Stuart Kettlewell refused to hide his disappointment at missing out on bringing Kevin van Veen back to Motherwell – but believes the goalscoring form of Theo Bair can help soften the blow.Bair netted his fifth goal in his last five Premiership appearances to earn the Steelmen a throughly deserved share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Kilmarnock.Much of the pre-match chat surrounded Van...Full Story »

Wycombe boss Matt Bloomfield overcame illness to take his place on the sideline and watch his side earn a rare away win with a 3-1 success at Cheltenham.The Chairboys boss had been unwell this week, but recovered sufficiently enough to see them claim their first League One success on the road since October 7.Jack Grimmer and Garath McCleary both scored and Curtis Davies put through his own net b...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna caught a glimpse of target-man Kieffer Moore’s potential impact despite his side going down 3-2 at Preston.A nightmarish opening 10 minutes saw the Tractor Boys go 2-0 down, with the final result seeing them drop out of the automatic promotion places.Bournemouth loanee Moore was introduced at the interval and changed the game with two goals in 12 second-half min...Full Story »

QPR head coach Marti Cifuentes hailed an ‘important’ 2-1 win at Blackburn that bolstered his side’s chances of Sky Bet Championship survival.Rangers came into this game with only one away win since September but deservedly put that statistic to bed with a two-goal haul in the space of three second-half minutes.The 61st-minute opener came when Ilias Chair’s shot hit the wo...Full Story »

Stephen Robinson savoured “a fantastic performance” after his St Mirren side eased to their biggest away win over Hibernian for 39 years.The Buddies ran out convincing 3-0 victors in the Premiership, with first-half goals from Alex Gogic, Greg Kiltie and Mikael Mandron putting the feeble hosts to the sword.Saints – who won by the same scoreline in their last away match against ...Full Story »

Corie Andrews salvaged a dramatic point for Wealdstone in the final minute of second-half stoppage time in their 1-1 draw at Barnet.The hosts opened the scoring in the 14th minute when Ben Coker sent the ball across the face of goal, where Callum Stead tapped home.Barnet won an 80th-minute penalty but Harry Pritchard could not find the finishing touch as his spot-kick was saved by Marcus Dewhurs...Full Story »

Birmingham’s Juninho Bacuna has alleged he was racially abused at West Brom as boss Tony Mowbray called for stronger punishments.The midfielder raised an incident with the fourth official Tom Nield in injury time of the 1-0 defeat at The Hawthorns.Bacuna was seen pointing at the crowd at full-time, having also spoken to referee David Webb, while West Midlands Police are expected to launch ...Full Story »

Leicester boss Enzo Maresca is content to ignore criticism from some Foxes fans after seeing his side move 11 points clear at the top of the Championship with a 5-0 demolition of Stoke.Doubles from Patson Daka and Jamie Vardy helped the visitors take another step toward an immediate return to the Premier League.Daka opened the scoring with a tap-in shortly before Kasey McAteer’s deflected ...Full Story »

Boss Philippe Clement revealed defender Leon Balogun “probably broke something in his face” in Rangers’ 3-0 cinch Premiership win over Livingston which put them in striking distance of leaders Celtic.The 35-year-old had to be replaced by John Souttar after just 22 minutes at Ibrox after clashing with Livi’s Shaun Donnellan.Portuguese striker Fabio Silva, who arrived ...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson said his striker Omar Bugiel reported being the victim of alleged racist abuse during Saturday’s goalless draw at Bradford.Play was briefly stopped by referee Ross Joyce towards the end of the game after a complaint was made about something shouted from the Valley Parade crowd towards Bugiel.Jackson said he was unaware of what was said but revealed Lebano...Full Story »

Angry Crawley boss Scott Lindsey ignored his players directly after their 2-1 home defeat to Morecambe and later described them as being “too passive and too nice.”The Red Devils had a decent start at the Broadfield Stadium when Harry Forster fired his first league goal for the club to put them ahead in the 17th minute.But striker Ged Garner, on loan from Barrow, levelled before the ...Full Story »

Interim boss Jon Worthington said he was in “dreamland” after Huddersfield’s comprehensive 4-0 Championship victory over relegation-rivals Sheffield Wednesday.The visitors edged the first half and went the closest to opening the scoring as Michael Ihiekwe had a header cleared off the line by Rhys Healey.But Huddersfield grew into the Yorkshire derby and blew the visitors away i...Full Story »

Cambridge boss Neil Harris praised his side’s mentality after they recorded just their second win on the road all season by beating Shrewsbury 2-1.The last victory on their travels came against Fleetwood in early August when they won 2-0 under the guidance of previous coach Mark Bonner.Shrewsbury broke the deadlock through Dan Udoh, who beat U’s keeper Jack Stevens at his near post.B...Full Story »

Altrincham moved above Vanarama National League play-off rivals Solihull with a 1-0 win at Damson Park.Altrincham made most of the running through the early parts of the game and the first chance fell to Justin Amaluzor in the 18th minute but saw his strike slam into the side-netting.The away side opened the scoring after 31 minutes when Amaluzor found Alex Newby who fired home to make it 1-0.Al...Full Story »

Craig Levein was pleased to see St Johnstone show all their battling qualities in their 1-0 win over Ross County.St Johnstone put daylight between themselves and County near the foot of the cinch Premiership table thanks to a 35th-minute strike from Benjamin Kimpioka.While the goal was a moment of quality, albeit capitalising on a missed interception from Will Nightingale, the visitors were unde...Full Story »

Doncaster boss Grant McCann hit out at referee Scott Simpson after his side’s 1-1 draw at Sutton.It was a real battle between two of the bottom three sides in the Football League.Craig Eastmond’s 78th-minute strike was cancelled out by Lee Angol’s stoppage-time penalty.But a frustrated McCann stressed his side had two “blatant” penalties earlier in the game not give...Full Story »

Chesterfield continued their seemingly unstoppable march towards promotion back into the Football League with a 3-1 victory at 10-man Eastleigh.The Spireites extended their lead at the top of the Vanarama National League to 19 points after claiming a sixth successive victory.James Berry opened the scoring in the 38th minute after combining with Will Grigg before Eastleigh suffered a major setbac...Full Story »

Matt Taylor enjoyed a triumphant return to former club Exeter and hailed a first clean sheet since his arrival as Bristol Rovers manager in December.On-loan Nottingham Forest midfielder Brandon Aguilera marked his Rovers debut with the only goal of the game, a stunning strike from 20 yards that flew into the top corner, after just 15 minutes at St James Park.“I really liked us first half, ...Full Story »

Angelo Balanta scored the only goal as 10-man Boreham Wood held on for a 1-0 victory at Woking in the Vanarama National League.Balanta fired home after Chris Bush had headed across goal in the 14th minute.Woking rallied after Lee Ndlovu was sent off just before the interval following a clash with Dion Kelly-Evans.Jayden Luker, Lewis Walker, Max Dyche and Ricky Korboa all had chances but could no...Full Story »

Accrington manager John Coleman hailed on-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Radek Vitek after his stunning stoppage-time save secured a goalless draw at home to Grimsby.The January signing kept out Danny Rose’s header in the second minute of time added on to ensure play-off-chasing Stanley avoided defeat against their struggling visitors.Accrington’s best chances came in the first ha...Full Story »