England Under-21 boss Lee Carsley threw down the gauntlet to Harvey Elliott after his brilliant brace.The Liverpool midfielder scored twice as the Young Lions breezed past Northern Ireland 3-0 at Goodison Park.Reds team-mate Tyler Morton, on loan at Hull, opened the scoring as Carsley’s men recorded a routine Euro 2025 qualifying win.Elliott now has five goals in Group F, with England seco...Full Story »

Boss Neil Critchley hailed a patient Jake Beesley as the striker scored twice to help Blackpool to a comprehensive 4-0 League One win at home to Shrewsbury.Beesley scored once in each half, either side of a Kyle Joseph strike that sealed all three points after Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring from the penalty spot.It was the striker’s first league goals of the season following on from a do...Full Story »

Tommy Leigh and Rosaire Longelo scored the goals to end Wrexham’s eight-game unbeaten League Two run as Accrington Stanley won 2-0 at a sold-out Wham Stadium.The Red Dragons dropped out of the automatic promotion places as Stanley moved into seventh spot.Wrexham started well and top scorer Elliot Lee had his header superbly tipped away by Jon McCracken in the 14th minute.The Red Dragons we...Full Story »

Barnet missed the chance to close the gap on National League leaders Chesterfield after a 2-0 home defeat to fifth-placed Gateshead.Stephen Wearne’s brace left the Bees five points behind the Spireites, who lost at Southend.Gateshead opened the scoring two minutes into the second half through Wearne.Despite missing from 20 yards earlier on, Wearne grabbed his second 20 minutes later, takin...Full Story »

Jake Beesley’s double helped Blackpool to their sixth home League One win of the season with a dominant 4-0 victory over Shrewsbury.Top scorer Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring before Beesley netted either side of a Kyle Joseph strike to continue the Seasiders’ fine record at Bloomfield Road, with 20 of their 27 points being picked up at home.A chance presented itself to Rhodes from t...Full Story »

Wales’ hopes of qualifying automatically for Euro 2024 were dented by a 1-1 draw in Armenia.Lucas Zelarayan came back to haunt Wales again with a fifth-minute opener before a Nair Tiknizyan own goal in first-half stoppage time restored parity.The draw helps neither side as far as joining already-qualified Turkey in the top two is concerned.Even beating Turkey in Cardiff on Tuesday would no...Full Story »

PREMIER LEAGUE Wag Diletta Leotta has impressed her fans with her moves in her latest Instagram post. The Italian sports presenter shared a video of her trying out some salsa dancing with her followers online. Diletta stunned in a low cut black pantsuit that was covered in elaborate tassels that moved as she danced. The 32-year-old shook her hips and showed off her dance moves in slow motio...Full Story »

Slough player-manager Scott Davies was proud of his players despite their 7-2 FA Cup first-round replay defeat at the hands of League Two opponents Grimsby.For an hour of the game the Rebels were well in the tie at Blundell Park, but once the Mariners were able to get back ahead, there was no looking back.There was disappointment from Davies after the game that the cup run was over and that the ...Full Story »

Barnsley manager Neill Collins praised the attitude of his side as they beat Horsham 3-0 in the FA Cup.Three goals in less than half an hour – two from John McAtee including a chip – sent the League One side through to meet Sutton in the next round.It was a much more thorough performance from the Oakwell side in the replay after they were held by the Isthmian League outfit in the fir...Full Story »

Grimsby fought through an end-to-end first half to beat sixth-tier Slough 7-2 in their FA Cup first-round replay at Blundell Park.The Mariners opened the scoring in the seventh minute as Arthur Gnahoua’s deflected effort on the edge of the Slough area fell to Rekeil Pyke to finish neatly.Slough went two down in the 16th minute, with Danny Rose diving in to finish off a corner that was flic...Full Story »

Three goals in the opening 30 minutes saw Barnsley win 3-0 against Isthmian League Horsham.A double from John McAtee made it a comfortable evening for the Oakwell outfit in their FA Cup replay in Sussex.The League One side got off to the best possible start after just three minutes. A cross from Adam Phillips was only parried by keeper Lewis Carey, and Nicky Cadden followed up from close range.B...Full Story »

Derby head coach Paul Warne described the 3-0 home win over Barnsley as “a boost for the dressing room.”Barnsley came into the game unbeaten on the road this season but that run was ended by a James Collins brace and a Craig Forsyth goal.The game was reasonably even up to the 35th minute when Jordan Williams pushed over Collins in the box and the striker got up to tuck away the penal...Full Story »

Derby ended Barnsley’s unbeaten away run in League One as James Collins scored twice in a 3-0 win.Collins fired in a first-half penalty and struck again after Craig Forsyth scored to condemn Barnsley to their first defeat on the road this season.Derby started strongly with Nathaniel Mendez-Laing causing problems on the left although Joe Wildsmith had to turn behind an Adam Phillips free-ki...Full Story »

Ten-man Bristol Rovers earned a hard-fought 1-0 win at Carlisle to extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to five matches.Sam Lavelle’s own goal before half-time proved to be the difference as managerless Rovers rose to 10th place in the League One table and Carlisle dropped to 22nd.The Cumbrians looked threatening in the first half, with Jack Armer almost getting a toe on the end o...Full Story »

Academy graduate Jarell Quansah was denied a dream first goal by VAR in the final minute of added time as Liverpool squandered the chance to secure qualification for the Europa League knockout stage with a 3-2 defeat in Toulouse.The 20-year-old, replacing ill captain Virgil van Dijk in the side, poked home in the seventh additional minute to claim what would have been a barely-deserved point in ...Full Story »

New St Johnstone boss Craig Levein feels there is plenty of room for optimism despite the disappointment of seeing his side squander a two-goal lead against Motherwell.Goals from Nicky Clark and Andy Considine had Saints in control at McDiarmid Park, though they would have to settle for a share of the spoils after conceding twice in the space of six second-half minutes.It means Levein’s si...Full Story »

Slough player-manager Scott Davies had two reasons to look back on what might have been after his National League South team conceded a 75th-minute equaliser in their 1-1 draw with Grimsby.Not only did Danny Rose’s goal for the visitors deny Slough the biggest FA Cup scalp in the club’s history, but it might also potentially deny Davies, who scored with a superb first-half free-kick,...Full Story »

Last season’s FA Cup quarter-finalists Grimsby narrowly avoided the same humiliation they inflicted on others as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Slough in front of a stadium record crowd of 2,205 at Arbour Park.Trailing to a thunderous 28th-minute free-kick from Slough player-manager Scott Davies, the League Two side finally drew level with 15 minutes remaining when captain Danny Rose slid...Full Story »

Richie Wellens hailed striker Aaron Drinan after Leyton Orient beat Carlisle 3-1 to book their place in the second round of the FA Cup.A Joe Pigott penalty put Orient ahead before the visitors lost Callum Guy with a serious-looking leg injury in the first half.Joe Garner equalised before goals by Orient substitutes Drinan and Ruel Sotiriou ensured the Londoners victory.“I was pleased for A...Full Story »

Leyton Orient progressed to the second round of the FA Cup for only the second time in eight years as they overcame Carlisle 3-1 at Brisbane Road.Goals by Joe Pigott and substitutes Aaron Drinan and Ruel Sotiriou proved defining, while Joe Garner replied for the visitors.Orient went ahead from the penalty spot in the 11th minute after Dan Happe had been fouled by Owen Moxon and Pigott stepped fo...Full Story »