A superb second-half showing saw Chesterfield beat Morecambe 5-2 to heap further problems on the Football League’s bottom club.Having led twice through Dilan Markanday and Darren Oldaker, only to be pegged back by Ben Tollitt and then a Tom Naylor own goal, substitutes James Berry, Armando Dobra and Jamie Grimes gave the Spireites the win.Markanday opened the scoring after eight minutes when

Bristol City survived heavy pressure from high-flying Leeds to earn a goalless draw at Ashton Gate.United had 68 per cent of possession and 17 shots at goal but could not find a way to break down their dogged hosts, who had Liam Manning making an emotional return to coaching duties.Back in charge for the first time since the tragic death of his baby son Theo, the head coach briefly took to the fie

Mansfield battled back to earn a deserved 1-1 home draw against League One leaders Birmingham.Willum Willumsson gave the Blues an early lead but Lee Gregory’s free-kick kept the gap between the two promotion hopefuls at five points.The Blues scored in the 10th minute when Keshi Anderson got to the left byline and pulled a low cross back into the path of Willumsson, who buried a finish from 1

Kylian Kouassi scored the winner as Salford won 2-1 at Colchester to register back-to-back League Two victories.Salford’s Ben Woodburn and Tyrese Fornah went close in the first half, while Colchester’s best opportunity before half-time came when Ellis Iandolo played a one-two with Lyle Taylor but fired into the side netting.Woodburn was denied by Matt Macey in first-half stoppage time

Sarina Wiegman defended her selection and insisted England’s 4-3 loss to Germany provided critical insight less than a year out from the start of their European title defence.Friday’s friendly, played in front of a 47,967 crowd at Wembley, was the first time the sides had squared off since England’s comeback to win the the Euro 2022 final at the same venue.The Lionesses conceded

Sheffield Wednesday head coach Danny Rohl reckons Michael Smith’s incredible winner to complete a 2-1 turnaround victory over Portsmouth will be the goal of the weekend.Smith sparked Wednesday’s second-half fightback, after Connor Ogilvie’s opener, by nodding down for Josh Windass to emphatically finish.The former Pompey striker then sent Wednesday up to 11th, and back-to-back aw

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo says he will not get carried away with his side’s start to the season, but the fans can.Forest climbed to fifth in the Premier League table after Chris Wood’s second-half double fired them to a 3-1 win at Leicester as they enjoyed a happy reunion with former boss Steve Cooper.After scraping to survival in their first two seasons back in the to

Josh Windass and Michael Smith returned to the Sheffield Wednesday starting line-up to spark a turnaround 2-1 victory over bottom-placed Portsmouth.Smith was only making his second start of the campaign, having found himself behind Jamal Lowe in Danny Rohl’s pecking order, while Windass has missed recent matches.But after Connor Ogilvie’s first-half opener had given Pompey hope of a fi

Chris Wood scored twice as Nottingham Forest reminded former boss Steve Cooper all about them in a 3-1 win at Leicester.Wood bagged a second-half double to earn Forest the three points after Ryan Yates’ early opener had been cancelled out by Jamie Vardy.Foxes boss Cooper, who was sacked by Forest last December, bizarrely refused to even acknowledge his time at the City Ground before the matc

Georgia Stanway scored twice but England could not complete the comeback after slipping to an early three-goal deficit in their 4-3 loss to Germany at Wembley.The last time these sides met was at the same venue for England’s triumphant 2-1 comeback in the Euro 2022 final. That match remained goalless until the second half but Friday night’s friendly was an utterly different story.The v