Bristol City boss Liam Manning believes his side remain in a strong position in the battle for a Championship play-off place after taking a hard-earned point in a 1-1 draw at QPR.It came after back-to-back wins and meant the Robins, who remain fifth in the table, have taken seven points from a possible nine over the past week.With four matches of the season remaining, they look well on course for

Nuno Espirito Santo says Champions League qualification is still in Nottingham Forest’s hands after a damaging last-gasp defeat to Everton.Forest were well below their best and suffered a first home defeat since November when Abdoulaye Doucoure earned the visitors a 1-0 win when he scored in the fourth minute of injury time.Nuno admitted he did not see his side’s shoddy performance com

Stephen Robinson hailed a monumental effort from everyone at St Mirren after they defeated Ross County 3-2 in dramatic fashion to secure a top-six place in the William Hill Premiership for a third successive season.Roland Idowu came off the bench to net an 86th-minute winner for the Buddies, who started the day knowing nothing other than a win would be good enough.They still had to rely on the res

Alan Sheehan says Swansea’s improved form is an “incredible achievement” after his side beat Sunderland to move into the top half of the Sky Bet Championship.Sheehan’s time as caretaker head coach improved even further with a 1-0 win against the promotion contenders at the Stadium of Light.It was only the second time fourth-placed Sunderland have been defeated on home soil

Conor Hourihane was “relieved” to earn a first victory since taking interim charge of Barnsley as his side recorded a convincing 4-1 win against play-off hopefuls Bolton.Fabio Jalo and Jonathan Russell scored two goals apiece, with Aaron Collins’ second-half goal a consolation for Bolton, who dropped to eighth.Hourihane said: “Full credit to the players, I thought they were

Portsmouth head coach John Mousinho hailed Rob Atkinson for going above and beyond to secure a 2-2 draw with relegation rivals Derby at Fratton Park.The centre-back scored a bizarre ‘hat-trick’ – made up of an own goal and two ‘proper’ goals – as Pompey twice came from behind to earn a share of the spoils.The Bristol City loanee has spent two years on the sideli

Reading boss Noel Hunt was happy with a “positive point” after his play-off chasing side were held to a goalless draw at 10-man Northampton on Saturday.In a game of few chances, the home side edged the first half as Ben Perry and Dara Costelloe both went close, while Cobblers goalkeeper Lee Burge saved well from Jayden Wareham.Northampton’s best opportunity fell to Tyler Roberts

Nathan Jones described Charlton’s win at Cambridge as “a massive three points.” in their bid for promotion.Charlton’s victory and Wrexham’s earlier draw lifts Jones’ side to within six points of second, leaving them an outside chance of an automatic promotion spot with four games remaining.Conversely Cambridge sit seven points from safety and their relegation fr

Dave Challinor challenged his Stockport players to keep standards high in their quest for Championship football next season after a 3-1 comeback win over Rotherham.Mallik Wilks put the Millers ahead at Edgeley Park but Jack Diamond levelled before half-time and Brad Hills and Kyle Wootton completed the turnaround.Despite all but securing a League One play-off spot, and moving within five points of

Tamworth maintained their late charge for the Vanarama National League play-offs with a 4-2 win over Braintree at The Lamb Ground.Braintree went ahead after seven minutes when Ryan Clampin’s left-wing cross was headed home by Jermaine Francis.But the Lambs were level 10 minutes later when Jordan Ponticelli’s ball over the top was volleyed home by Beck-Ray Enoru and they were ahead when