League Two leaders Forest Green’s winless run extended to five games after an end-to-end 1-1 draw with Salford.Rovers started brightly at the Peninsula Stadium but it was Salford who opened the scoring against the run of play.A teasing ball floated in from Jason Lowe on the right-hand side was met by Matt Smith, who nodded the ball low to Luke McGee’s left for his second goal in a Sa...Full Story »

Dominant Sutton returned to the automatic League Two promotion places with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Rochdale.Enzio Boldewijn bagged a fine first-half brace before Joe Kizzi’s super strike secured the points.Matt Gray’s side enjoy their home comforts and are unbeaten at the ground since October.Boldewijn put the hosts ahead with a stunning free-kick, his first goal of the season, ...Full Story »

Wigan cemented their automatic promotion hopes with a hard-fought but deserved 1-0 League One victory over strugglers AFC Wimbledon at the DW.The home side suffered a blow in the opening stages when Glen Rea – making his full league debut after joining from Luton in January – went down with no one around him.After initially carrying on, he had to admit defeat and limped off, to be re...Full Story »

Morgan Feeney’s stoppage-time goal handed Carlisle a potentially priceless 2-1 victory at relegation rivals Oldham.Feeney rose highest to head home skipper Callum Guy’s clipped free-kick in what was the last action of the game.Carlisle have now won all three matches since boss Paul Simpson returned to the club.The visitors went close early on when an unmarked Omari Patrick headed was...Full Story »

George Hirst scored twice as 10-man Portsmouth routed Accrington 4-0 at Fratton Park.Accrington started brightly, with two shots early on, but it was Pompey who took the lead after 16 minutes. Mahlon Romeo worked a one-two with Marcus Harness and his cross was met by Hirst to put the ball beyond goalkeeper Toby Savin.It was disaster for Pompey five minutes later when Harness was shown a straight...Full Story »

A late header from Tom Dallison gave relegation-threatened Colchester a vital 1-0 victory over play-off chasing Port Vale.Dallison headed in Noah Chilvers’ corner from close range in the 85th minute to earn United their first home win since November and end Vale’s nine-match unbeaten run.David Worrall fired into the side netting for Vale early on, while at the other end Freddie Sears...Full Story »

Theo Archibald  grabbed a late equaliser to earn Leyton Orient a 2-2 draw with Stevenage in the Sky Bet League Two relegation scrap at Brisbane Road.The on-loan Lincoln player unleashed a superbly-struck drive to salvage a point for his side in the fourth minute of added time and deny Stevenage victory.Luke Prosser opened the scoring for the visitors on 24 minutes when he rose unchallenged ...Full Story »

In-form Josh Bowler marked his birthday with a late winner as Blackpool ended their long wait for an away victory with a 1-0 triumph at Stoke.The midfielder, who turned 23 on Saturday, took his tally to six goals in eight Sky Bet Championship games when he slotted home four minutes from time as Blackpool claimed victory on their travels for the first time since October.It also hands them a lifel...Full Story »

Relegation-threatened Scunthorpe ended a run of five successive away defeats with a goalless League Two draw at Crawley as the hosts claimed their first home clean sheet for over six months.Crawley’s poor home form has now seen them win only two of their last dozen games before their own fans, while Scunthorpe’s point does little to aid their increasingly-desperate battle against the...Full Story »

Jesse Marsch may have started his reign at Leeds with a defeat which has left the club precariously placed, but the American is in little doubt they will retain their Premier League status.In their first game since Marcelo Bielsa was sacked, Leeds dominated for large spells at Leicester and had 19 shots at goal but were unable to get past Kasper Schmeichel, who made several crucial saves against...Full Story »

James Maxwell scored twice as Ayr eased to a third successive away win with a 4-0 victory at Raith Rovers.A devastating first-half display saw the visitors take a 3-0 lead into the break.They made a flying start as Tomi Adeloye rifled the ball into the roof of the net from Sam Ashford’s low cross in the third minute.Rangers loanee Maxwell doubled their lead as he finished off a swift count...Full Story »

Ravel Morrison scored his first league goals in England for nearly eight years to give Derby a 2-0 victory over relegation rivals Barnsley.The former Manchester United midfielder struck twice to end a drought that stretched back to April 2014 as Derby halted a run of three defeats.Morrison also hit the bar in one of his best displays in a Rams shirt but Barnsley created little after Carlton Morr...Full Story »

Chelsea stunned Burnley with three goals in the space of nine second-half minutes on their way to a 4-0 victory at Turf Moor. Reece James, making his first start of 2022 after injury, got the first a couple of minutes into the second half and then had a hand in the next two – both finished by Kai Havertz – with Burnley imploding as they lost back-to-back home league games for the ...Full Story »

A hat-trick from Ivan Toney saw Brentford claim a vital 3-1 win at basement club Norwich on the day Christian Eriksen took another positive step in his remarkable recovery.The Denmark international played the whole match for the Bees and had a hand in the first two goals, almost nine months on from his cardiac arrest during Euro 2020 last summer.It was Eriksen’s corner which helped set up ...Full Story »

Mark McGhee guided Covid-hit Dundee to a 1-1 draw against former club Motherwell.McGhee was without 10 players, but the cinch Premiership’s bottom side were well worth their point at Fir Park.Paul McMullan gave the visitors a sixth-minute lead following Stephen O’Donnell’s mistake before Joe Efford netted his first goal for Motherwell 12 minutes later.The equaliser failed to ki...Full Story »

Samy Morsy and Kayden Jackson hit second-half goals as Ipswich won 2-0 at Fleetwood.Morsy struck after 71 minutes, sweeping home Wes Burns’ pass, and Jackson sealed the win 10 minutes later with a cool finish.The victory extended their unbeaten run to seven matches while the hosts’ search for a win stretched to nine games.Ipswich dominated the possession in the first half but failed ...Full Story »

Hartlepool boss Graeme Lee says Luke Molyneux’s stunning strike at Harrogate was “unbelievable” even by the former Sunderland reserve’s spectacular standards.Molyneux bent an exquisite 25-yard effort into home keeper Mark Oxley’s top-right corner to cancel out former Victoria Park team-mate Luke Armstrong’s opening goal for the hosts.It was the 23-year-old mid...Full Story »

Marco Silva insists Fulham’s focus is on clinching promotion – not breaking records.Silva’s side moved one step closer towards securing a return to the Premier League following a 2-0 victory over Blackburn at Craven Cottage.Neeskens Kebano and Harry Wilson scored before the break to secure the three points taking Fulham’s season tally to 84 goals – 15 short of Readi...Full Story »

Harvey Barnes was once again the thorn in Leeds’ side as they made a luckless start to life under new head coach Jesse Marsch with a 1-0 defeat at Leicester.Leeds had several opportunities to break the deadlock in their first game in the post-Marcelo Bielsa era but found Kasper Schmeichel in irresistible form before Barnes condemned the visitors to a fifth straight loss.Making his 100th Pr...Full Story »

David Ferguson’s fourth Sky Bet League Two goal of the season fired Hartlepool to a 2-1 triumph at Harrogate.Ferguson settled matters in the 62nd minute after a spectacular first-half Luke Molyneux strike had cancelled out Luke Armstrong’s goal for the hosts.The latter netted in the 21st minute after latching on to a Jack Diamond flick-on and cutting inside Jamie Sterry before calmly...Full Story »