phillips scored twice after an opener from Donovan Pines as Barnsley produced a dominant display to coast to a 3-0 victory at Crawley.Crawley, beaten at home for the first time in five months, never looked likely to mount a comeback after conceding three times in the first half and Barnsley are now unbeaten in their last four league games.Scott Lindsey warned his young Crawley si...Full Story »

Angelo Cappello’s first goal of the season handed Halifax a 1-0 win away to National League basement boys Ebbsfleet.The visitors needed just three minutes to get their noses in front when Jamie Cooke’s effort was deflected to Cappello, who made no mistake.Keeper Mark Cousins saved from Andrew Oluwabori and Cooke saw another effort blocked as Town pushed for a second, but their lead r...Full Story »

Louis Storey’s stoppage-time goal gave 10-man Gateshead a dramatic 2-1 win over Eastleigh in their top of the table Vanarama National League clash.Leaders Eastleigh, who had won their opening four games before drawing with Sutton on Monday, went close early on when Tyrese Shade fired over from a corner and forward Paul McCallum later nodded wide.The home side then broke the deadlock in add...Full Story »

Aldershot thwarted Maidenhead in a Vanarama National League thriller as they triumphed 4-3 at the Recreation Ground.James Henry’s half-volley fired Aldershot into a third-minute lead but that was quickly cancelled out when Tristan Abrahams struck for the visitors.It stayed that way until 12 minutes into the second period when Kai Corbett put Olly Scott clear and Scott produced a brilliant ...Full Story »

Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell celebrated his new contract with a stoppage-time winner against St Johnstone.Moses Ebiye headed home from close range in the fourth minute of time added on to secure a 2-1 victory in Perth hours after Motherwell announced Kettlewell had signed a new rolling contract.Dan Casey had headed an early opener after beating recalled goalkeeper Ross Sinclair to Andy H...Full Story »