Crawley boss John Yems admitted the 1-0 home victory over Walsall was not the best of spectacles.Isaac Hutchinson’s second-half goal was enough to give Crawley their fifth win in six games.Crawley are now only one point behind last season’s tally of 61 points with four games left, and are aiming to finish higher than the  twelfth place of last term- which was their best placing ...Full Story »

Ben Garner felt Swindon had enough chances to beat 10-man Leyton Orient but admitted their lacklustre defending at set-pieces let the visitors off the hook in Monday’s 2-1 League Two defeat.Omar Beckles scored either side of the break, while Hector Kyprianou hampered Orient’s bright start as he was shown a second yellow card midway through the first half.Josh Davison netted a late co...Full Story »

Rotherham manager Paul Warne said his side put in the morale-boosting performance they needed after claiming a vital 1-0 win over Ipswich.The Millers’ grip on an automatic promotion spot has slipped on the back of three straight losses and just one win in their previous seven games, but Michael Smith’s late winner against Town reignited their push for an immediate return to the Champ...Full Story »

Crawley boss John Yems could stick with a winning formula against Walsall on Monday.The Reds secured their first away league victory for two months in Good Friday’s 2-1 triumph at Newport.Joel Lynch made his first start since returning from injury in Wales and, having played 69 minutes, the defender will be looking to keep his place.Crawley could make it four successive home wins when the ...Full Story »

Ben Garner has challenged his Swindon players to keep showing a ruthless streak if they are to grab a Sky Bet League Two play-off spot.Following two games without netting, the Robins reignited their top-seven push with a 4-1 win in which on-loan strikers Louie Barry and Josh Davison both bagged braces.The pair’s potency was timely, with 18-goal leading scorer Harry McKirdy still yet to ret...Full Story »

Crawley boss John Yems is ruling nothing out in his side’s bid to sneak into the League Two play-offs after seeing them down fellow promotion hopefuls Newport.First-half goals from Ashley Nadesan and Ludwig Francillette fired Town to a fourth win in their last five matches and they are 12th in the table on 57 points, 10 adrift of seventh-placed Sutton with five games to go.Yems, who confes...Full Story »

Junior Morias netted a first-half hat-trick as Dagenham maintained their push for a National League play-off place with a sensational 7-3 home win over Barnet.The striker opened the scoring in the 14th minute, moments after Callum Reynolds had missed a glorious chance for Daggers, with a stunning solo effort.After goalkeeper Elliot Justham has prevented Daniel Powell from equalising with an exce...Full Story »

David Button is set to take the gloves from England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone for West Brom when Blackpool visit the Hawthorns on Good Friday.Baggies boss Steve Bruce revealed on the eve of the clash that with Johnstone poised to leave the club in the summer when his contract expires, Button will be given the chance to impress.Karlan Grant will be pushing for a start after featuring in the final ...Full Story »

Fleetwood striker Ged Garner will miss Saturday’s visit of Oxford in League One amid fears his season is over.Stephen Crainey said the hamstring injury Garner suffered in last week’s 2-1 defeat to Accrington was a serious one and may bring an early end to the campaign for the 23-year-old, who has already missed two and a half months.There is better news for Anthony Pilkington, who is...Full Story »

Rotherham manager Paul Warne apologised to supporters after their promotion hopes suffered another setback with a 3-0 loss at Portsmouth.Millers old-boys George Hirst and Clark Robertson both found the net as Warne’s men missed the chance to climb above second-placed MK Dons.A frustrated Warne said: “I apologise wholeheartedly. That performance won’t get us to where we want to ...Full Story »

Solihull Moors maintained their National League promotion push with a 2-0 win at Barnet.Solihull led at the break through Andrew Dallas and sealed all the points in the closing stages thanks to Barnet defender Ben Richards-Everton’s own goal.Dallas turned home a rebound to give Solihull an early lead after Ryan Barnett’s shot was dropped by Barnet goalkeeper Jake Askew.Barnet had the...Full Story »

Rotherham manager Paul Warne feels emotional fatigue could have impacted his side as they lost ground in the automatic promotion race with a 1-0 loss against Charlton.The Millers paraded the Papa John’s Trophy they won last weekend prior to the match but the ones in a jubilant mood come the final whistle were the Londoners.Rotherham are now three points shy of the automatic berths they hav...Full Story »

Ben Garner insists the Sky Bet League Two play-off race is not over yet after with Newport nicked a 1-0 win at Swindon courtesy of a Dion Conroy own goal.The Exiles had only registered one shot on goal over 90 minutes but scored late as the Swindon captain bundled a cross into his net.Robins boss Garner said: “It’s not like we aren’t creating or aren’t looking like scorin...Full Story »

Celtic tightened their grip on the cinch Premiership title yet further with a 7-0 thrashing of second-bottom St Johnstone at Parkhead.Goals from Reo Hatate, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Daizen Maeda gave the relentless Hoops an unassailable interval lead.Josip Juranovic added a fourth from the spot early in the second half and Matt O’Riley scored twice in three minutes before fellow substi...Full Story »

Celtic will welcome Kyogo Furuhashi back for the visit of St Johnstone.The Japan forward will be in the squad for the first time since he aggravated a hamstring injury on Boxing Day.That will leave James Forrest as the only absentee for the cinch Premiership leaders as he nurses a minor leg muscle problem.St Johnstone will be without full-back Tony Gallacher for the rest of the season after he f...Full Story »

Sutton return to Sky Bet League Two action on Saturday looking to reignite their play-off ambitions with victory over Leyton Orient.Matt Gray’s side were beaten 4-2 after extra-time by Rotherham in the Papa John’s Trophy final last weekend.The U’s have no fresh injury concerns as they hope to close the three-point gap to the play-off places.Gray could make alterations following...Full Story »

Wrexham’s promotion push continued as they put in a dominant performance to beat Barnet 6-0.The result sees the Red Dragons move up to second in the National League table, while Barnet remain in 16th.Ollie Palmer put Wrexham ahead in the 15th minute, finding the bottom corner and they then doubled their lead 13 minutes later through Paul Mullin, who smashed the ball home from close range.J...Full Story »

Declan John is a doubt for Bolton as they prepare to face Portsmouth.The defender suffered a back injury and was absent for the Trotters’ 1-1 draw with Wigan at the weekend.Kieran Lee is edging closer to a return following heel surgery but the Pompey game could come too soon.Kyle Dempsey and Oladapo Afolayan are also doubts after picking up knocks against Latics.Michael Jacobs could push f...Full Story »

Paul Warne revealed one final, desperate roll of the dice rescued Rotherham in their 4-2 EFL Trophy triumph over Sutton at Wembley.Frazzled Millers boss Warne likened a last-gasp switch of formation to betting his side’s full stake on one hand, before Jordi Osei-Tutu’s strike in the sixth minute of added time forced extra time.Sky Bet League Two side Sutton had proved by far the calm...Full Story »

Republic of Ireland forward Chiedozie Ogbene’s extra-time drive shattered Sutton’s Wembley hopes to seal edgy Rotherham a 4-2 Papa John’s Trophy triumph.League Two newcomers Sutton were mere moments from a breakthrough trophy when Rotherham’s Jordi Osei-Tutu levelled at 2-2 deep into second-half added time.The underdogs had been the braver and more adept of the sides for ...Full Story »