Derby boss Paul Warne was delighted with the grit his team showed as they bounced back from a midweek defeat at Plymouth to win 3-2 at Oxford and get their League One play-off push back on track.Louie Sibley scored twice as the Rams hit back from going behind in the 14th minute to Sam Long’s header.A Long own goal, diverting James Collins’ header into his own net after 61 minutes, ma...Full Story »

New Oxford manager Liam Manning saw his relegation-threatened team beaten 3-2 by a Louie Sibley-inspired Derby at the Kassam Stadium.Manning, who will be officially unveiled on Monday, watched from the stands as Oxford took the lead before League One play-off chasing Derby hit back impressively.The U’s opened the scoring with Sam Long heading in James Henry’s free-kick at the back po...Full Story »

Plymouth hit back from a half-time deficit to beat promotion rivals Derby County 2-1 and move level with Sky Bet League One leaders Sheffield Wednesday.The Rams opened the scoring in the 17th minute when Nathaniel Mendez-Laing beat the offside trap to race through on to David McGoldrick’s spectacular overhead kick pass near the halfway line. The striker’s first shot was deflected by ...Full Story »

Ivan Toney was on target again as Brentford boosted their bid for Europe by winning a feisty west London derby 3-2 against Fulham.The striker took his tally for the season to 16 with another deadly spot-kick to help sink the Bees’ local rivals.Unfortunately for Brentford and Toney, should they succeed in their unlikely bid to reach the Europa League, they may have to enter it without their...Full Story »

Derby head coach Paul Warne admitted he was “hugely disappointed” after his team let a two-goal lead slip at home to Shrewsbury.Warne’s side were in control after scoring twice in the first half through Haydon Roberts and David McGoldrick but Shrewsbury came back to take a deserved point.Tom Bayliss bent a free-kick from just outside the area inside Joe Wildsmith’s near p...Full Story »

Ross County manager Malky Mackay was “bemused” by some of Don Robertson’s refereeing as his side had a penalty rescinded and a man sent off following VAR reviews during a 2-0 home defeat by Motherwell.Mackay also felt Robertson failed to clamp down on the “time-wasting” that led to nine minutes of stoppage time as well as failing to perform “basic” dutie...Full Story »

Derby’s automatic promotion hopes were dented as Shrewsbury came from two goals down to draw 2-2 in League One.Haydon Roberts and David McGoldrick scored as the Rams took a 2-0 lead at half-time.But second-half strikes from Tom Bayliss and Luke Leahy saw the Rams slip 10 points off second-placed Plymouth.Derby had a great chance in the eighth minute when Tom Barkhuizen crossed to the back ...Full Story »

Notts County needed a last-gasp equaliser from Macaulay Langstaff to claim a point in a 1-1 draw with Bromley at Hayes Lane.County began the day on top of the National League table but went behind in the 19th minute when keeper Tiernan Brooks was adjudged to have committed a foul and Adam Marriott converted the penalty.The visitors looked set to be frustrated in their efforts to get back on leve...Full Story »

Cardiff scored two second-half goals to pick up the third win under new boss Sabri Lamouchi as they beat Bristol City 2-0 in the Severnside Derby to edge closer to safety at the bottom of the Championship.They had goalkeeper Ryan Allsop sent off in the first minute of the six added on at the end of the game. Allsop came out of his goal to try to smother an attack and claimed he had used his ches...Full Story »

Cheltenham manager Wade Elliott said his team were beaten by “possibly the best player” in League One after a 2-0 defeat at Derby.David McGoldrick scored one and made another to keep Derby in the hunt for automatic promotion and leave Cheltenham hovering above the drop zone.McGoldrick’s class broke the deadlock two minutes before half-time when he lashed a shot into the bottom ...Full Story »

David McGoldrick played a starring role as promotion-chasing Derby beat struggling Cheltenham 2-0 at Pride Park.The striker scored his 16th league goal of the season before setting up Lewis Dobbin to seal a comfortable victory.McGoldrick curled a shot just wide as Derby dominated the opening exchanges but a poor pass by Eiran Cashin put Ryan Broom in, only for the defender to recover and make a ...Full Story »

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone complained that Real Madrid receive preferential treatment from referees after a straight red card was shown to Angel Correa in a 1-1 draw against their rivals in Saturday's derby. Simeone was fuming over referee Gil Manzano's sending off of Atletico forward Correa in the 64th minute after an elbow to the chest of defender Antonio Rudiger with the score 0-0...Full Story »

Notts County’s seven-match winning streak was brought to an end by a 2-1 home defeat to Dagenham and Redbridge in the National League.County remain top of the table, but their lead over second-place Wrexham was cut to two points after their loss at Meadow Lane.Ruben Rodrigues put the home side ahead in the 21st minute with his 14th goal of the season.However, 10 minutes later Dagenham equa...Full Story »

Dundee United head coach Liam Fox signalled he was set for a period of self-reflection after his side’s predicament at the foot of the cinch Premiership worsened with a 4-0 defeat by Ross County.United lost by seven and nine goals under Jack Ross early in the season but their afternoon in Dingwall provided a similar low as they were well beaten by the team directly above them in the table....Full Story »

Barnsley manager Michael Duff was delighted with his team’s performance in a 4-1 victory against a strong Derby.Devante Cole scored two much-needed goals in the first half and Adam Phillips was also on the scoresheet.David McGoldrick gave hopes of a Derby comeback after a fabulous finish, but substitute Luke Thomas secured the vital three points with a late stoppage-time strike to seal the...Full Story »

Dundee United’s crisis intensified at the Global Energy Stadium as they slipped four points behind relegation rivals Ross County after a 4-0 defeat.It was a measure of County’s dominance that in addition to scoring four they also hit the woodwork and were twice thwarted by VAR.Eamonn Brophy was the principal architect of United’s downfall as they crashed to a sixth consecutive ...Full Story »

Barnsley leapfrogged Derby in the League One table with a thumping 4-1 win at Oakwell.The Tykes made it an impressive seven games without a defeat against Paul Warne’s side, climbing over them into fifth.An opener was found in the 21st minute, as chaos in the Derby defence gave Devante Cole his ninth goal of the season with a simple close-range strike.Adam Phillips then scored his third go...Full Story »

Wrexham kept pace at the top of the Vanarama National League with leaders Notts County as two Paul Mullin penalties secured a 2-0 home win against lowly Scunthorpe.Mullin converted his 26th and 27th league  goals of the season in either half and Phil Parkinson’s side remain five points behind the Magpies.The Dragons extended their unbeaten league run to 20 matches and remain unbe...Full Story »

Notts County maintained their five-point lead at the top of the Vanarama National League as a 4-0 home win against Southend extended their unbeaten league run to 25 matches.Luke Williams’ side notched a seventh straight win and scored four times for the third successive match after Macauley Langstaff’s 31st and 32nd league goals of the season and Sam Austin’s double.Langstaff d...Full Story »

Derby head coach Paul Warne revealed how experience is driving the club’s bid to bounce back to the Championship.Warne paid tribute to senior pros like Conor Hourihane and David McGoldrick after a 2-0 win over Charlton reinforced their position in the top six of League One.The Addicks had been bidding for a fourth consecutive away league win but they fell behind in the ninth minute when Ho...Full Story »