Liam Mandeville grabbed the match-winning goal as Chesterfield strengthened their grasp on fourth spot in the National League with a 1-0 win at Dagenham.Mandeville was in the right place at the right time to nod home a neat cross from Ollie Banks in the 71st minute and seal the points for Paul Cook’s side.The teams had been tied up to that point, though the Spireites came within a few inch...Full Story »

Barnsley returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Shrewsbury who have now lost four on the bounce, as the Reds hang on to hopes of a top-two finish.Nicky Cadden and Devante Cole got on the scoresheet before the break, before Killian Phillips pulled one back in stoppage time.Both sides were reduced to 10 men before the game concluded, with Cadden and Ryan Bowman given their marching order...Full Story »

Callum Hendry’s stoppage time double completed a stunning Salford fightback to beat AFC Wimbledon 3-2 in a pulsating League Two clash at Plough Lane.After having a penalty saved in the 90th minute by Nathan Broome, it looked like it would not be Hendry’s day, but incredibly he found the back of the net twice to claim a hugely important win in their fight for promotion.Hendry’s ...Full Story »

Coventry and Watford played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at the CBS Arena that did little for their respective play-off dreams in the Championship.First-half goals from Joao Pedro and Imran Louza put the Hornets 2-0 up but Matthew Godden and Ben Sheaf rescued a point for the Sky Blues.Coventry sit three points off the play-off places with Watford a further three points off the pace with five gam...Full Story »

League Two leaders Leyton Orient were held to a 2-2 home draw by relegation-threatened Harrogate.Anthony O’Connor and George Thomson cancelled out a two-goal first-half salvo from O’s striker Ruel Sotiriou.Sotiriou opened the scoring after nine minutes when he wriggled past O’Connor and drove the ball into the net from the centre of the goal.And the striker added another on 36 ...Full Story »

Substitute George Lloyd ended Grimsby’s longest winless run of the season as his stoppage-time strike secured a 2-1 League Two comeback victory at Doncaster.Lloyd pounced in the sixth minute of time added on following a nasty injury to home defender Ben Nelson as Paul Hurst’s men picked up their first win in seven matches in all competitions and a first in Doncaster since 1989.The Ma...Full Story »

Sky Bet League Two’s bottom club Rochdale earned another precious point in their bid to stay in the EFL as they defended magnificently to draw 1-1 at promotion-chasing Mansfield.Hiram Boateng’s second Easter goal gave the Stags the perfect start on six minutes after he found Lucas Akins in the box and then ran onto Akins’ superb backheel return to crash home a 12-yard finish.Ma...Full Story »

Nicky Featherstone’s first goal of the season earned Hartlepool a 1-1 draw with promotion-chasing Stevenage and lifted them out of the relegation zone in Sky Bet League Two.Featherstone’s leveller seconds after the restart secured a point, with the visitors believing Pools should have had goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk sent off before the break.At that point, Stevenage’s Danny Ros...Full Story »

Charlton overcame Burton 3-2 at the Valley with two first-half goals from Jes Rak-Sakyi.The hosts took total control of the Easter Monday fixture at the Valley with two strikes in the first 17 minutes and held on despite Jack Payne’s late dismissal.Ex-Charlton keeper Craig MacGillivray was beaten on seven minutes when Rak-Sakyi turned in the area and fired home.Palace loanee Rak-Sakyi doub...Full Story »

Will Hondermarck scored a superb late winner as Northampton got their League Two promotion challenge back on track with a 2-1 victory over Gillingham.The Cobblers were missing 11 players through injury but deservedly won to stay second and open up a three-point gap to the three teams battling for third.Louis Appere gave them the lead before Aiden O’Brien levelled, but Hondermarck had the l...Full Story »

Carlisle’s away goal drought stretched to four games as the promotion hopefuls were held to a 0-0 draw at 10-man Walsall.The Cumbrians slipped out of the automatic promotion spots into fourth place after failing to capitalise on Hayden White’s 61st-minute sending-off.It took 34 minutes for either side to register a shot on target, Carlisle keeper Tomas Holy producing a smart low stop...Full Story »

Goals from Michael Cheek and Lee Ndlovu cancelled each other out in the space of two minutes as National League play-off hopefuls Bromley and Boreham Wood settled for a 1-1 draw.Cheek opened the scoring in the 24th minute when he struck for the 14th time this season, but Boreham Wood’s response was swift and decisive.Ndlovu shouldered the responsibility, taking possession on the edge of th...Full Story »

Ten-man Port Vale and Oxford had to settle for a point after a battling goalless draw at Vale Park.Both sides had chances to snatch a precious victory but neither could produce the moment of magic needed to find a breakthrough.And to add to a frustrating day at the office for the home side, midfielder Dennis Politic was sent off in the second minute of stoppage time for violent conduct following...Full Story »

Promotion-chasing Barnet were made to fight for a point in a goalless draw away to basement-dwellers Maidstone.Barnet went close to taking the lead in the 22nd minute when Sam Bone cleared an effort off the line in a crowded box before Idris Kanu sent the rebound over.But the second half saw Maidstone go close to winning it twice. First Kevin Berkoe found himself in space and tried to pick out t...Full Story »

Tranmere ended a run of six games without a victory with a 1-0 win over struggling Swindon at Prenton Park.Harvey Saunders’ first-half strike was enough to see Ian Dawes register his first victory as Rovers manager and inflict a fourth straight defeat on the Robins.The home side opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when Saunders prodded home from close range after Swindon failed to clear ...Full Story »

Grant Ward’s winner gave Joey Barton a victorious return to Fleetwood as Bristol Rovers fought back from behind to earn a 2-1 success in League One.Jayden Stockley had given Fleetwood a 22nd-minute lead, but Lewis Gibson equalised after 56 minutes.And 10 minutes later Ward’s overhit cross deceived everyone and dipped underneath the crossbar to give Rovers the points.Stockley had a si...Full Story »

John Akinde scored a five-minute brace as dominant Colchester thrashed Crewe 4-0 to give their League Two survival hopes a big boost.The U’s took a 24th-minute lead when Akinde slotted the ball home from close range from Samson Tovide’s pass, following a fine run down the right from Junior Tchamadeu.And Colchester doubled their advantage four minutes later when Connor Wood’s cr...Full Story »

Josh Griffiths’ gaffe handed QPR a survival lifeline as West Brom’s fading play-off hopes took another hit.Chris Martin charged down the goalkeeper’s clearance to score as Rangers came from 2-0 down to salvage a 2-2 draw.It kept Gareth Ainsworth’s men two points clear of the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone and ended a four-match losing streak.Brandon Thomas-Asante an...Full Story »

Jon Dahl Tomasson hailed his Blackburn side’s performance as one of the best of the season as they came from behind to salvage a point in a 2-2 draw with Huddersfield.Rovers avoided falling to a third defeat in a row thanks to Ryan Hedges’ stoppage-time leveller.Neil Warnock’s side looked destined to secure a fourth win in a row in their quest for survival as they assumed an ea...Full Story »

Blackburn kept their promotion bid alive as they came from behind to draw 2-2 against in-form Huddersfield.Neil Warnock’s resurgent side – who had secured three consecutive wins against Millwall, Middlesbrough and Watford – found themselves 2-0 up inside the first 22 minutes of the game.Defender Matty Pearson notched his fourth goal in three games to hand the Terriers control s...Full Story »