Callum Stead scored a double to fire Barnet to a 2-1 win at Ebbsfleet in the National League.Stead landed his first of the afternoon with just two minutes remaining of the first half when he prodded home from six yards.The 24-year-old netted his second with 70 minutes on the clock to leave the home side facing an uphill task to salvage anything from the game.Ebbsfleet were handed the slimmest of...Full Story »

Southend were unable to capitalise on Luke Waterfall’s second-half dismissal in a goalless National League draw at Hartlepool.The home side had their work cut out to salvage a result after defender Waterfall was sent off when he received a second yellow with 49 minutes played.Noor Husin, Gus Scott-Morriss and Jack Bridge all went close as Southend pushed for a winner.But, despite playing t...Full Story »

Jordan Davies netted a superb stoppage-time free-kick to halt a Cheltenham comeback as Grimsby won a five-goal thriller 3-2 at Blundell Park.The Wrexham loanee scored twice for the Mariners, who surrendered a two-goal lead in the second half but landed the final punch to claim their first league win of the campaign.The hosts took the lead on the stroke of half-time when a fantastic Charles Verna...Full Story »

An awful error by Grant Hall opened the floodgates as sloppy Swindon were hammered 4-0 by Walsall in Mark Kennedy’s first home game in charge.Goalkeeper Jack Bycroft came to the hosts’ rescue early on, pulling off a fabulous one-handed early save to deny Josh Gordon at the far post and then quickly getting down to claw away Gordon’s point-blank downward header.At the other end ...Full Story »

Arne Slot was happy to make light of predecessor Jurgen Klopp’s bugbear after he made a triumphant start to life as Liverpool boss with a 2-0 victory at Ipswich.One of Klopp’s big irritations was a Saturday 12.30pm kick-off, and it appeared for long periods at Portman Road that Slot may share the same gripe after Ipswich edged a tight first half in which the visitors failed to regist...Full Story »

Rob Edwards praised his Luton side for responding to their opening-day drubbing as they dug in with 10 men for more than an hour after goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski was sent off to earn a 0-0 draw at Portsmouth.Kaminski was shown two yellow cards in the space of three minutes, although Edwards refused to blame the Belgian keeper as Luton put last week’s hammering by Burnley behind them.Edward...Full Story »

Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson believed his side should have scored more despite easing to a 4-1 League One victory at Shrewsbury.The hosts went ahead just past the 20-minute mark through a thunderous 25-yard strike from Carl Winchester.It took Posh just two minutes to restore parity as Kwame Poku levelled and his curling effort then put the visitors ahead.Peterborough sealed all three points...Full Story »

Leeds manager Daniel Farke admits he understands the frustration of the club’s supporters but was relieved to have left the Hawthorns with a 0-0 draw against West Brom after losing a host of key players this summer.Visiting fans booed when Leeds players passed the ball backwards and again at the full-time whistle as United’s winless start to the season stretched to three games, inclu...Full Story »

Derby head coach Paul Warne says he is happy to have two goalkeepers vying to be his first choice after watching Josh Vickers deliver a match-winning display in the 1-0 win over Middlesbrough.Vickers turn in a faultless performance 24 hours after the club had signed Swedish keeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom from Djurgarden.Boro dominated from start to finish but, despite peppering Derby’s go...Full Story »

Manager Andy Woodman urged Bromley to keep their feet on the ground after they made it two wins from two with a 2-0 League Two victory over AFC Wimbledon at Hayes Lane.Goals in either half from Michael Cheek and Corey Whitely ensured Bromley collected a maximum six points as they marked their home Football League debut with a deserved win.Cheek fired low past Dons goalkeeper Owen Goodman –...Full Story »