Steve Bruce was relieved after Blackpool’s 2-1 comeback win over Cambridge at Bloomfield Road.Pool were rocked by Dom Ballard’s goal after three minutes but rallied to secure a second successive League One win with goals from Ashley Fletcher and Sonny Carey.The Tangerines are now nine points from a play-off place, while Cambridge’s third defeat in a row leaves them languishing in

Liverpool’s Champions League dreams were ended by Paris St Germain in a penalty shoot-out after the French champions won their last-16 tie at Anfield.Ousmane Dembele made it 1-1 on aggregate with an early goal and the teams played each other to a standstill over 120 minutes.Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones were the unfortunate ones who were denied by Gianluigi Donnarumma as PSG won the shoot-ou

Danny Cowley hailed the resilience of his Colchester side after they beat Port Vale 2-1 to move to within a point of the League Two play-off places.Fiacre Kelleher headed the U’s winner in the 86th minute from Lyle Taylor’s cross to seal their victory and extend their unbeaten run to 12 matches.Colchester had gone ahead in the 34th minute when Samson Tovide robbed Vale defender Nathan

Stuart Maynard was delighted with Notts County’s response to their recent struggles as they recorded a 2-0 League Two win at Grimsby to move to to fourth.The Magpies’ top two goalscorers Alassana Jatta and David McGoldrick were the match winners again for their team as County battled through a closely-contested first half and were clinical after the break to come away with their first

Partick Thistle tightened their grip on a top-four spot in the William Hill Championship with a 2-0 win at Queen’s Park on Tuesday.Logan Chalmers put them on course for victory at Hampden Park with a fine volley in the fifth minute and substitute Alex Jakubiak made the points safe in stoppage-time.Fourth-placed Thistle now have a seven-point advantage over Morton and Raith, although they hav

John Doolan praised an “outstanding” performance as Accrington moved 10 points clear of the bottom two with a 5-0 win over Newport – their best result of the season.The Reds, who remain 21st despite the comprehensive victory, were on the front foot from the start in their game in hand over the teams around them and led 3-0 after just 26 minutes.Doolan said: “This was a perf

Mark Sykes struck a last-minute equaliser to snatch Bristol City a 1-1 draw at Sky Bet Championship promotion-chasers Sheffield United.The point was enough to lift the Blades back to the top of the table, but they were denied a seventh win in eight matches by Sykes’ last-gasp effort after Tyrese Campbell had given them a second-half lead.Tempers flared in stoppage time after the Blades were

Scott Parker and CJ Egan-Riley were sent off after the final whistle as Burnley missed the chance to go top of the Championship, held to a 1-1 draw by play-off chasing West Brom.Egan-Riley appeared to kick William Lankshear as Gavin Ward was blowing the final whistle, sparking ugly scenes as several players clashed, with Clarets boss Parker then also shown red for his protests.It came as a sign of

Relegation-threatened Boston extended their unbeaten run to four games with a much-needed 3-0 National League victory away to Yeovil.On-loan Accrington forward Jimmy Knowles opened the scoring in the 38th minute, shortly after he fired the ball into the roof of the net.The visitors then doubled their lead four minutes later when Jacob Hazel, teed up by Dylan Hill, struck home past Aidan Stone.Zak

Wrexham missed the chance to move into the League One automatic-promotion places after losing 2-0 at 10-man Reading.Neither side offered a serious goal threat in the first half but Reading struck twice in five minutes early in the second period through Harvey Knibbs, from a penalty, and Lewis Wing.Reading centre-back Michael Stickland was controversially sent off in the 75th minute for apparent ti