Liverpool opened up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League after inflicting a second, excruciating humiliation of the season on Manchester United.Mohamed Salah’s first two goals since February 19 – making it nine in his last six matches against Liverpool’s historical rivals – were supplemented by strikes from Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane but the 4-0 scoreline hardl...Full Story »

Fulham secured promotion back to the Premier League in emphatic fashion as Aleksandar Mitrovic took his tally for the season to 40 with a brace in a comfortable 3-0 win over Preston.The Cottagers could have secured their spot on Good Friday but a 2-1 defeat at Derby was the first time they had suffered successive defeats this season.However, they bounced back at Craven Cottage and took the lead ...Full Story »

The football legend, 46, paddled in Miami with Cruz, 17. David Beckham must be sharking mad — as he and son Cruz splash about in the water with sharks The football legend, 46, paddled in Miami with Cruz, 17 But David said: “I think I wore the wrong colour shorts.” He wore red-coloured shorts for the dip. Cruz did not make the same mistake, donning a green pair of Supreme t...Full Story »

Steve Cooper praised his Nottingham Forest side for bouncing back from defeat at Luton with a thumping 4-0 victory over another play-off rival in West Brom.And the Reds boss said wing-back Jack Colback had insisted in the dressing room that he had intended to shoot with the spectacular goal that made it 3-0 just before half-time at the City Ground.The home side cruised into a dominant position a...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest beat 10-man West Brom 4-0 at the City Ground to get their play-off push back on track – and put a dent in the top-six ambitions of Steve Bruce’s side.A Brennan Johnson penalty, a Ryan Yates header and a spectacular strike from Jack Colback put Steve Cooper’s side three goals up before the interval, and Sam Surridge added the fourth in the third minute of injur...Full Story »

Paul Heckingbottom was both pleased and frustrated after seeing Morgan Gibbs-White keep Sheffield United’s Championship play-off hopes on track with a precious equaliser in Monday’s 1-1 draw at Bristol City.City took a 49th-minute lead when Antoine Semenyo broke down the left onto a long clearance from goalkeeper Dan Bentley and crossed the ball low for Chris Martin to fire home.But ...Full Story »

Morgan Gibbs-White kept Sheffield United’s Championship play-off bid on course with a second-half equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Bristol City at Ashton Gate.The home side took a 49th minute lead when Antoine Semenyo broke down the left onto a long clearance from goalkeeper Dan Bentley and crossed the ball low for Chris Martin to fire home from close range.But United equalised on the hour whe...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady is keeping a level head after his side hauled themselves back into contention for automatic promotion with a 3-0 victory over Harrogate on Easter Monday.The Cobblers had looked to be falling away from the top three after a patchy run of form in February and March but successive wins over Easter have put them back in the picture, two points behind third-placed Port Vale...Full Story »

Gobsmacked Gillingham boss Neil Harris could not understand why striker Charlie Kelman was sent off in the goalless draw at home to Fleetwood.Referee James Linington showed both Kelman and Fleetwood winger Paddy Lane straight red cards for the same challenge – something Harris insisted he had never seen before – in the 78th minute.The hard-hitting collision left Lane needing treatmen...Full Story »

Under-fire Lee Bowyer branded Birmingham’s dismal 6-1 defeat at Blackpool his “worst  day in football” but insisted he would not stand down unless pushed by the club’s hierarchy.Blues suffered an Easter Monday mauling at Bloomfield Road as Jake Beesley’s double helped fire the Tangerines to their first win in six Sky Bet Championship matches.A furious stand of ...Full Story »

Michael Appleton hailed an “outstanding” performance from Lincoln in their 3-0 victory over Cheltenham.Morgan Whittaker’s brace, either side of Anthony Scully’s 15th goal of the season, saw the Imps seal their Sky Bet League One status in style.All three goals came inside the opening 20 minutes. Whittaker opened the scoring after four minutes, Scully forced home the secon...Full Story »

Northampton moved to within two points of the top three in League Two with a resounding 3-0 victory over Harrogate at Sixfields.The impressive Louis Appere netted in between two goals from Sam Hoskins as the Cobblers closed the gap on Port Vale to just a couple of points with three games to go.Fraser Horsfall headed against the crossbar after only two minutes but Northampton were not at their be...Full Story »

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 »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has a decision to make over which centre-back to pair with Virgil Van Dijk for the visit of Manchester United.Ibrahima Konate has scored the opening goal in his last three matches, including in their Wembley FA Cup semi-final win over Manchester City at the weekend when Joel Matip, preferred for the league game against their title rivals, was rested.Forwards Diogo ...Full Story »