Swansea manager Alan Sheehan urged his players to take confidence from a first home win since October as they edged a late 2-1 Championship victory at home to Preston.Jamie Paterson completed his brace in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage-time to end Swansea’s run of seven home games without a win and deny North End a valuable away point after Liam Millar cancelled out Paterson&rsqu...Full Story »

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery refused to be downbeat after his side missed the chance to go top of the Premier League.Nicolo Zaniolo’s stoppage-time header rescued a 1-1 draw with struggling Sheffield United on Friday.Cameron Archer, who joined the Blades from Villa in the summer, netted for the visitors – who climb off the bottom – with three minutes left to leave Villa on the b...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon assistant boss Terry Skiverton was critical of the match officials after his side maintained their play-off push with a 2-1 victory at local rivals Crawley.First-half goals from Josh Davison and Ali Al-Hamadi put the Dons in charge, and they were left needing to hold on after defender Will Wright pulled a late goal back for Crawley.Dons had manager Johnnie Jackson red carded just b...Full Story »

Notts County head coach Luke Williams labelled Stockport the best League Two team that he has ever seen after his side lost 2-1 at Edgeley Park.Goals from front Kyle Wootton and Paddy Madden put the Hatters in control, but a late David McGoldrick strike set up a nervy finish.Stockport remain six points clear at the top of the table.Williams said: “They are the best League Two team I’...Full Story »

Neil Harris was full of praise for his Cambridge side after they continued their impressive start under him with victory over Exeter but insisted they will not be resting on their laurels.The U’s have picked up seven points from their three games since Harris took charge, and moved 11 points clear of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win against Exeter on Friday night.Gassan Ahadme netted his...Full Story »

Peter Wild saluted Barrow’s strength in depth as the Cumbrians picked up a seventh consecutive win with a 3-1 League Two victory at injury-hit Crewe.The Bluebirds manager was able to make key changes to ram home the visitors’ advantage in the closing stages with substitute Robbie Gotts setting up Ben Whitfield for the striker’s second, which restored a two-goal cushion.Crewe ma...Full Story »

Bristol City head coach Liam Manning reflected on winning a Christmas cracker against Hull and admitted: “We like to do things the hard way.”His side led through Tommy Conway’s 24th-minute penalty, awarded for handball against Jacob Greaves, only to fall behind by half-time to Aaron Connolly’s solo strike and an Ozan Tufan spot-kick after referee Ben Toner spotted a dubio...Full Story »

New Forest Green boss Troy Deeney described his side’s goalless draw with Gillingham as “the first building block”.Deeney’s first game in management yielded a point against a side with play-off ambitions, but the draw leaves struggling Rovers five points from safety.The 35-year-old, who was appointed as David Horseman’s replacement on Wednesday, said: “Everyon...Full Story »

Jamie Paterson scored an injury-time winner to hand Swansea their first home win in eight games and deny Preston a valuable away point following a narrow 2-1 Championship result.Neither side could have complained with sharing a draw as a game of little inspiration ticked into added time at Swansea.com Stadium.Liam Millar had earlier cancelled out Paterson’s first effort before with two bri...Full Story »

Aston Villa blew the chance to go top of the Premier League and needed Nicolo Zaniolo’s late goal to rescue a 1-1 draw against struggling Sheffield United.The substitute levelled in stoppage time just as Cameron Archer’s 87th-minute strike looked to have given the Blades a stunning smash and grab win.Villa needed victory to go top but now sit second, behind Arsenal on goal difference...Full Story »

Dundee United were unable to find the breakthrough against struggling Queen’s Park as their Scottish Championship clash ended goalless at Hampden Park.United had a chance when Kevin Holt’s header was blocked on the line before Jordan Tillson’s strike was saved by Queen’s Park goalkeeper Calum Ferrie.Tony Watt had a great opportunity to put the visitors ahead from close ra...Full Story »

Matty Etherington admits the win was all that mattered for his Colchester side as they beat Salford 2-1 to end a five-game losing streak.Joe Taylor gave the Us a 42nd-minute lead with a scuffed shot from close range after Cameron McGeehan had helped on Mandela Egbo’s delivery into his path.And Chay Cooper doubled Colchester’s advantage in the 89th minute when he latched onto fellow s...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola spoke of his pride after Manchester City thrashed Fluminense 4-0 to win the Club World Cup for the first time on Friday.It was the club’s fifth trophy of a memorable 2023 after their previous successes in the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and European Super Cup.Julian Alvarez began the rout after just 40 seconds, teed up another for Phil Foden and then wrapped up a...Full Story »

Colchester ended a run of five successive league defeats with a 2-1 home win over fellow strugglers Salford.Salford goalkeeper Alex Cairns denied Cameron McGeehan in the third minute, while at the other end Ryan Watson’s first-time effort as straight at Owen Goodman.Cairns then foiled Colchester midfielder Arthur Read at his near post before Goodman did well to deny Salford’s Conor M...Full Story »

Barrow extended their record winning run to seven games as Ben Whitfield’s brace helped earn them a 3-1 victory at rivals Crewe.Whitfield opened the scoring in the 28th minute and his second, which restored Barrow’s two-goal advantage late on, was the striker’s seventh goal of the campaign.Ged Garner had doubled the visitors’ lead with a penalty just after the break, only...Full Story »

Bradford continued with their resurgence with a fourth straight victory in League Two as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Doncaster.A brace from Andy Cook and a Tyler Smith strike saw Graham Alexander’s side turn the game on its head after Joe Ironside had given the hosts an early lead.Ironside blocked an attempted clearance from Bradford goalkeeper Harry Lewis and curled in from close ...Full Story »

Cambridge beat Exeter 2-0 to continue their strong start to life under Neil Harris.Gassan Ahadme opened the scoring with a 17th-minute penalty before Elias Kachunga wrapped up the points late on as Cambridge extended their unbeaten run to four games – three of which have come since Harris took the reins.The U’s threatened early on when Danny Andrew’s cross-field ball found Sull...Full Story »

Lewis Vaughan scored a hat-trick as Scottish Championship leaders Raith clawed back a 4-4 draw against 10-man Ayr in a thrilling contest.Aiden McGeady opening the scoring in the 28th minute, slotting the ball into the bottom corner to hand Ayr the lead, but Raith responded a minute later when Sam Stanton went around the goalkeeper to roll the ball home.Ayr were soon reduced to 10 men when Sean M...Full Story »

Kyle Wootton and Paddy Madden were on target as leaders Stockport claimed a 2-1 League Two victory over Notts County to remain six points clear at the top of the table.A late David McGoldrick strike set up a tense finish, but the Hatters held on.It took just seven minutes for Stockport to take the lead following a set-piece off the training ground when Kyle Knoyle’s low corner was steered ...Full Story »

Jason Knight’s 84th-minute strike earned Bristol City a thrilling 3-2 Championship win over Hull at Ashton Gate.The hosts took a 24th-minute lead when Jacob Greaves handled Tommy Conway’s glancing header and Conway sent goalkeeper Ryan Allsop the wrong way from the spot.But Hull battled back to equalise on 33 minutes through Aaron Connolly and went in front eight minutes later with t...Full Story »