Bolton cruised to their third win in a row by beating Northampton 4-2 at Sixfields.The visitors led after just six minutes when a slick move saw them go from back to front in double quick time, ending with John McAtee finishing first-time from Szabolcs Schon’s low cross.Kyle Dempsey whizzed an effort narrowly wide while Nathan Baxter was down smartly to save from Mitch Pinnock at the other e

Championship basement boys Cardiff won their first league game of the season at the eighth attempt with a 1-0 victory over Millwall at the Cardiff City Stadium.Perry Ng scored only the third league goal of the season for Cardiff, who are now bottom of the table only on goal difference behind Portsmouth.It was a bitterly disappointing night for Millwall, who fielded the same starting team that beat

Sam Nombe struck at the death as Rotherham secured their first away victory in 41 league games with a dramatic 1-0 success at Cambridge.Their opponents have matched a club-record eight league matches from the start of an EFL season without a win.The Millers were almost handed the lead on 28 minutes when Joe Powell’s free kick flicked off the head of Cambridge defender Liam Bennett before bou

MK Dons hammered Harrogate 5-1 to register a first away win since their last visit to Wetherby Road – a 5-3 triumph in April.The Buckinghamshire outfit went into this contest having only scored one league goal on the road all season but were 3-0 up at the break thanks to Tommy Leigh, Joe White and Alex Gilbey.A Luke Offord own goal then proved the only blemish of the night before Connor Lemo

Sunderland maintained their superb start to the Sky Bet Championship campaign after goals from Jobe Bellingham and Wilson Isidor secured a 2-0 win over Derby.Bellingham’s long-range effort gave the hosts a deserved lead shortly before the interval and Isidor’s near-post finish secured the points 10 minutes after the break.The visitors had chances to reduce the deficit in the latter sta

Josh Brownhill’s first-half penalty was enough to give Burnley a 1-0 win over Plymouth in the managerial battle between former England team-mates Scott Parker and Wayne Rooney.Although there was only one goal in it at Turf Moor, and that coming from a rather soft penalty that came when Darko Gyabi tripped Josh Cullen right on the edge of the box in the 25th minute, Burnley were deserving win

Fabian Schar’s coolly-taken penalty eased Newcastle into the Carabao Cup fourth round as League Two AFC Wimbledon’s adventure drew to a close.The Switzerland international struck from 12 yards in first-half stoppage time to secure a 1-0 win which was significantly more comfortable than the scoreline suggests.A week after the third-round tie was scheduled to be played at the Cherry Red

Ethan Pye and Kyle Wootton’s goals secured Stockport a comfortable 2-0 away victory at Shrewsbury to break into the play-off spots.Just before the half-hour mark, George Lloyd chased down a loose ball before playing a through ball into Tom Bloxham.The forward managed to find Leo Castledine in the box, but his effort was deflected for a corner.Stockport broke the deadlock minutes before half-

High-flying Notts County inflicted a seventh Sky Bet League Two defeat of the season on Carlisle with a 2-0 win at Brunton Park.Notts County took the lead early on when Alassana Jatta netted for the fourth time this season and Scott Robertson extended their lead just after the half-hour mark, which was enough to seal all three points for the Magpies.Carlisle dominated the ball early on but the Cum

Second-half goals from Manni Norkett and Ryan Bowman helped Cheltenham hit back from behind to defeat bottom side Accrington 2-1.Accrington had taken a deserved lead six minutes before half-time through Dara Costelloe, who capitalised on an error from Robins skipper Scot Bennett and slotted past Owen Evans and into the bottom left corner.John Doolan’s side had earlier threatened through Seam