Boss Ben Garner wants Colchester to turn draws into wins after they were held to a 0-0 stalemate at home to Newport.The U’s are now only three points above the League Two relegation zone after a third successive draw.Colchester had their chances to grab a second-half winner, with Samson Tovide firing into the side-netting after going past Newport goalkeeper Joe Day, who also denied substit...Full Story »

Hartlepool snatched a dramatic League Two lifeline with an injury-time victory over Swindon.Substitute Oliver Finney cracked home from 25 yards to lift Pools to within two points of third-bottom Crawley.Connor Jennings brought the hosts level in the 88th minute, cancelling out Rushian Hepburn-Murphy’s early opener, before Finney’s wonderful strike sealed a first win under new boss Jo...Full Story »

A Lyall Cameron hat-trick helped Dundee cut Queen’s Park lead at the top of the Scottish Championship to one point following a ruthless 7-0 home win over bottom-of-the-table Hamilton.Dundee took the lead after seven minutes when Alex Jakubiak stabbed home at the back post and they added another in the 16th minute as Ryan Sweeney headed in from a Luke Hannant corner.The Dee then notched two...Full Story »

Danny Lloyd struck as bottom-of-the-table Rochdale picked up an invaluable three points with a 1-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon at Plough Lane.Lloyd’s strike moved Rochdale within eight points of third-bottom Crawley with seven games left to play in League Two.After a quiet opening 15 minutes it was Dons’ Armani Little who had the first real attempt on goal, capitalising on a defensive...Full Story »

Leyton Orient continued their relentless march towards the League Two title as they saw off fellow promotion hopefuls Carlisle 1-0 at Brisbane Road.However, Orient, who finished the game with 10 men, were indebted to a 73rd-minute own goal by Jon Mellish for their win.Substitute Ruel Sotiriou had been on the pitch four just four minutes when he saw his shot from 15 yards hit Mellish, sending goa...Full Story »

Torquay made it back-to-back wins in their bid to escape the drop after edging out relegation rivals Scunthorpe 1-0 at Glanford Park.Lewis Collins struck the decisive goal just after the hour as Gary Johnson’s side, who beat play-off hopefuls Boreham Wood on Tuesday, moved five points above the Iron, and to within three points of Gateshead and safety.Torquay were quickly out of the blocks ...Full Story »

Ipswich closed in on the League One top two with a seventh-straight victory as they beat Derby 2-0 at Pride Park.They caught Derby on the break in the 17th minute with Nathan Broadhead crossing to Wes Burns, who headed the ball down for Conor Chaplin to score from 12 yards.Derby fought their way into the game and went close in the 33rd minute when a James Collins cross ricocheted off Cameron Bur...Full Story »

Cinch Championship leaders Queen’s Park suffered a second successive defeat as Owen Coyle’s men were beaten 2-0 by Raith at Stark’s Park.After falling behind via Tom Lang’s header on the half-hour mark, the visitors failed to take the chance to draw level from the spot, with Dominic Thomas seeing his 38th-minute penalty saved by Jamie MacDonald.Lewis Vaughan then added Ra...Full Story »

Mansfield were back to their best as they halted relegation-threatened Crawley’s five-game unbeaten run in style with a convincing 4-1 home win.Without a win in four games going into the match, Ollie Clarke put the play-off-chasing Stags ahead after only four minutes with a low finish from 12 yard following Stephen Quinn’s pass from the left.Mansfield had plenty of chances to double ...Full Story »

Crewe put further daylight between themselves and the League Two relegation zone with a 2-0 victory at Doncaster.Goals from Courtney Baker-Richardson and Connor O’Riordan secured the win for Alex and left Rovers with a sixth defeat from their last nine outings.The visitors offered much the greater threat in the first half and took the lead after 31 minutes when Baker-Richardson latched ont...Full Story »

Maidstone’s relegation back to the National League South was confirmed as Boreham Wood got their play-off bid back on track with a 4-0 mauling at Gallagher Stadium.The Stones won promotion to the National League last summer but, with the team winless since November, their stay always looked in danger of being a brief one.And the division’s bottom side were consigned to the drop after...Full Story »

Peterborough climbed into the League One play-off places despite being held to a goalless stalemate by struggling Oxford.Darren Ferguson’s men rose into the top six – by virtue of having scored more goals than promotion rivals Derby – on a day when they rarely actually looked like scoring.They could not force Oxford goalkeeper Simon Eastwood into a save of note as midfielder Ol...Full Story »

Pierce Sweeney scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser as Exeter earned a 2-2 League One draw at Fleetwood.The Grecians are still searching for a first away win since January, but Sweeney’s second goal for the club ensured the trip home was worthwhile with a point.Jack Marriott had put the hosts on course for a third-straight victory before the defender’s desperately late leveller....Full Story »

Manager Alex Neil was thrilled after Stoke thumped play-off chasing Coventry 4-0 at the CBS Arena.Tyrese Campbell and Ki-Jana Hoever both scored and created a goal apiece while Jacob Brown and on-loan Southampton midfielder Will Smallbone were also on the scoresheet.Neil said: “Really pleasing. It was a different challenge for us in the fact we played against a back three.“We haven&r...Full Story »

Alexis Mac Allister converted a late VAR-awarded penalty as Brighton came from behind three times to snatch a thrilling 3-3 Premier League draw with fellow European hopefuls Brentford.The Argentina World Cup winner coolly fired into the top right corner from 12 yards in the 90th minute after Stockley Park spotted Bees defender Aaron Hickey had blocked Deniz Undav’s close-range effort with ...Full Story »

Jamie Reid scored a late equaliser as Stevenage fought back to draw 1-1 away at promotion rivals Northampton.Louis Appéré gave the second-placed Cobblers an early lead but Stevenage laid siege on the home goal for much of the second half and deservedly came away with a point. Both teams remain in the top three in League Two.Northampton started on the front foot and they were reward...Full Story »

Dominic Solanke was the late match-winner as Bournemouth came from behind to beat Fulham 2-1 and claim a potentially pivotal win in their battle for Premier League survival.The Cherries looked to be heading for a third defeat in four games when Andreas Pereira gave dominant Fulham a half-time lead.But Marcus Tavernier’s superb solo effort and Solanke’s scrambled late winner were the ...Full Story »

A dominant Barnsley display helped them earn their seventh straight home win with a 5-0 victory over a struggling Morecambe side whose winless run extends to eight games.Devante Cole and Herbie Kane scored before the interval, with the former earning his brace in the second half. Bobby Thomas got on the scoresheet late on.The Tykes took the advantage four minutes in through top-scorer Cole, who ...Full Story »

West Brom were frustrated by an organised Millwall as the two Championship play-off hopefuls played out a goalless draw at The Hawthorns.The Baggies had won nine of their previous 10 home matches prior to this fixture, keeping as many clean sheets in that period and having scored in every game, but they found sixth-placed Millwall a tough nut to crack.The opening stages were cagey, which was per...Full Story »

Roy Hodgson’s second spell in charge of Crystal Palace began with victory as the hosts secured their first three-point haul of 2023 with a dramatic 2-1 win over Leicester at Selhurst Park.The Eagles had struggled to score this season but looked more assertive in Hodgson’s first match back in the dugout, with his side now firmly entrenched in the relegation battle.Despite the hosts&rs...Full Story »