Boss Pete Wild praised Robbie Gotts’ character after his dramatic strike earned Barrow a 2-1 win over Gillingham.Wild had left the playmaker out of the side and it looked to have paid off with Glenn Morris’ unfortunate early own goal at Holker Street.But the Gills goalkeeper made amends with a catalogue of brilliant saves to keep the visitors in the game.QPR loanee Conor Masterson le...Full Story »

Dean Holden praised Miles Leaburn after Charlton demolished Shrewsbury 6-0 at The Valley.The thumping – the first six-goal haul for them at home in 47 years – saw the striker net twice.While Holden believed his side put in the complete performance, he was especially pleased at Leaburn raising his season’s league tally to 11.He said: “I am delighted for Miles getting his f...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta heaped praise on Gabriel Jesus after the forward ended his goal drought with a brace in a comfortable victory over Leeds that keeps Arsenal eight points clear at the top of the Premier League.Having required surgery on a knee injury suffered at the World Cup, Jesus’ comeback has been a gradual one but it was completed just at the right time as he shone in a 4-1 win.The Brazil ...Full Story »

Manager Matt Taylor felt Rotherham were good value for what could prove an important point following their goalless draw at Hull.The Millers are just above the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone but they deserved to leave East Yorkshire with a share of the spoils.They also had to work especially hard once substitute Domingos Quina was sent off for a professional foul after 79 minutes.Taylor sa...Full Story »

Boss Ben Garner wants Colchester to turn draws into wins after they were held to a 0-0 stalemate at home to Newport.The U’s are now only three points above the League Two relegation zone after a third successive draw.Colchester had their chances to grab a second-half winner, with Samson Tovide firing into the side-netting after going past Newport goalkeeper Joe Day, who also denied substit...Full Story »

Hartlepool snatched a dramatic League Two lifeline with an injury-time victory over Swindon.Substitute Oliver Finney cracked home from 25 yards to lift Pools to within two points of third-bottom Crawley.Connor Jennings brought the hosts level in the 88th minute, cancelling out Rushian Hepburn-Murphy’s early opener, before Finney’s wonderful strike sealed a first win under new boss Jo...Full Story »

A Lyall Cameron hat-trick helped Dundee cut Queen’s Park lead at the top of the Scottish Championship to one point following a ruthless 7-0 home win over bottom-of-the-table Hamilton.Dundee took the lead after seven minutes when Alex Jakubiak stabbed home at the back post and they added another in the 16th minute as Ryan Sweeney headed in from a Luke Hannant corner.The Dee then notched two...Full Story »

Danny Lloyd struck as bottom-of-the-table Rochdale picked up an invaluable three points with a 1-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon at Plough Lane.Lloyd’s strike moved Rochdale within eight points of third-bottom Crawley with seven games left to play in League Two.After a quiet opening 15 minutes it was Dons’ Armani Little who had the first real attempt on goal, capitalising on a defensive...Full Story »

Leyton Orient continued their relentless march towards the League Two title as they saw off fellow promotion hopefuls Carlisle 1-0 at Brisbane Road.However, Orient, who finished the game with 10 men, were indebted to a 73rd-minute own goal by Jon Mellish for their win.Substitute Ruel Sotiriou had been on the pitch four just four minutes when he saw his shot from 15 yards hit Mellish, sending goa...Full Story »

Torquay made it back-to-back wins in their bid to escape the drop after edging out relegation rivals Scunthorpe 1-0 at Glanford Park.Lewis Collins struck the decisive goal just after the hour as Gary Johnson’s side, who beat play-off hopefuls Boreham Wood on Tuesday, moved five points above the Iron, and to within three points of Gateshead and safety.Torquay were quickly out of the blocks ...Full Story »

Ipswich closed in on the League One top two with a seventh-straight victory as they beat Derby 2-0 at Pride Park.They caught Derby on the break in the 17th minute with Nathan Broadhead crossing to Wes Burns, who headed the ball down for Conor Chaplin to score from 12 yards.Derby fought their way into the game and went close in the 33rd minute when a James Collins cross ricocheted off Cameron Bur...Full Story »

Cinch Championship leaders Queen’s Park suffered a second successive defeat as Owen Coyle’s men were beaten 2-0 by Raith at Stark’s Park.After falling behind via Tom Lang’s header on the half-hour mark, the visitors failed to take the chance to draw level from the spot, with Dominic Thomas seeing his 38th-minute penalty saved by Jamie MacDonald.Lewis Vaughan then added Ra...Full Story »

Robbie Gotts scored a dramatic stoppage-time screamer to secure Barrow a welcome 2-1 victory over Gillingham.Glenn Morris’ early own goal handed the hosts the lead but the game looked set for a draw after Conor Masterson’s 82nd-minute leveller.But Gotts’ first goal of the season came just at the right time to keep Barrow within touching distance of the top seven.Top scorer Josh...Full Story »

Chesterfield’s bid for a top-three finish in the Vanarama National League suffered a blow as they were held to a 0-0 draw by mid-table Maidenhead.The Spireites remain in fourth, a place and point below Woking as they saw their three-game winning run come to an end and failed to take advantage of their game in hand over the Cards.Chesterfield almost took a 10th-minute lead when Andrew Dalla...Full Story »

Mansfield were back to their best as they halted relegation-threatened Crawley’s five-game unbeaten run in style with a convincing 4-1 home win.Without a win in four games going into the match, Ollie Clarke put the play-off-chasing Stags ahead after only four minutes with a low finish from 12 yard following Stephen Quinn’s pass from the left.Mansfield had plenty of chances to double ...Full Story »

Crewe put further daylight between themselves and the League Two relegation zone with a 2-0 victory at Doncaster.Goals from Courtney Baker-Richardson and Connor O’Riordan secured the win for Alex and left Rovers with a sixth defeat from their last nine outings.The visitors offered much the greater threat in the first half and took the lead after 31 minutes when Baker-Richardson latched ont...Full Story »

Maidstone’s relegation back to the National League South was confirmed as Boreham Wood got their play-off bid back on track with a 4-0 mauling at Gallagher Stadium.The Stones won promotion to the National League last summer but, with the team winless since November, their stay always looked in danger of being a brief one.And the division’s bottom side were consigned to the drop after...Full Story »

Peterborough climbed into the League One play-off places despite being held to a goalless stalemate by struggling Oxford.Darren Ferguson’s men rose into the top six – by virtue of having scored more goals than promotion rivals Derby – on a day when they rarely actually looked like scoring.They could not force Oxford goalkeeper Simon Eastwood into a save of note as midfielder Ol...Full Story »

Paul Mullin scored his fourth hat-trick of the season as Wrexham returned to the Vanarama National League summit on 100 points with a 5-1 win over Oldham.Eoghan O’Connell headed Wrexham in front midway through the first half from close range before another header from Mullin doubled their lead.Liam Hogan pulled one back in stoppage time from John Rooney’s free-kick but just five minu...Full Story »

David Carson notched a late winner as Inverness beat Greenock Morton 2-1 at Cappielow.Carson finished past Brian Schwake in the 88th minute to secure a third victory in four cinch Championship games for Caley Thistle.The home side had earlier equalised with a 69th-minute Grant Gillespie penalty, cancelling out Scott Allardice’s opener that had come nine minutes into the second half.It sees...Full Story »