Bristol Rovers boss Joey Barton praised his team’s maturity as they claimed a crucial 1-0 win at Sky Bet League Two promotion rivals Northampton.Harry Anderson latched on to Fraser Horsfall’s short backpass to fire the Gas into the lead after just 38 seconds.And despite a strong response from the Cobblers, who twice hit the goal frame, Rovers returned to the West Country with three p...Full Story »

Joe Sbarra scored a hat-trick as Solihull kept themselves firmly in the National League play-off hunt with an entertaining 5-3 win over Eastleigh.The Moors, who had drawn their last three games, took an early lead through Sbarra and doubled their advantage on the quarter-hour mark when captain Callum Howe headed in following a corner.Sbarra added a third in the 40th minute but the Spitfires star...Full Story »

Swansea hot-shot Joel Piroe struck a dramatic added-time winner as City snatched a 3-2 success that dealt a heart-breaking blow to Peterborough’s survival hopes.The Dutch striker fired his 17th goal of a prolific season in the first minute of stoppage time to settle a Sky Bet Championship thriller and leave rock-bottom Posh looking doomed.Piroe made no mistake with a fine left-footed finis...Full Story »

Joey Barton was full of praise for Newcastle loanee Elliot Anderson after seeing his in-form Bristol Rovers team move into the League Two play-off zone with a 1-0 win over Colchester.It was the 19-year-old midfielder’s sweet right-footed drive from the left side of the box after 49 minutes that settled a closely-fought game from which both sides emerged with credit.Anderson collected the s...Full Story »

Leeds head coach Jesse Marsch said he is unlikely to ever forget Joe Gelhardt’s stoppage-time winner against Norwich which sealed his first victory at the club.Teenager Gelhardt stepped off the bench to clinch Leeds a vital 2-1 triumph against their relegation rivals just after Kenny McLean’s equaliser in added time had appeared to have snatched Norwich an unlikely pointLeeds had tak...Full Story »

Joe Gelhardt stepped off the bench to fire a stoppage-time winner as Leeds beat Premier League relegation rivals Norwich 2-1.The 19-year-old striker replaced Mateusz Klich in the second minute of added time and salvaged his side’s survival bid two minutes later – after Kenny McLean’s stoppage-time goal appeared to have snatched Norwich a point.In a breathless finish, Leeds had ...Full Story »

Joey Barton sounded a warning to Bristol Rovers’ rival League Two promotion candidates after his side continued their drive up the League Two table.The Pirates, who began the season slowly, are now within two points of the automatic promotion places after seeing off Harrogate 3-0 at the Memorial Stadium.Aaron Collins fired Rovers ahead against the run of play with a long-range shot after 3...Full Story »

Joey Barton was delighted at the way his Bristol Rovers side revived their play-off hopes with a hard-fought 2-1 Sky Bet League Two victory at Crawley.Manager Barton was critical of the display in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Newport  but admitted this was just the kind of reaction he was looking for.A goal in each half from former Crawley youth player Harry Anderson and top scorer Aaron ...Full Story »

Ross County moved into the top half of the Scottish Premiership with a 1-0 win over St Mirren thanks to a 49th-minute penalty from Joe Hungbo.They were made to work hard for the three points by a Buddies side who battled until the very end but lacked the quality in front of goal to get back on level terms.County made it three league victories in a row for the first time this season and, with res...Full Story »

Liverpool centre-back Joel Matip will miss Saturday’s visit of West Ham through a non-Covid-related illness.That is likely to mean Ibrahima Konate, who started in the midweek FA Cup win over Norwich, comes in to partner Virgil Van Dijk.Midfielder Thiago Alcantara is not yet ready to return after a tight hamstring forced him out of last weekend’s Carabao Cup final win, midfielders Cur...Full Story »

Cambridge host Shrewsbury in Sky Bet League One on Saturday eyeing a fifth consecutive home win, with forward Joe Ironside set to be in contention again.The attacker suffered an ankle injury in January which sidelined him for six weeks, but he marked his comeback with a cameo role in the midweek loss at Wycombe.Boss Mark Bonner will assess Ironside, who is eager to start alongside Liam O’N...Full Story »

Fleetwood will be without Joe Garner for Saturday’s Sky Bet League One clash with Ipswich at Highbury Stadium.The forward begins a three-match ban after being sent off late on during the 2-0 loss at Wigan on Tuesday.That was only Garner’s second appearance after a three-month lay-off with a shoulder problem.The Cod Army have a considerable injury list, which for the last outing inclu...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers boss Joey Barton was “proud of everyone at the football club” after a 1-1 draw with Exeter in front of a sell-out crowd of just under 10,000 at the Memorial Stadium.Despite seeing Luca Hoole’s first Rovers goal, a close-range shot from a 10th-minute corner, cancelled out by Jevani Brown’s well-struck drive 14 minutes later, Barton was in high spirits after ...Full Story »

Oxford manager Karl Robinson admitted his team’s exciting 4-2 comeback win over Cambridge was a fitting send-off for the late Joey Beauchamp.Regarded by many as Oxford’s greatest player, Beauchamp died last week, aged 50, and the fans sang his name throughout the match.Robinson said: “It’s been a hard week for the club and for me personally too.“But after this you c...Full Story »

Joe Ralls could be in line to start when Cardiff face Fulham in the Championship on Saturday.The midfielder sat out the recent games against Coventry and Blackpool but returned to the squad as a substitute for the midweek defeat to Huddersfield.Cardiff will continue to be without striker Max Watters who sustained an ankle injury last week and could face up to six weeks on the sidelines.Curtis Ne...Full Story »

Plymouth will check on Joe Edwards ahead of the visit of League One leaders Rotherham.Edwards missed the midweek defeat at Cambridge with a niggle and he will be checked ahead of the game.Steven Sessegnon made his debut off the bench at the Abbey and boss Steven Schumacher must decide whether he is fit enough to start.They will remain without Dan Scarr, who faces another four weeks out with a to...Full Story »

Rotherham are waiting on Joe Mattock for their clash against Morecambe.The 31-year-old missed out on the Millers’ 1-1- draw with Wigan on Friday after feeling some tightness in training but could come back into the side in midweek.Rarmani Edmonds-Green has not played since January after suffering with injury and Tuesday’s fixture may come too soon for the defender.Ollie Rathbone scor...Full Story »

Joey Barton called for his Bristol Rovers forwards to be more clinical despite seeing the Pirates thrash struggling Stevenage 4-0.Sam Finley, Elliot Anderson, Harry Anderson and Aaron Collins all scored for the visitors as they ran riot in a dominant display which Barton described as “men against boys”.The Pirates boss was thrilled with the performance but, after watching his side ta...Full Story »

Newcastle’s revival continued with a hard-fought point in a 1-1 draw at top-four hopefuls West Ham.Joe Willock’s scruffy equaliser cancelled out Craig Dawson’s header as the Magpies made it six Premier League games unbeaten.It was another important point in Newcastle’s survival bid and was all the more impressive given they were without arguably their two most important p...Full Story »

Joey Barton was looking towards the League Two play-off zone after his improving Bristol Rovers side convincingly ended Sutton’s 12-match unbeaten run.Harry Anderson fired the hosts into a fourth-minute lead with a shot from just outside the box and they could have been out of sight at the break, most notably when Paul Coutts saw a 45th-minute penalty saved by Dean Bouzanis.Aaron Collins m...Full Story »