Jesse Lingard finally broke his Nottingham Forest duck as he scored in a 2-0 win that dumped sorry Tottenham out of the Carabao Cup.Lingard has had an underwhelming start to his Forest career after his surprise free transfer in the summer and had not scored or made an assist in his opening 12 appearances – but he put that right on a memorable night at the City Ground.The former Manchester ...Full Story »

Wrexham moved to the top the National League table as Phil Parkinson’s men defeated struggling Scunthorpe 3-1 at Glanford Park.Ollie Palmer put the Welsh side ahead with a 21st-minute finish and Aaron Hayden’s header then doubled the advantage just past the half-hour mark.Scunthorpe pulled a goal back three minutes before half-time through Jai Rowe.But Paul Mullin wrapped things up f...Full Story »

Neil Harris revealed Gillingham had to walk the last part of their journey to Brentford before running away with a place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.The League Two Gills stunned their top-flight hosts with a 6-5 win on penalties after battling to a 1-1 draw.Ivan Toney’s early goal put the Bees ahead but Gillingham hit back through a 73rd-minute header from substitute Mikael Mand...Full Story »

Nathan Jones insisted “nothing has been decided” after what potentially was his final game as Luton boss ended in a 2-0 defeat at his former club Stoke.The Welshman will now hold talks with Southampton about becoming the Premier League club’s new boss in succession to Ralph Hasenhuttl.“It is wonderful to be linked but nothing has been decided,” said Jones, who suffe...Full Story »

Birmingham head coach John Eustace heaped praise on Troy Deeney after the captain’s late goal earned his side a 2-2 draw against Swansea at St Andrew’s.The 34-year-old striker equalised in the 89th minute of the Sky Bet Championship contest when he thundered the ball home from close range after Dion Sanderson headed on Juninho Bacuna’s corner.Blues led when the unmarked Scott H...Full Story »

Barnet moved to within a point of the Vanarama National League play-offs with a 2-0 win at Altrincham.Ryan De Havilland put the visitors in front with 16 minutes gone when he turned in Sam Beard’s cross from the left.Barnet were then grateful to goalkeeper Laurie Walker, who foiled Elliot Newby after he sprang the offside trap.Walker was busy again midway through the second half when he go...Full Story »

Matt Taylor was proud to become the first Rotherham manager to win at Sheffield United since 1980.Taylor succeeded where George Kerr, Billy McEwan, Ronnie Moore, Steve Evans and Paul Warne all failed by overseeing victory at Bramall Lane thanks to Ben Wiles’ first-half goal.Wiles struck seven minutes before the break as the Millers, who were missing six first-team players due to injury, re...Full Story »

Nathan Jones’ potential swansong as Luton boss ended in a 2-0 Sky Bet Championship defeat for the play-off chasers to his former club Stoke City.Jones has received permission to speak to Southampton to become Ralph Hassenhuttl’s successor at the Premier League strugglers.If successful, his first ever game as a top-flight boss could be at Liverpool on Saturday.If so, this was an unhap...Full Story »

Ben Wiles’ goal gave Rotherham a first win at Sheffield United since 1980 and stopped their South Yorkshire rivals going top of the Sky Bet Championship.The Millers, missing six first-team players due to injury, have had a miserable time at Bramall Lane since last winning 42 years ago, but they rewrote the record books with a 1-0 victory thanks to Wiles’ accomplished finish.They felt...Full Story »

Gustavo Hamer and Viktor Gyokeres were on target as clinical Coventry secured their third Championship win in a row as they beat Wigan 2-0 at the CBS Arena.Only Blackburn had taken more points from their previous six games than Mark Robins’ men, who made it nine clean sheets in 12 outings.Coventry’s sixth win in eight also took them into the top half of the Championship for the first...Full Story »

Boreham Wood and York were forced to share the spoils after drawing 1-1 at Meadow Park.Taking a point each sees the Wood stay in the promotion spots in seventh, while the Minstermen remain 11th in the Vanarama National League.York were awarded a penalty when Luke James was brought down in the area and Lenell John-Lewis slotted home from the spot to take the lead 10 minutes in.The Wood had chance...Full Story »

Troy Deeney rescued a deserved point for Birmingham after Matt Grimes looked like inspiring Swansea to a comeback win in a 2-2 draw at St Andrew’s.Deeney equalised in the 89th minute of the Sky Bet Championship clash, after Scott Hogan put Blues ahead in the first half.Hogan’s ninth goal of the season was cancelled out by Olivier Ntcham before Grimes – who started the move for ...Full Story »

Southampton are expected to utilise their squad for the Carabao Cup tie against Sheffield Wednesday.First-team coach Ruben Selles has been put in interim charge after the departure of manager Ralph Hasenhuttl, and is likely to hand full-back Lewis Payne and striker Dominic Ballard another chance to impress.Defender Juan Larios will be assessed after he was forced off during the first half of the...Full Story »

Maxwel Cornet is West Ham’s only injury absentee for the Carabao Cup visit of Blackburn.David Moyes is expected to name a strong side, although World Cup-bound players like Declan Rice and Lucas Paqueta will probably sit out.Alphonse Areola, Nayef Aguerd, Flynn Downes, Pablo Fornals and Manuel Lanzini are all likely to start.Blackburn defender Ashley Phillips is available for the first tim...Full Story »

Omar Richards has returned to training with Nottingham Forest but will not feature in the Carabao Cup against Tottenham.The defender has recovered from a fractured leg but will not be considered for a debut this week as he builds up fitness.Giulian Biancone (knee), Harry Toffolo (hamstring), Moussa Niakhate (hamstring) and Jack Colback (back) are out.Tottenham could hand a start to Dejan Kulusev...Full Story »

Man Utd make Bellingham no.1 target (Sky Germany) Man Utd will prioritise a move for Borussia Dortmund and England star Jude Bellingham next summer, according to Sky Germany. The Red Devils are said to have scouted the midfielder extensively and anticipate he will cost around €150 million (£130.5m), with manager Erik ten Hag keen to take him to Old Trafford. However, it may be a ...Full Story »

Birmingham will be without Krystian Bielik when they host Swansea in the Sky Bet Championship on Tuesday.Derby loanee Bielik picked up his fifth booking of the campaign in Blues’ 2-1 win at Stoke at the weekend, earning him a one-match ban.Marc Roberts, George Friend and Nico Gordon are back in training after injury, but it is unclear whether they will be ready to feature against Swansea.M...Full Story »

SOUTHAMPTON are set to sack manager Ralph Hasenhuttl. The Austrian is set to depart either before Southampton's game against Liverpool next weekend or during the World Cup. Southampton have decided to sack manager Ralph Hasenhuttl Southampton were thrashed 4-1 by Newcastle at home on Sunday and were booed off the pitch. The result leaves the Saints in the relegation zone with just one win in...Full Story »

Leeds are reportedly leading the race to sign Birmingham youngster George Hall. The 18-year-old has been compared to England international Jude Bellingham, who also came through the Blues’ academy before starring for their first team as a teenager. Leeds moved away from the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday as they overturned a 3-1 deficit to defeat Bournemouth 4-3. But Jesse Mar...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp talked up the impact of “team player” Mohamed Salah after his brace at Tottenham earned a first Premier League away win of the season following a hard-fought 2-1 victory.Salah struck twice in the first half, firing home after Darwin Nunez’s 11th-minute pass before he latched onto Eric Dier’s mistake and lobbed Hugo Lloris five minutes before...Full Story »