Port Vale manager Darren Moore praised match-winner Ethan Chislett and the “huge team effort” from his side after they made it back-to-back wins in League Two with a 1-0 victory over Chesterfield.Chislett’s third goal in as many league matches secured a first home win of the season for the Valiants, moving them up to eighth place in the table on 10 points.The midfielder slotted...Full Story »

Hearts head coach Steven Naismith felt there were inconsistencies in interpretation after his side twice came out on the wrong side of two VAR handball calls in a 2-0 defeat at Celtic.Colin Steven reversed a first-half penalty award for Hearts after Lawrence Shankland’s header hit the arm of Liam Scales.The referee gave a spot-kick for Celtic in the 52nd minute after again being called to ...Full Story »

Leyton Orient head coach Richie Wellens praised his players for putting their “bodies on the line” as his side picked up their first Sky Bet League One points of the season with a deserved 1-0 victory at Reading.Charlie Kelman scored the only goal of the game, his third of the campaign, in the 27th minute as rookie Reading goalkeeper Coniah Boyce-Clarke allowed Kelman’s 20-yard...Full Story »

Bradford boss Graham Alexander felt the officials did not give his side a fair crack of the whip in their 2-1 League Two defeat at Walsall.Saddlers substitute Danny Johnson’s 88th-minute winner settled a pulsating affair in which each side enjoyed dominant spells but spurned multiple chances.“It’s difficult to digest that we didn’t come out with a point because I felt we ...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl is confident his side will soon start picking up wins after they were held to a 1-1 draw by QPR.Captain Barry Bannan thought he had given the Owls victory in stoppage time with a stunning finish, but substitute Alfie Lloyd scrambled in an equaliser with the last kick of the game.Rohl said: “This was our best performance since the first game against Pl...Full Story »

Wigan manager Shaun Maloney hopes Manchester United loanee Joe Hugill has silenced his critics after his brace put the Latics on course for an emphatic 4-0 win at Bristol Rovers.The 20-year-old striker put Wigan in command with two close-range first-half efforts at the Memorial Stadium.“Joe is a very good finisher, but whatever the level he’s hoping to reach, there should no ceiling ...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola hailed Erling Haaland’s mental strength after the prolific Norwegian struck twice in Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat of Brentford.Haaland had been a doubt for Saturday’s Premier League encounter at the Etihad Stadium following the death of a close family friend.City manager Pep Guardiola had allowed the player compassionate leave but he opted to stay and play.Guardio...Full Story »

Derek McInnes claimed some “outrageous” refereeing by Matthew MacDermid allowed St Mirren defender Shaun Rooney to get away with a volley at Kilmarnock skipper Kyle Vassell during Saturday’s 2-2 draw in Paisley.Saints striker Toyosi Olusanya headed the home side into the lead in the seventh minute of an eventful William Hill Premiership encounter before Killie attacker Marley W...Full Story »

Manager Stuart Maynard was full of praise for Jodi Jones after Notts County produced a stunning turnaround to come back from two goals down to beat Bromley 4-2 and move top of League Two.Having fallen two goals behind as early as the sixth minute through strikes from Michael Cheek and Ben Thompson, the Magpies scored four without reply to seal the three points.Jones halved the deficit in the fir...Full Story »

Palace boss Oliver Glasner admitted his new-look side are still working their way up to “excellent” football after salvaging a 2-2 draw with Leicester.Deadline-day signings Eddie Nketiah and Maxence Lacroix both made their Eagles debuts at Selhurst Park, where Jamie Vardy opened the scoring for the visitors in the 21st minute.The Foxes were leading 2-0 thanks to Stephy Mavididi&rsquo...Full Story »

Dundee manager Tony Docherty felt the intervention of the video assistant referee in their 2-0 defeat to Ross County was unnecessary.The Staggies had taken an early lead through Akil’s Wright header, but in first-half stoppage time referee Grant Irvine was asked to take another look at a coming together between Jordan White and Ethan Ingram following a VAR review, with a corner having been...Full Story »

Michael Carrick is confident Middlesbrough will develop into a more potent force in the Sky Bet Championship after watching Preston leave the Riverside with a point.The Boro head coach had to settle for a 1-1 draw after watching the Lilywhites claw level after Tommy Conway’s low finish in the 16th minute had put the home side ahead with his second goal for the club since moving from B...Full Story »

Marco Silva labelled referee Tim Robinson’s decision not to award Fulham a first-half penalty as “incredible” after Danny Ings’ late equaliser rescued West Ham a point from a 1-1 Premier League draw at Craven Cottage.Ings struck deep into second-half added-time as both teams shared the spoils after Fulham’s Raul Jimenez opened his Premier League account for the seas...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna insisted he had no hesitation in picking Arijanet Muric at Brighton despite a turbulent week for the goalkeeper.Muric was one of three players sent home early from the Kosovo squad last week for an alleged breach of their rules.But the 25-year-old summer signing from Burnley went from international zero to Ipswich hero by securing his side a point from a goalless draw...Full Story »

Stephen Clemence was delighted with Barrow’s multifaceted performance to beat Grimsby 2-1 and continue their strong start to the Sky Bet League Two campaign.Sam Foley and Theo Vassell headed in from corners in the first half, before the Mariners responded with a goal just before half-time through Kieran Green. The Bluebirds held on for the three points as Grimsby pushed for an equaliser in...Full Story »

Boston remain winless at home in the National League this season after Jacob Hazel’s equaliser rescued them a point in a 1-1 draw against Aldershot.Hazel notched his sixth goal of the season and fifth in four matches after Josh Barrett had given Shots a half-time lead, while Boston’s Dan Mooney saw his first-half penalty saved.Irish midfielder Barrett curled the visitors into a 29th-...Full Story »

Morecambe assistant manager Danny Grainger hailed a “massive result” for his struggling side after they came from 3-1 down with 10 men to claim their first point of the season in an incident-packed draw with Colchester.Morecambe, who had lost their opening five games, took the lead in the 17th minute with Ben Tollitt scoring their first goal of the campaign.However, they then saw bos...Full Story »

Boss Jimmy Thelin is refusing to get carried away after Aberdeen made it 10 successive wins in all competitions this season with a 2-1 victory over Motherwell at Pittodrie.The Dons held off a late comeback from Motherwell to record a fifth straight Scottish Premiership win thanks to Pape Habib Gueye’s double.The Senegalese striker netted a superb solo strike to open the scoring and doubled...Full Story »

Tom Cleverley was determined not to point the finger at his slow-starting Watford players after they played out an entertaining 1-1 draw against Coventry.The Vicarage Road outfit conceded after just four minutes for the third game in a row, but pulled back in a fixture that could have seen more goals.Tom Dele-Bashiru cancelled out an Ellis Simms opener, and Watford head coach Cleverley was ...Full Story »

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 »