Bromley’s first Carabao Cup tie ended in a 2-1 south London derby defeat to AFC Wimbledon as Joe Pigott grabbed the winner at Hayes Lane.The Dons came from behind against the EFL newcomers, who they face again at the same venue in Sky Bet League Two on Saturday.After Wimbledon started the brighter, Bromley struck first against the run of play after 19 minutes when Bes Topalloj’s exquis

Mal Benning’s decisive penalty in the shoot-out confirmed Shrewsbury’s place in the second round of the Carabao Cup after a frantic 3-3 draw with Notts County in ordinary time.The Magpies made a blistering start as they broke the deadlock within the opening five minutes.David McGoldrick floated a cross to the back post for Jodi Jones to lay it back into the box for Conor Grant to head

A first-half wonder strike by Brandon Khela handed 10-man Birmingham a narrow 1-0 Carabao Cup win at League One rivals Charlton.Both teams making many changes – the hosts making five, while the visitors made eight – did not prevent a lively opening to the tie.Charlton should have taken the lead after just 12 minutes, when Tyreece Campbell was upended in the area by Tyler Roberts, howev

Tranmere eased into the second round of the Carabao Cup with a 3-0 victory over League Two rivals Accrington at Prenton Park.The home side took the lead with their first attack when Harvey Saunders latched onto an Omari Patrick pass and slotted the ball under Michael Kelly from close range in the third minute.Rovers could have doubled their advantage 10 minutes later when Connor Wood delivered a p

Kayden Jackson scored his first Derby goal as they came from behind to beat Chesterfield 2-1 in the Carabao Cup at Pride Park.Armando Dobra put Chesterfield in front only for Liam Thompson to level before Jackson won it in the second half.Derby had the bulk of possession but after Dajaune Brown’s close-range header was saved, Chesterfield went ahead in the 29th minute with their first chance

Wycombe eased through to the second round of the Carabao Cup thanks to a comfortable 2-0 win over Northampton.The visitors were dominant from the word go at Sixfields and they led after just eight minutes through Dan Udoh before an own goal sealed the victory.Nik Tzanev was at full stretch to keep out Ryan Tafazolli’s early header but Wycombe wasted little time in going ahead when Tyler Magl

Matt Macey was Colchester’s hero as they knocked League One side Reading out of the Carabao Cup on penalties.Macey saved from Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan and Amadou Mbengue as the U’s won the shoot-out 4-3, after the first-round tie had finished 2-2 after 90 minutes.Colchester took a third-minute lead through Tom Hopper, who headed home from Jack Payne’s corner.Reading defender Abraham

Swansea booked their place into the second round of the Carabao Cup with a 3-1 triumph over 10-man Gillingham at the Swansea.com Stadium.Ronald opened the scoring midway through the second half and, after Euan Williams had been off for the visitors soon after half-time, Liam Cullen doubled the lead.Oliver Hawkins pulled a late goal back for Gills but Azeem Abdulai finished off their hopes of an eq

Substitute Ellis Simms struck a 65th-minute winner as Coventry progressed to the second round of the Carabao Cup with a narrow 1-0 win over Championship rivals Bristol City at Ashton Gate.The striker had only been on the pitch for a matter of seconds when latching onto Kasey Palmer’s through ball and drilling a low shot past Bristol goalkeeper Stefan Bajic from 12 yards to the delight of nea

Rangers’ Champions League aspirations ended for another season with a 2-0 defeat by Dynamo Kyiv at Hampden Park where they ended up with 10 men.Following a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their third qualifier in Poland last week, the match struggled to spark into life until the 51st minute when new signing Jefte, making his first start for the Light Blues, was sent off by referee Marco Guida a