Stuart Maynard was delighted with Notts County’s response to their recent struggles as they recorded a 2-0 League Two win at Grimsby to move to to fourth.The Magpies’ top two goalscorers Alassana Jatta and David McGoldrick were the match winners again for their team as County battled through a closely-contested first half and were clinical after the break to come away with their firs...Full Story »

Danny Cowley hailed the resilience of his Colchester side after they beat Port Vale 2-1 to move to within a point of the League Two play-off places.Fiacre Kelleher headed the U’s winner in the 86th minute from Lyle Taylor’s cross to seal their victory and extend their unbeaten run to 12 matches.Colchester had gone ahead in the 34th minute when Samson Tovide robbed Vale defender Natha...Full Story »

Liverpool’s Champions League dreams were ended by Paris St Germain in a penalty shoot-out after the French champions won their last-16 tie at Anfield.Ousmane Dembele made it 1-1 on aggregate with an early goal and the teams played each other to a standstill over 120 minutes.Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones were the unfortunate ones who were denied by Gianluigi Donnarumma as PSG won the shoot-...Full Story »

Steve Bruce was relieved after Blackpool’s 2-1 comeback win over Cambridge at Bloomfield Road.Pool were rocked by Dom Ballard’s goal after three minutes but rallied to secure a second successive League One win with goals from Ashley Fletcher and Sonny Carey.The Tangerines are now nine points from a play-off place, while Cambridge’s third defeat in a row leaves them languishing ...Full Story »

Michael Carrick is convinced Middlesbrough have a “great chance” of forcing their way into the Sky Bet Championship play-off picture after boosting their hopes with victory over QPR.Boro beat the Londoners 2-1 at the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday evening to close to within three points of sixth-placed Coventry with nine games remaining, the next of them at Luton on Saturday.Asked abou...Full Story »

Derby boss John Eustace insists his side will “fight until the end” for Sky Bet Championship survival after they earned an important 2-0 win over Coventry.The Rams took the lead midway through the first half when Marcus Harness’ free-kick found the head of Matt Clarke and he made no mistake in nodding home from close range.The hosts started the second half brightly and had thei...Full Story »

Chesterfield picked up their first away win since December as they comfortably saw off 10-man Salford 4-0.Hakeeb Adelakun’s straight red card proved to be the pivotal moment of the game and Chesterfield capitalised with Liam Mandeville and Aribim Pepple netting shortly before the break, before Armando Dobra and Mandeville added further second-half goals.Salford were in the ascendancy leadi...Full Story »

Rochdale struck three times in the final 26 minutes to claim a 3-0 victory over Altrincham in the Vanarama National League.Aidan Barlow broke the deadlock after 64 minutes at the Crown Oil Area when he turned in from a Tarryn Allarakhia cross.Jay Bird doubled the lead three minutes later after a fine run and finish and Kairo Mitchell clinically wrapped up the points eight minutes from time.Dale ...Full Story »

Wrexham missed the chance to move into the League One automatic-promotion places after losing 2-0 at 10-man Reading.Neither side offered a serious goal threat in the first half but Reading struck twice in five minutes early in the second period through Harvey Knibbs, from a penalty, and Lewis Wing.Reading centre-back Michael Stickland was controversially sent off in the 75th minute for apparent ...Full Story »

Relegation-threatened Boston extended their unbeaten run to four games with a much-needed 3-0 National League victory away to Yeovil.On-loan Accrington forward Jimmy Knowles opened the scoring in the 38th minute, shortly after he fired the ball into the roof of the net.The visitors then doubled their lead four minutes later when Jacob Hazel, teed up by Dylan Hill, struck home past Aidan Stone.Za...Full Story »

Scott Parker and CJ Egan-Riley were sent off after the final whistle as Burnley missed the chance to go top of the Championship, held to a 1-1 draw by play-off chasing West Brom.Egan-Riley appeared to kick William Lankshear as Gavin Ward was blowing the final whistle, sparking ugly scenes as several players clashed, with Clarets boss Parker then also shown red for his protests.It came as a sign ...Full Story »

Mark Sykes struck a last-minute equaliser to snatch Bristol City a 1-1 draw at Sky Bet Championship promotion-chasers Sheffield United.The point was enough to lift the Blades back to the top of the table, but they were denied a seventh win in eight matches by Sykes’ last-gasp effort after Tyrese Campbell had given them a second-half lead.Tempers flared in stoppage time after the Blades wer...Full Story »

Blackpool came from behind to beat relegation-threatened Cambridge 2-1 in League One.Now beaten only once in 15 games since Boxing Day, Steve Bruce’s side trailed to Dom Ballard’s third-minute opener.A scorer for the Tangerines against United last August, the on-loan Southampton teenager’s shot was adjudged to have crossed the line after a comic attempted clearance by Matthew P...Full Story »

Luton claimed a precious 2-1 victory over Cardiff in their Championship relegation battle as the contest was overshadowed by an injury to Aaron Ramsey that threatens to rule the Wales captain out of World Cup action.With five points separating the two clubs at kick-off, Calum Chambers put 21st-placed Cardiff ahead five minutes after the break with their first shot on target.Jordan Clark levelled...Full Story »

Oldham finally ended a seven-match winless run, seeing off Eastleigh 2-0 to reinforce their National League play-off hopes.The Latics had taken just five points from the last 21 on offer but received a handy shot in the arm thanks to goals from Billy Waters and Jake Caprice.Just eight minutes had gone when Waters opened the scoring, getting on the end of a corner he had forced and heading home. ...Full Story »

Bolton’s promotion challenge suffered a surprise setback as a late goal by Bristol Rovers centre-back Connor Taylor secured the Pirates a thrilling 3-2 victory at the Memorial Stadium.Rovers took a shock lead after six minutes when veteran striker Chris Martin coolly converted a penalty after Alex Murphy dragged down highly-rated 18-year-old Kofi Shaw.Steven Schumacher’s side, unbeat...Full Story »

Tommy Conway and Anfernee Dijksteel struck either side of half-time as Middlesbrough beat QPR 2-1 to edge themselves to within three points of the Sky Bet Championship play-off places.Conway’s 11th-goal of the season gave the hosts an 11th-minute lead, but they had to wait until 13 minutes after the break for Dijksteel to effectively seal a relatively-routine victory over Rangers, for whom...Full Story »

Matty Taylor scored a late winner as AFC Wimbledon missed the chance to move into the League Two automatic promotion places with a 2-1 defeat at home to Cheltenham.A win would have seen Johnnie Jackson’s side leapfrog Doncaster into third, but they ended the evening in fifth after their third loss in four games.The ball dropped kindly to George Miller inside the Dons’ penalty area in...Full Story »

Forest Green got back to winning ways as a 2-1 success over Sutton took them level on points with second-placed York.Charlie McCann gave his side the lead just before the half-hour mark when he collected Liam Sercombe’s pass and slotted smartly into the bottom corner.Christian Doidge doubled the advantage when he got the final touch on Jamie Robson’s drilled ball across goal, with th...Full Story »

Exeter moved 10 points clear of the League One relegation zone as they made it back-to-back home wins with a 2-0 victory over fellow strugglers Mansfield at St James Park.It took Exeter just eight minutes to break the deadlock as Angus MacDonald played the ball across the face of goal and Mansfield goalkeeper Scott Flinders fumbled it straight to Demetri Mitchell, who was left with a simple tap-...Full Story »