Chesterfield assistant manager Danny Webb still has his eyes on the Sky Bet League Two play-offs after second-half goals from Ryan Colclough, Ash Palmer and Paddy Madden secured a 3-0 victory over Fleetwood.Matty Virtue had a tame effort for Town comfortably claimed by home goalkeeper Ryan Boot, who also came to Chesterfield’s rescue with a fine save to deny Mark Helm.Webb said: “It ...Full Story »

Gareth Ainsworth is determined to bring success back to Gillingham after his first win in charge.Bradley Dack came off the bench to score a late winner in a 1-0 victory over MK Dons, leaving the Gills 17th in League Two.Ainsworth, who swapped Shrewsbury for Gillingham, said: “I’m beginning to learn the area and the culture of Gillingham and that’s important.“Clubs in thes...Full Story »

Resurgent Boston moved another step closer towards Vanarama National League survival after a 1-0 home win over play-off chasing Altrincham.Frankie Maguire scored the only goal in the 26th minute, producing a fine finish after excellent play from Jacob Hazel.It secured an eighth win in 12 games for Boston, who are now five points clear of the relegation zone.Regan Linney hit a post early on for A...Full Story »

Mark Robins hopes Stoke’s 1-0 victory at Cardiff will galvanise his team in the final stretch of the season.The Potters moved five points clear of the relegation zone and are now 18th in the Championship, picking up maximum points in a key relegation battle thanks to an 85th-minute own goal from Cardiff defender Will Fish.“It was a difficult game for many reasons,” said Robins....Full Story »

Colchester manager Danny Cowley praised his side’s never-say-die attitude as they scored twice late on to beat Newport 2-0 and stay in the Sky Bet League Two play-off hunt.The Us looked to be heading for a damaging draw, which would have left them five points below seventh-placed Grimsby as the Mariners were 2-0 up at Harrogate.But, as Grimsby conceded twice late on to draw 2-2, Fiacre Kel...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers manager Inigo Calderon led crisis talks after his side slipped into the League One relegation zone after a 2-1 defeat by Exeter at the Memorial Stadium.First-half Exeter goals from Caleb Watts and Reece Cole put the visitors on course for victory before Ruel Sotiriou’s classy second-half finish provided false hope.Calderon revealed he held a dressing room inquest with player...Full Story »

Reading boss Noel Hunt was happy with a “positive point” after his play-off chasing side were held to a goalless draw at 10-man Northampton on Saturday.In a game of few chances, the home side edged the first half as Ben Perry and Dara Costelloe both went close, while Cobblers goalkeeper Lee Burge saved well from Jayden Wareham.Northampton’s best opportunity fell to Tyler Robert...Full Story »

Portsmouth head coach John Mousinho hailed Rob Atkinson for going above and beyond to secure a 2-2 draw with relegation rivals Derby at Fratton Park.The centre-back scored a bizarre ‘hat-trick’ – made up of an own goal and two ‘proper’ goals – as Pompey twice came from behind to earn a share of the spoils.The Bristol City loanee has spent two years on the side...Full Story »

Conor Hourihane was “relieved” to earn a first victory since taking interim charge of Barnsley as his side recorded a convincing 4-1 win against play-off hopefuls Bolton.Fabio Jalo and Jonathan Russell scored two goals apiece, with Aaron Collins’ second-half goal a consolation for Bolton, who dropped to eighth.Hourihane said: “Full credit to the players, I thought they we...Full Story »

Alan Sheehan says Swansea’s improved form is an “incredible achievement” after his side beat Sunderland to move into the top half of the Sky Bet Championship.Sheehan’s time as caretaker head coach improved even further with a 1-0 win against the promotion contenders at the Stadium of Light.It was only the second time fourth-placed Sunderland have been defeated on home soi...Full Story »

Stephen Robinson hailed a monumental effort from everyone at St Mirren after they defeated Ross County 3-2 in dramatic fashion to secure a top-six place in the William Hill Premiership for a third successive season.Roland Idowu came off the bench to net an 86th-minute winner for the Buddies, who started the day knowing nothing other than a win would be good enough.They still had to rely on the r...Full Story »

Nuno Espirito Santo says Champions League qualification is still in Nottingham Forest’s hands after a damaging last-gasp defeat to Everton.Forest were well below their best and suffered a first home defeat since November when Abdoulaye Doucoure earned the visitors a 1-0 win when he scored in the fourth minute of injury time.Nuno admitted he did not see his side’s shoddy performance c...Full Story »

Bristol City boss Liam Manning believes his side remain in a strong position in the battle for a Championship play-off place after taking a hard-earned point in a 1-1 draw at QPR.It came after back-to-back wins and meant the Robins, who remain fifth in the table, have taken seven points from a possible nine over the past week.With four matches of the season remaining, they look well on course fo...Full Story »

Millwall head coach Alex Neil believes his players are perfectly placed to force themselves into the Sky Bet Championship play-offs after grinding out a victory over fellow chasers Middlesbrough.The Lions have gone under the radar in the promotion conversation but their third win in a row surely changes that as they are now just two points behind sixth-placed Coventry, and level with Boro.Should...Full Story »

Port Vale manager Darren Moore said it was “perfect day” for his team after they capitalised on Bradford’s defeat to move top of the League Two table with a thumping 5-0 win over Bromley.Youngster Jack Shorrock gave the Valiants an early lead before in-form striker Lorent Tolaj scored a brace either side of substitute George Byers’ goal.Ryan Croasdale put the icing on the...Full Story »

Interim Tranmere manager Andy Crosby believes Omari Patrick’s dramatic stoppage-time equaliser in the 3-3 draw at relegation rivals Accrington could be a ‘huge point for the future of the football club’.Stanley, who sit in 22nd place, raced into a 3-0 lead with Ben Woods blasting home after just 43 seconds before Tyler Walton’s header on 24 minutes.Josh Woods then stroked...Full Story »

Andy Whing sprang to Mat Sadler’s defence despite an end-of-game rebuke from his best friend following Barrow’s deserved 2-0 win over faltering promotion contenders Walsall.Aaron Pressley and Emile Acquah netted the goals as the Cumbrians’ recent revival stretched to one defeat in nine games.Walsall, with only two wins from a possible 17, did not manage a shot on target, with a...Full Story »

Grimsby boss David Artell admitted he was left infuriated that Kieran Green’s stunning goal from inside his own half failed to inspire his team to victory at Harrogate.Midfielder Green brilliantly flighted the ball over James Belshaw’s head 10 yards from the halfway line after spotting the Harrogate keeper out of his goal to open the scoring in the 39th minute.Iceland international J...Full Story »

Jim Goodwin believes Dundee United have given Aberdeen and Hibernian plenty to think about ahead of their games on Sunday.The Terrors made it three Premiership wins in a row with a narrow 1-0 victory over St Johnstone at Tannadice with defender Emmanuel Adegboyega scoring the only goal of the game.The win lifted United up to fourth in the table, above the Dons and level on points with Hibs.And G...Full Story »

Under-fire head coach Neil Critchley vowed that missing out on the top six of the William Hill Premiership this season would not define his Hearts team.The Englishman took charge in October when the Edinburgh side were two points adrift at the foot of the table and managed to elevate them into the top six by the end of February.After winning only one of their five matches before the split, howev...Full Story »

Unai Emery admits he needs to make a decision on his penalty taker against Paris St Germain on Tuesday after Marco Asensio’s nightmare double miss.Villa limbered up for the Champions League quarter-final second leg with a 3-0 win at Southampton.But Spanish midfielder Asensio saw two spot-kicks saved by Aaron Ramsdale to leave his boss with a late call to make.“We have our penalty sho...Full Story »

Michael Appleton was pleased Shrewsbury’s relegation fate was not sealed after a 1-1 draw at his former club Lincoln.Defeat would have seen the Shrews’ decade-long stint in the third tier ended but Aaron Pierre cancelled out ex-Shrew Tom Bayliss’ opener.Appleton, whose side need a miracle string of results to stay up, said: “It’s great for everyone [that we’ve...Full Story »

Burton head coach Gary Bowyer was keeping his feet on the ground despite seeing his side move out of the League One bottom four with a resounding 3-0 win over faltering Huddersfield.Albion hit the front early with Rumarn Burrell scoring the first of his two goals after nine minutes before capping a superb afternoon with a 10th of the season to wrap up the scoring, Julian Larsson crucially giving...Full Story »

Carlisle boss Mark Hughes said his side’s 2-0 victory over Morecambe gives them belief that they can maintain their Football League status.Goals from Georgie Kelly and Terell Thomas gave Hughes’ side back-to-back wins for the first time since March 2023 to see them move ahead of the Shrimps at the foot of League Two and take them to within six points of safety with four games remaini...Full Story »

Blackburn piled the pressure on relegation-threatened Luton as they picked up a first league win at Kenilworth Road with a 1-0 success.Yuki Ohashi’s goal seven minutes after half-time was enough for the visitors to end their eight-match unbeaten run and ensure manager Valerien Ismael picked up his first win since taking over at Ewood Park.The Hatters were unable to take advantage of Kristi...Full Story »

Fabio Jalo and Jonathan Russell both scored twice to earn Barnsley an impressive 4-1 win at home to play-off hopefuls Bolton, securing Conor Hourihane’s first win as interim head coach.Aaron Collins’ second-half goal was merely a consolation for Bolton who fall to eighth, three points outside of the play-off places.Barnsley started with purpose and opened the scoring early. Russell m...Full Story »

Cove Rangers got their William Hill League One promotion bid back on track with a 3-1 win at bottom club Dumbarton.Rangers had lost their last two in a four-game run without a victory, but took control with first-half goals from Dylan Lobban and Fraser Fyvie.Although already-relegated Dumbarton reduced the deficit early in the second half through Kristian Webster, Lobban grabbed his second with ...Full Story »

Solihull Moors boosted their National League survival hopes with a 1-0 win at Southend.Elliot Thorpe cut in off his wing to brilliantly fire Solihull ahead in the 10th minute, with Noor Husin denied a similarly spectacular equaliser by goalkeeper Laurie Walker.Nick Hayes saved from Thorpe just before half-time, with Nathan Ralph clearing Marcel Oakley’s follow-up off the line.Southend&rsqu...Full Story »

Relegated Ebbsfleet recorded only their third Vanarama National League win of the season as they beat Sutton 4-1.Aaron Cosgrave was denied by Jack Sims as the hosts made a bright start at Stonebridge Road and Maxx Manktelow saw an effort scrambled off the line.Ryan Carr put Ebbsfleet ahead on the stroke of half-time after being played in by Alexander Aoraha.Mustapha Olagunju doubled their advant...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers players were booed off by their own fans after slipping into the League One relegation zone as Exeter secured a 2-1 win at the Memorial Stadium.The Gas suffered a sixth straight defeat as first-half goals from Caleb Watts and Reece Cole paved the way for victory for their West Country rivals before Ruel Sotiriou’s classy 70th-minute finish briefly gave Rovers hope.Watts put ...Full Story »

Tamworth maintained their late charge for the Vanarama National League play-offs with a 4-2 win over Braintree at The Lamb Ground.Braintree went ahead after seven minutes when Ryan Clampin’s left-wing cross was headed home by Jermaine Francis.But the Lambs were level 10 minutes later when Jordan Ponticelli’s ball over the top was volleyed home by Beck-Ray Enoru and they were ahead wh...Full Story »

Dave Challinor challenged his Stockport players to keep standards high in their quest for Championship football next season after a 3-1 comeback win over Rotherham.Mallik Wilks put the Millers ahead at Edgeley Park but Jack Diamond levelled before half-time and Brad Hills and Kyle Wootton completed the turnaround.Despite all but securing a League One play-off spot, and moving within five points ...Full Story »

Nathan Jones described Charlton’s win at Cambridge was crucial in their bid for promotion.Charlton’s victory and Wrexham’s earlier draw lifts Jones’ side to within six points of second, leaving them an outside chance of an automatic promotion spot with four games remaining.Conversely Cambridge sit seven points from safety and their relegation from League One could be conf...Full Story »

West Brom ended their three-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over Watford at the Hawthorns in the Sky Bet Championship.Tom Fellows was the star of the match with two identical assists to Karlan Grant and Mikey Johnston as the Baggies were able to beat the Hornets for the first time since December 2016 – moving up to seventh in the table.Moussa Sissoko pulled one back for Watford late into...Full Story »

Motherwell and Hearts will both play out the remainder of the season in the bottom six of the William Hill Premiership after cancelling each other out in a tense 0-0 draw at Fir Park.That result would have been enough for the Tynecastle side – who started the day in sixth place – to have remained in the top half until St Mirren’s 86th-minute winner against Ross County saw the P...Full Story »

Beleaguered Leicester scored for the first time in nine Premier League games and snapped an eight-match losing run by battling to a thrilling 2-2 draw away to Brighton.Caleb Okoli’s maiden goal in English football earned the Foxes a deserved point at the Amex Stadium after Stephy Mavididi registered the club’s first top-flight goal in 798 minutes of action with a first-half equaliser...Full Story »

Promotion-chasing Oldham’s wobble continued as they lost 2-1 at Yeovil in the National League.Sonny Blu-Lo Everton scored in each half for the hosts as the Latics suffered a third straight defeat.Results elsewhere meant Oldham kept their six-point advantage over eighth place in the race for the top seven, but their hopes of finishing third are all but over.Everton had already gone close wh...Full Story »

Rob Atkinson scored an unusual ‘hat-trick’ as he earned Portsmouth a dramatic 2-2 draw against relegation rivals Derby at Fratton Park.The centre-back had cancelled out Jerry Yates’ opener before putting through his own goal in a manic five minutes of a crunch encounter.Pompey had seen Colby Bishop’s early penalty saved but secured a point when Atkinson found the net for ...Full Story »

Livingston cut the gap on William Hill Championship leaders Falkirk to six points with a 2-1 win at Morton.Falkirk had seen their title celebrations delayed following a 1-1 draw at Ayr on Friday night – and Livingston made sure the champagne was left on ice for another week at least.Cristian Montano and Scott Pitman had put the visitors in control, but Ali Crawford’s free-kick reduce...Full Story »

Stockport boosted their League One promotion hopes after coming from behind to beat Rotherham 3-1.Mallik Wilks put Rotherham ahead at Edgeley Park but Jack Diamond levelled before half-time and Brad Hills and Kyle Wootton completed the turnaround.After a positive Stockport start, the Millers took the lead against the run of play in the ninth minute when Wilks nodded home Reece James’s cros...Full Story »

York showed Barnet they are determined to take the National League title race as deep as they can as they crushed Aldershot 7-2 in a chaotic clash.With the Bees dropping points in their last two matches, City knew a win would reduce the gap between them and the one automatic promotion place to six points with four to play.Ollie Pearce kicked the home side off with a third-minute opener and Lewis...Full Story »

Charlie Kelman scored two goals in two second-half minutes to boost Leyton Orient’s play-off challenge with a 3-1 come from behind win at relegation threatened Crawley.Armando Quitirna gave the hosts the lead  four minutes after the break, but Kelman’s double settled the issue before Jamie Donley added insurance in stoppage time as the O’s produced a dominant second-half d...Full Story »

Dundee United made it three Premiership wins in a row with a narrow 1-0 victory over St Johnstone at Tannadice.Defender Emmanuel Adegboyega was the home hero with the only goal of the game in the first half.The win lifted the Terrors up to fourth in the table above Aberdeen who play tomorrow, while Saints, who secured a memorable win over Celtic last week, remain bottom.The Terrors made two chan...Full Story »

Colchester kept alive their hopes of making the Sky Bet League Two play-offs as two late strikes snatched a 2-0 victory at struggling Newport.Danny Cowley’s men are now just one point below seventh-placed Grimsby with four games remaining after Fiacre Kelleher glanced in Mandela Egbo’s free-kick in the 88th minute and substitute Anthony Scully added a second in stoppage time.The visi...Full Story »

Reading remain in the League One play-off places despite being held to a goalless draw by 10-man Northampton.The Cobblers were first to threaten at Sixfields through Ben Perry, who poked under onrushing goalkeeper Joel Pereira but into the side-netting, before Lee Burge saved from Royals midfielder Charlie Savage.The first half was devoid of clear-cut chances as Burge also kept out Jayden Wareha...Full Story »

Woking extended their unbeaten home run to four matches with a 1-0 victory against AFC Fylde.Chances were at a premium in a poor first half, with Nick Haughton’s free-kick comfortably saved by Woking’s Will Jaaskelainen in the 22nd minute and Ashley Boatswain’s tame 38th-minute effort failing to trouble the goalkeeper.The home side started the second half well, with Tariq Hinds...Full Story »

Omari Patrick equalised in the 11th minute of stoppage time as Tranmere fought back from 3-0 down to rescue a point in a 3-3 draw at relegation rivals Accrington.Stanley, who sit in 22nd place, scored three goals in the first half but Patrick bagged a double after the break either side of Kristian Dennis’ strike to help secure a valuable point for Rovers, who are one position and one point...Full Story »

Kieran Green’s wonder goal from inside his own half could not inspire League Two play-off hopefuls Grimsby to victory as Harrogate struck twice late on to salvage an unlikely 2-2 draw.Collecting the ball just a handful of yards short of the halfway line, the midfielder spotted home keeper James Belshaw out of his goal and aimed a perfectly flighted effort over his head and into the net.Gre...Full Story »

Maidenhead remain five points from safety in the National League despite a 2-0 victory at play-off chasing Halifax.Sam Barratt and Shawn McCoulsky scored late on to give United a second successive triumph, but Boston’s win over Altrincham meant they failed to make up any ground.Florent Hoti fired over for Halifax while home goalkeeper Toby Savin tipped Joshua Johnson’s 20-yard effort...Full Story »

Tyreece Campbell’s early goal was enough for Charlton to record a 1-0 success at lowly Cambridge.Campbell struck with the first attack of the match after 14 minutes when he was allowed time on the left to cut inside and fire low beyond Jack Stevens.History almost repeated itself 12 minutes later when Campbell shot from a similar position before this time being denied by a good low Stevens ...Full Story »

Stoke scrambled an 85th-minute own goal winner to steer themselves away from the relegation dogfight and plunge Cardiff deeper into it.A long throw into the home box by Junior Tchamadeu caused panic in front of goal and Sam Gallagher got his head to the ball. Ben Wilmot latched onto it and from five yards turned and shot.Cardiff goalkeeper Ethan Horvath got his foot to it but the ball ricocheted...Full Story »

A brace of goals from Rumarn Burrell and Julian Larsson’s second strike for Burton saw the Brewers climb out of the League One relegation zone with a 3-0 victory over Huddersfield.Albion had the bit between their teeth from the off and were in front after just nine minutes. Anthony Forde’s deep corner was headed back into the six-yard box by Udoka Godwin-Malife and Burrell was there ...Full Story »

Gareth Ainsworth secured his first win in charge of Gillingham as Bradley Dack came off the bench to score a dramatic late goal in a 1-0 victory over MK Dons.The midfielder latched onto Conor Masterson’s header across goal following a Max Clark free-kick and smashed home from close range in the fifth minute of added time.Ainsworth’s men had the better of the opening exchanges in term...Full Story »

Doncaster boss Grant McCann was left with mixed feelings from the rollercoaster 1-1 draw with fellow promotion hopefuls AFC Wimbledon.Wimbledon led early through Alistair Smith’s strike but saw skipper Jake Reeves dismissed on 28 minutes for a late challenge on Harry Clifton.Rovers piled on the pressure but suffered a setback when substitute Billy Sharp was sent off on 72 minutes for an of...Full Story »

Phil Parkinson felt his promotion-chasing Wrexham side were denied a “very, very clear penalty” which would have given them a somewhat undeserved three points at Wigan.Wigan goalkeeper Sam Tickle registered a 16th clean sheet of the campaign and Latics might have pinched a first win under new head coach Ryan Lowe but Maleace Asamoah was unable to make the most of two decent chances.B...Full Story »

Aaron Pressley turned Holker Street into heartbreak hotel for promotion-chasing Walsall as he sent Barrow on their way to a 2-0 Sky Bet League Two win.Striker Pressley’s third goal in two games came after 23 minutes as he tapped in a rebound after Tommy Simkin had saved his initial shot.Simkin then kept the Saddlers in the contest with a string of fine saves, notably from Pressley and Isaa...Full Story »

Port Vale capitalised on Bradford’s defeat earlier in the day to move top of the Sky Bet League Two table with a thumping 5-0 win over Bromley.Youngster Jack Shorrock gave the Valiants an early lead before in-form striker Lorent Tolaj scored a brace either side of substitute George Byers’ goal.Ryan Croasdale put the icing on the cake late on as Darren Moore’s side, who have now...Full Story »

Daniel Farke could not hide his delight as Leeds deservedly beat Preston 2-1 at a raucous Elland Road to return to the Championship summit.Tottenham loanee Manor Solomon opened the scoring in the fourth minute with a dipping right-footed shot from 18 yards which flew into the far corner.Two minutes later, Preston equalised with a superb strike from Kaine Kesler-Hayden but Leeds soon restored the...Full Story »

Kevin De Bruyne is determined to deliver Champions League qualification as his parting gift to Manchester City.The Belgium playmaker sparked a stunning City comeback as the champions rallied from 2-0 down at the Etihad Stadium to thrash Crystal Palace 5-2 in the Premier League on Saturday.The long-serving 33-year-old, who scored City’s first goal with an exquisite free-kick, was playing hi...Full Story »