Third-placed Barnet were grateful to keeper Laurie Walker as they were held to a goalless draw by FC Halifax Town in the National League.Idris Kanu headed just wide for Barnet but the first half was otherwise uneventful until five minutes before the break. Jo Cummings was brought down in the box but Walker saved Jamie Stott’s penalty.Walker denied Jamie Cooke just before the hour while subst

Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson’s first return to Leicester City since leaving the club in 2015 ended in defeat with a 1-0 victory for his former team who moved back to the top of the Championship.The match-winning goal came from Jamie Vardy, a player Pearson brought to the King Power Stadium 11 years ago.When Pearson was in charge, for his second spell at the club, he kept Leicester up i

Morgan Whittaker scored his first Championship hat-trick as Plymouth stormed to a 6-2 mauling of Norwich at Home Park.Promoted Argyle had the points all-but wrapped up by half-time after racing into a 4-0 lead through a brace from Whittaker and further goals from Dan Scarr and Finn Azaz – two of them coming in stoppage time.Whittaker then added his third of the afternoon just before the hour

Fylde secured their first win in eight National League games after beating bottom-placed Southend 2-1.Taylor O’Kane gave Fylde the lead just two minutes into the game with a free header from a corner and Gold Omotayo nearly doubled the advantage but fired wide.Southend were forced to make a goal-line clearance from Jonathan Ustabasi’s shot and Jack Wood had a chance for the Shrimpers s

Isaac Olaofe notched his first Football League hat-trick as Stockport enjoyed a thumping 5-0 victory against Wrexham.Last season’s beaten play-off finalists condemned the Welshmen to a first away defeat of the season, and a first loss since the opening day.Stockport scored three times in a dream 11-minute spell in the first half at a sold-out Edgeley Park.Olaofe notched first, sliding in to

St Mirren continued their sensational start to the cinch Premiership season with a 1-0 victory over Hearts at the SMISA Stadium.Ryan Strain netted the only goal after seven minutes but the Buddies had three further goals ruled out over the course of an impressive display.After continuing their unbeaten opening to the campaign, Stephen Robinson’s side remain in second place, just two points b

Jordan Rhodes’ first hat-trick for nearly four years helped Blackpool blow away Reading with a comprehensive 4-1 victory.Three goals in 11 first-half minutes, including one for debutant Kylian Kouassi, left misfiring Reading with a mountain to climb as their 22-year wait for a league victory at Bloomfield Road continued.Huddersfield loanee Rhodes sealed his first treble since December 2019 s

Goalkeeper Connor Ripley was the Port Vale hero as he saved a late penalty from Fejiri Okenabirhie to earn his side a 1-1 draw at Cambridge.Ripley dived to his right to block Okenabirhie’s weak 90th-minute spot-kick, awarded after Jack Lankester had been fouled by Nathan Smith.Okenabirhie had come off the bench to equalise for the U’s, who trailed to Ben Garrity’s first-half stri

Harrogate attacker Abraham Odoh ended a 20-game goal drought to settle a 3-2 thriller against Salford in Sky Bet League Two.Odoh netted for the first time since March to also earn Harrogate a first-ever league win over the Ammies, at the 13th attempt.Earlier, George Thomson and Sam Folarin had given the hosts a 2-0 lead, only for Curtis Tilt and Matt Smith to level things up.After thumping a long-

Victor Adeboyejo scored as 10-man Bolton battled to a 1-1 Sky Bet League One draw at home to Peterborough.Gethin Jones was dismissed for Wanderers just before half-time and Posh went on to hit the woodwork three times in the second half.In a flurry of action at the end of the first half, Jonson Clarke-Harris headed home Harrison Burrows’ superb cross to give Darren Ferguson’s side a 42