Bradford went top of League Two as a goal from Bobby Pointon after just 12 seconds helped clinch a 2-0 win over Crewe.Bradford went ahead before Crewe had even touched the ball. Calum Kavanagh’s shot hit the post but the rebound came back to him and he turned it towards Pointon to score from close range.Crewe responded with Jamie Knight-Lebel flicking over Tom Lowery’s corner but Alex

Falkirk moved another step closer to promotion back to the Scottish Premiership after thrashing Morton 5-0 at Falkirk Stadium.The Bairns, who last featured in the top flight in 2010, remain eight points clear of nearest rivals Livingston with four games left.Scott Arfield gave Falkirk, seeking back-to-back title-winning campaigns, a fourth-minute lead with his seventh goal in nine games since rejo

Fleetwood’s feint promotion hopes took a serious blow as they fell to a 4-0 League Two defeat by Swindon at Highbury on Saturday afternoon.Goals by Kabongo Tshimanga, Miguel Freckleton, a Rhys Bennett own goal and a late contribution by Nnamdi Ofoborh were more than enough to see the visiting Robins take maximum points from this mid-table League Two clash.This battle of Red and White armies

Aaron Pressley scored twice as Barrow eased past MK Dons 3-0 in a meeting between two lower mid-table sides.Substitute Tyler Smith added a third in stoppage time to earn the Bluebirds a first win in three games.It was a third defeat in a row for MK Dons, however, who are 10 points above the bottom two.The hosts had an early opportunity as Jack Sanders was denied by Wyll Stanway.Barrow then took th

Aaron Collins fired Bolton back into the Sky Bet League One play-off places with the only goal in a 1-0 win over former club Bristol Rovers.Steven Schumacher’s side had dropped out of the top six after results earlier in the day and Rovers frustrated the hosts until Collins headed his 18th goal of the campaign from substitute Gethin Jones’ cross after 76 minutes.Bolton then needed Nath

Relegation-threatened Maidenhead returned to winning ways with a much-needed 3-1 National League vitory over Tamworth at York Road.Shawn McCoulsky opened the scoring for the hosts midway through the first half as he slotted Brendan Kiernan’s assist home at the near post for his 11th league goal of the season.Former Harrogate and Walsall winger Kiernan doubled their advantage – seven mi

Michael Cheek scored twice from the spot as Bromley crushed Accrington 4-0 in Sky Bet League Two.Cameron Congreve netted in the first half before Cheek’s penalty brace and a Ben Thompson header rounded off a comfortable home victory.Cheek provided the first moment of quality in the game, crashing Congreve’s cross against the underside of the crossbar.Bromley took a deserved lead on the

Leyton Orient’s hopes of closing in on the League One play-off spots were dented by a 0-0 home draw against struggling Wigan at Brisbane Road.Orient had only won one of their previous nine meetings with Wigan and another game was added to that statistic as the teams fought out a goalless stalemate, leaving Richie Wellens’ men six points off the top six.An uninspiring bland first 45 min

Sam Hoskins scored a first-half brace as Northampton returned to winning ways to ease their League One relegation fears as they hammered 10-man Peterborough 4-0.It was a first-half assault from the Cobblers after Tayo Edun received his second red card in a month.The Cobblers, who went close early on when Cameron McGeehan’s effort was cleared off the line, broke the deadlock as Hoskins fired

Nine-man Crystal Palace clung on to a 2-1 lead through 12 minutes of second-half added time at Selhurst Park to secure their first league double over arch-rivals Brighton in 92 years.Jean-Philippe Mateta fired the hosts in front three minutes in, but Danny Welbeck drew the sides level before the break, surpassing Pascal Gross as Brighton’s top Premier League goal-scorer in the process.Daniel