Stockport boss Dave Challinor reflected on a ‘really happy Saturday’ after his side beat Tranmere 3-2 in League Two.The three points lifted last season’s National League champions into the play-off positions as they saw off one of their main top-seven rivals.Kane Hemmings’ penalty cancelled out Kyle Knoyle’s opener for Stockport, who moved back in front through Kyle...Full Story »

Nigel Clough called for a change in the substitution rules after Mansfield had three players injured in their 1-1 draw at Bradford.Louis Reed, Rhys Oates and Callum Johnson were all forced off in the first 36 minutes at Valley Parade.Centre-half Alfie Kilgour headed a stoppage-time equaliser to reward Mansfield’s fightback. But manager Clough was concerned about the current rules and he al...Full Story »

Boreham Wood boosted their National League play-off hopes with a 1-0 victory over top-seven rivals Chesterfield.Nathan Ashmore kept Wood, coming off the back of two consecutive wins, in the game after an early Chesterfield blitz.After a reflex parry kept out a deflected effort, the goalkeeper produced a brilliant triple save and then tipped Jamie Grimes’ header over the crossbar.Ryan Colcl...Full Story »

Cambridge defended resolutely to hold League One promotion hopefuls Ipswich to a 1-1 draw.Having seen out the early stages, Cambridge went ahead after 24 minutes when Harvey Knibbs drove forward before firing home an excellent finish from outside the box.Seven minutes later the U’s had the chance to double their lead after they were awarded a penalty when Conor McGrandles was brought down ...Full Story »

In-form Shrewsbury made it five wins on the spin thanks to Ryan Bowman’s fine volleyed finish in a 1-0 victory at Oxford.Killian Phillips flicked the ball forwards inside the box in the 74th minute and substitute Bowman swivelled to volley unerringly past Simon Eastwood.It dealt the Us a fourth straight defeat – during which they have scored just once – to increase the pressure...Full Story »

Bromley slipped out of the National League play-off places after only managing a 1-1 home draw with struggling Maidenhead following a late equaliser from Louis Dennis.Charlee Adams’ strike was easily collected by Bromley goalkeeper Reice Charles-Cook and Cole Kpekawa fired over, while Corey Whitely curled wide at the other end.Maidenhead took the lead in the 57th minute when Emile Acquah c...Full Story »

In-form Gillingham extended their unbeaten run to four games as veteran midfielder Shaun Williams scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Crawley.Crawley picked up from where they left off in last week’s victory over Salford, as Tom Fellows almost put them in front within 30 seconds when unmarked at the back post.Newly-appointed Town captain Ben Gladwin rounded Glenn Morris before the ex-C...Full Story »

Mark Sykes and Sam Bell’s first-half goals earned Bristol City a battling 2-1 victory at Preston.Striker Ched Evans pulled a goal back for the hosts shortly after the hour mark, but City held on after some late pressure to extend their healthy unbeaten run to eight games in all competitions.This was Preston’s fifth home league defeat in a row as their play-off hopes took a dive.City ...Full Story »

Kyle Dempsey scored the only goal of the game as Bolton boosted their Sky Bet League One promotion hopes with a 1-0 win at home to Cheltenham.Dempsey’s curling right-foot shot 10 minutes from time ended an afternoon of frustration for Wanderers, beaten only once in their last 10 league outings.Cheltenham won the reverse fixture by the same scoreline last October and their game management r...Full Story »

Two late goals capped an incredible comeback by Birmingham as they snatched a dramatic 4-3 win against Swansea.American centre-back Austin Trusty was the hero, glancing in a header off a Hannibal Mejbri corner to leave home fans at the Swansea.com Stadium in disbelief.Going into the last minute of normal time the Swans appeared to be cruising to three points after dominating most of the match.A ...Full Story »

Kaoru Mitoma headed home an 87th-minute winner to earn Brighton a 1-0 victory over struggling Bournemouth at the Amex Stadium.The Japan international, whose goal in stoppage time helped the Seagulls knock holders Liverpool out of the FA Cup last week, nodded past goalkeeper Neto to send his side into sixth place.Both sides threatened throughout a pacey first half, the Cherries somehow surviving ...Full Story »

Manchester United were made to sweat for their 13th successive home win after star midfielder Casemiro’s red card for violent conduct sparked a frenzied conclusion against Crystal Palace.Fresh from sealing their place in the Carabao Cup final on Wednesday, Erik ten Hag’s side looked set to make light work of Patrick Vieira’s Eagles in a rare Saturday afternoon kick-off.Bruno Fe...Full Story »

Ashley Charles scored the only goal as Wealdstone boosted their play-off hopes with a 1-0 win over rivals Dagenham in the Vanarama National League.Charles struck after just five minutes at Grosvenor Vale following a good run and pass from Brooklyn Ilunga.Olufela Olomola and Jack Cook had chances to extend the lead before the Daggers rallied after the break.Junior Morias hit the bar for the visit...Full Story »

Raith scored twice in seven second-half minutes to claim a 2-1 comeback cinch Championship victory at Arbroath and move up to fifth in the table.Michael McKenna broke the deadlock with Arbroath’s first shot on target from a corner in the 20th minute for his seventh goal of the season in all competitions.Moments later, Toyosi Olusanya had an attempt saved as the hosts looked to double their...Full Story »

Ruben Rodrigues’ penalty proved the difference as National League leaders Notts County won 2-1 at relegation battling Torquay.County took the lead in the 34th minute with a quick counter-attack, finished off when Macauley Langstaff took a touch to control Connell Rawlinson’s pass before rifling a shot home.Torquay went in level at half-time as Tom Lapslie controlled inside the box be...Full Story »

Wycombe moved within touching distance of the League One play-off spots after winning 3-0 away at out-of-form Port Vale.Gareth Ainsworth’s team were ruthless in attack four days after the sale of top-scorer Anis Mehmeti to Bristol City. Brandon Hanlan netted after 13 minutes and Joe Jacobson, from the spot, and substitute Garath McCleary scored in quick succession late in the game.Hanlan&r...Full Story »

Cardiff’s relegation concerns suffered another blow as they recorded a 1-0 Championship defeat at in-form Hull.Man-of-the-match Cyrus Christie scored the winning goal after 62 minutes to leave the visitors just two points clear of the bottom three.Cardiff, without a league victory in 2023, will leave East Yorkshire frustrated after Callum Robinson’s first-half penalty was brilliantly...Full Story »

Jack Bridge’s brace fired Southend back into the National League play-off places with a 2-0 win over troubled York.Both goals came in the second half, with the first from the penalty spot after Bridge went down under a challenge.Bridge stepped up himself and opened the scoring in the 64th minute with a spot-kick down the middle as Ethan Ross dived to his right.The second was all Bridge&rsq...Full Story »

Stockport climbed into the League Two play-off places with a 3-2 win over Tranmere at a sold-out Edgeley Park.An early drilled effort from Tranmere’s Lee O’Connor was well saved down low by goalkeeper Ben Hinchliffe before Stockport struck after 19 minutes when Kyle Knoyle rose to meet Chris Hussey’s cross and head smartly into the corner.Rovers levelled from the spot in the 41...Full Story »

Charlie Kirk scored deep into stoppage time to earn Burton a 3-2 win at Fleetwood after a breathless end to the League One clash.Promise Omochere had equalised for the 10-man hosts in the fourth minute of added time, but there was still time for Kirk to lift Albion out of the relegation zone.Earlier in the contest Burton goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray thwarted Jayden Stockley with a smart save an...Full Story »

Callum Paterson’s early goal gave Sheffield Wednesday a 1-0 victory over Plymouth Argyle and saw them replace their opponents as League One leaders on goal difference.Paterson struck in the seventh minute, producing a fine first-time finish at the near post after meeting a low cross from George Byers.Michael Cooper made a good save from Aden Flint to prevent the hosts from increasing their...Full Story »

Dennis Cirkin’s late header earned Sunderland a 1-1 draw at Millwall that kept both teams well in the mix for the Championship’s play-off places.The Lions, however, will see this as two points dropped as they largely had the better of proceedings at The Den and looked set to lift themselves into the top six thanks to a goal from captain Jake Cooper.They are up to seventh and just one...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal are not feeling the pressure in the Premier League title race despite losing 1-0 at Sean Dyche’s Everton.James Tarkowski’s header on the hour mark gave Dyche a winning start to life at Goodison Park and condemned the Gunners to only their second league defeat of the season.Arsenal’s best chance came when Bukayo Saka saw his goalbound effort cleared ...Full Story »

First-half strikes from John McAtee and George Lloyd put Grimsby on course to a comfortable 3-0 win at Crewe.Substitute Tom Dickson-Peters sealed victory for the Mariners with a close-range finish late on.The visitors got off to a great start when Lloyd’s clever flick released McAtee and the attacker raced clear before curling the ball into the far corner from 20 yards in the third minute....Full Story »

Elie Youan’s second-half goal earned Hibernian a 1-0 victory away to St Mirren.The forward struck 13 minutes from time to settle a game that struggled to get into any kind of rhythm.In doing so Lee Johnson’s men became the first team to win at the SMISA Stadium since Motherwell on the opening day of the league season.Hibs also moved above Saints into fifth place in the cinch Premiers...Full Story »

David McGoldrick scored his third hat-trick of the season as Derby thrashed Morecambe 5-0.Morecambe did well to frustrate Derby for much of the first half but McGoldrick’s quality broke their resistance in the 45th minute.After Hayden Roberts was tripped by Dynel Simeu just outside the area, Conor Hourihane teed up McGoldrick to bend a shot into the bottom left corner.McGoldrick put the re...Full Story »

Southampton fans turned on Nathan Jones after seeing their side slump to another limp defeat, 3-0 at Brentford.Saints could have climbed off the bottom of the Premier League with a victory at the Gtech Stadium, but instead goals from Ben Mee, Bryan Mbeumo and Mathias Jensen condemned them to an eighth loss in their last nine matches.The away supporters have evidently run out of patience with man...Full Story »

Watford’s Championship play-off hopes suffered a setback after they threw away a two-goal lead in their 2-2 draw at Reading.After a cagey opening half-hour, Watford went ahead when a clever team move culminated in Ismaila Sarr stroking in from close range.Defender Ryan Porteous, on his Watford debut, extended the advantage from a glancing header three minutes into the second half.Reading, ...Full Story »

Manager Vincent Kompany was thrilled to see his side overcome a potentially tricky hurdle as they won 3-0 at Norwich to go marching on at the top of the Championship.Facing a side which had won their two previous games in scintillating style under new coach David Wagner, the Clarets were at their imperious best from minute one as they reeled off a ninth straight league win.Anass Zaroury took adv...Full Story »

New Swindon Town manager Jody Morris was critical of referee Neil Hair after his promotion hopefuls were beaten 2-1 at struggling Newport County having played with 10 men for 75 minutes.Rushian Hepburn-Murphy was shown a straight red card after quarter of an hour for shoving Cameron Norman in the face after a touchline scuffle.But Morris, who took over the Robins on Tuesday, is adamant that his ...Full Story »

Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom said his side’s goalless draw at local rivals Rotherham was a positive point despite losing ground in the Sky Bet Championship title race.The Blades are now seven points adrift of leaders Burnley, who won 3-0 at Norwich, after they failed to make a breakthrough against their neighbours from across the M1.They were the better side at the New York Sta...Full Story »

Burnley marched on at the top of the Championship as they swept aside Norwich 3-0 at Carrow Road.Vincent Kompany’s side produced another impressive display to make it nine league wins on the trot and move, temporarily at least, 20 points clear of third-placed Middlesbrough.Anass Zaroury took advantage of a horrible error from goalkeeper Tim Krul to open the scoring in the eighth minute and...Full Story »

Sheffield United lost ground in the Sky Bet Championship title race as they were held to a 0-0 draw in the South Yorkshire derby at Rotherham.The Blades are now seven points adrift of leaders Burnley, who won 3-0 at Norwich, after they failed to make a breakthrough against their neighbours from across the M1.They were the better side at the New York Stadium but did not create an abundance of cha...Full Story »

Everton leant heavily on their Burnley connection for a first win since October as Sean Dyche’s reign as manager got off to the perfect start with a 1-0 win over Premier League leaders Arsenal.The ex-Clarets boss insisted he did not have any “magic dust” to sprinkle on a struggling squad – the only one not to be strengthened by a January signing – but the effect he ...Full Story »

Relegation-threatened Newport County secured a vital 2-1 home win over promotion-chasing Swindon Town, who played with 10 men for 75 minutes.The straight red card shown to Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, for shoving Cameron Norman in the face following a touchline scuffle after only quarter of an hour, proved the pivotal moment of the contest.Norman, Adam Lewis and Harry Charsley went close for the host...Full Story »

PIERRE EMERICK-AUBAMEYANG appears to be in MILAN after being axed from Chelsea’s Champions League squad. The striker’s brother has shared a family snap, which includes the Gabon ace, posing in the Italian city - despite the Blues currently being in action against Fulham. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been axed from Chelsea's Champions league squad The star's brother posted this sn...Full Story »

NEWCASTLE United’s £45million signing Anthony Gordon could face jail after driving just two days into a road ban. The star, 21, got a six-month disqualification on Monday for twice failing to disclose details of the driver of his car. Anthony Gordon was photographed behind the wheel of his £100k Mercedes G-Wagon on Wednesday - days after being banned from the road Wearing a bl...Full Story »

David Datro Fofana wasn't able to find a winner on his Chelsea debut Chelsea owner Todd Boehly fell back into his seat after watching David Datro Fofana miss a golden chance to score in their goalless draw against Fulham. The US businessman has overseen £566million in incoming deals but that wasn't enough for Graham Potter's men to beat their west London rivals who sit three places above...Full Story »

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been removed from Chelsea's Champions League squad. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been omitted from Chelsea's Champions League squad to free up registration spots for the club's new signings. Chelsea made eight new signings in the January transfer window, including a Premier League record deal to acquire World Cup-winning midfielder Enzo Fernandez for €120 ...Full Story »

MASON Greenwood is eyeing a football career in China if Manchester United sack him over sex attack claims. The club launched a probe on Thursday when prosecutors dropped the charges against him because 12 witnesses refused to cooperate. Mason Greenwood is eyeing a football career in China if Manchester United sack him over sex attack claims The club launched a probe on Thursday when prosecuto...Full Story »

Julian Araujo's big move to Barcelona has fallen through after FIFA ruled that the paperwork to finalize the transfer was submitted too late. Araujo misses out on dream move FIFA reject appeal Defender will remain with Galaxy WHAT HAPPENED? FIFA confirmed on the news on Friday, with Barcelona director of football Mateu Alemany saying a system error caused the club to miss the deadline by...Full Story »

Real Madrid were offered the chance to sign Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo, but turned down a potential deal for the now-Bayern Munich man. Madrid offered Cancelo but turned him down Barca also in the running to sign him Real saving up for Bellingham in summer WHAT HAPPENED? Cancelo signed for Bayern on loan with a buy option of €70 million (£62m/$76m). However, the ou...Full Story »

Manchester City will be without John Stones for some key games at home and in Europe but Phil Foden is set to return. Stones injured against Arsenal Will miss a month But Foden ready to return WHAT HAPPENED? Guardiola has offered an update on Stones and confirmed he will miss the next month after sustaining a hamstring injury against Arsenal. The Manchester City boss also spoke about Fod...Full Story »

Jurgen Klopp admits he "doesn't understand" Chelsea's remarkable £320m January spending spree. Chelsea spent more than £320m in January Eight players including Mudryk and Fernandez recruited Klopp expects rapid improvement from Blues WHAT HAPPENED? Speaking at a press conference ahead of Liverpool's Premier League trip to Wolves, Klopp was asked about events at Stamford Bridge ...Full Story »

Cristiano Ronaldo opened his account for Al-Nassr from the penalty spot to salvage a 2-2 draw for his new team against Al-Fateh. Al-Nassr held by Al-Fateh Ronaldo opens Al-Nassr account Nets 93rd minute penalty TELL ME MORE: Ronaldo scored his first Al-Nassr goal on Friday but it wasn't enough to seal all three points for his new side. However, the Portuguese superstar's stoppage-time ...Full Story »

Let's start our 7M Daily Laugh today.   Chelsea 0-0 Fulham last night..   Arteta named Barclays Manager of the Month   Enzo Fernandez in this Chelsea team   "She's been my friend for 5 years but i don't think i can trust her" Men right after they meet someone that supports the same club as them:   When You Spend a World Record €800M+ and Still Can't Win ...Full Story »

Guardiola wants Brighton star Mac Allister to replace Gundogan (Fichajes) Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has identified Alexis Mac Allister as the man he wants to replace Ilkay Gundogan in midfield. The Brighton star impressed in Argentina's World Cup triumph last year and Fichajes says Guardiola is pushing for City to sign him. Man Utd & PSG must pay €100m for Osimhen (ESP...Full Story »

Graham Potter said Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has done “nothing wrong” after he was left out of Chelsea’s Champions League squad for the rest of the season.Aubameyang flew to Milan after being told he would not be involved in the team’s Premier League clash with Fulham on Friday night, which ended in a goalless stalemate as £106.5million record-signing Enzo Fernandez...Full Story »

West Brom head coach Carlos Corberan urged his side to continue to strive for consistency to fuel their promotion bid after a historic 1-0 win against Coventry.Grady Diangana’s 15th-minute tap-in clinched a sixth straight home league win for the Baggies without conceding and lifted them to fifth in the Sky Bet Championship.It was the first time they have kept six successive league clean sh...Full Story »

Enzo Fernandez’s Chelsea debut ended in anti-climax as Fulham earned a worthy 0-0 draw against Graham Potter’s side at Stamford Bridge.The hosts’ £106.5million deadline day signing was kept largely subdued as Potter’s team failed to substantially improve upon their mid-table Premier League position and saw their indifferent form extend to one win in six in the compe...Full Story »

West Bromwich Albion climbed to fifth in the Sky Bet Championship with a 1-0 win over Coventry City.Grady Diangana’s 15th-minute tap-in ensured Carlos Corberan’s side clinched a sixth home league win and clean sheet in a row.Albion have not conceded a goal at home in all competitions in more than 11 hours of football – 697 minutes.After being knocked out of the FA Cup last time...Full Story »

Dale Gorman struck twice as high-flying Barnet won 3-1 at Scunthorpe to extend their unbeaten league run to 10 matches.Gorman scored either side of half-time to put Barnet 2-0 up and after Gerry McDonagh pulled one back for Scunthorpe on his debut, David Moyo headed the visitors’ third.The Bees took a 31st-minute lead when Gorman’s free-kick from the right evaded everyone in the box ...Full Story »

Queen’s Park shrugged off the shock of being booted out of the Scottish Cup as they extended their lead at the top of the Championship to four points with a 2-0 win over second-placed Ayr.Just hours after the Spiders were sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player against Inverness, two second-half strikes downed the visitors at Ochilview.After a goalless first period the hosts grabbed t...Full Story »

Queen’s Park have been ejected from the Scottish Cup for fielding an ineligible player in their fourth-round victory over Inverness.On-loan Hearts striker Euan Henderson led the attack in the Spiders’ 2-0 win in Tuesday’s rescheduled tie at the Caledonian Stadium but the 22-year-old should not have played as he was not signed prior to the original date of the game (January 21) ...Full Story »