Neil Harris’s first game in charge of Gillingham saw his side secure a first win in 15 League One matches as they beat fellow strugglers Crewe 1-0 at Priestfield.Having conceded four goals from penalties in their 7-2 defeat to Oxford on Saturday, Danny Lloyd scored the Gills’ winner from the spot in the 17th minute after Stuart O’Keefe’s shot had been handled in the area ...Full Story »

Barrow ended their three-game losing run by upsetting promotion-chasing Northampton with a 1-0 victory at Sixfields.Aaron Amadi-Holloway was the match-winner as he headed home early in the second half to earn the lowly visitors three well-deserved points at the expense of the out-of-sorts Cobblers.Barrow dominated the opening exchanges and created half chances for Remeao Hutton and Luke James bu...Full Story »

Matt Smith headed home his first Salford goal to clinch victory in an entertaining 2-1 League Two home win over Carlisle.All the goals came after the break as Carlisle came from behind before being denied by the giant striker’s glancing header.The hosts should have led inside the first minute when Smith drilled a sitter into the ground and over the crossbar.Carlisle came close within the o...Full Story »

Top scorer Dapo Afolayan’s 12th goal of the season helped move Bolton up to 11th in Sky Bet League One thanks to a 2-0 win over Cambridge.Afolayan’s stunning 69th-minute strike secured a fourth successive clean sheet win for Ian Evatt’s rapidly improving side.Wanderers, buoyed by last Saturday’s 6-0 humiliation of Sunderland that cost Lee Johnson his job, were soon into t...Full Story »

Motherwell and St Mirren fans briefly clashed on the pitch after Ross Tierney scored a stoppage-time equaliser for the visitors in Paisley.Alex Gogic looked to have scored a debut winner for St Mirren when he headed home in the 81st minute of a close cinch Premiership encounter 24 hours after moving on loan from Hibernian.But Tierney finished high into the net after fellow substitute Kaiyne Wool...Full Story »

Elliot Watt salvaged a point for Bradford with an equaliser six minutes from time in a scrappy 1-1 League Two draw against Leyton Orient at Valley Parade.Orient who had lost five of their previous six matches in all competitions – and had not scored in five of them – took the lead in the 69th minute through Darren Pratley but were denied maximum points by Watt’s late goal.The o...Full Story »

Brian Graham scored the only goal as Partick Thistle returned to winning ways by beating Ayr 1-0 in the cinch Championship.Ross Docherty had a good chance to put Thistle in front after finding some space but his shot was saved by Aidan McAdams.Sam Ashford also had an opportunity for the visitors with a low shot towards the bottom corner, but Jamie Sneddon was able to make the save.Graham scored ...Full Story »

Shea Gordon scored a late equaliser to rescue a point for bottom side Queen of the South as they drew 3-3 with promotion-chasing Raith in the Scottish Championship.Raith took the lead nine minutes in through Dario Zanatta from close range before Aidan Connolly doubled the lead just four minutes later, finding the top corner.Ben Liddle was able to pull back a goal for Queen of the South from insi...Full Story »

Conor Grant earned visitors Rochdale a point in a 1-1 draw at Colchester.Grant scored with a close-range shot in the 76th minute after Corey O’Keeffe had done well to pick him out in the area.John Akinde had gone close for Colchester in the 20th minute when he forced Dale goalkeeper Joel Coleman to save at his near post.And Coleman then saved Freddie Sears’ 20-yard effort shortly aft...Full Story »

Ben Whiteman missed a second-half penalty as Preston were forced to settle for a point in an otherwise tame goalless draw at Millwall.Neither of these mid-table Championship sides were able to offer excitement in a bitterly disappointing contest played in front of the Lions’ lowest home league crowd of the season of just 10,183.Midfielder Whiteman missed the golden chance when his 65th-min...Full Story »

Ross County and Aberdeen cancelled each other out as they had to settle for a share of the spoils from a 1-1 cinch Premiership draw in Dingwall.Just minutes into the second half, Aberdeen took the lead through Jonny Hayes but, after Ross Callachan equalised with a volley 53 minutes in, neither goalkeeper was particularly troubled.Both sides made three changes to their starting line-ups and that ...Full Story »

Matthew Dennis’ double saw Southend move up to 13th in the Vanarama National League after a 2-1 win over Barnet.Dennis scored twice in the first-half to make it back-to-back wins for the Shrimpers while Barnet suffered their third consecutive loss.Bees skipper Jamie Turley was absent from the side for reportedly taking a stand against a member of Barnet’s staff, who allegedly made a ...Full Story »

Hibernian’s debutant goalkeeper Kevin Dabrowski pulled off three big second-half saves to deny Hearts attacker Ellis Simms and ensure the second Edinburgh derby of the season ended goalless.The 23-year-old Pole, who joined the Easter Road club five years ago, was finally handed his first competitive appearance following an injury to regular number one Matt Macey. And he made an important c...Full Story »

Ali Crawford netted a late winner for St Johnstone at 10-man Livingston as Callum Davidson’s side picked up their first win in 13 games.The Lions had looked more threatening after the break but Crawford was on hand to tuck away Glenn Middleton’s cut back in the 90th minute.The away team had taken the lead through Callum Hendry but Bruce Anderson pulled Livingston level before the bre...Full Story »

Matt Stevens scored a late equaliser to earn leaders Forest Green a 1-1 draw at Port Vale and stretch their unbeaten run to 16 League Two matches.It appeared as though on-loan striker Ryan Edmondson’s first-half finish would be enough to earn promotion-chasing Port Vale victory and complete a league double over their opponents but Stevens poked home his 21st goal of the season in all compe...Full Story »

Dundee were left bottom of the cinch Premiership after being held to a goalless draw by Dundee United at the Kilmac Stadium.The two Tayside clubs put in a huge effort with home substitute Zak Rudden coming close on a couple of occasions on his debut and United striker Nicky Clark missing a terrific chance late in the game.However, when the dust had settled following an enthusiastic encounter, wi...Full Story »

League One leaders Rotherham cruised to a 5-0 victory over bottom side Doncaster to extend their lead at the top to three points and increase their cushion inside the automatic promotion places.Goals from Mikel Miller, Ben Wiles, Chiedozie Ogbene and Jamie Lindsay, plus a Dan Barlaser penalty saw the Millers power to victory with lowly Doncaster struggling to make an impression on the game.Mille...Full Story »

Harry Cornick came off the bench to score the only goal of the game against Swansea and lift Luton to within three points of the Sky Bet Championship play-off places.The striker scored his first goal for three months, and eighth of the season, to leave sliding Swansea with just one win in their last seven games.By contrast, Luton have won four of their last seven.Swansea had given a debut to goa...Full Story »

Ben Gladwin’s stoppage-time strike snatched Swindon a point in a 1-1 draw at home to Crawley.Jack Powell’s 41st-minute penalty had looked set to secure Crawley victory before Gladwin’s last-gasp intervention.Gladwin stung the palms of Crawley’s Glenn Morris in the opening minute, meeting Harry McKirdy’s cross with a powerful connection but directing his effort strai...Full Story »

Mansfield’s club-record run of eight consecutive league wins came to an end following a 0-0 draw at Harrogate.It was perhaps inevitable that the sixth-placed Stags would drop their first points since November 23 against Simon Weaver’s men, who have developed a reputation as the visitors’ bogey team having won all four previous meetings between the two clubs.Both sides struggled...Full Story »