Second-placed Wigan cranked up the pressure on Sky Bet League One leaders Rotherham with a thumping 4-1 victory over struggling Morecambe at the DW.Josh Magennis scored his second goal in two matches to open the scoring after 19 minutes from Tendayi Darikwa’s cross.Wigan had to wait until a minute before half-time to double their lead when Jason Kerr applied the finishing touch after James...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday’s play-off hopes suffered another blow as they were held to a 0-0 draw at a gutsy Gillingham.The Owls had the majority of possession but failed to break down their relegation-threatened hosts at Priestfield.The stalemate meant Neil Harris’ side climbed out of the League One relegation zone after holding on for a precious point.Gillingham even squandered some great...Full Story »

Akwasi Asante grabbed the only goal to help Chesterfield get their Vanarama National League title hopes back on track with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Maidenhead.Consecutive draws had seen Paul Cook’s men lose ground on leaders Stockport in recent weeks but they returned to winning ways at the Proact Stadium.There were chances aplenty during the opening 45 in Derbyshire but Joe Quigley ...Full Story »

Exeter moved up to second in League Two after seeing off struggling Oldham 2-0 at Boundary Park.Kyle Taylor opened the scoring seven minutes after half-time and Jevani Brown added a second deep into stoppage time despite Nigel Atangana’s dismissal.Oldham’s Sam Hart had a spot-kick saved by Cameron Dawson as the hosts suffered a fourth straight loss.Latics’ top scorer Davis Keil...Full Story »

Arbroath kept up the pressure at the top of the cinch Scottish Championship with a 1-0 win over Ayr, who finished with 10 men at a blustery Gayfield Park.Jack Hamilton thought he had given Arbroath – beaten 3-0 by Inverness last time out – an early lead, but saw his goal ruled out by an offside flag.Hamilton, though, did eventually break the deadlock five minutes into the second half...Full Story »

Marc McNulty struck in injury time to hand Dundee United a much-needed 2-1 win at 10-man St Mirren.Stephen Robinson’s side had forged in front through Jay Henderson but it was the visitors who dominated the second half.Dylan Levitt drew them level before St Mirren goalkeeper Jak Alnwick was shown a red card for a late tackle on Tony Watt.And United made the most of the extra man to seal a ...Full Story »

Sutton slipped to ninth in League Two after being pegged back in a 1-1 draw with promotion-chasing Tranmere.Defender Ben Goodliffe opened the scoring for the hosts after just 15 minutes with his first goal since October.But Josh Hawkes hit his fifth of the season to ensure Micky Mellon’s side went three games without defeat.Matt Gray’s U’s are three points off the play-off pace...Full Story »

Oli Shaw’s late goal secured cinch Scottish Championship leaders Kilmarnock a 2-1 win over Queen of the South at Rugby Park.Killie created an early opening when Kyle Lafferty sent Fraser Murray clear, but Joshua Rae made the save.At the other end, Zach Hemming, on loan from Middlesbrough, produced a fine stop from Alistair Roy’s curling effort.The home side broke the deadlock shortly...Full Story »

Dover’s relegation from the Vanarama National League was confirmed following a 2-0 loss at home to Yeovil.The Kent outfit managed by Andy Hessenthaler had claimed only one victory all season and a 12-point deduction only added to their plight before this latest defeat sealed the inevitable.Ben Barclay broke the deadlock for Town in the 19th minute with an excellent finish into the top corn...Full Story »

Nathan Ralph and Matthew Dennis both hit the back of the net to get Southend back to winning ways with a 2-0 Vanarama National League win over Altrincham.Defender Ralph bundled home his first goal of the season after a scramble in the box following a corner to put the hosts into the lead.Midfielder Dennis then turned in his eighth league goal of the season, tapping home from Jack Bridge’s ...Full Story »

Brandon Thomas-Asante scored a hat-trick as Salford earned a thumping 5-1 home win over rock-bottom Scunthorpe.Matt Smith’s opener and a stunner from Stephen Kelly completed the scoring as the Ammies recorded their biggest win of the season to leave Scunthorpe 10 points from safety in League Two.The home side were cruising when Smith glanced a header beyond Iron goalkeeper Rory Watson afte...Full Story »

Notts County moved into the Vanarama National League play-off positions with an impressive 2-1 victory at promotion rivals Dagenham.The two sides were outside the top seven at the start of the day and in need of points to raise hopes of an unlikely Football League return.Daggers’ run of three league wins in a row looked set to continue when Junior Morais put the home side in front after on...Full Story »

Leyton Orient fought back from a goal down to end a 16-match winless run with a 3-1 success over Rochdale at Brisbane Road.The visitors went ahead after six minutes when the hosts failed to clear a corner. Stephen Dooley played the ball back into the danger area where Alex Newby pounced to send his left-footed effort into the net.Laurence Vigouroux tipped a Liam Kelly drive over the bar on the h...Full Story »

Leaders Stockport scored all their goals in a second-half flurry to dispatch Wealdstone 4-2 for their eighth National League victory on the spin.Paddy Madden sparked a comeback with a penalty, before teeing up Ryan Johnson to level the clash.Ashley Palmer buried Antoni Sarcevic’s corner to hand the hosts the lead, before Sarcevic himself tapped home to complete a fine turnaround win.Jack C...Full Story »

A brace from Malachi Linton saw King’s Lynn beat fellow strugglers Aldershot 3-0.The win sees the Linnets earn their first win in eight games, but they remain second from bottom in the National League while the Shots sit just above the relegation zone.King’s Lynn went ahead 20 minutes in when Josh Barrett’s shot found Linton, who tapped the ball home.Barrett had another chance ...Full Story »

Luke McNally scored with almost the last touch of the game as Oxford snatched a 1-1 draw against fellow promotion hopeful Ipswich in front of more than 11,000 fans – their biggest gate of the season at the Kassam Stadium.Town took the lead in the 70th minute when Bersant Celina finished off a flowing move by turning in Wes Burns’ crossAnd the visitors looked to be heading toward...Full Story »

Woking made it back-to-back Vanarama National League wins with a 2-0 victory against Barnet.Moussa Diarra and Jamar Loza both scored for the Cardinals, who move up to 14th while the Bees drop to 17th.Diarra put Woking in front in the 16th minute after bundling a corner ball into the net.Barnet came close to the equaliser just after the half-hour mark when Ephron Mason-Clark had a chance, but Cra...Full Story »

Substitute Amadou Bakayoko fired a last-minute winner as Bolton squeezed a 1-0 win at Crewe.Bottom club Alex appeared to have held out to end a run of four consecutive defeats but were hit by a sucker punch when the striker reacted quickest after Kieran Sadlier’s free-kick struck the base of the post, finishing from a tight angle.Crewe keeper Dave Richards made a string of fine stops to th...Full Story »

Warren O’Hora scored the only goal as MK Dons continued their outstanding run of form in Sky Bet League One with a 1-0 win at Cambridge.Liam Manning’s side grabbed the decisive goal on the hour mark when Cambridge failed to deal with Dan Harvie’s long throw and the ball fell to defender O’Hora to fire past Dimi Mitov.The visitors could have gone ahead early on but Troy Pa...Full Story »

Swansea held on for a 0-0 draw against a Birmingham side who dominated the contest in south Wales.Neither team has anything more than pride to play for in the Championship but it was Birmingham, who started the day in 20th place, who were the hungrier side as the hosts laboured in the sunshine.The draw lifted Lee Bowyer’s men to 19th in the table, 14 points clear of the bottom three, while...Full Story »