Boss Dean Smith admitted he is unsure if Emi Buendia and Emi Martinez will join Argentina for international duty, despite the Premier League’s refusal to release players.Forward Buendia scored his first Villa goal since his record £33million move from Norwich to cancel out Ivan Toney’s opener and earn a 1-1 draw with Brentford.The uncapped 24-year-old and goalkeeper Martinez ha...Full Story »

Sunderland were celebrating “a great three points” after the Black Cats went top of League One with a battling 3-1 home win over Wycombe.Ross Stewart’s brace and Elliot Embleton’s strike put the hosts 3-0 up before substitute David Wheeler scored a late consolation for Wycombe.Sunderland assistant manager Jamie McAllister said: “Today we were playing against a good ...Full Story »

Barrow manager Mark Cooper was frustrated not to come away with victory, despite playing with 10 men for an hour of their 1-1 draw with Bristol RoversThe hosts had captain Mark Ellis sent off for violent conduct after a goalmouth melee before Sam Nicholson fired Rovers in front shortly before the interval.But Barrow hit back through Ollie Banks in added time at the end of the first half.“I...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady admitted to feeling “really deflated” after skipper Joseph Mills suffered a suspected broken ankle in Saturday’s goalless League Two draw at Crawley.Former Forest Green defender Mills was hurt in a 72nd-minute collision with Sam Ashford and was carried off on a stretcher and taken to hospital.Brady said: “I can’t say too much but he was ru...Full Story »

Former Crewe forward Daniel Powell scored on his debut to earn Barnet a 1-1 draw at Solihull Moors.Powell, who signed a two-year contract with the Bees earlier this month, fired home a late equaliser after Andrew Dallas had given Solihull a half-time lead.Solihull went close to taking the lead through Joe Sbarra’s deflected shot before Dallas broke the deadlock with his first league goal f...Full Story »

Bolton boss Ian Evatt felt his side let their standards slip as they lost at Cambridge.Evatt’s side were previously unbeaten in League One but fell to a 1-0 defeat at the Abbey Stadium courtesy of Shilow Tracey’s early goal.Cambridge climbed above their opponents with a second successive win, and they have been beaten only once in their first five games since promotion to the third t...Full Story »

Manager Russell Martin slammed an unacceptable display after Swansea let an early lead slip in a 3-1 defeat at Preston.Joel Piroe’s neat finish put Martin’s men ahead in the 19th minute but their advantage was quickly cancelled out by Liverpool loanee Sepp van den Berg.Emil Riis gave North End the lead in the dying seconds of the first half before Ben Whiteman’s 52nd-minute fre...Full Story »

Daniel Farke felt Norwich were denied a deserved point by a “VAR mistake” in their 2-1 defeat at home to Leicester.Jamie Vardy put the visitors ahead after only eight minutes at Carrow Road and it looked like it could be another long afternoon for the hosts.The Canaries responded well and levelled when Teemu Pukki scored a first-half penalty after VAR eventually penalised a foul by C...Full Story »

Sheffield United were left still searching for their first win of the Sky Bet Championship season after hanging on for a goalless draw at Luton.The Blades have struggled to adapt to life back in the second tier following their relegation last season and never looked like ending their quest for a victory at Kenilworth Road as the Hatters produced a dominant second-half display that was only lacki...Full Story »

Queen’s Park moved to the top of Scottish League One following a 1-0 win at Falkirk.Simon Murray scored the only goal in the 36th minute with a fine free-kick, taking his tally to five goals in seven games.Falkirk had an excellent opportunity to level seven minutes into the second half when they were awarded a penalty after Aidan Kenna was fouled but Callumn Morrison’s effort hit the...Full Story »

Bradford boss Derek Adams admitted his side did not deserve to take anything from the match after losing their unbeaten League Two record following a 2-0 defeat at Brisbane Road.City started the game in second position having won three in a row after a goalless draw with Exeter in the season’s opener.But second-half goals by Ruel Sotiriou and Harry Smith earned Orient all three points afte...Full Story »

Kyle Wootton’s second-half header rescued Notts County a point in a 1-1 home draw against 10-man Torquay.Wootton headed home Adam Chicksen’s cross in the 69th minute to cancel out Danny Wright’s first-half header for the visitors.County made a bright start and struck a post in the 10th minute through Ruben Rodrigues’ effort.Torquay were reduced to 10 men midway through th...Full Story »

Managers Tony Mowbray and Neil Warnock were surprised by the late red cards that both Blackburn and Middlesbrough received during a competitive 1-1 draw at the Riverside Stadium.Boro captain Jonny Howson struck nine minutes before half-time with a tidy lob to cancel out Rovers’ brilliant opener when Sam Gallagher struck from distance in the 17th minute.Neither side did enough after that to...Full Story »

Head coach Carlos Corberan praised Huddersfield’s maturity as his side leapt to fourth in the Championship with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Reading.Lewis O’Brien opened the scoring before the break, and the Terriers then ran riot in a scintillating second half that brought goals from Matty Pearson, Sorba Thomas and Danny Ward.“I am happy because the team played good footba...Full Story »

A Dennis Adeniran own goal gave League One new boys Morecambe a 1-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday at the Mazuma Stadium.In front of a record stadium attendance of 5,481, Adeniran was credited with the goal on 63 minutes after a Shane McLoughlin corner was flicked on by Sam Lavelle with the Owls midfielder unfortunate to turn the ball past his own keeper.Morecambe started well with top scorer ...Full Story »

Junior Luamba’s stoppage-time goal gave Oldham a dramatic first win of the season, 2-1 over Sutton in their League Two clash at the VBS Community Stadium.Luamba slotted home in the 96th minute after good work by man-of-the-match Dylan Bahamboula, just minutes after Carl Piergianni’s header had drawn Keith Curle’s side level. David Ajiboye had given Sutton the lead.Bahamboula po...Full Story »

A brace from Ross Stewart helped Sunderland beat Wycombe 3-1 at the Stadium of Light.The striker scored the first before an Elliot Embleton goal put the Black Cats 2-0 up at half-time.Stewart pounced late in the second half to secure the three points before David Wheeler grabbed a consolation late on for the visitors.Wycombe started the League One game brightly Sunderland’s defence were ab...Full Story »

James Henry hit a hat-trick as Oxford beat injury-hit Lincoln 3-1 at the Kassam Stadium.The midfielder struck with superb right-footed efforts from outside the area in the 12th and 24th minutes.He then completed his treble with a 73rd-minute penalty, sending Josh Griffiths the wrong way after Lewis Montsma fouled Matty Taylor.Henry, who had scored the only goal in Oxford’s previous home ga...Full Story »

Kevin Nisbet and Martin Boyle netted second-half goals as Hibernian saw off bottom-of-the-table Livingston to remain top of the cinch Premiership.Scotland striker Nisbet returned to the side after missing last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Dundee and he notched his first league goal of the season before in-form Australia winger Boyle sealed victory late on.The result – on a day when a sun-ki...Full Story »

Jamie Proctor scored a quick-fire first-half brace as Port Vale claimed their first League Two victory of the season to end leaders Forest Green’s winning start to the campaign.Summer-signing Proctor opened his league account for Vale in the sixth minute when he was fed by co-striker James Wilson to the right of goal and sent a 12-yard side-footed effort into the far corner.Just three minu...Full Story »