Phil Parkinson insists plenty of hard work will come this summer as Wrexham prepare for life in League One after ending the campaign with a 2-1 win over champions Stockport.Connor Lemonheigh-Evans put the Hatters in front and after Ollie Palmer equalised, Andy Cannon grabbed a brilliant late winner to secure second place for the Dragons.Parkinson was pleased to end the campaign on a high, but no...Full Story »

Blackburn missed the chance to secure their Championship survival as they could only draw 0-0 with 10-man Coventry.John Eustace’s men were much the better side in a game that would have made them mathematically safe with a win, but missed a series of chances, the best of which fell to Sammie Szmodics in the first half, but the league’s top scorer missed the target.They made most of t...Full Story »

Steven Naismith felt Hearts did everything but find the net as they moved closer to clinching third place in the cinch Premiership with a 0-0 draw against Kilmarnock.The Jambos struck the woodwork twice in the first half, though found chances after the break limited.Hearts remain 11 points ahead of Killie with four games of the season remaining.“I thought our performance today was brillian...Full Story »

Under-fire Erik ten Hag pleaded for fans to stay patient after misfiring Manchester United blew a late lead against relegation-threatened Burnley at an unhappy Old Trafford.Things have gone off the boil since United won the Carabao Cup, reached the FA Cup final and finished third in the Premier League during a promising first season under the Dutchman.United are scrapping for Europa League quali...Full Story »

Morecambe boss Ged Brannan was full of praise for Adam Fairclough after the 16-year-old scored a debut goal in the 3-3 draw at Swindon.Fairclough put the visitors into a 2-1 lead but they needed a late Cameron Smith equaliser to earn a share of the spoils.Charlie Austin netted a double for Swindon, who were heading for victory thanks to Williams Kokolo’s effort before Smith struck.Brannan ...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl praised his side’s display after a vital 3-0 win over West Brom gave their Championship survival hopes a huge lift.Goals from Anthony Musaba, Ike Ugbo and Josh Windass earned the result which leaves the Owls requiring just a point at Sunderland next weekend to be certain of staying in the second tier.Rohl said: “It was a big performance from my ...Full Story »

Liam Manning spoke positively about a promotion challenge next season after seeing his Bristol City team stretch their unbeaten run to seven games with a dominant display in a 2-0 win over Rotherham.Tommy Conway grabbed his 12th goal of the season on 32 minutes, firing home powerfully from the penalty spot after being tripped as he tried to round goalkeeper Dillon Phillips.And Scott Twine set th...Full Story »

Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell criticised referee Craig Napier for his “derogatory” manner towards his players and refusing his request to discuss what he felt was a “laughable” red card for Jack Vale in a 1-0 loss at Aberdeen.Motherwell are set to appeal against Vale’s dismissal for catching Jack MacKenzie with his boot in the midriff as he intercepted a diag...Full Story »

Goalkeeper coach Dan Connor hopes Forest Green will be “better equipped” when they next return to the Football League after relegation from Sky Bet League Two was confirmed on the final day of the campaign.Charlie McCann’s second-half strike meant Rovers finished the season with a 1-0 victory at home to Notts County.In two tumultuous seasons, which includes six managers since J...Full Story »

Keith Downing admitted Blackburn missed a great opportunity to secure Championship safety after drawing 0-0 with 10-man Coventry.Blackburn’s assistant coach was speaking because John Eustace was sent to the stands in the second half for pushing Coventry’s Kasey Palmer.After last week’s defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, Rovers certainly got a reaction and were unlucky not to win th...Full Story »

Sutton boss Steve Morison says he is not going anywhere despite his side being relegated from the Football League.A late leveller in a 4-4 draw against MK Dons was not enough to keep Sutton up, who needed a win as well as other results to go their way.The draw at Stadium:MK brought to an end Sutton’s three-year stay in Sky Bet League Two, but Morison is keen to stay on.“We left some ...Full Story »

Pete Wild was left “devastated” as Barrow missed out on a League Two play-off place by a single point.Wild was named March manager of the month after the Cumbrians took 16 points from a possible 18.But in seven games in April, they managed just two points including Saturday’s draw against already promoted Mansfield.Kian Spence cancelled out a 16th-minute opener from George Mari...Full Story »

Nigel Adkins is focused on making sure Tranmere are promotion candidates next season after finishing the season with a 4-1 loss at Accrington.Both Rovers and Stanley finished on 57 points, in 16th and 17th place respectively, but Adkins is determined Tranmere are further up the table in 2024-25.Rovers got off to a dream start when, with just 95 seconds gone, Luke Norris drilled the ball home.Sta...Full Story »

Andre Breitenreiter is resigned to Huddersfield playing in Sky Bet League One next season after his side drew 1-1 at home to fellow strugglers Birmingham at the John Smith’s Stadium.The Terriers need to win at Ipswich on the final day along with Plymouth losing at home to Hull, while also needing to claw back a 15-goal deficit on Argyle in order to climb out of the bottom three.The German ...Full Story »

Oliver Glasner lauded Jeffrey Schlupp’s “amazing” late equaliser which earned Crystal Palace a point from a 1-1 Premier League draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage.Schlupp came off the bench to score a goal-of-the-season contender which cancelled out Rodrigo Muniz’s ninth league notch of the season.The former Ghana international received the ball from Adam Wharton before he...Full Story »

Kevin Nancekivell believes Plymouth’s fans can make the difference after a 1-0 defeat against Millwall took their fight for Championship survival to the final day.An uninspiring opening 45 minutes ended 0-0, and it looked like both sides had settled for a point until Lions captain Jake Cooper leapt at the far post and looped a header over Pilgrims goalkeeper Michael Cooper.The result leave...Full Story »

Nick Montgomery praised his Hibernian players for recovering from top-six disappointment to convincingly beat St Johnstone 3-1 at McDiarmid Park.Defeats by Saints at Easter Road and a draw at Motherwell earlier in the month helped lead to a bottom-half finish in the cinch Premiership and the Hibs board publicly described their manager’s failure to reach the top six as “simply unaccep...Full Story »

Queen’s Park are outside the relegation play-off spot by a point with a game to go after a 5-0 cinch Championship win at relegated Arbroath.Just 17 minutes had gone when Dom Thomas put the visitors ahead with a volley from 20 yards.The well-travelled Cillian Sheridan made it two – 11 minutes later – when he finished well after a ball over the top.Sheridan then turned provider w...Full Story »

First-half goals from Danilo Orsi and Klaidi Lolos put Crawley into the League Two play-offs with a 2-0 home victory over Grimsby.The Red Devils sealed a seventh-placed finish with a first win in five games to set up a two-legged semi-final with MK Dons.Crawley finished the regular season with 21 wins, 10 more than when they narrowly avoided relegation last term.Crawley boss Scott Lindsey descri...Full Story »

Charlie Austin scored twice as Swindon and Morecambe played out an exciting 3-3 draw in the final game of the season.The Robins went ahead after just five minutes when Sean McGurk whipped in a free-kick from the right on to the head of Austin to nod home.But the lead didn’t last long as Cameron Smith put in a low ball that made it through to Joe Adams, whose shot took a big deflection to w...Full Story »