Crisis club Cheltenham had two players sent off as they crashed to a 3-0 defeat at Peterborough on a night to forget.Troubled Town – still without a win or a league goal all season – were dealt a major blow when James Olayinka was sent off in just the fourth minute after catching Ephron Mason-Clark in the head with a reckless boot.But the 10 men came agonisingly close to opening their

Bristol City coasted to their first home Sky Bet Championship victory of the season after a comfortable 4-1 demolition of west-country rivals Plymouth at Ashton Gate.Sam Bell set them on their way to victory with a third minute opener before Matty James doubled the advantage with eight minutes on the clock.Adam Randall pulled one back for Argyle after 26 minutes but the Robins wrapped up victory w

Nicke Kabamba continued his fine scoring form as Barnet preserved their 100 per cent home record in the National League this season with a 2-1 win over Aldershot.The 30-year-old striker, who had a loan spell at Aldershot in 2018, converted his ninth goal of the campaign after Reece Hall-Johnson’s run and cross four minutes into the second half.Barnet, beaten 4-2 at Rochdale on Saturday, had

Corey Whitely’s second-half header gave Bromley a deserved 1-0 win at Dagenham in the National League.The visitors almost took the lead after only four minutes when Besart Topalloj’s effort clipped a post.But they broke the deadlock after an hour thanks to an immediate impact from substitute Jude Arthurs.Three minutes after coming off the bench, Arthurs delivered a delightful cross for

Julian Alvarez shone as Manchester City came from behind to begin their Champions League defence with a comfortable 3-1 win over Red Star Belgrade.The treble winners were stunned when the Serbian champions claimed a shock lead against the run of play through Osman Bukari just before half-time in Tuesday’s Group G clash at the Etihad Stadium.Alvarez levelled quickly after the break and was th

Milutin Osmajic scored his first goal in English football as Championship leaders Preston came from a goal down to beat Birmingham 2-1.Jay Stansfield’s strike in the opening minute of the second half threatened to end Preston’s unbeaten start to the season but the table-toppers were on level terms when Krystian Bielik headed into his own net in the 51st minute.Preston then made it six

Goals from Joe Nuttall and Alex Reid fired Oldham to a 2-0 home win over York in the National League.They went ahead in only the eighth minute thanks to some fine work from Devarn Green.He did superbly to pick out Nuttall just inside the box, with the forward spinning and finding the bottom corner with a cool finish.Reid added a second late on when he held off a defender before turning and rifling

Woking extended their unbeaten run to six games in the Vanarama National League but were forced to settle for a point from a 1-1 draw at home to Ebbsfleet.Jim Kellerman fired Woking into a 42nd-minute lead from the penalty spot after Ricky Korboa was fouled by Darren McQueen in the box.Woking striker Padraig Amond had spurned a pair of early chances and came close again early in the second half wh

Dimitrios Goutas and Karlan Grant both scored their first goals for Cardiff as the Bluebirds made it back-to-back wins in the Championship for the first time this season.Their 3-2 home win over Coventry pushed them into the top half of the table and saw the Sky Blues drop to 15th. Kion Etete polished things off for the home side with a goal with his first touch in the 84th minute.Matt Godden score

Second-half goals from Jack Bridge and Wes Fonguck saw Southend ease to a 2-0 National League win over Maidenhead at Roots Hall.The Shrimpers went close when Dan Mooney’s early effort was finger-tipped away by Craig Ross before the game was briefly held up after objects were thrown onto the pitch.Southend continued to hold the upper hand after the interval with Oli Coker clipping the woodwor