Preston manager Ryan Lowe lauded an “outstanding” performance after his depleted side thrashed Lancashire rivals Blackburn 4-1 at Ewood Park.Although deprived of five first-team regulars, North End dominated the Lancashire derby, neutralising their rivals’ threat and looking capable of scoring at any opportunity.They forced mistakes from Blackburn for the first two goals, which...Full Story »

Paul Coutts, Ryan Loft and Harry Anderson could all return for Bristol Rovers against Port Vale.Midfielder Coutts has been out for almost two months with an ankle injury but is available again.Loft missed the 1-1 draw at Bolton last week through illness, which has affected several players recently, but has recovered.Anderson is ready to return after being sidelined for around a month with a groi...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers could welcome back striker Ryan Loft after injury for the visit of high-flying Peterborough.The 25-year-old, who has scored six goals this season, has missed the last three games with a hamstring injury but is back in training and looks set to be involved this weekend.Rovers captain Paul Coutts (ankle) and utility player Harry Anderson (groin) are also on the comeback trail but wi...Full Story »

Luke Woolfenden’s early goal was cancelled out by Ryan Broom as lowly Cheltenham grabbed a point in a 1-1 draw at high-flying Ipswich.The Tractor Boys dominated proceedings and had numerous chances to extend their lead, but a combination of defiant defending, luckless finishing and a string of saves by Cheltenham goalkeeper Luke Southwood kept them at bay.Woolfenden put Ipswich in front in...Full Story »

Reading claimed a much-needed 2-1 win at Hull following Ryan Longman’s injury-time own goal.With the game meandering towards a draw, Longman was adjudged to have put into his own net after substitute Andy Carroll tried his luck with a header off Tom Ince’s free-kick from the left.Jacob Greaves’ ninth-minute header appeared to have put the Royals, who had won just once in nine p...Full Story »

Kilmarnock have several doubts ahead of the visit of Hibernian but Derek McInnes is hopeful that on-loan Arsenal right-back Ryan Alebiosu will shake off a hamstring issue.Calum Waters (hamstring), Ben Chrisene (ankle) and Scott Robinson (foot) all remain on the sidelines.Loan forward Christian Doidge cannot face his parent club and fellow striker Kyle Lafferty serves the fifth game of a 10-match...Full Story »

Ryan Sessegnon will miss out when Tottenham host Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday.Sessegnon sustained a minor hamstring injury during the midweek Carabao Cup loss at Nottingham Forest.Cristian Romero (calf) and Son Heung-min (facial) are also set to be absent, but Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison featured off the bench on Wednesday and are pushing to start.Leeds will still be without a nu...Full Story »

Grimsby striker Ryan Taylor faces months on the sidelines with a torn hamstring.The 34-year-old suffered the injury in training last week and manager Paul Hurst says the scan showed “quite a bad injury”.Grimsby have no new players back for Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two match against Doncaster.Jordan Maguire-Drew and Danilo Orsi-Dadomo could resume training next week. Aribim Pep...Full Story »

Ryan Lowe believes Preston’s character was the key factor in a 1-0 win over fellow promotion chasers Swansea at Deepdale.Brad Potts fired home the only goal 30 minutes into the first half after Swansea centre-back Harry Darling failed to clear.Lowe’s side were forced to defend for much of the second half, with the Swans finishing the match with 72 per cent possession, but unable to f...Full Story »

Ryan Hardie came off the bench to score twice and send Plymouth four points clear at the top of Sky Bet League One following a thrilling 4-2 comeback win over Devon rivals Exeter at a rain-soaked Home Park.Hardie fired into the roof of the net on the turn in the 70th minute after collecting Morgan Whittaker’s incisive pass into the penalty area.And the Scottish striker latched onto another...Full Story »

Andy Ryan scored a second-half brace as Hamilton rescued a late point in a thrilling 4-4 cinch Championship draw with Cove Rangers to move off the bottom of the table.Mark Reynolds headed Conor Sully’s cross into the top corner after 10 minutes to give Cove the lead following an early spell of pressure.Mitch Megginson doubled the Toonsers’ lead with a penalty after 42 minutes, awarde...Full Story »

The Blues were believed to be closing in on a summer transfer for the 19-year-old Dynamo Moscow midfielder. Arsen Zakharyan has admitted he wants to seal a transfer to Chelsea Credit: Getty However, a £12.6million transfer was BLOCKED by British sanctions placed on Russia. There was also the expected difficulty in obtaining a work permit for Zakharyan from the Home Office. Despite this,...Full Story »

Charlton will be without suspended defender Ryan Inniss for their home game against Ipswich.Centre-half Inniss was sent off for two bookable offences in Tuesday night’s home defeat to MK Dons, earning his second red card of the season.Midfielder Corey Blackett-Taylor (hip) has missed the last two matches and will be assessed.Teenage striker Miles Leaburn and forward Diallang Jaiyesimi are ...Full Story »

Ryan Seager’s double helped Dorking to a 3-1 victory over Wealdstone in the Vanarama National League.Seager put the hosts in front in the 21st minute, with Tarryn Allarakhia twice finding the net for Wealdstone in the first half only to see the offside flag raised.It was third time lucky for Allarakhia in the 50th minute but Harry Ottaway converted Seb Bowerman’s cut-back to restore ...Full Story »

Preston boss Ryan Lowe acknowledged a good defensive team performance after he saw his side run out 1-0 winners over Huddersfield at the John Smith’s Stadium.Manchester United loanee Alvaro Fernandez threatened to put the visitors in front with a couple of chances at the end of a low-key first half.North End sprung to life in the second period and got their goal when Greg Cunningham nodded...Full Story »

Preston manager Ryan Lowe was not surprised to see his side finally hit the goal trail as they recorded an impressive 3-2 victory over Norwich at Carrow Road.After going behind inside two minutes the Lilywhites hit back to take all three points, with two goals from striker Emil Riis before a deflected effort from substitute Troy Parrott settled the issue 10 minutes from the end of normal time.Pr...Full Story »

Millwall appear to have no fresh injury concerns ahead of Saturday’s home clash with Middlesbrough.Midfielder Ryan Leonard has been absent with a hamstring issue and was not expected to be available again until at least the middle of October.There looks to be nothing further to add to that from the 1-1 draw at Rotherham on Wednesday.Charlie Cresswell was missing from the squad for that fix...Full Story »

Mark Harris gave Wales manager Rob Page a timely reminder of his goalscoring talent as he fired home a 20-yard screamer to earn Cardiff a 1-0 win against Blackburn.But the game could have been turned on its head in the first minute of stoppage time had Cardiff goalkeeper Ryan Allsop not saved a penalty from George Hirst after he had conceded the spot-kick by bringing done Dominic Hyam six yards ...Full Story »

Ryan Broom’s late strike earned Cheltenham a 1-0 home win over Bolton.Broom, set up by Dan Nlundulu in the 87th minute, scored his first goal since returning to the club from Peterborough on transfer deadline day.It sealed a third successive home victory for Wade Elliott’s improving side.They controlled most of the first half, with Ryan Jackson skewing an effort wide of the near post...Full Story »

Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes hopes Ryan Alebiosu will be fit for the cinch Premiership game against St Johnstone at Rugby Park on Wednesday night.The defender, on loan from Arsenal, missed the 4-1 defeat by Aberdeen on Saturday with a groin strain.Liam Donnelly is a doubt and fellow midfielder Fraser Murray is out, both with unspecified injuries.St Johnstone have two unnamed fitness doubts who ...Full Story »