Lincoln manager Michael Appleton is battling a number of injury problems ahead of their Easter Monday clash with Cheltenham.Appleton was able to name only five substitutes for their Good Friday defeat at Portsmouth, with centre-back Joe Walsh among those absent from the squad.Forward Chris Maguire will miss the final weeks of the season due to a hamstring injury.John Marquis was recalled to star...Full Story »

Blackpool are likely to be without Jordan Gabriel when Birmingham visit Bloomfield Road on Easter Monday.The defender was withdrawn before half-time in Good Friday’s defeat at West Brom with a suspected recurrence of a hamstring injury and seems set to be sidelined.Fellow defender Richard Keogh was a late withdrawal because of illness in the 2-1 loss at the Hawthorns, where midfielder Char...Full Story »

Ralf Rangnick says he has "no regrets" about taking the Manchester United manager's job. The German heads into Saturday's Premier League clash with Norwich at Old Trafford having won just three of his last 12 games in charge. It has left United facing the prospect of missing out on a place in next season's Champions League but Rangnick insists he does think taking the job was a mistake. "No, n...Full Story »

Tottenham have entered the race for Manchester United and Arsenal transfer target Youri Tielemans. Tielemans has been a key part of Leicester’s side over the last few years, but after a poor year from the club in the league he could be looking to move on to progress his career. Tielemans has been linked to Manchester United and Arsenal recently, with Brendan Rodgers reportedly accepting ...Full Story »

Wayne Rooney helped delay Fulham’s bid to return to the Premier League and then admitted his future with Derby hinges on the proposed takeover of the club by American Chris Kirchner.Derby denied Fulham the three points they required to guarantee promotion with a 2-1 win that kept alive their own distant hopes of staying in the Championship.Earlier in the day, following the unexpected dismi...Full Story »

Fulham’s bid for an immediate return to the Premier League was put on hold again after they suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat at relegation-battling Derby.The Cottagers would have sealed promotion with victory and the Sky Bet Championship leaders were on track to do just that when Fabio Carvalho put them ahead in the 20th minute.But the Rams hit back and, inspired by teenager Luke Plange, cla...Full Story »

Reading manager Paul Ince praised his team’s togetherness and spirit following their 2-1 victory against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.A dramatic late winner from Tom McIntyre sealed all three points for Ince’s relegation-battling side.Promotion-chasing Sheffield United thought they had rescued a point in the 90th minute when substitute Iliman Ndiaye cancelled out Lucas Joao&rsquo...Full Story »

Head coach Shota Arveladze expressed relief after the 2-1 win at home to Cardiff confirmed Hull’s position in next season’s Sky Bet Championship.Arveladze’s men are now safe after early goals from Allahyar Sayyadmanesh and Lewie Coyle earned the Tigers three points.Aden Flint scored a late header for Cardiff, but Hull calmly held on to end a run of six successive home defeats.A...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady has urged his players to ‘keep believing’ after they kept their automatic promotion hopes alive with a routine 2-0 win at struggling Oldham.A goal in each half proved enough for the Cobblers as they moved back up to fourth in the table, five points behind Port Vale in the final automatic promotion spot.Brady, whose side had won just once in four games ahead...Full Story »

Gillingham manager Neil Harris praised the instincts of striker Vadaine Oliver after bagging the opening goal in his side’s vital 2-2 draw at Cheltenham which hoisted them out of the relegation zone.The 30-year-old frontman fired the visitors into a 14th-minute lead with midfielder Ben Reeves also on target, only for Callum Wright and Kion Etete to twice haul Cheltenham level.Harris said: ...Full Story »

A dramatic late winner from Tom McIntyre helped Reading beat promotion-chasing Sheffield United and take a giant step towards Championship safety.The Blades thought they had rescued a point in the 90th minute when substitute Iliman Ndiaye finally cancelled out Lucas Joao’s first-half opener.But McIntyre quickly struck at the other end of the pitch to move Paul Ince’s side nine points...Full Story »

Halifax missed the chance to move into second place in the National League following a 1-1 draw at Altrincham.With promotion rivals Wrexham and Solihull cancelling each other out in Wales, the Shaymen were unable to take advantage.Halifax went ahead in the 14th minute when Kian Spence tapped in from close range – the first goal Altrincham had conceded at home in six games.Only a super save...Full Story »

Play-off hopefuls Notts County came from behind to hammer King’s Lynn 4-1 in the National League.County remained sixth in the table, while the Linnets stayed 21st and in the relegation zone.King’s Lynn took the lead in the 11th minute when Cameron Hargreaves picked out Gold Omotayo and the forward slotted the ball past Vitezslav Jaros.The home side pulled level in the 24th minute whe...Full Story »

Barrow returned to winning ways with a bang as they injected life into their League Two survival bid with a 4-0 win against league leaders Forest Green.Goals from Joe Grayson, John Rooney, Matt Platt and Aaron Amadi-Holloway put a major dent into Rovers’ title bid with the Bluebirds’ first home win for four months.Phil Brown’s side ended their four-game losing streak in style, ...Full Story »

Coventry came from behind to defeat Birmingham 4-2 at St Andrew’s and keep alive their slim hopes of reaching the Sky Bet Championship play-offs.Kristian Pedersen’s first goal in almost a year put the hosts ahead early on before Gary Gardner doubled Blues’ lead in the 39th minute with an unmarked header.Despite only scoring one career goal prior to this match, Coventry’s ...Full Story »

National League promotion rivals Wrexham and Solihull Moors failed to capitalise on leaders Stockport’s rare defeat as they drew 1-1.Joe Sbarra’s opener was quickly cancelled out by Wrexham’s Ollie Palmer as both teams kept their long unbeaten runs going.Sbarra stabbed home his 15th goal of the season to give Moors a 56th-minute lead.But just two minutes later Palmer headed in ...Full Story »

Barnsley conceded a costly Olivier Ntcham equaliser as they lost ground in the fight for Sky Bet Championship survival with a 1-1 draw at Swansea.Claudio Gomes fired Barnsley into the lead in the 54th minute, but Ntcham’s leveller 10 minutes later left the Tykes 10 points from safety, with relegation rivals Reading, Peterborough and Derby all winning on Friday.Swansea dominated the final s...Full Story »

Gillingham picked up a vital point in their battle to avoid relegation as they played out a 2-2 draw with Cheltenham, twice taking the lead only for Cheltenham to peg them back each time.The Gills twice took the lead first through Vadaine Oliver and then Ben Reeves, but the hosts were not to be denied and twice hit back with strikes from Callum Wright and Kion Etete.The opener came after 14 minu...Full Story »

Junior Morias netted a first-half hat-trick as Dagenham maintained their push for a National League play-off place with a sensational 7-3 home win over Barnet.The striker opened the scoring in the 14th minute, moments after Callum Reynolds had missed a glorious chance for Daggers, with a stunning solo effort.After goalkeeper Elliot Justham has prevented Daniel Powell from equalising with an exce...Full Story »

Boreham Wood’s National League play-off hopes suffered a further dent following a 2-1 home defeat by rock-bottom Dover.The visitors, who went into the game winless in 11, took the lead in the seventh minute when Will Evans brought down Michael Gyasi, who picked himself up to convert the resulting penalty.But their joy was shortlived as Scott Boden levelled two minutes later, firing home fr...Full Story »