York’s hopes of catching runaway Vanarama National league leaders Barnet continued to fade after a 1-1 draw at home to third-placed Forest Green.The Minstermen failed to return to winning ways at the LNER Community Stadium after the midweek defeat to Altrincham, leaving the Bees 11 points clear having played one game more.Lewis Richardson fired York ahead in the 49th minute, latching onto a

Mark Hughes was adamant his Carlisle side “didn’t deserve to lose” at Harrogate on Saturday afternoon.The Cumbrians missed the chance to climb off the bottom of Sky Bet League Two and now find themselves six points from safety after conceding in the fifth minute of stoppage time of what was a fairly drab affair.Sam Lavelle and Terell Thomas missed decent opportunities to break th

Inigo Calderon cited the “desire” of his Bristol Rovers players as being the key ingredient as they held off Huddersfield with a 1-0 League One win at the Memorial Stadium.Ruel Sotiriou proved the match winner for the relegation-threatened side as his 10th-minute volley made the most of Clinton Mola’s header over the top of a disorganised Terriers defensive line.Scott Sinclair an

Gillingham boss John Coleman hailed his players after back-to-back home wins for the first time since September with a 1-0 win over title-chasing Bradford.Conor Masterson scored his first goal for almost a year as the Gills pushed themselves 12 points clear of danger.Coleman spoke of the relief of finally getting a win when his side scored a huge win against relegation-threatened Morecambe.But aft

Chris Davies was delighted as his League One leaders Birmingham bounced back to record a 1-0 victory over Lincoln at St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park.Despite Blues’ dominance throughout the contest, Kieran Dowell’s 70th-minute penalty ensured victory after Tomoki Iwata was taken out in the box.The hosts had to wait for their moment to strike, but Davies revealed pride at his side&rs

Grant McCann says he will drag his Doncaster players over the promotion line if necessary after being left thoroughly frustrated by the 2-2 draw with Swindon.McCann’s side were in full command at the break following first-half goals from Rob Street and Joe Sbarra.But substitutes Danny Butterworth and Joe Westley struck to draw Swindon level inside the opening six minutes of the second period

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder “really enjoyed” his side’s performance in the 1-0 win over Preston at Bramall Lane.Tyrese Campbell struck the only goal in the second half as the Blades moved level on points with leaders Leeds, who head to Portsmouth on Sunday lunchtime.Wilder said: “I thought the performance was good and it wasn’t really reflected in the scoreline

Neil Harris hit out at the mentality of his Cambridge side after a 1-0 defeat at managerless Wigan left them 10 points adrift of safety in League One with 11 games to play.Wigan goalkeeper Sam Tickle had been responsible for the game being goalless at the break as the visitors attempted to take advantage of their opponents’ struggles of late.But when the winning goal arrived, it was the host

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot gave his team a dressing down in the changing room at half-time but it had the desired effect as they came from behind to beat Southampton 3-1.Trailing to Will Smallbone’s added-time goal after a misunderstanding between Virgil van Dijk and goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Slot – who was watching from the Main Stand as he was serving the last game of his touchl

Cheltenham boss Michael Flynn accused opposite number Danny Cowley of a lack of respect after his side were beaten 1-0 by Colchester.Harry Anderson’s 69th-minute goal was enough to secure the points for Cowley’s side, who are now unbeaten in 11 games and only four points off the top seven.There were heated scenes after the whistle, with Robins boss Flynn angered by the visitors’