Swansea’s interim head coach Alan Sheehan felt pride as his team earned a 2-1 win against 10-man Rotherham.Sheehan was taking charge of the Welsh club following Michael Duff’s dismissal earlier this week.And they got off to a winning start thanks to goals from Charlie Patino and ex-Rotherham player Jerry Yates.The Millers were down to 10 men with just 17 minutes played when Daniel Ay...Full Story »

Oisin McEntee’s second-half brace have Walsall a shock 2-1 comeback victory at promotion hopefuls Notts County.Aden Baldwin gave his side the lead just as the clock ticked beyond the half-hour mark. A delightfully glided ball into the Walsall penalty area was met firmly by the head of Baldwin for his first goal of the campaign.Mat Sadler would have been impressed with his side’s effo...Full Story »

Accrington manager John Coleman took heart from a point and a clean sheet after their goalless draw with Doncaster.The Reds missed the chance to go back into the play-off places as, in horrendous conditions at the Wham Stadium, they had to settle for a draw against mid-table Rovers.Josh Andrews had the best chance of the first half for Stanley when he was put clean through, but goalkeeper Louis ...Full Story »

Norwich head coach David Wagner said his side needed to find a more ruthless edge after being held to a frustrating goalless draw by Preston at Carrow Road.The Canaries were on the front foot for long periods against a side who had lost their three previous games but could find no way through a determined rearguard.“The feeling in the dressing room right now is one of frustration because I...Full Story »

Millwall manager Joe Edwards was defiant despite a 1-0 defeat at Cardiff leaving his side just two points above the Championship relegation zone.A 78th-minute header from Bluebirds centre-back Dimitrios Goutas decided a dire encounter and left the Lions with just one win in their last 10 league matches.Edwards, who took over from the sacked Gary Rowett in October, said: “It’s not a m...Full Story »

David Artell reckons there is more to come from Grimsby after picking up his first win against his former club Crewe with a 2-1 victory at Blundell Park.Abo Eisa and Danny Rose were on target for the Mariners as Crewe – beaten for just the fourth time this season – replied through substitute Joe White.Artell said: “We are in a results-based business, so you have to win games.&l...Full Story »

Crawley boss Scott Lindsey saluted his side’s “professional” performance in their 2-1 win at struggling Colchester.Liam Kelly fired Crawley ahead in the 41st minute with a low shot from Will Wright’s short pass and they doubled their lead in the 64th minute through Danilo Orsi’s penalty, after Nick Tsaroulla had been fouled by Arthur Read in the area.Joe Taylor redu...Full Story »

Livingston manager David Martindale still has belief his team can get out of trouble after Hibernian condemned them to a seventh consecutive defeat.Martin Boyle’s low shot gave Hibs a 1-0 win in a tight contest played in challenging conditions, with swirling wind and driving rain.Livingston were disappointing in the first half but, despite improving after the break, they could not find a l...Full Story »

Tranmere boss Nigel Adkins believes there is now a real momentum building at the club after he saw his team come from a goal down to beat Newport 2-1 on a stormy afternoon at Prenton Park.A Connor Jennings strike with just two minutes remaining secured all three points after Kieron Morris had cancelled out Will Evans’ opener for Newport midway through the first half.Rovers are now unbeaten...Full Story »

James McAtee’s first-half stunner handed Chris Wilder his first win since returning as Sheffield United manager as they beat Brentford 1-0 at Bramall Lane.Chances were few and far between for much of the first period but United made their first shot on target count thanks to a McAtee beauty right at the end of the half.A Brentford side without the injured Bryan Mbeumo struggled to pierce a...Full Story »

Stephy Mavididi scored twice as Leicester cruised to a comfortable 4-0 win at home to Plymouth to remain top of the Championship table.Mavididi opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 14 minutes before the Foxes scored three goals in a scintillating seven-minute spell after the break to take the game out of Argyle’s reach.Patson Daka doubled Leicester’s lead with a cool finish...Full Story »

Taylor Perry’s first-half strike made it eight league games without a win for Wycombe as Shrewsbury came away from Adams Park with a 1-0 win.Matt Bloomfield’s side started off the better and nearly took the lead on 21 minutes when Luke Leahy saw his free-kick tipped over the bar by Marko Marosi, before David Wheeler fired wide six minutes later.For large parts of the contest, Wycombe...Full Story »

Inverness recovered from an early setback to overcome Queen’s Park 4-1 at Hampden Park.Jack Turner converted Dom Thomas’ cross to put the Spiders ahead after 10 minutes.But Inverness, who suffered defeat for the first time under Duncan Ferguson against Raith seven days earlier, levelled after 21 minutes through Max Anderson and Niko Ujdur’s close-range header put them ahead jus...Full Story »

Bottom-placed Livingston suffered a seventh straight cinch Premiership defeat as Martin Boyle’s first-half goal gave Hibernian a 1-0 win at the Tony Macaroni Arena.In a match played in terrible conditions, the forward’s composed finish was the stand-out moment of quality as he bent a low shot into the far corner from 15 yards, after the ball had broken kindly to him in the box.The vi...Full Story »

Goals from Josh Edwards and Matty Todd helped Dunfermline see off potential play-off rivals Airdrie with a 2-1 win at the Excelsior Stadium.The visitors had to survive a pair of early scares with keeper Deniz Mehmet tipping a Josh Allen header onto the bar before Nikolay Todorov also headed against the woodwork.Edwards grabbed the opener after a neat pass from Lewis McCann and Dunfermline double...Full Story »

Northampton made it four wins in five league games with an impressive 3-0 victory over struggling Fleetwood.Mitch Pinnock and Sam Hoskins were on target in the first half at Sixfields and the former struck again late on as the Cobblers moved 12th in League One.Both goalkeepers were tested early on as Jay Lynch saved from Hoskins before Max Thompson kept out Fleetwood’s Jack Marriott.Lynch ...Full Story »

Bournemouth are celebrating a stunning first-ever victory at Old Trafford after Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United were outplayed and outfought in a 3-0 Premier League humiliation.The Red Devils were embarrassed by Andoni Iraola’s ever-improving Cherries just three days on from beating Chelsea with arguably their best performance of the season.Star turn Dominic Solanke scored a smart f...Full Story »

Accrington remain outside the League Two play-Off positions after playing out a goalless draw with Doncaster in driving rain.Rovers overcame Stanley in the FA Cup first round but, despite dominating the chances, the Reds could not avenge that defeat.Doncaster came close in the second minute when George Broadbent’s cross found Tom Nixon at the far post, but he was off target.Tommy Rowe head...Full Story »

Gassan Ahadme scored two late goals to earn new Cambridge head coach Neil Harris a point in his first game in charge after a dramatic 2-2 draw against Charlton at The Valley.There was a distinct lack of drama in a drab opening 45 minutes in which neither side managed to create a chance of note.But Charlton looked to be heading for maximum points as they went 2-0 ahead before the hour mark.First ...Full Story »

Wigan and Lincoln cancelled each other out in a Sky Bet League One clash at the DW Stadium that was devoid of almost any goalmouth action or excitement.Jonny Smith, making his first league start for Wigan, almost fluked a goal early on when his inswinging corner from the right caught out Lincoln goalkeeper Lukas Jensen.At the other end, Sam Tickle made a simple save from Ethan Hamilton’s l...Full Story »

Anthony Musaba struck a 91st-minute winner as Sheffield Wednesday moved off the foot of the Championship table with a 1-0 victory at Stoke.Cameron Dawson was the Owls’ other hero, saving a second-half penalty from Ryan Mmaee as Wednesday extended their unbeaten run to three games.“Sacked in the morning” were the chants aimed at Potter boss Alex Neil after Musaba broke away to f...Full Story »

Ali Al-Hamadi scored twice as AFC Wimbledon recorded a thumping 4-0 victory over Swindon that lifted them into the play-off places in League Two.It was a third league win in four games for the Dons, who started the day 10th in the table and well and truly avenged the 5-1 thrashing they took off the Robins in this fixture last season.Al-Hamadi had an effort headed off the line by Frazer Blake-Tra...Full Story »

Peterborough leapfrogged Oxford in the League One play-off race after thumping their fellow promotion contenders 3-0.Posh’s first-half dominance was rewarded with two goals from Hector Kyprianou and Ricky-Jade Jones, with substitute Ryan De Havilland adding a third late on.Kyprianou had the simple task of breaking the deadlock in the 24th minute after Harrison Burrows cut the ball back int...Full Story »

George Oakley’s late winner earned rock-bottom Morton a crucial 2-1 win at fellow strugglers Arbroath in the cinch Championship.Both sides went into the game in dismal form, with the hosts having lost six in succession while Morton had not claimed a point from their last four.The visitors grabbed the lead in the 37th minute when Lewis McGrattan fired home after a neat through-ball from Jac...Full Story »

Mika Biereth netted an injury-time equaliser as Motherwell claimed a share of the spoils in a 1-1 cinch Premiership draw against St Johnstone at Fir Park.Biereth powered home a header in the final seconds to level proceedings, though Well boss Stuart Kettlewell remained under pressure, having seen his side extend their winless run to 13 matches.A goalkeeping error from Liam Kelly led to Bevis Mu...Full Story »

Oliver Arblaster was on target as Port Vale won the battle of League One’s out of form teams with a narrow 1-0 win at Exeter.It was the Valiants’ first win in 11 league games and stretched Exeter’s winless run to 11, with the home fans again voicing their frustrations at full-time towards under-fire manager Gary Caldwell.Exeter made a positive start to the game and should have ...Full Story »

Rangers survived an early setback to beat Dundee 3-1 in an eventful cinch Premiership encounter at Ibrox.Striker Amadou Bakayoko stunned the home fans in the fifth minute but the Light Blues responded with goals from forward Cyriel Dessers, skipper James Tavernier – with a penalty awarded by VAR – and attacker Abdallah Sima.Gers midfielder Jose Cifuentes was sent off at the end ...Full Story »

Aberdeen boss Barry Robson claimed his side had finally got the reward their performances deserve after they came from behind to take all three points in an entertaining cinch Premiership match-up with Hearts.Robson’s side had started slowly and when Lawrence Shankland headed the visitors ahead it was no less than they deserved. But that goal seemed to kick-start Aberdeen, and they were le...Full Story »

A Kyle Wootton goal three minutes from time earned league leaders Stockport a battling point in a 1-1 draw at windswept Morecambe.Dave Challinor’s side looked set for defeat until the striker took advantage of some hesitation in the Morecambe defence to slide home Kyle Knoyle’s cross to the far post.The Shrimps went into the game on a four-match losing run but took the lead in the 69...Full Story »

Jack Hunt spared new Bristol Rovers manager Matt Taylor’s blushes with a second-half equaliser in a 1-1 draw with bottom-of-the-table Cheltenham Town at the Memorial Stadium.Striker Will Goodwin put the Robins in command on 28 minutes, coolly slotting in from 10 yards out after a counter-attack led by George Lloyd to record his fifth goal this season.Lacklustre Rovers were booed off at hal...Full Story »

David Artell picked up his first win as Grimsby manager with a 2-1 victory against his former club Crewe at Blundell Park.Goals from Abo Eisa and Danny Rose did the damage as Crewe – who scored through substitute Joe White in the second half – were beaten for only the fourth time in Sky Bet League Two this season.Connor O’Riordan went close for the Alex in the early stages with...Full Story »

Stevenage showed their resilience to come from behind and secure a 2-1 win at Burton to continue their League One promotion push.Steve Evans’ side maintained their unbeaten streak, stretching back to October, as Kane Hemmings and Jamie Reid cancelled out Deji Oshilaja’s early Burton opener and extended Albion’s winless run to six games.In difficult, blustery conditions at the P...Full Story »

A goal in each half earned Ipswich a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough to keep Kieran McKenna’s side on the tails of leaders Leicester.The Tractor Boys impressed at the Riverside even though goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky had to make a few good second-half saves to prevent Boro from scoring.Conor Chaplin’s eighth of the season nine minutes before half-time was followed by substitute Omari Hutchin...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest stopped the rot with a battling point at Wolves to give Steve Cooper an early birthday present in the fight for his job.The under-fire Forest boss, who turns 44 on Sunday, saw his side scrap to a deserved 1-1 draw to end a run of four straight defeats.Harry Toffolo headed in the opener only for Matheus Cunha to level in the first half at Molineux.Toffolo missed a fine second-ha...Full Story »

Crawley won 2-1 at struggling Colchester to inflict defeat on their former boss Matty Etherington.Goals from Liam Kelly and Danilo Orsi either side of half-time were enough to give Crawley the win, with Joe Taylor netting an added-time consolation.Samson Tovide squandered a great early chance for Colchester, for whom Arthur Read’s 25-yard free-kick went over while Kelly scuffed a good open...Full Story »

Norwich were frustrated by a determined rearguard action from Preston as a hard-fought Championship encounter at Carrow Road ended goalless.The visitors, who were on a run of three successive defeats, showed plenty of spirit against a Norwich side who had won three of their previous four games and just about deserved their share of the spoils.For all their possession Norwich only threatened spor...Full Story »

Jordan Rhodes scored twice as Blackpool earned a well-deserved 3-0 victory against struggling Carlisle.Blackpool dominated throughout, and the result merited their impressive performance as they move within three points of the play-off places.The Seasiders went ahead through Andy Lyons (22), who chipped Tomas Holy after the Carlisle goalkeeper fumbled a cross.Blackpool were in the ascendancy and...Full Story »

Bristol City travelled back to the west country with a point after a rain- and wind-swept 1-1 draw with Huddersfield.Delano Burgzorg opened the scoring for the hosts after a devastating first-half counter-attack spearheaded by the impressive David Kasumu.Tommy Conway capped off a tidy move for the Robins straight after the break, slotting home Andreas Weimann’s precise cross to equalise.Hu...Full Story »

A late header by centre-back Dimitrios Goutas earned Cardiff a narrow 1-0 Championship victory in a dire encounter against struggling Millwall.Greece international Goutas pounced direct from a corner in the 78th minute to seal three points the Bluebirds scarcely deserved.An encounter dreadfully low on quality looked destined to end goalless, before a brief spell of pressure in the closing stages...Full Story »

Connor Jennings scored an 88th-minute winner as Tranmere extended their unbeaten league record with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Newport at a wet and windy Prenton Park.Second-half strikes from Kieron Morris and Jennings cancelled out Will Evans’ opener to complete a thrilling comeback and make it five games without defeat in League Two for Rovers.Newport could have taken the lead in the 14...Full Story »

St Mirren ended a run of three successive losses to defeat Ross County 2-0 and move back into third place in the Scottish Premiership table.An own goal from County’s Ryan Leak broke the deadlock early in the second half before Jonah Ayunga added a second five minutes later.The visitors, who lost for the first time since Derek Adams’ return as manager, rarely threatened, a late header...Full Story »

An injury-time winner from Leighton Clarkson settled an entertaining cinch Premiership battle 2-1 in the favour of Aberdeen and eased the pressure on manager Barry Robson as they overcame Hearts.Hearts had started the brighter of the two and took the lead through Lawrence Shankland, but Bojan Miovski levelled matters early in the second half and Clarkson struck two minutes into injury time to gi...Full Story »

QPR’s resurgence under Marti Cifuentes continued as they beat Hull 2-0 to make it three wins in a row.The rejuvenated Chris Willock put the hosts ahead with his third goal in as many matches and Ilias Chair’s second-half finish sealed the victory.Rangers remain in the Sky Bet Championship bottom three but have lost just one of their six matches since Cifuentes took over a side which ...Full Story »

Rotherham academy product Jerry Yates came back to haunt his former club as he grabbed the winner in Swansea’s 2-1 victory.Defender Daniel Ayala was sent off for the Millers after 17 minutes and that changed the complexion of the game, with Swansea eventually taking full advantage to secure all three points.The game saw two interim bosses in charge, with Rotherham believed to be closing in...Full Story »

Dundee United returned to the top of the cinch Championship by beating Ayr 1-0 at Tannadice.Kai Fotheringham fired home his 10th goal of the season after 63 minutes to take United above Raith, who were 4-3 winners over Partick Thistle on Friday.Ayr went close to opening the scoring after 13 minutes when Fraser Bryden’s effort was cleared off the line by Kevin Holt.Fotheringham missed two s...Full Story »

Brighton were frustrated by a superb performance from Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford as they played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at the Amex Stadium.Simon Adingra headed in from Pascal Gross’ cross in the 77th minute to deny Vincent Kompany’s side, who had looked set to claim a second away win of the season courtesy of Wilson Odobert’s sensational solo effort at the end of t...Full Story »

Barnsley’s push for the League One play-offs received a boost when they came from behind to win 3-1 at relegation-threatened Reading.Harvey Knibbs gave Reading the lead early on through a close-range header but Herbie Kane levelled approaching half-time from a penalty.Devante Cole, Barnsley’s top scorer, fired home a superb long-range strike in the 80th minute and Max Watters settled...Full Story »

Mohamed Salah believes Liverpool possess a similar mentality to their last title-winning side after his 200th goal for the Reds sparked a 2-1 comeback over 10-man Crystal Palace.Jurgen Klopp’s men failed to register a shot on target in the first half at Selhurst Park, where the hosts were hoping to bounce back from a disappointing midweek defeat to Bournemouth after which boss Roy Hodgson ...Full Story »

Interim boss Mike Dodds expects to still be in charge of Sunderland for Tuesday’s visit of Leeds after guiding the Black Cats to a 2-1 win over West Brom.Dodds was handed the head coach role on a temporary basis after Tony Mowbray was sacked earlier this week and got off to the perfect start as the hosts brought a three-game winless run to an end.The interview process for a new head coach ...Full Story »

Daniel Farke praised the “ice cold” finishing of Dan James and Crysencio Summerville after their goals gave Leeds a deserved 2-0 win at Blackburn.The Championship’s in-form side comfortably brushed aside a spirited Rovers side thanks to clinical strikes, first through James’ fine low 27th-minute effort, and then Summerville’s cool finish – his third in the las...Full Story »