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 »

Joe Sbarra scored a hat-trick as Solihull kept themselves firmly in the National League play-off hunt with an entertaining 5-3 win over Eastleigh.The Moors, who had drawn their last three games, took an early lead through Sbarra and doubled their advantage on the quarter-hour mark when captain Callum Howe headed in following a corner.Sbarra added a third in the 40th minute but the Spitfires star...Full Story »

Depleted Luton moved up to third in the Sky Bet Championship with a disciplined 3-1 victory at Hull.Despite being without their core defensive line through injury, Nathan Jones’ side produced an exemplary performance.Elijah Adebayo opened the scoring after nine minutes – a just reward for an intense start to the game.Harry Cornick added a second on 56 minutes, with Luton’s auth...Full Story »

Jacob Brown inspired a much-needed 2-0 victory over Millwall to relieve pressure on Stoke boss Michael O’Neill.Without a win in eight league games entering the fixture, the Potters took an early lead through Brown’s accurate header and doubled their advantage through a George Saville own goal after the hour mark.Jed Wallace’s missed penalty compounded a miserable return to Stok...Full Story »

Fleetwood and Doncaster played out a 0-0 Sky Bet League One draw that does neither side’s chances of escaping the drop much good.It was perhaps no surprise that clear-cut openings were scarce, as Fleetwood had lost their previous five games and Doncaster came to Highbury as the division’s lowest scorers.The visitors’ best chance came five minutes before the break, Jordy Hiwula ...Full Story »

Bournemouth made a huge leap towards a return to the Premier League by comfortably beating promotion rivals Huddersfield.Jaidon Anthony, Jefferson Lerma and Dominic Solanke were on the mark as the ruthless visitors dented the Terriers’ play-off hopes with a 3-0 win at The John Smith’s Stadium.The Cherries completely dominated their fellow promotion hopefuls in West Yorkshire to open ...Full Story »

Charlton moved 13 points clear of the League One relegation zone as Conor Washington and Corey Blackett-Taylor struck in a 2-0 win over Burton.Burton right-back Tom Hamer was lucky to only be booked by referee Rebecca Welch for a two-footed challenge on George Dobson in the ninth minute.Charlton’s opening goal on 12 minutes was classic route one. Goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray claimed Hamer...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta hailed a big three points after Arsenal held on for a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa.The result saw the Gunners bounce back from defeat by Liverpool in midweek and move four points clear of Manchester United with a game in hand in the race to qualify for the Champions League.Arteta had complained about the scheduling, with Arsenal having to play at lunchtime having hosted Liverpool on...Full Story »

Frustrated Derby manager Wayne Rooney claimed his team should have had three penalties after they were held 1-1 by Coventry at Pride Park.Rooney insisted referee Darren Bond should have awarded two other spot kicks in addition to the one dispatched by Tom Lawrence to rescue a point for the Rams.Derby had gone behind to a superb goal from Matt Godden in the 28th minute after he played a one-two w...Full Story »

Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom was impressed with his side’s mentality after they recorded a 2-0 victory at home to Barnsley which maintained their promotion push.Sander Berge scored his third goal in four games when he converted a Conor Hourihane cross in the 54th minute, before Morgan Gibbs-White capped what was an impressive display from the Blades in the second period 22 minu...Full Story »

Tom Lawrence’s penalty earned Derby a precious point in their fight for Championship survival as they came back to draw 1-1 with Coventry at Pride Park.The Sky Blues led through a fine goal from Matt Godden but their play-off ambitions were dented when Lawrence deservedly levelled in the second half.Both teams had chances to win it with Simon Moore turning behind a Lawrence free kick befor...Full Story »

Arsenal returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa to move four points clear of Manchester United in the Champions League race.Bukayo Saka scored the only goal of the game in the 30th minute with a shot from the edge of the area.The Gunners, who also have a game in hand on United, saw a five-match winning run ended by Liverpool in midweek but they completely dominated the first...Full Story »