Joey Barton admitted getting one over on his former club Fleetwood was extra sweet after Bristol Rovers came from behind to record a 2-1 away win.Lewis Gibson cancelled out Jayden Stockley’s opener with a scrambled equaliser after goalkeeper Jay Lynch fumbled a shot, and Gavin Ward scored with a cross into the box that bypassed everyone and sailed in.And Barton, sacked as manager by Fleetw...Full Story »

Caretaker boss Ian Dawes was full of praise for his players after he picked up his first victory as Tranmere manager with a 1-0 win over Swindon.Harvey Saunders’ first goal at Prenton Park since joining from Bristol Rovers in January was enough to give the home side the points in a scrappy encounter.Saunders netted his second goal in four games on 22 minutes after the Swindon defence faile...Full Story »

Reading boss Paul Ince called for “mental toughness” from his players after they let a point slip with a late 2-1 loss to Preston.Six days after being handed a six-point deduction for breaching the EFL’s business plan, the Royals remain in the relegation zone as their winless run extended to eight games.Substitute Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan had brought Reading back level in the 83rd ...Full Story »

Grimsby manager Paul Hurst celebrated passing 50 points for the season following a late 2-1 League Two comeback triumph at Doncaster.That target was always going to be the first for the Mariners this season having been promoted back to the EFL via the National League play-offs last June.And Grimsby ended a six-game run without a victory to reach the landmark with six games left to play courtesy ...Full Story »

Blackpool’s interim boss Stephen Dobbie felt his side’s failure to make it to half-time with their lead intact proved costly during a 3-1 defeat at promotion-chasing Luton.The visitors had led through Andy Lyons’ fourth goal for the club, only to concede just before the break to Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu’s curling finish.Carlton Morris and Mpanzu then found the net in the seco...Full Story »

Barrow boss Pete Wild was delighted with his side’s response after they hammered relegation-threatened Crawley 4-0.But the Bluebirds manager played down any talk of the play-offs with his side five points adrift of seventh-placed Salford.Wild was understandably less than impressed after being humbled 3-0 at Crewe on Good Friday.But Josh Gordon’s hat-trick, which took his tally for th...Full Story »

Barnsley head coach Michael Duff praised his side’s resilience as they held on to a 2-1 victory over Shrewsbury.Nicky Cadden and Devante Cole scored for the home side, before Killian Phillips halved the deficit in injury time.Cadden was shown a straight red in the second half for a challenge on Phillips. The visitors were also reduced to 10 men when Ryan Bowman was shown a second yellow in...Full Story »

Rochdale interim manager Jim McNulty admitted he was excited as his bid to save the club from relegation from the EFL continued with a magnificent 1-1 draw at promotion-chasing Mansfield.It followed two wins in a row for the league’s bottom club with Dale coming back from a sixth-minute goal for the Stags, seeing goalkeeper Richard O’Donnell in magnificent form and then almost snatch...Full Story »

Kyle Wootton bagged a brilliant brace and Jack Stretton and Kyle Knoyle were also on the scoresheet as Stockport boosted their promotion hopes with a 4-0 home victory over Newport.Striker Wootton scored twice in the first half, fellow forward Stretton just after the hour mark and Knoyle with a tap-in at the death the Hatters stretched their impressive unbeaten run in League Two to eight games wi...Full Story »

Steve Evans was furious that Hartlepool goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk was not shown a red card towards the end of the first half of Stevenage’s 1-1 draw.Boro are now five matches without a win and have slipped down to fifth having failed to hold on to a 25th-minute lead given to them by Danny Rose’s brilliant header.But Evans was angry that referee Paul Howard did not dismiss Stolarczy...Full Story »

Tahvon Campbell’s late equaliser denied promotion-chasing Eastleigh victory as their National League clash with Aldershot finished 3-3.Campbell nodded in Jack Barham’s cross in the 87th minute to deny an Eastleigh side who had gone into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes with Danny Whitehall setting up first Charlie Carter and then Ousseynou Cisse.But only four minutes after the second wen...Full Story »

Wrexham struck a potentially decisive blow in the Vanarama National League title race with a 3-2 victory over rivals Notts County as former England goalkeeper Ben Foster saved a stoppage-time penalty.Second-half goals from Paul Mullin, Jacob Mendy and Elliot Lee saw Wrexham win a fifth-tier classic before their Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, who were awarded the freedom of th...Full Story »

Liam Mandeville grabbed the match-winning goal as Chesterfield strengthened their grasp on fourth spot in the National League with a 1-0 win at Dagenham.Mandeville was in the right place at the right time to nod home a neat cross from Ollie Banks in the 71st minute and seal the points for Paul Cook’s side.The teams had been tied up to that point, though the Spireites came within a few inch...Full Story »

Barnsley returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Shrewsbury who have now lost four on the bounce, as the Reds hang on to hopes of a top-two finish.Nicky Cadden and Devante Cole got on the scoresheet before the break, before Killian Phillips pulled one back in stoppage time.Both sides were reduced to 10 men before the game concluded, with Cadden and Ryan Bowman given their marching order...Full Story »

Callum Hendry’s stoppage time double completed a stunning Salford fightback to beat AFC Wimbledon 3-2 in a pulsating League Two clash at Plough Lane.After having a penalty saved in the 90th minute by Nathan Broome, it looked like it would not be Hendry’s day, but incredibly he found the back of the net twice to claim a hugely important win in their fight for promotion.Hendry’s ...Full Story »

League Two leaders Leyton Orient were held to a 2-2 home draw by relegation-threatened Harrogate.Anthony O’Connor and George Thomson cancelled out a two-goal first-half salvo from O’s striker Ruel Sotiriou.Sotiriou opened the scoring after nine minutes when he wriggled past O’Connor and drove the ball into the net from the centre of the goal.And the striker added another on 36 ...Full Story »

Sky Bet League Two’s bottom club Rochdale earned another precious point in their bid to stay in the EFL as they defended magnificently to draw 1-1 at promotion-chasing Mansfield.Hiram Boateng’s second Easter goal gave the Stags the perfect start on six minutes after he found Lucas Akins in the box and then ran onto Akins’ superb backheel return to crash home a 12-yard finish.Ma...Full Story »

Nicky Featherstone’s first goal of the season earned Hartlepool a 1-1 draw with promotion-chasing Stevenage and lifted them out of the relegation zone in Sky Bet League Two.Featherstone’s leveller seconds after the restart secured a point, with the visitors believing Pools should have had goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk sent off before the break.At that point, Stevenage’s Danny Ros...Full Story »

Charlton overcame Burton 3-2 at the Valley with two first-half goals from Jes Rak-Sakyi.The hosts took total control of the Easter Monday fixture at the Valley with two strikes in the first 17 minutes and held on despite Jack Payne’s late dismissal.Ex-Charlton keeper Craig MacGillivray was beaten on seven minutes when Rak-Sakyi turned in the area and fired home.Palace loanee Rak-Sakyi doub...Full Story »

Carlisle’s away goal drought stretched to four games as the promotion hopefuls were held to a 0-0 draw at 10-man Walsall.The Cumbrians slipped out of the automatic promotion spots into fourth place after failing to capitalise on Hayden White’s 61st-minute sending-off.It took 34 minutes for either side to register a shot on target, Carlisle keeper Tomas Holy producing a smart low stop...Full Story »