Fleetwood assistant manager Steven Whittaker saluted captain Josh Vela after he sank Peterborough.Summer signing Vela opened his Town account with the only goal to snap a run of five consecutive draws.His 23rd-minute volley – after Carlos Mendes Gomes was twice denied by keeper Lucas Bergstrom – was enough to secure a first away triumph of rookie boss Scott Brown’s reign.But th...Full Story »

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna wants to see more improvement from his table-topping side following their 2-0 victory over Bristol Rovers.Conor Chaplin scored his sixth goal of the season and Lee Evans added a second with a 25-yard strike.Rovers received two red cards late in the game when Bobby Thomas was handed his second yellow card for a foul on Gassan Ahadme and Alfie Kilgour was red-carded ...Full Story »

Jon Dahl Tomasson hailed the togetherness of Blackburn as they put in a complete team performance to ease past Watford 2-0.Rovers returned to winning ways by totally bossing the Hornets, maintaining the intensity throughout the game.Their dominance was turned into three points with first Blackburn goals for Ryan Hedges, who converted a Tyrhys Dolan cross late in the first half, and Dominic Hyam ...Full Story »

Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom praised substitutes Rhian Brewster and Reda Khadra after their late impact produced a 1-0 victory at Swansea.Brewster and Khadra combined in the fourth minute of stoppage time to extend the Blades’ lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship to four points.Former Swansea loanee Brewster set up Khadra and the on-loan German kept his composure to scor...Full Story »

Two stunning second-half strikes helped 10-man Chesterfield preserve their unbeaten start to the National League season with a 3-2 home victory over Southend.Joe Quigley jinked his way past three players before finding the bottom corner to level at 2-2 in the 62nd minute and six minutes later Jeff King unleashed a scorcher into the top corner from long range.Jack Clarke had given Chesterfield a ...Full Story »

Jack Cook rescued Wealdstone as they stole a stoppage-time point from a 1-1 draw at Maidstone.Cook converted in the 90th minute after a long throw to extend his side’s unbeaten run in the Vanarama National League to six games.That had looked like ending after Sam Corne put Maidstone ahead with just 10 minutes to go.Corne fired into an empty net after Christie Pattisson pulled the ball back...Full Story »

Sheffield United extended their lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a last-gasp 1-0 win at Swansea.Substitute Reda Khadra scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time, his first goal for the Blades, after being set up by former Swansea loanee Rhian Brewster.Swansea were clearly unhappy that the goal was allowed to stand, believing Brewster had knocked Kyle Naughton to the ground in ...Full Story »

Eastleigh and Yeovil shared the points after an entertaining 1-1 draw at the Silverlake Stadium.Yeovil made a fast start with Malachi Linton setting up Sam Pearson to break the deadlock with an excellent finish after seven minutes.Danny Whitehall and former Glover Tristan Abrahams went close as Eastleigh pressed for a leveller before the break.But it was JJ McKiernan who hauled them level with 1...Full Story »

Wycombe weathered a second-half storm to beat struggling Accrington 1-0 at Adams Park.Jason McCarthy’s first-half goal proved to be the difference but home goalkeeper Max Stryjek was kept busy throughout as Stanley had over a dozen second-half shots.Wycombe broke the deadlock after Josh Scowen’s ball split the Accrington defence, with a marauding McCarthy advancing on goal and slotti...Full Story »

Tyreke Johnson scored twice as Woking eased to a 3-0 win over Oldham in the National League.The former Southampton striker opened the scoring for the Cards in the 19th minute as he fired low after beating two defenders in the box.Nine minutes later it was 2-0 when Luke Wilkinson headed home from a corner.Johnson wrapped up an impressive three points before the hour when he lashed home after Josh...Full Story »

Matty Lund struck an added-time winner to give in-form Salford a 1-0 victory at Harrogate.The second-half substitute headed in Elliot Watt’s 93rd-minute free-kick to snatch all three points for the Ammies, condemning their hosts to a fifth consecutive defeat.Josh Coley should have given Harrogate a first-half lead, but the on-loan Exeter winger could not get the better of goalkeeper Tom Ki...Full Story »

Andrew Dallas scored twice as Solihull turned an early setback into a thumping 4-1 win at Torquay.The Gulls, who have now taken a single point from four games at home, started brightly when Will Goodwin converted after just eight minutes following a smart recovery by Corie Andrews.But that merely stung Neal Ardley’s team into action. Dallas levelled within five minutes, rounding Rhys Lovet...Full Story »

Dorking ended a three-game losing run in the National League with a 1-0 win at high-flying Barnet.The home side wasted two great opportunities inside the opening 10 minutes, with Danny Collinge slicing over from six yards before Dorking goalkeeper Dan Lincoln made an excellent save to deny Nicke Kabamba.The Bees were made to pay when Dorking took the lead just past the half-hour mark when Bobby-...Full Story »

Scott Brown celebrated a first away win in charge of Fleetwood as a 1-0 triumph extended Peterborough’s slump.Brown saw captain Josh Vela hit the only goal midway through the first half as they snapped a run of five successive draws in League One and condemned Posh to a fifth consecutive defeat in all competitions.It was a case of third time lucky for the Cod Army as Vela classily volleyed...Full Story »

Bolton moved into the League One play-off places with an impressive 2-0 win at MK Dons.Dion Charles put the Trotters ahead with a first-half spot-kick before Gethin Jones made the points safe after the break.Wanderers had an early penalty shout waved away after Elias Kachunga went down in the box following a tangle with Warren O’Hora and home keeper Jamie Cumming did well to turn over a we...Full Story »

Portsmouth made it six League One wins in a row as a Sam Hughes own goal and Colby Bishop’s late strike sealed a 2-0 win at struggling Burton.Hughes was unlucky to see Marlon Pack’s low cross skew past his own keeper just before the hour mark and Bishop made the points safe four minutes from time with a deadly finish from Owen Dale’s right-wing cross.The defeat ensured Dino Maa...Full Story »

Jacob Wakeling’s dramatic last-gasp header gave Swindon their second win of the campaign as they came from behind to beat Sutton 3-2 in League Two.Will Randall gave the visitors the lead after four minutes as he received a pull back and swept the ball low into the bottom corner.Sutton goalkeeper Jack Rose gifted Swindon an equaliser after 35 minutes. Ben Gladwin slid the ball to Tyrese Sha...Full Story »

Second-half substitute Morgan Whittaker’s 70th-minute strike earned Plymouth victory over Oxford.Fellow sub Niall Ennis’ shot on the turn inside the box was blocked but when the ball fell to Whittaker on the edge of the area he rifled into the bottom corner through a crowd of players.Oxford had an immediate chance to respond but Kyle Joseph’s effort flew off the top of the bar ...Full Story »

Defender Joel Matip was the unlikely catalyst to get Liverpool’s Champions League campaign back on track as his 89th-minute header secured a laboured 2-1 win over Ajax.After last week’s 4-1 horror show – as Jurgen Klopp called it – against Napoli their manager wanted a performance of more substance than style.But, after Mohamed Salah’s first goal in eight European g...Full Story »

Ryan Colclough scored a late equaliser against his former club as Altrincham and Scunthorpe shared a 2-2 draw in a bottom-of-the-table National League encounter.After an early delay when the floodlights failed, Elliot Osborne broke the deadlock in first-half stoppage time, converting the rebound after Chris Conn-Clark’s shot was parried by Marcus Dewhurst.Two goals inside three second-half...Full Story »