Josh Barrett’s third-minute strike was enough for Aldershot to seal a 1-0 win at Halifax in the National League.Barrett curled Theo Widdrington’s backheel into the net in the opening moments to hand the visitors the advantage.Andrew Oluwabori had the opportunity to haul Halifax level on the stroke of half-time but his close-range header went wide.The home side pushed for an equaliser...Full Story »

Watford continued their winning start to the season with a convincing 3-0 victory at home to Stoke.Both sides had enjoyed opening-day wins in the Sky Bet Championship plus Carabao Cup successes against lower-league opposition in midweek.However, two goals in two minutes early in the second half from Edo Kayembe and Ryan Andrews set up a straightforward victory for Tom Cleverley’s hosts, wi...Full Story »

Hearts slumped to a shock 2-0 Premier Sports Cup defeat at Championship Falkirk as second-half goals from Ethan Ross and Dylan Tait sent their side into the quarter-finals.Steven Naismith’s side dominated much of the first half but were wasteful with their chances, Kenneth Vargas striking the crossbar from close range with one of the most glaring misses.That profligacy came back to haunt t...Full Story »

QPR fought back from two goals down to secure a 2-2 draw at Sheffield United in the Championship.Gustavo Hamer and Kieffer Moore put the home side 2-0 up inside 13 minutes as the Blades looked to make it three straight wins in all competitions to start the new season.But Rangers hit back with second-half goals from Jimmy Dunne and Lyndon Dykes, despite having substitute Jack Colback sent off whe...Full Story »

Stockport made it two wins from two by beating Blackpool 3-0 in a gritty clash at Bloomfield Road.In a busy second half, County’s Louie Barry, Jayden Fevrier and Tanto Oloafe all produced smart finishes to give Dave Challinor’s side maximum points.In a physical first half, both teams were missing a final pass going forwards. Barry was certainly Stockport’s danger man, striking ...Full Story »

Summer signing Yuki Ohashi came off the bench to grab a dramatic late equaliser as Blackburn snatched a battling 2-2 draw at Norwich.The Japanese striker headed home in the 87th minute to rescue a point after his side had squandered a half-time lead, with Josh Sargent and Borja Sainz scoring twice in eight second-half minutes to turn the game on its head.Ryan Hedges had produced an assured finis...Full Story »

Sam Folarin scored in the third minute of added time to rescue a point for Harrogate in a 3-3 draw at Accrington.Harrogate had led twice through James Daly and Ellis Taylor but entered stoppage time trailing after goals from Tyler Walton, Jimmy Knowles and Kelsey Mooney.Town’s Levi Sutton hit a post early on before the visitors started the scoring in the 16th minute.Stanley failed to clear...Full Story »

York registered their first victory of the new Vanarama National League season by dispatching Tamworth 2-0 at LNER Community Stadium.Two second-half goals in quick succession did the damage with Ollie Pearce netting a 54th-minute opener from the penalty spot following a foul by Haydn Hollis.And moments later, York powered further ahead when Billy Chadwick followed up his silky run by beating goa...Full Story »

Aberdeen left it late as a debut goal from Topi Keskinen eventually saw them find a way to overcome Championship side Queen’s Park 1-0 and progress to the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals.The Dons, who had won all four of their group matches, were the better side against a Spiders team who had lost only once in the competition, to Hibernian.But with Bojan Miovski having departed for Giron...Full Story »

Forest Green maintained their unbeaten start to the new National League season with a 4-0 victory at Boston.The visitors delivered a dominant first-half display as they outclassed their hosts, who were condemned to a second successive league defeat.Christian Doidge opened the scoring after just three minutes as Boston found themselves immediately on the back foot and their defensive issues soon ...Full Story »