James Husband scored a last-gasp winner to give Steve Bruce victory in his first game in charge of Blackpool as they beat Exeter 2-1 in League One.CJ Hamilton had hit what had looked like being the winner for the hosts after 20 minutes, netting after a throw-in was not dealt with by the Exeter defence.Two minutes from time, Ed Francis curled a superb free-kick into the top corner from a tight an...Full Story »

Callum McFarlane was Wealdstone’s saviour as they came from behind to snatch a 2-2 National League draw at Forest Green.Christian Doidge got Rovers off to the perfect start when he headed them into a second-minute lead and things got even better within four minutes when Adam May doubled their tally from distance.The visitors, who had goalkeeper Archie Matthews carried off on a stretcher wi...Full Story »

Boss Lee Bell admitted Crewe were not at their best but praised Zac Williams for his late goal which secured a 1-0 win at Accrington.Williams scored in the 85th minute, getting on the end of Ryan Cooney’s cross, to make it three successive league wins for the Alex as they moved up to ninth in the table.For Stanley, they remain without a win this season under John Doolan.Bell said: “T...Full Story »

Ross County snapped Dundee’s 10-game unbeaten run with a 2-0 win in Dingwall.Tony Docherty’s side had not lost in any competition since the tail end of last season, but Akil Wright’s sixth-minute header and Jordan White’s penalty in first-half stoppage time gave the Staggies a strong advantage.Try as they might after the restart, Dundee could not find a route to goal whic...Full Story »

Pape Habib Gueye was at the double as Aberdeen overcame Motherwell 2-1 to maintain their 100 per cent record in the Scottish Premiership.The Senegalese gave the Dons the lead with a stunning solo strike in the first half and was on hand to head home his fifth of the season to double the lead with 10 minutes remaining.The points looked secure but a late strike from Motherwell substitute Moses Ebi...Full Story »

Mykola Kuharevich and substitute Martin Boyle put struggling St Johnstone to the sword at Easter Road as David Gray savoured his first William Hill Premiership win since being named permanent Hibernian manager in the summer.The Edinburgh side had been denied victories by the concession of late equalisers in their previous two matches against Dundee and Kilmarnock, but this time they looked in fu...Full Story »

Danny Mayor scored his first league double since September 2018 as Fleetwood won their first away game of the season with a 3-2 victory at managerless Carlisle.It was gripping contest between the two sides, who were both relegated from Sky Bet League One last season, at Brunton Park.Mayor opened the scoring in the 10th minute as he stepped past a defender and calmly slotted into the bottom corne...Full Story »

Mads Frokjaer-Jensen’s beautifully cushioned volley earned Preston a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough in the Sky Bet Championship.The Danish midfielder pounced two minutes before half-time to cancel out Tommy Conway’s opening goal for Boro in the 16th minute.Chances after the restart were few and far between and neither team could find the vital breakthrough and had to settle for a point.Mi...Full Story »

Watford and Coventry drew 1-1 in their Championship clash, which was an entertaining game at Vicarage Road that perhaps deserved more goals.It was an awful start for the home side, who for the third game in a row fell behind after less than four minutes of the contest. On this occasion, Ellis Simms was allowed free space from a Jack Rudoni corner, to direct his header off a post and into the net...Full Story »

The phenomenal Erling Haaland took his Manchester City goal tally to 99 as the champions recovered from a first-minute setback to beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday.Haaland struck twice and was the width of the post away from becoming the first player in Premier League history to score hat-tricks in three successive games as City recorded their fourth straight win.Pep Guardiola’s men were stun...Full Story »

Deadline-day signings Arne Engels and Luke McCowan grabbed their first goals for Celtic as the champions beat Hearts 2-0 in a VAR-influenced William Hill Premiership encounter.Engels, Celtic’s record signing, was handed his first start and netted from a 52nd-minute penalty.Referee Colin Steven gave the spot-kick for handball after being called to the monitor by video assistant Alan Muir af...Full Story »

Danny Johnson’s 88th-minute effort earned Walsall a dramatic 2-1 victory over Bradford in a superb advert for League Two football.Johnson had only been on the field for nine minutes when he headed home Albert Adomah’s cross to settle a pulsating affair.Walsall initially led on 19 minutes as Taylor Allen ended their penalty curse, the Saddlers having missed three spot-kicks already th...Full Story »

Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half stoppage-time penalty salvaged a point for Crystal Palace in a 2-2 draw with Leicester at Selhurst Park.Jamie Vardy fired the Foxes into a 21st-minute lead and Stephy Mavididi made it two for the visitors less than a minute after the break.Mateta pulled one back in a near instant reply, awarded following a VAR check in a contest that also saw deadline-day...Full Story »

Arne Slot’s honeymoon period as Liverpool head coach came to an end as Nottingham Forest pulled off a shock victory at Anfield.Even taking into account the visitors’ 23-year Premier League absence, the gap between this 1-0 win and their last success here in February 1969 seemed a long time.But Forest did what they had to do – hold out long enough against off-colour opponents to...Full Story »

Swansea made a winning return to action following the international break after edging out Norwich 1-0 to secure their first league victory in three matches.Amankwah Forson’s fourth-minute own goal was all that separated the sides at the Swansea.com Stadium in a clash between two teams still in early-season transition.Swansea forward Eom Ji-sung showed no early signs of fatigue after inter...Full Story »

Two goals in stoppage time ensured an incredible end to the game as Sheffield Wednesday drew 1-1 with QPR at Hillsborough.Owls captain Barry Bannan thought he had given his side victory with a superb finish but substitute Alfie Lloyd scrambled in an equaliser with the last kick of the game.Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl made five changes from the 3-0 defeat at Millwall, with Akin Famewo, Li...Full Story »

Oldham ended a six-game winless run in the Vanarama National League by beating Woking 3-1 away.Latics – who had drawn five of those games – took a 12th-minute lead as Mark Kitching and Mike Fondop set up Josh Lundstram’s header.Oldham doubled their lead when Woking defender Tunji Akinola headed Reagan Ogle’s long throw into his own net after 49 minutes.Charley Kendall sma...Full Story »

Port Vale made it back-to-back wins in League Two with a 1-0 victory over Chesterfield.Ethan Chislett’s third goal in as many league matches secured all three points for Darren Moore’s side, moving Vale up to eighth place in the table on 10 points.Newly-promoted Chesterfield are two points behind in 11th, having suffered a second defeat of the season.The hosts scored what proved to b...Full Story »

Kenzo Goudmijn’s first-half goal earned Derby a ninth straight home league win a hard-fought 1-0 victory against bottom side Cardiff at Pride Park.Goudmijn scored the game’s only goal after 28 minutes with a first-time finish from Callum Elder’s low ball into the box to settle the contest after Rams goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom had made a string of fine saves in the firs...Full Story »

Jayden Clarke came off the bench to score a second-half brace as 10-man Gillingham took all three points at Priestfield to end Tranmere’s unbeaten start to the season with an impressive 3-0 win.All of the goals came in the second half after a slow opening period.Mark Bonner’s men started the game in the ascendancy but were resisted by a stubborn Tranmere rearguard in the opening stag...Full Story »