Rochdale struck three times in the final 26 minutes to claim a 3-0 victory over Altrincham in the Vanarama National League.Aidan Barlow broke the deadlock after 64 minutes at the Crown Oil Area when he turned in from a Tarryn Allarakhia cross.Jay Bird doubled the lead three minutes later after a fine run and finish and Kairo Mitchell clinically wrapped up the points eight minutes from time.Dale al

Chesterfield picked up their first away win since December as they comfortably saw off 10-man Salford 4-0.Hakeeb Adelakun’s straight red card proved to be the pivotal moment of the game and Chesterfield capitalised with Liam Mandeville and Aribim Pepple netting shortly before the break, before Armando Dobra and Mandeville added further second-half goals.Salford were in the ascendancy leading

A late goal from Fiacre Kelleher helped Colchester beat Port Vale 2-1 to boost their League Two play-off hopes.Vale goalkeeper Ben Amos denied Samson Tovide and Ellis Iandolo early on, before the hosts made the breakthrough in the 34th minute.Tovide robbed Vale defender Nathan Smith of possession just inside the visitors’ half before showing devastating pace and then firing a magnificent sho

Thierry Small’s first-half goal gave Charlton a narrow 1-0 League One victory at struggling Crawley to consolidate their play-off push with a ninth win in the last 12 games.Crawley’s fourth defeat in five matches leaves them nine points from safety with 10 games remaining.The Red Devils improved somewhat after the break but lacked a cutting-edge up front.Charlton captain Lloyd Jones ha

Birmingham moved 14 points clear at the top of League One after beating spirited Stevenage 2-1 at St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park.Kieran Dowell’s 27th-minute penalty – his second in as many games – and Paik Seung-ho extended Birmingham’s unbeaten home league record to 19 games.But it was not all one-way traffic for the runaway leaders and Jamie Reid’s fierce drive

Romaine Mundle’s brilliant equaliser snatched a point for Sky Bet Championship promotion hopefuls Sunderland in a 1-1 draw with Preston at the Stadium of Light.The Black Cats had two brilliant chances to go in front through Wilson Isidor before the break but having enjoyed a strong start to the second half, Emil Riis sent Preston ahead with a low finish from the edge of the area.Substitute M

Sheffield Wednesday produced a superb second-half comeback to beat Norwich 3-2 at Carrow Road and keep their outside hopes of making the Championship play-offs alive.Trailing 2-0 at the break to well-taken goals from Borja Sainz – his first since late November – and Ante Crnac, the Owls turned the game on its head by scoring three times in 12 minutes.Defender Michael Ihiekwe set the ba

Promotion hopefuls Notts County returned to winning ways and snapped Grimsby’s eight-game unbeaten run with a 2-0 League Two victory at Blundell Park.Alassana Jatta scored the opener – his 17th of the league campaign – early in the second half before David McGoldrick added a second late as Stuart Maynard’s side won away for the first time in over a month.The visitors were f

Accrington moved 10 points clear of the bottom two with an emphatic 5-0 win over Newport.Stanley, who remain 21st in League Two despite a third win in five games, charged into a 3-0 lead inside 26 minutes and continued to be clinical as they secured a much-needed three points in their game in hand over the bottom teams.The Reds had a dream start after four minutes when Southampton loanee Joe O&rsq

Matt Clarke and Marcus Harness struck in each half to help Derby boost their Sky Bet Championship survival hopes with a 2-0 victory over in-form Coventry on Frank Lampard’s return to Pride Park.Lampard came back to Derby for the first time since he left the club in 2019 but the now Sky Blues boss suffered a setback with his new club in their quest for the play-offs with a first defeat in six