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 »