Bristol City had Mark Sykes sent off but still claimed their first Sky Bet Championship win of the season with a deserved 2-0 success against Luton at Ashton Gate.The home side took a fifth-minute lead when Alex Scott’s precise through ball allowed Nahki Wells to move into the box on the left and place a low right-footed shot just inside the far post.Tommy Conway doubled the advantage on 2...Full Story »

Preston and Rotherham both maintained their unbeaten Championship records as they drew 0-0 in a hard-fought Roses battle.North End enjoyed by far the better of the match and defensively looked solid again, having not conceded now in their first four league matches.Rotherham, meanwhile, in somehow repelling all that Preston threw at them, registered a third game without defeat.Ryan Lowe’s h...Full Story »

Marcus Harness returned to former club Burton and struck the winner on the hour mark as Ipswich maintained their place at the summit of League One with a 1-0 victory.The summer signing settled a combative encounter which saw his old side drop to the foot of the table still searching for their first win of the season.Albion went close early on with an effort from former Norwich striker Gassan Aha...Full Story »

Shrewsbury and Derby played out a 0-0 Sky Bet League One draw at Montgomery Waters Meadow.The Rams controlled the first half before Steve Cotterill’s men came out all guns blazing after the break but neither side were able to break the deadlock in the first league meeting between the sides since 1987.Richard Stearman missed Liam Rosenior’s side’s best chance of the first half w...Full Story »

Newport suffered a third-straight League Two defeat as leaders Salford kept up their impressive early-season form with a narrow 3-2 victory at Rodney Parade.The visitors dominated the first half with 75 per cent possession but had to wait until the 54th minute to take the lead when Luke Bolton’s long-range effort found the bottom corner.They doubled their advantage just three minutes later...Full Story »

Rangers’ Champions League ambitions are in the balance following a pulsating 2-2 draw with PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of their play-off at Ibrox.Gers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst was in the opposition dugout to former Netherlands team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy and it was the visitors who took the lead in the 37th minute when Ibrahim Sangare drove in following a corner.However, Antonio ...Full Story »

Substitute Kieron Bowie hit a dramatic stoppage time winner as Northampton clinched their third win in four Sky Bet League Two games, 3-2 at winless Crawley.James Balagizi gave the hosts an early lead, but Sam Hoskins scored twice in quick succession to put the Cobblers ahead midway through the half.Balagizi equalised just after the hour but Kieron Bowie settled the issue in the first minute of ...Full Story »

Josh Bowler’s goal against his former club gave Blackpool a 1-0 victory at QPR.Rangers had plenty of possession at Loftus Road but were unable to find an equaliser after Bowler netted in first-half injury time.Bowler cut in from the right and, after his first effort was blocked, he sent a fine strike beyond goalkeeper Seny Dieng and into the far corner of the net.Lyndon Dykes had made a me...Full Story »

Liverpool loanee Conor Bradley opened his Sky Bet League One goal account as Bolton beat Morecambe 1-0 to maintain their unbeaten start to the campaign.Ian Evatt’s early-season high fliers struggled to break down the Shrimpers’ well organised defence until the talented teenager made the breakthrough.Elias Kachunga and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson created the opportunity and Bradley finished f...Full Story »

Summer signings Tyrell Warren and Sam McClelland ended Walsall’s unbeaten start to the season as Barrow got back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory at Holker Street.Headers from Warren and Chelsea loanee McClelland within three first-half minutes did the damage in Cumbria as Pete Wild’s side bounced back from Saturday’s disappointing defeat at Sutton.Warren, who came through th...Full Story »

Matty Daly and Alex Pattison scored either side of half-time as Harrogate recorded a 2-0 League Two victory over Gillingham.Harrogate created the first chance after 10 minutes when Jaheim Headley’s low strike and forced Glenn Morris into a strong save.Gillingham debutant Hakeeb Adelakun then went close when he controlled a loose ball inside the Harrogate area but fired straight at Mark Oxl...Full Story »

Watford were made to pay for their wastefulness in front of goal as they drew 1-1 against Birmingham at St Andrew’s.The Hornets, who were missing the injured Ismaila Sarr, failed to make the most of their chances and fell behind to George Hall’s first senior goal.Ken Sema finally found a way through with a second-half equaliser but the visitors missed the chance to go top of the Cham...Full Story »

Barnet claimed top spot in the Vanarama National League with a 2-1 win at Yeovil.Nicke Kabamba was the Barnet hero with a second-half brace in the final quarter.Yeovil had the best chance of the first half when Malachi Linton’s header was superbly saved by Laurie Walker in the Bees’ goal.Kabamba put Barnet ahead after 70 minutes by steering home Ephron Mason-Clark’s cross from ...Full Story »

Millwall hit back from a two-goal deficit for the second time in four days to snatch a point from a 2-2 draw with Swansea, with two own goals in added time wiping out the hosts’ seemingly-impregnable lead.Ryan Manning scored the first goal for Swansea inside a minute and Michael Obafemi made it 2-0 after 12 minutes.Then in a frantic finish, own goals from Swansea defenders Ben Cabango and ...Full Story »

Doncaster’s habit of scoring late goals continued as Kieran Agard’s stoppage-time strike saw them take all three points in a narrow 2-1 League Two victory over 10-man Stockport.After coming from behind in added time to beat Sutton and rescuing a point in the same circumstances at AFC Wimbledon at the weekend, Rovers left it late again to see off stubborn Stockport, who had Macauley S...Full Story »

Wealdstone won 2-1 at Boundary Park to deliver Oldham’s first defeat of the National League season.Rhys Browne tapped home Jack Cook’s header to give the visitors a 10th-minute lead.Wealdstone doubled their lead seven minutes later when Browne picked out Tarryn Allarakhia, who slotted home in confident fashion.Cook saw an effort cleared off the line but Oldham were back in the contes...Full Story »

Goals from Devante Cole, Jordan Williams and Josh Benson gave Barnsley a comfortable 3-0 victory over Bristol Rovers.The League One contest was only three minutes old when Callum Styles produced a good run down the left and played the ball to Cole, who found the net from a tight angle.Williams extended Barnsley’s lead in the 13th minute with a long-range effort which took a deflection.Rove...Full Story »

Summer signing Colby Bishop made it five goals in five games as Portsmouth came from behind to beat Cambridge 4-1 and extend their unbeaten start to the season.Cambridge took the lead 15 minutes before half-time when Joe Ironside turned in Liam O’Neil’s corner at the near post.It took until the 45th minute for Pompey to register a shot on target when Bishop was denied by a smart stop...Full Story »

Reece James saw red as Sheffield Wednesday suffered a first defeat of the Sky Bet League One season, going down 2-0 at Peterborough.The on-loan defender endured a first league start to forget for the Owls when sent off in the 34th minute for a reckless challenge on Posh’s Joe Ward.That was not the end of the drama as Wednesday assistant boss Jamie Smith was cautioned for a confrontation wi...Full Story »

Grimsby’s match against Carlisle has been abandoned because of a waterlogged pitch at Blundell Park.The game started on a heavy surface but ground staff were attending to areas of the pitch affected by standing water midway through the first half.Although play resumed, it was not long before the Sky Bet League Two contest, which was goalless, was abandoned.Full Story »