Birmingham head coach John Eustace heaped praise on Troy Deeney after the captain’s late goal earned his side a 2-2 draw against Swansea at St Andrew’s.The 34-year-old striker equalised in the 89th minute of the Sky Bet Championship contest when he thundered the ball home from close range after Dion Sanderson headed on Juninho Bacuna’s corner.Blues led when the unmarked Scott H...Full Story »

Ivan Toney’s final audition for a World Cup place could hardly have been more authentic after Brentford crashed out of the Carabao Cup 6-5 on penalties to Gillingham.Brentford were leading the League Two strugglers through England hopeful Toney’s early goal, but then sat back and allowed their opponents to come at them in the second half.The Gills duly hauled themselves back int...Full Story »

Rochdale boss Jim Bentley was happy for match-winner Ian Henderson to take the plaudits following his side’s 1-0 win over Salford.Henderson became Dale’s all-time leading goalscorer when he netted his 130th goal for the club in the 80th minute of the game, heading home Ethan Brierley’s intelligent delivery.The experienced frontman was given a guard of honour on the field after ...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson admitted his side’s 2-0 victory over league leaders Leyton Orient was his favourite as Dons boss.Ayoub Assal’s fifth goal in his last six matches opened the scoring for Jackson’s side, his 19th-minute effort curling into the back of the net after a deflection.And it was his shot that led to Dons’ second of the night, the rebound falling ...Full Story »

Yeovil shared the points for the ninth time this season in the Vanarama National League after a goalless draw against Maidenhead at Huish Park.No team in the division has more stalemates than the Glovers, who were denied the win late on by Dan Gyollai in the visitors’ goal. Yeovil just about shaded the first half but there was no real threat at either end until home goalkeeper Grant S...Full Story »

Josh Ruffels scored his first two Huddersfield goals as the Championship’s bottom team came from behind to beat QPR 2-1 and claim their first away win of the season.Lyndon Dykes, making his 100th Rangers appearance, put them ahead after just 90 seconds at Loftus Road.But it all went wrong for the west London side, who were recently top of the table and managed to fend off Wolves’ int...Full Story »

Mansfield fell to a second straight home defeat as fellow promotion hopefuls Bradford took all three points from a pulsating encounter which finished 2-1.After a slow start, City forced a double save from Stags keeper Christy Pym who blocked efforts from Scott Banks and Tyreik Wright.Two minutes later the Bantams led when Brad Halliday’s low cross was cleared only as far as skipper Richie ...Full Story »

Ayoub Assal starred as AFC Wimbledon shocked high-flying Leyton Orient with a 2-0 Sky Bet League Two win at Plough Lane.Leaders Orient controlled play early on but Wimbledon took the lead 19 minutes in, Assal’s deflected shot looping past goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux for his fifth goal in six matches.And Assal was again involved as the Dons doubled their lead in the 35th minute, his block...Full Story »

Ian Henderson wrote himself into Rochdale’s record books as the striker’s 80th-minute header proved decisive in a 1-0 win against Salford.The Dale frontman met a superb Ethan Brierley pass to nod beyond Tom King in the visitors’ goal and overtake Reg Jenkins as the club’s all-time leading scorer with 130 goals.His landmark goal lit up a game low on quality.Ryan Watson cam...Full Story »

Michael Carrick’s outstanding Middlesbrough dominated Blackpool to claim a 3-0 victory at Bloomfield Road and leap four places to 16th in the Sky Bet Championship table.Rejuvenated Boro went ahead following Isaiah Jones’ 15th-minute strike and never relinquished control.Carrick’s team were faster, sharper and more aggressive than Blackpool and the visitors scored the second goa...Full Story »

Lincoln bounced back from FA Cup embarrassment to storm into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with a 3-1 victory over Championship club Bristol City at Ashton Gate.The League One side took a seventh-minute lead when midfielder Matty Virtue was allowed time and space 25 yards out to the left of goal and netted with a sweetly struck right-footed drive.It was 2-0 on 15 minutes as Ben House robbe...Full Story »

Three penalties were awarded for handball following VAR reviews as Livingston beat Aberdeen 2-1 to move level on points with their third-placed opponents in the cinch Premiership.Referee Nick Walsh played on each time but was called to the monitor by video assistant referee Andrew Dallas, twice when there did not appear to be any appeals.Sean Kelly converted the first spot-kick in the 17th minut...Full Story »

Troy Deeney rescued a deserved point for Birmingham after Matt Grimes looked like inspiring Swansea to a comeback win in a 2-2 draw at St Andrew’s.Deeney equalised in the 89th minute of the Sky Bet Championship clash, after Scott Hogan put Blues ahead in the first half.Hogan’s ninth goal of the season was cancelled out by Olivier Ntcham before Grimes – who started the move for ...Full Story »

Dundee United have an unchanged squad for the visit of Kilmarnock.Charlie Mulgrew is still missing for the cinch Premiership bottom club because of a thigh injury.The defender is close to fitness but he is also unlikely to feature in Saturday’s trip to Aberdeen.Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes will assesses his squad ahead of the trip to Tannadice.Calum Waters (hamstring) Ben Chrisene (ankle)...Full Story »

Liverpool midfielder James Milner is set to return to the squad for the Carabao Cup visit of Derby.The 36-year-old was forced to sit out Sunday’s win over Tottenham due to concussion protocols but is likely to be included in a much-changed side to face League One opponents.Players like back-up goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, defenders Calvin Ramsay and Nat Phillips, and midfielder Alex Oxlad...Full Story »

Motherwell will be without Paul McGinn for the visit of cinch Premiership leaders Celtic.The right-back has had a scan on the knee injury he suffered at Tynecastle on Sunday and is awaiting the full diagnosis.Attacker Joe Efford (quad) remains out along with left-backs Nathan McGinley and Jake Carroll (knee).Midfielder James McCarthy will be missing from Celtic’s squad.The Republic of Irel...Full Story »

Manchester United and France have been handed a major boost after recent reports have suggested Raphael Varane will soon return to training before being included in Didier Deschamps' World Cup squad. That's according to a recent report from L'Equipe, who claims that although the world-class defender is unlikely to feature in Man United's two remaining games before clubs break for the World Cu...Full Story »

Liverpool could make a move for Marcos Llorente of Atletico Madrid to strengthen their midfield. Despite having Fabinho, Thiago Alcantara, James Milner, Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho all as midfield options – not to mention on-loan Arthur Melo – Jurgen Klopp would like to strengthen the core of his side. Jud...Full Story »

Bristol City are again set to be without Kal Naismith for Lincoln’s Carabao Cup visit to Ashton Gate.Naismith has not played for over a month because of a calf injury and no timescale has been put on his return.Robins boss Nigel Pearson plans to rest some regulars during a busy Sky Bet Championship programme and Tomas Kalas (knee) could be available after returning to training last week.De...Full Story »

QPR look set to be without Luke Amos for the visit of Huddersfield.Midfielder Amos came off after an hour of Saturday’s 1-0 defeat by West Brom with a tight hamstring.Stefan Johansen misses out with a heel injury and Tyler Roberts has a calf problem.But Jimmy Dunne is fit again after a knee injury.Huddersfield midfielder David Kasumu is suspended after being booked for the fifth time this ...Full Story »