Stevenage missed the chance to enter the Sky Bet League One automatic promotion places as they were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Exeter.There was little to choose between the sides in a drab first half until Jack Aitchison, already on a booking, received a second yellow card for dissent two minutes before the break.Boro were quick to make their visitors pay as Carl Piergianni headed Dan Sweeney&...Full Story »

Armando Dobra scored the only goal of the game as National League leaders Chesterfield beat Hartlepool 1-0.They took the lead just five minutes in when a clearance fell to Dobra on the edge of the box and the midfielder fired the ball home.Emmanuel Dieseruvwe had a chance go wide for Pools, but the Spireites had opportunities to extend their lead in the second half with Jamie Grimes and James Be...Full Story »

Ebbsfleet rescued a point against promotion hopefuls Barnet to draw 1-1 in the Vanarama National League.Both sides had chances in the first half as Zak Brunt rattled the crossbar and Dominic Poleon hit a post on the half-hour mark.Nicke Kabamba fired the Bees ahead two minutes into the second half after smashing the ball into the bottom corner and they came close again minutes later when Harry P...Full Story »

Reading picked up a well deserved point in their battle to avoid the drop from League One with a battling 1-1 draw against Lincoln at Sincil Bank.The home side opened the scoring after just three minutes when a dangerous cross from Ted Bishop was deflected into his own net by the unfortunate Nelson Abbey.The visitors responded well and could have levelled in the 13th minute when Lewis Wing&rsquo...Full Story »

Morecambe emphatically ended a five-game winless run in League Two as they strolled to a 5-0 victory at Doncaster.Ged Brannan’s side had taken just one point from the previous 15 available but looked anything but strugglers as they swept past lacklustre Rovers, with Michael Mellon netting twice along with goals from Eli King, captain Jacob Bedeau and David Tutonda.King gave the visitors th...Full Story »

Maidenhead extended their unbeaten National League run to seven games after beating struggling Kidderminster 1-0.Reece Smith came close for Maidenhead but Christian Dibble saved before Harriers had a chance when Amari Morgan-Smith headed wide from Jack Lambert’s free-kick.Casey Pettit broke the deadlock in the 67th minute, slotting the ball past Dibble to send the Magpies into the top half...Full Story »

Salford and AFC Wimbledon played out a goalless League Two stalemate at the Peninsula Stadium on Saturday.The visitors had 20 shots at the Salford goal, but could not make it count.Armani Little was the main goal threat for either side in the first half. The Dons midfielder had several efforts, the first of which he hit just off target from 25 yards out.Little tried his luck again from the edge ...Full Story »

Dylan Easton’s second-half strike made it five cinch Championship wins in a row for Raith Rovers as they secured a 1-0 win over Dundee United at Tannadice.That left Rovers five points clear of the Terrors, who have a game in hand, at the top of the table.Easton scored his ninth goal of the season after 59 minutes when he weaved his way around a trio of defenders and curled into the top cor...Full Story »

Arbroath ended a run of seven successive Scottish Championship defeats with a 2-1 victory at Inverness.The Red Lichties took the lead in the 29th minute when Jay Bird fired left-footed into the bottom corner from Scott Stewart’s cross for his seventh goal of the season.Billy Mckay maintained his fine form by levelling for Inverness 10 minutes later with a neat finish from Cameron Harper&rs...Full Story »

Mansfield moved up to fourth in Sky Bet League Two with an impressive 3-1 win at 10-man Crawley.The Stags, pegged back by a penalty from Danilo Orsi after Baily Cargill’s opener, stepped up their game in the second half to clinch their first victory in three league matches.Scott Lindsey went into the contest believing Crawley have come “a hell of a long way” since he took over ...Full Story »

Motherwell goalkeeper Liam Kelly saved a penalty to help his side play out a hard-fought goalless draw in difficult conditions at St Mirren.The Scotland international parried away Mark O’Hara’s spot-kick four minutes after half-time, and despite the visitors having four one-on-one opportunities after surviving a close escape, they failed to find the net.Motherwell’s winless run...Full Story »

Aldershot were brought crashing down to earth after their FA Cup heroics as they suffered a 5-3 defeat at home to 10-man Eastleigh.Three days after beating League Two leaders Stockport to secure a place in the third round, the Shots found themselves 3-0 down at half-time thanks to goals from Paul McCallum and Bailey Clements and an own goal from Coby Rowe.McCallum grabbed his second of the game ...Full Story »

Ten-man Morton extended their cinch Championship winning streak to three games following a narrow 1-0 victory at home to Queen’s Park.Robbie Muirhead handed the home side an early lead as he slotted Robbie Crawford’s cross into the bottom corner from close range for his 10th goal of the season in all competitions.But the hosts were reduced to 10 men on the stroke of half-time as Geor...Full Story »

Paddy Madden scored a hat-trick as League Two leaders Stockport ruthlessly thrashed bottom side Sutton 8-0.Ryan Croasdale’s brace plus Kyle Wootton and Madden’s efforts put County four ahead by half-time.The rout was completed afterwards by Madden and substitutes Joel Cotterill and Isaac Olaofe, plus the former’s injury-time penalty.The Hatters went ahead when Croasdale headed ...Full Story »

Partick Thistle closed in on second-placed Dundee United in the cinch Championship after a 2-1 win at Dunfermline.The Jags took advantage of the Terrors’ defeat by Raith Rovers to reduce the gap to six points.Thistle went ahead after 12 minutes when Harry Milne headed home a cross from Steven Lawless.They doubled their advantage in the 45th minute when Brian Graham poked home from close ra...Full Story »

Chris Conn-Clarke scored a stunning double as Altrincham came from behind to beat bottom side AFC Fylde 2-1.The visitors had hopes of moving off the foot of the Vanarama National League table when Connor Barrett gave them the lead after 26 minutes, but Conn-Clarke had other ideas and equalised with a superb free-kick shortly before the hour mark.Fylde responded immediately and almost retook the ...Full Story »

Danny Rose cancelled out Omar Bogle’s opener to earn Grimsby a 1-1 League Two draw at Newport.Both goals came in the final 20 minutes of a tight mid-table contest at Rodney Parade.County striker Bogle went closest to breaking the deadlock in the first half when he chipped a free-kick onto the top of the net from 20 yards out.Bogle was also integral to another big chance nine minutes into t...Full Story »

Harrogate ended a seven-game run without a home win by confidently beating Notts County 3-1 in Sky Bet League Two.Midfielder George Thomson’s eighth goal of the season and further efforts from Abraham Odoh and Matty Daly saw Town enjoy a repeat outcome of the 2019-20 Vanarama National League play-off final between the two teams.Jodi Jones netted for County but Luke Williams’ off-form...Full Story »

Hull moved back into the Sky Bet Championship play-off places with a convincing 3-0 victory at home to Cardiff.Aaron Connolly’s 32nd-minute tap-in – his sixth goal of the season – sent the hosts on their way towards an utterly deserved victory.Scott Twine’s lovely free-kick in the second half essentially put the match to bed, so poor were Cardiff from the outset.Ozan Tufa...Full Story »

Celtic fans turned their wrath on the board as Hearts’ 2-0 win at Parkhead consigned the Hoops to back-to-back league defeats for the first time in a decade.First-half goals from Lawrence Shankland and Stephen Kingsley earned Hearts their first league win at Celtic Park since 2007.Shankland’s free header and Kingsley’s 25-yard free-kick saw Hearts end a 14-match losing run at C...Full Story »

Two goals from Ruben Rodrigues and one from Marcus McGuane gave Des Buckingham his first league win as Oxford boss in a 3-0 triumph against managerless Burton.The Portuguese forward struck in the 25th minute, cutting in from the right to shoot past Max Crocombe following Cameron Brannagan’s cross-field pass.Rodrigues made it two seven minutes from time, firing high into the net from 1...Full Story »

Middlesbrough ended a run of three consecutive Sky Bet Championship defeats with a 2-1 victory at Swansea achieved in strange fashion.Substitute Samuel Silvera struck the 77th-minute winner, whipping home a close-range free-kick after Swansea goalkeeper Carl Rushworth had been penalised for picking up Harry Darling’s back pass.Middlesbrough led at the interval through Sam Greenwood’s...Full Story »

Goals from Jamie Walker and Andy Cook earned Bradford a comfortable 2-0 win away to Gillingham that gave Bantams manager Graham Alexander his fifth victory in a row.The home side thought they had taken the lead from a set-piece on 15 minutes when Macauley Bonne flicked Connor Mahoney’s near-post corner towards goal, only for Harry Lewis to palm the effort away.Bradford took the lead in the...Full Story »

Neil Harris secured his first victory as Cambridge boss with a 2-1 victory over Blackpool.The visitors took the lead after 25 minutes through Jordan Rhodes, who was left unmarked to head home Karamoko Demeble’s free-kick.Cambridge hit back seven minutes later when a fine James Brophy delivery found Gassan Ahadme. He was denied by Dan Grimshaw, but Elias Kachunga scrambled the ball home.Jac...Full Story »

Peterborough moved into the League One automatic-promotion places with a 1-0 win at Fleetwood.Archie Collins netted the winner in the 42nd minute to lift Posh up to second, one point above Oxford.The visitors could have been ahead in the second minute when Ricky-Jade Jones fired over from close range while Kwame Poku stung the palms of Jay Lynch in the Fleetwood goal moments later.Posh finally g...Full Story »

Portsmouth moved seven points clear at the top of Sky Bet League One after a 3-0 win over Shrewsbury.Two goals from Abu Kamara and another from Marlon Pack maintained the momentum for John Mousinho’s men.Just before the half-hour mark, Paddy Lane cut the ball back to Kusini Yengi in the heart of the box, but the Pompey forward blasted it over the bar.The visitors took the lead on the strok...Full Story »

Manchester City dropped points once again as a stoppage-time Michael Olise penalty saw the Premier League champions held 2-2 by Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium.City had dominated possession and appeared in complete control after Jack Grealish put them ahead in the 24th minute and Rico Lewis added a 54th-minute finish.But Palace fought back to reduce the deficit via Jean-Philippe Mateta with...Full Story »

Jamille Matt’s first league goal of the season gave Walsall a 1-0 win over terrible travellers Tranmere.Rovers’ winless away run stretched to 17 games as Nigel Adkins suffered a first defeat since taking permanent charge.An error from Walsall’s David Okagbue presented Tranmere with the game’s first chance but Kristian Dennis’ shot was foiled by Saddlers keeper Jacks...Full Story »

Chelsea recovered from a dour first-half showing to beat Sheffield United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and claim back-to-back Premier League home wins for the first time in over a year.Cole Palmer continued his fine start to life in west London and was the difference for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, knocking in the opening goal from Raheem Sterling’s cut-back early in the second half before...Full Story »

Seventeen-year-old Lewis Miley’s first senior goal set Newcastle on their way to a seventh successive Premier League win at St James’ Park as they beat 10-man Fulham 3-0.The midfielder, thrust into the action as a first-half substitute after Fabian Schar and Joelinton had been added to head coach Eddie Howe’s lengthy casualty list, fired the Magpies into a 57th-minute lead and ...Full Story »

MK Dons stretched their unbeaten league run to six matches with a 2-0 win over struggling Forest Green.Max Dean put the Dons in front and Jack Payne extended the advantage as the hosts won the clash between two teams who were relegated last season.Rovers had failed to win any of their previous four Sky Bet League Two games and nearly fell behind early on when Payne’s free-kick narrowly cle...Full Story »

Charlton came from behind to earn a point following a 1-1 draw at play-off hopefuls Barnsley.Adam Phillips opened the scoring for the home side, with Corey Blackett-Taylor providing the second-half equaliser.Blackett-Taylor broke through the Barnsley defence in the seventh minute, but he could only find the side-netting as the angle drew tighter.Barnsley midfielder Herbie Kane looked to have fou...Full Story »

Bottom side Livingston wasted the chance to pick up a much-needed cinch Premiership win against Kilmarnock after Bruce Anderson missed a late penalty.The Lions struggled to penetrate in a hard-fought encounter and Anderson failed to capitalise from 12 yards in the 82nd minute after Stuart Findlay was penalised for handball.The only consolation for Livingston was that the draw at least stopped th...Full Story »