Northampton manager Kevin Nolan felt his side deserved all three points as they were denied by a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Exeter.On-loan Burnley striker Dara Costelloe grabbed his second goal in just his fourth appearance for the Cobblers shortly before half-time, but substitute Sonny Cox rescued a point for Exeter three minutes from time with his first goal in almost a year.“Naturall

Barnet maintained their six-point lead at the top of the National League with a 3-0 win at Oldham.The Latics went close to breaking the deadlock just before the break when Mike Fondop’s effort was pushed behind by Bees goalkeeper Owen Evans.The contest swung Barnet’s way in the space of 60 seconds soon after the resumption.Zak Brunt swept home following a brilliant run after 50 minutes

Southend scored a stoppage-time equaliser as James Golding’s superb strike gave them a dramatic 2-2 draw with Yeovil at Huish Park.The Shrimpers led after 40 seconds when Charley Kendall slid home Leon Chambers-Parillon’s cross.Yeovil turned things around as Kyrell Wilson levelled after 14 minutes and Frank Nouble quickly poked in it at the back post to score for the third consecutive

Charlton snatched all three points at the death to stun Leyton Orient in a London derby featuring two League One play-off hopefuls.Trailing to a Jordan Brown wonderstrike, Macauley Gillesphey and Kayne Ramsay both scored in added time to give the visitors a 2-1 victory.Both Charlton goals came from came from corners sent in by substitute Alex Gilbert. The first, two minutes into the six of added t

Shrewsbury striker John Marquis was sent off after 13 seconds of their 3-1 League One defeat at Peterborough, equalling the fastest red card from the start of a game in English professional football.The Shrews captain’s dismissal matches the record set by former Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Kevin Pressman in 2000 for handling outside the area.The veteran striker claimed his unwanted place

Reading scored twice in the last 20 minutes as they came from 1-0 down to win 2-1 at Wigan in League One.The first half was almost all Reading, with Lewis Wing seeing a free-kick from 25 yards touched round a post by Sam Tickle, who made a stupendous save moments later to deny Andre Garcia at point-blank range.Even Tickle was helpless the next time Reading had a sight of his goal as Harvey Knibbs&

Sam Nombe scored a dramatic added-time winner to secure Rotherham a 3-2 Sky Bet League One victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.Nombe, who also scored a first-half equaliser, tapped in his 10th goal this season to break Rovers hearts and deepen the West Country side’s relegation fears.Rovers began brightly and took control on five minutes when Ruel Sotiriou poked the ball in f

Luton manager Matt Bloomfield finally picked up a first long-awaited win at the ninth attempt as the Hatters climbed off the bottom of the Championship table by beating Portsmouth 1-0 at Kenilworth Road.The hosts, who were without a victory in their last 12 second-tier fixtures, came under pressure in the opening stages, Colby Bishop’s close-range prod hitting the covering Amari’i Bell

Colchester extended their unbeaten run in Sky Bet League Two to nine games with a 1-0 win away at MK Dons.Jack Payne sealed the points for Colchester with a late penalty against his former club before Callum Hendry was sent off in stoppage time for the hosts.Defeat means the Dons are now winless in six, while Colchester picked up a first win in four after three straight draws.Colchester had the be

Dan Creaney scored twice as Tamworth dealt bottom club Ebbsfleet a 3-2 home defeat.Josh Wright’s side have not won a game since September 14 and find themselves cast adrift in the National League relegation scrap, but gave themselves a fighting chance when George Moncur gave them the lead.But a quickfire double from Creaney in the run-up to half-time, netting in the 38th and 40th minutes, se