AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson was delighted to see his lengthy pursuit of Joe Pigott pay further dividends after the striker’s well-taken winner earned a 1-0 victory at Cheltenham.Jackson has long admired the much-travelled frontman, who he finally captured on loan from Leyton Orient this summer and has now netted twice this season in what is his second spell with the Dons.His first goa

Head coach Chris Davies insisted Birmingham deserved their “huge” win at Leyton Orient.Blues, favourites to return to the Championship at the first attempt, went in front through Keshi Anderson and after Ethan Galbraith levelled, Alfie May grabbed a winner, with all three goals coming in the opening 20 minutes.“I thought it was a good performance again and we were the better team

Deflated Mansfield manager Nigel Clough says his side must start to defend better after their 4-1 defeat at Lincoln.Two goalkeeping blunders and some poor defending played a key part in their defeat, with keeper Christy Pym at fault for City’s first two goals.The Stags keeper was was beaten by Adam Jackson coming for a cross after 29 minutes and Lincoln doubled their lead when Pym made a mes

Charlton manager Nathan Jones is refusing to get carried away despite his side producing a statement 2-0 win over Bolton at the Valley.The Addicks have won their opening three league matches for the first time since the 2011-12 campaign, when then boss Chris Powell led them to the League One title.Greg Docherty put the hosts ahead from the edge of the box in the 10th minute – his first goal

Three costly error-strewn moments in the opening 20 minutes proved defining in a lively game at Brisbane Road where League One promotion favourites Birmingham emerged with a 2-1 win against Leyton Orient.Keshi Anderson and Alfie May scored for the visitors either side of a goal by Ethan Galbraith.Orient goalkeeper Zach Hemming’s howler in the seventh minute gifted City the lead when his inte

Rochdale and Forest Green fought out a 0-0 National League draw at the Crown Oil Arena following midweek defeats.Both sides were looking for a winning formula after Rochdale lost 1-0 to York on Tuesday, and Forest Green went down by the same score against Barnet.But it proved an encounter of few clear-cut chances, although Forest Green had more shots on goal and collected eight corners to Rochdale

Salford substitute Kelly N’Mai scored a late equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw for the 10-man Ammies at Chesterfield.Promoted Chesterfield looked set to claim the three points after taking a 69th-minute lead through James Berry and then seeing Salford lose Curtis Tilt to a red card moments later.However, M’Bai struck with four minutes remaining – Salford’s first goal of the s

Sunderland stopped free-scoring Burnley in their tracks at the Stadium of Light by making it three wins from three in the Sky Bet Championship.Despite agreeing to sell winger Jack Clarke to Ipswich, the Black Cats secured maximum points through a goal from his replacement on the wing, Romaine Mundle.The 21-year-old has been waiting for his big chance since arriving from Standard Liege in February,

Emmanuel Fernandez scored a stunning 30-yard goal as Peterborough came from behind to secure a 2-1 win at Exeter.The defender strode out of the back line and took advantage of his opponents backing off as his swerving effort flashed past the outstretched left hand of Joe Whitworth.The 22-year-old’s first EFL strike completed a spirited first-half fightback after Posh got off to a bad start.R

Huddersfield continued their winning start with a 1-0 home victory over winless Shrewsbury thanks to Callum Marshall’s first-half strike.The Northern Ireland international put the Terriers ahead midway through the first half, coolly finishing after correctly gambling that Aaron Pierre would not quite be able to get a clean header onto Brodie Spencer’s cross from deep.Shrewsbury almost