Peterborough boss Grant McCann hopes a welcome 3-0 win over Port Vale will lift them out of a slump.Posh snapped a run of four successive Sky Bet League One defeats by seeing off Vale courtesy of high-scoring captain Jonson Clarke-Harris’ first-half double and a milestone moment from Joe Ward.Clarke-Harris bagged a 26th-minute opener and then added his seventh of the season 10 minutes late...Full Story »

Cambridge boss Mark Bonner praised his side’s spirit as they came from behind to beat struggling Morecambe at the Mazuma Stadium.Morecambe started well and took the lead in the 12th minute with a low strike from Jensen Weir.The former Cambridge loanee ran on to Kieran Phillips’s neat lay-off before beating Dimitar Mitov low to his left.The U’s levelled the scores just after the...Full Story »

Pete Wild says Barrow’s first home defeat of the season in Sky Bet League Two against leaders Leyton Orient is nothing more than a bump in the road.The high-flying Bluebirds dominated the early stages in their top-of-the-table clash but goals from Paul Smyth and Idris El Mizouni stretched the visitors’ unbeaten start to 10 games.Barrow finished the 2-0 defeat with 10 men after Josh K...Full Story »

Scott Lindsey praised his Swindon team’s “ridiculous” work ethic after they made it nine games unbeaten with a 2-1 victory over Grimsby at Blundell Park.Goals from Luke Jephcott and Ronan Darcy, either side of a Ryan Taylor equaliser, earned the visitors victory, even though they had to play for 28 minutes with 10 men after Saidou Khan saw red for two bookable offences.Head coa...Full Story »

Marcus Dackers’ penalty earned 10-man Southend a 1-0 victory at Wealdstone in the National League.Teenager Dackers had the best chance of the first half with a header from a corner that struck the bar.Collin Andeng-Ndi denied Dom Hutchinson as Wealdstone pressed early in the second half but it was Southend who scored the only goal in the 62nd minute, Dackers converting after Olufela Olomol...Full Story »

Ryan Colclough’s second-half penalty gave Altrincham their first win of the season in the National League as they beat 10-man Aldershot 1-0.Tom Whelan was dismissed just before half-time and Colclough scored from the spot in the 75th minute to lift the Robins off the foot of the table.Aldershot had a chance in the opening stages when Ollie Harfield whipped in a good cross but Ryan Glover h...Full Story »

Substitute Ryan Bowman scored his first home goal of the season as Shrewsbury made it back-to-back wins at New Meadow for the first time since December with a 2-1 victory over Burton.Dino Maamria suffered his first defeat as Albion boss since replacing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, having last time out seen his rock-bottom side end their five-game losing streak in League One with victory over Exeter....Full Story »

Goals either side of half-time saw Woking to a 2-0 victory over Solihull Moors.James Daly opened the scoring after 28 minutes, firing home from a deep cross to the far post.The Cardinals’ second came nine minutes after the restart when Kyran Lofthouse pounced on a pass and fired home.A lively spell from Andrew Dallas threatened to deny the hosts a clean sheet, but he could not put the fini...Full Story »

Bromley made it back-to-back victories in the National League with a 3-0 win against Oldham.The result lifted the Ravens up to fifth place in the table, while the Latics dropped to 15th.Bromley threatened from the outset, with Michael Cheek and Byron Webster coming close in the early stages of the game.They eventually broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute when Omar Sowunmi got on the end of a lo...Full Story »

Stevenage recorded their 10th successive home win in all competitions as Dan Sweeney’s late header earned a 1-0 victory over Harrogate.The centre-back broke free to nod home Alex Gilbey’s cross and finally beat Pete Jameson after an inspired performance from the Harrogate goalkeeper.It had looked like a frustrating afternoon for the high-flying hosts who created plenty of chances, mo...Full Story »

A late goal from Darren Oldaker rescued three points for Chesterfield with a 2-1 win against Maidstone.The Spireites remain top of the Vanarama National League, one point ahead of Wrexham, while the Stones drop to 16th.Sam Corne nearly put Maidstone in front in the early stages of the game with a low header but Lucas Covolan made a good save to deny him and the goalkeeper was called into action ...Full Story »

Josh Walker hit a stoppage-time winner to compete his hat-trick and earn Dagenham a thrilling 5-4 win over Barnet.The game lurched one way and then the other until Walker struck at the death to complete his treble and make it back-to-back wins for the Daggers.Barnet opened the scoring in the 14th minute when Nicke Kabamba headed in from close range and they doubled the lead three minutes later t...Full Story »

Hartlepool boss Keith Curle feels there are plenty of reasons for optimism despite watching his new side drop to the foot of Sky Bet League Two after a goalless draw with Gillingham.Curle, who took over on Tuesday following Paul Hartley’s exit, had hoped to quickly guide Pools to a first win of the season to boost the Suit Direct Stadium crowd.The former Northampton and Carlisle manager&rs...Full Story »

A first-minute own goal from Joe Jacobson set Sheffield Wednesday on their way to a 3-1 victory over Wycombe.After Sam Vokes equalised, Barry Bannan restored Wednesday’s lead and Callum Paterson scored a late clincher.Wednesday took the lead after just 38 seconds when Jacobson, under pressure from Michael Smith, turned the ball into his own net following Marvin Johnson’s low cross.Af...Full Story »

Paul Smyth and Idris El Mizouni struck to extend Leyton Orient’s unbeaten start to the season with a 2-0 win at Barrow.In the clash of Sky Bet League Two’s top two, Smyth found the bottom corner 10 minutes before the break and El Mizouni’s first for the O’s sealed the leaders’ ninth win in 10 games.Orient had been put firmly on the back foot in the first half but so...Full Story »

A late goal from Harvey Knibbs saw Cambridge return to winning ways as they clinched a 2-1 victory at Morecambe.Substitute Knibbs ran from midfield to get onto the end of Shilow Tracey’s right-wing cross before slotting the ball past Connor Ripley from 12 yards out.The U’s had to come from behind as Morecambe took the lead in the 12th minute with a well worked goal. Kieran Phillips c...Full Story »

Peterborough snapped a run of four successive Sky Bet League One defeats by breezing past Port Vale 3-0.Grant McCann’s men took command thanks to a 10-minute brace from captain Jonson Clarke-Harris, with wideman Kwame Poku the architect on both occasions.Clarke-Harris produced a smart 26th-minute finish into the far corner from a short Poku pass after Ricky-Jade Jones won possession on the...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers’ winless run stretched to eight games in all competitions as Accrington sealed a 1-0 victory at the Memorial Stadium.Joe Pritchard headed home a near-post corner from a Sean McConville delivery after 54 minutes to earn the visitors a second away win of the season in League One.The former Bolton attacking midfielder had set up the chance, pinching possession off Paul Coutts a...Full Story »

Notts County moved third in the National League with a 3-1 win at York, where Macaulay Langstaff scored twice against his former club.The Magpies, who suffered a first defeat of the campaign at Dorking last weekend, took an early lead when Portuguese midfielder Quevin Castro crashed in a long-range free-kick.The Minstermen were level in the 35th minute as summer signing Fraser Kerr slotted in hi...Full Story »

Keith Curle was unable to end Hartlepool’s long wait for a Sky Bet League Two victory as his first match in charge ended as a goalless draw with fellow strugglers Gillingham.The new Pools boss can count himself unlucky that his side did not score on an afternoon when the longest wait for a win in the EFL continued.Hartlepool, who drop to the foot of the table, are now 19 matches without a ...Full Story »