Plymouth beat Peterborough 2-0 in League One to avenge their Carabao Cup defeat by the same score in midweek.Peterborough goalkeeper Lucas Bergstrom made a brilliant 22nd-minute save to deny Bali Mumba, but Plymouth took the lead on the half-hour after a flowing move down the right led to playmaker Danny Mayor teeing up Finn Azaz, who made no mistake.Azaz, on loan from Aston Villa, has now score...Full Story »

Brad Potts scored a stunning winner as Preston picked up their first league victory of the season with a 1-0 triumph at Luton.The hosts had the first effort on 10 minutes, as Luke Freeman dragged wide from the edge of the box, before the midfielder’s free-kick was met by Carlton Morris, only to see Freddie Woodman gather comfortably.Preston had the lead on 18 minutes, though, with a magnif...Full Story »

Crewe’s perfect start to the season came to an end with a 3-0 defeat at Salford.Brandon Thomas-Asante scored two goals inside four second-half minutes to secure victory for the hosts.But the damage had already been done when Bassala Sambou was sent off in the 31st minute with the Alex trailing.The visitors had enjoyed a good start, with Daniel Agyei heading a brilliant chance wide after ni...Full Story »

A late penalty from Tyrone Marsh rescued a point for Boreham Wood as they drew 2-2 with Notts County.County took the lead six minutes in after a defender handled the ball in the penalty area and Ruben Rodrigues slotted home from the spot.They nearly had a chance to double the lead minutes later when Macauley Langstaff had a chance, but goalkeeper Nathan Ashmore was able to make the save.Wood the...Full Story »

Olivier Ntcham struck late to secure Swansea’s first win of the Sky Bet Championship season with a 1-0 victory away to Blackpool.Ntcham struck on 87 minutes when Michael Obafemi burst through on goal and teed him up for a tap-in to silence the Bloomfield Road fans.Jerry Yates had the hosts’ best chance, but saw his penalty saved by Andy Fisher.Fisher was impenetrable in the Swans&rsq...Full Story »

Colby Bishop scored a brace as Portsmouth picked up their first League One win of the season with a 2-0 success at Cheltenham.The summer signing from Accrington opened the scoring after half-an-hour, finishing from close range after Michael Morrison nodded Michael Jacobs’ cross down.Taylor Perry was close to levelling for Cheltenham five minutes later, but his 20-yard effort curled just wi...Full Story »

Gateshead staged a second-half comeback to earn a point in a 2-2 draw with Barnet.The Bees looked to have taken the points after goals from Ryan De Havilland and Ephron Mason in the final few minutes before half-time put them in control.But Paul Blackett got Gateshead back in it soon after the restart as he converted from the middle of the area.And eight minutes after rattling the post Adam Camp...Full Story »

Maidenhead gave Scunthorpe a taste of what could be waiting for them in the Vanarama National League as a first-half blast set up a 3-2 win.The Iron, who were relegated from Sky Bet League Two last season but won their opening game, fell behind in the 27th minute when Emile Acquah fired home.Will de Havilland struck from close range nine minutes later and then Kane Ferdinand completed a fine ope...Full Story »

Rotherham ran riot in the first half to thump Reading 4-0 and claim their first win of the new Championship season.The Millers struck all four goals before the break to effectively end the contest before half-time and give the promoted side a huge early-season confidence boost, with most bookmakers predicting an immediate return to League One.It is the first time Rotherham have netted four at th...Full Story »

Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Seny Dieng headed in a dramatic equaliser after Sunderland had looked on track to hit top spot in the Sky Bet Championship.Ross Stewart and Ellis Simms scored for the second Saturday in a row to put Sunderland on track for three points only for QPR to hit back late on and earn a point.QPR looked like having no answer to their first-half goals in the 31st and 40th m...Full Story »

First-half goals from Reece Grego-Cox and Rohan Ince were enough to hand Woking a comfortable 2-0 Vanarama National League victory over Dagenham.Grego-Cox rounded off a short-corner move to fire the home side into a 28th-minute lead, and it took them just three minutes to double their advantage when Ince struck with a back-post header.The visitors struggled to create first-half chances, but prod...Full Story »

Altrincham survived almost 35 minutes with forward Jordan Hulme in goal to earn a goalless draw at Bromley.The Ravens started brightly with Michael Cheek looking to set up Mason Bloomfield but Altrincham did well to defend.Altrincham had a good chance to find the opener half an hour in when Aaron Bennett had a good shot, but Reice Charles-Cook managed to save and Bloomfield continued to put pres...Full Story »

Two goals in two minutes from Sam Corne snatched Maidstone a 2-1 win over York.The Minstermen went ahead in the 10th minute when Lenell John-Lewis headed in off the crossbar.Maidstone had to wait to get back in it as Corne headed home in the 79th minute.Just two minutes later Corne had turned the game around as he met Roarie Deacon’s centre with an emphatic finish.Full Story »

Joey Barton pointed to Bristol Rovers’ fine defensive display as well as summer signing John Marquis after the forward scored the only goal in a 1-0 win against Oxford.Rovers made it back-to-back victories in Sky Bet League One thanks to Marquis’ first goal for the West Country club.A clever free-kick routine in the first half led to Aaron Collins touching on and Marquis heading in f...Full Story »

Steven Gerrard praised the returning Tyrone Mings as Aston Villa claimed their first Premier League victory of the season with a 2-1 success against Everton.Mings was stripped of the captaincy over the summer in favour of John McGinn and then eyebrows were raised when he was left on the bench during last weekend’s loss to Bournemouth.Gerrard insisted that was primarily due to a minor injur...Full Story »

Cardiff manager Steve Morison was “pleased as punch” with his team’s performance as they dominated Birmingham to record a 1-0 Championship win in the south Wales sunshine.Aston Villa loanee Jaden Philogene scored the only goal of the game for the hosts after 17 minutes and the only disappointment for Morison was that his side did not win more comfortably.Man of the match Callum...Full Story »

Aston Villa loanee Jaden Philogene scored the only goal of the game to condemn Birmingham to a 1-0 defeat in the Sky Bet Championship at Cardiff.Steve Morison’s men defied the sweltering conditions to produce a superb display of high-energy passing football in the first 45 minutes, playing out from the back and attacking Birmingham with pace and precision.Key to that approach were skipper ...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers won their first home league game of the season as they saw off Oxford 1-0 at the Memorial Stadium.The home side made the most of the early kick-off, scheduled at the request of Avon & Somerset Police, with John Marquis scoring his first league goal for the West Country club on 34 minutes.A well-worked free-kick for Rovers involved Sam Finley chipping over the defence, with Aar...Full Story »

Steven Gerrard got the better of his old England team-mate Frank Lampard as Aston Villa defeated Everton 2-1 for their first victory of the new Premier League season.Danny Ings found the net in the 31st minute and substitute Emiliano Buendia looked to have sealed the points when he claimed a deserved second four minutes from time.Everton gave a debut to new defensive signing Conor Coady but had ...Full Story »

Brentford performed well as a newly-promoted team last season, and finally ranked 13th in the league with 46 points, and the team successfully avoided relegation. In terms of players leaving the team, the focus is the failure to keep the Danish international Christian Eriksen. Relying on his outstanding performance after joining in the winter transfer window last season, he helped the Bees avoid...Full Story »