Matt Harrold is expected to remain in charge of Leyton Orient for Saturday’s critical Sky Bet League Two match at home to Stevenage.The O’s coach stepped up in a caretaker role after Kenny Jackett was sacked last month and the club are not in a position to appoint a replacement ahead of the weekend.Harrold will be boosted by the return of loanee Frank Nouble and Theo Archibald after ...Full Story »

Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard has taken responsibility for Matty Cash’s yellow card after the defender revealed a message of support to a Poland team-mate in Ukraine after opening the scoring in the win at Brighton.Cash broke the deadlock in a game delayed by half an hour as the Villa coach was struck in traffic.He then took off his shirt to reveal a “stay strong” message to ...Full Story »

Port Vale assistant manager Andy Crosby was proud to see his side step up to the challenge in the absence of boss Darrell Clarke as they claimed a 2-0 win over Stevenage.Clarke was away on compassionate leave following a family bereavement, but an own goal from Luke O’Neill plus Ryan Edmondson’s strike saw the Valiants extend their unbeaten run to eight games and stay in the League T...Full Story »

Ryan Edmondson’s strike helped Port Vale ease to a 2-0 home win against Stevenage.Manager Darrell Clarke was on compassionate leave after a family bereavement, but in his absence his players stretched their unbeaten run to eight games.The Valiants were given a helping hand just six minutes in when visiting left-back Luke O’Neill headed James Gibbons’ free-kick into his own goal...Full Story »

Steven Schumacher hailed a perfect away performance after Plymouth strengthened their promotion push with a 2-0 win at relegation-threatened Gillingham.Jordon Garrick and Luke Jephcott scored second-half goals to make it four wins in a row for the Pilgrims, who sit fifth in the League One table.After a quiet first half Garrick broke the deadlock with a curling shot before Jephcott sealed the poi...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers continued their push for the League Two play-offs as they made it back-to-back wins with an emphatic 4-0 victory away at struggling Stevenage.Sam Finley, Elliot Anderson, Harry Anderson and Aaron Collins all registered for Joey Barton’s dominant visitors at a sodden Lamex Stadium.Rovers are now five points from the play-off places in 11th place with games in hand on many of ...Full Story »

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard has no new injury worries for the visit of Watford.Bertrand Traore and Marvelous Nakamba remain sidelined, while Ezri Konsa is suspended.Konsa’s second red card of the season against Leeds means he missed the defeat at Newcastle and Saturday’s game at Villa Park.Ismaila Sarr is set to make his first Watford start for three months after injury and in...Full Story »

Stevenage will be without Luke Prosser as they prepare to face Bristol Rovers on Saturday.The 33-year-old defender was shown a second yellow card in stoppage time of their goalless draw with Barrow in midweek.Elliott List played 52 minutes in the same fixture and will be hoping to start again this time around.Boro will be hoping for three points after going four games without victory.Antony Evan...Full Story »

Liverpool are reportedly ready to ramp up their interest in Jacob Ramsey after a sensational season with Aston Villa. The 20-year-old has made a big impact on Steven Gerrard, who has made him a key player at Villa Park. Dean Smith gave Ramsey his breakthrough campaign last year but the youngster has taken his game to a new level this season. And there has even been talk of a call-up to the En...Full Story »

Plymouth boss Steven Schumacher praised his players after they edged past stubborn Shrewsbury 1-0 to move into the League One play-off places.One moment of magic unlocked the resolute visiting defence with Luke Jephcott’s cross from the right fired home first time by Conor Grant after 62 minutes.Victory was Argyle’s third in a row in the league and leaves them six points off an autom...Full Story »

Barrow overcame striker Aaron Amadi-Holloway’s red card to secure a 0-0 draw in their delayed Sky Bet League Two clash with Stevenage at Holker Street.The on-loan Burton man was dismissed for a 55th-minute foul on Chris Lines before Stevenage’s Luke Prosser was sent off in stoppage time for his second yellow card.But the visitors could not take advantage of Amadi-Holloway’s abs...Full Story »

Barrow will be without Josh Kay for the visit of Stevenage.Kay is facing around six weeks on the sidelines after suffering ankle ligament damage.Tom Beadling will be assessed after missing the 3-1 defeat by Hartlepool through injury.New signing Niall Canavan replaced Beadling in the starting line-up and is likely to keep his place.Stevenage have doubts over Ed Upson and Luke Norris.Midfielder Up...Full Story »

Boss Steven Gerrard tipped Jacob Ramsey for England after his brace in Aston Villa’s thrilling draw with Leeds.The midfielder struck twice but Villa still lost a 3-1 lead to draw 3-3 at home.Philippe Coutinho’s second goal in three games and Ramsey’s double had put the host in charge after Daniel James’ opener.James made it 3-2 in first-half stoppage time and Diego Lloren...Full Story »

Bradford manager Derek Adams praised the work of his new signings in his side’s 1-0 win at Stevenage.The Bantams took the lead 10 minutes into the second half after loanee Jamie Walker got on the end of Andy Cook’s cross, and that was enough for all three points.And Adams was pleased with not just the points, but the overall team performance as his side sit in 11th place in the Leagu...Full Story »

Steven Schumacher said he was confident Ryan Hardie would bounce back from his FA Cup penalty miss after the striker stuck Plymouth’s first hat-trick in seven years in a 4-1 win at Crewe.Hardie’s second-half treble helped Argyle come from behind at relegation-threatened Alexandra with Niall Ennis also on target in the second half.Chris Long put Crewe ahead in the first half and home ...Full Story »

Forest Green boss Rob Edwards heaped praise on Matt Stevens after the striker hit a late winner to make it 18 League Two games unbeaten for the runaway leaders.Stevens’ goal four minutes from time saw Rovers come from behind to maintain their 10-point lead at the top with a 2-1 win over Rochdale.Stevens made it 20 league goals for the season and his 10th in as many games against a dogged R...Full Story »

Matt Stevens’ goal four minutes from time saw runaway leaders Forest Green come from behind to maintain their 10-point lead at the top of League Two as they beat Rochdale 2-1.Rochdale had nosed ahead after 47 minutes when James Ball fired in.Rovers got back into the game with 17 minutes to go through Barnsley loanee Jack Aitchison before Stevens popped up at the death to make it 18 games u...Full Story »

Ben Coker will be assessed ahead of Stevenage’s clash against Bradford at the Lamex Stadium.The defender missed Boro’s 2-2 draw with Crawley after he was substituted early with injury in their previous defeat to Tranmere.Arthur Read came off the bench to score his first League Two goal of the season and will be hoping to start from the off.Stevenage will be looking to continue their ...Full Story »

John Yems criticised his Crawley side for playing “kamikaze football” after they conceded twice in the last 10 minutes to draw 2-2 at home to Stevenage.Two goals by striker Tom Nichols appeared to have put the Reds on their way to a much-needed home win.But substitute Arthur Read gave Stevenage hope with a tremendous shot into the top corner and then skipper Scott Cuthbert completed ...Full Story »

Stevenage scored twice in the final 10 minutes to rescue a point at Crawley after the Reds appeared to be cruising to a much-needed home win.A double by Tom Nichols had put John Yems’ side firmly on top, but a superb strike by Arthur Read and skipper Scott Cuthbert’s stoppage-time leveller saw the points shared.Crawley, with only one win from their previous seven home league games, t...Full Story »