Josh Murphy’s cool first-half strike gave Portsmouth a 1-0 victory over Blackburn to add weight to their survival chances and put a dent in Rovers’ play-off hopes.Murphy’s superb one-two and finish lit up a low-quality affair which condemned Valerien Ismael’s Blackburn to a fourth straight defeat and extended his winless start as Rovers manager.Ismael is now five matches wi

Tamworth stepped up their Vanarama National League play-off bid as a 2-0 home win against 10-man Eastleigh extended their unbeaten run to eight matches.Tamworth went close to taking a first-half lead when Eastleigh goalkeeper Joe McDonnell foiled Beck-Ray Enoru in a one-on-one and Tom McGlinchey fired his follow-up over the crossbar.Eastleigh were reduced to 10 men before the interval when Scott Q

Callum Stead struck twice as Barnet made it nine straight National League wins and maintained their 11-point lead at the top by defeating Gateshead 3-1 at The Hive.Myles Kenlock gave the Bees an early lead, cutting in from the left and rifling a fine finish into the top corner before Stead’s 14th goal of the season put Dean Brennan’s side 2-0 up at half-time.Barnet piled on the pressur

Junior Tchamadeu scored his first goal for Stoke as they eased their relegation fears in the Sky Bet Championship with a 3-1 victory over QPR.The Potters managed to put more daylight between themselves and the relegation zone, with four points now separating them from the bottom three thanks to their second straight home win.Bae Jun-ho and the excellent Million Manhoef were on target either side o

Northampton moved seven points clear of the relegation zone with a 1-1 League One draw at lowly Cambridge.After an uneventful start, the visitors netted a simple opening goal after 26 minutes as Cambridge failed to deal with Mitch Pinnock’s long throw and the ball fell to Sam Hoskins to fire home.Another long throw led to Tyler Roberts heading over the crossbar and he also blazed an effort o

Substitute Michael Jacobs earned Chesterfield a first Sky Bet League Two victory at Holker Street for 60 years to end rejuvenated Barrow’s five-match unbeaten run.Jacobs had been on the pitch for only eight minutes when his shot deflected off Ben Jackson for his first goal since February 2024.Chesterfield’s 1-0 win was their fourth success in five games and keeps alive hopes of a late

Stockport boss Dave Challinor demanded his side improve during the end-of-season run-in after admitting their “sloppiness” almost cost them in their 2-1 win over struggling Burton.Kyle Wootton and Tanto Olaofe put the Hatters two goals to the good at Edgeley Park, but Julian Larsson pulled one back late on before Ethan Pye’s sending-off meant Stockport had to endure a tense finis

Matt Bloomfield is encouraged that an identity is forming in his relegation-threatened Luton team after they secured back-to-back away victories.After winning 2-1 at Cardiff, Luton took a 1-0 success at Hull following Alfie Jones’ freak own goal – meaning they have 10 points from their previous five games.Luton manager Bloomfield said: “Away from home, our supporters haven’

Watford manager Tom Cleverley admitted delivering a half-time dressing-down as his side earned a point from a goalless draw against Plymouth at Vicarage Road.In spite of an improved second-half performance, the draw narrowed Watford’s chances of making the Championship play-offs.Cleverley said: “We wasted 45 minutes at home against a team that we feel we’re good enough to beat. T

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