Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has backed Danny Welbeck to play into his 40s after watching the striker snatch a hard-fought Premier League victory at Newcastle.The 33-year-old clinched a 1-0 win at St James’ Park on Saturday, before leaving the pitch on a stretcher, after the visitors had survived a first-half onslaught in which keeper Bart Verbruggen excelled.Seagulls head coach Hurzeler wa

Notts County boss Stuart Maynard was happy to win ugly as his side battled to a 1-0 victory against AFC Wimbledon.Matthew Platt’s scrappy 67th-minute goal proved to be enough to see off the Dons and keep the Magpies within two points of League Two leaders Port Vale.And Maynard was happy to see his players dig deep to claim a first victory in three league outings.“That is a huge win,&rd

Lee Bell felt referee Sunny Singh Gill “spoilt the game” after Crewe missed the chance to move into the League Two play-off places following a 1-1 draw with Salford.City broke the deadlock in the 12th minute when Ben Woodburn scored his first goal for the club with a cool finish past Filip Marschall after Kylian Kouassi allowed Haji Mnoga’s pass to run through his legs.However, C

Leyton Orient manager Richie Wellens slammed his side’s ‘diabolical’ second half performance after they were beaten 1-0 by Northampton at Sixfields.Orient were the better side in the first half of the Sky Bet League One match but Daniel Agyei missed two chances before they failed to muster any kind of response to Cameron McGeehan’s goal immediately after half-time.“I

Under-fire Erik ten Hag says Manchester United used a sense of “injustice” to fuel their comeback win against Brentford.After an international break of intense scrutiny on the manager, the Red Devils boss saw his side fall behind deep in first half stoppage time as Ethan Pinnock met a corner with a thumping header.United were temporarily down to 10 men at that point after Matthijs de L

Mansfield boss Nigel Clough acknowledged an “unbelievable” free-kick as Jake Young’s powerful set-piece ended their ‘ five-game winning streak and gave Stevenage a 1-0 away victory.Young hammered an unstoppable 22-yard free-kick into the top corner to decide the Sky Bet League One contest.Clough said: “It was a very disappointing way to give up our unbeaten run. Ultim

Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin hailed his team’s spirit after they came from two goals down at Celtic Park to continue their unbeaten start.The Dons’ 13-game winning streak under Thelin came to an end after goals in quick succession from Reo Hatate and Kyogo Furuhashi gave Celtic a commanding half-time lead.But the 2-2 draw would have felt like a victory to the travelling Dons fans afte

Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson hailed Paul Mullin’s “brilliant” return to the starting line-up after he grabbed the only goal in the win at Rotherham.Mullin, who has plundered more than a century of goals for Wrexham over the past three seasons, was handed only his second league start this term after leading marksman Jack Marriott broke his fibula in training.But he took just 16 sec

Michael Flynn saluted his Cheltenham side for an “excellent away performance” after they won 2-1 at Colchester.Jordan Thomas’ first-half brace sealed the Robins’ first away League Two victory of the season, after Lyle Taylor had levelled for the hosts.Thomas gave Cheltenham a fifth-minute lead when he slid the ball home from two yards after Ethon Archer had curled a cross i

Unai Emery labelled Emiliano Martinez as “the best goalkeeper in the world” after his penalty save helped Aston Villa to a 3-1 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage.Fulham broke the deadlock through Raul Jimenez who showed great strength to claim his fourth Premier League goal of the season and fifth overall.Morgan Rogers’ deflected shot off Calvin Bassey drew the scores level in