Motherwell goalkeeper Liam Kelly saved a penalty to help his side play out a hard-fought goalless draw in difficult conditions at St Mirren.The Scotland international parried away Mark O’Hara’s spot-kick four minutes after half-time, and despite the visitors having four one-on-one opportunities after surviving a close escape, they failed to find the net.Motherwell’s winless run...Full Story »

Aldershot were brought crashing down to earth after their FA Cup heroics as they suffered a 5-3 defeat at home to 10-man Eastleigh.Three days after beating League Two leaders Stockport to secure a place in the third round, the Shots found themselves 3-0 down at half-time thanks to goals from Paul McCallum and Bailey Clements and an own goal from Coby Rowe.McCallum grabbed his second of the game ...Full Story »

Ten-man Morton extended their cinch Championship winning streak to three games following a narrow 1-0 victory at home to Queen’s Park.Robbie Muirhead handed the home side an early lead as he slotted Robbie Crawford’s cross into the bottom corner from close range for his 10th goal of the season in all competitions.But the hosts were reduced to 10 men on the stroke of half-time as Geor...Full Story »

Paddy Madden scored a hat-trick as League Two leaders Stockport ruthlessly thrashed bottom side Sutton 8-0.Ryan Croasdale’s brace plus Kyle Wootton and Madden’s efforts put County four ahead by half-time.The rout was completed afterwards by Madden and substitutes Joel Cotterill and Isaac Olaofe, plus the former’s injury-time penalty.The Hatters went ahead when Croasdale headed ...Full Story »

Partick Thistle closed in on second-placed Dundee United in the cinch Championship after a 2-1 win at Dunfermline.The Jags took advantage of the Terrors’ defeat by Raith Rovers to reduce the gap to six points.Thistle went ahead after 12 minutes when Harry Milne headed home a cross from Steven Lawless.They doubled their advantage in the 45th minute when Brian Graham poked home from close ra...Full Story »

Chris Conn-Clarke scored a stunning double as Altrincham came from behind to beat bottom side AFC Fylde 2-1.The visitors had hopes of moving off the foot of the Vanarama National League table when Connor Barrett gave them the lead after 26 minutes, but Conn-Clarke had other ideas and equalised with a superb free-kick shortly before the hour mark.Fylde responded immediately and almost retook the ...Full Story »

Danny Rose cancelled out Omar Bogle’s opener to earn Grimsby a 1-1 League Two draw at Newport.Both goals came in the final 20 minutes of a tight mid-table contest at Rodney Parade.County striker Bogle went closest to breaking the deadlock in the first half when he chipped a free-kick onto the top of the net from 20 yards out.Bogle was also integral to another big chance nine minutes into t...Full Story »

Harrogate ended a seven-game run without a home win by confidently beating Notts County 3-1 in Sky Bet League Two.Midfielder George Thomson’s eighth goal of the season and further efforts from Abraham Odoh and Matty Daly saw Town enjoy a repeat outcome of the 2019-20 Vanarama National League play-off final between the two teams.Jodi Jones netted for County but Luke Williams’ off-form...Full Story »

Hull moved back into the Sky Bet Championship play-off places with a convincing 3-0 victory at home to Cardiff.Aaron Connolly’s 32nd-minute tap-in – his sixth goal of the season – sent the hosts on their way towards an utterly deserved victory.Scott Twine’s lovely free-kick in the second half essentially put the match to bed, so poor were Cardiff from the outset.Ozan Tufa...Full Story »

Celtic fans turned their wrath on the board as Hearts’ 2-0 win at Parkhead consigned the Hoops to back-to-back league defeats for the first time in a decade.First-half goals from Lawrence Shankland and Stephen Kingsley earned Hearts their first league win at Celtic Park since 2007.Shankland’s free header and Kingsley’s 25-yard free-kick saw Hearts end a 14-match losing run at C...Full Story »

Two goals from Ruben Rodrigues and one from Marcus McGuane gave Des Buckingham his first league win as Oxford boss in a 3-0 triumph against managerless Burton.The Portuguese forward struck in the 25th minute, cutting in from the right to shoot past Max Crocombe following Cameron Brannagan’s cross-field pass.Rodrigues made it two seven minutes from time, firing high into the net from 1...Full Story »

Middlesbrough ended a run of three consecutive Sky Bet Championship defeats with a 2-1 victory at Swansea achieved in strange fashion.Substitute Samuel Silvera struck the 77th-minute winner, whipping home a close-range free-kick after Swansea goalkeeper Carl Rushworth had been penalised for picking up Harry Darling’s back pass.Middlesbrough led at the interval through Sam Greenwood’s...Full Story »

Goals from Jamie Walker and Andy Cook earned Bradford a comfortable 2-0 win away to Gillingham that gave Bantams manager Graham Alexander his fifth victory in a row.The home side thought they had taken the lead from a set-piece on 15 minutes when Macauley Bonne flicked Connor Mahoney’s near-post corner towards goal, only for Harry Lewis to palm the effort away.Bradford took the lead in the...Full Story »

Neil Harris secured his first victory as Cambridge boss with a 2-1 victory over Blackpool.The visitors took the lead after 25 minutes through Jordan Rhodes, who was left unmarked to head home Karamoko Demeble’s free-kick.Cambridge hit back seven minutes later when a fine James Brophy delivery found Gassan Ahadme. He was denied by Dan Grimshaw, but Elias Kachunga scrambled the ball home.Jac...Full Story »

Peterborough moved into the League One automatic-promotion places with a 1-0 win at Fleetwood.Archie Collins netted the winner in the 42nd minute to lift Posh up to second, one point above Oxford.The visitors could have been ahead in the second minute when Ricky-Jade Jones fired over from close range while Kwame Poku stung the palms of Jay Lynch in the Fleetwood goal moments later.Posh finally g...Full Story »

Portsmouth moved seven points clear at the top of Sky Bet League One after a 3-0 win over Shrewsbury.Two goals from Abu Kamara and another from Marlon Pack maintained the momentum for John Mousinho’s men.Just before the half-hour mark, Paddy Lane cut the ball back to Kusini Yengi in the heart of the box, but the Pompey forward blasted it over the bar.The visitors took the lead on the strok...Full Story »

Manchester City dropped points once again as a stoppage-time Michael Olise penalty saw the Premier League champions held 2-2 by Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium.City had dominated possession and appeared in complete control after Jack Grealish put them ahead in the 24th minute and Rico Lewis added a 54th-minute finish.But Palace fought back to reduce the deficit via Jean-Philippe Mateta with...Full Story »

Jamille Matt’s first league goal of the season gave Walsall a 1-0 win over terrible travellers Tranmere.Rovers’ winless away run stretched to 17 games as Nigel Adkins suffered a first defeat since taking permanent charge.An error from Walsall’s David Okagbue presented Tranmere with the game’s first chance but Kristian Dennis’ shot was foiled by Saddlers keeper Jacks...Full Story »

Chelsea recovered from a dour first-half showing to beat Sheffield United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and claim back-to-back Premier League home wins for the first time in over a year.Cole Palmer continued his fine start to life in west London and was the difference for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, knocking in the opening goal from Raheem Sterling’s cut-back early in the second half before...Full Story »

Seventeen-year-old Lewis Miley’s first senior goal set Newcastle on their way to a seventh successive Premier League win at St James’ Park as they beat 10-man Fulham 3-0.The midfielder, thrust into the action as a first-half substitute after Fabian Schar and Joelinton had been added to head coach Eddie Howe’s lengthy casualty list, fired the Magpies into a 57th-minute lead and ...Full Story »