Ryan Hardie could return to the Plymouth starting line-up for the visit of Portsmouth.The 12-goal striker was rested for Argyle’s 2-0 win over Cheltenham on Boxing Day.Hardie scored both goals in the reverse fixture, a 2-2 draw at Fratton Park in September.Jordon Garrick will be fit despite limping off late on against Cheltenham.Portsmouth’s Covid-hit players have all returned to tra...Full Story »

Delighted Scunthorpe boss Keith Hill saluted “superb” Ryan Loft after the substitute’s brace helped his side climb off the bottom of League Two with a 3-1 comeback win over relegation rivals Oldham.Hill believes the Latics defence were scared of the 24-year-old, who came on after the interval with the Iron behind and went on to score twice and provide an assist in what was the ...Full Story »

Scunthorpe substitute Ryan Loft scored twice as his side came from behind to defeat League Two relegation rivals Oldham 3-1 and move off the foot of the table, with Latics replacing them.Loft came on at half-time with his side trailing and went on to play a pivotal role in the Iron’s first away win of the season.It was also Keith Hill’s first victory as manager.Scunthorpe created the...Full Story »

Ryan Porteous got the Shaun Maloney era at Hibernian off to a winning start after scoring the only goal in a tight contest against Aberdeen.The defender headed in Martin Boyle’s corner in the 64th minute to propel the hosts back up to fifth in the cinch Premiership.In a game of few chances, one goal was always likely to settle the game.After just two days on the training pitch with his new...Full Story »

Tottenham will be without Ryan Sessegnon for the Carabao Cup quarter-final with West Ham.Sessegnon suffered a muscular injury in Sunday’s draw with Liverpool and could be ruled out for a fortnight, joining fellow defender Cristian Romero (hamstring) on the sidelines.Boss Antonio Conte revealed that no players in his squad are testing positive for coronavirus any more.West Ham will be witho...Full Story »

Morecambe will check on the fitness of Ryan Delaney ahead of the visit of Fleetwood.The Irish defender is a doubt after picking up a knock at Portsmouth last weekend.Centre-half Scott Wootton limped off injured at Fratton Park and will miss out.Midfielder Freddie Price is also unavailable after suffering concussion in training this week.Fleetwood could be without Callum Morton.The forward suffer...Full Story »

Shrewsbury will give fitness tests to Ethan Ebanks-Landell and Ryan Bowman ahead of the visit of Cheltenham in Sky Bet League One.Captain Ebanks-Landell has been out for the past two games with a hamstring problem while forward Bowman missed Saturday’s defeat at Doncaster with a calf injury.Midfielder David Davis is back in contention after completing a four-match suspension for his sendin...Full Story »

Preston play their first match under new boss Ryan Lowe when they host Barnsley in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday.Having sacked Frankie McAvoy on Monday, North End brought in Lowe the following day after he resigned from his role at Plymouth.Lowe has said Ched Evans, who played the full duration of last Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Blackburn, Andrew Hughes and Sepp Van Den Berg have been &...Full Story »

Plymouth manager Ryan Lowe was happy to see Luke Jephcott prove a point at his expense after coming off the bench to net an 86th-minute winner in the 2-1 FA cup second-round victory against Rochdale at Spotland.The Pilgrims were under the cosh after Aaron Morley had cancelled out Jordan Garrick’s first-half opener but Jephcott came off the bench late on to score with virtually his first to...Full Story »

Carlisle-born Ryan Bowman confirmed Shrewsbury’s place in the FA Cup third-round draw with his side’s second goal in a 2-1 win against his home-town club at Brunton Park.Steve Cotterill’s League One visitors led from the 11th minute after teenager Tom Bloxham’s fourth goal of the campaign.Bowman, released by the Cumbrians as a youngster, secured victory with a crisp right...Full Story »

Millwall will again be without Ryan Leonard for the visit of Birmingham in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday and possibly for a long time beyond.Leonard could be out for up to three months and is set to see a specialist about his ankle injury.Arsenal loanee Daniel Ballard is also on a lengthy recovery from knee surgery.Connor Mahoney remains out with a hamstring injury.Birmingham could have G...Full Story »

Ryan Jack will return to the Rangers squad for this weekend’s cinch Premiership encounter with Dundee.The midfielder has not featured under Giovanni Van Bronckhorst after returning from a long-term calf injury last month.Leon Balogun will miss out again with a knock but is close to returning, while Filip Helander (knee) and Nnamdi Ofoborh (heart issue) are also still sidelined.Dundee are s...Full Story »

Ryan Hedges and David Bates netted their first cinch Scottish Premiership goals of the season to ease the pressure on Aberdeen manager Stephen Glass as the Dons overcame 10-man Livingston 2-0.Hedges drilled home a low effort midway through the first half and was on the receiving end of the challenge that saw Jackson Longridge sent off for a second booking after 61 minutes.That left the visitors ...Full Story »

Birmingham will be without midfielder Ryan Woods for the visit of Blackpool on Saturday afternoon.The 27-year-old was shown a red card by referee Leigh Doughty in their goalless draw with Coventry in midweek for bringing down Ian Maatsen on the counter attack.Birmingham’s appeal against the dismissal was rejected by the Football Association and Woods will serve a three-match suspension.Kri...Full Story »

Plymouth boss Ryan Lowe has no fresh selection problems ahead of Tuesday night’s League One fixture against Wycombe.Only Niall Ennis and James Bolton, who have not featured all season, are missing for the leaders.Lowe has fielded the same starting XI for the last three games but could look to freshen things up after Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Charlton.That was just Argyle’s secon...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest will be without the suspended Ryan Yates for Tuesday’s visit of Luton.Yates picked up his fifth booking of the season in Saturday’s draw against Reading and will serve a one-game ban.Max Lowe had to come off after 31 minutes at the weekend and is expected to miss this clash.Gaetan Bong replaced Lowe in that game and could come into the starting line-up.Luton boss Na...Full Story »

Plymouth manager Ryan Lowe remained calm as a 2-0 win for Charlton inflicted a first defeat in 16 games for his side.Victory for the south London outfit at the Valley made it an unhappy afternoon for the league leaders, who still remain top – but have played one more game than second placed Rotherham.Argyle were second best throughout the contest and, while Lowe was displeased with the res...Full Story »

Ryan Colclough and Matty Kosylo scored twice as Altrincham beat 10-man Weymouth 4-1.Weymouth were up against it after 22 minutes when Tom Bearwish brought down Kosylo as Alty threatened to break and was sent off.The visitors made their advantage count 12 minutes later when Colclough cut inside and curled a beauty into the far corner.Quickfire strikes from Kosylo and Colclough put them ...Full Story »

Plymouth manager Ryan Lowe was thrilled to have Home Park “bouncing” as his side beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 in an FA Cup replay.Jordon Garrick scored twice and strike partner Ryan Hardie bagged the other as Argyle set up a trip to Rochdale in round two.The win extended the League One leaders’ unbeaten record in all competitions to 18 matches and was a repeat of the 3-0 win th...Full Story »

Ryan Lowe will not get carried away despite his Plymouth side hitting the top of the League One table after a 4-1 victory at Accrington.The win extended their unbeaten league run to 16 games and marked the milestone of Lowe’s 100th league game in charge of the Pilgrims.He said: “It’s always nice to be top of the league but we won’t get carried away.“We needed to be ...Full Story »