Borja Sainz’s second-half strike proved enough to secure Norwich their first win of the Sky Bet Championship campaign as they edged a 1-0 victory at Coventry.Sainz’s heavily deflected effort left Sky Blues goalkeeper Oliver Dovin completely wrong-footed in the 49th minute and secured all three points for the Canaries.The Sky Blues threatened an opener in the seventh minute when Jake Bi

Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough side had two second-half goals to thank for their first away win in the Championship this season as they won 2-0 at Cardiff.Goals from Matt Clarke and an own goal from Aaron Ramsey ensured Boro completed a quickfire double over the Welsh teams this season following their 1-0 home win over Swansea on the opening day.Defeat for Cardiff kept them rooted to the bo

Ten-man Blackburn held off the challenge of a dominant Burnley side to grab a point in a fiery east Lancashire derby which finished 1-1 at Turf Moor.The hosts enjoyed the bulk of possession and the better chances on an afternoon when Rovers striker Makhtar Gueye saw red for a second bookable offence for brandishing an imaginary yellow card.But while they played more than half an hour a man down th

Gillingham cemented their position at the top of League Two for a couple of hours at least by defeating Chesterfield 1-0 as both sides ended the match with 10 men at Priestfield.A precise headed effort from Robbie McKenzie after just eight minutes was enough to separate the two teams in all-action encounter.Ironically, Chesterfield were quicker out of the traps and nearly took a fourth-minute lead

Arsenal dropped points following a 1-1 draw at home to Brighton after Declan Rice was shown the first red card of his career.Rice was given his marching orders in the 49th minute by referee Chris Kavanagh after a subtly kick away of the ball from a Brighton free-kick resulted in a second yellow for the England international.The Gunners, who signed Raheem Sterling on a season-long loan during a dra

Huddersfield’s 100 per cent start to the Sky Bet League One campaign came to an end as they were reduced to 10 men and beaten 2-1 at Rotherham.A breathless five-minute spell towards the end of the game brought two goals and a red card for Danny Ward, before Mallik Wilks grabbed an added time winner for the hosts.Rotherham almost made the perfect start when Sam Nombe barged past Nigel Lonwijk

Doncaster made it three League Two wins out of four as they held off a late fightback to edge a 3-2 victory away to Port Vale.Luke Molyneux bagged his fourth and fifth goals of the season either side of providing an assist for Billy Sharp, while Ryan Croasdale and Ethan Chislett (penalty) replied for Vale, who are now winless in three league outings.Three points for Rovers sees them move up to sec

The Vanarama National League game between AFC Fylde and Southend has been postponed after the train carrying the visitors to Lancashire suffered a power failure.Southend’s squad was left stranded after leaving London and were unable to complete the 265-mile journey to the north-west coast.“The train carrying our players to the game has suffered a power failure between stations,”

Luton boss Rob Edwards took responsibility for his side’s poor start to the season continuing with a 2-1 defeat at home to QPR.The hosts had led in the first half thanks to Jimmy Dunne’s own goal but, once Elijah Adebayo missed a one-on-one early in the second period, they were pegged back by Nicolas Madsen’s leveller just before the hour mark.Michael Frey then scored what turned

QPR stunned Luton Town with a quickfire second-half double as they earned a first league victory of the season with a 2-1 success at Kenilworth Road.Having knocked the Hatters out of the Carabao Cup on penalties in midweek, the R’s made it two wins in the space of a few days as goals from Nicolas Madsen and Michael Frey turned the contest on its head.Jimmy Dunne’s own goal had given th