Steve Bruce was relieved after Blackpool’s 2-1 comeback win over Cambridge at Bloomfield Road.Pool were rocked by Dom Ballard’s goal after three minutes but rallied to secure a second successive League One win with goals from Ashley Fletcher and Sonny Carey.The Tangerines are now nine points from a play-off place, while Cambridge’s third defeat in a row leaves them languishing ...Full Story »

Michael Carrick is convinced Middlesbrough have a “great chance” of forcing their way into the Sky Bet Championship play-off picture after boosting their hopes with victory over QPR.Boro beat the Londoners 2-1 at the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday evening to close to within three points of sixth-placed Coventry with nine games remaining, the next of them at Luton on Saturday.Asked abou...Full Story »

Derby boss John Eustace insists his side will “fight until the end” for Sky Bet Championship survival after they earned an important 2-0 win over Coventry.The Rams took the lead midway through the first half when Marcus Harness’ free-kick found the head of Matt Clarke and he made no mistake in nodding home from close range.The hosts started the second half brightly and had thei...Full Story »

Chesterfield picked up their first away win since December as they comfortably saw off 10-man Salford 4-0.Hakeeb Adelakun’s straight red card proved to be the pivotal moment of the game and Chesterfield capitalised with Liam Mandeville and Aribim Pepple netting shortly before the break, before Armando Dobra and Mandeville added further second-half goals.Salford were in the ascendancy leadi...Full Story »

Rochdale struck three times in the final 26 minutes to claim a 3-0 victory over Altrincham in the Vanarama National League.Aidan Barlow broke the deadlock after 64 minutes at the Crown Oil Area when he turned in from a Tarryn Allarakhia cross.Jay Bird doubled the lead three minutes later after a fine run and finish and Kairo Mitchell clinically wrapped up the points eight minutes from time.Dale ...Full Story »

Wrexham missed the chance to move into the League One automatic-promotion places after losing 2-0 at 10-man Reading.Neither side offered a serious goal threat in the first half but Reading struck twice in five minutes early in the second period through Harvey Knibbs, from a penalty, and Lewis Wing.Reading centre-back Michael Stickland was controversially sent off in the 75th minute for apparent ...Full Story »

Relegation-threatened Boston extended their unbeaten run to four games with a much-needed 3-0 National League victory away to Yeovil.On-loan Accrington forward Jimmy Knowles opened the scoring in the 38th minute, shortly after he fired the ball into the roof of the net.The visitors then doubled their lead four minutes later when Jacob Hazel, teed up by Dylan Hill, struck home past Aidan Stone.Za...Full Story »

Scott Parker and CJ Egan-Riley were sent off after the final whistle as Burnley missed the chance to go top of the Championship, held to a 1-1 draw by play-off chasing West Brom.Egan-Riley appeared to kick William Lankshear as Gavin Ward was blowing the final whistle, sparking ugly scenes as several players clashed, with Clarets boss Parker then also shown red for his protests.It came as a sign ...Full Story »

Mark Sykes struck a last-minute equaliser to snatch Bristol City a 1-1 draw at Sky Bet Championship promotion-chasers Sheffield United.The point was enough to lift the Blades back to the top of the table, but they were denied a seventh win in eight matches by Sykes’ last-gasp effort after Tyrese Campbell had given them a second-half lead.Tempers flared in stoppage time after the Blades wer...Full Story »

Blackpool came from behind to beat relegation-threatened Cambridge 2-1 in League One.Now beaten only once in 15 games since Boxing Day, Steve Bruce’s side trailed to Dom Ballard’s third-minute opener.A scorer for the Tangerines against United last August, the on-loan Southampton teenager’s shot was adjudged to have crossed the line after a comic attempted clearance by Matthew P...Full Story »