Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admits his first defeat – a shock 1-0 home loss to Nottingham Forest – is “a big setback”.After three victories without conceding his side laboured for 72 minutes before Callum Hudson-Odoi’s strike secured the visitors’ first win at Anfield since 1969.“It is a big setback. If you lose a home game that’s always a setba...Full Story »

David Gray praised Hibernian for their resilience as they kept the back door shut to bounce back from recent setbacks and notch their first William Hill Premiership win of the season.The Easter Road side were frustrated by the concession of late equalisers in their previous two matches against Dundee and Kilmarnock.But they saw out their 2-0 victory over St Johnstone with a good degree of contro...Full Story »

Goals from Billy Waters, Will Smith and Adam Alimi-Adetoro handed Halifax a 3-1 National League victory over Eastleigh.Waters put the hosts ahead with 27 minutes gone when he bundled home Adam Senior’s effort at the far post.They doubled their tally on the stroke of half-time after Smith powered home a header from Florent Hoti’s cross.The visitors attempted to force their way back in...Full Story »

John Eustace lauded the “outstanding” Yuki Ohashi after his brace helped Blackburn to a 3-0 Championship victory over Bristol City.The result never looked in doubt, though the opener was self-inflicted as Max O’Leary’s lackadaisical pass was pounced on by Lewis Travis and – with the goalkeeper in no man’s land – he slotted home his first of the campaign ...Full Story »

Burton head coach Mark Robinson praised his team for sticking to their principles as they rallied to secure a 2-2 draw at Rotherham.Jack Cooper-Love’s strike 20 minutes from the end earned them a point from their trip to the New York Stadium in Sky Bet League One.Robinson said: “There was so much to be pleased about. I thought we had some good control in the game at times. It was a r...Full Story »

Interim Carlisle boss Steven Rudd labelled his side’s 3-2 home defeat by Fleetwood as “unacceptable”.The stand-in coach was left deeply frustrated at the manner of the goals and stressed the squad need to get the “basics” right in order to turn around their sorry start to the season, which accounted for Paul Simpson’s departure from the club.Danny Mayor bagged...Full Story »

Mark Bonner hailed his side’s “amazing mentality” after 10-man Gillingham beat Tranmere 3-0.Armani Little opened the scoring early in the second half before Ethan Coleman’s sending-off on the hour.Under-fire winger Jayden Clarke came off the bench to bag a late brace, his first goals of the season.And Bonner, whose side sit a point off the top of Sky Bet League Two, said:...Full Story »

Barnet maintained their 100 per cent home record this season and climbed up to third in the National League table with a 3-1 win against Braintree.John Akinde gave Braintree a flying start by scoring against his former club inside the opening minute, but the Bees hit back through Mark Shelton, Callum Stead and visiting skipper George Langston’s late own goal.Akinde used his pace out wide o...Full Story »

Tamworth turned on the style to beat Maidenhead 3-1 at home in the Vanarama National League.Chris Wreh met Ben Acquaye’s corner at the far post to give Tamworth the lead in the second minute of stoppage time at the end of the first half.Wreh returned the favour for Acquaye to smash home a second 10 minutes after the break, and Nathan Tshikuna put the issue beyond doubt in the final quarter...Full Story »

Leyton Orient secured their first Sky Bet League One points this season, at the fifth attempt, after a hard-earned yet deserved 1-0 win at Reading.Orient made the decisive breakthrough in the 27th minute through Charlie Kelman’s third goal of the campaign, after an error by rookie home goalkeeper Coniah Boyce-Clarke.Although Reading threatened sporadically in an even second half, the visit...Full Story »

Manchester United loanee Joe Hugill’s first-half double put Wigan on course for a crushing 4-0 win over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.The 20-year-old striker put the Latics in command after 20 minutes when he tapped in from close range after the Rovers defence failed to clear their lines following a corner.Hugill was again in the right place at the right time after 40 minutes when...Full Story »

Two goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half helped Stevenage storm to a 3-0 win at home to Barnsley in League One.Elliott List got the first, two minutes after coming on as substitute. The ball ran to him on the right side of the box after a Jamie Reid shot had been blocked.List, who has been guilty of some glaring misses this season, made no mistake with a low drive inside Gabriel Slon...Full Story »

Yeovil drew a blank for the third successive home game with a 0-0 draw against Altrincham.The Glovers had lost their previous two Vanarama National League fixtures at Huish Park 1-0 to Rochdale and Solihull Moors.In their latest outing, Altrincham’s Regan Linney forced Glovers goalkeeper Ollie Wright into a fine save and Alex Newby saw his effort ruled out for offside.Yeovil’s wait f...Full Story »

Ten-man Morecambe produced a superb comeback to earn their first point of the season with an incident-packed 3-3 draw against Colchester at the Mazuma Stadium.The Shrimps, who saw manager Derek Adams and defender Luke Hendrie sent off in the first half, came from 3-1 down with seven minutes remaining to earn a share of the spoils after Colchester wasted a host of chances to win the game.Morecamb...Full Story »

Conor Wilkinson’s brace made it back-to-back wins for Solihull as they beat Rochdale 2-1 in the Vanarama National League.Solihull took the lead in the 26th minute through Wilkinson, who pounced on the ball following a mistake at the back and smashed it into the top corner.The Moors nearly had a second minutes later when Bradley Stevenson’s effort was saved and Alex Whitmore went clos...Full Story »

Crawley substitute Armando Quitirna converted a late penalty to deny Stockport a fourth win in five league games in a 1-1 draw at the Broadfield Stadium.The in-form Louie Barry drove County ahead after only six minutes, but Crawley improved as the game wore on and midfielder Quitirna kept his cool with the spot-kick as the Red Devils ended a run of two successive defeats.Barry, fresh from being ...Full Story »

York climbed top of the table after a fourth straight National League win as three second-half goals sank 10-man Fylde at the LNER Community Stadium.Fylde defender Harry Davis was sent off just before the interval and the Minstermen took full advantage, with Marvin Armstrong, Lenell John-Lewis and Callum Harriott all on target.Visiting centre-half Davis was shown a straight red card for his chal...Full Story »

Burton battled back to earn a 2-2 draw at Rotherham in Sky Bet League One.The hosts started brightly and it took a diving stop from Max Crocombe to deny a curling effort from Jonson Clarke-Harris.The Millers were stung by Burton’s opener, which came against the run of play in the 25th minute when Danilo Orsi latched onto Ben Whitfield’s blocked shot and squeezed his effort into the b...Full Story »

Ten-man Kilmarnock fought back from an interval deficit to earn a 2-2 draw with St Mirren in a fiery William Hill Premiership encounter in Paisley.Saints striker Toyosi Olusanya headed the home side into the lead in the seventh minute before Killie attacker Marley Watkins levelled four minutes later in a game that threatened at times to boil over.Buddies skipper Mark O’Hara restored the ho...Full Story »

Notts County produced a stunning turnaround to come back from two goals down to beat Bromley 4-2 and move top of League Two.A lightening start to the game saw three goals inside the first 13 minutes.Bromley scored with their first two attacks, Michael Cheek (4) turning home Idris Odutayo’s low cross with Ben Thompson firing a low effort past goalkeeper Alex Bass moments later.However, Jodi...Full Story »

Yuki Ohashi scored a second-half brace as Blackburn maintained their excellent start to the season by brushing aside Bristol City 3-0.John Eustace’s men were looking to win their first three home league games of the season for the first time in 11 years and that outcome barely looked in doubt, though they were given a helping hand by Robins’ goalkeeper Max O’Leary, whose loose ...Full Story »

Kwame Poku’s impressive second-half strike earned Peterborough a 1-1 draw against in-form Lincoln.Ben House gave Lincoln a 33rd-minute lead with his third goal of the campaign as the Imps went in search of their fourth win in five, but Poku’s 65th-minute strike gave Peterborough a point.The hosts looked the more dangerous in the early stages, with Poku and Hector Kyprianou both havin...Full Story »

Josh Koroma scored twice as Huddersfield returned to winning ways with an impressive 4-0 League One victory at confidence-shot Bolton.Ben Wiles and Antony Evans also netted as the Terriers recorded a fourth-successive win over their hosts for the first time.Koroma put Michael Duff’s side into a 44th-minute lead with a close-range header from Callum Marshall’s superb cross.Nathan Baxt...Full Story »

Rakish Bingham got new Ebbsfleet manager Harry Watling off to the perfect start as he fired the club to a first victory of the season at the ninth attempt.Anthony Mancini and Joe Grey both went close for the visitors early on, but Ben Chapman and Lewis Page threatened for the hosts.Ebbsfleet went ahead when Pools old boy Bingham fired them into the lead five minutes before the break with their f...Full Story »

James Husband scored a last-gasp winner to give Steve Bruce victory in his first game in charge of Blackpool as they beat Exeter 2-1 in League One.CJ Hamilton had hit what had looked like being the winner for the hosts after 20 minutes, netting after a throw-in was not dealt with by the Exeter defence.Two minutes from time, Ed Francis curled a superb free-kick into the top corner from a tight an...Full Story »

Callum McFarlane was Wealdstone’s saviour as they came from behind to snatch a 2-2 National League draw at Forest Green.Christian Doidge got Rovers off to the perfect start when he headed them into a second-minute lead and things got even better within four minutes when Adam May doubled their tally from distance.The visitors, who had goalkeeper Archie Matthews carried off on a stretcher wi...Full Story »

Boss Lee Bell admitted Crewe were not at their best but praised Zac Williams for his late goal which secured a 1-0 win at Accrington.Williams scored in the 85th minute, getting on the end of Ryan Cooney’s cross, to make it three successive league wins for the Alex as they moved up to ninth in the table.For Stanley, they remain without a win this season under John Doolan.Bell said: “T...Full Story »

Ross County snapped Dundee’s 10-game unbeaten run with a 2-0 win in Dingwall.Tony Docherty’s side had not lost in any competition since the tail end of last season, but Akil Wright’s sixth-minute header and Jordan White’s penalty in first-half stoppage time gave the Staggies a strong advantage.Try as they might after the restart, Dundee could not find a route to goal whic...Full Story »

Pape Habib Gueye was at the double as Aberdeen overcame Motherwell 2-1 to maintain their 100 per cent record in the Scottish Premiership.The Senegalese gave the Dons the lead with a stunning solo strike in the first half and was on hand to head home his fifth of the season to double the lead with 10 minutes remaining.The points looked secure but a late strike from Motherwell substitute Moses Ebi...Full Story »

Mykola Kuharevich and substitute Martin Boyle put struggling St Johnstone to the sword at Easter Road as David Gray savoured his first William Hill Premiership win since being named permanent Hibernian manager in the summer.The Edinburgh side had been denied victories by the concession of late equalisers in their previous two matches against Dundee and Kilmarnock, but this time they looked in fu...Full Story »

Danny Mayor scored his first league double since September 2018 as Fleetwood won their first away game of the season with a 3-2 victory at managerless Carlisle.It was gripping contest between the two sides, who were both relegated from Sky Bet League One last season, at Brunton Park.Mayor opened the scoring in the 10th minute as he stepped past a defender and calmly slotted into the bottom corne...Full Story »

Mads Frokjaer-Jensen’s beautifully cushioned volley earned Preston a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough in the Sky Bet Championship.The Danish midfielder pounced two minutes before half-time to cancel out Tommy Conway’s opening goal for Boro in the 16th minute.Chances after the restart were few and far between and neither team could find the vital breakthrough and had to settle for a point.Mi...Full Story »

Watford and Coventry drew 1-1 in their Championship clash, which was an entertaining game at Vicarage Road that perhaps deserved more goals.It was an awful start for the home side, who for the third game in a row fell behind after less than four minutes of the contest. On this occasion, Ellis Simms was allowed free space from a Jack Rudoni corner, to direct his header off a post and into the net...Full Story »

The phenomenal Erling Haaland took his Manchester City goal tally to 99 as the champions recovered from a first-minute setback to beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday.Haaland struck twice and was the width of the post away from becoming the first player in Premier League history to score hat-tricks in three successive games as City recorded their fourth straight win.Pep Guardiola’s men were stun...Full Story »

Deadline-day signings Arne Engels and Luke McCowan grabbed their first goals for Celtic as the champions beat Hearts 2-0 in a VAR-influenced William Hill Premiership encounter.Engels, Celtic’s record signing, was handed his first start and netted from a 52nd-minute penalty.Referee Colin Steven gave the spot-kick for handball after being called to the monitor by video assistant Alan Muir af...Full Story »

Danny Johnson’s 88th-minute effort earned Walsall a dramatic 2-1 victory over Bradford in a superb advert for League Two football.Johnson had only been on the field for nine minutes when he headed home Albert Adomah’s cross to settle a pulsating affair.Walsall initially led on 19 minutes as Taylor Allen ended their penalty curse, the Saddlers having missed three spot-kicks already th...Full Story »

Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half stoppage-time penalty salvaged a point for Crystal Palace in a 2-2 draw with Leicester at Selhurst Park.Jamie Vardy fired the Foxes into a 21st-minute lead and Stephy Mavididi made it two for the visitors less than a minute after the break.Mateta pulled one back in a near instant reply, awarded following a VAR check in a contest that also saw deadline-day...Full Story »

Arne Slot’s honeymoon period as Liverpool head coach came to an end as Nottingham Forest pulled off a shock victory at Anfield.Even taking into account the visitors’ 23-year Premier League absence, the gap between this 1-0 win and their last success here in February 1969 seemed a long time.But Forest did what they had to do – hold out long enough against off-colour opponents to...Full Story »

Swansea made a winning return to action following the international break after edging out Norwich 1-0 to secure their first league victory in three matches.Amankwah Forson’s fourth-minute own goal was all that separated the sides at the Swansea.com Stadium in a clash between two teams still in early-season transition.Swansea forward Eom Ji-sung showed no early signs of fatigue after inter...Full Story »

Two goals in stoppage time ensured an incredible end to the game as Sheffield Wednesday drew 1-1 with QPR at Hillsborough.Owls captain Barry Bannan thought he had given his side victory with a superb finish but substitute Alfie Lloyd scrambled in an equaliser with the last kick of the game.Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl made five changes from the 3-0 defeat at Millwall, with Akin Famewo, Li...Full Story »

Oldham ended a six-game winless run in the Vanarama National League by beating Woking 3-1 away.Latics – who had drawn five of those games – took a 12th-minute lead as Mark Kitching and Mike Fondop set up Josh Lundstram’s header.Oldham doubled their lead when Woking defender Tunji Akinola headed Reagan Ogle’s long throw into his own net after 49 minutes.Charley Kendall sma...Full Story »

Port Vale made it back-to-back wins in League Two with a 1-0 victory over Chesterfield.Ethan Chislett’s third goal in as many league matches secured all three points for Darren Moore’s side, moving Vale up to eighth place in the table on 10 points.Newly-promoted Chesterfield are two points behind in 11th, having suffered a second defeat of the season.The hosts scored what proved to b...Full Story »

Kenzo Goudmijn’s first-half goal earned Derby a ninth straight home league win a hard-fought 1-0 victory against bottom side Cardiff at Pride Park.Goudmijn scored the game’s only goal after 28 minutes with a first-time finish from Callum Elder’s low ball into the box to settle the contest after Rams goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom had made a string of fine saves in the firs...Full Story »

Jayden Clarke came off the bench to score a second-half brace as 10-man Gillingham took all three points at Priestfield to end Tranmere’s unbeaten start to the season with an impressive 3-0 win.All of the goals came in the second half after a slow opening period.Mark Bonner’s men started the game in the ascendancy but were resisted by a stubborn Tranmere rearguard in the opening stag...Full Story »

Substitute Hakeeb Adelakun scored a superb second-half brace to earn Salford a 2-1 home win over Cheltenham.The Robins had taken the lead through Ethon Archer three minutes after half-time, but Adelakun played a starring role for the Ammies to seal their second win of the campaign.Cheltenham looked the more threatening in the first period, with Joel Colwill and Luke Young both seeing efforts blo...Full Story »

Danny Ings came off the bench to score a last-gasp equaliser as West Ham claimed a 1-1 Premier League draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage.Raul Jimenez opened the scoring with his first Premier League goal of the season for the hosts midway through the first half, but the Hammers struck at the death to take home a share of the points.The draw could have left Fulham boss Marco Silva frustrated afte...Full Story »

A sensational stoppage-time winner from skipper Joe Edwards ended Sunderland’s unbeaten Championship start and gave Wayne Rooney his first victory as Plymouth manager as they triumphed 3-2 at Home Park.Man-of-the-match Edwards was first to react when Sunderland goalkeeper Anthony Patterson brilliantly save Kornel Szucs’ thundering effort in the third minute of added time.Edwards let ...Full Story »

Erik ten Hag hit out at the Premier League as he called Manchester United’s schedule “unfair” for fans and a “big disadvantage” for players following another Saturday lunchtime trip to the south coast.The Red Devils and their under-fire manager headed to Southampton under the microscope after an error-strewn home defeat to rivals Liverpool before the international b...Full Story »

Scott Parker hailed matchwinner Luca Koleosho after Burnley won 1-0 at Elland Road to destroy Leeds’ unbeaten start to the season in front of Hollywood actor Will Ferrell.The Clarets struck in the 18th minute when Leeds winger Manor Solomon, on loan from Tottenham, slipped and lost the ball inside his own half.Koleosho, 19, collected possession and raced into the hosts’ 18-yard box u...Full Story »

Mark Kennedy thanked Swindon supporters for their patience after he finally picked up his first win with a 4-0 victory over Newport.First-half goals by Kabongo Tshimanga, Paul Glatzel and Joel Cotterill and an own goal by Matt Baker meant there was no way back for County.Kennedy said: “I’m really pleased to get the win because we’ve got intelligent fans.“When I see perfor...Full Story »

Mike Williamson apologised for MK Dons’ performance after they slumped to a 3-0 defeat against bitter rivals AFC Wimbledon.The hosts were 1-0 up at half-time thanks to Myles Hippolyte’s strike from inside the box.The visitors pushed for an equaliser after the break, but Callum Maycock scored twice in stoppage time to keep all three points in South West London.Williamson admitted his ...Full Story »

Frustrated Garry Monk wants to see Cambridge’s luck change after their 2-1 defeat at Mansfield.Lee Gregory’s brace was enough to give Mansfield victory and leave struggling United still seeking a first league victory of the season.Gregory opened the scoring on 39 minutes with a composed finish, before Emmanuel Longelo levelled five minutes after half-time.The visitors saw a penalty s...Full Story »

Luton manager Rob Edwards felt his team got dragged into a battle while trying to see out their 1-0 victory at Millwall as their winless run finally came to an end.The Hatters had not tasted victory since they defeated Bournemouth in the Premier League on April 9, a run that took in 11 games and their relegation from the top flight.Edwards actually felt his team had played better in previous gam...Full Story »

Oxford boss Des Buckingham saluted his players after they saw off Stoke 1-0 thanks to Idris El Mizouni’s strike shortly after half-time.It has been a perfect start to life at the Kassam Stadium since the U’s returned to the Championship, as they have now won all three home games so far this term.Norwich and Preston have already been beaten on home turf, and now Stoke were second best...Full Story »

Wycombe boss Matt Bloomfield felt his side deserved the slice of luck which earned them all three points against Northampton on Saturday.Dan Udoh cancelled out Sam Hoskins’ penalty in the first half at Sixfields before the decisive moment arrived just after half-time when Northampton goalkeeper Lee Burge fumbled a cross and Richard Kone tapped in the loose ball for a 2-1 victory.“It&...Full Story »

Callum Maycock’s brace helped AFC Wimbledon record their third league win in a row with a 3-0 triumph over bitter rivals MK Dons.The first chance at Cherry Red Records Stadium fell to Omar Bugiel, but his effort was straight down the throat of Tom McGill.The MK Dons stopper was called into action again in the sixth minute, and this time he did well to push Myles Hippolyte’s shot behi...Full Story »

Teden Mengi’s superb finish at The Den gave Luton a much-needed first win of the season as they edged past Millwall 1-0 in the Sky Bet Championship.It ended the Hatters’ winless run of 11 games that extended back to April last season – just before their relegation from the Premier League – and lifted them away from the division’s bottom three.They certainly will not...Full Story »

Cambridge are still looking for a first league win of the season after a 2-1 defeat at Mansfield.Emmanuel Longelo gave United hope after cancelling out Lee Gregory’s opener just after half-time.But Gregory gave Mansfield a first home win of the campaign with a brilliant curling finish midway through the second half.Josh Stokes saw a shot comfortably saved by Christy Pym during a cagey open...Full Story »

Wycombe came from a goal down to beat Northampton 2-1 on Saturday.The Cobblers led after only four minutes at Sixfields as Callum Morton slipped through Sam Hoskins who was taken down by Jack Grimmer. Hoskins picked himself up and made no mistake from the spot, sending Franco Ravizzoli the wrong way.But Wycombe had made the better start and they responded quickly, levelling just seven minutes la...Full Story »