Ben Garner denied taking special satisfaction from beating the club who sacked him only 11 months ago after Swindon won 3-1 at Bristol Rovers.But the Swindon boss was understandably proud of his players after late goals from Ben Gladwin and substitute Harry McKirdy crowned a dominant performance.Harry Anderson had fired Rovers in front in the 17th minute, only for Town to storm back after the br...Full Story »

Assistant manager Ian Dawes described captain Peter Clarke as Tranmere’s ‘Benjamin Button’ as the veteran defender scored twice to help his side to victory against Crawley.The 39-year-old opened the scoring in the first half before being pegged back by Kwesi Appiah and after Sam Ashford spurned a chance to give the visitors the lead, Clarke headed home from a scramble to give T...Full Story »

Barnsley could be without midfielder Josh Benson for their home game against Millwall.Benson sustained an injury in the warm-up before the midweek home defeat to Nottingham Forest and will be monitored.Defender Aapo Halme will also be assessed after missing out on Wednesday night due to a knock.Boss Markus Schopp’s assistants Joseph Laumann and Tonda Eckert are still serving touchline bans...Full Story »

The supercar was spotted in a queue at a Shell forecourt a few miles from the Manchester United player’s home. Cristiano Ronaldo's Bentley was spotted at a forecourt in Manchester at 2:20pm Credit: Eamonn and James Clarke His disappointed driver was still waiting at 9pm Credit: Eamonn and James Clarke One of Ronaldo's security team escorted the star's flashy supercar Credit: Eamonn and ...Full Story »

The Blaugrana have lost their first two group stage games 3-0 and are in jeopardy of exiting the competition Barcelona are off to their worst-ever start in the Champions League, with a 3-0 defeat to Benfica meaning they have been been outscored by six goals in back-to-back losses to begin the competition. It's just the second time the Blaugrana have lost their opening two matches of any Euro...Full Story »

Substitute Jed Wallace scored the winner from the penalty spot as Millwall picked up just their second Championship victory of the season with a 1-0 win over Bristol City.The Lions had drawn six of their previous nine games in the league and they did not create a great deal of opportunities at The Den in this encounter, but these were three points that were most welcome.It came against a Robins ...Full Story »

Ben Whiteman’s delightful equaliser secured Preston a 1-1 draw against Stoke at Deepdale – their fifth successive stalemate in the Championship.Stoke had raced into an early lead when a cross from the lively Josh Tymon found Nick Powell, who nodded home inside the far post for his fourth goal of the season.Moments later wing-back Tommy Smith unleashed a piledriver which Preston keepe...Full Story »

A double from Kyle Benedictus helped Raith to a 3-2 victory over Partick Thistle in the cinch Championship.Dario Zanatta opened the scoring in the 21st minute, with Benedictus doubling the advantage in the 63rd minute and then grabbing his second 14 minutes later.Kyle Turner pulled one back for Thistle four minutes from the end, and Zak Rudden grabbed a second right at the death, but this was Ro...Full Story »

Swindon boss Ben Garner felt his side’s performance in the goalless draw at home to Colchester was their best of the season.The Robins had the better chances but could not turn one point into three.Garner said: “The only disappointment is not winning the game. Performance wise it was very, very good – probably our best of the season. I thought the tempo we played at was excelle...Full Story »

Tony Mowbray praised the ‘extraordinary’ workrate of Ben Brereton Diaz after the striker hit a hat-trick in Blackburn’s 5-1 crushing of Cardiff.Rovers maintained their impressive start to the Sky Bet Championship season by thumping the Bluebirds and Chile international Brereton Diaz was at the heart of it.Sam Gallagher opened the scoring by slotting his third of the campaign be...Full Story »

Ben Brereton Diaz scored his first hat-trick for Blackburn in a 5-1 demolition of Cardiff in the Sky Bet Championship at Ewood Park.The Chilean was the standout performer in an afternoon when Rovers were comprehensively the better side, set on their way in a ruthless first half that yielded three goals.A composed finish by Sam Gallagher broke the deadlock before Brereton Diaz’s first-half ...Full Story »

Port Vale’s climb up the League Two table continued with a hard-fought 1-0 success at Scunthorpe.Midfielder Ben Garrity got the game’s only goal – his third in as many matches – a minute before the break, striding into the box to fire low into the bottom corner after good work by skipper Tom Conlon.Vale had always looked the likelier team to take the lead after forcing ho...Full Story »

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has backed Karim Benzema to be a Ballon d'Or contender this year after an extraordinary start to the LaLiga season which has seen the forward contribute eight goals and seven assists in just six games. Benzema's fine form continued in Real Madrid's 6-1 win over Mallorca on Wednesday, as he scored twice -- and provided Marco Asensio with two more -- to help put...Full Story »

Everton manager Rafael Benitez admitted his team were not good enough in their Carabao Cup exit at QPR.The Championship side won 8-7 on penalties after an entertaining third-round tie ended 2-2 after 90 minutes.Jimmy Dunne thumped in the winning penalty after Tom Davies’ kick had been saved by goalkeeper Seny Dieng.Benitez said: “It’s always bad to go out, no matter how, but es...Full Story »

Arsenal defender Ben White has thanked goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale for getting him out of trouble in yesterday’s win over Burnley. The Gunners ground out a hard-fought victory at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Saturday, with Martin Odegaard hitting a superb winning goal from a free-kick. After that, Arsenal had some defending to do, and White had one moment where he let his standards...Full Story »

Boss Rafa Benitez insisted Everton remain a work in progress after the Toffees’ collapse at Aston Villa.They shipped three goals in nine second-half minutes to fall to a 3-0 defeat on Saturday.Matty Cash sparked a goalrush as Lucas Digne’s own goal and Leon Bailey’s strike condemned the visitors to defeat.Matty Cash (right) opened the scoring (Tim Goode/PA)It ended Everton&rsqu...Full Story »

Crewe secured their first win in Sky Bet League One as Tottenham loanee J’Neil Bennett was involved both goals on his home debut in a 2-0 victory against 10-man Burton.Bennett’s pullback across the six-yard box was diverted by Michael Bostwick past his own goalkeeper Ben Garratt – a former Alex stopper – in the 10th minute.The 19-year-old Bennett then raced away in the cl...Full Story »

Benjamin Siegrist could return in goal for Dundee United for the cinch Premiership clash with city rivals Dundee at Tannadice.The 29-year-old Swiss keeper has recovered from a knee injury sustained in the build-up to United’s game with St Johnstone last month.Liam Smith and Louis Appere are working with the physio to recover from knocks.Dundee midfielder Charlie Adam has a chance of return...Full Story »

Scot Bennett will miss Newport’s League Two clash with Walsall due to a foot injury.The 30-year-old midfielder left Rodney Parade in a protective boot after Tuesday’s 1-0 loss to Northampton.Newport are sweating on whether Bennett has suffered any ligament damage to add to a broken bone in his foot.Ed Upson is expected to return however, having shaken off a sickness bug.Walsall have ...Full Story »

Nigel Pearson could barely contain his frustration after a late Dan Bentley error extended Bristol City’s run without a home win to 14 games.The Robins grabbed the lead against the run of play when Nathan Baker headed home Jay Dasilva’s 57th-minute free-kick.But, with the game in stoppage time, goalkeeper Bentley failed to gather the ball at the feet of Carlos Mendes-Gomes, who cross...Full Story »