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 »