Grimsby strengthened their grip on a play-off place in the National League with a 1-0 away win over relegation-threatened King’s Lynn.Tristan Abrahams got the goal in first-half stoppage-time when Paul Jones pushed Danny Amos’ shot on to the post but the ball fell for Jordan Maguire-Drew to cross.Jones had already foiled Emmanuel Dieseruvwe when the Grimsby forward was through one-on...Full Story »

Jake Beesley celebrated his first Sky Bet Championship start with two goals as Blackpool stormed to a 6-1 victory over Birmingham at Bloomfield Road.Beesley, CJ Hamilton, Kenny Dougall, Jerry Yates and Callum Connolly all netted as Neil Critchley’s side cruised to their first win in six matches and heaped more pressure on Blues boss Lee Bowyer.Former Rochdale forward Beesley took just thre...Full Story »

Forest Green are on the cusp of promotion as first-half goals from Regan Hendry and Jamille Matt pushed Oldham deeper into the relegation mire.Rob Edwards’ league leaders now require only a draw at Bristol Rovers on Saturday to confirm promotion to League One.A high-octane opening saw Oldham keeper Danny Rogers suffer a heavy blow to his hand when going down bravely at the feet of Josh Mar...Full Story »

Gillingham and Fleetwood both had players sent off for the same tackle as the relegation-threatened sides played out a feisty goalless draw at Priestfield.The visitors, who have only won once since late January, started brightly and saw striker Ellis Harrison volley inches wide in the opening 10 minutes.After a nervy start the hosts should have taken the lead after 34 minutes but Charlie Kelman ...Full Story »

Wrexham overpowered Altrincham 4-0 before a season-best Racecourse crowd of 10,022.Paul Mullin scored twice to take his goals tally for the season to 24, while Jordan Davies and Ollie Palmer were also on target before the break.Davies smashed home the opener inside two minutes after Ben Tozer’s long throw had caused panic in the Altrincham area.Wrexham then wrapped up the points with three...Full Story »

Dagenham maintained their play-off chase with a 2-0 win at Aldershot.Junior Morias’ fifth goal in three games and Mauro Vilhete’s strike left the Daggers two points adrift of the National League’s top seven.The damage was done by two goals in eight first-half minutes for the visitors.Morias gave them a 27th-minute lead when he linked with Vilhete and lifted the ball over goalke...Full Story »

Wealdstone secured back-to-back wins as goals in each half from Aaron Henry and Josh Umerah sank Boreham Wood 2-0.The Stones led at the interval through Henry’s brilliant free-kick and Umerah doubled their lead early in the second period.Wealdstone hit the woodwork twice in as many minutes early in the first half through Umerah and Nathan Ferguson and Dennon Lewis struck the crossbar for B...Full Story »

Burnley rallied round Ashley Westwood after the horror injury against West Ham Nikola Vlasic was reduced to tears after Ashley Westwood suffered a horror injury in the first half of Burnley's Premier League trip to West Ham. The Clarets midfielder suffered a suspected broken ankle following a challenge with the Croatian international, who was left distraught by the devastating outcome of the ta...Full Story »

Burnley midfielder Ashley Westwood faces a long spell out after suffering a horror injury that left some West Ham players close to tears.The 32-year-old suffered a suspected dislocated and fractured ankle in the 1-1 draw at the London Stadium after an innocuous challenge with Hammers forward Nikola Vlasic.Declan Rice quickly alerted medics, while Vlasic and Aaron Cresswell looked distraught as t...Full Story »

Burnley battled to a point in their first match since the shock departure of Sean Dyche, but the 1-1 draw at West Ham came at a cost with Ashley Westwood suffering a horrific injury.The midfielder’s leg seemed to buckle underneath him as he challenged for the ball with Nikola Vlasic.A stretcher and oxygen were immediately brought on, while Vlasic and Aaron Cresswell, who was closest to the...Full Story »

Rangers came from behind in the most dramatic fashion to beat Celtic 2-1 in extra time at Hampden Park to set up a Scottish Cup final meeting with Hearts.The Light Blues had edged the first half of a pulsating semi-final but there was little between the teams after the break until the 64th minute when Hoops left-back Greg Taylor fired in from the edge of the box.Rangers substitute Scott Arfield ...Full Story »

Fulham boss Marco Silva is expected to choose from a full-strength squad as his side bid to secure promotion to the Premier League with a home win against Preston.Midfielder Tom Cairney returned from a two-game injury absence in Friday night’s Sky Bet Championship defeat at Derby, which put Fulham’s celebrations on hold.Silva reported no new injuries after the match and must decide w...Full Story »

BRIGHTON'S social media admin couldn't help but poke fun at the expense of Arsenal and Spurs, after beating both in a week. Last weekend, the Seagulls dented the Gunners' hopes of a top-four finish by winning 2-1 at the Emirates - ending a run of seven games without a win. Brighton's stars were victorious at TottenhamCredit: Reuters A week earlier, Leandro Trossard was celebrating scoring in ...Full Story »

Gillingham boss Neil Harris will check on a couple of players ahead of the Sky Bet League One match against fellow relegation battlers Fleetwood on Easter Monday.Midfielders Olly Lee and Ben Reeves both had to come off after picking up minor knocks during the second half of the 2-2 draw at Cheltenham on Good Friday.Daniel Phillips and left-back David Tutonda made substitute appearances following...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal’s players were dejected after their quest for Champions League qualification suffered a further setback with a damaging a 1-0 Premier League defeat at Southampton.Tottenham’s shock home loss to Brighton in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off offered the Gunners the chance to move level on points with their fourth-placed north London rivals.But Arteta&rsq...Full Story »

Arsenal’s faltering quest for Champions League qualification suffered another setback after they slipped to an uninspiring 1-0 Premier League loss at Southampton. Tottenham’s shock home defeat to Brighton in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off offered the Gunners the chance to move level on points with their fourth-placed north London rivals. But Mikel Arteta’s men blew a m...Full Story »

Striker Jack Hamilton helped himself to a double as Arbroath came from behind to thump Queen of the South 5-1 and keep their cinch Championship promotion hopes very much alive.The Red Lichties found themselves behind early on, but hit back in devastating style to close to within a point of leaders Kilmarnock.The visitors, who had lost their previous six games in all competitions, started the gam...Full Story »

Hamilton leapfrogged Morton in the cinch Championship with a 1-0 win courtesy of David Moyo’s early strike at Cappielow Park.The visitors got off to a flying start and made the breakthrough after six minutes when Moyo was on hand to tap home a rebound after Andy Ryan’s initial effort was parried by keeper Jack Hamilton.The home side should have had the equaliser straight after when G...Full Story »

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte says his side’s last-gasp defeat to Brighton will be a good test of their mentality.A week after the Seagulls beat Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium to hand Spurs the initiative in the battle to qualify for the Champions League, they repeated the trick as Leandro Trossard scored a 90th-minute winner.It pegs Tottenham back in a race they looked to have control of ...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady must decide whether to stick with a winning line-up or freshen things up when the promotion hopefuls host injury-plagued Harrogate on Monday.Shaun McWilliams and Ali Koiki both played the full 90 minutes of Good Friday’s 2-0 victory at Oldham after proving their fitness following respective knee and hamstring injuries and Brady will need to weigh up if they can m...Full Story »