Barrow boss Pete Wild praised his side’s ‘winning ugly’ mentality after beating Forest Green 2-0.First-half goals from Sam Foley and Dom Telford secured a fifth League Two triumph this season and saw them end a run of four league games without a win.Barrow goalkeeper Paul Farman produced a string of fine saves to preserve the clean sheet for the visitors.Wild said: “At th...Full Story »

Neil Critchley lamented Blackpool’s inability to kill Cheltenham off despite holding on for a 3-2 victory.The Seasiders surged into a 3-0 first-half lead and that would prove enough to earn a third win in six League One games.Shayne Lavery, Jordan Rhodes and Karamoko Dembele all scored for the home side to put them in cruise control.But a brace from Will Goodwin made it a nervy ending for ...Full Story »

Interim manager Matthew Etherington was delighted with the guts shown by his Colchester players as they beat Grimsby 3-2 in their League Two showdown on Tuesday night.Etherington took charge for the first time at Blundell Park after Colchester sacked Ben Garner and the former Premier League midfielder oversaw a deserved victory with Joe Taylor, Zach Mitchell and Arthur Read all on target.Grimsby...Full Story »

Valerien Ismael lauded his Watford players for their “brilliant” team performance as the Hornets ended a 16-game winless away run by beating Swansea 1-0 in south Wales.Substitute Ken Sema struck a spectacular winner in the 82nd minute to earn the visitors all three points with what was his first goal of the campaign.It was Watford’s first win on the road since beating Norwich 1...Full Story »

Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson believes his side need to be more ruthless despite extending their unbeaten run in League One to eight matches with a 1-0 victory at Port Vale.The only goal of the game came in the 14th minute when Connor Ripley failed to keep out Ephron Mason-Clark’s back-post header from Kwame Poku’s cross.Posh had plenty of chances to put the game to bed therea...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady admitted he was gutted to concede so late in Tuesday’s 2-2 draw with Leyton Orient.The Cobblers turned the contest around after Rob Hunt’s early goal as Sam Hoskins scored twice in four second-half minutes, but Kieron Bowie then saw red for an apparent headbutt.Orient utterly dominated the final half-hour but they were made to wait until the 96th minute to ...Full Story »

Joe Garner ended Burton’s eight-game unbeaten run with an 88th-minute goal as Carlisle secured a deserved 2-1 League One victory at Brunton Park.Dino Maamria’s in-form visitors looked on course for a fifth straight win when Mark Helm shot them in front against the run of play after 28 minutes.But the Cumbrians, winning for only the second time in 11 games in all competitions, produce...Full Story »

Josh Vela struck a stoppage-time winner as Reading’s dismal run without a League One victory stretched to six matches after they were beaten 2-1 by fellow strugglers Fleetwood.The visitors, dominant throughout much of the first half, went ahead after only 65 seconds thanks to Bosun Lawal’s first senior goal.Reading levelled in the 56th minute through Dom Ballard but Town snatched vic...Full Story »

Woking snapped a run of three straight defeats to grab a surprise 1-0 win at in-form Eastleigh in the National league.Dennon Lewis finished off a swift counter-attack to give the Cardinals a deserved lead on the stroke of half-time.The hosts, who went into the game on a run of three wins from their last four, pushed for an equaliser but seldom looked like breaking through a resolute visiting def...Full Story »

Chesterfield turned on the style in the second half to sink struggling York 4-0 and move two points clear at the top of the National League.The Spireites were frustrated for long periods of the first half and visiting keeper Rory Watson saved well to deny Armando Dobra.Ollie Banks finally broke the deadlock four minutes into the second half and Tom Naylor’s crisp volley doubled the home si...Full Story »

Gabriel Jesus continued his love affair with the Champions League with a fine goal and assist as he led Arsenal to victory over Sevilla.The Brazil forward may not boast the most prolific strike record but he has now scored an impressive 23 goals in 41 appearances in Europe’s elite club competition and he was the difference here as the Gunners won 2-1.A piece of magic from Jesus set up comp...Full Story »

Morecambe maintained their excellent run of form as Jordan Turnbull’s own goal gave the Shrimps a 1-0 win over Tranmere at the Mazuma Stadium.The defender was unfortunate to divert a superb Chris Stokes cross past his own keeper Luke McGee with 18 minutes to go.Tranmere started well, with Kristian Dennis missing a great early opportunity  but it was Morecambe who created the better ch...Full Story »

AFC Fylde moved off the bottom of the National League with a confidence-boosting 3-0 win over Oldham, who played more than half of the match with 10 men.Fylde seized control of the game with two goals in the space of three minutes.Jon Ustabasi scored the opener 11 minutes in after being played in by Luke Charman, firing across goal to find the bottom corner of the net, and moments later Connor B...Full Story »

Adam Senior’s second-half goal made it four National League wins in a row for Halifax as they beat Hartlepool 2-1.Max Wright put the Shaymen in front in the 34th minute when he found the bottom corner with a shot from the edge of the area.Pools levelled just four minutes later when Emmanuel Dieseruvwe converted Nicky Featherstone’s corner.But Senior won it just three minutes after th...Full Story »

Leicester recorded an eighth successive victory in the league to move eight points clear at the top of the table with a 1-0 win against Sunderland as James Justin’s first-half header proved decisive.Justin rose highest to head home Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s corner after 12 minutes and secure the points as the full-back scored his first league goal for the club in over two years.The Fox...Full Story »

Corey Whitely’s stoppage-time strike lifted Bromley up to third place in the National League with a 2-1 win over Dorking at Hayes Lane.The hosts were stunned when their struggling visitors snatched a fifth-minute lead when Tom Blair slotted the opener past Grant Smith.But Deji Elerewe delighted the home fans in the 15th minute when he headed his first goal since returning to the club on lo...Full Story »

Substitute Elliot Lee scored a late winner for Wrexham to snatch a 2-1 victory against League Two’s bottom side Sutton.Paul Mullin’s fantastic early finish put the Dragons ahead at the Racecourse and Aiden O’Brien equalised after the break, but Lee struck in the dying moments to ensure Wrexham crept back into the top three.Mullin headed James McClean’s corner over the cro...Full Story »

Former Lincoln boss Michael Appleton suffered his first defeat as Charlton manager in eight games as the Addicks were blown away 3-1 by the rampant Imps at Sincil Bank.And it was two-goal Hakeeb Adelakun, a player effectively snubbed by Appleton during his tenure at Lincoln, who inflicted the most damage, with Sean Roughan adding a third after Alfie May had fired the Addicks into an early lead.C...Full Story »

Gateshead staged a second-half comeback to earn a 2-2 draw at Rochdale.Dale made a great start and were 2-0 up after just 26 minutes.Jesurun Uchegbulam opened the scoring with a curling first-time effort in the 16th minute and Ian Henderson made it two 10 minutes later when he converted a loose ball after Kairo Mitchell saw an effort saved.Edward Francis brought Gateshead back into it after the ...Full Story »

Middlesbrough continued their rapid rise up the Championship table as they beat Norwich 2-1 at Carrow Road to make it six league wins on the trot.Michael Carrick’s rejuvenated side never looked back after Sam Greenwood opened the scoring in the first minute of the second half.Substitute Sammy Silvera completed a deserved win by netting a second in stoppage time and although Jonathan Rowe p...Full Story »