Steve Cotterill is proud of how far his Shrewsbury side have come after their 5-0 victory over Morecambe.The Shrews were beaten 2-0 by Morecambe in August but romped to a 5-0 victory on Tuesday with a brace apiece from Daniel Udoh and Luke Leahy, capped off by Ryan Bowman’s bullet header.Cotterill said: “Morecambe beat us earlier in the season and it wasn’t particularly a good ...Full Story »

Paul Simpson watched Carlisle slip to defeat for the first time under his tenure but insisted after a 2-1 Sky Bet League Two home loss to Newport that it was not the end of the world.Goals either side of the break from defender Mickey Demetriou and Aston Villa loanee Finn Azaz put the Exiles in the driving seat after 65 minutes.Substitute Omari Patrick’s 80th-minute reply gave the Cumbrian...Full Story »

Angry Harrogate boss Simon Weaver hit out at the “unfathomable” decision to send off striker Luke Armstrong in his side’s 2-0 defeat at promotion-chasing Tranmere.Armstrong saw red just before the half-hour mark after being shown two yellow cards inside three minutes on what Weaver branded “the strangest night of football” he had seen.Harrogate were sent crashing to...Full Story »

Oldham boss John Sheridan is worried his side’s habit of shooting themselves in the foot could cost them their Football League status after they again let a lead slip to lose 2-1 at Walsall.The visitors took the lead through Will Sutton’s header, only hours after Oldham had recalled the 19-year-old defender from a loan spell at National League North side Farsley Celtic.But Emmanuel O...Full Story »

Delighted Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens revealed he spilled blood after watching his team peg back League Two leaders Forest Green to record a 1-1 draw.Midfielder Ruel Sotiriou’s equaliser made sure of a fourth draw on the bounce in Orient’s 16-game winless run.Sotiriou raced on to a defence-splitting ball from substitute Theo Archibald before drilling in his seventh goal of the ...Full Story »

Poya Asbaghi has admitted steering Barnsley to safety would eclipse any achievement in his managerial career after overseeing a fourth win in eight Sky Bet Championship matches.First-half goals from Carlton Morris and Michal Helik moved the Tykes, who won just two of their opening 29 league fixtures, two points behind fourth-bottom Reading.In his previous club job, Asbaghi steered IFK Gothenburg...Full Story »

Tranmere maintained their automatic promotion push with a hard-earned 2-0 win over 10-man Harrogate.Rovers finally condemned Town to a third straight defeat thanks to two second-half goals in an ill-tempered clash.After Josh McPake saw an early shot blocked, Rovers threatened again midway through the first period.Calum MacDonald’s throw-in was met by Kane Hemmings, but his dipping 20-yard ...Full Story »

Paul Simpson’s winning start as Carlisle boss ended abruptly as Newport moved into the automatic promotion places with a narrow 2-1 Sky Bet League Two win at Brunton Park.The Cumbrians were chasing a fifth-successive win under Simpson to further ease their relegation fears.Instead, centre half Mickey Demetriou headed the Exiles into a 15th-minute lead from skipper Matt Dolan’s corner...Full Story »

Luke Summerfield fired a second-half winner as Halifax boosted their National League promotion hopes with a 1-0 home win over Bromley.Summerfield let fly from 25 yards to seal a fourth straight win for the Shaymen and lift them level on points with second-placed Chesterfield.Having made hard work of bottom club Dover on Saturday, the home side started well with Jamie Allen missing a good chance ...Full Story »

Fulham’s runaway charge to the Sky Bet Championship title was checked as West Brom outplayed them to win 1-0 at the Hawthorns.Callum Robinson’s 63rd-minute goal was scant reward for a dominant performance from the Baggies, who won at home for the first time under new manager Steve Bruce.Defeat for Fulham was only their second in 14 Championship games, and ended a run of 10 away leagu...Full Story »

Paddy Madden scored a brace as Vanarama National League leaders Stockport chalked up a fifth-straight league win as they eased past Notts County 3-0 at Edgeley Park.Stockport made the breakthrough in the 28th minute when captain Madden headed in a cross from Ollie Crankshaw.The home side doubled their lead early in the second half through a swift counter attack which saw Madden release Crankshaw...Full Story »

Two goals in six second-half minutes secured back-to-back wins for Bradford as they claimed a 2-0 victory at Hartlepool.Matty Foulds’ opener arrived in the 70th minute before defender Yan Songo’o flicked in a crucial second shortly afterwards to inflict the first home league defeat on Graeme Lee since he took over as Pools boss in December.This was former Premier League boss Mark Hug...Full Story »

Jason McCarthy struck in the fourth minute of stoppage time to snatch a 1-0 win for Wycombe against struggling Fleetwood and boost their play-off hopes.The Chairboys are now within one point of the top six but it is now 12 games without a win for Fleetwood, who are still only outside the relegation zone on goal difference.Wycombe goalkeeper David Stockdale was called into action twice in the ope...Full Story »

Luke Leahy and Daniel Udoh both scored twice as Shrewsbury beat troubled Morecambe 5-0 in League One.Captain Leahy scored twice early in the second half, with Udoh adding to his first-half opener in the 65th minute.Ryan Bowman added a fifth to secure a welcome win for Steve Cotterill’s men, who were without a win in three and had picked up just two wins since the turn of the year.The resul...Full Story »

Ruel Sotiriou stunned Forest Green as the Sky Bet League Two leaders fluffed their lines with a 1-1 home draw against struggling Leyton Orient.Forest Green have now not won in seven games and their lead at the top of the table has been cut to six points.Matty Stevens thought he had settled the hosts’ nerves in the 10th minute when he gave them the lead with his 22nd goal of the campaign.Sk...Full Story »

Substitute Kian Harratt scored a second-half brace as Port Vale came from behind to beat Mansfield 3-1 and leapfrog their opponents in the League Two tableRhys Oates put the Stags in front in the 22nd minute, but the hosts soon equalised through James Wilson’s strike and clinched the win through Harratt’s late double.There was little action of note in the opening 20 minutes and it wa...Full Story »

Middlesbrough climbed to sixth in the Championship with a 2-0 win over Birmingham at St Andrew’s to earn their first league victory away from home in 2022.Nico Gordon’s unfortunate own goal following good play between Folarin Balogun and Anfernee Dijksteel put Boro in front after 23 minutes.Despite Paddy McNair’s second-half penalty miss, Balogun extended the visitors’ le...Full Story »

Goals from Carlton Morris and Michal Helik moved resurgent Barnsley to within two points of a position of safety following a 2-0 home win over Bristol City.The Tykes have now won four of their last eight league games to throw themselves a relegation lifeline, having only tasted victory twice during their first 29 fixtures.Robins boss and former centre-back Nigel Pearson, meanwhile, will be furio...Full Story »

Two goals from midfielder Tim Dieng helped Exeter to a 2-1 win over battling Crawley in a scrappy game at St James Park.Crawley’s best chance of the first half fell to Ashley Nadesan, who rounded Exeter goalkeeper Cam Dawson, but from an acute angle, he rolled the ball into the side-netting.The deadlock was broken in the 31st minute when Offrande Zanzala kept the ball alive from a deep fre...Full Story »

Gillingham missed the opportunity to climb out of the relegation zone as Alex Gilbey’s first-half strike ended Charlton’s seven-match winless spell.Gilbey scored his third goal of the season – and first in Sky Bet League One since December – to put the Addicks ahead in the 40th minute and settle a tense affair at The Valley.Gills goalkeeper Pontus Dahlberg spilled Corey B...Full Story »