Queen’s Park claimed their first win of 2022 with a 2-1 victory over Dumbarton at The Energy Check Stadium.The hosts got the opener after six minutes when Luis Longstaff was on hand knock the rebound in at the back post after Bob McHugh’s shot rifled off the post.Dumbarton equalised through a Stuart Carswell penalty with 27 minutes gone after Gregg Wylde’s corner appeared to st...Full Story »

Michael Jacobs scored one goal and made the other as Portsmouth beat Burton 2-1 to pick up their first win of 2022.A previously uneventful game burst into life in the 33rd minute when a Jacobs corner was headed firmly into the net by Sean Raggett to put Pompey into the lead.Now firmly in control, the hosts doubled their advantage eight minutes later.Persistence paid off when Jacobs robbed Joe Po...Full Story »

Defender Will Aimson scored his first goal for Bolton to earn his side a fifth victory in six League One games with a late winner in a narrow 2-1 victory over Charlton.Aimson headed in Aaron Morley’s 83rd-minute free-kick after substitute Chuks Aneke threatened to earn the visitors a point.Within 15 minutes of his introduction, Aneke headed in a 75th-minute cross from fellow replacement Sc...Full Story »

Port Vale secured their first away win for two months with a dominant 3-1 League Two victory over relegation-threatened Carlisle.David Worrall, James Wilson and David Amoo did the damage as the Valiants picked up their first victory at Brunton Park for five years.Defeat left Keith Millen’s strugglers just two points above the dreaded trapdoor to non-league football after a disappointing fo...Full Story »

Crawley romped to their first-ever win over Harrogate following a 3-1 away victory.Goals from Aramide Oteh, Nicholas Tsaroulla and Tom Nichols earned the visitors three points even though a first senior goal from on-loan Huddersfield teenager Brahima Diarra had given the hosts brief hope after levelling just past the hour.Crawley had earlier come closest to making the first-half breakthrough wit...Full Story »

Birthday boy Jaden Philogene-Bidace inspired Stoke’s 3-0 Championship victory against 10-man Swansea as the Potters recorded a first home league win since November.Stoke, with only one win in eight home league fixtures heading into the tie, started promisingly and had a glorious opportunity for an opener inside two minutes.On-loan Manchester City youngster Taylor Harwood-Bellis was found i...Full Story »

Gillingham moved to within five points of League One safety after Vadaine Oliver’s late goal fired them to a crucial 1-0 victory over Cambridge.The two teams cancelled each other out in a first half during which chances were at a premium.Ben Thompson, on his home debut for the Gills, headed straight at Dimitar Mitov before an excellent Jack Tucker block prevented Adam May from firing the v...Full Story »

Southend extended their unbeaten run in the Vanarama National League to eight games with a 2-0 win over Bromley at Roots Hall.The visitors nearly hit the front in the 19th minute but a brilliant bit of goalkeeping from Steve Arnold did well to deny George Alexander after Nathan Ralph gave the ball away.Southend did not take long to break the deadlock after half-time when Sam Dalby’s effort...Full Story »

Head coach Russell Martin praised the Swansea fans for helping his side to hold on for a 1-0 win against Blackburn, despite playing for 40 minutes with only 10 men.Michael Obafemi’s 16th-minute header was enough to seal all three points for the Welsh side, who had defender Ryan Manning sent off for a second yellow card eight minutes into the second half.The win lifts Swansea to 16th in the...Full Story »

Ten-man Swansea held on to claim a surprise 1-0 win over automatic-promotion hopefuls Blackburn thanks to Michael Obafemi’s first-half header.Obafemi’s 16th-minute header was enough to claim all three points for the hosts at the Swansea.com Stadium, despite defender Ryan Manning’s dismissal eight minutes into the second half.The victory, only their second in 10 games, saw Swans...Full Story »

MK Dons manager Liam Manning says he believes his squad can play even better after they came from behind to beat Lincoln 2-1.In a hard-fought game, the Dons fell behind to John Marquis’ strike but eventually turned it around through goals either side of the interval from defenders Harry Darling and Warren O’Hora.And despite an important win that took his team to third spot in League ...Full Story »

King’s Lynn ended a run of five defeats on the bounce with a 3-0 victory over Weymouth at The Walks.The hosts took the lead in the 25th minute when they were awarded a penalty and Malachi Linton converted from 12 yards.The Linnets almost doubled their advantage five minutes into the second half when Josh Barrett’s effort came back off a post and Weymouth almost went down the other en...Full Story »

Jack Diamond bagged a brace as Harrogate maintained their 100 per cent record against Bradford in a 2-0 home triumph.The on-loan Sunderland winger struck twice in the second half as Town made it three wins from three meetings against the 2013 League Cup finalists.Earlier, home keeper Mark Oxley had made three smart saves to keep his team on level terms at the break, as he denied Tom Elliott, Jam...Full Story »

Gary Bowyer praised Salford’s patience after they claimed a hard-fought 2-1 League Two victory over Carlisle.Ryan Watson and Matt Smith both scored their first Ammies goals, with Omari Patrick levelling for the visitors in between.“We’ve had a hell of a lot of goal attempts from the very first minute when Matt Smith hits it into the ground and it goes over the bar,” said ...Full Story »

Neil Harris insists Gillingham have enough quality to stay up this season after his first game in charge ended in a 1-0 win against Crewe.Danny Lloyd’s first-half penalty was enough to earn the Gills a first win in 15 League One games but they sit eight points adrift of safety.Harris was quick to temper expectations at full-time but says he has seen enough to convince him that they have th...Full Story »

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson hopes his side’s dramatic 2-1 victory at Livingston is a turning point in their season after Saints climbed off the cinch Premiership basement.Ali Crawford’s goal in the 90th minute handed the visitors their first win in 13 games, and propelled St Johnstone above Dundee on goal difference.The away team took the lead through Callum Hendry in the 11...Full Story »

Port Vale manager Darrell Clarke believes two offside calls cost his team all three points against League Two leaders Forest Green as they had to settle for a 1-1 draw.Matt Stevens scored a late equaliser to earn the table-toppers a share of the spoils and stretch their unbeaten run in League Two to 16 matches.It appeared as though on-loan striker Ryan Edmondson’s first-half finish would b...Full Story »

Ian Evatt watched Bolton defeat Cambridge 2-0 in Sky Bet League One but refuses to get carried away with Wanderers’ dramatic change of form.The Trotters have climbed to 11th position with four successive clean sheet wins including this latest success thanks to goals from Amadou Bakayoko and Dapo Afolayan.But they remain 12 points off the play-offs with Evatt dismissing any talk of breaking...Full Story »

Second-half goals from George Byers and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing gave Sheffield Wednesday a 2-0 win at home to struggling Morecambe.The Owls, without manager Darren Moore due to a positive Covid-19 test, moved four points off the League One play-off spots.Wednesday were the first to threaten when Josh Windass found himself in space on the right-hand side of the area and saw his shot beaten away by...Full Story »

Second-placed Tranmere bounced back from Saturday’s home mauling by League Two leaders Forest Green with a hard-earned 1-0 win against Stevenage.Kieron Morris’ second-half strike handed Rovers a ninth win in 11 league games, but the result saw Stevenage lose for the first time in six games.Stevenage goalkeeper Christy Pym made two brilliant saves early on, from Lee O’Connor&rsq...Full Story »