Runaway leaders Birmingham edged a step closer to Sky Bet League One automatic promotion with a 4-1 win in Michael Appleton’s first game in charge of Shrewsbury.It was one-way traffic from start to finish in Blues head coach Chris Davies’ 50th game in charge.Keshi Anderson rifled an angled half volley a foot over the bar, before Jay Stansfield’s rising shot was saved by goalkeepe

Devante Rodney scored twice as Rochdale reignited their bid for a place in the National League play-offs with a 4-0 home win over Aldershot.Jimmy McNulty’s men went into the game without a win in their last four games but got on top from the start and Sam Beckwith fired home the opener in the 15th minute after a clever corner routine.The Shots looked a shadow of the side that arrived on a ru

Zian Flemming’s stunning first-half free-kick boosted Burnley’s bid for a quick return to the Premier League as Scott Parker’s side maintained their unbeaten home record in a 1-0 win over play-off hopefuls Bristol City.Victory stretched Burnley’s unbeaten run to 26 Championship games, dating back to a loss at Millwall at the start of November.And it took the Clarets level o

Halifax’s National League play-off hopes suffered another dent after a 1-0 defeat by Hartlepool at The Shay.Hartlepool, on the back of a three-game unbeaten run, made a bright start, with Gary Madine seeing his close-range effort saved by goalkeeper Toby Savin.The visitors broke the deadlock in the 41st minute when Reyes Cleary slotted home a low shot after David Ferguson’s free-kick i

Isaak Davies scored his first goal at Cardiff City Stadium since January 2022 to earn the relegation-threatened Bluebirds precious point from a 1-1 home draw with Sheffield Wednesday.After spending last season on loan at Belgian aside Kortrijk he has returned after a lengthy injury break to make an impact and his first-half strike gave his side the lead and ultimately earned them the point that mo

Swansea substitute Zan Vipotnik scored a dramatic equaliser in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage-time as they held Leeds to a 2-2 Championship victory at Elland Road.Willy Gnonto came off the bench to score a 86th-minute goal which looked set to give Daniel Farke’s men victory – but Vipotnik fired home a late shot past Illan Meslier to level matters at the death.United States mi

Josh Sargent’s stoppage-time goal earned Norwich a 1-0 win at Carrow Road which kept alive their outside hopes of reaching the Championship play-offs – and put a big dent in West Brom’s promotion dream.Sargent produced a composed finish to net his 13th goal of the season to settle a tight game of few clear-cut chances.There was still time for goalkeeper Angus Gunn to make a great

Reading extended their unbeaten League One run to 11 games as they breezed past Peterborough 3-1 at the SCL Stadium.The Royals held a 1-0 half-time lead courtesy of an early own goal by Posh skipper Sam Hughes and were soon 3-0 up in the second half after efforts from Harvey Knibbs and Charlie Savage.Kwame Poku reduced the deficit for Peterborough but the disappointing visitors were rarely in the

Aberdeen came from behind to beat Motherwell 4-1 and and secure a top-six place in the William Hill Scottish Premiership.Jimmy Thelin’s men started brightly only to fall behind to a Callum Slattery header, but they turned the game around in an entertaining first half at Pittodrie thanks to goals from Alfie Dorrington and Leighton Clarkson.In-form striker Kevin Nisbet netted a second-half bra

Wrexham’s quest for promotion to the Championship continued with a routine 2-0 win at Exeter.Wrexham started well with a Ryan Longman cross falling for Ollie Rathbone and his shot appeared to hit the back of a team-mate.Little really happened until the 23rd minute when Wrexham went in front. Rathbone tried his luck from distance and the ball took a huge deflection off an Exeter defender and