Torquay’s slim hopes of reaching the National League play-offs took another blow despite Joe Lewis’ stoppage-time equaliser in a 1-1 home draw with Maidenhead.A third winless game on the trot left the Gulls 12 points off seventh place with only four games remaining.Maidenhead, who made sure of their survival last week, took the lead in the 55th minute when Sam Barratt beat his marker...Full Story »

Millwall kept alive their narrow hopes of a Championship play-off spot ahead of the final weekend of the season with a 3-0 thrashing of already-relegated Peterborough.Benik Afobe lashed home his 13th of the campaign from a corner to deservedly break the deadlock for the dominant hosts in the 53rd minute.Josh Knight put into his own goal in trying to clear a cross from substitute Jed Wallace...Full Story »

Bristol City’s three-pronged attack tore Hull apart in a thumping 5-0 Championship victory at Ashton Gate.By the 35th minute, Andreas Weimann, Antoine Semenyo and Chris Martin had all found the back of the net, with Weimann and Martin adding further goals in the second half.Weimann took advantage of goalkeeper Nathan Baxter’s ill-judged rush towards the edge of his penalty area to sh...Full Story »

Solihull Moors kept the pressure on third-placed Halifax with a convincing 4-2 victory at relegated Weymouth.The West Midlands side are still two points behind their West Yorkshire rivals, 1-0 winners over Yeovil, in the quest for the second play-off place in the Vanarama National League.Defender Harry Boyes gave the visitors a seventh-minute lead and Ollie Harfield’s own goal handed them ...Full Story »

Aldershot confirmed their survival in the National League as they claimed a 3-1 win over 10-man Notts County at the EBB Stadium.The hosts took the lead in the eighth minute when Mikael Ndjoli smashed home from close range following Tommy Willard’s neat cut-back.County equalised midway through the first half after Ruben Rodrigues was brought down inside the area and Cal Roberts stepped up t...Full Story »

Halifax confirmed their place in the Vanarama National League play-offs with a 1-0 win over Yeovil.The home side threatened during the opening exchanges, with a close-range effort from Billy Waters deflected wide before Yeovil forward Josh Neufville saw his shot rattle the crossbar.Just after the hour mark, Waters saw another shot cleared off the line before Zac Dearnley turned in a cross from T...Full Story »

Grimsby further boosted their play-off ambitions as they came from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with Barnet at the Hive Stadium.The hosts took the lead in the 37th minute when Ryan De Havilland picked out Adam Marriott inside the box and he fired home the rebound from his own initial effort.The Bees doubled their advantage seven minutes after the break, Rob Hall drilling a low cross into the box...Full Story »

Livingston seized the initiative in the race to finish seventh in the cinch Premiership thanks to a 1-0 victory over Hibernian.The Lions leapfrogged their visitors in the table thanks to Scott Pittman’s strike early in the second half.Hibernian dominated possession and enjoyed twice as many shots on goal as their hosts.But they failed to register a single attempt on target as caretaker man...Full Story »

Josh Hawkes and Kane Hemmings scored as Tranmere heaped more misery on already-relegated Oldham with a comfortable 2-0 win.Hawkes struck in the 27th minute and Hemmings sealed victory in the second half as the hosts, who sit two points off a play-off place with one game to go, strolled to victory against a lacklustre Latics side.Hawkes had skewed horribly wide with an early chance when left unma...Full Story »

A double from Matt Crooks helped Middlesbrough keep their Sky Bet Championship play-off hopes alive with a 3-1 win against Stoke.Lewis Baker scored a first-half own goal and Crooks struck in each half before Nick Powell scored a stoppage-time consolation for the Potters.Boro remain seventh in the table and now need to win their final game at Preston to have any chance of making the play-offs. Th...Full Story »

Dylan Levitt’s deflected goal earned Dundee United a 1-0 victory over Motherwell which puts them in a commanding position for a European place.The on-loan Manchester United midfielder struck his third goal in five matches in the 37th minute at Tannadice.The win puts United four points and nine goals ahead of Motherwell in the race for the two Europa Conference League spots with three games...Full Story »

Bradford ended play-off contenders Sutton’s 19-game unbeaten home run with an emphatic 4-1 win.Charles Vernam scored twice for Mark Hughes’ side, taking his tally to eight for the season, before Yann Songo’o and Andy Cook wrapped it up late on.Sutton went close after 90 seconds when Donovan Wilson set up Will Randall for a first-time shot against the post.But Bradford responded...Full Story »

Carlisle won their last home game of the League Two season as they beat Stevenage 2-1 at Brunton Park.Joe Riley and Lewis Alessandra did the damage within 11 second-half minutes and Boro were condemned to a second successive defeat despite Luke Norris’ late penalty.The visitors came agonisingly close to opening the scoring early on as Luke Prosser’s header hit a post.Down the other e...Full Story »

Hat-trick hero Aaron Collins snatched a late winner as promotion-chasing Bristol Rovers twice overturned a two-goal deficit to beat Rochdale 4-3 and improve their hopes of promotion from Sky Bet League Two.Dale took a two-goal lead into the break after Luke Charman netted in the ninth minute and added a second eight minutes later.Rovers improved after the break and Sam Finley brought them back i...Full Story »

Norwich suffered relegation back to the Championship as Dean Smith’s return to Aston Villa ended in a 2-0 Premier League defeat.A 10th loss in 12 meant the yo-yo specialists made it four straight seasons which have ended in either promotion or relegation, a painful way for Smith to mark his return to the ground where he began the season in charge.Defeat was down to goals from Ollie Watkins...Full Story »

Burnley came back from a goal down in the final 10 minutes to move five points clear of the bottom three with a 2-1 win at Watford which confirmed Norwich’s relegation.The Clarets’ fightback also all but relegated their opponents, who fell 12 points from safety with four games to go, and turned up the heat on 18th-placed Everton and fellow strugglers Leeds.An own goal from James Tark...Full Story »

Ollie Palmer’s 22nd goal of the season proved enough for promotion-chasing Wrexham to beat Southend 1-0 in the Vanarama National League.The 30-year-old has now scored 14 in 19 matches since joining from AFC Wimbledon in January.Palmer made the crucial breakthrough for the second-placed side just two minutes after the interval, converting Jordan Davies’ cross at the far post.The strik...Full Story »

Exeter went top of League Two with a 1-1 draw at Northampton who are now level on points with Bristol Rovers in the battle for the third automatic promotion spot.The Cobblers needed to win both remaining games to be guaranteed promotion but Sam Nombe cancelled out Mitch Pinnock’s superb opener to open the door to Rovers and Port Vale.Cameron Dawson produced a good stop from Josh Eppiah to ...Full Story »

Preston manager Ryan Lowe was proud of the way that his side responded to last Monday’s loss to Blackburn after they swept aside Barnsley 3-1 in the Sky Bet Championship.Barnsley took the lead in the 17th minute through Aiden Marsh. Victor Adeboyejo managed to get the ball to the by-line with some excellent skill and pulled it back to Marsh who struck it into the net.Daniel Johnson equalis...Full Story »

Wigan sealed promotion to the Championship as League One champions with a 3-0 victory over Shrewsbury.A 43rd-minute own goal from Josh Vela and a second-half brace from Will Keane ensured that Latics finally got themselves over the line after no win in their last five matches.Keane also won the division’s Golden Boot with 26 goals.After a cagey start, Marko Marosi did well to claw Max Powe...Full Story »