Leyton Orient secured promotion from League Two despite losing 2-0 in a feisty and interrupted encounter against Gillingham.Goals from Alex MacDonald and Cheye Alexander earned victory for the hosts but leaders Orient, who had Omar Beckles sent off after just 14 minutes, were able to celebrate a return to League One after an eight-year absence.However, they were made to wait as a floodlight fail...Full Story »

Darren Ferguson said there will be no “let-up” from his Peterborough side after they moved up to fifth place with a 2-1 win over relegation-threatened Accrington.Peterborough took the lead on 23 minutes when Jack Taylor’s through ball sent Jonson Clarke-Harris charging free and he slotted home his 27th goal of the season.The visitors doubled their lead in the 43rd minute when K...Full Story »

MK Dons missed the chance to move further clear of the League One relegation zone after a 1-0 home defeat to Charlton.Jack Payne struck the winner to condemn the Dons to their first defeat in eight games and leave them three points above the drop zone with three matches remaining.Both teams struggled for fluency in the first half, with MK Dons forward Jonathan Leko coming closest when his shot f...Full Story »

Forest Green extended their winless run to five games after playing out a goalless draw with Fleetwood.Town full-back Shaun Rooney’s second-half drive was the closest either side came in an uninspiring draw.Pheonix Patterson fizzed in a dangerous cross for Promise Omochere, whose header from 10 yards was saved by Rovers goalkeeper Ross Doohan.Fleetwood’s danger man Jack Marriott, who...Full Story »

Sam Folarin, Kazeem Olaigbe and Alex Pattison were all on target as Harrogate took a massive stride towards League Two safety following a 3-0 home triumph over Walsall.The Sulphurites made it six games without defeat – equalling their longest EFL unbeaten run – in comfortable fashion against a sorry Saddlers side, who have now won just one of their last 21 contests.Victory also moved...Full Story »

Chesterfield tightened their grip on third place in the National League with a thumping 5-1 win over Torquay.Andrew Dallas scored a hat-trick as the Spireites damaged in-form Torquay’s survival hopes.Oliver Banks and Liam Mandeville also netted for the hosts, who are five points clear of fourth-placed Woking, who have a game in hand.Brett McGavin grabbed a consolation, but defeat ended Tor...Full Story »

Sunderland’s hopes of scrambling into the Sky Bet Championship play-offs suffered a major blow as they were held to a 1-1 draw by relegation-battling Huddersfield.The Black Cats have closed to within a point of the top six, but with the two sides directly above and below them in the table all having at least one game in hand, Tony Mowbray’s men will feel they have lost ground in the ...Full Story »

Bolton dropped points in the race for the League One play-offs as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Burton.Former Burton striker Victor Adeboyejo’s third goal for his new club put the visitors ahead early on but substitute Josh Walker earned a point for the Brewers.The result saw Bolton drop to sixth, with just goal difference keeping them ahead of seventh-placed Derby.Adeboyejo marked his r...Full Story »

Oxford were left ruing missed chances as Sam Long’s header secured a point against Portsmouth in their fight against League One relegation.The U’s were winless in 15 games before the arrival of Pompey, managed by Oxford’s former club captain John Mousinho.Marlon Pack’s stunning 25-yard free-kick put the visitors ahead after 26 minutes after Gatlin O’Donkor’s e...Full Story »

Sheffield United took another step closer to automatic promotion to the Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Bristol City.Substitute James McAtee’s second-half goal gave the Blades a win that moved them eight points clear of third-placed Luton with four Championship matches remaining.It was the Blades who had the first chance of the game. A quick free-kick from Illiman Ndiaye allowed Geo...Full Story »

Burnley’s champagne remains on ice as they were made to wait for the Sky Bet Championship title after being held to a 2-2 draw at Rotherham.Quality goals from Scott Twine and Manuel Benson either side of Vitinho’s own goal looked to be tightening their grip on the trophy, but Georgie Kelly equalised to earn the Millers a deserved point.And with Sheffield United winning at home to Bri...Full Story »