Matthew Pennington’s header secured a third win in four for Shrewsbury as they beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 at Montgomery Waters Meadow.The former Everton defender scored his second goal of the season when he met Luke Leahy’s corner in stoppage time at the end of the first half to make it four unbeaten for Steve Cotterill’s men, who rise to 14th in Sky Bet League One.The defeat...Full Story »

Joshua Mullin scored twice and Jamie Hamilton was also on target as Hamilton secured a convincing 3-0 win over Queen of the South at Palmerston Park.The visitors hit the front on 20 minutes when Mullin tapped in the rebound from his own penalty after Ronan Hughes had been brought down in the box.The home side were soon down to 10 men when Willie Gibson, who had been booked for dissent in the aft...Full Story »

A stoppage-time goal from Danny Whitehall saw 10-man Eastleigh come back to win 3-2 against Weymouth.The Spitfires were 2-0 up despite Jake Hesketh’s dismissal just before half-time, but two quickfire Terras goals levelled the scores in the second half before Whitehall fired home a winner.Ryan Hill set up Tyrone Barnett for the Eastleigh forward to score the opener in the 40th minute, but ...Full Story »

Dan Holman’s late strike gave Torquay a 2-1 win at Yeovil.The hosts looked like they would extend their long unbeaten home run when Jordan Barnett opened the scoring after 66 minutes.However, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans equalised before Holman struck in the 89th minute to inflict a first loss on the Glovers at Huish Park since October 9.It was a fourth victory in five league games for Torquay ...Full Story »

Rival managers Valerien Ismael and Steve Morison criticised referee Thomas Bramall after tempers boiled over at the end of the 1-1 draw between West Brom and Cardiff at The Hawthorns.Ismael stormed on to the pitch and West Brom goalkeeper Sam Johnstone and Cardiff defender Aden Flint were sent off after a melee was sparked by Bramall’s refusal to award a penalty for what both managers agre...Full Story »

Boreham Wood were held to a goalless home draw by Barnet at Meadow Park.The Bees had a chance in the opening 10 minutes when a deep free-kick from goalkeeper Aston Oxborough found Jamie Turley, but his headed effort flew wide.Oxborough was called into action when Josh Rees had a shot soon after, and managed to push the ball away.Both sides continued to have chances in the second half, with Tyron...Full Story »

Everton manager Rafael Benitez blamed more errors for their 3-2 defeat at home to Brighton but insisted it was not the time “to point fingers”.Brighton were 2-0 up in 21 minutes through goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Dan Burn and, while Everton academy graduate Anthony Gordon scored his first goals for the club, Mac Allister’s second sandwiched between them was enough for t...Full Story »

A Kyle Wootton double and Jayden Richardson’s header helped Notts County climb to sixth in the National League table with a 3-1 home win over 10-man Wrexham.The game got off to a bright start for the visitors as they opened the scoring in the fourth minute when Reece Hall-Johnson smashed in a rocket from long range.But Wrexham were soon down to 10 men when Harry Lennon was given a straight...Full Story »

Tony Mowbray described the officiating at Ewood Park as “embarrassing” after Blackburn’s six-match winning streak came to an end following a goalless draw with Huddersfield.Nullified by the Terriers’ defensive solidarity, Rovers were restricted to few chances, with Reda Khadra’s strike against the frame of the goal the closest they came.Mowbray was incensed that ref...Full Story »

Mikael Ndjoli struck deep into injury time to give Aldershot a 3-2 win at Woking.It looked like the points would be shared after Corie Andrews’ 88th-minute penalty levelled things up for the Shots.Goals from Max Kretzschmar, his second from the penalty spot midway through the second half, had seen the hosts twice lead.Jayden Harris scored early in the second half and Andrews’ second ...Full Story »

Dagenham made it four consecutive league wins with a 3-1 victory against Dover.The Daggers move up to fifth in the National League table, while Dover are still rooted to the bottom with no wins so far this season.Dover had a good early chance from a corner but Ben Williamson’s effort was saved by Elliot Justham.The Daggers took the lead in the 29th minute through Junior Morias after he fou...Full Story »

Nigel Pearson told his Bristol City players at half-time that the next 45 minutes against Millwall could transform their season.The response was a fightback from 2-1 down to win 3-2 and claim three deserved points thanks to an Andreas Weimann hat-trick.The experienced striker had capitalised on a mis-hit clearance from Bartosz Bialkowski to fire City into a seventh-minute lead.But Tom Bradshaw&r...Full Story »

Steven Gerrard was left scratching his head at how Aston Villa came away from Brentford empty-handed.Villa were leading through an early Danny Ings goal, but a stunner from Yoane Wissa pulled Brentford level and a first senior goal from Mads Roerslev secured a 2-1 win for the hosts.“I couldn’t believe we were level at half-time because the performance was really strong,” said G...Full Story »

Raith Rovers missed the chance to move up to second in the cinch Championship table after being held to a goalless draw by struggling Dunfermline.Tom Lang had a chance to open the scoring for the hosts in the 20th minute when he connected with Ethan Ross’ free-kick, but he headed wide.Lewis McCann came close to nodding Dunfermline in front in the 62nd minute but was unable to find the open...Full Story »

Stuart Dallas and Dan James struck second-half goals as Leeds beat Burnley 3-1 at Elland Road to give their Premier League survival chances a major boost.Dallas fired home with 13 minutes left in a pulsating relegation battle to raise the roof after Burnley substitute Maxwel Cornet’s fine free-kick had cancelled out Jack Harrison’s first-half opener.James sealed Leeds’ first le...Full Story »

Brighton’s first victory at Goodison Park piled more pressure on Everton manager Rafael Benitez as Alexis Mac Allister scored twice in a 3-2 win which the Seagulls made harder work of than they should have.It was a case of new year, same old Everton as even the long-awaited return of Dominic Calvert-Lewin after almost five months out with a thigh injury failed to change their fortunes, wit...Full Story »

QPR made it two straight wins with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Birmingham at St Andrew’s.Albert Adomah’s 14th-minute strike got QPR off to a perfect start before Chris Willock’s brilliantly-executed effort in the 71st minute sent the visitors into a two-goal lead.Birmingham substitute Chuks Aneke smashed home to halve the deficit four minutes later but Lee Bowyer’s sid...Full Story »

Blackburn missed the chance to move within a point of the Championship summit after Huddersfield battled to a deserved 0-0 draw at Ewood Park.With promotion rivals Bournemouth and Fulham both out of action due to postponements, Rovers had a chance to apply pressure in the race for the Premier League but were thwarted by the resolute Terriers who were able to withstand early pressure from the lea...Full Story »

Two red cards were shown at the final whistle as tempers boiled over at the end of the 1-1 draw between West Brom and Cardiff at The Hawthorns.Callum Robinson cancelled out James Collins’ 34th-minute opener to earn Albion a point, but the scoring was overshadowed by disciplinary incidents.The Baggies had already had midfielder Alex Mowatt sent off as their stuttering form in the Sky Bet Ch...Full Story »

A late strike from Mads Roerslev condemned Steven Gerrard to defeat on his return to the touchline at Brentford.Gerrard was back in the Aston Villa dug-out following a Covid lay-off as his side attempted to bounce back from the Boxing Day defeat at Chelsea.They led through an early Danny Ings strike, but Yoane Wissa hit a spectacular equaliser for the Bees before Danish defender Roerslev proved ...Full Story »