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

Bristol Rovers players were booed off by their own fans after slipping into the League One relegation zone as Exeter secured a 2-1 win at the Memorial Stadium.The Gas suffered a sixth straight defeat as first-half goals from Caleb Watts and Reece Cole paved the way for victory for their West Country rivals before Ruel Sotiriou’s classy 70th-minute finish briefly gave Rovers hope.Watts put th

Relegated Ebbsfleet recorded only their third Vanarama National League win of the season as they beat Sutton 4-1.Aaron Cosgrave was denied by Jack Sims as the hosts made a bright start at Stonebridge Road and Maxx Manktelow saw an effort scrambled off the line.Ryan Carr put Ebbsfleet ahead on the stroke of half-time after being played in by Alexander Aoraha.Mustapha Olagunju doubled their advantag

Solihull Moors boosted their National League survival hopes with a 1-0 win at Southend.Elliot Thorpe cut in off his wing to brilliantly fire Solihull ahead in the 10th minute, with Noor Husin denied a similarly spectacular equaliser by goalkeeper Laurie Walker.Nick Hayes saved from Thorpe just before half-time, with Nathan Ralph clearing Marcel Oakley’s follow-up off the line.Southend’

Cove Rangers got their William Hill League One promotion bid back on track with a 3-1 win at bottom club Dumbarton.Rangers had lost their last two in a four-game run without a victory, but took control with first-half goals from Dylan Lobban and Fraser Fyvie.Although already-relegated Dumbarton reduced the deficit early in the second half through Kristian Webster, Lobban grabbed his second with ni