Sam Dalby’s stoppage-time winner secured a last-gasp crucial 4-3 victory for Wrexham away at Aldershot in the National league.Paul Mullin opened his and Wrexham’s account with two goals inside 23 minutes, but Olly Pendlebury’s reply sparked a fightback from Aldershot.Striker Mullin was denied a hat-trick in the 35th minute, when his backheel was judged to be an own goal against...Full Story »

Dino Maamria hailed Burton’s desire and spirit following their comeback win at Bristol Rovers as the Albion boss responded to accusations that his side are not entertaining.Burton fought back from an early deficit at the Memorial Stadium to lift themselves five points clear of the League One drop zone after a fourth win in their last five games.Substitute Charlie Kirk and forward Sam Winna...Full Story »

Newport boss Graham Coughlan admitted he would have probably changed the entire team at half-time against Walsall if he could, but praised the second-half response to fight back and salvage a 1-1 draw.After falling behind to Isaac Hutchinson’s sweetly-struck first-half effort, Coughlan made four substitutions at the break.It paid off when Adam Lewis, who was one of them, delivered the corn...Full Story »

Pete Wild declared his pride in Barrow after they ended a six-match winless run by beating Bradford at Valley Parade.Josh Kay scored the only goal to clinch a memorable double over Mark Hughes’ Bantams, who had been looking for a third successive win.Barrow manager Wild said: “We’ve worked tirelessly over the last two days in making sure our shape looks right.“I thought w...Full Story »

Emotional Mick McCarthy toasted his first win in 18 months after Blackpool held on to beat Stoke 1-0 at Bloomfield Road.Ian Poveda’s seventh-minute strike secured Blackpool’s first win in 15 games and moved them off the bottom of the Championship table.Stoke wasted several glorious chances and Blackpool were indebted to goalkeeper Chris Maxwell, who made a string of brilliant saves.M...Full Story »

Paul Simpson was pleased to see his promotion-chasing Carlisle side return to winning ways with a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Colchester in Sky Bet League Two.The Cumbrians’ winner at Brunton Park came in the fourth minute when Alfie McCalmont pounced to clinically fire a shot past Kieran O’Hara from just inside the Colchester area, after Connor Wood’s attempted header back f...Full Story »

Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson was a happy man after seeing his side fight back from two successive losses to inflict a first home defeat in 10 games on Morecambe.Three goals in the first 30 minutes for the Posh from Jack Taylor, Joe Ward and Kwame Poku gave the visitors the victory.Ferguson said: “It was a good result and a comfortable win. We had three at half-time and it should have ...Full Story »

Gary Caldwell felt 10-man Exeter City failed to “match the fight” of Port Vale in a League One fixture settled by Will Forrester’s second-half strike for the home team.Exeter manager Caldwell insisted Rekeem Harper suffered of a piece of rough justice when the midfielder received two yellow cards in the space of 11 minutes after the break.Forrester scored from close range immed...Full Story »

Nigel Pearson celebrated his 100th game in charge of Bristol City by watching his side score a penalty that was finally awarded to them to earn a 1-1 draw at Sunderland.The Robins boss has often vented his frustration at the fact that his side have not had a spot-kick from officials since November 2021, a run stretching 67 games.City made the most of the one referee Gavin Ward handed them for Tr...Full Story »

Torquay improved their Vanarama National League survival prospects with a 2-1 defeat of high-flying Barnet.Aaron Jarvis gave the strugglers the lead in the 18th minute, receiving the ball from Kieron Evans and beating goalkeeper Laurie Walker with a low shot.Midfielder Evans was also the creator for the hosts’ second goal two minutes into the second half, crossing for Tope Fadahunsi to sco...Full Story »

Neil Critchley insists he has “full belief” that he can turn things around at QPR, despite seeing his side’s winless run in the Championship extended to 10 games as they fell to a 3-1 defeat at Middlesbrough.Critchley won his first game in charge at Loftus Road but has not tasted victory since and after three defeats on the bounce, Rangers are now just eight points above the dr...Full Story »

Patrick Vieira was left frustrated by Brentford’s last-gasp equaliser as Crystal Palace missed out on a first win of 2023.The Eagles were leading through a header from substitute Eberechi Eze but Brentford equalised in the sixth minute of stoppage time thanks to Vitaly Janelt.“I think when look you at the game overall both teams didn’t create many chances and when you score the...Full Story »

Coventry manager Mark Robins praised his team for taking control of the second half as they ran out 2-0 winners at Rotherham.Jamie Allen and Viktor Gyokeres struck after the break to secure to back-to-back victories for Coventry, whose play-off chase is now picking up pace.Robins, who started his managerial career at Rotherham, said: “It’s a good win because these are a difficult tea...Full Story »

Karl Robinson was defiant about his future as Oxford boss despite defeat at Cambridge.The match was a meeting between two sides in poor form, with Cambridge only recording two league wins since the end of September and Oxford now having collected only one point from their last seven outings.Lloyd Jones headed the winning goal in the eighth minute to end an eight-match winless streak for Mark Bon...Full Story »

Everton manager Sean Dyche hailed a second successive home win as a “step in the right direction” after the 1-0 win over fellow strugglers Leeds lifted them out relegation zone and dropped their opponents into it.Seamus Coleman’s 64th-minute cross-shot embarrassed Ilan Meslier at his near post to make it two from two at Goodison for Dyche since he replaced Frank Lampard at the ...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Darren Moore was pleased with the way his side recovered to beat MK Dons 5-2 after twice going behind.Michael Smith scored twice with Josh Windass, Lee Gregory and George Byers also on target while Jonathan Leko and Mohamed Eisa scored for the visitors.Moore said: “What was pleasing was to get back in it and then staying on top. We had a lapse of concentration.&...Full Story »

Ange Postecoglou stressed there were no doubts about Kyogo Furuhashi’s fitness for Hampden after the Celtic forward spent most of the 4-0 win over Aberdeen on the bench.Furuhashi showed no ill effects from the shoulder injury that forced him off the previous weekend after he came on in the 71st minute as Celtic maintained their nine-point lead over Rangers in the cinch Premiership ahead of...Full Story »

Jody Morris praised Swindon’s spirit as they came from behind to beat Salford 2-1 and give him his first win as Robins’ boss.The former Chelsea coach ended his three-match losing streak as Swindon secured their first victory of the year in Sky Bet League Two.Ryan Watson secured the hosts a dream start when he opened the scoring with less than four minutes on the clock.But the visitin...Full Story »

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany relished the battle his side had to go through to take a step closer to the Sky Bet Championship title when winning 1-0 at play-off chasing Luton.It had looked like the Clarets’ long run of scoring in consecutive games was going to be halted at 28 before referee Jeremy Simpson awarded a penalty for handball against Gabe Osho with 12 minutes left.Ashley Barnes c...Full Story »

Crewe boss Lee Bell hailed Tariq Uwakwe’s response to being dropped after the ex-Chelsea under-21 hopeful’s late equaliser snatched a point at Harrogate.Uwakwe was starting his second successive match on the bench after being hauled off during the half-time break at Crawley.But, after being hailed from the dugout, Uwakwe grabbed his first goal in 39 outings for the Railwaymen to secu...Full Story »