Halifax strengthened their claim on a play-off place as they swept aside Sutton 3-0 on their own turf.Chris Millington’s Shaymen took control of the game in the opening seconds, with less than a minute on the clock when Zak Emmerson found himself in the right place and nodded home from close range.Former Kosovo Under-21 international Florent Hoti then imposed himself, his free-kick setting...Full Story »

League One play-off chasers Reading stuttered to an uninspiring 1-1 draw at home to Stevenage but still extended their unbeaten run to 10 matches.The visitors enjoyed marginally the better of a poor first-half spectacle but the Royals went in front four minutes after the interval through an own goal by defender Carl Piergianni.Yet the Boro skipper soon atoned for his error with an equaliser 11 m...Full Story »

Siriki Dembele struck eight minutes from time to give Oxford a crucial 1-0 victory over 10-man Watford and their first win in 10 Championship matches.The winger fired home right-footed from 10 yards after referee Bobby Madley played a good advantage when Mark Harris was fouled.It was Dembele’s first goal for the club and came just three minutes after Watford had James Abankwah sent off for...Full Story »

Ebbsfleet claimed only their second National League win of the season with a 1-0 victory over Fylde at the Kuflink Stadium.Alex Lankshear struck for the home side three minutes into the second half after connecting with Franklin Domi’s goalbound pass.Both sides had chances to add to the score but Lankshear’s goal was all that separated the rivals, who are both in the relegation zone....Full Story »

Forest Green let victory slip from their grasp after being held to a 2-2 National League draw by Southend at The New Lawn.Rovers took the lead when Adam May’s free-kick was nodded home by Ryan Inniss, only for Macauley Bonne to equalise for the visitors.The frantic pace continued when Jordon Garrick was on target for play-off chasing Forest Green despite losing a boot during a tackle by Na...Full Story »

Newport bounced back from a drubbing in midweek with a comprehensive 3-0 League Two home win over Harrogate.Exiles head coach Nelson Jardim demanded a reaction from his players after Tuesday’s 5-0 loss at Accrington and they delivered.There were just 90 seconds on the clock when the recalled Cameron Evans headed in Shane McLoughlin’s corner from close range.County doubled their advan...Full Story »

Rotherham and Exeter battled to a 1-1 draw at the New York Stadium.Reece James and Alex Hartridge scored either side of the break and neither of the mid-table sides could find a winner.Both could have scored within a minute of one another with Hakeem Odoffin making a crucial block from Ryan Trevitt’s shot after Jack McMillan had snuck in down the right.Sam Nombe was released at the other e...Full Story »

Goals from Callum Maycock and Alistair Smith gave promotion-chasing AFC Wimbledon a vital 2-1 victory against bottom-side Carlisle at Brunton Park.The visitors took the lead in the second minute through Maycock and Smith doubled their advantage just after the break.The Blues pulled one back through Matthew Dennis but Mark Hughes’ side couldn’t find the finishing touch as they searche...Full Story »

Burnley moved into the top two in the Sky Bet Championship with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Swansea at the Swansea.com Stadium.The result never looked in doubt from the moment skipper Josh Brownhill tapped home an easy opener inside four minutes and then played a part in his side’s second midway through the first half, which was scored by Jaidon Anthony.The Clarets secured consecutive w...Full Story »

West Brom’s Isaac Price scored his first goal in English football but his side were pegged back by Hull’s late revival in a 1-1 Sky Bet Championship draw.Price’s breakthrough came in the 68th minute after John Swift hit the bar in one of several missed Albion chances, only for Hull substitute Abu Kamara to equalise in the 80th minute.The visitors were then denied three times by...Full Story »

Tom Naylor’s late finish stunned promotion-chasing Notts County as Chesterfield claimed a 2-1 League Two victory at Meadow Lane.Substitute Will Jarvis thought he had rescued a point for Stuart Maynard’s side after cancelling out Aribim Pepple’s opener.But Naylor’s left-footed shot – following a skirmish in the box – restored the visitors’ lead, two minut...Full Story »

Manchester City missed the chance to return to the Premier League’s top four as they twice surrendered the lead in a 2-2 draw with Brighton.Goals from Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush were cancelled out by a superb Pervis Estupinan free-kick and Abdukodir Khusanov’s own goal as the champions endured more frustration at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.Nico Gonzalez hit the post as Pep ...Full Story »